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Victoria Akers
Dec 19, 2016
Victoria Mae (Hein) Akers, 70, died Monday (Dec. 19, 2016) in Wichita. She was the daughter of Frances and Victor Hein, born on January 13, 1946in Newton, Ks. In 1968, she married Kenneth Akers and in 1971 they had a daughter, Hillary. Though they later divorced, they remained life long friends. Victoria retired from working for the State of Kansas...
Jesus Luna
Dec 19, 2016
Jesus R. “Rudy” Luna, 74, died on December 19, 2016 at his home in Newton, with his loving wife by his side. He was born on December 25, 1941 in San Bernardino, California, the son of Guillermo (Leyva) and Tony Luna. He married Delores Terrones on June 13, 1967 in Newton, Kansas. Soon after they were married Jesus and Delores...
Carl E. McCurdy
Dec 14, 2016
NEWTON: Carl E. McCurdy, 70, died Wednesday (December 14, 2016) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus. He was born on June 26, 1946 in Wichita, Ks., the son of Roy Leonal and Margaret Viola (Winters) McCurdy. He was raised in the Halstead area, after high school Carl served in the U.S. Army....
J. Ralph Brown
Dec 13, 2016
J. Ralph Brown, 90, of Salina, Kansas passed away on Tuesday (December 13, 2016) at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 P.M., Sunday (December 18, 2016) at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton, Kansas. Visitation with the family will be held prior to the services beginning at 1:00 P.M. Graveside services and interment will be at 10:00...
Richard Payne, Jr.
Dec 11, 2016
Richard "Rick" Payne, Jr., 69, of Newton, died Sunday (December 11, 2016) at his home. He was born on March 10, 1947 the son of Barbara and Richard A. Payne Sr. Survivors include his wife Maura Payne of the home; son Todd Payne; daughters Tiffany White and her husband Michael, and Tara Payne; five grandchildren; brothers David Payne and his...
Wilmer Wedel
Dec 8, 2016
Wilmer Wedel, 90, died December 8, 2016 at Newton Medical Center. He was born in Halstead, KS, on September 13, 1926, the seventh of ten children of Herman and Christina Voran Wedel. The family lived in rural Moundridge on a farm, until August 1937, when they moved to a farm in Burns, Kansas. It was here that dad grew to...
Carolyn S. Schwarz
Dec 1, 2016
Bel Aire Reverend Carolyn Sue Schwarz, 60, died on December 1, 2016 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on November 27, 1956 in Newton, Kansas the daughter of Imogene M. (Sloan) and James F. Bueker. Carolyn married Kenneth Schwarz on June 18, 1988 in Newton, Kansas. He survives of the home. Carolyn graduated Newton...
Wilma "Coke" Smith
Nov 26, 2016
“Coke” Smith, 88, of Newton, died Saturday (November 26, 2016) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. Wilma Colleen was born on February 5, 1928 in Burrton, Ks., the daughter of Dell and Mabel Kasenberg Roberts. She was raised in the Mt. Hope area, graduating from Mt. Hope High School. She married Ralph M. Smith, Jr. on March 8, 1951...
Herbert A. Cies
Nov 18, 2016
Rev. Herbert A. Cies, 97, at his started his Heavenly journey on November 18, 2016, eager to meet his Lord, friends and family who passed on earlier. These include his parents Herbert and Florence(Furness), a brother Carol, sisters Lylith Sullivan, Mary West and Lynn Bowers, his wife Eva Lucile, his son Edwin Lee, step-son Dan Tanner, step-daughter Martha Cahal. Herbert...
Patricia Hume
Nov 15, 2016
PATRICIA LEE HUME, 76, died Tuesday (November 15, 2016) at Asbury Park in Newton, Ks. Pat was born on September 16, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Benjamin Craig and Georgia Knodel McMurry, Sr. She was raised and attended schools in the St. Louis area. After graduating from high school Pat later graduated from the University of Kansas...
