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Christena Bowen
Dec 17, 2014
Christena Clarabel Bowen was born on October 11, 1917 to Charles Ernest Bowen and Christina Ruthi Bowen in the family home in Kill Creek Township, Osborne County Kansas. She passed from this life to her Heavenly home on December 17, 2014 after a life of service to others. She attended grade school at the Kill Creek School (District 125), as...
Lois J. Voran
Dec 15, 2014
Lois June (Geiger) Voran, second child of Monroe and Anna Geiger, was born on June 23, 1926, on a farm near Pandora, Ohio. She attended Pandora public school and graduated in 1944. Upon her confession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, she was baptized at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora. In 1949 she graduated from Grace Bible Institute, Omaha,...
Doug McQuistan
Dec 13, 2014
Douglas S. McQuistan, a resident at Kansas Christian Home, went home to his Lord on Saturday December 13, 2014. Doug was born on March 9, 1924 to Roland and Winifred (Bressler) McQuistan in Pender, Nebraska. He was raised on a farm near Pender. He attended high school in Wakefield Nebraska where he met his bride, Bonnie (Heydon) McQuistan. They were...
Roberto Sandoval
Dec 12, 2014
Roberto A. Sandoval, 56, of Newton, died Friday (December 12, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on August 28, 1958 in El Salvador, the son of Jose Eulalio Avila and Maria Angelina Lemus. Roberto moved to Newton in 1981. He had worked at Hehr International in Newton for many years. Survivors include his mother Maria Lemus of...
Katherine Jordan
Dec 3, 2014
Katherine Jordan, 98, of Newton, died Wednesday (December 3, 2014) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on September 17, 1916 in Newton, the daughter of Lesco and Octavia Cochran Wade, Jr. Katherine attended local schools and was a lifelong resident of Newton. She married Emmett S. Jordan on April 13, 1941 in Newton. During World War II, Katherine...
Charles Windsor Corbitt, Jr.
Dec 3, 2014
Charles Windsor (“Chuck”) Corbitt, Junior, passed away in Newton, KS on December 3, 2014, at the age of 70. He was born on April 5, 1944 in Flushing, Queens, New York, NY to Charles W. and Claire (Tait) Corbitt. His father was a native of Geneva, NE, his mother was born in Canada but raised in Miami, FL. Chuck had...
Florene Penner
Nov 29, 2014
North Newton Florene (Riesen) Penner, died on November 29, 2014, at Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, KS. She was born on January 16, 1928 to Amelia (Harms) and Arthur N. Riesen in Newton, KS. On, September 15, 1949 she married Joseph Penner at the Grace Hill Mennonite Church, Rural Newton, KS. She worked for many years as a receptionist...
Hanns White
Nov 27, 2014
Hanns Conle White, 80, of Newton, died Thursday (November 27, 2014) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on January 31, 1934 in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Hannibal and Connie Leola Anderson White. The family moved to Newton in the early 1940’s. Hanns graduated from Newton High School, attended Bethel College...
Eldrid J. Busenitz
Nov 24, 2014
Busenitz, Eldrid James, age 63, died Monday, November 24, 2014 of cancer. He was born in Newton to Karl and Anna Busenitz and remained a farmer in Newton until his death. Eldrid married Faith (Schrag) Busenitz on February 12, 1977. He is survived by his wife and sons Nathan (Melissa) and their daughter Olivia, Ben (Bethany), and Tim; and his...
Karen L. Dreier
Nov 22, 2014
Karen L. Dreier, 62, of Hesston, died Saturday (November 22, 2014) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. She was born on June 21, 1952 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of George T. and Donzella Moore Meires. Karen was raised in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1970. She married Robert E. Dreier on January...
Jimmy Badart
Nov 17, 2014
Jimmy Dean Badart, the son of Oscar and Hazel Slaughter Badart, was born on August 18, 1955. He died at his home in Newton, Kansas on November 17, 2014 at the age of 59. Jimmy had lived in the Pittsburg, Kansas area for many years. Among his survivors are his brother Johnny Badart of Pittsburg and sister Marilyn Horn of...
Charles D. Cooper
Nov 17, 2014
Charles D. Cooper, 83, of Newton, Kansas, died following a short illness at the Newton Medical Center on Monday (November 17, 2014). He was born in Oklahoma City, Ok., the son of Loren T. Cooper and Lela Cooper. The family lived in Southeast Kansas and Wichita before moving to Newton when Charles was nine years old. He entered the Newton...
Dorothy J. Staley
Nov 17, 2014
Dorothy Jean (King) Norris Staley passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. She was born on August 21, 1923 at home in Stevens County, KS to Purdie and Bernice(Swafford) King. On April 11, 1939, she married Kreston Norris. He died in September 1970. To their union six children were born. On June, 1972, she...
Orva I. Hargett
Nov 8, 2014
Orva Irene (Yutzy) Hargett died Saturday, November 8, 2014 in Newton, Kansas as a result of ALS. She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 21, 1936 to Joseph N and Fanny (Helmuth) Yutzy. Orva married Ronald Dean Hargett, son of Helen Irene Hargett of Roswell, New Mexico, on May 24, 1963. Together they shared 51 years of marriage, three...
Jay L. Ferguson
Oct 30, 2014
Jay Lee Ferguson, 78, of Newton, KS was killed in a tragic accident at Flight Safety International, Wichita, KS on Thursday, October 30, 2014. He was born on March 28, 1936 in Monett, MO, the son of James Roy and Selena Itrice Ferguson. Jay attended public schools in Monett and Tulsa, graduating from Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, OK in...
Raymond H. Dings
Oct 19, 2014
Raymond Hood Dings, 88, a retired land developer from Wichita, Ks., died Sunday (October 19, 2014) in Wichita. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 30, 1925, the son of Harold Hood and Elva Lorraine (Ashel) Dings. The family moved to Tulsa when Raymond was four years old, he attended Tulsa schools, graduating from Central High School in...
Mike Akers
Oct 14, 2014
Michael Lynn Akers, 48, of Newton, died Tuesday (October 14, 2014) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on August 25, 1966 in Newton, Ks., the son of Eldon Eugene and Marian Ruth Orpin Akers. Mike was raised in Newton, attending local schools where he was a part of the track team, graduating from Newton High School...
Harold Wetschensky
Oct 12, 2014
Harold M. Wetschensky, 93, of Newton, died Sunday (October 12, 2014) at the Kansas Christian Home. He was born on November 23, 1920 in Newton, Ks., the son of Martin G. and Mary Brandewiede Wetschensky. Harold was raised and attended schools in Newton. He married Ethel E. Brunner on May 2, 1949 in Newton at Saint Mary's Catholic Church Harold...
Connie O'Brien
Oct 1, 2014
Constance Susan O’Brien, 53, of Newton, died Wednesday (October 1, 2014) at her home. She was born on September 28, 1961 in Topeka, Ks. As a child, Connie moved with her parents, Mary and Paul O’Brien to Newton where she attended local schools. She later lived in Florida and Philadelphia, Pa. Connie returned to Newton in 1988. She had worked...
Naomi Unruh
Sep 28, 2014
Naomi Ruth Unruh passed away Sunday, September 28, 2014, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by her family. Naomi was born March 14, 1944 in Cordell, Oklahoma, to Noah Dean and Mary Elizabeth (Frantz) Unruh. Naomi loved music and was in the Choir and the Raileres in Newton High School. She also sang in many church...
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