Butler County, Kansas
Ann E. (Voth) Penner, 74, homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 11, 1991. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, rural
Whitewater.
Survivors: husband, Rudi; sons, Stanley, LeRoy, both of Peabody; four grandchildren. Memorials have been established
with the American Bible Society and the Kansas Dialysis Association Emergency Fund. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Jan 1991)
ARTHUR PENNER, 84, of Newton, retired farmer, former Valley Center resident, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1986. Service
2 p.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, rural Whitewater.
Survivors: brother, Erich of Whitewater; sister, Lotte of Newton. Memorial has been established with Friendly Acres
Nursing Home, Newton. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 Dec 1986)
Penner, Joseph Brayden, son of Sheldon and Susan Penner, was stillborn Friday, Jan. 28, 2000. Service 6:30 p.m. today, Emmaus
Mennonite Church, rural Whitewater.
Other survivors: grandparents, Cornelius and Eva Wiebe of Killarney, Canada, Orlando and Mabel Penner of Whitewater.
Memorial has been established with Heartland Pregnancy Care Center. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 Feb 2000)
Penner, Lotte, 89, homemaker, died Monday, May 20, 1996. Graveside service 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Emmaus Mennonite
Church Cemetery; memorial service, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: several nieces and nephews. Memorial has been established with the Mennonite Central Committee. Lamb-
Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 May 1996)
Penner, Metha, 89, homemaker, died Wednesday, March 29, 1995. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Orlando of Whitewater, Glen of Overland Park; daughters, Luella Penner of Overland Park, Helen
Ortman of Newton; sisters, Frieda Penner of Whitewater, Magdalene Diener of Canton; seven grandchildren; one great-
grandchild. Memorials have been established with S.I.M. Sudan Interior Mission c/o Paul Entz and F.E.B.C. Far Eastern
Broadcasting Co. c/o Lewis Earl Entz. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 March 1995)
Penner, Mikayla Joy, 1-month-old daughter of Ken and Jeanne Penner, died Friday, Jan. 29, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Emmaus Mennonite Church, rural Whitewater.
Other survivors: brother, Michael at home; grandparents, Walter and Evelyn of Whitewater; great-grandmother, Frieda,
of Whitewater. Memorials have been established with Heartland Pregnancy Care Center and Berean Academy. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 31 Jan 1999)
WHITEWATER - Rudolph "Rudi" H. Penner,
87, died Saturday (Sept. 2, 2006) at Wheat State Manor in Whitewater.
He was born Sept. 9, 1918, to Kurt H. and Bertha M. (Schmidt) Penner in Whitewater. He married Anna E. Voth on
Oct. 10, 1940, at Emmaus Church in Whitewater. She preceded him in death in 1991.
He was a member of Emmaus Mennonite Church where he was a former deacon. He was a member of the Mennonite Men's
Chorus and was a founding board member of Wheat State Manor in Whitewater.
Survivors include: son, Leroy and Florence Penner of Peabody; sister, Hilda (Penner) Ray of Winfield; four grandchildren,
Jennifer Lago, Jeremy Penner, Brian Penner and Scott Penner; and four great-grandchildren, Brittany Lago, Brooke
Lago, Jessica Lago and Katie Penner.
He also was preceded in death by: sons, Stanley, Gerald Lee and William Henry; brothers, Paul and Karl; and a sister,
Charlotte.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater with family present.
Service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Emmaus Mennonite Church in rural Whitewater with Pastors Rodney Crowell and
Jim Voth officiating.
Burial will be in Emmaus Mennonite Church Cemetery.
Memorials have been established with the Emmaus Church Relief Fund and Hospice Care of Kansas, both in care of
the funeral home, 120 S. Main Street, Whitewater, KS 67154.
(The Newton Kansan ~ 5 Sept 2006)
PEABODY - Stanley "Stan" James Penner,
60, farmer, died Friday (Jan. 13, 2006) in Indio, Calif.
He was born May 2, 1945, to Rudolph H. and Anna Edna (Voth) Penner in Peabody. He married Peggy Grosse April 22,
1972, in Peabody. She survives of the home.
