Obituaries
Marta Ann Frye
Nov 6, 2016
Dateline: Peabody, Kansas
Marta Ann Frye 72, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Salem Home in Hillsboro, KS. She was born April 6, 1944 in Ft. Madison, IA to Robert and Elizabeth (VanAusdall) Lorber. She was married on January 5, 1964 in Biggsville, IL. Her life was devoted to faith and family.
She is survived by her husband Stephen R. Frye...
Jimmy L. Etter
Nov 3, 2016
Jimmy Lee Etter 75, died Thursday, November 03, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center. He was born January 19, 1941 in Newton, Kansas to Arley and Anna (Frances) Etter. On October 8, 1971 he married Karen Schmidt and she survives of the home. He was previously married to Sharon (Winter) Spangler and they were divorced. She preceded him in death.
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Dortha Baugh Meireis
Oct 31, 2016
Dortha Baugh Meireis 94, died Monday, October 31, 2016 at the Kansan Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. She was born October 26, 1922 in “the little house” as it was known in Logan County, Kentucky to Elisha and Molissie (Penrond) Baugh. She was married to Cliff Meireis On March 26, 1961 in Pratt, Kansas. He preceded her in death on...
Juanita Leal
Oct 23, 2016
Juanita Leal 93, died Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. She was born January 27, 1923 in Florence, Kansas to Jose Theodore and Conception (Reyes) Solis. She attended Douglas Avenue Assembly of God in Wichita, Kansas and formerly attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Newton. Juanita enjoyed sewing and cooking and sharing her creations...
Mickey Jones
Oct 22, 2016
Mickey Jones 84, died, Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Sunshine Home in Buhler, Kansas. She was born June 9, 1932 in Protection, Kansas to Earl and Cleo (Goos) Daugherty. She was a graduate of Hutchinson High School. On March 31, 1951 she married Frank S. Jones in Hutchinson, Kansas and he preceded her in death on April 29, 2013. Mickey...
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...