Obituaries
Ralph S. Lehman
Nov 21, 2019
Ralph S. Lehman passed away peacefully on November 21, 2019, at age 97. He was an extraordinary man who led an exemplary life of service. Ralph was known for his kindness, gentle strength, devotion to family, professional leadership, unquestionable integrity, commitment to social justice, generosity, cheerful disposition, and positive world view. He was greatly loved and admired by all who...
Evelyn K. Pankratz
Nov 21, 2019
Evelyn K Pankratz passed away peacefully at home on Nov 21, 2019. She was born on July 18, 1934 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital to Phillip Stucky and Roma Schrag Stucky.
She attended Marion County Country one room school for her elementary education. She was a Burns 1952 High School Graduate. She attended Zion Mennonite Church and was baptized onMay...
Claude T. “Ted” Wynn
Nov 20, 2019
Claude Theodore (Ted) Wynn was born September 9, 1935, in Newark, New Jersey. He was the only child of Claude Lester Wynn and Marie Bertha Seymour Wynn. He spent his early youth in Brooklyn, NY, and for the second year of World War II he lived in Oklahoma with his paternal grandparents. He had many fond and exciting memories of...
Delbert H. Bartley
Nov 18, 2019
Delbert H. Bartley 84, died November 18, 2019 at his Newton residence. He was born April 10, 1935 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Albert and Lou (Sparks) Bartley. On October 2, 1954 he married Yvonne R. White in Sedan, Kansas and she preceded him in death on December 17, 2005
Delbert attended Newton Christian Church. He retired from Bunting Magnetics...
Joan C. Dallan
Nov 15, 2019
Joan C. Dallan 75, died Friday, November 15, 2019, in Newton, Kansas. She was born December 10, 1943 in Columbia, Missouri to Arnold and Edna (Carter) Bloch.
Joan was a member of the Catholic Church and retired from National Beef in Liberal, Kansas as a Safety Director. She enjoyed researching family history and genealogy, cooking especially baking and spending...
Charlotte Leigh Love
Nov 14, 2019
Charlotte Leigh Love, 65, died Thursday, November 14, 2019, surrounded by her sisters, after battling breast cancer since May. Charlotte was born February 3, 1954 in Belleville, KS to Charles and Evelyn Love.
Upon graduation from Belleville High School, class of ’72, Charlotte enlisted in the US Air Force. She was a Morse Systems operator. After returning from being stationed...
Shirley A Gosney
Nov 12, 2019
Shirley A Gosney 84, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas. She was born June 18, 1935 in to Fred and Dora (Stonebreaker) Bay.
She grew up on the family farm near Waverly, Kansas
Shirley had her first piano lesson at age 9, and by age 13 she was playing the piano at church. This began...
Mary Alice Hanke
Nov 7, 2019
Life Sketch for Mary Alice Hanke
Mary Alice Hanke, 70, passed away on November 7, 2019 at Ascension-Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita.
Mary Alice was born on January 16, 1949 in Newton, Kansas to Fred and Lila (Jantz) Killfoil.
Mary Alice was married on July 14, 1971 to Harley Gene Hanke. They were married for...
Anna Showalter
Nov 6, 2019
Anna (Ann) was born January 8, 1930, on a farm near Kokomo, IN., to Jacob and Lovina Helmuth Yoder, the youngest of seven children. Ann died on November 6th at Presbyterian Manor in Newton, KS, following a short illness. She married Ray Showalter, February 20, 1953 in Kansas City, MO. They had four children, Krista Kaufman (Robert), Karen Hildebrand...
Ina Mae Kinkaid
Nov 4, 2019
Ina Mae Kinkaid 94, died October 23, 2019 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born March 14, 1925 in Elk City, Kansas to John and Pearl (Ferguson) Penhorwood.
Ina Mae was a longtime active member of the Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in Newton.
Ina Mae enjoyed time visiting with her two great grandchildren and reminiscing over...
Velora Peters
Nov 1, 2019
North Newton, KS — Velora Phoebe (Kaufman) Peters, 93, died on Friday, November 1, 2019, at her home in North Newton, KS
She was born on January 11, 1926, on a farm near Moundridge to Ray and Emma (Schrag)
Kaufman. She was baptized in 1941 at Eden Mennonite Church. In 1946 she married Victor
Peters of Buhler, KS....
Beverly G. Hiebert
Nov 1, 2019
Beverly Gladys Hiebert, 81, passed away on November 1, 2019, just shy of her next birthday. She was born November 13, 1937 in Newton, Kansas to Murl R. and Lucile (Mitchell) Miller. She married J. Courtney Hiebert on June 6, 1958 in Newton and he preceded her in death in August of 2019.
Their union was blessed with...
Richard T. Dover
Oct 24, 2019
Richard Theodore Dover
Richard Theodore Dover, 80, left these earthly bonds, on October 24, 2019 to join his wife, Oletta Mae Dover.
Richard was born in Olathe, Kansas on March 25, 1939 to Richard P. and Lena (Messerall) Dover.
Richard married O’Letta Humphrey on July 2nd in Kansas City, Mo. They were married for 56 years prior...
Gary Lee Galemore
Oct 23, 2019
Gary Lee Galemore, age 72, of Sedgwick, KS passed away October 23, 2019 at his home. Gary was born October 7, 1947 in La Mesa, CA to Alva and Wilma (Issac) Galemore.
Gary was drafted after high school and served during the Vietnam War, and was honorably discharged once his tour of duty was over. After the service he went...
Antonio Jasso
Oct 19, 2019
Antonio (Anthony/Tony) Jasso, 91, of Newton, Kansas, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2019, surrounded by his family in Topeka, Kansas, where he had been living the past few years with his daughters Paula, Eva, and Toni-Alice.
He was born in El Paso, Texas on April 7, 1928, to Roberto Jasso and Paula Medina Jasso, who preceded him in...
Geneva Belle Hays
Oct 19, 2019
Geneva Belle Hays (nee Drake) made her heavenly journey on October 19, 2019.
Born December 9, 1922 to William and Pearl Drake, she was the 4th of five children. During the Depression she worked the farm fields with her dad and after graduating from Leon High School, the family moved to Winfield where she was the office bookkeeper for the...
William And Neil Gates
Oct 16, 2019
Russell Neil Gates passed away in Upland, Ca on July 22, 2019 after a brief illness. Neil, as he was known to everyone, was born in Newton, Ks on March 5, 1939 to his parents Russell and Eva Gates. He joined his older brothers Sid and Keith at the family home in Wichita, Ks. A few years later the...
J. Kent Sheriff
Oct 15, 2019
J. Kent Sheriff 53, died on October 15, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, from complications following heart surgery. Born on January 9, 1966, in Hillsboro, Illinois, to parents John K. and Elsie M. (Bacon) Sheriff, Kent spent most of his life in North Newton and Newton, Kansas. He was a 1985 graduate of Newton High...
Donna M. Wolfersberger
Oct 14, 2019
Donna M. Wolfersberger 79, died Monday October 14, 2019 surrounded by her loving family.
She was born April 23, 1940 in Manchester, Tennessee to Charles R. and Eva (Brown) Ulselton. She was a member of the Newton Christian Church and attended Sedgwick Christian Church. Donna served the Lord and her church in many ways through the years including helping with...
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