Obits
Ferol Preston Gehring II, 79, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015.
He was born Aug. 14, 1936, in Girard, the son of Ferol Preston and Sue Wadsworth (Bruney) Gehring. He was a 1954 graduate of Atchison High School and graduated in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in science at the...
Charles A. Seymour, Nibaose, 69, Mayetta, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at his home.
He was born Jan. 18, 1946, in Topeka, the son of Ernest and Angeline Whitefish Seymour.
Mr. Seymour was a surveyor for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Road and Bridge Department, retiring about 10 years ago.
He was a...
Dale A. Meyer, 65, Wetmore, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
He was born Dec. 9, 1949, in Holton, the son of Albert H. and Josephine M. Spiker Meyer. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968 and attended Cloud County Community College.
Mr...
William “Bill” Carey Jr., 77, Hoyt, formerly of New Braunfels, Texas, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
He was born July 16, 1938, in Jefferson City, Mo., the son of Bill and Marietta Cleland Carey.
Mr. Carey was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He had also been a...
Lyle Burton Welch was born Sept. 24, 1924, to Eugene and Zella Welch in Waterville. He was a graduate of Waterville High School with the class of 1942. Immediately after graduation he entered the Army Air Corps and served as a B-25 pilot during World War II. Since the fall of 1945 he held a...
Joyce Ann (Clark) Howell, 77, of Holton, formerly of Norton and Hays, passed away Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Medicalodges Jackson County in Holton.
She was born May 4, 1938, in Norton, the daughter of Harold Richard and Sylvia Colorado (Stephenson) Clark.
Joyce attended schools in Norton County....
Marjorie “Ki gon” Abney, 93, of Mayetta, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 at her home.
She was born April 2, 1922, in the same home that she passed away, in Mayetta, the daughter of William and Nettie (Kitchkommie) Wapp.
Marjorie graduated from Haskell Indian School in 1941. Soon after...
Lillian Mae Spencer, 74, Holton, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born Aug. 31, 1940, at Olathe, the daughter of Merle and Frances Pettyjohn Spencer. She graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1957.
Ms. Spencer worked for the Atchison County Co-op for 11...
Wayne K. Steinebach, 55, Hoyt, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at his home.
He was born Nov. 8, 1959, in Rome, N.Y. He attended vocational technical school and received certificates in welding, electronics and auto mechanics.
Mr. Steinebach had worked as an auto electrician for Gosser’s Auto...
Geneva J. "Ja-Blue" Upton, Peg-No-Kwe, 75, Mayetta, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at North Kansas City Hospital.
She was born April 14, 1940, on the Potawatomi Reservation, the daughter of Tom Rhodd and Mary Moore Levier.
Ms. Upton had worked at Brewster Place in Topeka, retiring in 2004.
She was...
