Deanne Duerksen
Hillsboro - Deanne Duerksen, 77, passed away September 4, 2022 at her residence in Hesston. Jost Funeral Home .
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Connie L. (Koehn) Cornelsen
Connie L. (Koehn) Cornelsen, 74, died on September 1, 2022, at her residence in Wichita, Kansas.
Rose Marie Crawford
Rose Marie Crawford, 81, of North Newton, Kansas, passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, September 5th, 2022. She was born on December 9th, 1941, in Newton, Kansas to Arthur Friesen and Rosella (Schmidt) Friesen.
Juliana “Julie” (Schmidt) Stucky
Juliana “Julie” (Schmidt) Stucky, 87, died on September 2, 2022, at Paramount Community Living and Rehab in Newton, Kansas. She was born on June 1, 1935, in Goessel, Kansas, the birstborn daughter of John and Susie (Buller) Schmidt. Julie grew up with her eight siblings in rural Burns, Kansas, where she attended and graduated from Burns High School with the class of 1954. On June 18, 1954, Julie was united in marriage to Leland Stucky in Burns. They celebrated 68 beautiful years of marriage this year. Julie was employed by Hehr International as a foreman for 43 years before she retired. She was a devoted and faithful member of Meridian Baptist Church in Newton, where she volunteered in the church nursery for many years and was an AWANA leader for 30 years. She loved spending time with and getting to know all of the children. Julie enjoyed sewing and spending time with her family. Julie is survived by her husband, Leland Stucky; daughters, Barbara (Dan) Rexroat of Rosehill and Diane (Daryl) Walter of Newton; brothers, John Schmidt of Loveland, Colorado, Calvin Schmidt of Moundridge, and Dennis Schmidt of North Newton; sisters, Emmy Midkiff of Spokane, Washington, Fern Goodwin of Burns, and Berneda Jewell of Manhattan; and 4 grandchildren and 8 greatgrandchildren.
Sheila Lynn Esposit
Sheila Lynn Esposito of Maize and formerly of Newton peacefully passed away on September 1 at the age of 72. Sheila was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother.
Bethel women get Milicevic’s first win
The Kansan Staff The Bethel College women’s soccer team posted its first win under first-year head coach Luka Milicevic, stopping Stephens College 5-0 Monday morning at Thresher Stadium. Bethelo scored all five goals in the second half.
Newton falls in opener to Valley Center
The offense for the Newton High School football team took a little too long to get going in a 21-17 loss to Valley Center Friday in the season opener at Fischer Field. The Railer defense did manage a safety and a pick-six, but gave up a couple long touchdown plays early and couldn’t get stops late.
Sports briefs
Newton runners open season AUGUSTA — The Newton High School cross country teams opened the season Saturday at the JK Gold Classic at the Four-Mile Creek Resort in rural Augusta. The Newton girls placed ninth out of 10 scoring teams, while the Railer boys were 13th out of 17 scoring teams.
Film series opens with documentary on ‘children of 9/11’
Special to the Kansan “Generation 9/11,” a film about in utero children whose parents died in the attacks, will open the 2022-23 KIPCOR Film Series at 2 p.m. Sept.
County gives final budget approval
Following a two-week delay to allow for county administration to review a wage study, and for commissioners to mull over a proposed change to the county attorney’s budget, the commission voted 3-0 to pass the 2023 Harvey County Budget.