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Oma Cooper
Feb 8, 2020
Oma Mae Cooper, 94, died Saturday (February 8, 2020) at her home in Wichita.
She was born on January 16, 1926 in Remmel, Arkansas, the daughter of Richard and Clara Koettel Christal. Oma was raised and attended schools in the Remmel area.
Oma married James Quentien Cooper on May 3, 1944 in Burlington, Kansas. With James working for the...
Neva Nelson
Feb 6, 2020
Neva Ann Nelson, 93, died Thursday (February 6, 2020) at Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born on April 24, 1926 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Samuel George and Augusta K. Kater Mull. Neva was raised on a farm outside of Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1944. Shortly after graduating from high school, she went to...
Arlie Funk
Jan 27, 2020
Arlie Virgil Funk, 97, went to meet his Lord on Monday (January 27, 2020) from the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Ks.
He was born on January 12, 1923 to Adolf and Anna (Enns) Funk in Wolf Point, Montana, the second of seven children.
Times were very rough in Montana so Arlie’s dad decided to move the family and make the...
Dwight Nathaniel Eells Jr.
Jan 14, 2020
Dwight Nathaniel Eells Jr., 87, of Topeka, passed away (January 14, 2020) at Midland Care Hospice in Topeka, KS.
He was born on March 30, 1932 in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dwight Nathaniel and Elizabeth F. Eells Sr. The family moved to Newton, Kansas where he graduated from Newton High School in 1950 and graduated from Kansas...
Sherry Boese
Jan 11, 2020
Sherry Mae (Heginbottom) Boese, was from New Melle, Missouri and lived in Cameron, Texas until moving into The Heritage at Twin Creeks Memory Care, Allen, Texas in 2017. Surrounded by her loving family, she was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus on Saturday, January 11, 2020. With the onset of dementia, Sherry moved closer to her daughters and...
Rudolph Newfield
Dec 29, 2019
Rudolph Gene Newfield, 87, of Peabody, died Sunday (December 29, 2019) at the Robert J. Dole V.A. Medical Center in Wichita, Ks.
He was born on September 14, 1932 in McPherson, Kansas, the son of Peter Buller and Marie Nora Foth Newfield. Rudy attended schools in Peabody, Ks., until he was 16 years old. In 2004, he received an honorary...
Larry Winter
Dec 9, 2019
Larry H. Winter, 74, died Monday (December 9, 2019) at the Newton Medical Center.
He was part of a set of triplets born to Herbert William and Opal Eileen Converse on December 14, 1944 in Marion, Kansas. Larry was raised in the Peabody and Marion areas, graduating from Peabody High School.
Larry served in the U.S. Navy for three...
Mary Jane Ward
Nov 25, 2019
Mary Jane Ward went home on November 25, 2019 at the age of 98.
She was born April 10, 1921 to John and Lusta Connell in Wichita, Kansas. Mary Jane attended schools in Wichita.
She married Gail R. Ward, November 14, 1940 in Wichita, Kansas. They owned and operated Gail Ward Motors in Newton from 1952 until 1979. He preceded...
Ronald E. Calbert
Nov 25, 2019
Ronald E. Calbert, 87, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, surrounded by family, at his home in Newton.
He was born in 1932 to parents Sid and Charlotte Calbert. In 1942, the family moved from Medora, Kansas to Newton. Ron graduated from Newton High School in 1950.
After graduating, he went to work at Beech Aircraft in Wichita. In 1953,...
Lola Friesen
Nov 21, 2019
Lola Mae Regier Wiebe Friesen, at the age of ninety-four, went to be with her Lord on November 21, 2019, with family present at her bedside at Kidron Bethel Health Care Center.
Lola is survived by husband Jacob Toews Friesen; children Ruth Tanner, Mark Wiebe, Mary Patten, and Lois Koulouris, and brother Robert Regier. She is also survived by stepchildren,...
