Obituaries
Billy Alexander
Oct 30, 2009
Billy Dean Alexander,74, died on October 30, 2009 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. He was born on December 14, 1934 to Willie Mae (Higgins) and Billy Dean Alexander, Sr. in Newton, Kansas. Billy was a regular attendee of the Hall’s Chapel AME, Newton, Kansas. He graduated from WSU with a Business Administration Degree. Billy was a salesman...
Julia M. Decker
Oct 27, 2009
SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. — Julia Mae Decker, 76, of Sun City West, passed away early in the morning on Tuesday (Oct. 27, 2009) with her loving husband by her side. Julia was born on May 26, 1933, to Julius and Martha Rutschman of Whitewater. She was the youngest of nine children, seven girls and two boys. She grew up...
Juanita Martinez
Oct 23, 2009
JUANITA GEORGA MARTINEZ, 69, died October 23, 2009. She was born on March 8, 1940, the daughter of Frank and Bertha Martinez. Survivors include two sons Albert Martinez, Sr., and Robert Soliz, Jr., of San Bernadino, Calif.; two daughters Carmen Soliz of San Bernadino, Calif., and Adelina Martinez of Chanute, Ks.; her life partner Robert Soliz, Sr.; five grandsons; six...
Theodore E. Prouty
Oct 22, 2009
Theodore “Ted” E. Prouty passed into the Lord’s arms amongst family on Thursday (Oct. 22, 2009) in Wichita, Ks. Ted was born, the son of Wilbur and Wilhelmina Wiegand Prouty, in Newton, Ks. on December 1, 1934 and was a lifelong Harvey County resident. He graduated from Newton High School. He entered the United States Marine Corps and was discharged...
Lula F. Classen
Oct 22, 2009
Lula F. Classen , 87, died October 22, 2009 at Kidron Bethel in North Newton , Ks. She was born on July 28, 1922 in Fairview , Oklahoma , the daughter of Jacob P. and Anna (Salaska) Nickel. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1941. Following that, she attended Wesley Hospital School of Nursing in Wichita . Lula married...
Anna Catharine Dieck
Oct 21, 2009
Anna Catharine Dieck, 88, passed away on Oct. 21, 2009 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks. She was born on Jan. 5, 1921, the daughter of Jacob and Helene Harder Dieck in Whitewater, Ks Her early education was at Pleasant Hill grade school, Northeast of Whitewater. She graduated from Whitewater High School in 1939. She was baptized at Emmaus Mennonite...
Steven Garcia
Oct 17, 2009
Steven Garcia, 43, of Newton, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on April 14, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joe D. and Mary Garcia. The family moved to Newton when he was a year old. Steven graduated from Newton High School in 1984. He married Michelle Newsted on July...
Gus Entz
Oct 7, 2009
GUSTAV “GUS” HAROLD ENTZ, 89, of Newton, died Wednesday (Oct. 7, 2009) at Asbury Park in Newton. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday (Oct. 13, 2009) at First Mennonite Church in Newton. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday 1pm til 9pm, where the family will receive friends...
Dorothy Jane Quilty
Oct 3, 2009
Dorothy Jane Quilty, 90, of Newton, died Saturday (Oct. 3, 2009) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton, Ks She was born on September 9, 1919 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Joseph M. and Nora F. McGarry Steinkirchner. Jane graduated from Newton High School in 1937 and from Kansas State University in 1941. She married Lawrence Michael Quilty, II., on...
Eugene "Gene" W. Schmidt
Oct 1, 2009
Eugene “Gene” W. Schmidt, 64, died October 1, 2009 at his home in Newton. He was born on September 19, 1945 in Goessel, Kansas the son of Velma (Friesen) and Willard Schmidt. They reside in Newton, Kansas. On April 20th, 1968 he married Bonne R. Mosiman at the Faith Mennonite Church, Newton, Kansas. She survives of the home. He was...
