Obituaries
Virginia Lee Greenfeather
Feb 17, 2010
Virginia Lee (Tanner) Greenfeather, 82, of Wichita, died Thursday (Feb. 17, 2011) at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She was born on September 27, 1928 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Jesse E. and Lottie M. Geabhart Tanner. She married Kenneth Greenfeather on January 3, 1951. Virginia had worked in janitorial services. She is preceded in death by her parents;...
Elizabeth H. Glover
Feb 16, 2010
Elizabeth H. (Betty) Glover died Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Betty was born April 15, 1922 in Denver, Colorado to James Isben and Margaret Webster Hollingsworth. She attended Parkhill Grade School, Smiley Junior High, and East High, head girl at all three schools. Betty attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and graduated in 1944 with a degree in Sociology. On March...
Mary Jane Vargas
Feb 12, 2010
Mary Jane Valerie Vargas, 49, of Newton, died Friday (Feb. 12, 2010) at the K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Ks. She was born on June 14, 1960 in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Frank and Bertha Vargas Marquardt. She graduated from high school in Colorado Springs. She lived in McPherson, Kansas for a time period before moving to Newton...
Renee G. Weston
Feb 12, 2010
Renee’ Gladys Weston, 97, of Newton, died Friday (Feb. 12, 2010) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on March 10, 1912 in Maidstone Kent, London, England, the daughter of Charles and Nellie Goodfield Weston. She moved with her parents to the United States in 1913. Renee’ had worked for the Fred Harvey Laundry for several years....
Catherine L. Kelly
Feb 6, 2010
Catherine L. Kelly, 59, of Newton, died Saturday (Feb. 6, 2010) at the Harry Hynes Hospice of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks. “Cathy” was born on February 1, 1951 in Marion, Kansas, the daughter of John “Jack” and Betty Herzet Kelly. She was raised in Potwin, Ks. and graduated from Remmington High School in 1969....
JoAnne Gomez
Feb 5, 2010
JoAnne Gomez, 56, of Newton, died Friday (Feb. 5, 2010) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks. She was born on October 14, 1953 in Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the daughter of Martin and Josepha Edelman Hoyt, Sr. She graduated from St. Anne’s Academy in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. JoAnne married Robert F. Gomez on October 15, 1971...
Glenn L. Bright
Feb 1, 2010
Glenn Lee Bright, 65, of Newton, died Monday (Feb. 1, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on April 21, 1944 in Kingswood, Bristol, England, the son of Glenn Evans and Daisy Smith Bright. The family moved to United States when he was an infant. Glenn was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1962....
John Joseph Ryan
Jan 30, 2010
Ryan, John Joseph, 70, of Lakeview, Ar., formerly of Newton and Sedgwick, KS. Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, died on January 30, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Shirley of the home, his children Bradley (Cherie) Ryan , Christa (Doug) Schwabe , and Darren Ryan. His granddaughter Sarah Ryan and great granddaughter Alexis Grace....
Bessie M. Clark
Jan 29, 2010
Bessie M. Clark, 92, died January 29, 2010, at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on November 16, 1917 in Milo, Kansas to Herman and Anna (Rittel) Moegling. She married T.A. (Bud) Clark on May 5, 1942 in Seneca, Kansas. He died on March 26, 1988. Bessie previously held a membership with the First Presbyterian Church in Dalhart, Texas....
Pauline A. Curteman
Jan 28, 2010
Pauline M. (Brown) Curteman, 90, of Newton, died Thursday (Jan. 28, 2010) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Ks. Pauline was born in Newton, Ks., on December 2, 1919 to Joseph M. and Etta Mae (Gaston) Brown. “Pauly” attended school in Newton through out her public school years. She attended business school in Topeka, and then moved to San Diego...
