Obits
Carsie Hartzog McClure, 85, Mayetta, died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born March 19, 1931.
Mr. McClure served in the U.S. Army with two tours of duty in the Korean War. He and his wife moved in 1960 to Chicago, Ill., where he worked as a machinist for Bell...
Mary Ann Brazzle, 72, Onaga, died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at her son’s residence in Tuscola, Ill.
She was born July 10, 1943, in Wiggins, Miss., the daughter of William Travis and Annie Marilyn Madden Cooley. She attended Atwood-Hammond High School in Illinois.
Mrs. Brazzle had worked as a...
Marian Jene Gier, 69, Holton, died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at her home.
She was born Oct. 8, 1946, in Holton, the daughter of Marion G. and Wilma "Jene" Miller Wood. She graduated from Holton High School in 1964.
Mrs. Gier worked several years as a secretary for Oldham's Meat Packing Plant and...
Sadie Mae Waupoose (Sha-no-qua), 81, Topeka, died Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center.
She was born July 8, 1934 in Keshena, Wisc., the daughter, Fred Wayne and Susie Notinokey Spoone. She received an associate’s degree in secretarial science at Haskell Junior...
Thomas Wayne “Tom” Davies, 74, of Holton, died Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
He was born Sept. 11, 1941, in Concordia, the son of Rowland A. and Isabelle M. Hess Davies. He graduated from Concordia High School in 1959 and attended San Bernardino College in...
Gordon L. Kern, 89, Mayetta, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at his home.
He was born June 21, 1926, on a farm in rural Mayetta, the son of Everett B. and Lucy Hunter Kern. He attended Mayetta High School.
Mr. Kern served with the U.S. Navy in WWII and the Korean War.
He was a member of Holton VFW...
The Rev. Edward M. Hays, 84, Leavenworth, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospice in Kansas City, Mo., after a fall in his home.
He was born Sept. 8, 1931, in Lincoln, Neb., the son of Thomas and Margaret Nye Hays.
The Rev. Hays was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Kansas City...
Clifford Charles Park, 80, McLouth, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Tonganoxie Nursing Center in Tonganoxie.
He was born Oct. 28, 1935, in Manhattan, the son of Clifford Thurston and Florence Fortner Park.
Mr. Park served 15 years in the Army National Guard and worked 20 years as a heavy...
Elaine Caroline Miller, 84, Holton, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Greenleaf, the daughter of Otto and Hermena Genschorck Harz. She was raised in the Greenleaf community and attended Logan Center and Bethlehem Lutheran elementary...
Robert “Bob” Baum, 80, Holton, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
He was born April 7, 1935, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Ernest Roy and Mary Kathryn (Warren) Baum. He graduated from Holton High School in 1953.
Mr. Baum served in the Army National Guard for eight years...
