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Glenda F. Kliewer
Feb 28, 2022
Glenda Francis Kliewer, 79, died Monday (February 28, 2022) at the Paramount Community Living Center in Newton, Ks.
She was born on November 16, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Glenn L. and Virginia Dixon Abney. They family later moved to Newton where Glenda graduated from Newton High School in 1960 and was Miss Newton. She later attended Emporia...
Lois May Hamilton
Feb 28, 2022
Lois May Hamilton, 92, died Monday (February 28, 2022) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on May 1, 1929 in Winfield, Ks., the daughter of Sanford A. and Fern Reba Snyder Atkinson. Lois was raised in the Winfield area, graduating from Winfield High School and earned a B.S. in microbiology from Oklahoma State University.
She volunteered then...
Helen Wehry
Feb 19, 2022
Helen Joy Wehry, 88, died Saturday (February 19, 2022) at the Ascension Via Christi Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks.
She was born on October 24, 1933 in rural Moundridge, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Elsie Stucky Schrag. Helen was raised in the Moundridge area, graduating from Moundridge High School.
Helen married Harvey Wilson Wehry, Jr. on...
Margaret Montano
Feb 17, 2022
Mom and Dad…finally together again, forever. Margaret Katherine (Sauceda) Montano, age 90, died on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Kidron Bethel Nursing Home in North Newton, KS surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Nov. 25, 1931, in Las Animas, CO, the daughter of Margaret (Samaniego) and Martin P. Sauceda. On Aug. 26, 1950, Margaret married Ramiro (Ron) Montano...
Albert Kostelecky
Feb 14, 2022
Albert Christopher Kostelecky, 82, died February 14, 2022 in Newton, Kansas.
He was born March 22, 1939, the son of Joseph and Beatrice Kostelecky. Albert was united in marriage to Verlamae J. Reid Breon on August 30, 1978. They were married 43 years, six months. Verlamae survives in the home.
Albert was a man of many talents from his time...
Velma Swartzendruber
Feb 14, 2022
Velma Swartzendruber, 89, of Hesston, Kansas passed away of natural causes on Monday, February 14, 2022 at the Schowalter Villa.
Velma was born in Newton, Kansas on June 21, 1932 to Reuben and Helen (Vogt) Ewy. She met Gene Swartzendruber at Hesston Academy (now Hesston College) and the couple was married there on October 26, 1950. They lived in the...
Martha Smith
Feb 10, 2022
Martha Smith, 80, died Thursday (February 10, 2022) at her home in Newton, Ks.
She was born on March 17, 1941 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of William and Lizzie Miller Hochstedler. Martha was raised in an Amish family, later branching out on her own path.
Martha married Glenn Kaye Smith in Las Vegas. They lived in the Whitewater, Kansas...
Theodore Henry
Feb 1, 2022
Theodore M. Henry “Ted,” age 76, stepped into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. He was born November 3, 1945 in Beloit, Kansas; the son of David M. and Vonda Mae Conn Henry. Ted was raised in Salina, Kansas, graduating from Salina High School in 1965.
He married the love of his life, Sandra Lea Fletchall, on...
Todd Akers
Jan 28, 2022
Todd Scott Akers, age 57 died Friday January 28, 2022 at his home in Newton, KS.
He was born on August 28, 1964 in Newton, KS to Eldon and Marian (Orpin) Akers. He married Patrice Murphy on November 11, 1989 and they were married for 32 years.
He is survived by his wife Patrice of the home, son Ian...
Louise Morales
Jan 15, 2022
Louise T. Morales, 89, died Saturday (January 15, 2022) at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
She was born on June 21, 1932 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Jose and Antonia Martinez Terrones. Louise married Eugene Morales and they were later divorced.
Louise was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and served the church in...
Jeannine Smith
Jan 13, 2022
On January 13, 2022, Jeannine Kay Smith entered the Heavenly gates of our Lord's home to walk through the gardens and golden paths with our Lord and loved ones we lost before her.
She was born on July 3, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a loving, caring mother, wife, and homemaker most of her life. She was also a...
Jeanette Sanchez
Jan 12, 2022
Jeanette Gail Sanchez, 62, of Newton, passed away on Wednesday (January 12, 2022) in Newton.
Jeanette was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Tommy L. and Pauline Carol Partin Jay on January 18, 1959. During her childhood, the family lived in Western Kansas where she attended schools before moving to Newton. Jeanette graduated from Newton High School in 1977.
While...
Wilmer Classen
Jan 12, 2022
Wilmer G. Classen, 91, died Wednesday (January 12, 2022) at the NMC Health in Newton, Ks.
He was born on April 18, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Henry A. and Sara Dick Classen. Wilmer was raised in Meade, Kansas, graduating in 1949 from Meade Bible Academy.
He attended Tabor College and later graduated from the Kansas City...
Richard Cook
Jan 8, 2022
Richard Lynn Cook, 71, died Saturday (January 8, 2022) in Wichita with his daughter by his side with whom he had been living with for the past year.
Rick was born on July 5, 1950 in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of Overend Otis and Jessie Beck Cook. He was raised in the Liberal, Kansas area, graduating from Liberal High...
Franklin Loyles
Jan 8, 2022
Franklin Dean Loyles, 78, died Saturday (January 8, 2022) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
He and his twin brother, were born on July 19, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Franklin Ward and Anna Laura Phillips Hickerson Loyles. Frank was raised in Wichita and attended South High School along with working at his father’s construction business.
...
Loren McQueen
Jan 3, 2022
Loren L. McQueen, 80, North Newton, Kan., and formerly of Montezuma, Kan., passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at his home.
He was born March 27, 1941, in Partridge, Kan., to George and Ruth (Schwab) McQueen as the seventh of eight children and the youngest of five boys.
He married Patricia Hoyt on Oct. 29, 1960, in the little...
Michael Larreau
Jan 3, 2022
Michael Clinton Angel Larreau, 74, died Monday (January 3, 2022) at the Harry Hospice Center of Accension Via Christi Medical Center- St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
Mike was born on August 29, 1947 in Oberlin, Kansas. As a child he lived in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska.
On June 23, 1968, he was united in marriage to Connie Fredrickson in...
Leonard Searl
Jan 1, 2022
Leonard L. Searl, 80, died Saturday (January 1, 2022) at the NMC Health in Newton, Ks.
He was born on January 31, 1941 in Cassville, Missouri and graduated from West Port High School in Kansas City, Mo.
Leonard married the love of his life, Judith K. Rose on April 9, 1960 in Kansas City, Mo. They lived in Kansas...
Maxine Dugan
Dec 29, 2021
Charlotte Maxine Peake was born July 29, 1931 to her Cherokee parents Jesse and Mary Louise Peake. She was born on the Fort Totten, North Dakota Indian Reservation at Devil’s Lake, North Dakota.
Maxine’s early childhood was spent living in the Dakotas and Oklahoma at several Indian school campuses, where her mother worked as a teacher. During her first few...
Rosemary Trumble
Dec 27, 2021
Rosemary M. Trumble, 72, died Monday (December 27, 2021) at NMC Health in Newton, Ks.
She was born on August 24, 1949 in Danville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John E. and Dorothy C. Derk Peifer. Rosemary graduated from high school in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1967.
For over 20 years she worked at the Hershey Chocolate Factory on the production...
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