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Obituaries
Todd Ellis
May 18, 2022
Todd (Sooby) Ellis, 55, died Wednesday (May 18, 2022) at his home in Wichita.
Todd was born on May 15, 1967 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Donald Bruce and Cynthia Sue Hanke Sooby. His mother would later married Jasper Ray Ellis, whom adopted him.
Todd was raised in Amarillo, Texas but had recently moved to Wichita do work in...
Donald Sooby
May 17, 2022
Donald Bruce Sooby, 77, died Tuesday (May 17, 2022) at his home in Newton.
He was born on January 7, 1945 in Wichita, Kansas. Don was raised in Venezuela where his father, Clayton Henry Sooby, worked in the oil fields. Don’s mother, Neva Irene Porter Sooby, died in 1959. His father later married Nettie Elizabeth Lofton. The family returned...
Kathleen Neff
May 11, 2022
Kathleen Neff, 65, of North Newton, Kan., died May 11, 2022. She was born Aug. 5, 1956, to Clifford and Elizabeth (Bartel) Bitikofer of Hesston.
They attended Whitestone Mennonite Church. It was there she was baptized in 1970. During high school she developed an interest in world hunger issues and how our lifestyle choices affect people in developing countries. This...
Guadalupe Llamas
May 4, 2022
Guadalupe "Lupe" Llamas was born June 3, 1970 in Newton, Kansas and passed away on May 4, 2022 in Houston, Texas.
Lupe is survived by his son, Christian Elliott of Pasadena, TX; brothers John Ward and wife Margie of Conroe, TX, Joseph Llamas and wife Brenda of Humble, TX; sister Tina Lacca and husband Jason of Humble, TX; nieces Cheyenne...
Barbara Fayette
Apr 23, 2022
Barbara “Barb” Fayette was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She left this world on April 23, 2022 at the age of 89.
She was born to Clayton and Elsie (Soth) Ainsworth on March 18, 1933 in Newton, KS.
After graduating from Newton High School in 1951, Barbara worked at Midland National Bank as a teller. In the...
Mark Embry
Apr 19, 2022
Mark Allen Embry was born January 22, 1961 in Hoisington, Kansas and died April 19, 2022 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up in Oklahoma but called Newton, KS home.
He married Gloria Mosqueda in April of 1981. Together they had three children- Steven, Jennifer (Brandon) Hasty, and Derek (Michelle). He had fifteen grandchildren, who he...
"Jim" Goering
Apr 13, 2022
Theodore James “Jim” Goering of North Newton, KS, passed away peacefully at home on April 13th, 2022 at Kidron Bethel Retirement Village, at the age of 86 years, 11 months, with several members of his loving family at his bedside.
Jim was born to Peter J. and Frieda (Goering) Goering on May 3, 1935, as one of five children (the...
Maria DeLaRosa
Apr 2, 2022
Maria DeLaRosa, 77, of Wichita, died Saturday (April 2, 2022) at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Ks.
She as born on August 25, 1944 in Durango, Mexico, the daughter of Doroteo Robles and Rose Treto. Maria married Samuel DeLaRosa on December 25, 1959 in Laguna Grande, Zacatecas, Mexico.
While living in Mexico she was a farm...
Gary L Huxman
Mar 28, 2022
Gary L. Huxman, 83, was called to Heaven on Monday (March 28, 2022). Memorial services will be held at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton on Friday, April 1st at 3:00pm. Pastor Terry Fox will be giving the blessing of Gary being called home. Gary was born on January 29, 1939 in Arnold, KS, the son of Edgar...
Debra Denmon
Mar 26, 2022
Debra Denmon, 64, died Saturday (March 26, 2022) at the home of her granddaughter, Hailey Jones in Newton, Kansas.
Debra was born on April 1, 1957 in Bradenton, Florida. She continued to live in Florida until moving to Newton five years ago.
Debra loved animals, especially her Boston Terrier “Bama”. She was excited when her great granddaughter came along and...
