Obits
Dr. Ansel B. Searles, 94, Holton, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Vintage Park Holton.
He was born Feb. 21, 1921, in Wetmore, the son of Joe and Maude Cole Searles. He graduated from Wetmore High School and attended Kansas State University and UMKC Dental School, graduating from the latter in...
Elza Wayne Prowell, 95, Holton, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Holton.
He was born March 9, 1920, in Lebo, the son of Elza R. and Anna Grace Lafferty Prowell. He graduated from Olivet High School and Friends University and also did graduate study at Emporia State University and Washburn Univer...
Arvilla Marie Boling, 102, of Soldier, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015, at her daughter's home with family by her side.
She was born May 10, 1913 on a farm near Delia, the daughter of John Alfred and Rosa Lulu (Sumner) Patterson.
Arvilla graduated from Emmett High School in 1931. She was a...
Robert A. Morgan, 71, of Holton, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born May 2, 1944 in Holton, the son of Ora and Elsie Wanner Morgan. He graduated from Holton High School in 1962 and from the Capitol City Barber School in Topeka.
Known as “Barber Bob” to...
Ernest Lynn Woltje, 60, Circleville, died Sunday, June 28, 2015, at his home.
He was born Dec. 28, 1954, in Meade, the son of Lemuel and Wanda Cox Woltje. He graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 1972 and had lived in Jackson County communities for 58 years.
Mr. Woltje was a welder for...
Arthur Snyder, 92, Highland, died Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Hiawatha Community Hospital.
He was born June 14, 1923, on a farm northeast of Hiawatha, the son of William Franklin and Nell Kramer Snyder. He attended country school and had lived in the Hiawatha and Highland areas all of his life....
Donna Lee Fulton, 93, Topeka, died Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Aldersgate Village.
She was born Oct. 18, 1921 in Holton, the daughter of Elmer E. and Agnes Edith Post Baldwin. She attended schools in Holton. She had lived in Topeka for several years and had previously lived in San Jose, Calif.,...
Leola M. Porter, 90, Holton, died Monday, June 22, 2015, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born Dec. 4, 1924, in Mayetta, the daughter of Charles H. and Jessie Snair McCrory. She graduated from Denison High School in 1943 and had lived most of her life in rural Mayetta.
Mrs. Porter worked...
Douglas James Saville, 47, Topeka, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Health Care Center from complications of colon cancer.
He was born Dec. 28, 1967, in Mount Ayr, Iowa, the son of James and Marilyn Saville. He graduated from Mount Ayr Community High School in 1986 and received a...
Alice Grace Davis, 85, Holton, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born Sept. 24, 1929, in Olathe, the daughter of George W. and Freida S. Piepgrass Algire.
Ms. Davis worked in the shoe department for K-Mart for more than 20 years in Shawnee, Lawrence and Topeka....
