Obits
Sean M. Kelly, 60, Topeka, formerly of Holton, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
He was born Aug. 13, 1960, at Manhattan, the son of Paul and Marilyn Riley Kelly. He graduated from Holton High School in 1978, earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and...
Theodore D. Lutz, 83, of Bloomingdale, Ind., passed away, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at his residence.
He worked at Overhead Door and Goodyear and was a lifetime farmer. He retired from Menningers.
He was born Nov. 1, 1936, in Holton to the late Theodore Lutz and Dorothy Fern Baxter Lutz.
Survivors...
Claudia Mae Rogers, 92, Holton, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.
She was born July 28, 1928, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Claud and Lillie Easlon Hiner. She attended public schools in Oklahoma City and graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1946.
Mrs. Rogers and her family moved to...
Walter Joseph Meyer, 103, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at the House at Midland Care.
Walter was born July 28, 1917, in Sabetha to John and Viola Winterscheidt Meyer. He was a graduate of Fairview High School in 1939, where he was a good athlete whose relay team held a track record...
Byron J. “B.J.” “Ti Kẽm Si” Darnall, 68, Mayetta, died Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
He was born Oct. 17, 1951, in Pawnee, Okla., the son of Garnett D. Potts and Gladys Cadue Potts. He attended schools in Sedan.
Mr. Darnall served in the U.S. Navy. He...
Larry G. Harris, 72, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Topeka.
He was born in Holton on Aug. 15, 1948, the son of Wesley and Melvina Zwonitzer Harris. He was preceded in death by both parents.
A 1966 graduate of Wetmore High School and a 1975 graduate of Riesch Worldwide School of...
Linda L. Ireland, 75, of Topeka, died Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at the Aldersgate Village Nursing Facility in Topeka.
She was born March 9, 1945, in Denver, Colo., the daughter of Bernard and Edna Anderson Woodall. She graduated from Wetmore High School in 1963 and from Washburn University with a...
Paul Bernard Krogman, 89, of Holton, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at The Pines South Nursing Facility near Holton.
He was born Aug. 30, 1931, at Sabetha, the son of Martin and Clara Osterhaus Krogman.
Mr. Krogman was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving with the 9th Division in Germany. He was a...
Eleanor Jean Phillips, 94 1/2, formerly of rural Mayetta, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton.
She was born March 12, 1926, at their farm home in rural Mayetta, the daughter of John Wallace and Margaret Vera Moffett Robson. She attended Fairview Grade School and...
Orville Rice Jr., Ohn-Wah-Sah, 87, of Mayetta, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at Colmery-O’Neil VA Hospital in Topeka.
He was born Oct. 18, 1932, at Mayetta, the son of Orville Rice Sr. and Elsie Wahwassuck Rice.
Mr. Rice was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War. In his early years...
