Obituaries

April Ann Phillips

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...