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LaVonda F. Classen
Apr 17, 2008
LaVonda F. Claassen died on April 17, 2008 at her home in Newton, Kansas. She was born on July 12, 1937 the daughter of Agnes (Regier) and Virgil Buller in Enid, Oklahoma. On August 22, 1958 she married Dr. Milton Claassen in Mingo, Kansas. She worked as a nurse and a housewife during her lifetime. She is preceded in death...
Kenneth E. (Booie) Brainard
Apr 4, 2008
Newton, Kansas Kenneth Edward (Booie) Brainard, 84, lifetime Newton resident, passed away Friday, April 04, 2008. Booie was born May 15, 1923 to Chester Irvin and Mary Martha (May) Brainard in Newton, Kansas. He married Marylee Garrett in Hutchinson on June 7, 1947. He served in the United States Navy during WWII from 1941 to 1945 as an aviation machinist’s...
Raymond David Ruff
Apr 3, 2008
Newton, Kansas Raymond David (Ike) Ruff, died on April 3, 2008. He was born on June 19, 1923, to David and Mary Elizabeth (Weinmeister) Ruff at Newton, Kansas. Ike graduated from Newton High School in May 1943. He joined the United States Marine Corps, May 27, 1943. He was a member of Platoon 475 while recruit training at San Diego,...
Faynell M. Lehman
Mar 31, 2008
After a short illness Faynell M. Lehman passed away Monday, March 31, 2008 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas two days before her birthday. She was born in Ryan, Oklahoma on April 2, 1919 to Lou (Winder) and Roy Miller. Fay graduated from Ryan High School, Ryan Oklahoma and continued on with her education at Oklahoma University...
Elmer L. Seibel
Mar 26, 2008
Elmer Lee Seibel, 88, was born on January 31, 1920 the son of Anna (Wall ) and Jacob Seibel in Alune, Kansas. On June 12, 1953 he married Dorothy Amy Pankratz in Hillsboro, Kansas. She survives of the home. He was a member of the First Mennonite Brethren Church, Wichita, Kansas. Elmer built homes in Wichita for a number of...
Daniel C. Voth
Mar 22, 2008
Newton, KS Daniel Cornelius Voth, 71, died March 22, 2008 at Asbury Park, Newton. He was born February 18, 1937 in Newton to Edward and Bertha (Voth) Voth. They precede him in death. He attended schools in Newton graduating Newton High School in 1954. He was employed as a laborer by the Collins Bus Company. Daniel married Margaret Jesseph on...
Beatrice Helen Dey
Mar 20, 2008
Beatrice Helen Dey died on March 20, 2008 at the Presbyterian Manor, Newton, Kansas. She was born on April 15, 1927 the daughter of Mildred and Gordon E. Ellethorpe in Gansevoort, New York. Beatrice was a former member of the Order of The Eastern Star, Newton and also enjoyed spending time at the Newton Senior Center. While in Newton, she...
Beverly Brueggeman
Mar 15, 2008
Beverly Brueggeman, 76, died March 15, 2008 at her residence in Newton, Kansas. She was born on January 20, 1932, the daughter of Juanita (Wellborn) and Floyd Pickett in Parsons, Kansas. On October 7, 1956, Beverly married George F. Brueggeman in Parsons, Kansas. Beverly enjoyed sharing coffee with her group of friends. She had a big heart and was always...
Mary E. Unruh
Mar 9, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Unruh was born on May 12, 1919 in Rural Durham, Kansas, the daughter of Justina (Pankratz) and Peter H. Frantz. She died on March 9, 2008 at the Bethesda Home in Goessel, Kansas. She married Noah D. Unruh on February 27, 1938 in Rural Durham, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 13, 1990. Mary and Noah...
Marie M. Jantz
Mar 8, 2008
Marie M. Jantz, 100, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Bethesda Home, Goessel, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1907 to Tobias and Mathilda (Richert) Eck in rural McPherson County. She married Simon Jantz on April 10, 1929. They had one son, Melvin. Marie enjoyed traveling, gardening, cooking, crocheting, doll collecting, and her many friends. She worked at Salem Home...
