Obituaries
Donald E. Griffith
Dec 3, 2010
Donald E. Griffith, died December 3, 2010 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, KS. He was born on August 13, 1934 at St. George, KS. On June 27th, 1998 he married Gail Robinson in Newton. Donald worked for Walmart for several years before entering retirement. He is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. Donald is survived...
Janet L. Anderson
Nov 26, 2010
Janet Lee Anderson, 75, co-owner and bookkeeper of Anderson Book and Office Supply, Newton’s oldest downtown business at 118 years, died Friday (Nov. 26, 2010) at Via Christi-St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. She was born June 28, 1935, to Milton and Edith Gray in Woodward, Okla. The Gray family moved to Newton when Jan was in the second...
Maria Elena Calderon Lopez
Nov 18, 2010
Maria Elena Calderon Lopez, 57, died Thursday (November 18, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Ks. Funeral services will be held in Yurecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Arrangement are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Patrick Ray Vidacs
Nov 9, 2010
Patrick Ray Vidacs, 40, of Newton, died Tuesday (Nov. 9, 2010) at the home of his mother in Newton. He was born on February 4, 1970 in Newton. He attended schools in Newton, graduating in 1989. The last several years he has been a CNC Machinist for Product Manufacturing Corp. in Wichita. Patrick had received his Third Degree in the...
Donald Penner Isaac
Nov 8, 2010
Donald P. Isaac, 87, of North Newton, passed away on Monday, November 8, 2010, at Kidron Bethel Retirement Center. He was born on July 16, 1923, in Naini Tal U.P., India, the son of Ferdinand Isaac and Anna Penner Isaac. As a child of missionaries, Don spent his formative years in India. He graduated from Woodstock High School (Mussoorie, India)...
William "Bill" Alexander
Nov 7, 2010
William “Bill” Alexander, 59, died on November 7, 2010 at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on May 24, 1951 in Denver, CO. Bill graduated from the Mound City High School,then went on to complete two years at Fort Scott Junior College. Bill also served three years with the United States Navy. Following that, he wisely used...
Vernelle R. Androes
Nov 6, 2010
Vernelle R. Androes, 87, died on November 6, 2010 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on February 4, 1923, in Newton to Ida (Roth) and Arnold Zuercher. Vernelle resided in the Whitewater area, and graduated from Whitewater High School. She then went on to attend Bethel College, where she graduated from the nursing program. She served...
Martha VanderWerf
Nov 4, 2010
Martha (Margje) VanderWerf, 99, formerly of North Newton KS, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. She resided at Schowalter Villa, in Hesston, KS, since February 2010. Martha was born on September 18, 1911, in Tjalleberd, Friesland, the Netherlands to Jeltje and Hendrik Dam. She married Johannes VanderWerf on November 9, 1944. She is survived by her children, John VanderWerf...
Eugene R. Quint
Nov 1, 2010
Eugene R. Quint, 97, of Newton, died Monday (Nov. 1, 2010) at Asbury Park in Newton. He was born on May 6, 1913 in Victoria, Ks., the son of John P.A. and Catherine Windholz Quint. He graduated from high school in Victoria. On November 6, 1939, Eugene married Mary Katherine Schmidt in Victoria. The Quint’s moved from Russell, Ks. to...
Preston M. Tolbert
Oct 29, 2010
Preston M. Tolbert, 27, died October 29, 2010 at Liberal, Kansas. He was born on October 21, 1983, in Newton, Kansas to Diane K. (Rogers) Tripp and Raymond S. Tolbert. Preston graduated from Newton High School in 2001. He then went on an attended Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson. Preston was employed at Central States in Salina, Kansas as a fumigator...
Velma Mae Mathews
Oct 26, 2010
Velma Mae Mathews, 92, died October 26, 2010, at Asbury Park, Newton, Kansas She was born on February 14, 1918 to Guy and Bessie (McComas) Phillips in Holly, Colorado. On June 19, 1938 she married Ralph D. Mathews in Marion, Kansas, he precedes her in death. Velma was a member of the Marion Presbyterian Church. She and Ralph also had...
Lawrence M. Quilty, II
Oct 14, 2010
Lawrence M. Quilty II, died on October 14th, 2010 at the Presbyterian Manor, with family by his side. He was born May 22, 1917, Newton, Kansas to Lawrence M. and Rachel (Arnold) Quilty. On February 7, 1948, he married D. Jane Steinkirchner at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Newton, Kansas. He held a membership with the St. Mary’s Catholic...
Bertha M. Tangeman
Oct 8, 2010
Bertha Mattie Egger Tangeman passed away peacefully on Thursday (October 7, 2010) at Kidron Bethel in North Newton at the age of 107. She was born October 16, 1902, on a farm near Ellis, Kansas, to Fred and Rella (Schoenthaler) Egger. Her family included two older brothers, John and Ernest. After graduating from Ellis High School in 1920, she taught...
Laura E. Foth
Oct 2, 2010
Laura Elma Foth, of Newton, finally had her wish come true Saturday night (Oct. 2, 2010) when she left the Kansas Christian Home to be with Jesus in Heaven. Laura was born on January 24, 1916 in Goessel, Ks., the oldest of six children to John and Bertha (Becker) Peters. She was raised on a farm near Peabody and attended...
Lucile Hamm
Oct 1, 2010
Lucile Gordon Hamm, 87, entered Heaven October 1, 2010. She was born April 18, 1923 to Howard W and Nelida Vessot Gordon in Monmouth, IL. As daughter of a United Presbyterian minister, she grew up in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Washington. She attended Sterling College (1940-1942), and nursing school in Boise, ID (1942-1945). While at Sterling College, she met...
Velma Claassen
Oct 1, 2010
Velma Claassen, 94, of Newton, died in her home on Friday (October 1, 2010) Velma was born on February 27, 1916 in Walton,Ks., the daughter of Frank and Helena Schmidt. After graduating from Walton High School in 1934, Velma attended the Axtell Christian Hospital Nursing School, where she earned her R.N. degree in 1938. A woman of spunk, Velma moved...
LaVera Baker
Sep 29, 2010
LaVera Baker, 82, of Newton, died on Wednesday (September 29, 2010) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on October 5, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of John and Lydia Asendorf. LaVera attended St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas, graduating with an Associates Degree in Arts in 1947. God blessed LaVera’s life with many special people...
Frank J. Easley
Sep 24, 2010
Frank J. Easley had his final wishes come true at 11:00 p.m. Friday evening when he passed peacefully in his sleep at his home with family; made possible by the caring staff at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice. Frank was born December 12, 1923 in Emporia, Kansas to Harry Davenport and Helen Gertrude (Reynolds) Easley. Frank considered it an honor to...
Titus F. Jost
Sep 24, 2010
Titus F. Jost died on Friday, September 24, 2010 at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kansas. He was the eldest child born to Jacob and Marie (Friesen) Jost on April 25, 1917 at home near Lehigh, Kansas. He grew up on the Jost farm located just west of Hillsboro. He graduated from Hope Valley Grade School (8th grade) and...
Verla M. Eastman
Sep 13, 2010
Verla May Eastman, 92, of Newton, died Monday (Sept. 13, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on March 25, 1918 in El Dorado, Ks, the daughter of Robert Thomas and Flossie Dale O’Dell Goodson. Verla graduated from El Dorado High School and the Hutchinson Business College. During World War II, Verla was employed in a war plant...
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