Obituaries

Iris Shanks

Iris Shanks

May 22, 2016

 

 

Iris Carol Shanks was born to Carroll J Stone and Violet Stone in Clay, Kentucky on January 26, 1939. She moved to Kansas with her family in the 1950s. Iris expressed her kind and gentle nature through the nursing profession. Her passions also included music and dancing.

 

Iris passed away on Saturday, May 22nd, 2016. She was...

Donald E. “Don” Parrish

Donald E. “Don” Parrish

May 20, 2016

Donald E Parrish, 83 went to be with Our Lord and Saviour , Friday May 20, in Schowalter Progressive Recovery Academy.

 

He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, August 9, 1932. He grew up in Denver, Colorado, until joining the Army in 1953, 10th Inf. Div. Band Tng Unit, at Fort Riley earning a Honorable discharge in 1955. Don spent...

Mary Ann Paris

Mary Ann Paris

May 18, 2016

Mary Ann Paris went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Kansas Christian Nursing home.  Mary Ann was born December 6th 1959 in Council Grove, KS to Calvin and Betty Nigh.  Mary attending Council Grove High School.  In previous years Mary worked as a certified nurse’s aide.  She faithfully attended Fishing Has No Boundary every...

Wanda L. Willems

Wanda L. Willems

May 18, 2016

Wanda L. Willems 63, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Peabody Health and Rehab in Peabody, Kansas. She was born March 8, 1953 in Newton, Kansas to Harold and LeeAnn (Sheffler) Wonders.  She was a 1971 graduate of Newton High School and attended first Presbyterian Church in Newton.  Wanda worked for over 20 years as a payroll clerk for the...

Ida Rogers

Ida Rogers

May 10, 2016

After a long battle with illness, Ida Adelene (Angle) Rogers went home to be with our heavenly father on May 10, 2016, surrounded by her loving family at Newton Medical Center.

 

She was born to Pearly Carlisle and Bertha Agnes (Williams) Angle on June 2, 1940, in Amorita, Oklahoma. She married Donald F. “Skip” Rogers on October 4, 1955...

Howard Wedel

Howard Wedel

May 9, 2016

 

 

Life Sketch for Howard Clarence Wedel

 

Howard Clarence Wedel, 97, passed away on Monday, May 09, 2016 at his home in rural Peabody.

 

He was born on January 8, 1919 in rural Moundridge, Kansas to Herman and Christina (Voran) Wedel.

 

He married Louise Entz on September 10, 1951 in Newton, Kansas. She preceded him in...

Elsie F. Cook

Elsie F. Cook

May 8, 2016

Elsie Fontelle (Clark) Cook 97, died Mother’s Day Sunday May, 8, 2016 at St. Luke Living Center in Marion, Kansas. She was born May 31, 1918 in Wichita, Kansas to Earl and Ociola (Gibbler) Clark.  She married Vance Eldon Cook on April 19, 1943. He preceded her in death on May 25, 1999.  Elsie loved to read books and looked...

Lorraine E. Morrison

Lorraine E. Morrison

May 6, 2016

Lorraine E. Morrison, 94, of Sedgwick, Kansas died May 6, 2016.  She was born to Lute and Julia Alloway April 11, 1922 in Milton, Kansas.  She married Vern Morrison February 24, 1943, together they had two children, Linda and Douglas.  Lorraine worked as a cosmetologist in Wichita.  She is preceded in death by parents, Lute and Julia Alloway; husband Vern...

T.J. Cornejo

T.J. Cornejo

May 4, 2016

 

T.J. Cornejo 33, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born March 6, 1983 in Roswell, New Mexico. To Robert “Bob” Cornejo and Rhonda L. Neuman. His father preceded him in death.  T.J. Graduated from Newton High School in 2002 and served his country in Iraq in the U.S. Army.  He loved...

Dustin Patterson

Dustin Patterson

May 4, 2016

Dustin Patterson 37, died Wednesday May 4, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born November 15, 1978 in Wichita, Kansas to Lonnie and the late Jeannie (Holland) Patterson. Dustin grew up in Newton and recently moved to Kansas City .He attended Newton High School.  Dustin was an outgoing person with many friends, he looked forward to spending time with...

