Obituaries
Wilma L. Sears
May 19, 2009
Wilma L. Sears, 84, of Newton, died Tuesday (May 19, 2009) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. Wilma was born on June 21, 1924 in Stonewall, Oklahoma, the daughter of Johnson and Lena Clayton Gift. She was raised in the Chickasha, Oklahoma area and moved to Newton as a teenager. Wilma married John Franklin Sears, Sr., on September 14, 1940...
Walter George Liggett
May 14, 2009
Walter G. Liggett, 82, of Newton, died Thursday (May 14, 2009) at his home. He was born on January 9, 1927 in Elbing, Kansas, the son of Grandville Aikman and Silvia Jane Landreth Liggett. Walter married Doris Mae Haas on June 23, 1951 in Marion, Kansas. They lived in Marion for a short time before moving to Newton. Due to...
Jean W. Coleman
May 5, 2009
Jean Wilfred Coleman, 92, passed away Tuesday May 5, 2009 at Kansas Christian Home where he had been a patient for a few weeks. Jean was born January 9, 1917 in Atchison, KS, to John Walker Coleman and Emma Grace Ballinger, (and Jay Dwight Adams, step-father). He had 2 brothers: John Ballinger Coleman, physician of Minneapolis, and James Henry Coleman...
Bruce Carl Jacobson
Apr 30, 2009
Bruce Carl Jacobson, 90, died on April 30, 2009 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He was born on September 16, 1918 in rural Harvey County, Kansas the son of Leda M. (Crawford) Jacobson and Carl M. Jacobson. He married Marguerite Bauman on September 19, 1943 in Sedgwick, Kansas. She preceded him in death on June 8, 1998....
Virginia May Callahan
Apr 26, 2009
Virginia May Callahan, 81, of Newton, died Sunday, (April 26, 2009) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. Virginia was born on February 5, 1928 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Jasper Levi and Evelyn Lucille Buss Scott. She had attended schools in Newton and continued to live in Newton the majority of her life. She had been a member...
Juan R. Chavez
Apr 20, 2009
Juan Chavez, loving husband and father, went to be with our Lord on April 20, 2009. He was born in Morenci, Arizona on June 26, 1924 to Bernardo and Josepha Holguin Chavez. Juan met his future wife Estela Rosario Rodriquez in Newton, Kansas near a tree by the train station before deploying to Europe in WWII. He was awarded the...
Florence Allison
Apr 20, 2009
Florence Allison, 100, of Newton, died Monday (April 20, 2009) at Asbury Park in Newton. Florence was born on May 24, 1908 in Wellington, Ks., the daughter of Charles and Effie Smiley Myers. She was raised in the Wellington area, graduating from Wellington High School. She married John Whomans in 1928, they were later divorced. She moved to Newton in...
Gregory T. KLein
Apr 2, 2009
Gregory Thomas Klein, 54, of Newton, died Thursday (April 2, 2009) at his home. Greg was born on December 1, 1954 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the son of Thomas and Lorraine Klein. He lived in the Sleepy Eye area until moving to Newton 35 years ago. For the last 25 years Greg had been a dedicated worker and Parts Manager...
John M. Unruh
Mar 18, 2009
JOHN M. UNRUH, 58, of Newton, died Wednesday (March 18, 2009) at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. John was born on August 13, 1950 in Newton, Ks., the son of Milton and Agnes Goering Unruh. He was raised in the Newton-Hesston area, graduating from Hesston High School in 1968. He married Cindi Botterweck...
David V. Overlin
Mar 15, 2009
David V. Overlin, 76, of Newton, died Sunday (March 15, 2009) at the Memorial Home in Moundridge, Kansas. Vernon Clayton David Overlin was born on August 10, 1932 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Tapley and Mamie Kearn Overlin He was the youngest of 10 children. David lived much of his early life in Emporia. His parents died when he...
John Clinton Wance
Mar 14, 2009
John Clinton Wance, 85, of Hesston, died Saturday (March 14, 2009) at his home. He was born on September 12, 1923 in Elmdale, Ks., the son of Samuel and Irene Scott Wance. John graduated from Elmdale High School in 1941, after which he moved to Newton and began working on the Santa Fe Railroad. During World War II, John served...
Patricia Lou Willingham
Mar 3, 2009
Patricia Lou Willingham, 57, of Newton died Tuesday (March 3, 2009) at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Ks. She was born on November 15, 1951 in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Oscar Richard and Dorothy Jean King Bray. Patricia graduated from Joplin High School. She married David Ray Willingham on July 31, 1973 in Memphis, Tenn. They had lived in...
Virginia E. Ford
Feb 26, 2009
Virginia E. Ford, 83, died on February 26, 2009 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Ks. She was born on February 6, 1926, the daughter of Carl A. and Mary A. Buck Spurgeon, in Skiatook, Oklahoma. On May 2, 1966, she married Max E. Ford in Miami, Oklahoma. Virginia was a member of the Columbus Avenue Church of Christ...
The Rev. Billy Baxter Dial
Feb 24, 2009
Bill Baxter Dial died on February 24, 2009, at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas, at the age of 85. He was born in Celina, Texas on August 26, 1923 to Harry M. Dial and Ethel Hightower Dial. He served as an aviation instructor flying B-25’s for the Army Air Corps during WWII. He was a graduate of Southwestern College in...
Dorothy M. Dellenbaugh
Feb 21, 2009
Dorothy M. Dellenbaugh, 82, of Newton, died Saturday (Feb. 21, 2009) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. Dorothy was born on August 26, 1926 in Foraker, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harvey B. and Erma Potter Blenden. She married Melvin Leon Dellenbaugh on August 15, 1945 in Arkansas City, Ks. Melvin died on March 11, 2003. They live in Arkansas...
Belen Estrada
Feb 17, 2009
Belen Estrada,83, died on February 17, 2009 at the Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas. She was born on January 4, 1926, in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Marie (Garcia) and Magdaleno Jaso. On April 22, 1944, she married Joaquin S. Estrada at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton. He preceded her in death on December 21, 2001. Belen...
Jacqueline Marie Haas
Feb 17, 2009
Jacqueline Marie “Jackie” Haas, 47, of Tulsa , died Tuesday (Feb. 17, 2009) at the home of her aunt in North Newton , Ks. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, APRIL 11, 2009 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Loretto, Kansas. Inurnment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Jackie was born on March 6, 1961 in Hay,...
Martha Mae Turner
Feb 17, 2009
Martha Mae Turner , 87, died on Tuesday (Feb. 17, 2009) at the Salem Nursing Home in Hillsboro , KS. She was born on January 31, 1922 in Monrovie , Kansas , the daughter of James and Carrie (Lamberson) Donovan . She married Merle W. Turner on February 12, 1955 in Wichita , Kansas. Martha had been a self-employed technician...
Dorothy Margaret Friesen
Feb 14, 2009
HESSTON , KS . Dorothy Margaret Friesen , 89, of Hesston, died Saturday (February 14, 2009) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday (February 28, 2009) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. Private family interment was held at Greenwood Cemetery in Newton . A memorial has been established with Schowalter Villa , contributions may...
L. Elizabeth Vogt
Feb 9, 2009
L. Elizabeth Vogt , of Newton , died Friday (Feb. 6, 2009) at Asbury Park in Newton , Ks. Private family graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M.,Monday (Feb. 9, 2009) at Restlawn Garden of Memory. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday (Feb. 9, 2009) at the First Mennonite Church in Newton with Pastor Clarence Rempel...
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