Obits

Karen Gordon 1943-2023
Karen Sue Gordon, 80, of Denison, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at The University of Kansas St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 at the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Winfield. Committal with military honors will take place at 10 a.m....
Marvin Stous 1933-2023
Marvin D. Stous, 89, of Holton, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at The Pines South with family by his side. He was born Dec. 16, 1933, in Holton, the son of Wallace F. and Mina (Bateman) Stous. He graduated from Holton High School in 1951. Marvin proudly served in the United States Navy-Seabees...
Beverly Foye 1936-2023
Beverly Ann Foye, 86, of Whiting, passed away Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, at The Pines South in Holton, with family by her side. She was born Aug. 30, 1936, in Reserve, the daughter of George Raymond and Dorthea Lois (Wright) Potterf. Beverly graduated from Everest High School in 1955 and attended three...
Martha Gail Gilleece, 84, of Valley Falls, passed away Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born April 19, 1939, west of Holton, the daughter of Jesse Miles LaVerne and Lorene (Elkinton) Hayden. Martha graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1957 and attended...
Evelyn Cropp 1926-2023
Evelyn M. Cropp (Ray), 97, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. She was born on March 13, 1926, in Holton. Evelyn graduated from Mayetta High School in 1944 and later moved to Topeka. In 1948, Evelyn married her husband of 46 years, Ray W. Cropp.  Before retirement in 1992, Evelyn held...
Lenney Hickman 1945-2023
Lenney Eugene Hickman, 77, died at his home in Acworth, Ga., on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, after a short stay in hospice. He was born Sept. 5, 1945, in Holton, to Clifford Francis Hickman and Adeline “Addie” LeVeta Bottom Hickman. Lenney married Arlena Joy Kemp on April 2, 1964. To this union one son...
Oleta Curtis 1938-2023
Oleta Lee (Andrews) Curtis, fondly known as “Olie,” passed away at the age of 85 on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Topeka. Visit www.midwest-cremation.com for the complete obituary. (PAID OBITUARY)
Kyle Riggles 1963-2023
Kyle Jack Riggles, 60, of Mayetta, passed away Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at his home. He was born May 14, 1963, in Wamego, the son of Jack LeRoy and Dixie Joan (Wells) Riggles.  Kyle graduated from Royal Valley High School 1981. In his early years he managed a gas station for Clark Oil Company in...
Sonya Bergman 1947-2023
Sonya J. Bergman, 76, of Hoyt, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at her home in Hoyt. She was born on Jan. 2, 1947, in Alma, the daughter of Karl and Ella Hasenbank Fink, in the middle of a snowstorm at her grandparents’ home. On June 20, 1981, Sonya married her loving, unwavering husband...
Kenneth Allen Gesaman, 85, of Hiawatha, formerly of Wichita, passed away Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, at Maple Heights in Hiawatha. He was born Nov. 18, 1937, in Morris, Okla., the son of Donald Kenneth and Ruby Grace (Bannon) Gesaman.  Kenneth graduated from North High School in Wichita and attended...

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