Denalda "Dee" Bayless
Feb 15, 2014
Denalda "Dee" Bayless, 89, of Valley Falls, previously of Carbondale, KS passed away peacefully Saturday, February 15th 2014 at Midland Hospice. Mrs. Bayless was born September 18th, 1924 in Redfield, South Dakota, the daughter of Gus and Nellie Hollander. She married Harvey "Sam" Bayless, on September 20th, 1942 in Aurora, Colorado; he preceded her in death in December of 2004.Dee...
Virginia M. Fuller
Feb 13, 2014
Virginia Mae (Black) Fuller departed this life and entered into the arms of her Lord & Savior on Thursday, February 13th at the age of 92. She was born in Topeka on January 22, 1922, the daughter of Walter R. & Maude Summers Black.Virginia attended area schools and lived most of her life in Topeka. She worked for the Topeka...
Betty J. Marshall
Feb 12, 2014
Betty J. Marshall, 88, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014.She was born September 3, 1925 in Douglass, Kansas, the daughter of Erven and Clara (Messenger) Brooks. She was a graduate of Augusta High School.Mrs. Marshall was employed as executive secretary for Capitol Federal Savings until she was married. She was a member of Grace Point Church, Topeka and...
Donna J. Agee
Feb 11, 2014
Donna Jean (Hawkins) Agee, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, peacefully went to her Heavenly Father on February 11, 2014 at 5:30am at her home in Topeka.Donna was born on September 3, 1936 to Helen and Hugh Hawkins. She is survived by her husband of 59 years and two months, Wayne Agee, Topeka and children Bruce (Tiffany) Agee of Horseshoe...
Terry Bettis
Feb 11, 2014
Terry Bettis, 66, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014.He was born October 23, 1947, in Brookfield, Missouri, the son of George and Mary (Baumgartner) Bettis. He was a 1965 graduate of Topeka West High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Washburn University. Terry founded Bettis Asphalt & Construction, Inc. in 1979. Terry was united in...
Sally L. Geelan
Feb 8, 2014
Sally L. Geelan, 80, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Midland Hospice House.Sally was born February 4, 1934 in Topeka, the daughter of Harry and Ada (Stenger) Ihinger. She graduated from Topeka High School. She was a Secretary to the Coaching staff at Washburn University for 25 years. She later worked for the Kansas Legislature for 10...
Leslie D. Vining
Feb 6, 2014
Leslie "Les" Vining, 57, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014.He was born January 19, 1957, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Willis and Lois Murphy Vining. He attended Topeka Public Schools and served in the U.S. Navy from 1976-1981. He was a sheet metal journeyman and later worked as a service technician.Leslie "Les" married Teresa Lynn Stubbs. She...
Margaret Logan Wait
Feb 6, 2014
Margaret "Mickie" Logan Wait, 85, Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Midland Hospice House.Mickie was born January 3, 1929 in Topeka, the daughter of Harry and Leila (James) Logan. She attended Randolph Elementary, Boswell Junior High and graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University.She was employed as a Society Reporter in the early 1950's at the Topeka...
Dorothy L. Diehl
Feb 4, 2014
Dorothy L. Diehl, 101, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at Brewster Place.Dorothy was born in Sabetha, the granddaughter of Anna Scoby Hatfield.She came to Topeka in 1942 and was employed as an Administrative Secretary for the Research Department and as a Financial Analyst in the Fiscal Management Office at the Menninger Clinic from 1947 to 1993.There are no...
Rev. Haroldm. Murray
Feb 3, 2014
Rev. Harold M. Murray, Jr., 79, of Topeka, passed away Monday, February 3, 2014. Harold was born August 17, 1934, in Valley Falls, KS, son of Harold "Buck" and Opal (Fulghem) Murray, Sr. He graduated from Valley Falls High School, El Dorado Junior College and Emporia State University.Harold honorably served in the US Army.He was united in marriage to Climeta...
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...
