Mass of Christian Burial for Darlyne Ann VanNortwick, 72, McLouth, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 31 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Holton Cemetery, Holton. She passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo....
Lester “Kit-tam-wa” Arnold, 82, Mayetta, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born March 22, 1933, in Holton, the son of William and Leona Pahmahmie Arnold. He attended Nieve Country School in Jackson County and later earned his G.E.D.
Mr. Arnold served in...
Loren Dale Mitchell, 67, of Holton, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at his home with family by his side, after a 17-year battle with cancer.
He was born August 6, 1947 in Centralia, the son of Glen and Esther (Taylor) Mitchell.
Loren graduated from Circleville High School in 1965. He...
Tracey Ray Manchester, 60, Mayetta, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at his home.
He was born Oct. 12, 1954, in Independence, La., the son of W.S. and Sylvia Yvonne Ard Manchester. He graduated from Greensburg (La.) High School in 1973.
Mr. Manchester served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and in...
Beth E. Brooks, 72, Topeka, died Sunday, March 22, 2014, at a Topeka care facility.
She was born Nov. 2, 1942, in Topeka, the daughter of Amos and Dorothy Elkinton Hibbs. She graduated from Valley Falls High School.
Mrs. Brooks was a homemaker. She also worked as a teller and bookkeeper at First...
Olivia L. Grossnickle, 12, Corning, died Sunday, March 22, 2015, after a traffic accident involving a utility vehicle.
Survivors include her parents, Timothy and Marsha Wessel Grossnickle, Corning; a brother, Brody, of the home; maternal grandparents, Frank and Cheryl Wessel, Axtell; paternal...
Roy Therman Ogden, 76, of Mayetta, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital.
He was born Oct. 21, 1938, in Mayetta, the son of Rusty and Clara (Tapsee) Ogden.
Roy graduated from Mayetta High School in 1957. After high school he proudly served in the United States Army. Roy...
Ray LaMastus, 84, Denison, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Cedar Village in McPherson.
He was born Aug. 30, 1930, in Bowling Green, Ky., the son of John and Jewel Neighbors LaMastus. He had lived in the Denison community since 1993 and previously lived in Culver.
Mr. LaMastus was an over-the...
Deb Kay Larkin, 66, Mayetta, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at her home.
She was born May 28, 1948, at Mandan, N.D., the daughter of Donald and Irene Iverson Wing. She graduated from Mandan High School in 1966 and later from a beauty school.
Mrs. Larkin worked as a beauty operator until her...
James Derrick “J.D.” Wark, 44, and Miley Wark, 3, both of Hillsoboro, Texas, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, as a result of a vehicle accident in Hillsboro, Texas.
James Derrick “J.D.” Wark was born April 7, 1970, in Holton, the son of James Arthur Wark and Viva “Marie” Branam. He attended Holton...