Rosalene J. Ratzlaff
Nov 15, 2016
Hutchinson Rosalene J. Ratzlaff, 93, died on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the Hutchinson Medical Center. She was born on June 23, 1923 the daughter of Bertha (Anderson) and Martin Eugene Forsberg in Roxbury, Kansas. On May 28, 1943, she married Wesley T. Ratzlaff in Seattle, Washington. He preceded her in death on October 23, 2008. Rosalene held a membership...
Frank Banks
Nov 9, 2016
Frank Charles Banks, 57, died Wednesday (November 9, 2016) at this home in Newton. He was born on February 12, 1959 in Newton, the son of Charles E. and Johanna Purl Banks. Frank attended schools in Newton. After high school he went to work for Trampco, Inc. in Wichita, later he went to work the City of Newton in the...
Richard Prouty
Oct 30, 2016
Richard Lewis Prouty, 52, died Sunday (October 30, 2016) in rural Moundridge, Ks. He was born on December 16, 1963 in Newton, Ks., the son of Theodore Earl and Phyllis Lefort Prouty. Richard was raised and attended schools in Hesston, Ks. He was very active in F.F.A., and enjoyed auto mechanics. He graduated from Hesston High School in 1982. Richard...
Bill T. Smith
Oct 27, 2016
Bill T. Smith passed away at Asbury Park Greenhouses in Newton. He was born on July 18, 1930 in Oklahoma City, the son of Herbert E. and Belva Mae Smith. Bill graduated from Newton High School in 1948. Preceded in death by parents; brothers Herb Jr., Vernon, Jerry; and sister Marion Hinshaw. Survivors wife Marilyn Smith of the home; sons...
Ted Saylor
Oct 24, 2016
Ted L. Saylor, 93, died Monday (October 24, 2016) at the Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton. He was born on December 17, 1922 in Newton, Ks., the son of Arthur L. and Lucy Emma Sickelbower. Ted graduated from Newton High School in 1940. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy on Tinian Island. After being discharged Ted...
Vincent T. Gonzalez
Oct 20, 2016
Vincent T. Gonzalez, 61, died on October 20th, 2016 at his home. He was born on October 19, 1955 in Newton, the son of Hope “Esperanza” (Terrones) and Raymond Gonzalez. Vincent was a member of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church of Newton, as well as the Madero Society. He had many hobbies and interests during life, and was known...
Nathan Albert Martinez
Oct 16, 2016
Wichita Nathan Albert Martinez, 26, died on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at his home in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on April 3, 1990 the son of Anne M. Morgan and Vincent A. Martinez, in Kansas City, MO. Nathan graduated high school from Wichita Northwest High School in 2007. He loved music and being with his friends. Nathan was also...
Martin Wetschensky
Oct 10, 2016
NEWTON: Martin Edward Wetschensky, 58, died Monday (October 10, 2016) at his home in Newton. The son of Harold M. and Ethel Elizabeth Brunner, he was born on October 29, 1957 in Oklahoma. Martin was raised and attended schools in Newton. He was married to Pam Kyle. He had worked at Builders Concrete and was a truck driver for Sports,...
Donna Linn
Oct 9, 2016
Donna J. Linn, 89, died on Sunday (October 9, 2016) at her home in Newton. She was born on April 9, 1927 in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Lawrence H. and Jessie Jackson Shehan. Donna was raised in Dunlap, Illinois, graduating from the Academy of Our Lady in Peoria. She later attended the Vogue School of Design in Chicago, Illinois....
Betty Bean
Oct 7, 2016
Betty I. Bean, 73, of Hillsboro, Ks., died Friday (October 7, 2016) at the Salem Home in Hillsboro. She was born on April 11, 1943 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Harry and Dolan Glass Geer. Survivors include her husband, G.W. Bean of 46 years in Hillsboro; children Mark Hiebert of Mustang, Okla., Wendy Johnson of Lyons, Ks., and Shelly...
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