Obituaries

Michael R. Jay

Michael R. Jay

Jun 5, 2010

Michael R. Jay, 55, of Newton, died Saturday (June 5, 2010) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks. He was born on October 26, 1955 in Newton, the son of Raymond M. and Dixie A. Liby Jay. A lifelong resident of Newton, Mike graduated from Newton High School in...

Gary D. Royer

Gary D. Royer

Jun 2, 2010

Gary D. Royer, 75, of Newton, Kansas died on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He was born August 3, 1934 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Alvin and Ella Royer. He graduated from Newton High School and attended Bethel College. On September 23, 1956. he married Bonnie Klassen in Inman, Kansas. He served in...

Gene Smith

Gene Smith

May 29, 2010

Gene Smith, 97, of Newton, died Saturday (May 29, 2010) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. O. Eugene Smith was born November 27, 1912 (Thanksgiving Day) in Craig, Mo, the son of Oscar W. and Magdalena Catherine Vedder Smith. He said he interrupted Thanksgiving dinner and he was given and kept the roaster the turkey was baking in when...

Doris I. Frazey

Doris I. Frazey

May 17, 2010

Doris I. Frazey, 78, of Newton, died Monday (May 17, 2010) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on January 16, 1932 in Newton, the daughter of Andrew and Emma Schlagowsky. Doris graduated from Newton High School in 1950. She married Lester Frazey in 1962. As he worked for General Motors, they lived in several places. At the...

Frank James Willems, Jr.

Frank James Willems, Jr.

May 15, 2010

Frank James Willems Jr. 62, of Newton, went home to meet his Savior on Saturday morning (May 15, 2010) at his home. He was born on February 12, 1948 in French Camp, California, the son of the Rev. Frank and Velma Reimer Willems, Sr. He married Beverly Ann Classen on May 24, 1968 in Newton. He was raised in the...

Luella D. Schmidt

Luella D. Schmidt

May 12, 2010

Luella D. Schmidt, 82, died , May 12, 2010 at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. She was born on October 15, 1927, in Goessal, Kansas, the daughter of Arnold T. and Marie (Flaming) Schmidt. Luella graduated from the Goessel High School. On April 23, 1949 she married Eldon “Chick” R. Schmidt. He precedes her in death. Luella was as...

Louis J. Brouillard, Sr.

Louis J. Brouillard, Sr.

May 8, 2010

Louis Joseph Brouillard, Sr., 78, of Newton, died Saturday (May 8, 2010) in Abilene, Ks. He was born on February 5, 1932 in Morristown, New Jersey. During the Korean Conflict Louis served in the U.S. Navy. He later served in the National Guard based in Newton. He married Patsy L. Cole. Louis worked for many years as a machinist. Having...

Jennie Rodriguez

Jennie Rodriguez

May 5, 2010

Jennie Rodriguez, 92, of Newton, died Wednesday (May 5, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton. She was born in El Paso, Texas on February 21, 1918, the daughter of Gregorio and Emeteria Nunez Saenz. When she was a child, the family moved to Aulne, Ks. Jennie married Mike Cabrera Rodriguez on September 2, 1935 in Florence, Ks. They...

Doris Jeanne Smiley

Doris Jeanne Smiley

May 3, 2010

Doris Jeanne Powell Smiley, 66, of Newton, died Monday, May 3, 2010, at her home in Newton. Jeanne was born on July 14, 1943, to Walter Conger Powell and Mary Marietta Frazee Powell, in Tulsa, Okla. She was raised and attended school in Muskogee, Okla. While she was in school she always went by her first name of Doris. She...

Russ Cuellar

Russ Cuellar

Apr 21, 2010

Rosalio “Russ” M. Cuellar, 79, of Newton, died Wednesday (Apr. 21, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on Sept. 4, 1930 in Newton, Ks., the son of Jose and Guadalupe Lupercio Cuellar. He graduated from Newton High School and served for a time in the National Guard. He married Judy Macias on April 7, 1951 at St....

