Obituaries

Heinz D. Janzen

Heinz D. Janzen

Jun 15, 2011

Heinz D. Janzen, 83, died on June 15, 2011 in North Newton, Kansas. He was born to the late Peter M. and Mary (Dirks) Janzen on June 19, 1927 in a hospital elevator in New York City, shortly after their arrival in the U.S. as immigrants from the Ukraine. Heinz grew up in Ontario, California and was baptized in the...

Grace Kasitz

Grace Kasitz

Jun 4, 2011

Grace Kasitz, 90, of Newton, died Saturday (June 4, 2011) at Showalter Villa in Hesston. Services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.

Daisy (Mosiman) Herbison

Daisy (Mosiman) Herbison

Jun 3, 2011

Daisy D. (Mosiman) Herbison, 86, passed away on June 3, 2011 in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on May 29, 1925 to Tobias and Mildred (Byrd) Richert in Bloomfield, MT. She had been currently enjoying being a retiree. Earlier in her lifetime she worked at Mid-Continent Cabinetry and most recently was a clerk and greeter at Walmart in Newton. Daisy...

Harriet V. Patton

Harriet V. Patton

Jun 2, 2011

Harriet V. Patton, 82, of Newton, died Thursday (June 2, 2011) at the Halstead Health and Rehab Center in Halstead, Ks. She was born on January 12, 1929 in Newton, the daughter of Archie and Mamie Felible Thomas. Harriet was raised in Peabody and graduated from Peabody High School. Prior to being married, she worked at Kansas Power and Light....

Avis Ayler Faulk

Avis Ayler Faulk

May 24, 2011

Avis Ayler Faulk was greatly loved and will be missed by all who knew her. Avis passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2011. She would be the first to say, "Don't be sad; it's just the next adventure!" Born in Kansas and raised on a farm, Avis always sought to help others. An award winning Girl Scout troup leader and trainer,...

Isabel Rodriguez

Isabel Rodriguez

May 18, 2011

Isabel Rodriguez, 92, died on May 18, 2011 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Via Christi-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, KS. She was born on July 8, 1918, in Newton, Kansas to Refugio (Jimenez) and Cresencio Moralez. Isabel was a member of Our Lady Guadalupe Catholic Church and the Altar Society in Newton, Kansas. On June 12, 1939, she married Agustin...

Ralph W. Penner

Ralph W. Penner

May 17, 2011

Ralph W. Penner, age 67, of Newton, died Tuesday (May 17, 2011) at his home. Ralph was born September 13, 1943 in Goessel, Ks., to Herman and Dorothy Harms Penner. He spent his childhood growing up on a farm near Hillsboro. Attended Johannestal Church and was baptized there at the age of 13. During his teenage years Ralph was in...

Catalina Torres

Catalina Torres

May 14, 2011

Catalina “Katie” Torres, 81, of Newton, died Saturday (May 14, 2011) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. Katie was born on November 25, 1929 in Mulvane, Kansas. She was raised by Frank and Bertha Martinez, moving to Newton as a child. She married Felix Torres in Newton, he died October 29, 1985. Katie had worked...

Michelle Mary Madrigal

Michelle Mary Madrigal

May 9, 2011

Arrangements are pending..Full obituary to run at a later date.

Marcheta Holdeman

Marcheta Holdeman

May 6, 2011

Mary Marcheta Holdeman, 86, died on May 6, 2011 at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on August 11, 1924, in Newton, KS to Helen (Zarnowski) and Gus Walters. Marcheta was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Altar Society. She worked as a legal secretary for over 25 years with Nye and Nye law firm, and...

Charles w. Confer

Charles w. Confer

May 6, 2011

Charles W. Confer, 71, of Newton passed away on May 5, 2011 at the Wesley Medical Center. He was born on June 8, 1939 in Rimersburg, PA to Andrew and Elsie Mae (Priester) who proceeded him in death. He graduated from the Milton Hershey School in 1957. He served in the Army and Navy before beginning a 21 year career...

