Obituaries

Mary E. Unruh

Mary E. Unruh

Mar 9, 2008

Mary Elizabeth Unruh was born on May 12, 1919 in Rural Durham, Kansas, the daughter of Justina (Pankratz) and Peter H. Frantz. She died on March 9, 2008 at the Bethesda Home in Goessel, Kansas. She married Noah D. Unruh on February 27, 1938 in Rural Durham, Kansas. He preceded her in death on July 13, 1990. Mary and Noah...

Marie M. Jantz

Marie M. Jantz

Mar 8, 2008

Marie M. Jantz, 100, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Bethesda Home, Goessel, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1907 to Tobias and Mathilda (Richert) Eck in rural McPherson County. She married Simon Jantz on April 10, 1929. They had one son, Melvin. Marie enjoyed traveling, gardening, cooking, crocheting, doll collecting, and her many friends. She worked at Salem Home...

Alberta Behymer

Alberta Behymer

Mar 3, 2008

Alberta M. Behymer, 80, died March 3, 2008 at Asbury Park, Newton. She was born December 21, 1927 at Wichita, KS to Paul and Violet Marie (Fawl) Sagerty. They precede her in death. She attended schools in Wichita, KS graduating from Wichita North High School in 1945. She was employed as a stockwoman at the George Innes Department Store. She...

Harold W. Buckman

Harold W. Buckman

Feb 27, 2008

Harold was born August 3, 1916 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Paul & Hazel (McDonald) Buckman. He married Loretta Burton, January 27, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas, she preceded him in death January 4,1999. He was a railroad electrician for the Santa Fe Railroad before retiring. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran serving in the South Pacific...

Pauline M. Barker

Pauline M. Barker

Feb 15, 2008

Pauline May Barker passed away Friday, Februay 15, 2008 following a long illness. She was born in Liverpool, England, December 11, 1932 to Enoch Arthur Speight and Edith May Ashley. She began her nurse's training there, when she met and married Leonida Dunbaugh Jr., September 18, 1950. To this union were born Gary Lee Dunbaugh and Sharon Denise Dunbaugh Allen,...

Claudius L. Dickson

Claudius L. Dickson

Feb 3, 2008

Claudius Loyd "CL" Dickson was born February 12, 1914 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Herbert P. and Grace (Snyder) Dickson. He married Maxine Gates May 5, 1937 in Wellington, Kansas. She survives of the home. "CL " enjoyed gardening, reading, and time working on the farm. He was mechanically gifted and enjoyed tinkering around and fixing things.

Richard M. Glover

Richard M. Glover

Jan 26, 2008

Richard Mortimer Glover, M.D., who delivered many of the current citizens of Newton during more than four decades as a family physician, died January 26, 2008. He was 86. Dr. Glover was born February 28, 1921 in Newton to Harold Mortimer Glover, M.D., and Marguerite Axtell Glover. He attended Newton schools and graduated from Newton High School in 1939. After...

Helen M. Slack

Helen M. Slack

Jan 25, 2008

Helen M. Slac,88, died Friday, January 25th at Newton Medical Center. On November 14, 1919 she was born to Charlie and Hilma (Rapp) Davis in Newton. She met her husband Donald Slack at Boeing in Wichita. They were married on January 17, 1946 in Newton at the First Christian Church. They lived in Nebraska and South Dakota for a while...

Nellie Walker

Nellie Walker

Jan 24, 2008

Ethel was born on December 28, 1917 in Elbing, Kansas, the daughter of Caroline Rose and Daniel W. Schmidt. She married Wilber Walker on April 30, 1939 at the Beulah Chapel in Augusta, Kansas. Survivors include three daughters, Janice and Leonard Steider of Newton, Deanna and Gordon Sommerfeld of Newton and Judy and Bob Walker of Key Largo,Florida; two sisters,...

Jay W. McCulloch

Jay W. McCulloch

Mar 22, 1986

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...

Marvin L. Doty

Marvin L. Doty

Oct 25, 1924

Marvin I. Doty, died October 25, 2008 in Wichita, Kansas at the Sandpiper Nursing Home in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on May 14, 1924, the son of Edith A. (Burbridge) and David I. Doty in Newton, Kansas. Marvin enjoyed coffee with his friends in Newton. Survivors include 2 brothers, Cecil Doty, Hesston and Melvin Doty, Hutchinson ; nieces and...

Irene Fern Schmidt

Irene Fern Schmidt

Mar 9, 1916

Irene Fern Schmidt – Newton, Kansas Irene Fern Schmidt, 92, Newton, KS passed away Monday, October 13, 2008 at Asbury Park, Newton, KS. Irene was born March 9, 1916 in rural Goessel, KS, the daughter of Bernhard W. and Helena (Schmidt) Schmidt. She was the oldest of three daughters. She cared for her parents in their home in Goessel and...

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