Obits
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 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 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 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 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 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...
Owen Lee McKee, 84, of Hoyt, passed away May 10, 2017, at The Piper facility in Kansas City, Kansas.
Owen was born in Fairview on Dec. 20, 1932, to Sidney and Ida (Bindel) McKee.
Owen graduated from Powhattan High School in 1950 and married Beverly Ann Rotz on June 15, 1952. That same year Owen...
Dennis Gene Teske, 74, Sabetha, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at Sabetha Community Hospital.
He was born April 29, 1943, in Topeka, the son of Arnold and Lenora Honig Teske. He graduated from Onaga High School in 1961 and from Pittsburg State University in 1965.
Mr. Teske worked for the Van Doren,...
