Obits
Arluvene Bernice Grossman Thompson, 88, Holton, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at a Topeka hospital.
She was born Jan. 21, 1927, in Cullison, the daughter of Forrest Ross and Orra Margaret Covey Grossman. She lived in Richmond, Va., for 15 years before returning to Kansas. She moved to Holton in...
Ronald G. “Ronnie” Chrisman, 73, Topeka, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
He was born Jan. 11, 1942 in Holton, the son of Robert and Marjorie Johnson Chrisman.
Mr. Chrisman had been a resident of KNI in Topeka, where he worked as “the pop machine guy,” for several...
Melva Luella Bowie, 88, Crowley, Texas, formerly of Holton and McLouth, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at Gentiva Hospice in Fort Worth, Texas.
She was born April 4, 1927, in Valley Falls, the daughter of Cecil and Luella White Tosh. She had lived in McLouth from 1955 to 1998 and in Holton from...
Wilma Lee Anderson, 76, of Holton, KS passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 at The Pines in Holton.
She was born Feb. 2, 1939 in Holton, the daughter of Raymond Lee and Gertrude Belle (Reynolds) Horner. At the age of 4, Wilma’s mother passed away. Her grandparents, William and Clara Kling, helped...
Jessie Clay Mick, 30, of Rossville, formerly of Holton, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was born March 19, 1985 in Onaga, the son of Dennis Adair Mick and Patrick David and Mary Ruth (Noland) Johnson.
Jessie attended...
Janet Kay Banaka, 67, Netawaka, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka after a year-long illness.
She was born Oct. 20, 1947, in Holton, the daughter of Ralph E. and Viola Pearl Miller Sharp. She graduated from Holton High School in 1965.
Mrs. Banaka...
Robert Merlin “Bob” George, 74, Nacogdoches, Texas, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in Nacogdoches.
He was born March 1, 1941, in Grand Junction, Colo., the son of Earl and Marjory George. He also lived in Idaho, in Grantsville, Utah, and in Alaska as a youth.
Mr. George enlisted in the U.S. Air...
Della J. Callison, 96, Valley Falls, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at F.W. Huston Senior Living Center at Winchester.
She was born Jan. 19, 1919, at Mountain Grove, Mo., the daughter of Cyrus Edward and Dollie Pitts Callison. She attended Hoyt High School and graduated from Stewart’s Cosmetology...
Sharryl Cochran, 71, Denison, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
She was born Nov. 23, 1943, in Topeka, the daughter of Clarence L. and Maybelle Gifford Lynn. She graduated from Hoyt High School. She had lived in the Denison, Topeka, Hoyt and Holton...
Kathryn Rose Carlyle, 85, rural Hoyt, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at the Pines in Holton.
She was born Feb. 8, 1930, in Toluca, Ill., the daughter of Frederick and Rosella Gordon Edgington.
Mrs. Carlyle was a homemaker. She and her husband lived in Oskaloosa for several years before moving to...
