Obits
Raphael “Roman” Wahwassuck III (Quap quap), 34, Harrisonville, Mo., died Friday, May 22, 2015, in Harrisonville.
He was born July 30, 1980, in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., the son of Raphael Wahwassuck II and Manuela Hensley. He was a 1999 graduate of Waynesville High School in Waynesville, Mo. He...
Leroy (Jack) Harvey Chrisman, 72, Tonganoxie, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 6 in the America City Cemetery. Family and friends are welcome to attend. Lunch will be served in Soldier City Hall after the service.
Bernadine B. Bohannon, 91, Holton, died Friday, May 22, 2015, at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born July 13, 1923, in Goff, the daughter of William C. and Ola A. Burget Driscoll. She graduated from Wetmore High School in 1941. She had lived many years in Holton and had previously lived in...
Larry Robert Plants, 50, Gainesville, Ga., died March 16, 2015, in Gainesville.
He was born Sept. 29, 1964, in Shawnee Mission, the son of Robert Dale and Mildred Stolle Plants. He grew up in Texas and North Carolina, spending his adult life in Gainesville, Ga.
Survivors include his parents,...
Memorial services for Bonita (Bonnie) Marie Cornelssen Anderson, 83, who died Nov. 9, 2014, at her home in Ventura, Calif., will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 22 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.
Herschel Edmund Zirger, 89, of Holton, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at his home.
He was born March 3, 1926, in Holton, the son of Albert Edward and Genevieve E. (Ludwig) Zirger.
Mr. Zirger attended Washburn University, the University of Kansas and Tulsa University. He earned a Bachelor’s...
Colene Jewell, 80, Mayetta, died Monday, May 11, 2015, at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born June 21, 1934, in Atchison, the daughter of Henry Watts and May McNenee Watts Maxwell. She graduated from Atchison High School in 1952.
Mrs. Jewell was supervisor of the Kansas Department of Revenue...
Jack Lee Walters, 84, Excelsior Springs, Mo., died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Valley Manor Care at Excelsior Springs.
He was born April 19, 1931, at Winterset, Iowa, the son of Wilfred L. and Mildred Fay Beasley Walters. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1951.
Mr. Walters served in the...
Gayle H. Stithem, 76, of Hoyt, passed away Friday, May 8, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka as a result of a farming accident doing what he loved.
He was born Oct. 7, 1938, in Moline, Ill., the son of Lester LeRoy and Helen Belle (Claycamp) Stithem. He graduated from Hoyt High School in...
Jean Marie Haag, 93, Hays, formerly of Holton, died Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born February 24, 1922 in Larkinburg, KS the daughter of Homer M. and Nora A. Shaffer Humphrey. She graduated from Holton High School in 1940 and attended Woods Women’s College in Fulton,...
