Obituaries
Carole Hansen
Oct 2, 2017
NEWTON: Caroline “Carole” Hansen, 70, died Monday (October 2, 2017) at her home. She was born on February 2, 1947 in Newton, the daughter of Petronilo Jose and Lupe Torres Llamas. Carole graduated from Newton High School. She later worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. Carole is survived by two sons Danial Macias and wife Sidavine of Wichita and Andrew...
Donald C. Stone
Sep 30, 2017
Donald C. Stone, 85, of North Newton, died Saturday (September 30, 2017) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on April 21, 1932 in Ft. Erie, Ontario, Canada, the son of Newman and Irene Beeson Stone. Donald moved to Hutchinson, Ks. when he was four years old, graduating from Hutchinson High School in 1950. He then spent two years...
Gerald Loomis
Sep 30, 2017
Gerald W. Loomis, 79, of Newton, died Saturday (September 30, 2017) in Newton. He was born on December 29, 1937 in Newton, the son of Preston and Nelle Brechbill Loomis. Gerry graduated from Newton High School in 1955. He had served as a Sheriff Deputy on the Harvey County Sheriff Dept. for several years retiring in 2003. Survivors include his...
Jack K. Johnson
Sep 29, 2017
Jack Kenneth Johnson, 88, of Wichita, died Friday (September 29, 2017) at the Robert Dole V.A. Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on June 16, 1929 in Newton, the son of Clifford and Catherine Vienna Norton Johnson. Jack graduated from Newton High School in 1947. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict. After being discharged...
Chad RoseBerger
Sep 22, 2017
Chad L. RoseBerger (Berger), 49, died Friday (September 22, 2017) in Newton. He was born on October 22, 1967 in Wichita, the son of Allen Keith and Carol Jean Lusk Berger. Chad lived in the Haysville area and had just recently moved to Newton. For many years Chad has been involved in theater, acting in numerous productions across the United...
Erna O'Keefe
Sep 20, 2017
Erna M. O’Keefe, 87, of Newton, died Wednesday (September 20, 2017) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on June 7, 1930 in Newton, the daughter of Andrew and Emma Endres Schlagowsky. Erna was raised in the Newton area, graduating from Newton High School in 1947. She married Melvin Robert O’Keefe on April 16, 1952 at St. Mary Catholic...
Armando Montano
Sep 12, 2017
Armando “Herman” Montano, 88, of Newton, died Tuesday (September 12, 2017) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. He was born on September 3, 1929 in Saffordville, Ks., the son of Juan and Juana Camarena Montano. He was raised in Peabody later moving to Newton. Herman married Martina Estrada on December 7, 1946 in Newton. They lived in Wichita for...
James I. Sprague, Jr.
Sep 2, 2017
James I Sprague, Jr., 86, of Newton, died Saturday (September 2, 2017) at the Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton. He was born on February 17, 1931 in Greenville, Michigan, the son of James Ivan and Alma K. Hansen, Sr. After graduating from Greenville High School, James attended Michigan State University. During the Korean Conflict he served in the U.S. Army,...
Ned Ross
Aug 28, 2017
Ned Byrl Ross, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, peacefully passed away on Monday (August 28, 2017) in his home at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. Ned was born in Newton, Iowa on September 27, 1929 to Merrill and Bessie (Reiste) Ross, growing up on a farm near Minburn, Iowa, the youngest child with three brothers Robert and John....
Brett McAnulty
Aug 26, 2017
Brett Lee McAnulty, 58, died Saturday (August 26, 2017) at his home in Newton after a courageous fight with cancer. The Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be prayed at 6:00 P.M., Thursday, (August 31, 2017) with the Mass of Christian Burial being held at 10:00 A.M., Friday (September 1, 2017) both at St. Mary Catholic Church in Newton. Private...
Emily Palacioz
Aug 20, 2017
Emily Mary Palacioz, 87, died Sunday (August 20, 2017) at the Hutchinson Regional Hospital. She was born on July 27, 1930 in Strong City, Kansas, the daughter of Victoriano and Engracia Reza Juarez. Emily was raised in Elmdale, Kansas, moving with her family later to Newton, Ks. Emily married Hilarion “Leo” Terrones in 1950, they later divorced. He died on...
Hilda Higgins
Aug 11, 2017
Hilda L. Higgins, 93, of Walton, died Friday (August 11, 2017) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on May 28, 1924 on the family farm near Walton, Kansas, the daughter of David Schmidt and Anna J. Goossen Lehrman. The family moved to Newton when she was six years old where she attended schools. Hilda married Howard Eugene Higgins,...
David Jordan
Aug 8, 2017
David James Jordan, 85, of Newton, died Tuesday (August 8, 2017) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on November 21, 1931 in Economy, Indiana, the son of Raymond Ward and Jennie Juanita Atkinson Jordan. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. degree in Agriculture Economics. David married Donna Wilson on October 10, 1953 in Cambridge City, Indiana....
Evelyn M. Sidener
Aug 7, 2017
Evelyn M. Sidener, 90, longtime Burns area resident, died Monday (August 7, 2017) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on July 20, 1927 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of John and Ruby Weigand Kirkpatrick. Her childhood years were spent in the Newton area until they moved to rural Burns where she graduated from high school in 1945. Evelyn...
Wayne Kemp
Aug 5, 2017
On Saturday, August 5, 2017, the world lost an incredible soul and Heaven gained an angel as Wayne Kemp took his final motorcycle ride off to eternity. He was born Lowell Wayne Kemp on February 12, 1972 in Newton, Ks., the son of Lowell and Jean Bornowsky Kemp. He was raised in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1990....
Charlie Smith
Aug 3, 2017
Charlie Smith, 80, died Thursday (August 3, 2017) at his home in Newton surrounded by members of his family. He was born on March 11, 1937 in Washington, Louisiana, the son of Bae and Mattie Chaney Campbell. Charlie was raised and attended schools in Louisiana. He married Mary Catherine Edwards on December 26, 1962 in Rosa, Louisiana. They moved to...
Donald E. Blades
Jul 15, 2017
Donald Eugene Blades, 78, of Andover, died Saturday (July 15, 2017) at Asbury Park in Newton, Ks. He was born on January 26, 1939 in Cherryvale, Ks., the son of Ralph Cleek and Mary Valinda Nicholson Blades, Sr. Don was raised in Cherryvale, where he graduated in 1957. He later graduated from Baker University. During the View Nam conflict, Don...
Betty J. Mustoe
Jun 21, 2017
Betty J. Almond Mustoe, 80, of Newton, died Wednesday (June 21, 2017) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on November 11, 1936 in Edna, Kansas, the daughter of Robert E. and Wathena Bryant Tilton. Betty was raised in the Altoona, Kansas area, graduating from Chetopa High School. Shortly after, she moved to...
Norma H. Martinez
Jun 15, 2017
Norma Voth Martinez of Goessel, KS, formerly of Aurora, IL and Payson, AZ, passed away on June 15, 2017 at the Bethesda Home in Goessel. She was born on August 9, 1924, to the late Henry F. and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Voth of Goessel. A graduate of Grace Memorial Hospital, Hutchinson, Kansas, Norma worked as a registered nurse for more than...
Carol Sooby
Jun 11, 2017
Carol Nadine (Schmidt) Sooby, 77, passed away peacefully at her home in Newton on Sunday (June 11, 2017) with her husband Donald by her bedside. She was born on June 12, 1939 in Walton, Ks., the daughter of Charles W. and Edna Berg Schmidt. Spending her early life on a farm near Walton, Carol attended Walton schools and graduated from...
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