Obituaries

Mildred Irene Austermiller

Mildred Irene Austermiller

Oct 30, 2012

Mildred Irene (Voran) Austermiller Mildred Irene Austermiller of Kidron Bethel, North Newton, died on October 30, 2012. She was born July 3, 1922 in Reno County, KS, the daughter of Carl and Martha (Unruh) Voran. She had a happy childhood on the farm. She walked to the country schoolhouse down the road with her siblings where she learned to speak...

Billy G. Nelson

Billy G. Nelson

Oct 23, 2012

Billy G. Nelson, 81, passed away on October 23, 2012 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. He was born on February 12, 1931 in Turon, Kansas, the son of Hazel (Levens) and Orville Nelson. On December 1,1957 he married Neva Ann Mull in Newton, Kansas. They made Newton their home. Billy retired from Dillon’s after 20 years of service. Prior...

Virginia M Clintsman

Virginia M Clintsman

Oct 22, 2012

Virginia M. Clintsman, 86, died on October 22, 2012 at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on August 9, 1926 in Feltmills, New York. Virginia lived in Placentia, CA the majority of her lifetime and moved to Newton within the last year to live with her daughter Susan. She was a courageous, strong lady, raising her children with strong...

Mary L. Danby

Mary L. Danby

Oct 19, 2012

Mary L. Danby, 80, died on October 19, 2012 at the Newton Medical Center in Newton. She was born on September 30, 1932 to Bernice (Watchous) and Horace L. Hull in Mattfield Green, Kansas. On July 3, 1952 in Emporia, Kansas she married Chester Lee Danby . They celebrated 60 years of marriage this July. She enjoyed her gardening and...

Allan K. Beasley

Allan K. Beasley

Oct 18, 2012

Allan K. Beasley, 91, died on October 18, 2012 at the Heritage Trail Nursing Home in Cleburne, Texas. He was born on July 13, 1921 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Allan was the son of Selma Victoria (Anderson) and Robert Blair Beasley. His family moved to Topeka in 1931, where he graduated from Topeka High School. On April 10, 1943 Al...

Allan K. Beasley

Allan K. Beasley

Oct 18, 2012

Allan K. Beasley, 91, died on October 18, 2012 at the Heritage Trail Nursing Home in Cleburne, Texas. He was born on July 13, 1921 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Allan was the son of Selma Victoria (Anderson) and Robert Blair Beasley. His family moved to Topeka in 1931, where he graduated from Topeka High School. On April 10, 1943 Al...

Iva M. Johnson

Iva M. Johnson

Oct 10, 2012

Iva M. Johnson, 76, of Newton died Wednesday (October 10, 2012) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. She was born on September 14, 1926 and lived her entire life in the Newton area. Iva was a member of the First Christian Church. She is survived by a sister, Diane Balder of Bellevue, Washington; and sister-in-law Clara Johnson of Rapid...

Geesje Goodwin

Geesje Goodwin

Sep 23, 2012

Geesje Goodwin died on September 23rd, at 1:40 p.m. after a long illness. She was born on February 23, 1949 to Hendrick (Henry) and Antje (Annie) Bouma Pyl in Grouw, Friesland, Netherlands. Annie preceded her in death in July 2002. The family immigrated to Newton in January 1960. She married Terryl (Terry) Jack Goodwin on October 7, 1966. He preceded...

Gerhard Nickel, Jr.

Gerhard Nickel, Jr.

Sep 20, 2012

Gerhard Nickel, Jr., 84, of Newton, died Thursday (Sept. 20, 2012) at Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton. He was born June 9, 1928 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, the son of Gerhard T. and Helena Wall Nickel, Sr. He graduated from high school in Mountain Lake, later Grace Bible Institute in Omaha and Emporia State Teachers College. Gerhard married Norma Elva...

Shirley Sadowski

Shirley Sadowski

Sep 19, 2012

Shirley Jean Holmes Sadowski, died Wednesday (Sept. 19, 2012) at her home at Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on February 16, 1930 in Hutchinson, Ks, the daughter of Gerald S. and Coyla I. Stuckey Holmes. Shirley graduated from Newton High School in 1948. Shirley married Richard E. Sadowski on May 23, 1948 at the First United Methodist Church...