Luberta Ann McCulloch
Nov 19, 2019
Luberta Ann McCulloch, 86, died Tuesday (November 19, 2019) in Newton.
She was born August 29, 1933 to William J. and Fern (Behm) Unruh at Axtell Hospital in Newton, KS. Luberta graduated from Newton High School in 1951.
She married Adrian McCulloch on September 16, 1951 in Newton, KS.
Luberta loved to travel and travelled to all 50 states, most...
Robert Schneider
Nov 10, 2019
Robert Hilton Schneider, 84, died Sunday (November 10, 2019) at the Ascension Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus in Wichita.
He was born in Abilene, Kansas on April 20, 1935, the son of John Martin and Laura Middleton Schneider. Bob graduated from high school in Abilene, Kansas.
He married LaDonna Reinhart Hudson on October 10, 1975 in Wichita, Ks.
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Lawrence Trumble, Jr.
Nov 9, 2019
Lawrence G. Trumble, Jr., 78, died Saturday (November 9, 2019) at the Pleasant View Home in Inman, Kansas.
He was born on December 13, 1940 in Alexandria, Va., the son of Lawrence G. and Irma Mae Steel Trumble, Sr. He attended high school in Fairfax, Virginia.
Lawrence served in the U.S. Army for 13 years. After being discharged...
Beryl Laswell
Nov 4, 2019
Beryl N. Laswell, 101, passed away November 4, 2019 at Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on September 24, 1918 to Albert and Bertha Meisterhans Rutschman in rural Whitewater, Kansas. In her early years she attended the Swiss Mennonite Church in Whitewater and in the 1940’s she became a member of the EUB Church in Newton which eventually became Salem...
Patty Briar
Nov 2, 2019
Patty J. Briar, 80, died Saturday (November 2, 2019) at the Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton.
She was born on August 20, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene C. and Dorothy Lyle Roberts. Patty was raised and attended schools in Newton. She married Donovan Glenn Briar on December 10, 1955 in Newton. He died on May 6, 2003.
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Lon Walker
Oct 31, 2019
Lon William Walker, 83, died Thursday (October 31, 2019) at the Kansas Christian Home.
He was born on January 26, 1936 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the son of Ralph William and Marion Christina Travis Walker. The family later moved to Wichita where he grew up in what is now the Delano District where he and his brothers roamed the...
Warren Unruh
Oct 25, 2019
Warren L. Unruh, 66, died Friday (October 25, 2019) at his home.
He was born on November 27, 1952 in Newton, Kanas, the son of Milton and Agnes Unruh.
Warren was raised in the Newton and Hesston area, graduating from Hesston High School.
Around 1975, he began driving a truck, hauling livestock and freight across the country.
Warren is...
Noah French
Oct 21, 2019
Noah Scott French, two month old son of Brandon and Connie French, died Monday (October 21, 2019) at his home in Peabody, Ks.
Noah was born on August 5, 2019 in Newton, Kansas.
Along with his parents, Noah is survived by his brother Joshua and sister Rebeca both of the home; paternal grandparents Ida French of Marion, Ks.; and Blane...
Marcus A. Lyles
Oct 17, 2019
Marcus “Mark” Albert Lyles, 102 passed away at Asbury Park Greenhouse on Thursday (October 17, 2019).
He was born on November 13, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of William Frank and Ruby Florene Grassmunk Lyles. Mark married the love of his life, Lorraine Virginia Nolle on November 22, 1957 in St. Louis. Together, they raised their son,...
Darrell "Doc" Salsbury
Oct 14, 2019
Darrell L. “Doc” Salsbury, DVM, 83, died Monday (October 14, 2019), after a short illness, at the Newton Medical Center, surrounded by his family.
He was born on September 26, 1936 in Burlington, Kansas, the son of Edgar and Dorothy Hildebrand Salsbury. As a child, the family moved to Lawrence, Kansas where he graduated from Lawrence High School in 1954....
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