Allan Mills

Allan Mills

Apr 28, 2011

H. Allan Mills, 90, of Newton, died Thursday (April 28, 2011) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. He was born, Henry Allan Mills, on July 3, 1920 in Newton, Ks., the son of Henry Edward and Rosetta Mae Wolfe Mills. His parents died when Allan was a child, he was raised by his maternal grandparents, John and Hannah Jane Wolfe....

Rose Weesner

Rose Weesner

Apr 13, 2011

ROSE WEESNER, 92, of Newton, died Wednesday (April 13, 2011) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on January 7, 1919 in Lehigh, Kansas, the daughter of John E. and Mary Friesen Hiebert. Rose was united in marriage to Oscar Weesner in July 1939 in Cottonwood Falls, Ks. He died on October 6, 1997. Rose had done housekeeping work...

Willis R. Miller

Willis R. Miller

Apr 4, 2011

Willis R. Miller, 85, of Newton, died Monday (Apr. 4, 2011) at his home. He was born on October 25, 1925 in Newton, Kansas the son of Herman Ray and Ruth S. Hooley Miller. Willis was raised in Newton and attended Newton Sr. High School until enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1943 to serve during World War II. Upon...

Marylee Brainard

Marylee Brainard

Mar 25, 2011

Marylee Brainard, 86 passed away peacefully Friday (March 25, 2011) in Wichita, Ks. Marylee was born August 30, 1924 in McClouth, KS to John Van and Estella (Stout) Garrett. She married Kenneth Brainard June 7, 1947. After graduating from high school she worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as a printer clerk in Topeka and was then transferred to Newton...

Ida J. Newberry

Ida J. Newberry

Mar 25, 2011

IDA J. NEWBERRY, 99, passed away on Friday (March 25, 2011) at her home in Newton. She was born on February 18, 1912, in Fort Madison, Iowa, to George and Pearl (Stevens) Kendall. On January 17, 1931, Ida married Loyd D. Newberry in Argyle, Ia. He preceded her in death on May 8, 1991. Ida loved flowers, gardening, reading, and...

Wendy J. Goerzen

Wendy J. Goerzen

Mar 21, 2011

Wendy J. Goerzen, 49, of rural Newton, died Monday (March 21, 2011). She was born on December 27, 1961 in Newton, the daughter of Clayton and Virginia Williamson Harms. Wendy graduated from Remmington High School in 1980 and later received a Secretarial Degree from Bethel College. She married Bryan Goerzen on September 2, 1984 at Koerner Heights Church of the...

Wilma Jean Harber (Stanford)

Wilma Jean Harber (Stanford)

Mar 19, 2011

Wilma Jean Harber (Stanford), 69, died on March 19, 2011 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Via Christi, in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on November 2, 1941, to Evelyn Stinson and Alvin Carder in Eldon, Missouri. Wilma earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science degree’s in Education thru Wichita State University. She was a teacher at the middle school...

Richard "Rick" L. Cannon

Richard "Rick" L. Cannon

Mar 16, 2011

Richard “Rick” L. Cannon, 51, died March 16, 2011 at the Harry Hynes Hospice-St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on February 14, 1960, to Lee (Draper) Cannon and Jack R. Cannon, in Rockford, Illinois. After high school, Rick attended Kansas University. On March 30th, 1990 he married Earlene Paul in Newton, Kansas. Rick faithfully followed KU basketball...

Alan E. Lee

Alan E. Lee

Mar 7, 2011

Alan Erwin Lee, 92, peacefully passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at 2:15 p.m. in the Asbury Park Nursing Home, Newton, Kansas, after suffering a stroke. Alan was born in Kingston, NY on September 2, 1918 to Dr. Ernest K. and Violet Mabel Lee. He was one of three children, with a brother Norman and sister Alberta, and he grew...