He was a member of Emmaus Mennonite Church in Whitewater.
Other survivors include: a son, Jeremy Penner of Wiggins, Colo.; a daughter, Jennifer and husband Barry Lago of
Littleton, Colo.; father, Rudi Penner of Peabody; brother, Leroy Penner of Peabody; and granddaughters, Jessica,
Brittany and Brooke Lago.
His mother preceded him in death.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Emmaus Mennonite Church in Whitewater with Pastor Rodney Crowell officiating.
Burial will be in Emmaus Church Cemetery.
Memorials have been established with Gideons International in care of the funeral home, 216 S. Main, Whitewater,
KS 67154.
(The Newton Kansan ~ 19 Jan 2006)
NEWTON - Regehr, Ted, 77, retired KG&E
employee, died Tuesday, Dec. 9. Memorial service 6:30 p.m. Dec. 26, 2003 at the Newton Bible Church.
Survivors: wife, Alice; sons, Vincent, Verlyn, Darwin; daughters, Marilee Marter, Madella Paquette, Marjean Kindall;
7 grandchildren. Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/11/2003.
WHITEWATER - Regier, Agnes E., 97, retired
homemaker, died Thursday, April 14, 2005. Visitation with family 7-9 pm Tuesday at the Regier Farmstead. Memorial
service 2 pm Wednesday at Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Arlen and Daryl; daughter, Joyce Keys. Lamb Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 4/18/2005.
Regier, Alfred, 84, retired farmer and stockman, died Monday, April 20, 1992. Service 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Emmaus
Mennonite Church.
Survivors: wife, Ione; son, Fremont of North Newton; daughter, Louvina Miller of Whitewater; nine grandchildren;
15 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Commissions of Home and Overseas Missions of the General
Conference Mennonite Church. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 April 1992)
Regier, Arthur W., 83, retired truck driver, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001. Visitation with family 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday,
Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater; service 4 p.m. Monday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater.
Survivors: sisters, Wanda Regier of Newton, Alma Dyck of Atascadero, Calif. Memorials established with Source of
Light, Kansas and Wheat State Manor, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 August 2001)
Cornelius P. Regier, 94, retired dairy farmer, died Tuesday, June 11, 1991. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite
Church, rural Whitewater.
Survivors: wife, Susie; son, Lawrence of Palm City, Fla.; daughters, Darlene of Hillsboro, Dorothea Goering of
North Newton; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Schowalter
Villa and Gideons International. Miller Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 June 1991)
Regier, Darlene M., 73, licensed practical nurse, former Wesley Medical Center and Salem Hospital employee, died Saturday,
March 18, 2000. Visitation with family 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton; services Tuesday,
10: 30 a.m., First Mennonite Church, Newton, 1:30 p.m., Emmaus Mennonite Church Cemetery, rural Whitewater.
Survivors: brother, Lawrence Regier of Palm City, Fla.; sister, Dorothea Goering of North Newton.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 March 2000)
Edna H. Regier, 92, of North Newton died Friday (Sept. 15, 2006) at Newton Medical Center.
She was born March 23, 1914, to John and Elizabeth (Thierstein) Claassen in Whitewater. They preceded her in death.
She married Gus H. Regier Jr. on Sept. 18, 1935, at Emmaus Mennonite Church. He preceded her in death on Sept.
25, 2001.
She graduated from Whitewater High School with the class of 1931.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include: a son, Les Regier and wife Lovella of Kingsburg, Calif.; a daughter, Betty Regier of Wichita;
a sister, Elsie Claassen of Whitewater; a brother-in-law, Herman Klaassen of Newton; a sister-in-law, Helen Claassen
of Whitewater; grandchildren, Tami and husband Chris Burnett of Ripon, Calif., and Todd Regier and wife Lisa of
Kingsburg, Calif.; and great-grandchildren, Kyle and Riley Burnett of Ripon and Jillian and Trent Regier of Kingsburg.
She also was preceded in death by: a daughter, Judy; five sisters; and eight brothers.
Family visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Emmaus Mennonite Church Cemetery in Whitewater, with Pastor Don
Myer officiating.
Memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Newton Bible Church.