Geraldine L. Comer
Jan 27, 2010
Geraldine Loretta “Geri” Comer, 87, of Newton, died Wednesday (January 27, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. Geri was born on March 13, 1922 in West Bend, Iowa, the daughter of Patrick Francis “Frank” and Bridget Calligan Sweeney. She was raised and attended schools in West Bend. She followed her brother Gene Sweeney and his wife Gayle to Wichita where...
Jean P. Spain
Jan 26, 2010
Jean Paulyne “Grandma Jean” Spain, 86, of Newton, died Tuesday (Jan. 26, 2010) at Asbury Park in Newton. Jean was born on June 3, 1923 on a farm outside Gypsum, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence S. “Lefty” and Elmyrah M. Hall Sloop. She graduated from Newton High School in 1943. Jean married D. Dean Bahr on September 28, 1944 in...
Herbert Stack
Jan 23, 2010
Herbert “Jean” Stack, died January 23, 2010 at the Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas. He was born on May 14, 1951 in Bridgeport, TX to Norma D. (Wood) and Herbert Stack. Herbert was raised and attended school in the Decatur, Texas. He married Rosalie Archuletta in Amarillo, Texas on April 1, 1976. He was an avid antique collector and worked...
Tabby R. Schneider-Watson
Jan 19, 2010
Tabby R. Schneider-Watson, 47, died on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. She was born on Januay 11, 1963 to Donna Mae (Krehbiel) and Clarence Schneider in Wakeeney, Kansas. Tabby had a love for music and enjoyed going dancing. She also enjoyed animals of many kinds but especially her beloved dog. Although she had...
Trevor H. Lehman, Jr.
Jan 16, 2010
Trevor H. Lehman, Jr. 93 died at the Harry Hynes Hospice Hospital in Wichita on 16-January-2010. He was born 06-May-1916 to Trevor H. Lehman, Sr. and Elizabeth Mae Sumpter Lehman in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Trevor graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City in 1934. On 06-March-1941 he married Faynell Miller in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was a veteran of World...
Bennie Klassen
Jan 6, 2010
Bennie Klassen, 83, died Wednesday, January 06, 2010 at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Kansas. He was born in Goessel, Kansas on November 24, 1926 to Gerhard Johann and Anna Harder Klassen, the seventh of eight children. In danger of losing their lives, Bennie’s parents emigrated from Russia in 1923 after the Russian Revolution, arriving first in Chiquaqua, Mexico and...
Velma Schmidt
Jan 3, 2010
Velma Schmidt, 86, of Newton, died Sunday (Jan. 3, 2010) at the Wesley Rehabilitation Hospital in Wichita, Ks. She was born on January 27, 1923 in Lehigh, Ks., the daughter of Bernard and Sarah Kroeker Friesen. Velma married Willard Schmidt on June 6, 1942 at the Lehigh Mennonite Church. Velma was affiliated with the Faith Mennonite Church in Newton. She...
Alice Ruth Miller
Jan 2, 2010
Alice R. Miller, 79, of Newton, died Saturday (Jan. 2, 2010) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus in Wichita, Ks. She was born on May 31, 1930 in Newton, the daughter of Jesse and Alice Friday Sills. A life long resident of Newton, Alice attended Newton schools. After high school she worked at the Santa Fe Laundry....
Doris Esther Hansen
Jan 2, 2010
Doris Esther Hansen, 85, Newton, Ks. died Saturday (Jan. 2, 2010) at her home. She was born on September 22, 1924 on a farm near Peabody, Ks., the daughter of James Lilburn and Lula Taylor Mellott. She attended school in Peabody. Doris married Robert Neil Hansen on August 30, 1942 at the Lutheran Church in Peabody. For two years Doris...
Betty Hurst
Dec 28, 2009
Elizabeth J. “Betty” Hurst, 87, of Newton, died Monday (Dec. 28, 2009) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. Betty was born on November 11, 1922 in Eureka, Ks., the daughter of James and Carrie Whittemore. She attended a one-room school near Eureka, the family later moved to Newton where Betty attended Jr. High and graduated from Newton High School in...
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