Obits
Jerri Lynn Banaka Denton, 52, New Bloomfield, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Mo.
She was born Nov. 14, 1970, in Topeka, the daughter of James L. and Janet Kay Sharp Banaka. She graduated from Jackson Heights High School in 1989 and Highland Community...
Carol Ann Baum, 83, of Holton, passed away Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at The Pines South in Holton.
She was born Dec. 27, 1938, in Hoisington, the daughter of Howard and Mary (Hennessy) Finn.
Carol graduated from Hoisington High School and attended Marymount University. She worked for Jackson County...
Helen Rose Ann (Smallfield) McDaniel, 84, of Holton, passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
She was born April 20, 1938, in Flandreau, S.D., the daughter of Otto William and Beatrice Lenora (Winklewitsch) Smallfield.
Helen graduated from Flandreau...
William Allen “Bill” Mattox, 58, of Holton, passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, at his home with family by his side. Bill fought a brief and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born Feb. 8, 1964, in Topeka, the son of Donald John and Marlene (McClain) Mattox.
Bill graduated from Holton...
Richard Lee Flanders, 88, Topeka, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, at Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation.
He was born July 5, 1934, in Jackson County, the son of Clarence A. and Maye Scheidegger Flanders. He attended Holton High School and later earned his GED.
Mr. Flanders served in the U.S. Navy,...
Marion Alice Kranz, 89, of Wetmore, passed away Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha.
She was born May 19, 1933, in Troy, the daughter of Clyde Garfield and Viola Belle (Smith) Dittemore.
Marion graduated from Holton High School in 1952. She lived most of her life in...
Timothy Walter Allen, 68, Valley Falls, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, after succumbing to injuries from a workplace accident.
Tim was born Dec. 21, 1953, in Topeka, the son of Richard (Dick) and Margaret Allen.
He attended school in Dillon, S.C., spending his early years between Kansas and South...
Markeeta Ann Walder, 75 of Mayetta, passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at the Kelly House of Meriden.
She was born July 27, 1947, the daughter of Andrew and Phyllis (Green) Jenson. They preceded her in death, as did her sister, Collette Schnackenberg, in 2003.
Markeeta married Marion Lee Walder in...
John Dale Apel passed away on Nov. 15, 2022, in Lindsborg, at the age of 93.
Born in 1929 in Wichita, he earned degrees from Kansas State University, American University and the University of Chicago.
Dale spent more than 45 years with the Cooperative Extension Service, primarily as the Kansas...
Clarence George Hertlein Jr., 72, Valley Falls, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Clarence worked as a salesman in the welding supply field and at the Midwest Grain Products (MGP) facility in Atchison. He was a Navy veteran of the...