Memorials have been established with Newton Bible Church and Child Evangelism Fellowship, both in care of the funeral
home, 216 S. Main Street, Whitewater, KS 67154.
(The Newton Kansan ~ 18 Sept 2006)
NEWTON - Regier, Esther L., 84, homemaker,
died Nov. 25, 2003. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Petersen Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughters, Sherry Davis of Newton, Karen Deiker of Anthony; son, Rat Regier of Whitewater; 9 grandchildren;
6 great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/29/2003.
Hans E. Regier, 85, retired social worker and former farmer, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 1990. Graveside service 1:30
p.m. today, Emmaus Cemetery, rural Whitewater; memorial service 3 p.m., Bethel College Mennonite Church, North
Newton.
Survivors: son, John Elliott of North Newton; daughter, Marian Piper of San Antonio, Texas; brother, Alfred of
Whitewater; sisters, Margaret of North Newton, Minna of Evanston, Ill., Marie Janzen of Newton; one grandchild.
Memorials have been established with the Northview Developmental Services and Bethel College. Draper-Cannon Funeral
Home, Newton.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Nov 1990)
Regier, Ione Mae, 84, homemaker, died Monday, Aug. 16, 1993. Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Emmanus Church.
Survivors: son, Fremont of North Newton; daughter, Louvina Miller of Whitewater; brother, Alvin Ayers of Strong
City; sister, Alice Dandy of Wichita; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Commission on Home and Overseas Mission of the General Conference, Mennonite Church. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 August 1993)
Regier, John Elliot, 54, dietary aide, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002. Graveside service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Emmaus Church
Cemetery; memorial service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Bethel College Mennonite Church.
Survivor: half-sister, Marian Piper of San Antonio. Memorial established with Northview Developmental Services.
Petersen Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 March 2002)
Regier, Margaret I., 86, retired professor and educator, died Wednesday, Dec. 13,1995. Memorial service 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
Kidron Bethel Village - Menno Hall, North Newton. Survivors: nephews, Elliot, Fremont, both of Newton; nieces,
Louvina Miller of Whitewater, Marian Piper of San Antonio, Texas. Memorial has been established with Bethel College
Mennonite Central Committee. Petersen Funeral Home, Newton.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Dec 1995)
Margaretha Regier, 98, homemaker, died Tuesday, March 10, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite Church,
Whitewater.
Survivors: son, Arthur of Whitewater; daughters, Alma Dyck of Atascadero, Calif., Wanda Regier of Newton; seven
grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Berean
Academy, Whitewater and Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 March 1987)
Regier, Susie, 87, United Printing Co. employee, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 1992. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Showalter
Villa Chapel, 3:30 p.m. Emmaus Cemetery, near Whitewater.
Survivors: stepson, Lawrence of Palm City, Fla.; stepdaughters, Darlene of Hesston, Dorothea Goering of North Newton;
brother, Dr. David C. Wedel of North Newton; seven stepgrandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with Showalter Villa. Miller Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 Sept 1992)
Regier, W.G. "Bill," 86, retired farmer and real estate agent, died Monday, Aug. 14, 2000.
Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: wife, Esther; son, Dr. Patrick Regier of Whitewater; daughters, Sherry Davis of Wichita, Karen Dicker
of Anthony; brother, Gus of Newton; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Bob Lamb Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 August 2000)
MARIE V. REIMER, 65, of 401 N. Chautauqua, retired clerk, former Whitewater resident, died Wednesday. Services 1
p.m. Saturday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church; 4 p.m., Emmaus Church Cemetery, Whitewater.
Survivors: brothers, Adolf of Newton, Charles of Wichita, Willard J. of Whitewater; sister, Doris J. of Leavenworth.
Memorials have been established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church library and American Cancer Society. Lamb
Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 May 1985)
Ernest Henry Schmidt, 73, retired dairy farmer, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 1989. Memorial service 7 p.m. today, First Mennonite
Church, Newton.
