Obits
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, Patty Ellen Ferguson (Butterfield) passed away following a short illness at Midland Care Hospice in Topeka, surrounded by her family.
Patty was born in Topeka, Kansas on Nov. 1, 1944. She spent most of her life in Kansas and another period of her life was spent in New...
Delores D. “Granny” Schlodder, 86, of Holton, passed away Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at The Pines in Hiawatha.
She was born April 12, 1928, in Wetmore the daughter of Herbert C. and Beryl E. (Williams) Kling.
Delores graduated from Wetmore High School in 1946 and was a lifelong resident of Holton....
Cleo F. Broaddus, 90, formerly of rural Meriden, died Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.
He was born January 27, 1924 on the family farm, north of Meriden, the eldest son of James Wilbur and Edith Clara Haun Broaddus. He attended the North Star grade school and was a...
John T. Shopteese, 76, Savage, Minn., formerly of Mayetta, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014.
Survivors include his wife, Joanne; three daughters, Jodie Sheets and husband Trevor, Janelle Hermann and husband Michael and JoLynn White and husband Byron; six grandchildren, Lauren, Dawson, Maleah, Jillian,...
Roy Glenmore Oliver Jr., 88, Holton, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
He was born Sept. 24, 1926, in Shelbyville, Ky., the son of Roy Glenmore Oliver Sr. and Lillian Martin Oliver. He graduated from Hammond High School in Indiana and from Indiana University, receiving a...
Gladys Mae Ogilvie, 87, of Blue Springs, Mo., passed Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at St. Mary’s Manor.
Memorial services were held Tuesday, Nov. 25 at the Meyers Funeral Chapel, 1600 W. Main St., Blue Springs, Mo. Memorial contributions may be made to Beck-Bookman Library in Holton. Online...
Paul F. Helus, 88, Topeka, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at his home.
Paul was born on a farm outside Wilson in Ellsworth County on Nov. 7, 1926. He was the son of John and Mary (Kaitman) Helus. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1944. Paul entered the Navy at 17 and started boot camp in...
Bonita (Bonnie) Marie (Cornelssen) Anderson, 83, passed peacefully after a long illness on Nov. 9, 2014, at her home in The Lexington in Ventura, Calif.
She was born in Holton on July 22, 1931, to Carl and Mabel Cornelssen. She graduated from Holton High in 1949. She married Melvin Askren in...
Calvin “Ne-Qi” Darnell, 23, Horton, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
He was born Jan. 8, 1991, in Topeka, the son of Theresa Darnell and Lorenzo Shopteese Jr. He attended and graduated from Kickapoo Nation School and lived most of his life on the...
Charlene Yvonne Fink, 84, of Hoyt, passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka.
She was born Jan. 12, 1930, in LaCrosse, to Charles and Hannah Auston, the first of four children.
Charlene graduated from high school in Alexander, Kansas, and attended Fort Hays State...