Hilda A. Regier

Hilda A. Regier

Apr 3, 2010

Hilda A. Regier, 96, of Newton, died on Saturday (April 3, 2010) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on December 31, 1913 in Whitewater, Ks., the daughter of Herman and Anna Epp Wiebe. She attended Tabor Accademy. Hilda married Gustav H. Regier on September 3, 1942 at the Emmaus Mennonite Church near Whitewater, Ks. He died in...

William Dick

William Dick

Apr 1, 2010

William R. “Bill” Dick, 67, died on Thursday (April 1, 2010) at Kansas Medical Center in Andover. He was born on April 15, 1942 in Ootacamund, South India to Mennonite Brethren missionaries J.J. and Anna (Baerg) Dick. He moved with his family to Abbotsford, B.C. when he was 15, graduating from high school there. Bill attended Tabor College in Hillsboro...

Luella A. Cole

Luella A. Cole

Mar 30, 2010

Luella A. Cole, 93, died on March 30, 2010 at Asbury Park, Newton, Kansas. She was born on June 17, 1916 to Ivah P. (Clemens) and Roy H. Zingery in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. On January 27, 1937 she married Arthur Thomas Cole in Mt. Pleasant, MI. He precedes her in death. Luella was a homemaker most of her life. Luella...

Frank P. Alvarez

Frank P. Alvarez

Mar 30, 2010

Frank P. Alvarez, died on March 30, 2010 at the Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas. He was born on July 20, 1932 at Abilene, KS to Jesse (Lopez) and Miguel Alvarez. On September 17, 1957, he married Joan A. Salas in Enid, Oklahoma. They have celebrated 53 years of a blessed marriage. Upon graduating from high school, Frank was drafted...

Lauren Paige Kemp

Lauren Paige Kemp

Mar 29, 2010

Newton, Ks. Lauren Paige Kemp, three year old daughter of Lyle and Jennifer (Embry) Kemp, died Monday (March 29, 2010) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on May 4, 2006 in Newton, Ks. Lauren loved music, she was a very happy little girl who enjoyed being outdoors. Whenever she would enter a...

Dorothy M. Layton

Dorothy M. Layton

Mar 28, 2010

Dorothy Marie Layton, 74, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, died March 28, 2010, at her home in Hesston, Kansas surrounded by family. She was born January 30, 1936, in Winchester, Jefferson County Kansas, the daughter of Marie Josephine and Howard Andrew Broyles. On April 17, 1954, she married Melvin Lee Button who preceded her in death. From this union,...

Inez M. Miller

Inez M. Miller

Mar 24, 2010

Inez M. “Tommie” Miller, 84, of Newton, passed away on Wednesday (March 24, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center after a short illness. She was born on August 31, 1925 in the Kansas City area, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. B.J. Thomas. She moved to Newton as a child. She married Gilbert “Gib” Miller on August 10, 1947 in...

Louis W. Jones

Louis W. Jones

Mar 20, 2010

Louis Wade Jones, infant son of Travis A. Jones and Kristina R. Carrion, was greeted by the angels on Saturday (March 20, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. Other survivors include sisters Keyana Jones and Alissah Jones of Wichita; paternal grandparents Gerald Jones of Wichita, Randy and Janet Weerts of Wichita; maternal grandparents Victoria Jaso and Louis Carrion of Wichita....

Marilyn K. Roux

Marilyn K. Roux

Mar 9, 2010

Marilyn K. Roux, 63, of Newton, died Tuesday (March 9, 2010) at her home in Newton. She was born on June 26, 1946 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Ralph and Lydia Kater Roux. She graduated from Newton High School in 1964. She was crowned “Lassie Queen” of the Kansas Shorthorn Association. Marilyn left Newton as a young woman and...

Julie Giles

Julie Giles

Mar 7, 2010

Julie Giles, was reunited with the Lord on March 7, 2010 at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on July 22, 1963 the daughter of Carol (Madden) Russell and Richard Rosko in Wichita, Kansas. On June 16, 2001 she married her soul mate Darron Giles, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Julie was a member of the A.M.E. Baptist Church , Compassionate...