Survivors: wife, Gertrude; son, Michael of North Newton; daughters, Carol Klingenberg of Peabody, Marilyn Van Norden
of Leoti, Norma Janzen of Wichita; brothers, Carl of Beatrice, Neb., Walter of Wichita; stepmother, Elizabeth of
Beatrice; six grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Mennonite Central Committee. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary,
Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 Oct 1989)
Mariann (Wiebe) Siebert, 53, Hesston College financial aide assistant, died Tuesday, April 30, 1991. Memorial service 7:30
p.m. Thursday, Whitestone Mennonite Church.
Survivors: husband, Rudy; son, Mark of Cincinnati; daughters, Annette of Wichita, Karen of Lawrence; mother, Esther
Wiebe of Whitewater; brother, Lloyd Wiebe of Whitewater, Kenneth Wiebe of Camarillo, Calif.; sister, Evelyn Quiring
of St. Louis; one grandchild. Memorial has been established with Bethel Mennonite College, North Newton. Petersen's
Funeral Home, Newton.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 May 1991)
THIERSTEIN, ELLA
ANNA (REGIER)
Ella Anna (Regier) Thierstein, 85, homemaker, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 1990. Service 9:30 a.m. Monday, Emmaus Mennonite Church,
rural Whitewater.
Survivors: sons, Gerald of Belleville, Eldred of Hillsdale, Mich.; daughter, Pauline Toews, brothers, Gus Regier,
Bill Regier, all of Whitewater; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Wheatstate Manor Nursing
Home. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Dec 1990)
NORTH NEWTON - Thiessen, Arnold, 85, died Aug.
23, 2004. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Emmaus Mennonite Church; visitation 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Lamb Funeral
Home, Whitewater.
Survivors: wife, Gertrude; sons, Leon and Dwight; daughters, Helen, Myrna and Yvonne; 4 brothers; 5 sisters.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 8/25/2004.
NORTH NEWTON - Thiessen, Gertrude, 83, retired
registered nurse, died July 13, 2005. Visitation with family 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Lamb Funeral Home; family graveside
service 9:30 a.m. Monday; memorial service 11 a.m. at Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Leon, Dwight; daughters, Helen, Myrna, Yvonne; sisters, Helena, Ruth, Marianne.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 7/15/2005.
HERBERT G. THIESSEN, 75, of Whitewater, retired farmer, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 1989. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Emmaus
Mennonite Church.
Survivors: wife, Leona; sons, Ivan of Moundridge, Harvey of Whitewater; daughter, Vivian Bartley of Salida, Calif.;
brothers, Leonard of Dinuba, Calif., Willard of Elbing, Arnold of Whitewater, David of Peabold, Floyd of Fallet,
Texas; sisters, Edna Flora of Kingsland, Texas, Wilma Stucky of Cassoday, Esther Stucky of Burns, Selma Entz of
Whitewater, Lois Frey of Newton; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
Wheat State Manor. Lamb-Nutter Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Jan 1989)
Thiessen, Lena (Neufeld), 84, homemaker, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002. Visitation with family 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Bob Lamb
funeral Home, Whitewater; service 10 a.m. Monday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater.
Survivors: husband, Willard; son, Lauren of Wichita; daughters, Jolyn Stark of Raymore, Mo., Lavada Klinger of
Phillipsburg; brothers, Dan Neufeld of Inman, Cornie Neufeld of Overland Park; sisters, Marie Gilley of Hutchinson,
Sally Wiens, Katherine Ensz both of Inman, Margaret Wiebe of Whitewater; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Memorials established with Berean Academy and Teen for Christ.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Feb 2002)
LEONA S. THIESSEN, 84, of Whitewater, homemaker, died Monday, July 3, 1989. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Emmaus Mennonite
Church, rural Whitewater.
Survivors: sons, Ivan of Moundridge, Harvey of Whitewater; daughter, Vivian Bartley of Salida, Calif.; six grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Wheat State Manor Nursing Home, Whitewater. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 July 1989)
WHITEWATER - Thiessen, Rosalie Ann, 72, nursing
instructor, died Sun, April 11, 2004. Visitation, 9-10pm, Wed, April 14, 2004; Service, 10am, Thur, April 15. Graveside,
1:30pm all at Emmaus Mennonite Church, 10971 NW Meadowlark Rd., Whitewater. Nutter Mortuary, Concordia - Baker
Funeral Home, Valley Center.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 4/13/2004.
