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Carolyn F. Assam
Aug 21, 2015
Carolyn F. Assam, 80, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2015 at a Topeka hospital. She was born January 25, 1935 in Topeka, the daughter of Gerald L. and Fern (Reiser) Metsker. Carolyn graduated from Topeka High School in 1953 and attended Cottey College in Missouri and Washburn College in Topeka where she graduated with a degree in...
Rodney Paul Stewart
Aug 17, 2015
Rodney Paul Stewart, 85, Topeka, formerly of Hickory, North Carolina, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015.He was born January 16, 1930, in Gastonia, North Carolina, the son of Gaither and Pearl (Dellinger) Stewart.Paul graduated from Lee Edwards High School, Asheville, NC, in 1948. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.Paul earned a bachelor's of science from...
Wilda Maxine(Horton) Brock
Aug 17, 2015
Wilda M. (Horton) Brock, 90, died Monday, August 17, 2015, at Brewster Place Health Center.Wilda was born August 10, 1925, in Blue Mound, KS, the daughter of Clarence T. and Edith C. (Sunderland) Horton. She graduated from Blue Mound High School and then went on to obtain her BA in Education from The University of Kansas. Wilda taught at Wakeeney...
Betty J. Dew
Aug 17, 2015
Betty J. Quast Dew, 88, Topeka, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 at Aldersgate Village.Betty was born November 7, 1926 in Clyde, the daughter of Roy and Clara (Richa) McGinnis. She graduated from Highland Park High School.She was employed in Quality Control at Hallmark Cards for over 20 years.She was a member of Topeka Bible Church, Primetimers, Sheparding Center, and...
Ilene M. Mounkes
Aug 16, 2015
Ilene M.(Zerfas) Mounkes, 88 of Topeka, Kansas (formerly of Tecumseh, Ks.), passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015, at McCrite Nursing Home. She was born on January 12, 1927 at Ellis, Kansas to Fred and Jennie (Armbruster) Zerfas. Ilene was a graduate of Ellis High School. She married Alphus "Al" C. Mounkes on April 16, 1946, at Christ Lutheran Church,...
Samuel Israel
Aug 15, 2015
Samuel S. "Sam" Israel, 86, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015, at Midland Hospice House.Sam was born October 30, 1928, in Chillicothe, MO, Samuel Clyde and Mildred Idamae (Carr) Israel. After high school, he served in the Navy and Army. Sam worked for the Carpenter's Union Local #1448 until his retirement in 1992. He enjoyed fishing and camping.He is survived...
W. Sewall Macferran
Aug 14, 2015
William Sewall Macferran passed away on August 14, 2015 at his home surrounded by family. He was born August 25, 1924, in Topeka to William Jr. and Helen Estey Macferran. He attended Topeka public schools and graduated from Kansas University in 1948 from the Business School. While at KU, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, holding the...
Larry O. Jackson
Aug 14, 2015
Larry O. Jackson, 72, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015, at Aldersgate Village, after a yearlong battle with cancer.Larry was born May 1, 1943, in El Dorado, KS, to Ernest and Florence (Smith) Jackson. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Charles Thornton, in Augusta, KS. He graduated from Augusta High School. Larry played high school football and basketball...
Imogene Quinlan
Aug 13, 2015
Imogene Quinlan, 89, of Topeka, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Thursday, August 13, 2015 at her home.She was born November 17, 1925 in Auburn, Kansas, the daughter of William "Luther" and Nell Vera (Taylor) Ransdell. She attended grade school in Auburn and was a graduate of Washburn Rural High School and attended Washburn University where she was crowned...
Lorraine M. Long
Aug 11, 2015
Lorraine M. Long, 85 of Topeka, died on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Lorraine was born on May 20, 1930 in Manhattan, KS to Thomas and Lida (Sees) Fraker. She graduated from Manhattan High School and from Washburn University. She spent many years as an elementary school teacher for several schools in the Topeka area. Her greatest joy was being a...
