Obits
Darrel Dean Morgan, 80, Denison, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.
He was born Aug. 25, 1938, in Corning, the son of Harold Robert and Gladys Alberta Conklin Morgan. He graduated from Circleville High School in 1956.
Mr. Morgan served in the Army National Guard from...
Keith F. Bagby, 63, of Circleville, passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at his home. Keith’s health had been declining for the last five years.
He was born May 8, 1955, in Topeka, the son of Lavern and Rose Bagby.
Keith graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1973. He had lived most of his...
Carmen Rose Levier, Quah-She, 42, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.
She was born Sept. 30, 1976, in Reno, Nev., the daughter of Arthur Marcellus Levier Jr. and Ruth Elaine Conway.
Ms. Levier was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Drum Religion....
Edwin J. Holthaus, 93, of Seneca, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Life Care Center of Seneca.
He was born on Aug. 17, 1925, on a farm southeast of Baileyville, to Francis and Rose Olberding Holthaus. He attended Baileyville School and worked on the family farm. He joined the Knights of...
Gary Allen Bohnenkemper, 74, of Holton, passed away Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Holton Community Hospital.
He was born Jan. 17, 1944, in Holton, the son of John Harlan and Faydrel Faye (Bontrager) Bohnenkemper.
Gary graduated from Whiting High School in 1963. He was a lifelong member of the Jackson...
Marlene L. Thompson, 84, of Alliance, Neb., and Fort Mohave, Ariz., formerly of Mayetta, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Neb.
Graveside services and inurnment will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 in Holton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the...
Warren A. Wahweotten, Sr, “Nayaksi,” 74, of Mayetta, died Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at his home.
He was born Feb. 3, 1944, in Holton, the son of Albert “Wylie” Wahweotten and Isabelle Nioce.
Mr. Wahweotten worked for Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence for 26 years before retiring in 1993. After...
Deniece Marie “Namigapyea” Masqua, 60, Horton, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at her home.
She was born April 8, 1958, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Sylvester and Geraldine L. Shopteese Masqua. She graduated from St. Paul’s High School in 1976 in Marty, S.D., and earned her associate’s degree...
Elsie L. Hamilton, 93, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at the Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia.
She was born May 23, 1925, at Clements, the daughter of Walter and Myrtle Odle Berends. She graduated in 1943 from Cedar Point High School in Chase County.
Mrs. Hamilton had worked at Woolworth’s and...
Jennifer Ann Bechtel, 45, of Holton, passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at Stormont-Vail.
She was born April 12, 1973, in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Frederick L. Gerdom and Melodee Cooper Kennedy.
Jennifer graduated from Mediapolis High School in 1991 in Mediapolis, Iowa; she was...