Thomas, Troy D., 21, carpenter, died Sunday, June 21, 1992. Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, First Bible Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Eileen; parents, Keith and Betty Jo Thomas of Benton; sister, Tammi Hallmark of Plano, Texas;
grandparents, Everett and Ruby Thomas, Raymond and Ona Mae Marmon, all of Scott City. Memorials have been established
with the Berean Academy, Elbing, and the Youth Mission, c/o First Bible Baptist Church. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 June 1992)
Thomas, Troy D., 21, carpenter, died Sunday, June 21, 1992. Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, First Bible Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Eileen; parents, Keith and Betty Jo Thomas of Benton; sister, Tammi Hallmark of Plano, Texas;
grandparents, Everett and Ruby Thomas, Raymond and Ona Mae Marmon, all of Scott City. Memorials have been established
with the Berean Academy, Elbing, and the Youth Mission, c/o First Bible Baptist Church. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 June 1992)
Kenneth L. Toevs, 70, farmer-stockman, died Wednesday, April 17, 1991. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite
Church, Whitewater.
Survivors: wife, Rosella; sons, Russell of Whitewater, Richard of Newton; daughter, Carol Entz of Newton; brothers,
Herman of Newton, Arthur of Colorado; sister, Edna Krehbiel of North Newton; three grandchildren. Memorials have
been established with Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission and Mennonite Central Committee. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 April 1991)
Marie (Claassen) Toevs, 94, homemaker, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, rural
Whitewater.
Survivors: sons, Kenneth of Whitewater, Herman of Newton, Arthur of Montana; daughter, Edna Krehbiel of North Newton;
six grandchildren; four great-granchildren. Memorial has been established with Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission.
Lamb-Nutter Funeral Home, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 February 1990)
Wiebe, Alfred H., 84, farmer and stockman, died Tuesday, March 14, 2000. Visitation with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday,
Bob Lamb Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater.
Survivors: sons, DuWayne, Ted both of Burns, Kerwin of Omaha; daughters, Evangeline Roth of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Delores Harman of Omaha, Bernice Penner of Butterfield, Minn., Maxine Unruh of Valley Center; brothers, Waldimar
of Whitewater, Edward of Rockford, Ill., Richard of Whitewater, Willie of Elbing; sisters, Hilda Regier, Emilie
Busenitz both of Newton, Gladys Wiebe of Elbing; 23 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Memorials have been
established with Krasnyarsk Bible Institute and Gideons Internat ional.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 March 2000)
Wiebe, Agathe Hulda, 91, homemaker, died Thursday, March
17, 1994. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Delmer of Newton, Delbert of Whitewater; brother, John Epp, sister, Agnes Regier, both of Whitewater;
10 grandchildren; seven great- grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Gideon International and Emmaus
Mennonite Church Missionary Fund. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 March 1994)
Wiebe, Alfred John, 79, retired civil engineer, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 1997. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Bob Lamb Funeral
Home.
Survivors: brothers, Wilbert Wiebe of Whitewater, Leonard Wiebe of Aurora, Colo.; sister, Gertrude Roten of Elkhart,
Ind. Memorial has been established with Mennonite Central Committee.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Dec 1997)
WIEBE, DOROTHY AGNES
Wiebe, Dorothy Agnes, 73, homemaker and registered
nurse, died Friday, Sept. 4, 1998. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, Whitewater.
