Obituaries

Dec 26, 2015

Rosella Bolen 85, died Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Kidron Bethel Healthcare. Private family interment will be in the Elbing cemetery at a later date.

Dec 24, 2015

Dec 24, 2015

Victoria A (Losey) Dragoo 70, died Thursday, December 24, 2015 at her Newton residence. She was born October 27, 1945 in Miller, South Dakota to Charles and Phyllis (Danburg) Losey. On April 8, 1967 she married Dean Dragoo at St. Ann’s Church in Miller, South Dakota and he survives of the home. Vicki was a graduate of Miller High School...

Dec 14, 2015

Joyce (Balzer) Unruh, 84, of Newton, former resident of Hillsboro, Kansas, passed away December 14, 2015. She was born January 27, 1931 to Herman and Hazel (Thomas) Balzer in Hillsboro, beginning life on a farm and attending country school, later moving to town, and graduating from HHS in 1948. She married Lee Unruh, who survives her, on June 27, 1952....

Nov 29, 2015

Nov 27, 2015

Life Sketch for John Keith Robertson

John Robertson died in expectantly in his sleep on November 27, 2015 at his home in Newton, Kansas.

He was born on June 20, 1956 in Romeo, Michigan to John and Ruth (Pingle) Robertson.

John married Karen Anne Meyers on April 22, 1978 in Royal Oak, Michigan. They were married 37 years prior to...

Nov 26, 2015

Rex C. Graham 85, died Thursday, November 26, 2015 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. He was born October 6, 1930 in Newton, Kansas to Earl and Clara (Windsor) Graham. On February 17, 1952 he married Marjorie Buell at Peabody, Kansas and she survived of the home. Rex served his country in the United States Airforce during the Korean Era. He retired...

Nov 26, 2015

Life Sketch for Noemi Etterman

Noemi Etterman, 33, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 26th at her home in Port Isabel, Texas.

Noemi was born on January 3, 1982 to Leonardo and Angelina (Saldana) Martinez in Mexico.

Noemi married Thomas P. Etterman on July 6, 2002 in San Carlos, Coahuila Mexico. They were married for...

Nov 25, 2015

Darrel L. Unruh, 74, of Newton, Kansas passed away on Wednesday November 25, 2015. He was bornto Harvey and Geneva Unruh in Great Bend, Kansas. He grew up with his two brothers, Donovan and Dennis on a farm outside of Pawnee Rock, Kansas. He graduated from Pawnee Rock High School in 1959, then went to General Motors School in Kansas...

Nov 23, 2015

Theodore Branine Ice (“Ted”),81, a third generation Kansas lawyer and former Kansas 9th Judiciary District Judge, passed away on Monday morning, November 23, 2015 at the Newton Medical Center. Ted was born June 30, 1934, in Newton, KS, to C. Fred and Mildred Ice. He graduated from Newton High School in 1952, and from the University of Kansas in 1956....

Nov 22, 2015

Nov 21, 2015

Myrl Boyd Brown 56 passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at St. Francis Health Center Topeka, Ks. He is the son of Phyllis Rose Brown Hesston,Ks. and the late William Oscar Brown.

Myrl was born January 29, 1959 in Newton,Ks. He attended Newton High School and then joined the Navy where he was stationed in San Diego,CA. until...

Nov 19, 2015

Milton W. Hinz 92, died Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. He was born May 28, 1923 in Corn, Oklahoma to Benjamin B. and Marie (Nachtigal) Hinz. On March 18, 1944 he married Ruby L. Flaming in Clinton, Oklahoma and she survives of the home. Milton was a member of the Grace Community Church in Newton, Kansas and...

Nov 19, 2015

Harold Eugene Funk 72, died, Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Newton Medical Center following a battle with cancer.

He was born February 5, 1943 in Goessel, Kansas to Marion and Elnora (Reimer) Funk. On August 7, 1964 he married Sherry Ann Cummings at Newton, Kansas and they shared 51 years of marriage together.

In his early years Harold was a...

Nov 11, 2015

Virginia Pearl Dollard, 92, of Newton, Kansas died November 11, 2015. She was born on July 4th, 1923 to Roy Lee and Mollie Hyatt Dollard in Attica, Kansas. When Virginia was three – years – old, the family moved to the farm outside Attica where her Father raised cattle, hogs, wheat, corn milo and soy beans and her Mother was...

Nov 9, 2015

Donald A. Peek-88- Passed away November 9, 2015 at his home at Schowalter Villa Hesston, Kansas. He was born July 15, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas the son of William and Rura (Waits) Peek. He grew up in South Haven. Donald served in the United States Army and worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as a switchman. He enjoyed traveling with...

Nov 6, 2015

Max Dunn, 88 of Newton passed on November 6, 2015. Please check back for a formal obituary. No public services are scheduled to be held.

Nov 6, 2015

Max Dunn age 88 passed Nov 6th, born Marion Ks. Parents Clyde & Fern, brothers Bill, Don,and Ralph. Survived by sister Ruth Dunn Spinden Ft Collins CO., sons Doug and Brian. Marion HS class of 45, US Army Veteran 1950/52, Music was his passion, Barbershop singing , piano playing and entertaining for anyone anywhere. No matter where he was Marion...

Nov 6, 2015

Nov 4, 2015

Neysa Cecelia Koehler Eberhard 93, died on November 4, 2015 at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro, KS. She was born December 28, 1921 at the homestead of her parents Walter and Rachel Perrin Koehler in Elbon, South Dakota. Neysa was the only child of her parents who preceded her in death.

Moving to Huron, South Dakota, at the age of...