Obituaries
Bret Johnson
Oct 14, 2022
Bret Johnson, age 63, died Friday, October 14, 2022, at his home in Newton, Kansas. He was born December 15, 1958, in Ulysses, Kansas, the son of Donald Eugene and Shirley A. (Komma) Johnson.
Bret grew up in Ulysses and attended Ulysses schools. While living in Ulysses, he had worked as a printer for Don Waterman, the local newspaper, and...
Nancy McFarlane
Oct 13, 2022
Nancy Ann McFarlane, 84, died Thursday (October 13, 2022) at the home of her daughter in Newton, Kansas.
She was born on May 3, 1938 in Newton, the daughter of Morris and Alice Billings Hogan. Nancy attended Newton schools, graduating from Newton High School. She married Walter James McFarlane on January 24, 1956 in Newton.
Nancy had been the bookkeeper...
Maria Llamas
Oct 13, 2022
Maria Elena (Nena) Llamas (formerly Olmos) passed away on October 13, 2022 at the age of 69.
Maria was born in Juarez, Mexico on January 10, 1953, the youngest of nine children. She moved to Hutchinson, Kansas to live with her sister’s family where she attended Sherman Junior High and Hutchinson High School. She later moved to Wichita, Kansas and...
Floyd Garnett
Oct 12, 2022
Floyd E. “Skippy” Garnett, 84, died Wednesday (October 12, 2022) at his home in Newton, Ks.
He was born on January 5, 1938 in Newton, the son of Harry and Edna Rose Dickinson Garnett. A lifelong resident of Newton, he graduated from Newton High School in 1956 where he played football, basketball and was on the track team. He...
Lucille Pankiewicz
Oct 10, 2022
Lucille J. Pankiewicz (91) of Newton, Kansas passed away on Monday, October 10, 2022 at Ascension Via Christi-St. Francis in Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born to Frank and Anna Staggenborg on June 13, 1931 in Marysville, Kansas.
Lucille was preceded in death by her husband, Charles (1998); her two children, Alan (2017) and Cecilia (2013);...
Dean Hodson
Oct 9, 2022
Lyle “Dean” Hodson was born January 26, 1935 at the family home outside of Sylvia, Kansas, the son of Harry and Bertha Kelly Hodson. He passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at his home in Wichita, Kansas surrounded by family as he lost his courageous battle with glioblastoma.
For several years Dean had been a truck driver for Dolly...
Ruby Davis Wills
Oct 8, 2022
Ruby Davis Wills, 97, passed away Saturday (October 8, 2022) at Newton Medical Center.
She was born October 19, 1924 in Exeter, MO to Clarence and Affie May Harrison. As an adult she spent many years caring for others as a nurse in the Kansas City area until her retirement in 1995 moved her closer to her family in central...
Etric Jones, II
Oct 2, 2022
Etric La’Ronne Jones, II, was born November 3, 1994 to Etric L. Jones, Sr. and Stephanie Louise Jones at the Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He departed his life on Sunday, October 2, 2022 in Weatherford, Texas at the age of 27.
Etric was a lifelong resident of Newton. While attending Newton High School, Etric was very active in...
Carole Malin
Sep 20, 2022
Carole Malin, 76, passed away peacefully at her home in Newton, KS on September 20, 2022. She grew up in Wichita, KS and came to Newton right after her marriage to Ralph John Malin on June 18, 1965. They met while students at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.
She graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in Business Administration,...
Kitty Burd
Sep 18, 2022
Kitty Kay Burd, 59, died Sunday (September 18, 2022) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.
She was born on April 2, 1963 in Huntington, W.V., the daughter of Paul H. and Dolores K. Blevins Burd. Kitty graduated from high school in California and lived in the Redding, California area for several years.
She married Patrick R. Fitch on...
Marion Regier
Sep 15, 2022
Marion Regier, 95, died Thursday (September 15, 2022) at the NMC Health in Newton.
She was born on April 12, 1927 in Richmond, Kansas, the daughter of Alfred and Emma Roeckers Wiesner. Marion was raised in Richmond and graduated from Ursuline Academy in Paola, Kansas.
In 1945, she moved to the Kansas City area where she was a bookkeeper and...
Billy Hedges
Sep 6, 2022
Billy Joe Hedges, 60, died Tuesday (September 6, 2022) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
He was born William Joseph Hedges on October 14, 1961 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William Lewis and Vondetta Britton Hedges.
The family lived in Topeka before moving to Florence, Kansas and later settling in Newton. Billy attended schools in Newton.
Through...
Annie Martinez
Aug 28, 2022
Annie Loyola Martinez, 78, died Sunday (August 28, 2022) at her home in Newton.
She was born Dec. 29, 1943, in Emporia, Ks. The daughter and second child of John and Ida Solis. Her family moved to Newton and her education began at Washington Grade School and completed when she graduated from Newton High in 1961.
She married her...
Charles Stewart
Aug 27, 2022
Charles Stewart, 66, died Saturday (August 27, 2022) at his home in Newton, KS.
Charles was born in El Dorado, KS on March 17, 1956 to Charles and Ethel Luce Stewart.
He is survived by the love of his life Katheline Schirer of Newton; sons Steven (Veronica) of Walton, KS and Christopher of Wichita; daughters Debra (John) Ives of Haysville...
Shirley Krueger
Aug 25, 2022
Shirley Jo Krueger, 84, died Thursday (August 25, 2022) at her home in North Newton, Ks.
She was born on May 12, 1938 in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of John W. and Mabel Holt Freeman.
She married John William Krueger, Jr. on June 19, 1954. With John serving in the military, they lived in several places. After he was discharged...
Arlen Regier
Aug 15, 2022
Arlen Duane Regier died Monday, August 15, 2022, age 85, at Schowalter Villa, Hesston, Kansas.
He was born April 5, 1937, in Newton, Kansas to Edward and Agnes (Epp) Regier. At age 7 or 8 he chose to follow Jesus as his Savior and was later baptized at Emmaus Mennonite Church in the spring of 1953. He attended Berean Academy...
John Burns
Aug 13, 2022
John Burns passed away August 13, 2022 at Comfort Care Homes in Newton, KS.
He was born in Wichita, KS on July 24, 1945 to George and Annabel Burns. He proudly served in the United States Army before meeting the love of his life, Bentura “Penny” Corona. They were married in Newton, KS at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church...
Nickolas Ferguson
Aug 10, 2022
Nickolas Bradon Ferguson, 20, died Wednesday (August 10, 2022) in Sedgwick, Kansas.
He was born on December 11, 2001 in Wichita, Kansas. Nick graduated from Remmington High School with honors in 2020. He was a member of the Remmington Football team and was named Actor of the Year. Nick had also attended Butler Community College.
Recently he had been working...
Richard Kliewer
Aug 10, 2022
Richard Douglas Kliewer, 54, died Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Ks. He was born on July 15, 1968, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Bill R. and Susan K. Kliewer. Richard had one younger brother, John P. Kliewer.
Richard accepted the Lord when he was 11 years old at a church camp. He was...
Marty Lynn Warkentine
Jul 28, 2022
Marty Lynn Warkentine, 58, passed away quietly Thursday (July 28, 2022) in Newton, Kansas. She was born on August 10, 1963 in Newton, the daughter of David and Barbara Tieszen Warkentine. As a lifelong member of the community she worked at Newton Medical Center, Walmart and the Newton Public Library where she loved serving library patrons. Marty...
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