Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

1989-06-08
Collection: 1989

Title

1989-06-08

1989-06-09

Subject

Maness, Terri R.

Newby, Joann

Description

Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

Creator

Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

1989-06-08

1989-06-09

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Format

Clippings

Language

English

Type

application/pdf



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1989-06-08,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/659.
Text

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1989
Augustan found dead in Wichita
the body, found in a basement apartment, had some stab wounds.
Col. Dotson said a neighbor was asked by her mother to check Maness’ residence after she did not report for work yesterday. On his first check, the neighbor did not enter the apartment and left a note on her door advising her to call her mother.
Later in the day, the mother asked the neighbor to check for her daughter again. This time, he found an unlocked sliding glass patio door and then found her body.
According to reports, Maness had moved to the , condominium on the first of March. She was recently elected secretary of a neighborhood homeowners’ association and went house-to-house Tuesday evening to poll neighbors about lawn and garbage service.
According to one neighbor, Maness had expressed fear about dark areas near her house. Several incidents of vandalism and theft had been reported in the 9300 block of East Funston.
During her high school years, Maness was involved in band, pep club, and Future Homemakers of America. While she attended Butler County Community College she was the featured twirler for the band.
She finished her college education at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
She had worked during the summertime as a swimming instructor-lifeguard at the municipal swimming pool.
A funeral service for Ms. Maness will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Augusta First United Methodist Church with Rev. Harold Kieler officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.
She was born to Donald Gene and Bonnie Sue Maness on Dec. 12, 1963 in Wichita.
The 1982 AHS grad leaves her parents, Gene and Bonnie of Augusta; a sister, Sandi Jenee Maness of the home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Noel Shoger of Augusta.
Maness, a member of the First United Methodist Church, worked as a legal secretary for a Wichita attorney.
Memorials are to the Methodist Church and the BCCC scholarship fund.

Friday, June 9, 1989
Terri R. Maness funeral at church here tomorrow
A funeral service for Terri Renee Maness, 25, who died Wednesday, June 7, in Wichita, will begin at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning in Augusta’s First United Methodist Church, Sixth & School.
Rev. Harold Kieler, pastor of the church, will officiate and burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Memorials to the church and the Butler County Community College scholarship fund have been suggested.
She was born Dec. 12, 1963 in Wichita as a daughter of Donald Gene and Bonnie Sue Maness.
Maness, a 1982 graduate of Augusta High School, was working as a legal secretary in Wichita and living in that community at the time of her death.
In addition to her parents, she leaves a sister, Sandi Jenee Maness, and grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Noel Shoger of Augusta.

Funeral in Clearwater for mother of Augustan
Joann Newby, 57, mother of Augustan Jim Newby, died Wednesday at HCA Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
Services for the Clearwater woman will be 11 a.m. Saturday at the Clearwater United Methodist Church. Burial will follow the funeral at Resthaven.
She was born to Cecil P. and Dorothy (Foster) Bell on Aug. 20, 1931 in Wichita.
On Nov. 4, 1950, she was united in marriage to Jerry Newby in Wichita.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry; daughter, Judy Nystrom of Wichita; son, Jim of Augusta; brother, Verne C. Bell of Wichita; sister, Donna Rush of Moundridge; and six grandchildren.
She was a member of the Prairie Gem Extension Homemakers Unit in Sedgwick County for 37 years and served in every office at the local and state level. Newby was the past president of the Kansas Extension Homemakers Council and the past treasurer of the National Homemakers Council.
A memorial has been established for the scholarship fund of the Kansas Extension Homemakers Council in memory of Joann Newby. Contributions may be sent to Webb Mortuary, P.O. Box 325, Clearwater, Kan. 67026.
Webb Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.

Original Format

Newspaper clipping