Obituaries
Ruth Gail Preston
Nov 23, 2020
Ruth Gail Preston 81 died November 23, 2020 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born in Rural Elk County and grew up on a farm outside of Howard, Kansas as one of 9 children to Otis L and Hazel (Greenwood) Preston. She graduated from Howard High School in 1957 and worked at AT&T (Southwestern Bell) as a Manager until...
Lynn V. Loucks
Nov 22, 2020
Lynn Vern Loucks, son of Vernon and Pearl (Koehn) Loucks, was born in Bethesda Hospital in Goessel, KS on July 5, 1945. Lynn’s family lived near Canton, Kansas and attended Spring Valley Mennonite Church until 1952 when they moved to Protection, Kansas. Lynn attended first grade at Sunny Hill Grade School south of Canton and grades 2 through 8 in...
Betty Wright
Nov 21, 2020
Betty Louise (Bidwell) Wright was born on September 26, 1937 in El Dorado, Kansas to Earl Loyal & Thelma Louise (Frost) Bidwell and passed away in Hesston, KS on November 21, 2020.
Betty married Dean Dale Wright on May 10, 1958 in Whitewater, KS and they were married for 55 years at the time of his passing in September of...
Diane Overaa
Nov 21, 2020
Martha Diane (White) Overaa, born in Roanoke, Virginia on June 27, 1953, passed away on November 21, 2020 in Wichita, Kansas. Diane was born to Mildred Florence (Boothe) and Billie Jeanne White, and while she was young the family moved to San Diego, California where she grew up and graduated high school in 1972. Diane married Ronnie Max Grattan...
Robert L. “Bob” Gaede
Nov 16, 2020
Robert L. Gaede, 91, passed away Nov. 16, 2020 at Newton Presbyterian Manor. He
was born Feb. 3, 1929 in Newton, KS to John E & Anna (Reiss) Gaede. He played
basketball for Newton High School, graduating in 1947. After graduation, Robert began
a career that lasted 45 years, as an engine foreman with the Santa Fe Railroad, retiring
in...
Steven K. Holinde
Nov 16, 2020
Steven K. Holinde 72, died November 16, 2020 at Newton Medical Center. He was born June 17, 1948 in Newton, Kansas to John and Dorothy (Rosencutter) Holinde. On October 1, 1972 he married Alice Everts at Newton and she preceded him death on March 16, 2009.
Steve retired from the USD 373 school system. He enjoyed watching the birds out...
Marjorie Ann Harms
Nov 16, 2020
Marjorie Ann Harms 87, died Monday November 16, 2020 at Kidron Bethel Healthcare in North Newton, Kansas. She was born October 9, 1933 in Newton, Kansas to Isaac and Helen (Harms) Harms. She was third of three children and was raised on a farm east of Newton. Marjorie was baptized at Grace Hill Mennonite Church on June 5, 1949 upon...
Richard “Rick” Weeks
Nov 14, 2020
Richard “Rick” Orrin Weeks died just a few days short of his seventy-ninth birthday on November 14, 2020. His family surrounded him when he transitioned from this world to the next.
Rick was born on November 19, 1941 to John and Hazel (Mott) Weeks in White City, Kansas. He frequently would reminisce about time with his parents and family trips...
Virginia Bullard
Nov 12, 2020
Virginia Ann Bullard age 90, passed away on November 12, 2020 at the Newton, Presbyterian Manor. She was a resident there for 20 years. She was born February 6, 1930 in Newton, Kansas to the late Charles and Nellie Sauerwein. Virginia graduated from Newton High School. Shortly after graduation, she began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Newton, JC...
Virginia Bullard
Nov 12, 2020
Virginia A. Bullard 90, died November 12, 2020 at Newton Presbyterian Manor.
A graveside service will be announced at a later date
Donald E. Dody
Nov 10, 2020
Donald Eldon Dody, Newton, passed away Nov. 10, 2020, at the age of 90. He was born October 20, 1930 in Ottawa, Kan. to Arch and Helen Dody. He went to grade school in Bums, Kan., and country school in Antelope, Kan., later graduating from Bucklin High School in 1948. He married Betty Jeanne Hoffman August 6, 1950, at the...
Linda J. Burge
Nov 10, 2020
Linda Jay Burge passed away due to Covid-19 complications on the early morning of November 10, 2020 at the age of 63. Linda Burge was born on April 5th, 1957 to Jewel Joyce (mother) and LJ Snead (father) of Pataskala Ohio. Linda started her life in Elyria, Ohio and spent her formative years in and around the Pataskala area with...
Otis Unruh
Nov 8, 2020
Otis Unruh passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2020, at the age of 99, at Kidron Bethel Health Care Center, North Newton, Kansas.
Otis was born March. 22, 1921, on a farm near Goessel, Kansas, to Heinrich B. and Maria (Voth)
Unruh. The family moved to Halstead Kansas in 1937 where Otis graduated from Halstead High School 1939.
Otis...
Jeffrey Clinton Sturm
Nov 7, 2020
Jeffrey Clinton Sturm, 69, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020. He was born in Newton, Kansas to the Honorable Samuel H. Sturm and Betty Lou Sturm (nee DuFriend) on August 26, 1951. He attended Newton High School, graduating in 1969, and went on to attend Wichita State University, where he majored in political science. He then obtained a law...
Pastor Michael Alan Ronan
Oct 29, 2020
Michael Alan Ronan was called home to be with the Lord at his home in Newton, KS, on October 29th, 2020. He was born to Terry Lee Ronan and Sandra Jean (Stoddard) Ronan, on April 1, 1962, in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from High School in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
Michael served in the US army from 1983 – 1986,...
Garlan D. Johnson
Oct 28, 2020
Garlan Duane Johnson
Garlan Duane Johnson, 96, of Newton, KS, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Hospice House,Hutchinson, KS. He was born at home in Mt. Hope, KS on August 7, 1924 to Scott and Dollie Johnson. He was a member of Meridian Baptist Church and Grace Community Church, Newton, KS. He was also a member of V.F.W., American...
Brent Lee Thomas
Oct 25, 2020
Brent Lee Thomas, 52, of Newton, Kansas crossed his final finish line on Sunday, October 25, 2020. He died at home, surrounded by those he loved after a five month battle with cancer. Brent was born on August 31, 1968 in Newton, Kansas to Jerry Max and Kay (O’Brien) Thomas. He attended Newton High School and graduated with honors in...
Nancy Jean Hardeman
Oct 21, 2020
Nancy Jean Hardeman died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in Newton, Kansas. She was born October 14, 1949, in Pittsburg, Kansas, the second daughter of Donald E. Slagle and Colleen (Hankins) Slagle. She and her sisters, Donna Smith and Martha Swenson, spent their childhoods in Pittsburg. She attended Pittsburg State University for two years, where she met her husband and true...
Virginia M. Schierling
Oct 20, 2020
Virginia M. Schierling 92, died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born October 12, 1928 in Kinsley, Kansas to Robert and Sophia (Fox) Richards. On August 14, 1950 she married Irvin Schierling at Halstead, Kansas and he preceded her in death on February 17, 2006.
Virginia was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church...
Virginia Schierling
Oct 20, 2020
Virginia M. Schierling 92, died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born October 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Kinsley, Kansas with her adoptive parents Robert and Sophia (Fox) Richards. On August 14, 1950 she married Irvin Schierling at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Halstead, Kansas and they made their home...
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