Obits
Donald “Don” Clair Utz, 69, of Frederick County, Va., died suddenly Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va.
Mr. Utz was born in 1945, in Horton, the son of Margaret Utz and the late Corliss Utz. He was a graduate of Holton High School, Class of 1963, and Kansas...
Kathleen Mae Lewis Bone, 95, Mayetta, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.
She was born April 3, 1919, in Circleville, the daughter of Zelie N. and Cora Friend Lewis. She grew up in Holton and graduated from Holton High School in 1937.
Mrs. Bone worked in the...
Brian Kennett Bawden, 48, Holton, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
He was born Dec. 14, 1966, the son of Kennett D. and Clara M. Barton Bawden in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Vo-Tech in Manhattan.
Mr. Bawden was an electrician/journeyman.
He was a member of IBEW 226.
He married Cheri Flach on July...
Louise Irene Fernkopf, 90, of Holton, passed away Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Holton Community Hospital, where she had been for less than a day. Due to her failing health, she had resided with her daughters, Anna and Mary, for the past year.
She was born March 24, 1924, near Holton, the daughter of...
Donald Dean “Don” Redmon, 83, passed away Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born June 30, 1931, at Emmett, the son of Homer and Mary O’Connor Redmon. He grew up in the Emmett, Delia, Rossville and Silver Lake communities and graduated from Silver Lake High School....
Robert Derrell McCulley Sr., 89, Holton, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 at Medicalodges Jackson County.
He was born May 15, 1925, in Passover, Mo., the son of James Martin and Francis Gertrude Hedrick McCulley. He graduated from Corning High School in 1943.
Mr. McCulley owned and operated Emporia...
Eva Irene Schreiber, 92, Soldier, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, at her home.
She was born March 29, 1922, in Wetmore, the daughter of Johnathon Littleton and Cordelia Edith Hetherington Davis. She attended country schools and had lived in the Wetmore and Soldier areas all her life.
Mrs. Schreiber...
Joy Yoshida, “Sokikwe,” 80, Mayetta, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
She was born June 14, 1934, at Mayetta, the daughter of Ernest and Angeline Whitefish Seymour. She graduated from Washburn University with an associate’s degree in criminal justice.
Mrs. Yoshida...
On Dec. 25, 2014, the Lord Jesus called Therese M. Koch, 82, Holton, to be with him on his birthday in heaven. She had Alzheimer’s and was trying to recover from a stroke and a fall.
Therese was born Nov. 12, 1932, in St. Benedict, Kansas, to Leo and Anna Fangman Haverkamp.
She retired from...
Doris J. Anderson, 74, Holton, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
She was born June 20, 1940, in Hiawatha, the daughter of Franklin “Sparky” and Margaret M. Bacon Mosher. She graduated from Whiting High School in 1959.
Mrs. Anderson worked at Slimaker...
