7/6/2008

 Jason Derek Neumann, a loving and devoted husband, son, brother, uncle, and friend was taken to Heaven on July 6, 2008. He was 31 years old. Jason was born on November 11, 1976, in Neodesha, Kansas. He moved with his family to Sterling, Kansas, in 1986. He accepted Jesus as his Savior when he was eight years old and always had a heart for friends and family that he knew needed Jesus.
Jason attended and graduated from Sterling High School.
Jason is survived by his wife, Catrisse of Sterling; father and mother, Dough and Connie Neumann of Sterling; sisters Barb Meitler and husband Ron of Smith Center; Staci Fullbright and husband Larry of Sterling; Karla Boeken and husband Travis of Sterling; grandmother, Maxine Neuman of Kankakee, Illinois.
Jason was employed at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility at the time of his death. He was employed at the facility for nine years. He enjoyed the last friendships he developed with colleagues while working at the prison.
On June 2, 2007, Jason married his sweetheart Catrisse (Orr) Neuman in Sterling.
Jason was preceded in death by “Gramps and Granny” Stace and Elsie Peet; and Grandpa Denzil Neumann.
Funeral services will be July 11, 10 a.m. at Culbertson Auditorium on the Sterling College Campus with Rev. J. Douglas Neumann and Jerry Piatt officiating. Memorials may be given to the Sterling High School Vocational Educational Department in care of Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling.
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Lyons Daily News (5/28/1990)

Services for Michael J. Booker, grandson of Lula Booker of Sterling and former residents Raymond and Juanita Burkhart of Hutchinson, will take place at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Crossroads Christian Church in Hutchinson. The Rev. Wayne A. Pittman will officiate, and burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery.
The Hutchinson Community college student, 18, died Monday in St. Joseph Medical Center, Wichita, of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident.
Born Jun 6, 1971, in Sterling, he graduated from Buhler High School in 1989. He was a United States Marine Corps Reservist and a member of Crossroads Christian Church.
Additional survivors are his father and stepmother, Jim and Pat Booker of Olathe; his mother, Valerie Book of Hutchinson; a brother, Jason B. Booker of Hutchinson; a stepbrother and stepsister, Jevon and Camille Carlson of Olathe; and a great-grandmother Elsie Burkhart of Arkansas City.
A memorial fund has been started for the Buhler High Football Program. Johnson and Sons Mortuary of Hutchinson is in charge of arrangements.