In Memory Of
Doris Ann Talmage
Doris Ann Talmage
Doris Ann Talmage, 78, Topeka, died Monday, Nov. 20, 2006 at Westwood Manor.
She was born Jan. 16, 1928 in Lyon County, Kansas, the daughter of Linton M. and Muriel L. Denny Riggin. She had lived in Topeka since 1946.
Doris graduated from Harveyville High School in 1946 as validictorian. She received her bachelors degree in education from Washburn University in 1975. She taught in Topeka USD 501 for 10 years before retiring in 1986.
She was a member of Central Church of Christ, where she had taught children's Bible classes for many years. She also was a member of the Harveyville High School Alumni Association, and volunteered at Stormont-Vail Hospital and at a local elementary school after her retirement.
She was married on June 11, 1948 to Gaylord Spencer. He was killed in an automobile accident on May 28, 1957. She married Dale L. Talmage on Oct. 6, 1961 in Topeka. He survives.
Other surviving family members include her children, Gay Ann Hunter of Ft. Worth, TX, Kathryn Suzanne Bonnel of Ft. Worth, TX, Douglas Wayne Talmage and wife Judi of Olathe, Robert Talmage and wife Lisa of Topeka, Paula Jill McGee and husband David of The Woodlands, TX; two brothers, Gail Riggin and wife Avis and Richard Riggin and wife Reta, all of Harveyville; a sister-in-law, Nellie Riggin Hall of Topeka; nine grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
Mrs. Talmage will lie in state after 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Central Church of Christ. The family will welcome friends immediately following the service. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Central Church of Christ, 1250 SW College Ave, 66604, or to Heart of America Hospice, 3715 SW 29th St., 66614.
To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com.
She was born Jan. 16, 1928 in Lyon County, Kansas, the daughter of Linton M. and Muriel L. Denny Riggin. She had lived in Topeka since 1946.
Doris graduated from Harveyville High School in 1946 as validictorian. She received her bachelors degree in education from Washburn University in 1975. She taught in Topeka USD 501 for 10 years before retiring in 1986.
She was a member of Central Church of Christ, where she had taught children's Bible classes for many years. She also was a member of the Harveyville High School Alumni Association, and volunteered at Stormont-Vail Hospital and at a local elementary school after her retirement.
She was married on June 11, 1948 to Gaylord Spencer. He was killed in an automobile accident on May 28, 1957. She married Dale L. Talmage on Oct. 6, 1961 in Topeka. He survives.
Other surviving family members include her children, Gay Ann Hunter of Ft. Worth, TX, Kathryn Suzanne Bonnel of Ft. Worth, TX, Douglas Wayne Talmage and wife Judi of Olathe, Robert Talmage and wife Lisa of Topeka, Paula Jill McGee and husband David of The Woodlands, TX; two brothers, Gail Riggin and wife Avis and Richard Riggin and wife Reta, all of Harveyville; a sister-in-law, Nellie Riggin Hall of Topeka; nine grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
Mrs. Talmage will lie in state after 10:00 a.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Central Church of Christ. The family will welcome friends immediately following the service. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Central Church of Christ, 1250 SW College Ave, 66604, or to Heart of America Hospice, 3715 SW 29th St., 66614.
To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com.
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