Obits

Wayne Fernkopf 1928-2017
  M. Wayne Fernkopf, 89, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2017. Wayne was born April 23, 1928, to Philip and Alta Fernkopf in Brown County, Kansas. After high school he enlisted in the Army. He was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va., where he served as a Clerk. Wayne enrolled at Kansas State...
  Mildred G. Ward, 90, Rossville, formerly of Wichita, died Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Sept. 13, 1926, the daughter of Louis and Katherine Pierson Kishko. Ms. Ward worked as an admin­istrative assistant for the State of Kansas Welfare...
  Gerald Francis “Puknina” Lewis, 79, Mayetta, died Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Osage City Nursing Care Home. He was born July 21, 1937, in Mayetta, the son of Frank and Martha McKinney Lewis. He graduated from Manhattan High School.  Mr. Lewis worked for A-1 Auto Parts in Manhattan for 19 years and...
Willis McGee 1924-2017
  Willis Edward “Fibber” McGee, 93, Holton, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Holton Community Hospital. He was born March 8, 1924, in Holton, the son of Carl and Mary E. Hug McGee. He graduated from Mayetta High School in 1942. Mr. McGee served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a...
Karen E. Stous 1946-2017
  Karen Elizabeth Stous, 70, of Holton, passed away Monday, May 22, 2017, at The Pines in Holton. She was born Sept. 13, 1946 in Gardner, Mass., the daughter of Jo­seph W. and Rita Mae (Gilbert) Gelinas. Karen graduated from James Madison High School in 1964 at Clairemont, Calif. She had lived in...
William Hill 1929-2017
  William Frank Hill, 88, Holton, died Monday, May 22, 2017, at his home. He was born Jan. 11, 1929, in Holton, the son of Thomas Logan and Ruth Elizabeth Arnold Hill. He attended Bateman Grade School and graduated from Holton High School in 1946. Mr. Hill was a life-long member of the Holton...
  Larry Wilkening, 80, Mayetta, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka. He was born April 4, 1937, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Raymond and Lucille Wilkening. Mr. Wilkening worked various jobs before joining the police de­partment in Elmhurst, Ill. After...
Janice Bontrager 1935-2017
  Janice Louise Wykert Bontrager, 81, Charlotte, N.C., died Wednes­day, Jan. 4, 2017. She was born Oct. 4, 1935, in Hoyt, the daughter of Harold and Letta Carlin Wykert. She married Kenneth Bontrager. He survives. Other survivors include four children, Mark and wife Cathy, Arlington, Va., Kim and...
Mary Broadfoot 1925-2017
  Mary Margaret Hart Broadfoot, 92, Holton, died May 13, 2017, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. She was born Feb. 7, 1925, in Westmoreland, the youngest of six children of Col. Harry Lair Hart and Bernice Heath Hart. Mary Margaret graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1943, and...
  Glenda “Kay” Barber, 74, Hor­ton, died Thursday, May 11, 2017, at Mission Village Living Center in Horton. She was born Jan. 12, 1943, in Holton, the daughter of Glenn and Mildred McBroom Baldwin. Mrs. Barber worked as a CNA at the Tri-County Manor, Jackson County Nursing Home, Gran Villas in...

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