Bea Fiene

Bea Fiene

Sep 14, 2012

Elizabeth “Bea” Fiene, 92, passed away Friday, September 14, 2012 at Asbury Park in Newton, Kansas. Bea was born on November 15, 1919 in Hutchinson, Kansas to Joseph Calvin and Elizabeth May Miller Wood. Bea and her family lived on a ranch in Lookout, Oklahoma. She graduated from high school in Freedom, Oklahoma. She and her husband, Irvin John Fiene...

Mary Z. Parks

Mary Z. Parks

Sep 9, 2012

Mary Z. Parks, 84, of Newton, died Sunday (September 9, 2012) at Asbury Park in Newton. She was born on April 23, 1928 in Hamilton, Kansas, the daughter of Max Henry and Elsie Smith Casto. Mary attended schools in the Hamilton and Eureka area. She married Alvin A. Parks in Eureka. Alvin’s work took them several places including El Dorado...

Mike Roth

Mike Roth

Aug 28, 2012

Theodore Michael Roth, affectionately known as Mike, was born May 9, 1949, at the Bethel Hospital in Newton, Kansas, and lost his battle with cancer on August 28, 2012, at the age of 63 years, 3 months, and 19 days. Mike was the son of Theodore E. Roth, Jr. and Lois Maxine Wilson Roth. Mike had a wonderful childhood growing...

Arliss V. Kater

Arliss V. Kater

Aug 26, 2012

Emporia Arliss Virginia (Akers) Kater, 79, of Emporia, KS, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012. Arliss had entered Holiday Resort of Emporia in August following a lengthy illness. Arliss Akers was one of the Newton-Harvey County New Year Babies born on January 1, 1933, to Henry James Akers and Mary Eva Ellen (Reed) Akers. She attended elementary school in Newton...

Bettie Bradley

Bettie Bradley

Aug 26, 2012

Bettie Joaquin Bradley went home on Sunday (August 26, 2012) at the age of 77. She was born on November 11, 1934 in Monet, Missouri, the daughter of Walter Benjamin and Mattie Naomi Kennedy Bradley. Bettie graduated from high school in Monet in 1952. Bettie had traveled extensively abroad while living in Germany. She moved from Purdy, Missouri to Newton...

Lucile Cies

Lucile Cies

Aug 21, 2012

EVA LUCILE CIES left this earth from Asbury Park in Newton, singing praises for church, loving family, caring friends and the beauty of the earth that had sustained her for 96 years on Tuesday (August 21, 2012) Born to the Rev. S.D. and Ethel (Kemp) Hower in Hiawatha, Kansas on June 7, 1916. Following her father’s ministry, Lucile received her...

Elizabeth M Erwin-Heath-Bonham

Elizabeth M Erwin-Heath-Bonham

Aug 18, 2012

Elizabeth M. Erwin-Heath-Bonham, 72, died on August 18, 2012 in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born on January 14, 1940 in Wellington, Kansas to Thelma Rilla Burden Erwin Davis and Artie Douglas Erwin. Elizabeth held a membership with the Liberty Baptist Church, Newton, Kansas. Upon graduating high school, Elizabeth attended college earning her L.P.N. license. Later in life she drove a...

Alberta (Alicia) Hughes-Jones

Alberta (Alicia) Hughes-Jones

Aug 17, 2012

Alberta (Alicia) Hughes-Jones, died on August 17, 2012, at the Via Christi Center in Wichita, Kansas. She was born on January 27, 1941 in Walnut, Mississippi to Lenora A. (Jones) and Charles R. Jones. On August 20, 1977, she married David T. Hughes in Norman, OK. Alicia held a PhD in Human Ecology and Environmental Health from the University of...

Floyd A. "Tony" Walters, JR

Floyd A. "Tony" Walters, JR

Aug 7, 2012

FLOYD A. “TONY” WALTERS, JR., 55, of Newton, died Tuesday (Aug. 7, 2012) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on January 3, 1957 in Newton, the son of Floyd A. and Ruth E. Marsh Walters, Sr. Tony attended schools in Newton. For many years he had been a plumber while the last few years he has...

Charlyn Sill

Charlyn Sill

Aug 6, 2012

Charlyn Alice Adams Sill, age 93, died on Monday August 6, 2012 in North Newton Kansas, her residence of the past 10 years. She was born to Florence and Thomas Adams, DDS in Parkersburg, West Virginia where she was raised the eldest of three children. Charlyn was preceded in death by her beloved husband Dr. Webster H. Sill Jr., parents...

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