Survivors: husband, Bill; son, Kevin of Elbing; daughter, Nancy Holliday of Whitewater; mother, Edna Landis of
Bethlehem, Pa.; brother, Robert Landis of Naples, Fla.; six grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Grace
University of Omaha. Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 Sept 1998)
Wiebe, Esther (Harder), 83, homemaker, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002. Visitati on with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Bob Lamb
Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: husband, Waldimar; sons, Douglas, Gordon, Laurence all of Whitewater; daughters, Lorene Goering of Galva,
Donna Regier of Newton, Marcella Dorsch of Burkina Faso, Africa; brothers, Gus Harder, Gerhard Harder both of Whitewater,
Walter Harder of Newton, Arthur Harder of Olathe, Harold Harder of El Dorado; sisters, Martha Dyck of Normal, Ill.,
Elsie Regier of Newton, Ella Harnluy of Manheim, Pa.; 28 grandchildren. Memorials established with Campus Crusade,
Elyria Christian School and Berean Academy.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Feb 2002)
Wiebe, Esther Margaret, 99, homemaker, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Emmaus Church Cemetery;
memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Lloyd, Kenneth both of Whitewater; daughter, Evelyn Quiring of North Newton; sisters, Elsie Claassen
of Whitewater, Edna Regier of Newton; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Mennonite
Central Committee. Bob Lamb Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 Nov 2000)
Wiebe, Hedwig, 78, homemaker, died Monday, March 28, 1994. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Emmaus Mennonite Church,
Whitewater.
Survivors: husband, Alfred; sons, DuWayne, Ted, both of Burns, Kerwin of Omaha; daughters, Evangeline Roth of Grand
Rapids, Mich., Delores Harman of Omaha, Bernice Penner of Butterfield, Minn., Maxine Unruh of Valley Center; brothers,
Ben Busenitz of Whitewater, Art Busenitz of Benton; sisters, Margaret Thiessen of Whitewater, Elizabeth Unruh of
Marion; 21 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with Gideons International. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 March 1994)
WIEBE, HERMAN B.
Herman B. Wiebe, 94, retired teacher and salvage
yard owner, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Robert of Cerritos, Calif., David of Wichita; daughter, Dolores Kirby of Colorado Springs; 12
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Wheat State Manor Nursing Home. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 Sept 1989)
JACOB H. WIEBE, 87, of Whitewater, farmer, died Monday, April 10, 1989. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Emmaus Mennonite
Church, rural Whitewater.
Survivors: wife, Agathe; sons, Delmer of rural Newton, Delbert of rural Whitewater; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the Berean Academy, Elbing. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 April 1989)
Jolene Wiebe, 7-year-old daughter of Ted A. and Nancy Wiebe, Burns Elementary second-grade student, died Sunday,
July 13, 1986. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Emmaus Mennonite Church, rural Whitewater.
Other survivors: brothers, Shawn, Todd, both of the home; sister, Sonya of the home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Wiebe of Burns, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson of White Lake, S.D.; great-grandmothers, Anna Wiebe of Elbing,
Esther Kniggle of White Lake, S.D. Memorial has been established with Berean Academy, Elbing. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 July 1986)
Martha (Claassen) Wiebe, 98, homemaker, died Monday, July 23, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: son, Willard of Whitewater; daughters, Agnes Harder of Whitewater, Helen Friesen of Butterfield, Minn.;
brothers, Ernest and Arnold Claassen, sisters, Esther Wiebe, Elsie Claassen, Hilda Entz, Edna Regier, all of Whitewater;
13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the General Conference Overseas
Mission and Wheatstate Manor. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 July 1990)
MARTHA E. (FUNCK) WIEBE, 89, of Whitewater, former Wichitan, homemaker, died Thursday, March 10, 1988. Service 2 p.m. today,
Emmaus Mennonite Church.
Survivors: husband, Herman; sons, Robert of Cerritos, Calif., David of Winfield; daughter, Dolores Kirby of Colorado
Springs; sisters, Frieda Brandt of Gotebo, Okla., Mary Roberts of Newton, Lydia Pond, Ruth Funk, both of Wichita;
12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren . Memorial has been established with Giddeons Internationl. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 March 1988)
Wilson, Elizabeth P., 82, retired nurse aide, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Hillside Funeral
Home East.
Survivors: son, Greg Ditgen of Wichita; daughters, Jean Dooms of Ore., Pat Ott of Wichita, Wanda Nicholson of Maize;
sisters, Sara Knoblach, Phil Pitz both of Wichita; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Feb 2002)
WHITEWATER - Zarr, Edward, 87, died Friday,
Jan. 9, 2004. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Emmaus Mennonite Church. Family visitation 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Bob Lamb
Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Florence; daughter, Sheila Entz, both of Whitewater; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/11/2004.
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