Dorothy J. Matyak
Nov 23, 2013
Dorothy J. Matyak, 89, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2013 at her daughter's home.She was born March 25, 1924, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and Josephine (Britschge) Landis. She was a 1943 graduate of Silver Lake High School.Mrs. Matyak was a member of Moose Lodge No 555.Dorothy married Frank A. Matyak on May 8, 1948 in...
Adrian Adonamis Trotter
Nov 22, 2013
Adrian Adonamis Trotter, 21, Topeka, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013. He was born June 15, 1992 in Topeka to Robert Charles Trotter, Jr. and Karen S. Cole. He attended Highland Park High School. Adrian is survived by his parents, his seven siblings, Robert Charles Trotter, III, Ethan Hidalgo, Alex Hidalgo, Rashawn Trotter, Caleb Hidalgo, Terrill Trotter and Camrah Trotter,...
Odessa Y. Johnson
Nov 21, 2013
Odessa Yvonne Johnson "Dee Dee", 59, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013.She was born December 28, 1953 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles Lewis and Magdalene Hester (Davis) Johnson, Sr. Odessa was employed by the United Methodist Home and later for Aldersgate Village in Topeka. Survivors include her daughter, Tammy Braley; her son, Quindall Johnson; five grandchildren, Brittany...
Wilmer Johnson
Nov 20, 2013
Wilmer Johnson, 92, of Topeka, passed away November 20, 2013. He was born July 12, 1921, in Osage City, the son of Adolph and Henrietta Johnson. He was a graduate of Osage City High before serving in World War II from 1942-1945 in the Army Medical Corps. He received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service. Wilmer worked...
Ronald R. Bishop
Nov 20, 2013
Ronald Ray Bishop, 57 - Topeka, Kansas died November 20, 2013 at his residence. Ronald (Ron) was born August 3, 1956 the first child to Rex M. and Earline M. (Gordine) Bishop in Salina, Kansas.At the age of 7 years Ron moved to Emporia, Kansas with his parents. He attended school there graduating from Emporia High School with the class...
Howard M. Edgar
Nov 19, 2013
Howard Metheny Edgar, 91, Hutchinson, KS, passed away Tuesday, November 19,2013. Howard was born March 9, 1922 on the family farm near Sterling, KS, the son of Metheny and Isabel Dougherty Edgar. He had eight siblings: Margaret, Ralph, Donald, Jean, Alice, Alvin, and Mary; all deceased. The youngest, Carol survives. In 1922 they had no running water, electricity, or telephone....
Lloyd Russell Montgomery
Nov 19, 2013
Lloyd Russell "Monty" Montgomery, 94, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013. Lloyd was born May 27, 1919 in Arrington, KS, the son of Earl and Edna (Hunn) Montgomery. He graduated from Valley Falls High School and attended the University of Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, assigned to the Corps of Engineers, serving in...
Florence Smith
Nov 14, 2013
Florence Lucille Smith, 86, of Topeka, Kansas died on November 14th 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, KS. She is survived by her husband Russell J. Smith also of Topeka. She was preceded in death by her parents Oscar and Francis Peuker and twin-brother Laurence V. Peuker. Florence was born on April 18, 1927 in Horton and graduated from...
David Guerrero
Nov 14, 2013
David "Dave" Guerrero, 50, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013.Dave was born September 29, 1963, in, Topeka, the son of Florenzio and Melvina Mattwaoshe (Kitchie) Guerrero. He was a graduate of Hayden High School in 1981. Dave married Kelly Leucht on September 7, 1991, at Assumption Catholic Church, Topeka. He was employed by Sound Recording for many years,...
Araminta Morlan
Nov 13, 2013
Araminta Morlan, 88, of Topeka, faded into her eternal sleep on Wednesday, November 13, 2013.Araminta was born February 10, 1925, in Greeley, KS, daughter of John and Emma (Thomas) Farren. She married Verne W. Morlan, Jr., on January 22, 1944, in Little Rock, AR, right before he was deployed as a medic in WWII. Araminta retired from Sears as a...
