Obituaries
Donald K. Quiring
Dec 31, 2023
Donald Quiring was born April 17, 1944 in Memphis, Texas to Ralph and Rosa (Goertz) Quiring. He died December 31, 2023 at Kidron Bethel in North Newton, Kansas. Donald graduated from Bethel College in 1966 with a degree in mathematics, obtained a perfect score on the Graduate Record Exam and was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation grant. He attended...
Nancy Hilty
Dec 30, 2023
Nancy Gross (Wismer) Hilty died at Newton Medical Center on December 30, 2023, surrounded and loved by her family. She was born April 23, 1938, to Norman and Laura Wismer in Abington, Pennsylvania. Some of her most vivid childhood memories included her dad’s trips into Philadelphia to sell produce, her parents’ care for foster children, and the visit to her...
Kathryn M Penner
Dec 30, 2023
Kathryn (Bachman) Penner passed away Saturday, December 30th, 2023, at the age of 96 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas.
Kathryn was born November 10, 1927, to Ernest and Prisca Bachman. She married Don Penner on December 9, 1949. Church activities played a significant role for Kathryn throughout her life. She enjoyed travel with Don. She loved quilting and made...
Casey Ross Freeman
Dec 29, 2023
Casey Ross Freeman, 35, of Wichita, KS passed away suddenly on 12/29/23 surrounded by loved ones.
Casey was born on January 20th, 1988 during a snowstorm in Colby, KS. His parents Brad Freeman and Michelle Freemen raised Casey and his brother Josh in Sedgwick, KS where he graduated in 2006. After graduation, Casey started training as an HVAC Technician at...
Eleanor K Schirer
Dec 29, 2023
Eleanor K. Schirer, 76, died December 29, 2023 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born August 10, 1947 in Newton, Kansas to Clarence and Gladys Faye (Hackney) Schirer.
Eleanor was a graduate of Newton High School (Class of 1965) and graduated from Fort Hays State University (Class of 1972) with a Bachelor of Science in Business....
Brad Smith
Dec 27, 2023
Bradley Eugene Smith, passed peacefully from his life here on earth December 27, 2023.
Brad, the oldest child of William E. and Marilyn D. Smith, was born May 5, 1947, in Newton, Kansas. His early years were spent in Potwin and Whitewater, KS areas. \Brad was a loving husband and father.
Brad was a great communicator and a...
The Reverend Doctor Robert K. Wyman
Dec 23, 2023
Robert K. Wyman, age 91, was born October 26, 1932, in El Paseo, Texas to John Corbett Wyman and Mary Almeda (Wood) Wyman. He has two older brothers, John Corbett Wyman, Jr. and William Alan Wyman. John and Mary divorced in 1935, and Mary and Robert moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1939, Mary married Edward George and later...
Wayne G Leander
Dec 22, 2023
Wayne G. Leander 84, went home to be with the Lord December 22, 2023, just in time for Christmas. He married Jane Fisher on August 24, 1991 and she preceded him death on February 15, 2012.
Wayne spent his working career as a accountant. He was a member of the Halstead Baptist Church in Halstead, Kansas joining in September 0f...
Rolland Dreier
Dec 18, 2023
Rolland Dreier, 92, of Goessel, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 18th, 2023, at NMC in Newton, Kansas. Born in November 1931 in Newton, he was the son of Roy and Lillian Dreier. Rolland graduated from Newton High School in 1949 and married Donna Dillman in 1950. They had four children, sharing joyful experiences of camping,...
John Hutton
Dec 16, 2023
John Andrew Hutton, World War II veteran, prisoner of war, and former president of First Kansas Life Insurance Company in Newton, died December 16, 2023 in Wichita at the age of 101 after a brief illness.John was married to Mary Prudence "Prue" Bennett Hutton for 60 years. He is remembered as a father to four, grandfather to ten, and great-grandfather...
Peggy Sue Altum
Dec 16, 2023
Peggy Sue Altum, 74 ,died December 16, 2023 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born May 10, 1949 in Newton, Kansas to Sam and Frieda (Blosser) Koehn. She retired as a receptionist at the former Regier Title Company in Newton.
Peggy attended NewSpring Church in Wichita.
She could often be found outside tending flowers and gardens...
Cathy Abrahams
Dec 14, 2023
Cathy Diane (Stanhope) Abrahams, 69, died on December 14, 2023.
She was born on November 22, 1954, to Don and Pat Stanhope at Bethel Hospital. She was a sweet and happy girl and a dearly loved daughter and sister.
Cathy graduated from NHS in 1972. From there she went to work at Axtell, then Bethel, and finally NMC.
On March...
Lenora Unruh
Dec 12, 2023
Lenora J. Unruh, 92, of 638 Bunker Hill Road, Belleville, PA, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at her home.
She was born on June 1, 1931 in Montezuma, KS, to the late Abe H. & Erma (Jantz) Koehn. On July 15, 1951, she married Alpha Unruh, Jr., who preceded her in death on December 28, 2000.
Along with...
James Banman
Dec 9, 2023
James G. Banman, 88, of North Newton, Kansas, formerly Denver and Centennial, Colorado, died on December 9, 2023.
He was born in Hillsboro, Kansas, in 1935 and was raised in Lehigh, Kansas, where his parents operated an IGA grocery and locker business. Jim attended Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism...
The Reverend James R. Bush
Dec 8, 2023
The Reverend James "Jim" R. Bush 81, passed away on December 8, 2023, at Reeds Cove Health and Rehabilitation, Wichita, Kansas. He was born January 10, 1942 in Nevada, Missouri to Roscoe and Genelda (Madole) Bush. On March 26, 1971, he married Patricia E Thomas. They later divorced. He then married L. Joan Brown on September 12, 1997. She...
Donna M Scott
Dec 7, 2023
Donna Mae Scott 80 died December 7, 2023, at her Wichita residence. She was born December 24, 1942, in Ashland, Kansas to Lawrence and Thelma (Cusick) Pugh. On July 30, 1965, she married Larry Scott in Montclair, California and he preceded her in death on September 17, 1982.
She was a member of the Newton Christian Church in Newton.
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Lawrence Penner
Dec 1, 2023
Lawrence (Larry, Lodie, Doc) Penner was born on a farm near Halstead, Kansas on August 27, 1935 to John and Augusta (Schroeder) Penner. He was the 6th of 8 children. While on the farm he attended a one room school house, and when he was four years old his mother died at the age of 29. Lawrence's father was successful...
Loyal Maurice Edmonston
Dec 1, 2023
Loyal Maurice Edmonston, age 80, passed away in Wichita, Kansas on December 1, 2023. Loyal was born to Granville and Violet Edmonston in Ashland, Kansas on January 17, 1943. He is preceded in death by his parents and his wife Connie in March 2018 after 53 years of marriage and a long bout with cancer. She was his best...
Larry W. Buller
Nov 30, 2023
Larry Buller, 88, died November 30, 2023, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. Larry was born on August 16, 1935, to Henry and Susie (Pankratz) Buller.
Larry married Marietta Knoffloch on August 14, 1960, in Wichita, Kansas. Together they shared 63 years of marriage He was a man of faith and freely served the Lord as a longtime...
Marjorie L Roberson
Nov 30, 2023
Margorie L. "Marge" Roberson 79, died Thursday, November 30, 2023 at NMC Health in Newton. She was born April 19, 1944 in Stafford, Kansas to Arthur and Marjorie (Buck) Roberson. She was married to Thomas M Roberson on January 6, 1967 in Great Bend, Kansas and he survives of the home.
She attended Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in Newton.
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