Obits
Lana Kay Sloan, 50, Bonner Springs, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at her home.
She was born July 6, 1964, the daughter of Vernice Ray and Karen Sue Wofford Zachariasen. She was a 1982 graduate of Perry-Lecompton High School.
Ms. Sloan worked as a postmaster for several area U.S. Post Offices...
Irvin “LeRoy” Bloom, 64, Goff, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Holton Community Hospital.
He was born April 17, 1950, in Goff, the son of Irvin Leo and Ida W. Niehues Bloom. He attended Bancroft Grade School and graduated from Wetmore High School in 1968.
Mr. Bloom worked for BMB/Alamo in Holton...
Marilyn J. Kelly, 81, Holton, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
She was born Feb. 17, 1933, in Holton, the daughter of Boyd and Daisy Fernkopf Riley. She graduated from Holton High School in 1950. She attended Kansas State University, where she received a...
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...
Louise Branam, 101, Holton, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
She was born Aug. 13, 1913, in Atchison, the daughter of William C. and Jennie Saggs Ashcraft.
Mrs. Branam was a farmwife.
She was a lifetime member of Jackson County Historical Society, Larkinburg...
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...