Pauline C.(Vogel) Eberwein
Aug 10, 2015
Pauline Clara (Vogel) Eberwein, passed away at the age of 95, Monday, August 10, 2015. She was born February 26, 1920, in Topeka, the daughter of Martin and Ottilie (Hochhaus) Vogel. She was a lifelong member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Topeka. Pauline graduated from Topeka High School in 1937, and attended Strickler Business College in Topeka. She married...
Elwanda Mae Smith
Aug 8, 2015
Elwanda Mae Smith, 93, of Seattle, WA and formerly of Topeka, died in the home of her daughter in Seattle on Saturday, August 8, 2015.She spent over 20 years in Topeka and enjoyed her last years in Seattle living with her daughter. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Fred Latto, and her husband, Walter P. Smith....
Elizabeth Ward Carlson
Aug 4, 2015
Elizabeth Ward Carlson, 92, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015, at her home in Topeka, KS.Elizabeth was born September 28, 1922, in Lindsborg, KS, to Sidney and Raye Henmon. She graduated in 1940 from Lindsborg High School and from Bethany College in 1944. While at Bethany she was crowned Daisy Queen (Bethanian Queen). She taught business classes at Concordia High...
Dawn Rae Marsh
Aug 2, 2015
Dawn Rae Marsh of Topeka died on Sunday, August 2nd, 2015, at a local hospital. She was 70 years old.She was born Dawn Carey on March 16, 1945 in Alleghany County, Virginia, to Troy and Virginia (McCoy) Carey. She was the second of five children and the only daughter. A member of the CT Smith High School class of 1963,...
Eugene L."Gene" Stallsmith
Aug 2, 2015
Eugene Laverne "Gene" Stallsmith, 90, of Topeka, KS, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2015, at the VA Community Living Center.He was born March 11, 1925, in Cherokee, KS, the son of Frank and Georgia (Snow) Stallsmith. Gene was a Staff Sargent in the Army Air Corp during World War II as an aerial gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, where...
Peggy L. Heald
Jul 31, 2015
Margaret L. "Peggy" Heald, 91, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015.She was born November 24, 1923, in Alahandra, California, the daughter of Joseph and Minnie (Ure) Mosso. Peggy was a 1941 graduate of Carbondale High School. After graduation, she worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. Peggy married Gordon Heald on October 7, 1956. He preceded her in death...
Harry Holzle
Jul 30, 2015
Harry Ross Holzle, 93, of Topeka, passed away at home on Thursday, July 30th. He was born in Topeka, KS, August 16, 1921, the son of Harry C. and Gladys (Thomas) Holzle. Harry graduated form Topeka High School and received his BS in Civil Engineering from KU. He served in the US Army during World War II. Harry married Virginia...
Toni Marie Schuckman
Jul 28, 2015
Toni Marie (McGivern) Schuckman, 58, loving mother, grandmother (NaNa), sister, and friend to all passed away, Tuesday, July 28th, 2015. Toni grew up in Topeka, KS, where she attended Most Pure Heart of Mary School and graduated from Hayden Catholic High School and Kansas State University. She then went on to obtain her Master's Degree in Family Studies at Friends...
Glenna M. Ross
Jul 26, 2015
Glenna M. Ross began her life journey June 25, 1936; it came to an end July 26, 2015. She was born in Sentinel, Oklahoma, the daughter of C. Glen and Flora M. Shrum Quillin. She was a graduate of Garland High School. In 1959, Glenna graduated from Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree...
Frederick Arnold Cunningham
Jul 26, 2015
Fred Arnold Cunningham 92, Topeka died peacefully at home, in the arms of his loving wife Louise, on Sunday, July 26, 2015. They had just celebrated their 70th anniversary in February. Fred was born in Akron Ohio on Nov. 6, 1922. He was the son of Fred R. & Lora Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham joined the Marines during WWII and served...
