Obituaries
Iona E. Rose
Mar 9, 2016
Iona E. Rose passed away on March 9th at Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
Iona was born in Chinook, Montana, on May 12, 1918, to Ross and Nettie Mundell.
She was a graduate of North High School and the St. Joseph School of Nursing where she was awarded the Honor Certificate in 1941. The Honor Certificate was...
Lacita “Ci Ci” Davis
Mar 7, 2016
Life Sketch for Lacita “Ci Ci” Ann Davis
Lacita Ann Davis, 55, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 7, 2016.
Lacita was born on February 5, 1961 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She attended Newton Schools, participated in track and was the first black Usherette at Newton High School. After high school she attended...
Leroy Tenbarge
Mar 4, 2016
Life Sketch for Leroy Edward TenBarge (Edit 1)
Leroy TenBarge, 80, passed away at his residence on Friday, March 4th in rural Walton.
Leroy was born on September 10, 1935 in Rural Cheney, Kansas to Albert and Rose (Klein) TenBarge.
Leroy was a retired Captain for the Newton Fire Department. Once retired, he farmed and raised cattle. ...
Douglas Stangle
Mar 2, 2016
Douglas J. Stangle, 58, died March 2, 2016. He was born to Dorotha Joanne and Dr. Donald Stangle on October 27, 1957. He graduated from Kansas State University, earning a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. Doug was a loyal Kansas State football and basketball fan. He backed K State in every game and any team playing against KU. Doug’s...
Dr. Frances Allen
Feb 28, 2016
Dr. Frances Ann Allen passed away on February 28, 2016 at the age of 100. She was born on June 21, 1915 in Doniphan, Missouri to Charles F. and Hope (Harmon) Allen. She was valedictorian of her senior class at Doniphan High School. Following graduation from Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1937, she taught history and physical education at...
Larry Thompson Sr.
Feb 28, 2016
Larry Thompson, Sr., 77, went to be with his Lord on February 28, 2016. His life was dedicated to serving the Lord and leading others to Christ. He was born in Swanville, MN to Theadore Thompson and Crystal Burch in 1938. Larry grew up on a lakeshore in Northern Minnesota where he attended a one-room schoolhouse. The family moved to...
Rosella “Rose” Friesen
Feb 28, 2016
Rosella “Rose” Friesen 95, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. She was born June 7, 1920 in Walton, Kansas to David F. and Mary (Goertz) Schmidt. On March 9, 1941 she married Arthur Friesen in Lehigh, Kansas and he preceded her in death. She worked at several restaurants including cedar village and the...
Trudy Barber
Feb 25, 2016
Teresa “Trudy” Barber, of Springfield, Missouri went to be with her heavenly father on February 25, 2016. She was born to Geraldine and Norman Reese on October 29, 1960. Trudy earned a Bachelor Degree from Fort Hays College in Communication in 1982, and then went to work for their Admission Office. Trudy also worked in the Admission Office for Wichita State...
Dean D. Heintz
Feb 23, 2016
Dean D. Heintz 91, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. He was born January 8, 1925 in Mitchell, South Dakota to Peter L. and Minnie (Corrington) Heintz. On March 4, 1943 he married Lois F. (Backlund) Heintz and she survives of the home. Dean served his country during World War II in the United States Navy on...
Dolores Clark
Feb 22, 2016
Dolores M. (Denison) Clark was born in Randolph, Kansas on October 19, 1923. She was the sixth child in a family of seven children, born to Reuben and Mabel (Nygren) Denison, who farmed in the Blue River Valley north of Manhattan, Kansas. When she was a small child, Dolores’ family was severely challenged by the death of her father. The...
Barbara Billingsley
Feb 22, 2016
Life Sketch for Barbara Ruth Billingsley (Newton)
Barbara Ruth Billingsley, 88, of Newton, Kansas passed away Feb. 22, 2016 at Newton Medical Center. Barbara was born to Daniel Webster and Vestal Mae (Fox) Bushman on Dec. 5, 1927 in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She and her family moved to Ava, Missouri during the Great Depression to be closer to family.
Barbara graduated...
Richard Knott
Feb 21, 2016
Richard Knott 87, died Sunday February 21, 2016 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. He was born November 26, 1928 in Newton, Kansas to Kenneth L. and Ruth (Perkins) Knott. On December 12, 1952 he married Marilyn Smith at Highland United Church of Christ in Rural Newton, Kansas and she survives of the home. Richard served his country in the...
Ethelyn Branum
Feb 21, 2016
Ethelyn Fern Branum 88, died Sunday February 21, 2016 at her Newton residence. She was born May 16, 1927 in Hanston, Kansas to Pete W. and Frieda M (Ewy) Bachman. One brother Donald Eugene preceded her in death in 1984. She married Marion Branum on November 21, 1947 in Moundridge, Kansas and they made their home in Newton, Kansas. Marion...
Bernice Esther Klassen Friend
Feb 20, 2016
Life Sketch for Bernice Esther Klassen Friend
Bernice Friend, 91, passed away in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on February 20, 2016.
Bernice was born on April 20, 1924 in rural Leigh, Kansas to David S. and Anna (Friesen) Klassen. She was the oldest of four children.
Bernice started her teaching career at the age of eighteen where she...
The Reverend John J. Goering Jr.
Feb 19, 2016
John James Goering II passed away on Friday, February 19. He was born on January 18, 1936, in Kingman, Kansas, son of John James Goering and Emma (Graber) Goering (deceased) of Pretty Prairie, Kansas.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Beverly Ann Benson. John and Beverly were married in Hutchinson, Kansas, on August 17, 1957. John...
William “Bill” Lasalle
Feb 18, 2016
William (Bill) Leigh LaSalle went to be with the Lord on February 18, 2016. He passed away peacefully surrounded by family at his nephew’s home in rural Whitewater.
Bill was born July 18, 1947 in Norton, Kansas to Russell Leigh and Josephine Brooks Norris LaSalle. He graduated from Jennings High School and went to Kansas State University before being drafted...
Norma Ruff
Feb 16, 2016
Norma Bartel Klassen Ruff, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on February 16, 2016, in Kansas City five days shy of her 99th birthday. The loss of this cherished matriarch is grieved by a large community of family and friends.
Born Norma Esther Bartel, to Leonard F. Bartel and Emelia Schroeder Bartel, Norma was raised...
Charles “Chuck” Riley
Feb 16, 2016
Newton – Charles “Chuck” W. Riley, 87 entered eternal life with His Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, passing peacefully at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton on February 16, 2016.
Chuck was born on June 27, 1928 in Wichita KS to Earl and Hazel Riley. Chuck was a 1946 graduate of Newton High School. Chuck worked with sheet metal...
John H. “Jack” Barnes
Feb 12, 2016
John Hayden (Jack) Barnes
Son of Clarence Russell and Vera Aileen Barnes, deceased, of Holton, Kansas
Born March 22nd, 1929, in Holton, Kansas
Died February 12th, 2016.
Preceeded in death on October 12, 2008, by his beloved wife, Alma Jeanne Barnes .
Jack and Alma Jeanne were married on December 25th, 1951, in Netawaka, Kansas. Jack is survived by his...
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