Margaret L. Walters
Nov 12, 2013
Margaret L. Walters, 81, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Aldersgate Village.Margaret was born January 21, 1932 in Eskridge, the daughter of John O. and Blanche (Marken) Berridge.She worked for Hallmark Cards for 12 years and later Marsh-McLennan, Brier Payne Meade Insurance Company, retiring in 1994.She was a member of Tecumseh United Methodist Church.Margaret married Hubert D. Walters...
Betty L. Cole
Nov 11, 2013
Betty Louise Cole, 91, passed away November 11, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. She is survived by a son, Stephen, a daughter-in-law, Julie and a granddaughter, Alexa. A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Historic Abbey Chapel at Mount Hope Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 12:00 p.m. to...
Shirley Lee Cox
Nov 11, 2013
Shirley Lee Cox, 100, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at Plaza West Care Center. Shirley was born on July 8, 1913 in Minneapolis, MN. She was married to Abraham Cox; he preceded her in death in 1983. She is survived by a brother, Robert Lee, a sister, Jaquelyn Lee, a sister-in-law, Mary Lou Lee, and several...
Mary M. Humphrey
Nov 9, 2013
Mary Margaret Humphrey passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the age of 97. Mrs. Humphrey was born in Davenport, Nebraska, the daughter of R.V. and Kathyrn Tye. Her early life was spent in Hanover, Kansas where she graduated from Hanover High School. She was a reporter at Munger's Hanover Herald newspaper. She enjoyed baking, especially banana bread and...
Doris Horton
Nov 7, 2013
Doris Horton, 91, passed away in Topeka at Stormont Vail Hospital after a brief illness November 7, 2013.Doris was born in Wayside, KS, June 17, 1922, to Bert and Lillian Horton. She attended elementary school in Wayside and graduated from Independence High School. Doris graduated from Pittsburg State University with a BA and MA in Business Education. She also received...
Winifred Rose Robinson
Nov 7, 2013
Winifred "Rose" Robinson, 86, Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013.She was born June 11, 1927, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Gregory Leo Isaacs and Hazel (McFarland) Long.Rose graduated from Scranton High School in 1945. She was an accountant for the Santa Fe Railroad for 44 years, retiring in 1989. She was a member of Santa Fe Women's...
Arnette Ruth Sullivant
Nov 6, 2013
Ruth Thurmond Sullivant, age 94, of Topeka, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at Brewster Health Care Center. She was born April 18, 1919, to Mr. and Mrs. Milam Frank Thurmond in Waco, Texas. She grew up in Bryan – College Station, Texas. Ruth attended Baylor University and Texas Women's University, graduating with a major in art and fashion design from...
Kenneth G. Mckeever
Nov 5, 2013
Kenneth Gerald McKeever, 94, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013. He was born August 8, 1919, in Circleville, Kansas, the son of George and Emma (Dick) McKeever. Kenneth graduated from Circleville High School in 1937 and received his Master's Degree from Pittsburg State Teachers College in 1950. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during World War II. Ken...
Stephen E. Shelton
Nov 5, 2013
Stephen Everett Shelton, M.D., 78, of Topeka, died on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, in Topeka.Steve was born on September 24, 1935, in St. Joseph, MO, to Everett Shelton and Kathleen (Jesse) Shelton Franklin. He was an only child. He grew up in Laramie, WY. He completed high school at the Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO, in 1953. He graduated...
Lucille Frances Ridge
Nov 4, 2013
Lucille Frances Ridge was born on June 24, 1917, in the home of her parents, Eugene and Mabel Rauschkolb in Kansas City, Missouri, where she grew up and married Warren Cullen Ridge, Sr. in 1934. This "Finest Lady Ever", our beautiful, giving, forgiving and loving "Lou" passed away peacefully in Surprise, Arizona on November 4, 2013, maintaining her still keen...
