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...
Martin D. Woner
May 7, 2015
Martin D. Woner, 87, of Topeka, died on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Martin was born January 7, 1928 in a farm house near Rock, Kansas and grew up on the family farm. His parents were George Leland and Edna (Vincent) Woner. The Woner family homesteaded in Cowley County, Kansas in April, 1870.Martin graduated from Douglass High School in 1945. He...
Carol K. Brady
May 7, 2015
Carol Kay (Harry) Brady, 76, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Health Center.Carol was born December 8, 1938, in Frankfort, KS, to Lewis and Isla (Costello) Harry. She was raised near Winifred, KS and graduated from Frankfort High School. Carol married Norbert Brady on November 28, 1957, in Lillis, KS. She was retired from the State of Kansas...
Alberta J. Addis
May 6, 2015
Alberta Jean Addis passed from this life May 6, 2015. She was born, December 30, 1924, in Parsons, Kansas. Her parents were Eugene and Hazel Bell Green Lant. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Bob G. Addis and Phil Strauch, two daughters, Donna Jean Strauch and Mary Ellen Strauch, two grandsons, Trey Smith and Alec Dye....
Katherine N. Smith
May 5, 2015
Katherine N. Smith, 85, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015.She was born April 13, 1930, in Waterville, Kansas, the daughter of Frederick and Nellie (Rommel) Honstead. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1948 and Kansas State University in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in education.Katherine taught art at Marysville High School from 1953-1960. In 1967, she began working...
Dennis G. Ingold
May 5, 2015
Dennis Gene Ingold, 62, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015.He was born February 3, 1953 in Kansas City, KS, the son of William M. and JoAnn Lynn (Rogers) Ingold. Dennis enjoyed music, action movies and ice cream.Survivors include his brother, Donald M. (Sondra) Ingold, Overland Park, KS; sister, Sandy L. Spencer, Gravois Mills, MO; and many nieces and...
Climeta D. Murray
May 4, 2015
Climeta D. Murray, 75, Topeka, passed away, Monday, May 4, 2015 . She was born December 2, 1939, in Emporia, Kansas to William H. and Fannie (Smith) Dorsey. Climeta was a member of Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, where her husband pastored for 25 years. As a pastor's wife, she was very active in various auxiliaries and church ministries. Her current...
Ronald E. Martin
May 2, 2015
Ronald E. Martin, 68, Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Health Center.Ron was born March 14, 1947 at Ft. Jackson in Columbia, SC, the son of Herbert L. and Dena (Hoover) Martin.Ron attended high school in Dreux, France and graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1966. He is survived by his father, Herbert L. Martin, Sr.,...
Owen H. Schultz
Apr 30, 2015
Owen H. Schultz, 86, Topeka, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015.Owen was born July 31, 1928 in Buhler, the son of Henry Abraham and Susie Anna (Unruh) Schultz. He graduated from Melvern High School in 1947 and attended Washburn University.He was employed by Seymour Foods in Research & Development, developing egg handling equipment. He retired in 1994 after 41 years...
Shirley Ann Smith
Apr 29, 2015
Shirley Ann Smith, 74, of Topeka, died on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at her home. Shirley was born on September 6, 1940 in Hutchinson, KS the daughter of Chauncey and Mary (Craig) Dowd. She was married to Dewey E. Smith, Sr. on September 11, 1956 in Marysville, KS; he preceded her in death on November 7, 2002. Survivors include her...
