Richard D. Evans
Aug 10, 2014
Richard D. Evans, 69, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, August 10, 2014, after a 30 year courageous journey with cancer. Richard D. Evans was born June 4, 1945, in San Diego, California, son of Frank and Ruth Evans. He attended San Diego State University, Golden Gate Seminary, and received his PhD from Northwestern University.Richard married Beth M. Brady on September...
Thomas Joe Comfort
Aug 9, 2014
Thomas Joe Comfort, 76, Topeka, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014.Tom was born October 31, 1937 in Topeka, the son of Thomas Josiah and Vera Mae (Kraus) Comfort. He graduated from Hiawatha High School and attended Washburn University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1956 and was stationed at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Colorado and the 98th General Hospital...
Robert H. Pruitt
Aug 9, 2014
Robert H. Pruitt, 98, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather who will be deeply missed.Born on May 31, 1916, Robert was one of nine children. Growing up during the Depression in Decatur, Ala., he learned the value of hard work when he dropped out of school in the eighth...
Walter N. Scott, Jr.
Aug 9, 2014
Walter N. Scott, Jr., 83, of Topeka, passed away peacefully at Legend at Capital Ridge, on Saturday, August 9, 2014. Walter Newton Scott, Jr. was born October 27, 1930, in Topeka, son of Walter N. Scott, Sr. and Agnes S. Scott. He graduated from Seneca High School, Washburn University, and the Washburn University School of Law. Walter served as an...
Dana Harris Bloom
Aug 5, 2014
Dana Harris Bloom, 57, of Tecumseh, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Dana was born on February 18, 1957 in Kansas City, KS to Floyd Burton and Myrl (Harris) Bloom. He attended Topeka High School. He worked for Halls Lithographing Company for 12 years and UCB-Innovia, where he held several positions over a 20 year span. Dana enjoyed fishing, gardening,...
Betty Burbach
Aug 3, 2014
Betty Lou Burbach, 87, Topeka, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2014 at Midland Care Hospice House. She was born on February 2, 1927 in Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Marie Angelbeck. She grew up and attended schools in Leavenworth County.Betty married Douglas Lowell Burbach on June 11, 1950. Two daughters were born to this union, Vicki Tanner...
Ruth Margaret Ausherman
Aug 3, 2014
Ruth Margaret Ausherman, 95, Topeka, KS, died Sunday, August 3, 2014, at Eagle Ridge at Brewster Place.She was born May 24, 1919, near Elmont, the daughter of Eppa C. and Margaret Price Ausherman. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1937 and from Kansas State University in 1943.Miss Ausherman taught high school and junior high home economics in Kansas for...
Clarence Junior Sidesinger
Aug 2, 2014
Clarence Junior "Cy" Sidesinger, 89, Topeka, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014. Cy was born January 8, 1925 in Abilene, the son of Clarence M. and Etta F. (Teel) Sidesinger.He attended Colby High School and graduated from Abilene High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He later graduated from Kansas City Mortuary School.He worked as...
William Joseph Williamson
Aug 2, 2014
William Joseph "Bill" Williamson, 89, died peacefully at home August 2, 2014. He was born June 4, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Albert and Helen Minchener Williamson.A "Buckhead Boy," Bill grew up in Atlanta where he graduated from East Rivers High School. He attended Georgia Tech University and the University of California at Los Angeles. During WWII, he served in...
Edward D. Campbell
Jul 31, 2014
Edward "Ed" D. Campbell, 67, of Topeka, died on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at his home. Ed was born on August 18, 1946 in Topeka to Earl and Laura Belle (Riggin) Campbell. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1965 and enlisted in the United States Navy shortly after. He served his country honorably during the Vietnam conflict and...
Lona Relihan
Jul 30, 2014
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
Jul 30, 2014
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
Jul 28, 2014
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
Jul 27, 2014
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' "Desi" Rias
Jul 26, 2014
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.
Jul 26, 2014
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
Jul 24, 2014
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
Jul 23, 2014
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 Duane Koppenhaver
Jul 23, 2014
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 Godfrey
Jul 22, 2014
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...
