Obituaries
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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...
Martha S. McCloud
Mar 5, 2011
Martha S. McCloud, 92, of Newton, died Saturday (March 5, 2011) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She, the daughter of Henry S. and Sarah Flaming Schroeder, was born on December 2, 1918 in Hillsboro, Kansas (the first baby born in the Salem Hospital). Martha was raised on a farm South of Hillsboro, moving with her family to Newton when...
Richard Garcia
Mar 1, 2011
Richard Garcia, 58, died on March 1, 2011 at his home in Newton, Kansas. He was born on September 29, 1952 to Margaret (Torres) and Guadalupe Garcia in Newton. Richard was a member of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton. He had many hobbies in life. He enjoyed watching sports, especially football, taking walks and spending time...
Katheryn A. Preston
Feb 26, 2011
Katheryn A. Preston, 86, of Newton, died Saturday (Feb. 26, 2011) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on December 27, 1924 in Walton, Ks. Survivors include her brother Dennis Albright and his wife Linda of Mission, Ks.; her grandchildren William Tiede, Colleen Jackson, Venise Polite, Heather Tiede; and seven great grandchildren. Katheryn is preceded in death by her...
John Koehn
Feb 23, 2011
JOHN KOEHN, 93, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2011) at his residence in Newton. He was born on December 26, 1917 in Dubois, Idaho, the son of Cornelious C. and Agnes Goertz Koehn. When he was two years old his parents moved back to Goessel, Kansas where John attended a country grade school. On July 8, 1941, John was sent to...
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