Obits
Louis Edwin Millenbruch, 87, of Winfield, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, at Winfield Senior Living.
He was born Jan. 6, 1930, on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation near Mayetta, to George Edwin and Dorothy Edith (Starkey) Millenbruch. Louis attended grade school in a one-room country school...
Paul Leon Millenbruch, 83, Hoyt, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at his home.
He was born Dec. 29, 1933, in rural Mayetta, the son of George Edwin and Dorothy Edith Starkey Millenbruch. He attended Carbon and Miller country schools. He had lived in Mayetta since 1971 and had moved to Hoyt in 2013....
Leonard M. Thomas Jr., Nish KA Wah Suck, 65, of Horton, passed on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.
He was born Dec. 8, 1951, in Holton, the son of Leonard M. Thomas Sr. and Orcelia J. Mason Thomas.
JR was a member of the Kickapoo Tribe and followed the Drum way of life. He worked in the Tribe's Farm and...
Cecil Ray “Wab-no-sah” Mzhickteno, 57, Mayetta, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born Aug. 5, 1959, in Topeka, the son of Marvin D. and Norma Mattwaoshe Mzhickteno. He graduated from Topeka West High School in 1977.
Mr. Mzhickteno worked in construction...
Barbara Ann Coker May, 87, of Holton, formerly of Meriden, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.
Barbara was born March 18, 1929, in Topeka, the daughter of Daniel Edwin and Evelyn Ruth Ammon Myers. She was a 1947 graduate of Topeka High School. She was a homemaker in...
Janice Louise Wykert Bontrager, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C.
Janice was born in Hoyt on Oct. 4, 1935.
She is survived by her loving husband of over 62 years, Kenneth Eugene; her four children, Mark (Cathy),...
Patricia Faye Wichman, 94, Holton, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born March 9, 1922, at Swede Creek Township in Riley County, the daughter of Malcom and Ethel Bolejack Pickett. She had lived in the Holton community since 1957 and previously in the Clay Center...
Wayne A. Neff, 95, of Sabetha, died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Sabetha Community Hospital.
He was born in Bern on April 8, 1921, the son of Roy A. Neff and Mae (Walck) Neff.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Millie Neff; and a daughter, Laine Tangeman. He is survived by two...
Patricia Ann Yingst, 86, Kansas City, Kansas, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at Trinity Community Church, 5010 Parallel Ave., Kansas City, where the family will receive friends immediately following...
Judith Mary “Judy” Snyder, 76, of Mayetta, surrounded by her family, passed away Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, where she had been a patient since Monday, Dec. 26.
Judy was born April 12, 1940, at Falls City, Neb., the daughter of Charles and Lovelle Sconce Stowell. She grew...