Tressie Smith
Mar 23, 2022
Tressie Jodelle Smith, 42, died Wednesday (March 23, 2022) at the NMC Health in Newton.
She was born on September 7, 1979 in Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Don Thomas and Debra Lynn Love Smith. A few years later the family moved to Newton where she was raised and attended schools.
Through the years Tressie had worked at Asbury Park,...
Karyn Schumacher
Mar 22, 2022
Karen Mae “Karyn” (Forsythe) Schumacher – age 60, of Hays, Kansas died Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at Hays Medical Center,
Karyn was born January 12, 1962, in Hays, Kansas to Donald Bert and Olga (Villar) Schumacher. She married Jay Naldo Schumacher.
Karyn was a co-owner of Heartland Crafts & Gifts in Hays, and owned a house cleaning service for a...
George Yohn
Mar 18, 2022
George A. Yohn, 101, died Friday (March 18, 2022) at the Pine Village in Moundridge, Kansas.
He was born on January 16, 1921 on the family farm outside of Greensburg, Kansas, the son of Frank and Clara Tekla Tonnies Yohn. George was raised in the Greensburg and Haviland area, graduating from Greensburg High School.
He moved to Wichita and went...
Lois May Hamilton
Feb 28, 2022
Lois May Hamilton, 92, died Monday (February 28, 2022) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on May 1, 1929 in Winfield, Ks., the daughter of Sanford A. and Fern Reba Snyder Atkinson. Lois was raised in the Winfield area, graduating from Winfield High School and earned a B.S. in microbiology from Oklahoma State University.
She volunteered then...
Glenda F. Kliewer
Feb 28, 2022
Glenda Francis Kliewer, 79, died Monday (February 28, 2022) at the Paramount Community Living Center in Newton, Ks.
She was born on November 16, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Glenn L. and Virginia Dixon Abney. They family later moved to Newton where Glenda graduated from Newton High School in 1960 and was Miss Newton. She later attended Emporia...
Helen Wehry
Feb 19, 2022
Helen Joy Wehry, 88, died Saturday (February 19, 2022) at the Ascension Via Christi Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks.
She was born on October 24, 1933 in rural Moundridge, Kansas, the daughter of Martin and Elsie Stucky Schrag. Helen was raised in the Moundridge area, graduating from Moundridge High School.
Helen married Harvey Wilson Wehry, Jr. on...
Margaret Montano
Feb 17, 2022
Mom and Dad…finally together again, forever. Margaret Katherine (Sauceda) Montano, age 90, died on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Kidron Bethel Nursing Home in North Newton, KS surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Nov. 25, 1931, in Las Animas, CO, the daughter of Margaret (Samaniego) and Martin P. Sauceda. On Aug. 26, 1950, Margaret married Ramiro (Ron) Montano...
Albert Kostelecky
Feb 14, 2022
Albert Christopher Kostelecky, 82, died February 14, 2022 in Newton, Kansas.
He was born March 22, 1939, the son of Joseph and Beatrice Kostelecky. Albert was united in marriage to Verlamae J. Reid Breon on August 30, 1978. They were married 43 years, six months. Verlamae survives in the home.
Albert was a man of many talents from his time...
Velma Swartzendruber
Feb 14, 2022
Velma Swartzendruber, 89, of Hesston, Kansas passed away of natural causes on Monday, February 14, 2022 at the Schowalter Villa.
Velma was born in Newton, Kansas on June 21, 1932 to Reuben and Helen (Vogt) Ewy. She met Gene Swartzendruber at Hesston Academy (now Hesston College) and the couple was married there on October 26, 1950. They lived in the...
Martha Smith
Feb 10, 2022
Martha Smith, 80, died Thursday (February 10, 2022) at her home in Newton, Ks.
She was born on March 17, 1941 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of William and Lizzie Miller Hochstedler. Martha was raised in an Amish family, later branching out on her own path.
Martha married Glenn Kaye Smith in Las Vegas. They lived in the Whitewater, Kansas...
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