Obits
Eva D. Martin, 90, Whiting, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, at Lexington Park Nursing Home in Topeka.
She was born March 6, 1927, in Muscotah, the daughter of James Bernard and Eva Mae Derringer Wagner. She lived most of her life in the Whiting community and graduated from Whiting High School in 1946....
Bobby Joe Frealy, 93, Holton, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017.
He was born July 5, 1924, in Camden, Ark., the son of Eugene Stanley and Maggie Faye Tyner Frealy.
Mr. Frealy joined the U.S. Navy in January 1942 and served with the South Pacific Fleet aboard the USS Portland during World War II. He later...
Ruby Lee Hottman, 85, Holton, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at her home.
She was born Jan. 1, 1932, in Fillmore, Mo., the daughter of Charles and D. Katherine Mink Bowles. She graduated from Atchison High School in 1950. She had lived for more than 50 years in the Holton community and previously in...
Leona Mae Bleier, 84, Holton, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, at her home.
She was born July 3, 1933, in Goff, the daughter of Dwight E. and Nola Clelland Glenn. She graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1951. She lived in the Holton community for more than 50 years.
Mrs. Bleier worked for the...
AnnaMae Brown, 86, formerly of Holton, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at the Legend at Capital Ridge Nursing Facility in Topeka.
She was born Oct. 21, 1931, at Havensville, the daughter of James and Effie Marts Mumert.
Mrs. Brown had worked at nursing homes in Nebraska and Onaga, where she was an...
Valent F. Swanson, 68, Mayetta, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Village Villa in Nortonville.
He was born June 9, 1949, in Phillipsburg, Pa., the son of Gilbert and Catherine Idjzotic Swanson. He attended Spring Grove High School in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Valent served in the U.S. Marine Corps during...
Leatrice Simone “Shau Shqua Snok” Noriega, 71, Mayetta, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at her home on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation.
She was born April 13, 1946, in Topeka, the daughter of Eugene White Hawk and Ruby M. Wabnum Shuckahosee. She attended school in Marty, S.D., and graduated...
Jay Glen Fraser, 65, of Holton, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, after being transported to the Holton Community Hospital.
He was born Sept. 14, 1952, at Hiawatha, the son of Glen and Nancy Ham Fraser. He graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1970. After high school he served five years in the U.S....
Idella Mae Pickett Anderson, 91 Independence, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at North Kansas City Hospital.
Idella was born June 24, 1926, in Newton, the daughter of James H. and Mary E. Troxell Pickett.
Mrs. Anderson worked as a keypunch operator for the Forest T. Jones Insurance Company for...
Wendel L. McKeever, 84, passed away on Dec. 13, 2017.
Wendel was born Aug. 1, 1933, in Holton to Alice and Clark McKeever. He was raised in the Banner Community and graduated from Holton High School in 1951. He attended and graduated from Washburn University after serving in the Army, where he was...
