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Bob Dean Abbey
May 27, 2015
Bob Dean Abbey, 82, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at a local care center.Bob was born July 28, 1932 in Mountain View, MO, the son of Albert and Ida (Becker) Abbey. He attended schools in Mountain View.He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. He was a laborer and plasterer for Florence Contractors for over...
Betty L. Yarrington
May 25, 2015
Betty L. Yarrington, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 12, 1922 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of John Melvern and Mayme Mason Thoes. Betty graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, MO. She worked for the Avon Corporation during her husband, Victor's...
Jack H. Ford
May 23, 2015
Jack H. Ford, 89, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015.Jack was born August 24, 1925, to Walter H. and Nina Mae (Moore) Ford, in Elkhart, KS. He graduated from Grant County Rural High School in Ulysses in May 1943 and joined the United States Marine Corps the following August being discharged in 1946. He and Gloria A. Hammer were united...
Norma Louise Berry
May 19, 2015
Norma Louise Berry, 91, of Derby and formerly of Topeka, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at her home. Norma was born on September 3, 1923 in Topeka, the daughter of Louis and Mary Jane (Black) Streeter. Norma was married to Johnnie E. Berry on November 15, 1941 in Topeka; he preceded her in death on December 3, 2001. Survivors...
Donna R. Van Dyke
May 19, 2015
Donna R. Van Dyke, 67, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015.She was born April 24, 1948, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Helen (Garbe) Parker. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1966 and Washburn University with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education.Donna was employed by Blue Cross Blue Shield for 35 years, retiring in 2005. She...
James William Mullen
May 18, 2015
James William Mullen, 67, of Topeka, passed away Monday, May 18, 2015. He was born July 14, 1947, in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of William and June (Ishmael) Mullen.James was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Shawnee, Kansas and attended Rockhurst College and the University of Kansas. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era...
Irving E. Sheffel
May 18, 2015
Irving E. Sheffel, 98, of Topeka, died on Monday, May 18, 2015 at Brewster Place. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 at the Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave. in Topeka. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 21 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery...
Patricia R. Castle
May 16, 2015
Patricia R. Castle, 74, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015. She was born January 27, 1941, in Topeka, the daughter of Roy and Rose (Hooper) Castle.Patricia was a 1959 graduate of Seaman High School and attended Washburn University and Columbia Junior College. She worked as a prison guard for the State of California and in Topeka, and at...
Irma I. Grotefendt
May 16, 2015
Irma I. Grotefendt, 95, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka. She was born December 4, 1919 in Marine, IL, the daughter of Edward and Margaret Henze Grotefendt. Irma moved to Topeka in 1940. She was employed by State Farm Insurance Company, the Santa Fe Railway Company and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company...
Jayque Bonham
May 14, 2015
Jayque "Jay" Bonham, 76, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015, at his home in Topeka, KS.Jay was born January 25, 1939, in Sulphur, OK, to Samuel and Ella "Peggy" (Christian) Bonham. He joined the US Navy in 1956 and served as a frogman on the USS Hornet where he also held the Pacific Fleet bantamweight boxing title for three years....
Laura Linn Knowles
May 12, 2015
Laura Linn Knowles, 52, died peacefully at her home in Florham Park, NJ, on May 12, 2015. She is the daughter of Terry and Marcia (Butler) Knowles, Topeka, KS, and sister of Julie Knowles, also Florham Park. During the past seven years, despite a malignant brain tumor, Laura continued a full and busy life with good spirits, anchored by her...
Edna Dorothylillian Larson Dicke
May 12, 2015
Edna Dorothy Lillian Larson Dicke, 103, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at McCrite Plaza in Topeka. She was born January 11, 1912 in Scandia, Kansas the fourth daughter of Martin August and Hannah Peterson Larson. Edna graduated from Courtland High School. She moved to Topeka in 1930 where she met her husband, Ernest Frederick Dicke. She...
Della Leona Evenson
May 10, 2015
Della Leona Hetzel Evenson, 83, Topeka, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015. She was born January 7, 1932 in Hill City, Kansas, the daughter of Francis (Bud) and Ruth Pauline (Knouf) Hetzel. She graduated from Salina High School and Clark School of Business. She married Victor Paul Evenson, a U.S. Air Force veteran of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 3, 1950...
Dolores Sue Miller Pagel
May 10, 2015
Dolores Sue Miller Pagel, 80, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at a Topeka hospital. She was born April 29, 1935 in Delia, KS, the daughter of Earl W. and Dorotha P. Rose Miller. Dolores graduated from Topeka High School in 1953. She was employed by the State of Kansas for the Kansas Highway Patrol. She attended...
Mary Alden Clarke
May 10, 2015
Mary Alden Clarke, 97, Topeka, passed away Sunday May 10. 2015.Mary was born May 1, 1918 in Uniontown, KS in Bourbon County, the daughter of Dr. Elmer E. and Margia O. (Stroud) Ramsey.She attended Potwin Elementary, Roosevelt Jr. High, Topeka High School, Washburn University, and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University, with a B.S.in Education.Mary taught...
Ruth Ann Guilfoil
May 9, 2015
Ruth Ann Guilfoil, 79, of Carbondale, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015.She was born December 12, 1935 in rural Flush, Kansas, the daughter of Edward Glen and Bertha (Zoeller) Guilfoil. She was a graduate of St. George High School.Ruth was employed by Kansas Department of Health and Environment, retiring after 40 years of service. She was a member of Metropolitan...
Edwin Mercer
May 8, 2015
Edwin DeWitt Mercer, 65, of Topeka died Friday May 8, 2015. He was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on October 4, 1949. He lived and attended schools in Texas and Kansas. In 1968 he graduated from Medicine Lodge High School. He was a United States Army veteran who served with the 151st Rangers and the 75th Rangers in Viet Nam. He...
Martha E. Salzer
May 8, 2015
Martha E. Salzer passed away peacefully May 8, 2015 at Lexington Park in Topeka at the age of 95. She was born January 7, 1920 in the family home in Irving, KS. She was the second daughter of Fred and Katherine Smerchek. Her husband, George Salzer and her oldest sister, Violoa Stryker, preceded her in death as did her parents...
Arlene M. Ellison
May 7, 2015
Arlene M. Ellison, 93, Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 at a local care center.Arlene was born November 30, 1921 in Topeka, the daughter of Glenn and Cecil (Kelly) Reece. She graduated from Topeka High School.She was the bookkeeper at Ellison Automotive Repair, her husband and son's business, for 30 years, retiring in 1988.She was a member of several...
Rosalie Ann Bearce
May 7, 2015
Rosalie Ann Bearce, 73, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.She was born January 18, 1942 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Russell and Ruth (Dickson) Cazier. She was a 1960 graduate of Topeka High School.Rosalie was employed by Fleming Foods in Topeka for 13 years. She was a member of Brookwood Covenant Church and...
