Obituaries
Patricia J. Angood
Oct 17, 2016
Patricia J. Angood 82, died Monday, October 17, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was born November 7, 1933 in Newton, Kansas to Gerald J. and Josephine (McDonald) Angood. She was retired from the former Holstein Motors as an office secretary.
Patricia was a graduate of the University of Utah. She lived in Madison Wisconsin...
Jean Kasper
Oct 13, 2016
Life Sketch for Jean Kasper
Jean Kasper, 78, died on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Via Christi-St. Francis of Wichita.
Jean was born on March 31, 1938 in Sedgwick, Kansas to Claude and Linda (Arf) Smith.
Jean was a strong, feisty and independent woman. She played and loved classical music and was an avid gardener. She was...
Anita Plummer
Oct 13, 2016
Anita Plummer, 74, longtime Newton resident, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, KS after a battle with Cancer. Her loving family nearby.
She was born July 6, 1942 in Winfield, KS to Nicholas and Juanita Jaso. On October 8, 1964, she married George Plummer Sr. Their beautiful love continued to...
Juell A. “Jay” Hanson
Oct 8, 2016
Jay Hanson, born Dec. 21, 1926 in Oakland, NE, son of Mary (Bergquist) and Arden Hanson. He attended high school in Oakland, NE and college at University of Nebraska. He married Bernice Berry in Newton, KS, on June 12 1955.
After college, he was employed as a pharmacist in Imperial and Omaha, NE, as well as Ft Lupton, CO. From...
Betty L. Gilbert
Oct 6, 2016
Betty L. Gilbert 90, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at her Newton residence. She was born April 4, 1926 in Wichita, Kansas to Claude C. and Etta (Green) Shaft. On June 26, 1962 she married Herman D. Gilbert at Topeka, Kansas and he survives of the home.
Betty attended Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas and nursing school at the...
Thelma Morgan
Oct 6, 2016
Thelma Morgan 90, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. She was born July 7, 1926 in Lincoln, Nebraska to LeRoy and Mary (Diehl) Carr. She married Grant Morgan on March 11, 1945 and he preceded her in death on March 27, 1988. Thelma worked as a dietary manager in nursing homes in several towns...
Jessie Marie Martins Lutman Owens
Sep 30, 2016
Life Sketch for Jessie Marie Martin Lutman Owens
Jessie Marie Martin Lutman Owens, 89, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016 at Asbury Park Healthcare in Newton.
Jessie was born on February 21, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri to Jessie and Corrine (Robinson) Lutman. She was a dedicated, loving mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in...
Deanna Workman
Sep 24, 2016
Deanna Workman, 78, died on Saturday, September 24th at Newton Medical Center in Newton. Deanna was born on September 19, 1938 to Felix and Dorothy (Fleig) Gasper In Downs, Kansas. Deanna was retired from the Kansan where she worked in distribution. She was an excellent seamstress, enjoyed cooking and was a good grandmother. She was a former president of the...
Wilmetta Weaver Dietzel
Sep 24, 2016
HESSTON, KS Wilmetta Dorothy Weaver Dietzel, 95, died Saturday, Sept 24, 2016 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. She was born August 25, 1921 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton, Kansas to Harry Lester and Margaret Dorthea (Deschner) Weaver of Hesston, Kansas. On July 12, 1946 Wilmetta married Arnold J. Dietzel at Hesston Mennonite Church (HMC) in Hesston, Kansas. ...
Waunita Decker
Sep 24, 2016
Waunita (Jantz) Decker was born August 5, 1914 in Galva, KS, the oldest daughter of Minnie (Unruh) and Jacob T Jantz. Died September 24, 2016 at the Bethesda Home, Goessel, KS at age 102.
Waunita worked in the laundry of Bethel Deaconess Hospital for 20 years and volunteered at Newton Medical Center and at Source of Light until she...
Jacqueline Sue Spangler
Sep 18, 2016
Life Sketch for Jacqueline Sue Spangler
Jacqueline (Jacque) Spangler passed away on Sunday, September 18th at Via Christie-St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas.
Jacque was born on February 1, 1952 to Loren and Glenna (Bowman) Duncan in Herrington, Kansas.
Jacque attended Newton schools and was a graduate of the Newton High School class of 1970. She attended Emporia...
Rose Marie (Llamas) Martinez
Sep 17, 2016
Rose Marie (Llamas) Martinez, aged 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 17, 2016, at Kidron Bethel in North Newton, KS. Rose was born on April 2, 1943, in Newton, KS, the second daughter of seven children to Guadalupe and Marian (Saenz) Llamas.
Rose was a kind and generous person who always had a smile for...
Les Heisz
Sep 17, 2016
Leslie Melvin Heisz, known as “Uncle Bud” or “Les”, died at the age of 90, Saturday, September 17, 2016. He was born January 12, 1926 in Belleville, KS, the son of Roy and Beulah (Campbell) Heisz. He attended Rural Jewell County Elementary Schools and Mankato High School, graduating on June 4, 1944. The day after his graduation, he picked up...
Lola Shuman
Sep 16, 2016
Lola Marie Shuman, 77, passed away Friday September 16, 2016, at her home in Newton, KS. Lola was born November 1, 1939 in Springfield, MO. She was a beloved mother, grandmother and friend.
Lola retired from McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, CA after 25 years as a civil servant. She was a member of Trinity Heights...
Theodore Wendell Rempel
Sep 10, 2016
Theodore Wendell Rempel was born to Theodore and Selma Jost Rempel on October 21, 1938 in Hillsboro, Kansas.
An explosion at a filling station took the life of Wendell’s father before Wendell was born.
When Wendell was 18 months old his mother married Arnold Reimer in Kansas. Wendell grew up on the family farm near Goessel where they grew wheat...
Garry Boston
Sep 9, 2016
Garry Boston died September 9, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital/Harry Hynes Hospice Unit. He was born on October 1, 1936 in Topeka, Ks. He grew up in Mankato, Ks and graduated from Mankato High School in 1954.
He was very active in sports in high school and attended Emporia State playing football prior to volunteering for the draft in October...
Marie Snider
Aug 30, 2016
Marie Snider, 89, died at home in North Newton, Kansas, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016.
A writer throughout her life, Marie inspired and empowered thousands of readers with her syndicated column “This Side of 60” for the past 26 years.
She was born to Nicholas and Dorothy (Moser) Gingerich on August 9, 1927, in New Bremen, New York. Brother Jim...
Dr. Val Tandoc
Aug 30, 2016
Valentin Templado Tandoc Jr. M.D. was born under the bluest sky in Moal Boal Cebu, Philippines. He traveled to this country to learn the fine art of healing and to find his true love, Bonnie. They lived together in happiness and made three exceptional children who love them more than there are words to describe. Val was a practicing surgeon...
Ruth E. Schmidt
Aug 29, 2016
Ruth (Unrau) Schmidt, 96, died on Monday, August 29, at Newton Medical Center. She was born on August 19, 1920 to David and Marie (Balzer) Unrau at their home east of Inman, Kansas. Ruth attended a country school, Blaze Fork, for eight years and then Inman High School, graduating valedictorian of the Class of 1938. She attended Bethel College for...
Robert E. “Bob” Stewart
Aug 26, 2016
Robert E. (Bob) Stewart 74, died Friday, August 26, 2016 at Pine Village in Moundridge, Kansas. He was born February 27, 1942 in Parson, Kansas to Bruce and Kathryn (Foresman) Stewart.
He graduated from Salina High School and attended Fort Hays State University. Bob worked for many news organizations as a sports writer and retired from driving...
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