Obituaries
Kenneth J. “Ken” Martin
Aug 14, 2014
Kenneth J. “Ken” Martin 69, died Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis. He was born February 20, 1945 in Fairview, Oklahoma to Cecil A and Alpha M. (Siefried) Martin. On February 20, 1965 he married Karen K. Hesser in Copeland, Kansas and she survives of the home. He was a member of the Sublette, Kansas Southern...
Doris Joan Duerksen
Aug 5, 2014
Doris Joan Duerksen 79, died Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at Kansas Christian Home. She was born January 19, 1935 in Wann, Oklahoma to Theodore and Lottie (Bush) Swanson. On March 7, 1953 she married Harlin C. Duerksen at First Baptist Church in Newton, Kansas and he survives of the home. Joan was an active member of the Newton Bible Church...
Loretta E. Maberry
Aug 3, 2014
Loretta E. Maberry 87, died Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Kansas Christian Home. She was born September 25, 1926 in Alexander, New York to Fred and Jessie (Austin) Foster. Loretta worked as a cook at various restaurants around Newton. She also worked as a cook at Bethel College for many years. She enjoyed reading and crossword puzzles. She also enjoyed...
Kenneth D. Snow
Aug 2, 2014
Kenneth David Snow 93, died August 2, 2014 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. He was May 26, 1921 to Albert Otis and Mary Amanda Snow, in Hartford, Connecticut. He grew up in Vermont graduating from Brattleboro High School. He graduated from Keene State College in New Hampshire with a degree in Industrial Arts. He received his Master’s from Central...
Betty Jean Goodnight
Jul 29, 2014
Betty Jean (Putnam) Adler Goodnight died Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Newton Presbyterian Manor where she had resided the past eight years.
Betty was born to Otto and Eva Putnam May 30,1926 in Newton, Kansas, the youngest of six children. She attended McKinley Elementary, Newton Junior High, and graduated with honors from Newton High School in 1945. Classmates continued...
Linda D. Bemiss
Jul 28, 2014
Linda D. Bemiss died on Monday, July 28th at her home in Newton. Linda was born on December 11, 1950 in Newton to Charles and Minnie (Giersch) Hege. Linda married William Eugene Bemiss on December 14, 1991 in Newton. They were married for 22 years prior to her death. Linda was a very warm, friendly and loving person. She enjoyed...
Barry “Beef” L. Abrahams
Jul 28, 2014
Barry Lawton Abrahams was born on March 25, 1949 at Bethel Deconess Hospital in Newton, Kansas to Edward Allen & Adaline Ruth Funk Abrahams. They preceded him in death. Barry spent most of his adult life in Newton. For a time he moved to St. Louis, MO, where he worked as a landscape designer. Upon returning to Newton he worked...
Robert L. Funk
Jul 24, 2014
Robert L. “Bob” Funk 87, died Thursday July 24, 2014 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. He was born November 21, 1926 in Newton, Kansas to Theo and Lydia (Hiebert) Funk. He lived in Hillsboro, Kansas where his father owned and ran a Meat Market and Slaughtering House. He attended public school and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He grew...
Gerald G. Brinkman
Jul 23, 2014
On July 23, 2014 Gerald Gene Brinkman of Peabody, KS passed away at his home at the age of 69 just 2 days before his 70th birthday.
Gerald was born in Gas City, KS July 25, 1944. He grew up on a farm in Humboldt, KS before making his way to Peabody, KS where he lived with his...
Irene G. Younkman
Jul 22, 2014
Irene G. Younkman 82, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. She was born August 30, 1931 in Newton, Kansas to Arnold and Dorothy (Steele) Younkman. She married John R. Ratzlaff on September 11, 1949 and he preceded her in death on December 28, 2013. She was a 1949 graduate of Newton High School and...
Albert M Sherry
Jul 14, 2014
Albert M. Sherry 88, died, Monday, July 14, 2014 at in Wichita. He was born September 5, 1925 in Northwest, Arkansas to John and Alba (Webb) Sherry. On March 19, 1957 he married Mary Jane Harwick in El Dorado, Kansas and she preceded him in death on March 10, 1994. Albert retired from the Fleming Warehouse in Wichita after 30...
Merle G. Waltner
Jul 11, 2014
Merle G. Waltner 86, died Friday, July 11, 2014 at his daughters home in Thornton, Colorado. He was born June 8, 1928 in Moundridge, Kansas to Joseph and Regina (Vogt) Waltner. He married Ina F. Ludlow on September 30, 1952 at First Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas and she preceded him in death on April 11, 2004. Merle farmed...
Irva Lavonne Schmidt
Jul 9, 2014
Lavonne Schmidt 83, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Harry Hynes
inpatient Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 8, 1931 in Goessel, Kansas to Carl and Martha (Epp) Schmidt. She married Gerald “Red” Schmidt and he survives. She was a member of the Bethel College Mennonite Church in North Newton, Kansas. Lavonne worked as a furrier at...
Senaida Pineda
Jul 8, 2014
Mrs. Senaida Pineda, age 76, of Loraine,TX formerly of Newton, Kansas died Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at her daughter’s residence. Services will be at 10 AM Thursday, July 10 2014, in the Kiker-Seale Chapel with Rev. Felix Silva officiating. Burial will be Saturday July 12, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton, KS. Local arrangements are under...
Stephen L. “Steve” Hawkey
Jul 8, 2014
Stephen L. (Steve) Hawkey, 55, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. He was born August 18, 1958 in Newton, Kansas to Delbert and Darlene (Schertz) Hawkey. Steve was a member of the Highland Trinity United Church of Christ in rural Newton, Kansas. He was a graduate of Hesston High School and lifelong resident of...
Marilyn Stagner
Jul 5, 2014
Marilyn Stagner, 79, died Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas from complications of Parkinson’s disease. She was born May 22, 1935 in Newton, Kansas the youngest child of Tom and Anne Davis. She attended St. Mary’s Grade School and was a graduate of Newton High School. Marilyn was a lifelong resident of Newton. On October 12,...
Arnold J. Dietzel
Jul 4, 2014
Hesston Dateline: Arnold J. Dietzel 99, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. He was born August 4, 1914 in Bay Port, Michigan to Samuel Henry and Elma Celeste (Stein) Dietzel. On July 12, 1946 he married Wilmetta Weaver at Hesston Mennonite Church in Hesston, Kansas and she survives. He has maintained his membership in...
Arlene Molzen
Jul 2, 2014
Arlene Molzen 94, died Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. She was born November 29, 1919 in Ashton, Kansas to Raymond F. and Lieu (Pickett) Sawyer. On December 16, 1945 she married Jack E. Molzen and he preceded her in death on June 9, 1993. Arlene was a member of the South Haven and Hesston United...
Donald W. Terrill
Jun 30, 2014
Donald Warren Terrill died at home Monday, June 30, 2014 in Newton, Kansas. He was born to Forrest and Olive Terrill on December 13, 1926 in Arkansas City, Kansas. He later met Alice Davis, they married on April 10, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri. They had two children together, son, David and daughter, Robyn. He served his country in the...
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