Obituaries
Marjorie Ann Harms
Nov 16, 2020
Marjorie Ann Harms 87, died Monday November 16, 2020 at Kidron Bethel Healthcare in North Newton, Kansas. She was born October 9, 1933 in Newton, Kansas to Isaac and Helen (Harms) Harms. She was third of three children and was raised on a farm east of Newton. Marjorie was baptized at Grace Hill Mennonite Church on June 5, 1949 upon...
Richard “Rick” Weeks
Nov 14, 2020
Richard “Rick” Orrin Weeks died just a few days short of his seventy-ninth birthday on November 14, 2020. His family surrounded him when he transitioned from this world to the next.
Rick was born on November 19, 1941 to John and Hazel (Mott) Weeks in White City, Kansas. He frequently would reminisce about time with his parents and family trips...
Virginia Bullard
Nov 12, 2020
Virginia Ann Bullard age 90, passed away on November 12, 2020 at the Newton, Presbyterian Manor. She was a resident there for 20 years. She was born February 6, 1930 in Newton, Kansas to the late Charles and Nellie Sauerwein. Virginia graduated from Newton High School. Shortly after graduation, she began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Newton, JC...
Virginia Bullard
Nov 12, 2020
Virginia A. Bullard 90, died November 12, 2020 at Newton Presbyterian Manor.
A graveside service will be announced at a later date
Donald E. Dody
Nov 10, 2020
Donald Eldon Dody, Newton, passed away Nov. 10, 2020, at the age of 90. He was born October 20, 1930 in Ottawa, Kan. to Arch and Helen Dody. He went to grade school in Bums, Kan., and country school in Antelope, Kan., later graduating from Bucklin High School in 1948. He married Betty Jeanne Hoffman August 6, 1950, at the...
Linda J. Burge
Nov 10, 2020
Linda Jay Burge passed away due to Covid-19 complications on the early morning of November 10, 2020 at the age of 63. Linda Burge was born on April 5th, 1957 to Jewel Joyce (mother) and LJ Snead (father) of Pataskala Ohio. Linda started her life in Elyria, Ohio and spent her formative years in and around the Pataskala area with...
Otis Unruh
Nov 8, 2020
Otis Unruh passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2020, at the age of 99, at Kidron Bethel Health Care Center, North Newton, Kansas.
Otis was born March. 22, 1921, on a farm near Goessel, Kansas, to Heinrich B. and Maria (Voth)
Unruh. The family moved to Halstead Kansas in 1937 where Otis graduated from Halstead High School 1939.
Otis...
Jeffrey Clinton Sturm
Nov 7, 2020
Jeffrey Clinton Sturm, 69, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020. He was born in Newton, Kansas to the Honorable Samuel H. Sturm and Betty Lou Sturm (nee DuFriend) on August 26, 1951. He attended Newton High School, graduating in 1969, and went on to attend Wichita State University, where he majored in political science. He then obtained a law...
Pastor Michael Alan Ronan
Oct 29, 2020
Michael Alan Ronan was called home to be with the Lord at his home in Newton, KS, on October 29th, 2020. He was born to Terry Lee Ronan and Sandra Jean (Stoddard) Ronan, on April 1, 1962, in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from High School in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
Michael served in the US army from 1983 – 1986,...
Garlan D. Johnson
Oct 28, 2020
Garlan Duane Johnson
Garlan Duane Johnson, 96, of Newton, KS, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Hospice House,Hutchinson, KS. He was born at home in Mt. Hope, KS on August 7, 1924 to Scott and Dollie Johnson. He was a member of Meridian Baptist Church and Grace Community Church, Newton, KS. He was also a member of V.F.W., American...
Brent Lee Thomas
Oct 25, 2020
Brent Lee Thomas, 52, of Newton, Kansas crossed his final finish line on Sunday, October 25, 2020. He died at home, surrounded by those he loved after a five month battle with cancer. Brent was born on August 31, 1968 in Newton, Kansas to Jerry Max and Kay (O’Brien) Thomas. He attended Newton High School and graduated with honors in...
Nancy Jean Hardeman
Oct 21, 2020
Nancy Jean Hardeman died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Newton, Kansas. She was born October 14, 1949, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the second daughter of Donald E. Slagle and Colleen (Hankins) Slagle. She and her sisters, Donna Smith and Martha Swenson, spent their childhoods in Pittsburg. She attended Pittsburg State University for two years, where she met her husband and true...
Virginia M. Schierling
Oct 20, 2020
Virginia M. Schierling 92, died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born October 12, 1928 in Kinsley, Kansas to Robert and Sophia (Fox) Richards. On August 14, 1950 she married Irvin Schierling at Halstead, Kansas and he preceded her in death on February 17, 2006.
Virginia was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church...
Virginia Schierling
Oct 20, 2020
Virginia M. Schierling 92, died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born October 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Kinsley, Kansas with her adoptive parents Robert and Sophia (Fox) Richards. On August 14, 1950 she married Irvin Schierling at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Halstead, Kansas and they made their home...
Tonessa Ann Wilmore
Oct 19, 2020
Tonessa Ann Wilmore passed away unexpectantly Oct 19, 2020. She was born August 25, 1956 to Charles and Romielda Wilmore in Salina, Kansas.
She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Wilmore and sister, Stephanie Manos.
She is survived by her son, Jeremy Schowalter; mother, Romielda (Millie), sisters Lynette Crawford (Don) from Salina, Kansas and Kelly Wilmore (John Cronk)...
Martha Cupit
Oct 19, 2020
Martha Cupit was born October 13, 1949 in Great Bend Kansas to Henry and Ruth Tiday. She lived on the family farm until seven years of age when her family moved to Larned. She graduated from Larned High School, Graduated from Fort Hays College, and obtained a Masters Degree from Emporia State.
She met her husband Kenneth in Hutchinson...
Gene A. Hawkey
Oct 19, 2020
Gene A Hawkey, 89, died Monday October 19, 2020 at Schowalter Villa, Hesston, Kansas. He was born June 3, 1931 in Newton, Kansas to Willard and Mary (Magnisun) Hawkey. On April 13 1951 he married Doris Buller in Newton, Kansas and she preceded him in death.
Gene was a longtime active member of Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in...
Jimmy Wayne Wickiser
Oct 14, 2020
Jimmy Wayne Wickiser, 80, was born at home in Craig, Missouri, His parents were Ernest Garth Wickiser and Lillian Combs Wickiser. Along with his brother Clyde and sister Kay they enjoyed a lively and loving family. Jim died on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Newton Comfort Care Home. Jimmy lived his last two years in long-term care due to Parkinson’s Disease...
Elinor V. Hall
Oct 12, 2020
Newton, KS -Elinor V. Hall-91-Peacefully passed away October 12, 2020 at Kansas Christian Home. She was born February 13, 1929 In Pawnee Rock, KS the daughter of John and Malinda (Base) Friesen. In 1946 she moved to Newton and graduated from Bethel College. On June 1, 1951 she married Thomas W. Hall who precedes her.
She is survived by two...
Lloyd David Patterson Jr.
Oct 10, 2020
Lloyd David Patterson, Jr., 88, of AZ, retired Plant Operator at Kansas Gas & Electric Co, and follower of Christ, died Saturday October 10, 2020. He is preceded in death by his grandson, Ryan Tristan Hill. His survivors include his wife Jackie, children Linda (Ken) Frevert of KS, Dwight (Laurie)Patterson and Pamela (Bunker) Hill of MN, 8 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren....
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