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Dorothy Irene Simon, 87, Netawaka, died Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, at her home.
She was born Jan. 20, 1932, in Mayetta, the daughter of Charles M. and Goldie Irene Stewart Pappan. She attended Circleville High School and later earned her G.E.D.
Mrs. Simon worked in the library at Powhattan High School...
Doris Ione Hall, 87, of Holton, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, at a Topeka hospital.
She was born Sept. 18, 1932, near Holton, the daughter of Ira L. and Rosa Morris Hollenbeck.
Doris attended Holton schools and lived much of her life in northeast Kansas. She had spent a few years in Texas...
Chuck Norris, 74, Mayetta, died November 25, 2019.
Chuck Norris was born after an urgent bumpy ride from Ozawkie to St. Francis Hospital on March 1, 1945, to Mildred and Charles Norris.
He grew up in the Sunflower Ammunition community (Eudora), where he was able to fish and hunt. He was a mail...
Billie Jean Homan, 92, of Holton, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton.
She was born July 8, 1927, in Peabody, the daughter of Louis and Alice (Wheeler) Hargett.
Billie Jean graduated from Peabody High School in 1945. She married Richard Eugene Homan on June...
Benjamin Franklin “Mzhickteno” Nioce, 56, Topeka, died Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, from complications with diabetes.
He was born July 17, 1963, in Holton, the son of Donald Eugene Nioce and Myra Lee Matchie. He graduated from Royal Valley High School in 1981 and attended a few years of college.
Mr....
James O. Hale, 85, Mayetta, died Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Topeka.
He was born May 16, 1934 on the Potawatomi Reservation at Mayetta, the son of James and Elizabeth Kegg Hale. He graduated from Chilocco Indian High School in Chilocco,...
Ruth Joann Dittemore died Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at a Sabetha nursing home.
She was born Dec. 26, 1930, in Holton, the daughter of William Roy McBroom and Frances McGrath McBroom.
When she was five years old, her family traveled to Washington state to be migrant workers. When that didn’t work out...
Donna Lee Valburg, 96, Onaga, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at Community Hospital Onaga.
She was born Aug. 27, 1923, in rural Onaga, the daughter of Ernest C. Carl and Bertha Day Carl. She graduated from Onaga High School in 1942.
Mrs. Valburg worked for the State of Kansas as a data entry...
Barbara Ann Jones, 71, Holton, formerly of Horton, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton.
She was born Nov. 11, 1947, in Centralia, the daughter of Cyril and Emma H. Deters Holthaus. She graduated from Horton High School.
Mrs. Jones worked in the revenue department,...
Emmett E. Sprecker Jr., 74, of Mayetta, passed away Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.
A celebration of his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, at Penwell-Gabel Cremations, Funerals and Receptions, 1321 S.W. 10th Ave., Topeka, KS 66604. The family will greet friends 30 minutes prior.
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