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Grant H. Vonderschmidt
Feb 3, 2014
Grant H. Vonderschmidt, 89, Ozawkie, passed away Monday, February 3rd, 2014. Grant was born February 29, 1924 in Reserve, Kansas, the son of Henry and Lydia Vonderschmidt. He graduated from Reserve High School in 1942 and entered the U.S. Army in 1944. Grant served with Company B, 376th Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division in Europe during WWII.Grant graduated from the...
Charles I. Schneider
Feb 2, 2014
Charles Irvin Schneider, Silver Lake, died February 2nd, 2014. He was born to Irvin and Gertrude Schneider on March 27, 1929 in Salina, Kansas. He graduated from Enid High School and received his bachelors degree from Phillips University, both in Enid, Oklahoma. Charles earned his Masters and Ed.s degrees in education from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, KS. He...
Leslie Philip Dodd
Feb 2, 2014
Leslie Philip "Les" Dodd, 64, of Topeka, passed away February 2, 2014, at his home, surrounded by family. He was born November 13, 1949, in Hays, Kansas, the son of Leslie Harold and Edith Ellen Netherland Dodd. On August 25, 1973, in Topeka, he married Mary "Jane" Weishaar. She survives. Other survivors include daughters, Cassandra (husband Sam) Muff, Erika (Jason)...
Donald B. Johnson
Feb 2, 2014
Donald B. Johnson, 87, Topeka, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014.He was born February 13, 1926, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Emmett B. and Pearl C. (Dittmar) Johnson. Don graduated from Topeka High School in 1944. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Don was employed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for 40 years,...
Helen Naomi Buhler Ossmann
Feb 1, 2014
Helen Naomi Buhler Ossmann, 97, of Topeka, passed away February 1, 2014. She was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas on October 26, 1916, to Helen J. Hansmann and David B. Buhler, M.D. Her father was a well-known physician, having been one of the first graduates of KU Medical School in 1904. She was one of seven brothers and sisters, four...
Joe Neal Breedlove
Feb 1, 2014
Joe Neal Breedlove, 78, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014. He was born in Norman, OK, the son of Robert Lee and Lillian Victory (Bruesch). Joe was married to Peggy (Manning) for 59 years. Joe started his military service in the Navy Reserve (1952 – 1954) as an aircraft mechanic, but mostly remembers driving for the Admiral and...
Robert Ginter Holmes
Feb 1, 2014
Robert Ginter Holmes, 87, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014.He was born February 21, 1926 at Dover, Kansas, to Clyde Walker and Jennie Mae (Ginter) Holmes.He was raised in the Dover Community and graduated from Dover High School. He took courses in accounting and economics at Washburn University and University of Southern California. He was employed by Santa...
William D. Broughton
Jan 30, 2014
William D. "Bill" Broughton, 80, of Topeka, passed away January 30, 2014, at Lexington Park. He was born January 24, 1934, in Bronson, Kansas, the son of Dean O. and Ruth Anderson Broughton. He was a graduate of Highland Park High School and worked for the U.S. Postal Service. On April 16, 1966, in Nowata, Oklahoma, he married Beverly Fickel...
James Johnson
Jan 29, 2014
James Joseph Johnson born November 6, 1945 to Richard D. and Marguerite Mae Saunders Johnson died January 29, 2014. Before earning a Criminal Justice degree at Washburn University, he worked for the Santa Fe Railway. Also, for the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office and retired from the State of Kansas Correctional Facility. He served in the Army National Guard at Fort...
Carol Anne Courtney
Jan 26, 2014
Carol Anne Courtney, 67, of Topeka, died on Sunday, January 26 at Midland Hospice House. Carol was born on February 21, 1946 in Manhattan, the daughter of Max and Della (Hales) Decker. She graduated from Topeka West High School in 1964. She graduated from Washburn University in 1982 and from Kansas University in 1984. She married Robert Courtney in 1967...
Elaine Marie Dunlap
Jan 26, 2014
Elaine M. Dunlap, 78, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014, at Midland Hospice House. Elaine was born 27 May, 1935, on a farm near Concordia, Kan., to August and Nola Dale(Burroughs) Tubach. She was a 1953 graduate of Glasco Rural High School, where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen. She first worked for the Glasco Lumber Yard....
John L. Hankamer
Jan 26, 2014
John L. Hankamer, 84, Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Brewster Place.John was born April 29, 1929 in Elmont, the son of A.J. and Hazel (Jackson) Hankamer. He attended Topeka schools.He was the owner of Hankamer Asphalt Company, Hankamer Ready-Mix Company and Midwest Fly Ash Company.He was a member of First Congregational Church, Association General Contractors, Topeka Home...
Glen L. Weichold
Jan 25, 2014
Glen L. Weichold, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. He was born May 7, 1936 in Marion, KS, the son of Walter F. and Ida Wambsganas Weichold. He graduated from Marion High School. Glen resided in Wichita before moving to Topeka in 1968. He was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad for...
Alice Walters
Jan 25, 2014
Alice Pauline "Pat" Mitchell Walters died at Homestead Assisted Living on January 25, 2014, in the arms of her husband and in the care of loving Homestead caregivers. Alice Pauline "Pat" Mitchell Walters was born February 4, 1932 to James A. and M. Irene Todd Mitchell at Christ's Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. She lived in Topeka through her early years,...
Joseph N. Turner, Sr.
Jan 24, 2014
Joseph N. Turner, Sr., 57, Topeka, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 after courageously battling Colon cancer.Joe was born February 9, 1956 in Topeka, the son of Joseph Love and WiIlieMae Williams. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1974 and attended the University of Kansas.He was employed as a Foreman by the City of Topeka Water Department for 24...
Harold D. Swedlund
Jan 24, 2014
Harold D. Swedlund, 87, of Topeka, passed away January 24, 2014. He was born February 16, 1926, in Fleming, CO, the son of Edwin O. and Maybelle P. (Knight) Swedlund. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving at Okinawa during WWII. On May 3, 1945, his ship was hit with six Kamikaze planes, which severely damaged the ship...
Charlene Cooper
Jan 23, 2014
Charlene Cooper, 81, Kansas City, MO, formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at her home.Charlene was born April 5, 1932 in Dodge City, the daughter of Raymond and Opal (Nicolay) Briggs. She graduated from Topeka High School.She was a bookkeeper at Samaritan Nursing Home, retiring in 1980.She was a former member of First Church of the Nazarene...
Leona J. Mcqueen
Jan 23, 2014
Leona J. McQueen, 95, of Topeka, died on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Midland Hospice House. Leona was born on August 8, 1918 to Charley H. and Ruth (Banks) Chick in Whiting, KS. She graduated from Whiting High School. After her graduation, Leona moved to Topeka and worked in several different jobs including housekeeper as well as a clerk at...
E. Robert Sinnett
Jan 22, 2014
Earl Robert Sinnett was born to Margaret and Frank Sinnett in San Diego, California on November 14, 1926. On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at approximately 2 am, he passed away due to head injury complications from a fall on the afternoon of Tuesday January 21. He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He served briefly...
Marzetta Neeley
Jan 20, 2014
Marzetta "Marty" Jean Neeley passed away on January 20, 2014, at Stormont-Vail hospital surrounded by her family. She was born January 24, 1928, near Manlius, Illinois, daughter of Roy Mitchell Whitlock and Celia Frances (Grimes) Whitlock. After her mother's death when she was an infant, Marty was raised and subsequently adopted by her aunt and uncle, Robert McKinley "Mack" Whitlock...
