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Kimberly (Phillips) Thompson
Sep 23, 2014
Kimberly (Phillips) Thompson, 55, of Lenexa, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014.She was born July 10, 1959, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George and Virginia (Ralphs) Phillips. She was a graduate of Topeka West High School and K-State University. Kimberly was employed by Lee Jeans as a Junior Designer. Survivors include a daughters, Emily P. (Ryan) Roberts, Aubrey S....
Pauline D."Pat" Lasswell
Sep 23, 2014
Pauline D. "Pat" Lasswell, 99, of Topeka, passed away September 23, 2014.Pat was born in Linn County, Kansas on September 3, 1915, to J.W. and Laura P. (Moore) O'Hara. Pat attended high school in Blue Mound, Kansas, graduating in 1933. She attended Strickler's Business College in Topeka from 1934 to 1935. After graduating from Business College, Pat spent six years...
Summer Ruth Griffith
Sep 22, 2014
Summer Ruth Griffith, 37, of Topeka, passed away Monday, September 22, 2014.She was born January 13, 1977 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of John McGuire and Jennifer (Ray) McGuire. She was raised by her mother an step-father, Chris Howell. She was a graduate of Northern Heights High School and Emporia State University, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in History.She married John...
William Frank White
Sep 20, 2014
William F. White, 67, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014.He was born June 10, 1947, in Topeka, KS, son of Hiram and Marion (Munsell) White. William graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University.He worked for the state of Kansas as an auditor until his retirement in 2001.He was preceded in death by his parents.William is survived by...
June Knox Housholder Mikulka
Sep 19, 2014
Born March 24, 1929 in Lebo, KS to George and Zola Knox, June grew up in Topeka, KS, attending Topeka High School and Washburn University. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and attended the First Congregation Church of Topeka.She was proud of the work she did for the Menninger Foundation in Topeka for 25 years in various...
Christine Noel Elliott
Sep 19, 2014
Christine Noel Elliott, 48, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 due to complications of heart failure.She was born March 18, 1966 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of Jerry Eugene and M. Patricia (Grindinger) Elliott. She was a graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School, Colorado Spring, CO. Christine was employed CVG Delta Airlines in Cincinnati, OH...
Virginia K. Crago
Sep 19, 2014
Virginia Katherine Crago, 90, of Topeka, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at her home in McCrite Plaza Retirement Community. She was born October 7, 1923 in Santa Rosa, NM, the only child of Thomas F. and Opal M. (Lotton) Ellis. Virginia married Paul H. Crago on September 9, 1946 in Topeka. He preceded her in death after 61 years...
Viola Bessie Mitchell
Sep 18, 2014
Viola Bessie Mitchell, 92, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at a care facility in Andover, KS. She was born May 24, 1922 in Topeka, the daughter of Edwin Emanuel and Nellie Bessie Higgins Peterson. Viola graduated from Scandia High School in Scandia, KS. She had resided in Topeka since 1940. Viola was employed as the...
Johanna Ruth Grau
Sep 18, 2014
Johanna Ruth Grau was born March 18, 1923, at Topeka to Johann Traugott and Dorothea Theresa Anschutz Schulz. Ruth passed away September 18, 2014, at The House at Midland Care, Topeka, at the age of 91. Ruth was baptized April 9, 1923, at home in Topeka by the pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church and confirmed March 21, 1937, at...
Carlesia Robinson
Sep 17, 2014
Carlesia Faye "Nuggie" Robinson, 46, of Topeka, passed away on September 17, 2014 at St. Francis Health Center, Topeka, Kansas. She was born in Topeka, KS on March 23, 1968 the oldest twin daughter of Willie Donnell Brown and Patricia Robinson. Carlesia was a Homemaker. She had been employed, most recently by Reser's Fine FoodsShe became a follower of Christ...
Bernice Carlin
Sep 17, 2014
Lydia "Bernice" Carlin, 92, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014.She was born March 11, 1922, in Hoyt, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Lydia Caroline (Damme) Carlin. She was a graduate of Hoyt High School. Bernice was employed by Forbes Air Force Base for 32 years, retiring in 1975. She was the first female civilian employed by the...
Carl O. Dell, Jr.
Sep 17, 2014
Carl O. Dell, Jr. of Topeka, died peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at Stormont-Vail Health Center. Carl was born on October 4, 1927, in Garden City, Kansas, son of Carl O. Dell, Sr. and Pearl Miller Dell. He and Patricia Johnson were married on August 20, 1977, in Topeka. She preceded him in death in 2006.He...
Robert D. Thoms
Sep 17, 2014
Robert Dunton Nason Thoms, 95, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Robert was born April 17, 1919, at Lyons (Clinton), Iowa. He was the son of Leona Jackson Thoms and stepson of Arthur Thoms. Robert was the oldest of seven children. He was an outstanding athlete in track, basketball and football. Robert was the class president & class...
Pearl L. Mccammon
Sep 17, 2014
Pearl L. McCammon, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Midland Hospice House. Pearl was born on April 15, 1920 in Topeka to Charles and Lillian (Keim) McWhinney. She married Raymond McCammon in Kansas City in 1945 and the couple moved to Tecumseh in 1948. Pearl and Raymond loved to travel and she had a particular...
Rena Louise Irwin
Sep 15, 2014
Rena Louise Irwin, 80, of Topeka, passed away September 15, 2014, in Topeka.She was born February 25, 1934, in Reading, Kansas, to Alfred H. and Esther (Willits) Steen.Rena was employed at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 36 years.She married Edward F. Irwin, February 20, 1954, in Osage City.Rena was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and son, Kirk Irwin.Survivors...
Linn Alden Morrow
Sep 15, 2014
Linn Alden Morrow, 94, of Topeka, passed away Monday, September 15, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. He was born on October 26, 1919, to Mathias and Edith (Wilson) Morrow on a farm in Jewell County, Kansas.Linn married Hazel V. Barleen on February 28, 1943; she preceded him in death on August 21, 2013. He is also preceded in death...
Charles Thomas Lewis
Sep 14, 2014
A tribute to Charles "Charlie" Thomas Lewis, who died at home on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at the tender age of 93. He was born to James Thomas and Anna Melissa (Barker) Lewis on April 26, 1921 in Cherryvale, Kansas. He attended a number of different schools in his early years and Joplin Junior College and Independence Junior College as...
Jo Annr. Ely
Sep 14, 2014
Jo Ann R. Ely, 88, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014.She was born June 18, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of James and Verla (Patton) Rutherford. She received her Bachelor's Degree in English from Washburn University in 1967 and her Master's Degree in English from the University of Kansas in 1969. Jo Ann taught English at Topeka...
Eloise D. Larson
Sep 13, 2014
Eloise D. Larson, daughter of Charles and Minnie (Johnson) Larson, passed away at the Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, Kansas on September 13th, 2014. Born July 7, 1916 in Topeka, Kansas, Eloise was 98 years old.Eloise had been a resident at the Leonardville Nursing Home for five years.She graduated from Topeka High School in 1935.Eloise married Leonard Larson on July...
Harold Harryherbert Eulert
Sep 12, 2014
Harold Harry Herbert Eulert, 85, Topeka, passed away Friday, September 12, 2014.He was born November 29, 1928, in Netawaka, Kansas, the son of William and Sophia (Weber) Eulert. In 1946, Harold graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in Buffalo, NY.He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during the Korean War. Harold was employed by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber...
