Obituaries
Jeanette Matz
Mar 12, 2019
Jeanette (Webster) Matz, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. She was born June 17, 1937, in Marion Kansas, to Marium and Nora (Kline) Webster. She was a graduate of Marion High School. She married Robert C. Matz on June 14, 1957, in Hillsboro. Jeanette was a homemaker and...
Rosse Case
Mar 9, 2019
Rosse Braddock Case was born to Alex Heaton Case and Helen Braddock Case in Marion, Kansas, on May 17, 1927. Rosse graduated from Marion High School in 1945, and in April of that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was in boot camp when his high school graduation occurred and his father accepted his diploma for him. He...
Gerald Harry Adam
Mar 1, 2019
Gerald Harry Adam of Herington, died Friday, March 1st, 2019, at Wesley Medical Center. He was born May 24, 1942, at Council Grove, Kansas. He was the son of Harry William and Cora Nancy (Ashwill) Adam.
Jerry was a graduate of Herington High School with the class of 1962. He served in the U. S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1968. ...
Luella Marie Snelling
Feb 19, 2019
Luella Marie (Beneke) Snelling, age 88, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on February 19, 2019. Luella was known as Oma by her family and grandchildren. She was a special education teacher and began her career teaching at Choctaw, Oklahoma; then worked for the Sedgwick County Special Education Cooperative from 1977 until she retired in 1992, working at middle...
Robert "Bob" Soyez
Feb 19, 2019
Robert Wayne Soyez, 72, of Marion, Kansas passed away February 19, 2019, at St Luke Hospital, in Marion. Robert was born February 18, 1947, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Richard G and Mildred I (Henninger) Soyez.
Robert and Brenda Richmond were married on December 23, 1972, in Marion, Kansas. One son, Michel Wayne Soyez, was born to this union.
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Thelma Jean Cain
Feb 17, 2019
Obituary – Thelma Cain, 93
Thelma Jean Cain departed this life on Sunday, February 17, 2019, at the Newton Medical Center. She was the only child of Harry Elmer and Esther Viola (Hauke) Sangwin. She was born September 5, 1925, at Herington, Kansas.
Thelma attended Herington schools and graduated with the class of 1943. Her first nursing position was at...
Chris Schafers
Feb 13, 2019
Christopher Joseph Schafers was born on April 7, 1957, at St. Mary's Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. The fourth child of Victor Augustine and Madonna Schafers.
Christopher was a graduate of Emporia High School in Emporia, Kansas. He enlisted in the Navy soon after. While in the Navy he served aboard the USS Rich, Marven Shields, Law, and the USS Decatur....
Kenneth LeRoy Baxter
Feb 13, 2019
Herington - Kenneth LeRoy Baxter was born on October 31, 1940, in Arkansas City, Kansas, to Harold Dean and Della Mae (Harshfield) Baxter. He grew up on the family farm. His enjoyment of working led him to work at various jobs in the area while growing up. He was a member of the Evening Star 4-H Club where he held all...
Lois J. Webb
Feb 13, 2019
OBITUARY FOR – Lois J. Webb, 81
Lois J. Webb, of Shawnee, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 13, 2019. She was born August 22, 1937 at White City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Carl H. and Amanda (Lawrenz) Kniebel. She was blessed to be a member of a loving family, having two older sisters, Arlene and Twila, and an older...
Valera Morgan
Feb 11, 2019
Valera Mae (Graham) Morgan, 94, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2019, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS.
Born to Bruce and Anna Fern Graham. Valera was born in Kendall, KS on September 18, 1924. She attended school in Syracuse, KS, graduating in 1942.
On August 16, 1942, Valera married Fred E. Morgan. Together they owned a farm...
Robert "Bob" Matz
Feb 9, 2019
Robert “Bob” C. Matz, age 84, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Newton Medical Center. He was born August 15, 1934, in Hillsboro Kansas, to Carl and Louise (Ebel) Matz. He was a graduate of Hillsboro High School. He married Jeanette Webster on June 14, 1957, in Hillsboro. He enlisted into the army April 2, 1957, where he...
Marilyn Kay Hageberg
Feb 5, 2019
Marilyn Kay Hageberg, 81
Marilyn was born October 20, 1937, at Marion, Kansas. She was the daughter of Ernest Fredric and Dola Marie (Glancey-Blankley) Meierhoff. She grew up with a sister, Carol Sue, and a brother, Larry Gene.
She was raised in the Cottonwood Falls and Florence areas and graduated from Clements High School. She was a member of the...
Art Busenitz
Feb 5, 2019
Arthur Busenitz was born to John A. and Justine (Wiebe) Busenitz on August 11, 1927 in Newton, KS. He was the last of eleven children but the first to be born in a hospital. His siblings were: John, Herman, Justina, Willie, Albert, Edgar, Margaret, Hedwig, Ben, and Elizabeth.
Art grew up on the family farm two miles southeast of...
Judy Regier
Jan 29, 2019
Judy Marie (Schrag) Regier, devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Judy was born Sep. 23, 1943, in Newton, KS, to Marvin and Bertha Schrag. Judy grew up on her family farm in rural Moundridge and graduated from Moundridge High School in 1961.
Judy married Louis Regier in...
Barbara Lee Burris
Jan 29, 2019
Herington - Barbara Lee Burris departed this life on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was the second oldest child of Rexford Raymond and Helen Stella (Fiest) Hunt. She was born January 18, 1942, at Kansas City, Kansas. She had an older brother, Rex, a younger brother, Robert, and two younger sisters, Mary Anna and Tammy.
Barbara...
James D. Thiessen
Jan 28, 2019
James Dale Thiessen was born at home, near Munich, North Dakota, to Abraham A and Marie (Hoffman) Thiessen on August 30, 1927. He entered Heaven’s gates on the morning of January 28, 2019 at Kidron Village in North Newton, Kansas.
His only sibling, a sister Olga, was eleven years old when James was born. She taught him to speak...
Jim Henry Bowman
Jan 27, 2019
Herington - J. H. Bowman or “Gentleman Jim” as he would refer to himself, departed this life on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at the Salem Home of Hillsboro. He was born December 5, 1934, near Bushong, Kansas, and raised by his parents, Dorothy Mae (Adams) and Ralph Bowman. He graduated from Strong City High School and attended Emporia Teachers College for...
Don Fruechting
Jan 25, 2019
Donald (Don) Leslie Fruechting was born on August 19, 1931 to John Leslie (Les / J.L.) and Ada Krueger Fruechting. He was the oldest of 4 sons. His parents moved to Aulne when he was 6 years old, and lived in Aulne until 2003. He was a lifelong member of the Aulne United Methodist Church. He attended Aulne School for...
Jay Early Pontious
Jan 25, 2019
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Jay Early Pontious, Lincolnville, KS, on Friday, January 25, 2019, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS at the age of 81.
Jay was born in Foraker, OK on June 20, 1937, to Charles Emerson and Rosie Mae (Combs) Pontious. He married Hazel S. Carlisle on June 1, 1958,...
