Obits
Janene Ellen Morris, 59, Holton, died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born July 28, 1955, in Holton, the daughter of Forrest Eugene and Berniece Lorene Trimble Morris. She was a lifelong member of the Holton community.
Miss Morris was involved in Special Olympics...
Nancy Kay Kendall, 76, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village.
She was born March 17, 1938 in Everest, Kansas, the daughter of Carleton L. and Hazel Bartlett Gilliland. She married Forrest H. (Skip) Kendall, Jr., M.D., on Aug. 7, 1959...
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...
