Obits
Nanci Kincaid, 72, passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at home in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, from 11 a.m. to noon at Siloam Spring Baptist Church, 120 Temple St, Excelsior Springs, Mo. The funeral service will be held immediately following visitation...
Marvin Wayne “Curly” Murray, 80, Hoyt, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
He was born Jan. 2, 1936, at Rossville, the son of Alfred Robert and Ellen Lucile Myers Murray. He attended Seaman schools and spent most of his life in Topeka.
Mr. Murray farmed and raised cattle....
Dale Grigsby, 69, Holton, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at his home.
He was born Feb. 27, 1947, in Oroville, Calif., the son of Murvin Grigsby and Grace McHenry.
Survivors include his wife, Linda; four children, Michael Grigsby and wife Cathy, Dianna Burton and husband Ron, David Grigsby and...
William LeRoy “Bill” Roper, 70, Guthrie, Okla., died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, of heart failure, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Oklahoma City, Okla.
He was born Oct. 2, 1946, in Hillsboro, Ill., to Kenneth and Jessie Isaacs Roper, the third of eight children.
Bill served in the U.S. Air...
Beverly June Flanders, 85, Topeka, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Midland Hospice in Topeka.
She was born Nov. 7, 1931, in Topeka, the daughter of Walter and Cora Alice Love Sharrai. She grew up in Topeka and the surrounding communities, including Willard, and graduated in 1950 from Holton High...
Kenneth Eugene Nott, 77, Holton, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at his home after a battle with cancer.
He was born May 5, 1939, in Dover, the son of Clarence A. (Sr.) and Isla Winona Bottom Nott. He graduated from Oneida High School in 1958 and had lived all of his life in the Holton and Wetmore...
Earl “Dee” Olson, 87, of Hoyt, passed away Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, at his home.
He was born May 1, 1929, in Manhattan, the son of Conrad E. and Clarice (Gregg) Olson.
Dee graduated from Hoyt High School in 1948. After graduation, he proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War...
Travis Michael Ketron, 34, Holton, died Dec. 14, 2016.
He was born March 19, 1982, in Holton, the son of James Daniel Ketron and Vonda Sue Utterback. He had lived in Holton and Sparta, Wisc.
Mr. Ketron worked for McDonald and Owen Lumber Yard in Sparta, Wisc. He also worked for Paul Strube...
Lela C. Kroh, 96, Kansas City, Mo., born on Sept. 2, 1920, near Soldier, died peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016.
She lived a full and joyful life. She was preceded in death by her daughter Betty Jo Box.
She is survived by a sister, Edwina Pollock, Holton; a daughter, Sandra K. Lester of...
I’ve never been one for tradition, so I would like to use this to thank those who have given me such a wonderful life. I have had 59 years on this Earth, I had the perfect wife, three children I could not be more proud of and friends and family that filled our home with so much love. I grew up...