Margaret E. Perkins
Sep 27, 2009
Margaret E. Perkins, 80, of Newton, died Sunday (Sept. 27, 2009) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on January 24, 1929 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Carl F. and Ethel Brinkmeyer Kater. Margaret graduated from Newton High School in 1947. She married Dale Perkins on Sept. 10, 1950 at the Evangelical & Reformed Church in Newton. Maragret...
Dorothy May Dreier
Sep 14, 2009
Dorothy May (Steiner) Dreier, 93, died Monday (Sept. 14, 2009) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks. Dorothy was born on May 17, 1916 in Walton, Ks., the daughter of Albert and Anna King Steiner. She attended schools in Newton. Dorothy was united in marriage to Delbert F. Dreier on April 3, 1934 at the Highland United Church of Christ near...
Wilma Irene Orpin
Sep 13, 2009
Wilma Irene (Allen) Orpin, 79, died on Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Newton, Kansas. She was born on August 19, 1930 in Newton, to Grover Cleveland and Alta Lena (Wisner) Allen. She attended school in Peabody, Kansas. Wilma met her husband Jack B. Orpin while she was waitressing at the Walton Café. Jack and Wilma were married on March 11,...
Carol Jean Troxell
Sep 1, 2009
Carol J. Troxell, 66, of Newton, died Tuesday (Sept. 1, 2009) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on April 23, 1943 in Petersburg, Illinois, the daughter of Lloyd and Hazel Guinan Vogt. She graduated from high school in Petersburg and moved to Newton in 1968. She married Richard L. Troxell on October 26, 1973 in Miami, Oklahoma. They...
Thomas C. Moulds
Aug 21, 2009
Thomas Clayton Moulds, 89, of Halstead, died Friday (Aug. 21, 2009) at the Halstead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Halstead, Ks. Tom was born on November 26, 1919 in Sedgwick , Kansas , the son of Robert E. and Clare M. Ropp Moulds. He graduated from Halstead High School in 1939. He married Ann Marese Phillips on April 25, 1942...
Helen E. Lewin
Aug 20, 2009
Wichita , KS . Helen Elizabeth Lewin , 86, died Thursday (Aug. 20, 2009) at Lakepoint Nursing in Wichita . Helen was born on April 24, 1923 in Elbing, Ks., the daughter of Jack and Maybell Cullup Seeney . She attended school in Elbing. She married Arlo R. Lewin in 1945 in El Dorado , Ks. He died in 1958....
Judy E. Busenitz
Aug 19, 2009
Judy Elaine Busenitz, 67, of Newton, died Wednesday (Aug. 19, 2009) at the Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita, Ks. Judy was born on March 17, 1942 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Emil and Millicent Dart Claassen. She married Donald Busenitz in Newton on October 20, 1963 and became a hard working farm wife for 46 years. Judy was young...
Melvin L. Bartel
Aug 13, 2009
Melvin L. Bartel, 79, of North Newton, died Thursday (Aug. 13, 2009) at the Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton. Melvin was born on March 12, 1930 in Hillsboro, Kansas, the son of Albert C. and Rosina Gaeddert Bartel. He was a Bethel College campus kid, graduating from Newton High School in 1952. Melvin helped with the building of the...
George Stanley Ammann
Jul 27, 2009
George Stanley Ammann, 74, of Newton, died Monday (July 27, 2009) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. He was born on July 9, 1935 in Alliance, Nebraska, the son of George A. and Zenita E. Symms Ammann. From 1957 til 1960, he served in the U. S. Air Force. He had lived in Newton for several years and had...
Betty L. Steinkirchner
Jul 26, 2009
Betty Lucile Steinkirchner died July 26, 2009. She was born January 19th, 1926 in Newton, Kansas, to Emmett E. Smith and Flossie L. (Pletcher) Smith. She married Leo Frank (Pete) Steinkirchner, Jr. on September 20, 1952. He passed away on August 27, 1986. Over the years Betty worked as a dental assistant for Dr. R. C. Nichol, a telephone operator...