Obituaries
April Ann Phillips
Jun 13, 2020
April Ann Phillips, age 45, of Whitewater, passed away June 13, 2020 at St. Mark Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. April was born April 7, 1975 to Doug and Pam Goforth in Rock Spring, Wyoming.
April graduated form Quivira Heights High School, Bushton, Kansas in 1993. She worked many years in the health care field, in Ellsworth, Great Bend...
Frances I Martinez
Jun 12, 2020
Frances I. Martinez 77, died June 12, 2020 at Newton Medical Center. She was born October 23, 1942 in Florence, Kansas to Carlos T. and Sarah (Rodriguez) Saenz Sr. On October 22, 1960 she married Michael R. Martinez in Florence and he preceded her in death on November 2, 2004.
Frances worked over 30 years at the former Peabody Memorial...
Judith Coover
Jun 11, 2020
Judith Coover 78, calmly passed away June 11, 2020 at Comfort Care Homes, Newton, KS.
Judy died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
Judy was born on February 10, 1942, in Grand Island, Nebraska. She married Jim
Banman on July 20, 1984, in Arvada, Colorado. They lived in Denver and
Centennial, Colorado, and relocated to Kansas in November 2017.
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Peggy Jo Eason
Jun 5, 2020
Peggy Jo Eason 73, died June 5, 2020 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. She was born September 12, 1946 in Newton, Kansas to Dale and Betty (Benbrook) Koehn.
Peggy was a member of the First Church of God in Newton where she enjoyed the message and gospel music. She worked as a CNA in various nursing homes...
Harlin Duane Balzer
Jun 2, 2020
Harlin D Balzer, died June 2nd, 2020 at his home with his children at his side. He was born to Victor S and Lorene E (Gaeddert) Balzer on August 19, 1949 in McPherson, Kansas.
Harlin grew up in Inman, Kansas with his parents, brother, and sister on the family farm. He is a graduate of Inman High School and Bethel...
Esther Rinner
May 30, 2020
Esther Pearl (Lehrman) Rinner was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Aberdeen, Idaho, the daughter of Henry H. and Theresa (Wiebe) Lehrman, and died on May 30, 2020 in North Newton, Kansas.
She was baptized and became a member of the First Mennonite Church of Aberdeen, and enjoyed being a member of the Girl Scouts. She attended Bethel College and was granted a
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Betty L. Lindholm Reilly
May 28, 2020
Betty Louise Lindholm Reilly 88, passed away on Wednesday, May 28th at Newton Medical Center. She was born on October 3, 1931 in Bellville, Ks to Perry Tresider and Elizabeth Diantha (Shaver) Rashleigh. The family moved to Little River when Betty was in high school. She graduated from Little River High School in 1949 and married Clement Ray Lindholm on...
Bonnie D. Vogt
May 28, 2020
Bonnie D. Vogt, 88, passed away on May 28, 2020 at Halstead Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born on April 19, 1932 to Mildred E & Adolf E. Smith, the first of 6 children. She grew up in Newton, Kansas where she attended school until she began working at a young age as a waitress to help support the...
Charles Irvin Ulsh
May 25, 2020
Charles Irvin Ulsh passed away on May 25, 2020, at the age of 91 years.
He was born July 14, 1928 in rural Peabody, Kansas, the son of Roy Gerald and Frances Gladys Slater Ulsh.
Irvin attended eight years of school at Pleasant Valley District 46 southeast of Peabody, and graduated from Peabody High School in 1946.
Irvin lived...
Debra “Debbie” Ann Johnson
May 24, 2020
Debra “Debbie” Ann Johnson went to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at her home, surrounded by her family. Debbie was born on October 23, 1957 in Bakersfield, CA to Donald Wayne Walker and Alpha “Loretta” Moore Walker. She was the oldest of six children, having two younger brothers Greg and Donald Jr, and three younger sisters...
Neoma Ruth (Jantz) Koehn
May 24, 2020
Neoma Koehn
Neoma Ruth Jantz began life’s journey on May 13, 1929 at Hesston, Kansas. She peacefully passed away at Moundridge, Kansas on May 24, 2020 just a few days after her 91st birthday. She was the first born of Dan S Jantz and Elizabeth Ratzlaff Jantz. She attended school in Hesston and Moundridge areas. She was baptized November 21,...
Eileen G. Voth
May 24, 2020
Eileen (Entz) Voth 65, of Newton, passed away Sunday 24, 2020. Eileen was born on May 19, 1955 to Edward Entz and Elizabeth (Betty) Entz in Newton and graduated from Newton High School. She married Darrell Voth of Goessel in 1972. Eileen worked at Hesston Corporation for 10 years. She was a devoted Christian and often volunteered her time at...
Rosanne K. Krehbiel
May 22, 2020
Rosanne K. Krehbiel 75, died Friday May 22, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. A gathering of remembrance and visitation will be 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday May 27, 2020 at Petersen Funeral Home. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Memorials are suggested to Hesston Resource Center or New Hope Shelter in Newton in...
Rosanne Kay (Froese) Krehbiel
May 22, 2020
Rosanne Kay (Froese) Krehbiel, 75, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2020.
Rose was born in Hutchinson, KS to Pete and Hilda (Martens) Froese on June 20, 1944. She grew up on a farm outside of Inman, KS, and graduated from Inman High School in 1962. She continued her education at St. Francis Hospital and earned her degree as...
Elizabeth Ann Harris
May 22, 2020
Elizabeth (Beth) Ann Harris (Turner) was born February 16th, 1961 in Wichita Kansas. On Friday May 22nd, 2020 at 12:20 pm that is also where God called her home. She passed away at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita Kansas. She lost her battle to fight a bad infection that she had been dealing with over the last few weeks of...
Jo Kathleen (Kathy) Williams
May 19, 2020
Jo Kathleen (Kathy) Williams 54- Passed away May 19, 2020. She was born August 1, 1965 in Wichita, Kansas the daughter of David and Lana (Stauffer) McLain. An Employee of NORC of Wichita, on her off time Jo enjoyed crocheting and camping with her significant other Lonnie Merchant of Wichita who survives. Other survivors include 3 sons Tom (Collette) Grier;...
Dana Francis Johnson
May 17, 2020
DANA FRANCIS JOHNSON was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1925, the sixth child of the late Rev. Luther Ray and Martha Effie (Warford) Johnson. He died on May 17, 2020, at The Newton Presbyterian Manor where he has been a resident since 2007. He received his public education in Kansas and graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in Lawrence...
Michael D. Crupper
May 15, 2020
Michael Dennis Crupper, 81, of Hesston, died Friday, May 15, 2020. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on November 5, 1938, son of Joe and Rhoda (Burk) Crupper.
Mike lived most of his life in Newton, Kansas. He graduated from Newton High School in 1957 and attended Wichita State University before being hired as a switchman for the Santa...
Sue Arnold
May 15, 2020
Andrea Sue Arnold, 66, of Newton, died Friday (May 15, 2020).
She was born June 26, 1953, in Emporia, the youngest child of Edward and Doris Arnold.
Sue is preceded in death by her parents and sister, Belva.
Survivors include her sister, Linda (Don) Roswurm, of Derby;
niece, Kari (Shane) Schott, great nieces, Lexi and Joci,...
Iris Gail Strahan
May 14, 2020
Iris Gail (Koehn) Strahan, 75, died Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Newton Medical Center.
Iris was born November 8, 1944 to Ernest H. Koehn and Nola (Schmidt) Koehn. She was the first of their 3 daughters. She was a graduate of Newton High School and the school of cosmetology in Hutch.
Iris was a dedicated homemaker, following in the tradition...