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Lee R. Rodgers
Jul 14, 2010
Lee R. Rodgers, 91, of Newton, died Wednesday (July 14, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on June 12, 1919 in Newton, the son of Charles and Emma Holdeman Rodgers. He graduated from Newton High School Lee started working for Midland National Bank, March 13, 1938, and except for time in the Army, Lee remained with the...
Phyllis K. Mull
Jul 8, 2010
Phyllis K. Mull, 68, died Thursday (July 8, 2010) at her home in Newton. She was born on December 21, 1941 in Garden City, Ks. Phyllis operated Mom’s Maid Service for several years and had also worked at El Toro Restaurant. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and the Ladies Auxillary of the V.F.W., American Legion and...
Virgil Lester McClure
Jul 8, 2010
Virgil Lester McClure, born December 29, 1917, the son of Lester and Leto Miller McClure, Walton, Ks. Died July 8 2010, Virgil was a resident of Schowalter Villa, Hesston, KS. He was a graduate of Walton High School, Walton, KS. Virgil was a sheep industry leader, champion sheep shearer, a life long farmer and community leader. He served as President...
Irene B. Sperling
Jul 4, 2010
Irene Bernice Sperling, 86, of Newton, died Sunday (July 4, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. She was born on December 1, 1923 in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of Peter R. and Anna Thiessen Harms. She graduated from high school in Paxton, Nebraska in 1942 and later attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, Ks. Irene married Menno M. Sperling on June...
Bert M. Garrison
Jun 29, 2010
Bert M. Garrison, Jr., 67, of Newton, died Tuesday (June 29, 2010) at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. He was born on March 26, 1943 in Atchison, Kansas, the son of Berton Merle, Sr. and Wilford Cress Willis Garrison. Bert was raised and attended schools in Atchison. He married Rebecca A. Eichelberger on January 29,...
Frank William Miller
Jun 26, 2010
Frank W. “Big Frank” Miller, 36, of Newton died Saturday (June 26, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on November 20, 1973 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Gary Lynn and Mary Ann Tunison Miller. He had lived in Waco, Texas prior to moving to Newton in July, 2006. “Big Frank” had worked at Prestressed Concrete for...
Kevin Michael Regier
Jun 20, 2010
Kevin Michael Regier, 28, died on Sunday (June 20, 2010) in Newton, Ks. He was born to Ella J. Scott and Gordon K. Regier in Newton, Kansas on December 12, 1981. Kevin was employeed as a machine operator for Legg Company in Halstead, Ks. He enjoyed throwing the baseball with his sons and tea parties with his special little princess,...
Melvin L. Noland
Jun 14, 2010
Melvin L. Noland, 84, died Monday (June 14, 2010) at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on October 5, 1925 in Sedgwick, Ks., the son of Robert Elmer and Sylvia Shumaker Noland. He graduated from Sedgwick High School in 1943. During World War II, Melvin served in the U.S. Army where he played drums in the Army...
Maxine G. Dickson
Jun 13, 2010
Maxine G. Dickson passed away Sunday (June 13, 2010). She was a resident of the Kansas Christian Home in Newton, Ks. Maxine was born April 6, 1917, near Whitewater, Kansas on her family farm, the daughter of Alpha and Colista Gates. She attended school at Annley and Whitewater, Ks. Maxine was married to C.L. Dickson in the late 1930’s. She...
Howard Haun
Jun 12, 2010
Charles Howard Haun was born in Newton on Fathers Day, June 17, 1928 to Charles and Della (Artz) Haun. He was a 1946 graduate of Whitewater High School, and lived his entire life in Harvey County. A lifelong farmer, he had a love and dedication for working the land. He not only managed his own farm, but also did custom...
Michael R. Jay
Jun 5, 2010
Michael R. Jay, 55, of Newton, died Saturday (June 5, 2010) at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice at the Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Ks. He was born on October 26, 1955 in Newton, the son of Raymond M. and Dixie A. Liby Jay. A lifelong resident of Newton, Mike graduated from Newton High School in...
Gary D. Royer
Jun 2, 2010
Gary D. Royer, 75, of Newton, Kansas died on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kansas. He was born August 3, 1934 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Alvin and Ella Royer. He graduated from Newton High School and attended Bethel College. On September 23, 1956. he married Bonnie Klassen in Inman, Kansas. He served in...
Gene Smith
May 29, 2010
Gene Smith, 97, of Newton, died Saturday (May 29, 2010) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton. O. Eugene Smith was born November 27, 1912 (Thanksgiving Day) in Craig, Mo, the son of Oscar W. and Magdalena Catherine Vedder Smith. He said he interrupted Thanksgiving dinner and he was given and kept the roaster the turkey was baking in when...
Doris I. Frazey
May 17, 2010
Doris I. Frazey, 78, of Newton, died Monday (May 17, 2010) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton. She was born on January 16, 1932 in Newton, the daughter of Andrew and Emma Schlagowsky. Doris graduated from Newton High School in 1950. She married Lester Frazey in 1962. As he worked for General Motors, they lived in several places. At the...
Frank James Willems, Jr.
May 15, 2010
Frank James Willems Jr. 62, of Newton, went home to meet his Savior on Saturday morning (May 15, 2010) at his home. He was born on February 12, 1948 in French Camp, California, the son of the Rev. Frank and Velma Reimer Willems, Sr. He married Beverly Ann Classen on May 24, 1968 in Newton. He was raised in the...
Luella D. Schmidt
May 12, 2010
Luella D. Schmidt, 82, died , May 12, 2010 at the Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. She was born on October 15, 1927, in Goessal, Kansas, the daughter of Arnold T. and Marie (Flaming) Schmidt. Luella graduated from the Goessel High School. On April 23, 1949 she married Eldon “Chick” R. Schmidt. He precedes her in death. Luella was as...
Louis J. Brouillard, Sr.
May 8, 2010
Louis Joseph Brouillard, Sr., 78, of Newton, died Saturday (May 8, 2010) in Abilene, Ks. He was born on February 5, 1932 in Morristown, New Jersey. During the Korean Conflict Louis served in the U.S. Navy. He later served in the National Guard based in Newton. He married Patsy L. Cole. Louis worked for many years as a machinist. Having...
Jennie Rodriguez
May 5, 2010
Jennie Rodriguez, 92, of Newton, died Wednesday (May 5, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center in Newton. She was born in El Paso, Texas on February 21, 1918, the daughter of Gregorio and Emeteria Nunez Saenz. When she was a child, the family moved to Aulne, Ks. Jennie married Mike Cabrera Rodriguez on September 2, 1935 in Florence, Ks. They...
Doris Jeanne Smiley
May 3, 2010
Doris Jeanne Powell Smiley, 66, of Newton, died Monday, May 3, 2010, at her home in Newton. Jeanne was born on July 14, 1943, to Walter Conger Powell and Mary Marietta Frazee Powell, in Tulsa, Okla. She was raised and attended school in Muskogee, Okla. While she was in school she always went by her first name of Doris. She...
Russ Cuellar
Apr 21, 2010
Rosalio “Russ” M. Cuellar, 79, of Newton, died Wednesday (Apr. 21, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center. He was born on Sept. 4, 1930 in Newton, Ks., the son of Jose and Guadalupe Lupercio Cuellar. He graduated from Newton High School and served for a time in the National Guard. He married Judy Macias on April 7, 1951 at St....
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