Obituaries

Mary Ann Ylander, 93, of Alliance, Nebraska formerly of Lindsborg, Kansas passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at Box Butte General Hospital, Alliance, Nebraska.

Judith Kay Kruse, age 74, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2022 after battling ALS. She was born on December 28, 1947 in Newton, Kansas to Willis and Lucille Andres. Judy grew up on a wheat farm just outside Newton, and loved to regale her family with tales of her adventures on the farm with her sisters, Janice and Jane. She attended Kansas State University, where she earned an Associates degree in horticulture and met her future husband, Alan Kruse. They married in 1968 and moved to Colorado in 1973, where they raised their four children. Judy was a talented seamstress, home-maker and dedicated super-mom who loved to take her family on camping and skiing trips in the Rocky Mountains. After a divorce in 1987, Judy’s love of airplanes drew her to the aviation industry, where she entered the workforce in the aircraft maintenance sector at Colorado AeroTech. In 1990, she moved her family to Phoenix, Arizona, where she lived for 9 years. Many career advances later, and with a move to San Francisco, California, she was managing aircraft sales for Bank of America in their leasing division. She would happily tell us exactly what kind of plane was in the sky with a single glance. She was an adventurous and wise soul who loved to travel, camp under the stars, explore the desert, and spend time at the beach, always with family and friends surrounding her. She was extraordinary in the friendships she made and nurtured. As a grandmother she was infinitely patient, playful, and loving. She was diagnosed with ALS in February 2022, after experiencing symptoms which began in the summer of 2021. She continually had a positive attitude and sense of humor in the face of the brutal disease that is ALS. Judy is survived by her four children, Camille Schneider (Peter), Angela Kruse, Allison White (David), and Jesse Kruse (Sana); and five grandchildren, Ashley and Aubrey Schneider, and Isabella, Evelyn, and Aiden White, whom she loved more than anything. She is also survived by he

Emily Jane Winslow, 92, of Newton died Monday, November 14, 2022 in Hesston, KS. She was born on the family farm near Hope, KS, on September 1, 1930 to Loren William and Emily (Ramsey) Hinkle.

Elizabeth (Betty) Martinez, age 80, passed away on November 5, 2022, in Newton, Kansas. Betty was born July 8, 1942 in Marion, Kansas to Juan and Josephina (Morales) Martinez. Through three marriages she is survived by nine children. Tom and Mary (Torres) Jaso, Christopher and Mary (Breon) Martinez, Jo Ann and Mark Pauley, Rose Paige, Roberta Jaso, Felicitas Jaso Cantu and fiancé David Morrison, Erminio and Valarie (Whitted) Guerrero, Shelly (Guerrero) Salcido, Mario Guerrero along with 33 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchildren, a sister Dorothea Pineda of Chicago and brother Guadalupe and Francis Martinez of Newton. Betty retired from Norcraft Industries after 25 years of employment as an assembler. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, sitting on the porch and reading with her dog “Nano”, going to bingo, cooking and cheering on her favorite team, the Miami Dolphins. The highlight of her travels was taking a cruise to the Caribbean with all nine of her children. Betty kept everyone laughing with her crazy sense of humor and contagious laugh. She will be greatly missed and always in our hearts. Betty was preceded in death by parents Juan and Josephina Martinez, brothers Marcus, Benito, Stephen, George, Michael, Reyes and Joseph Martinez, and sisters Phyllis, Luisa (Gomez) and Angela (Garcia). Grandson Thomas Nicholas Cantu and granddaughter Elizabeth Jean Pauley, husbands, Robert (Bobby) Jaso (Widowed in 1973), John C. Piland and Erminio M. Guerrero. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be Monday, November 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Funeral services will be conducted by Father Jorge Lopez on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, followed by burial services at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to Caring Hands Humane Society, and Our Lad of Guadalupe Alter Society of Newton, Kansas and left in care of Petersen Family Funeral Home.

Loretta Sue Franz died Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the age of 82. Loretta was born on October 18, 1940, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Joe and Ruby Eck.