Pansy Koehn

Pansy Koehn

May 3, 2016

Laveda Pansy Koehn 83, died Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at the Moundridge Manor in Moundridge, Kansas. She was born February 22, 1933 in Halstead, Kansas to Enoch D. and Anna (Smith) Koehn.  Pansy was a lifelong active member of the Eden Church of God in Christ Mennonite rural Burns, Kansas. She was a retired LPN at the former Bethel Hospital...

Richardo “Richard” Aranda

Richardo “Richard” Aranda

Apr 20, 2016

Ricardo “Richard” Aranda 74, died Wednesday April 20, 2016 at The Robert J. Dole V.A. Hospice Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born July 9, 1941 in El Paso, Texas to Esteban and Maria (Lucero) Aranda. He married Jessie Sifuentez and she survives of the home.  He served his country in the armed forces during Vietnam.  Richard attended Our Lady...

Dorothy H. Smith

Dorothy H. Smith

Apr 20, 2016

Dorothy H. Smith 84, died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. She was born August 18, 1931 in Poteau, OK to Robert and Neva (Doyle) Smith.  She married Donald Smith on January 5, 1950 and he preceded her in death.  Dorothy attended First Church of God in Newton and retired from Rockwell International in Newport Beach,...

Kathryn Wheaton

Kathryn Wheaton

Apr 15, 2016

Life Sketch for Kathryn L. Wheaton

 

Kathryn L. Wheaton, 79, died on Friday, April 15th at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas

 

She was born on December 14, 1936 to Royal and Wilhelmina (Rudginsky) Berggren in Menominee, Michigan.

 

Kathryn worked in many positions throughout her working career.  She grew up on a farm and had a strong work...

Robert Clark

Robert Clark

Apr 15, 2016

Robert Stephen Clark was born November 5, 1925, in Baltimore, MD, giving him no other option than to be a faithful Orioles fan. He was a city-boy through and through, always staying away from wheelbarrows, “because he didn’t know anything about heavy equipment.” As a young man, he served in the Army during World War II, then returned to Maryland...

Sylvia Grosch

Sylvia Grosch

Apr 11, 2016

Sylvia Grosch, 77, died on April 11, 2016 at Newton Medical Center.

Sylvia was born on July 25, 1938 to Wesley and Thelma (Weathers) Klauman in Morehead, Kansas.

She married Billy Ward Grosch on September 23, 1960 in Newton, Kansas. They were married fifty five years before her passing.

She was a hard working mother who loved and took care...

Dorothy M Williams

Dorothy M Williams

Apr 11, 2016

Life Sketch for Dorothy Williams

 

Dorothy Williams, 99, died on Monday, April 11, 2016 at Asbury Park in Newton.

 

Dorothy was born on November 22, 1916 in Cimarron, Kansas to Carl and Agnes (Davidson) Porter.

 

Dorothy married Gilbert F Williams on May 12, 1950 in Newton, Kansas.  He died on September 7, 1992.

 

Dorothy was an...

Joann Brown

Joann Brown

Apr 11, 2016

JoAnn Brown was born in Hoisington, Kansas on September 3, 1947.  She died at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas on April 11, 2016.  She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton, Kansas as well as a member of the VFW Auxiliary in Newton. She was preceded in death by husband, Lloyd Brown; parents Adolph and...

Don Schommer

Don Schommer

Apr 10, 2016

 

Donald “Don”-“Doc” Schommer died on Sunday, April 10,,2016 at his home in Sedgwick, Kansas. Don was born on May 18, 1938 in Great Bend, Kansas to Mathias John and Alice Sarah (Klee) Schommer. Don was married and lived with his wife, Virginia “Kay” (Allison) Schommer until his death.

 

Don was a very athletic man; playing varied sports and an avid...

Kathryn Wheaton

Kathryn Wheaton

Apr 9, 2016

Life Sketch for Kathryn L. Wheaton

 

Kathryn L. Wheaton, 79, died on Friday, April 15th at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas

 

She was born on December 14, 1936 to Royal and Wilhelmina (Rudginsky) Berggren in Menominee, Michigan.

 

Kathryn worked in many positions throughout her working career.  She grew up on a farm and had a strong work...

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