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Lona Ruth Relihan, 87, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014.Lona was born July 14, 1927, in Lebanon, Kansas, daughter of Arthur J. and Nellie M. (Carpenter) Atwill. She was one of eleven siblings. Lona graduated from Lebanon High School in 1946. She married Don E. Relihan on December 18, 1948 in Smith Center, Kansas.Lona was a member of...
Bette I. Watson, 85, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Aldersgate Village, Topeka.She was born October 1, 1928, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Otto and Mildred I. (Mitchell) Barton. She was a 1950 graduate of Stormont-Vail School Bette I. Watson, 85, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Aldersgate Village, Topeka.She was born October...
Gary Phillip Weinkauf, 77, Topeka, passed away Monday, July 28, 2014. He was born June 14, 1937 in Topeka to John and Marie (Kerle) Weinkauf. As an infant he was baptized and became a child of God and later received the life-giving body and blood of His Savior throughout his life. Gary was a lifetime member of St. John's Lutheran...
David C. Counter, 55, Topeka, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014.He was born July 30, 1958, in Topeka, the son of Harlan and Billie Yarber Counter. David was a graduate of Topeka West High School and received two degrees from the University of Kansas. He was very proud of the hard work and dedication he put into receiving a U.S....
Desiree' Rias, 59, of Topeka, Kansas passed away on July 26th, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. She was born on January 27, 1955 the daughter of Zella and Richard Lawton. She was preceded in death by her father Richard Lawton. Desi worked for Topeka Independent Living as a caregiver for many years and had a very special client...
Eugene H. Lane, Sr., 93, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014.Eugene was born December 16, 1920, in Onaga, KS, son of Howard and Laura (Dierking) Lane.He graduated from Washburn University and attended officer's school at Harvard University.Eugene honorably served during WWII in the US Navy.He married Barbara Cue on April 25, 1944. She preceded him in death on...
Kadillak Marie Poe-Jones, infant daughter of Mollie A. Poe-Jones, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014. She was born September 4, 2013 in Topeka. She is survived by her mother; loving guardians; two sisters, Karmya Jones and Wynter Jones; grandmother, Cindy Poe; great-grandfather, Victor E. Poe, Jr.; great-aunts, Vickie (Troy) Brooks and Laura (Robert) Bevitt; and three cousins, Brooke, Courtney and...
Leonard C. Steinbock, 84, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at McCrites Plaza.He was born November 23, 1929 in Chicago, IL, the son of Casper Peter and Barbara (Herr) Steinbock. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic School, Topeka. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp.Mr. Steinbock was employed by Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka retiring in 1987. He...
Ralph "Bill" Duane Koppenhaver, 87, of Topeka, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Duane was born on November 23, 1926 in Neosho Rapids, KS to Ralph and Esther (Bell) Koppenhaver. He worked for many years for the Rural Electric Association in Burlington, KS as a lineman. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters, and his...
Karen Miller Godfrey, 54, of Wakarusa, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at her home, surrounded by family and friends.She was born October 4, 1959, in Anchorage, Alaska, the daughter of Norman and Elinor (Cox) Miller. Karen was a life-long educator, teacher, coach, advisor and mentor to Kansas youth. She taught at Logan Jr. High and Seaman Freshman Center. She...
Karen L. Heckman, 69, of Topeka, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014, in Topeka.She was born February 19, 1945, in Topeka, KS, daughter of Frieda L. (Fusch) and Garold A. Simmons. Karen spent her early years in Topeka, and graduated from Topeka High School in 1963. She was married to John Heckman. John was in the military, and they were...
LOIS MUNGER (Secrease) 1925 - 2014Lois Esther Munger (nee Secrease) passed from this life on July 20th. She was preceded in death by her parents: George and Myrtle Secrease of Ellsinore, Missouri; her husband, the Rev. Orrin Lloyd Munger; and son, Steven Lloyd Munger. She is survived by her daughter Bonnie Munger (George Petros) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, grandsons Richard, Eric,...
Viola Mae Ireland passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at McCrite Plaza Retirement Community in Topeka, Kansas. Viola was born October 17, 1920 in Circleville, Kansas to James Ruth and Anna Swain Ruth. Viola was the youngest of eleven children. She graduated from Circleville High School in 1938.Viola married Lawrence O. Ireland in 1941 and lived in Holton, Kansas until...
Alice Zapata, 81, of Topeka, formerly of Lawton, OK, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was born December 14, 1932 in Austin, TX.Alice married Edward Zapata on September 15, 1950 in Austin, TX .Survivors include 3 children, Christine & Terry Janson; Dodge City, Julie Lyon; Plymouth, MN, and Rose & Jack Bewley; Flower Mound, TX; 7 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren...
Dr. Teresa Kay "Terry" Rolfs, 67, Topeka, died Friday, July 18, 2014, at a Topeka hospital. She had cancer. Dr. Rolfs held a doctorate in education and worked in Topeka Unified School District 501 for 37 years before she retired in 2010. She taught at Gage Elementary School, Landon Middle School and Topeka West High School. She also had been...
Margaret Maxine (Weldy) Main Margaret Maxine Main, 87, of Topeka KS, died July 17, 2014. She passed peacefully at The House at Midland Care Hospice following a sudden two-week illness. Maxine was born in Neodesha, KS, October 17, 1926. She graduated from Pierce City High School, Pierce City, MO in 1945. In 1946, Maxine moved to Neodesha where she met...
Jack Edward Knight, 80, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014.He was born December 11, 1933 in Horton, KS, the son of John David and Freda M (McKinley) Knight. He was a graduate of Horton High School. He served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Knight was retired from the United States Postal Service as a Letter Carrier in Topeka....
Layla Renee Trotter, infant daughter of Elihoe M. Trotter and Janell L. Schwarz, passed away July 16, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.Layla is survived by her parents; three sisters, Eva Sinea Trotter, Makayla Schwarz and Abbigail Smith; maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Debra Schwarz; paternal grandparents, Rachael Lynn Boldridge; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.Private services are being handled by Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel....
Charles J. Keller, 88, of Topeka, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014 in Topeka. He was born January 19, 1926 in West New York, New Jersey, the son of Niklaus and Marie (Guhrer) Keller. He attended St. Peter's Prep School in Jersey City, NJ and obtained a Master's of Pharmacy Degree from St. John's College of Pharmacy in New York,...
Margaret Kathryn Senne, 98, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 11, 2014, after a long and fulfilling life.She was born June 20, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Herbert and Margaret (Rowles) Miller. Her father died when she was a baby, and she and her mother moved to California. At the age of eight years, she came to...
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