Obituaries

Bill Zuercher

Bill Zuercher

Apr 4, 2016

William Joseph Zuercher, 82, of Newton, died Monday (April 4, 2016) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on October 22, 1933 in Strong City, Ks., the son of Christian William and Katherine Louise Martin Zuercher. His family moved to Newton in 1938 where he attended school, graduating from Newton High School in 1952 and attending Bethel College. Just...

Gary Cole

Gary Cole

Apr 4, 2016

Gary Norman Cole, 75, of Marion died Monday (April 4, 2016) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on October 6, 1940 in Lawrence, Ks., the son of Jess A. and Doris Farmer Cole. The family moved to Wichita where Gary attended schools. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1961 serving until 1965 during the Viet Nam Conflict....

Mark Vernon

Mark Vernon

Mar 31, 2016

Mark Alan Vernon, 49, passed away Thursday March 31, 2016. Mark was born on April 10, 1966, in Concordia, Kansas to Kenny and Diane Vernon. He was the middle of three children, having two sisters. Mark grew up in the small community of Glasco Ks. As a young child hearing the emergency sirens he would rush to ready himself. Donning...

Robert E. Unruh

Robert E. Unruh

Mar 31, 2016

Robert E. “Bob” Unruh, age 86, retired public music teacher, piano tuner/technician and postal employee, died on Thursday, March 31, 2016. He was born April 11, 1929 in Goessel, Kansas to Jacob S. and Sara (Friesen) Unruh. He grew up on a farm with his parents and two older siblings, Eskil and Charlene. The family was part of the Tabor...

Guadalupe Llamas, Jr.

Guadalupe Llamas, Jr.

Mar 26, 2016

Guadalupe Llamas, Jr., 72, of Pasadena, Texas died Saturday (March 26, 2016) at the Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born on March 24, 1944 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Guadalupe and Marian Saenz Llamas, Sr. He attended schools in Newton and had worked as a cook. Guadalupe moved to the Houston, Texas area where he...

Clifford Dale Wyss

Clifford Dale Wyss

Mar 24, 2016

Newton Clifford Dale Wyss, 73, died on March 24, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on January 21, 1943 to Martha Emmaline (Criger) and William Walter Wyss in Newton, Kansas. Clifford graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He was employed as a CPA, then as a Comptroller...

Jay W. McCulloch

Jay W. McCulloch

Mar 22, 2016

Jay W. McCulloch, 29, died on March 22, 2016 at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He was born on August 17, 1986 to Joan (Widener) and Russell McCulloch at the Axtell Hospital in Newton. Jay grew up in the Hesston and Newton communities and graduated from Hesston High School with the class of 2005. Jay was employed as a...

Vernon Dreier

Vernon Dreier

Mar 8, 2016

Vernon F. Dreier, 70, of Hesston, died Tuesday (March 8, 2016) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on November 29, 1945 in the Newton, Ks., the son of Delbert F. and Dorothy May Steiner Dreier. Vernon graduated from Moundridge High School in 1963 and later from Bethany College. He served in the...

Frank Midkiff

Frank Midkiff

Mar 6, 2016

Franklin R. Midkiff, born October 24, 1932 passed away on March 6, 2016, in his home in North Newton, KS of a heart attack. Frank was born in Chelyan, W.Va. to Samuel and Gertrude (Burger) Midkiff, but moved to South Charleston, WV at the age of 2 where he grew up as the youngest of 5 children. He began a...

Carlos J. Gomez

Carlos J. Gomez

Mar 3, 2016

Carlos Gomez, 74 , died on March 3, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on January 18, 1942 the son of Angela S. (Sifuentez) and Epimenio Gomez in Newton, Kansas. Carlos served in the United States Army, 101st Airborne as a paratrooper. He earned his Parachutist Badge and an Expert Badge in Rifle. He was...

Deila Lingenfelter

Deila Lingenfelter

Mar 3, 2016

Deila Lingenfelter, 60, of Newton, died Thursday (March 3, 2016) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice of the St. Francis Regional Medical Center-Via Christi Campus in Wichita. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday (March 8, 2016) at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton. Interment will be in the Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita. Friends may call...

Brian E. Sadowsky

Brian E. Sadowsky

Feb 25, 2016

March 1, 2016- PARKING There are several parking areas near the church, those will be for the family. We will have parking attendants, directing you to the parking lots to the WEST of the church, about 1/2 block, and it will be marked. There is another Large Parking lot on SE 2nd. Street. and the McKinley building across the street...

Elda Siemens Jantz

Elda Siemens Jantz

Feb 25, 2016

Elda Koehn Siemens Jantz, 94, died Thursday (February 25, 2016) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born October 14, 1921 in Halstead to Fred and Susie (Jantz) Koehn. Elda married Wilbur Siemens on November 11, 1939. They lived on a farm East of Walton where they started farrowing pigs for a retirement occupation. Wilbur died August 11, 1975, after...

Betty Sandate

Betty Sandate

Feb 23, 2016

Betty Jo (Rogers) Sandate, 69, was called by our Lord Jesus Christ on February 23, 2016 while at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Ks. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her beloved family. Betty was born in Salina, Ks., on July 15, 1946, the daughter of Tommy and Melba Jo Rogers. A graduate of Salina Central High School,...

Danny R. Reimer

Danny R. Reimer

Feb 20, 2016

Danny Ray Reimer, 66, died at his home on Saturday, February 20, 2016 in Newton. He was born on December 3, 1950 to Freida (Swartz) and Bill Reimer in Newton, Kansas. Danny was a member of The Church of God of The First Born in Newton. Attending church and spending time with his church family was very important to Danny....

Riley Eugene Abel, Sr.

Riley Eugene Abel, Sr.

Feb 20, 2016

Services will be at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home on Thursday, February 25th, 2016 at 11AM. Visitation will be held from 9AM-11AM at the funeral home prior to the funeral service. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, Kansas. Memorials may be to Donor's Choice,and mailed to the funeral home at 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.

Bruce Hoffer

Bruce Hoffer

Feb 6, 2016

Bruce Hoffer, 69, died Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita following a recurrence of mantle cell lymphoma. Bruce was born on November 26, 1946 in Newton to Leonard and Lois (Adams) Hoffer. Bruce attended school in Newton, graduating with the class of 1964. He married his high school sweetheart Carol (Voth) on October 15, 1966. Bruce...

Dorothy Hite

Dorothy Hite

Feb 6, 2016

Dorothy L. Hite, 84, of Newton, joined the angels in Heaven on Saturday (February 6, 2016) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor. She was born on May 17, 1931 in Whitewater, Mo., the daughter of Carl R. and Ruby E. Bowling West. She married Wilbur Hite on April 12, 1948 in Pocohantas, Arkansas. They later moved to Newton. He died in...

Randy L. Luckey

Randy L. Luckey

Feb 2, 2016

Randy L. Luckey, 62, died on Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Kansas. He was born on March 2, 1953 in Beloit, Kansas to Mildred (Thull) and Kenneth E. Luckey. Randy attended the Salina military school and was proud to have this military connection with his son, Richard. He cherished this throughout life. During his...

Betty M. Oller

Betty M. Oller

Feb 1, 2016

Betty Mae (Vogt) Oller, 83, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on February 1, 2016 at Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born February 23, 1932 at Bethel Hospital in Newton, Kansas to Paul E and Edna (Tangeman) Vogt. She grew up in a Christian family on a farm southwest of Hesston, Kansas. Betty attended grade...

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