Alberta Behymer
Mar 3, 2008
Alberta M. Behymer, 80, died March 3, 2008 at Asbury Park, Newton. She was born December 21, 1927 at Wichita, KS to Paul and Violet Marie (Fawl) Sagerty. They precede her in death. She attended schools in Wichita, KS graduating from Wichita North High School in 1945. She was employed as a stockwoman at the George Innes Department Store. She...
Harold W. Buckman
Feb 27, 2008
Harold was born August 3, 1916 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Paul & Hazel (McDonald) Buckman. He married Loretta Burton, January 27, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas, she preceded him in death January 4,1999. He was a railroad electrician for the Santa Fe Railroad before retiring. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran serving in the South Pacific...
Pauline M. Barker
Feb 15, 2008
Pauline May Barker passed away Friday, Februay 15, 2008 following a long illness. She was born in Liverpool, England, December 11, 1932 to Enoch Arthur Speight and Edith May Ashley. She began her nurse's training there, when she met and married Leonida Dunbaugh Jr., September 18, 1950. To this union were born Gary Lee Dunbaugh and Sharon Denise Dunbaugh Allen,...
Claudius L. Dickson
Feb 3, 2008
Claudius Loyd "CL" Dickson was born February 12, 1914 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Herbert P. and Grace (Snyder) Dickson. He married Maxine Gates May 5, 1937 in Wellington, Kansas. She survives of the home. "CL " enjoyed gardening, reading, and time working on the farm. He was mechanically gifted and enjoyed tinkering around and fixing things.
Richard M. Glover
Jan 26, 2008
Richard Mortimer Glover, M.D., who delivered many of the current citizens of Newton during more than four decades as a family physician, died January 26, 2008. He was 86. Dr. Glover was born February 28, 1921 in Newton to Harold Mortimer Glover, M.D., and Marguerite Axtell Glover. He attended Newton schools and graduated from Newton High School in 1939. After...
Helen M. Slack
Jan 25, 2008
Helen M. Slac,88, died Friday, January 25th at Newton Medical Center. On November 14, 1919 she was born to Charlie and Hilma (Rapp) Davis in Newton. She met her husband Donald Slack at Boeing in Wichita. They were married on January 17, 1946 in Newton at the First Christian Church. They lived in Nebraska and South Dakota for a while...
Nellie Walker
Jan 24, 2008
Ethel was born on December 28, 1917 in Elbing, Kansas, the daughter of Caroline Rose and Daniel W. Schmidt. She married Wilber Walker on April 30, 1939 at the Beulah Chapel in Augusta, Kansas. Survivors include three daughters, Janice and Leonard Steider of Newton, Deanna and Gordon Sommerfeld of Newton and Judy and Bob Walker of Key Largo,Florida; two sisters,...
Jay W. McCulloch
Mar 22, 1986
Jay W. McCulloch, 29, died on March 22, 2016 at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He was born on August 17, 1986 to Joan (Widener) and Russell McCulloch at the Axtell Hospital in Newton. Jay grew up in the Hesston and Newton communities and graduated from Hesston High School with the class of 2005. Jay was employed as a...
Marvin L. Doty
Oct 25, 1924
Marvin I. Doty, died October 25, 2008 in Wichita, Kansas at the Sandpiper Nursing Home in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on May 14, 1924, the son of Edith A. (Burbridge) and David I. Doty in Newton, Kansas. Marvin enjoyed coffee with his friends in Newton. Survivors include 2 brothers, Cecil Doty, Hesston and Melvin Doty, Hutchinson ; nieces and...
Irene Fern Schmidt
Mar 9, 1916
Irene Fern Schmidt – Newton, Kansas Irene Fern Schmidt, 92, Newton, KS passed away Monday, October 13, 2008 at Asbury Park, Newton, KS. Irene was born March 9, 1916 in rural Goessel, KS, the daughter of Bernhard W. and Helena (Schmidt) Schmidt. She was the oldest of three daughters. She cared for her parents in their home in Goessel and...
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