Harriette Scrinopskie
Feb 13, 2013
Harriette Scrinopskie, 86, Topeka, passed away February 13, 2013. She was born March 30, 1926, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Barney and Esther Allis Spector. Harriette was a graduate of SW High School in Kansas City and attended the University of Wisconsin. On April 17, 1948, in Kansas City, Harriette married E. Leslie Scrinopskie. He preceded her in...
Ruth M. Weed
Feb 9, 2013
Ruth (Kelly) Weed, 83, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013. Ruth was born June 28, 1929, to William H. and Fannie (Castor) Kelly. She married Guy F. Cell, Sept. 18, 1947; he passed away July 1, 1969. Ruth married Albert Dudley Weed, Sept. 25, 1970; he passed away July 12, 2001. Ruth had been a member of Oakland...
Edna M. Wehrle
Feb 9, 2013
Edna M. Wehrle, 90, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Edna was born on October 6, 1922 to John and Martha Goldfuss in Buffalo, New York. She was a member of the German American Club and the Daytrippers Club, both of Topeka. She was married to Joseph Wehrle in 1945 in Buffalo, NY;...
Rev. Richardt. Wentling
Feb 9, 2013
Richard T. Wentling, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. He was born October 8, 1928 in Furnas County, NE, the son of Basil T. and Nellie Newton Wentling. R.T. as he was known, enlisted in the Army immediately after graduation from High School. He received special training and was assigned to the...
Ruth Carlson
Feb 8, 2013
Ruth Margaret (Jurey) Carlson, 88, of Topeka, KS, went home to be with her Lord on February 8, 2013, at Brewster Place, Topeka, KS. She was born June 11, 1924, in Washington County, KS, the daughter of William and Ruby (Wells) Jurey. Ruth attended Graham Grade School District 50 and graduated from Agenda High School in 1942 and then graduated...
Mildred A. Ozaki
Feb 8, 2013
Mildred A. Ozaki, 82, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, February 8, 2013. She was born November 27, 1930, in Gotebo, OK, the daughter of Lloyd and Geneva Venard Romary. She graduated from Lebo High School. She later graduated from Stormont-Vail School of Nursing in Topeka where she was a member of the first graduating class in 1952. Mildred was...
James O. Adams
Feb 8, 2013
James Otis "J.O." Adams, 94, passed away on Friday, February 08, 2013 at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas. Jim was born on June 14, 1918 in Eureka, Kansas, the son of William F. and Hattie (Claycomb) Adams. He graduated from Eureka High School and then from Kansas State College in 1941 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.He served in the...
Armin Pryor
Feb 6, 2013
Armin A. Pryor, 76, of Topeka, died suddenly, Wednesday, February, 6, 2013 at Stormont Vail Medical Center. He was born January 19, 1937, in Mexico, MO. to Frank and Elaine (Banks) Pryor. Armin attended and graduated from McLouth High School in 1955. He then attended Tarkio College in Tarkio Missouri prior to honorably serving in the US Army. Following his...
Juanita May Weston-Hedstrom
Feb 5, 2013
Juanita May Weston-Hedstrom, born January 25, 1923, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 5, 2013. She passed away at home in Frisco, Texas surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Colon, Nebraska to John and Millie Frye.She was a graduate of Berryton High School and she spent most of her life in Kansas, Iowa,...
Jenyne Renai Trueblood
Feb 4, 2013
Jenyne Renai Trueblood, infant daughter of Tanya Baker and Kevin Trueblood, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She is survived by parents, Tanya Baker and Kevin Trueblood of Topeka; brothers, Justin and Jacob Chester of Topeka; paternal grandmother and grandfather, Gina Norris Ray of Topeka and Daryl Trueblood of Hutchinson; maternal grandfather, Dale Avila of...
Janette Mayfield
Feb 3, 2013
Janette Margaret Mayfield, 94, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at McCrite long term care. She was born on May 3, 1918 in Covington, Oklahoma to George and Emma (Bangerter) Starkel. She graduated from Covington High School in 1935 and National Beauty College in Oklahoma City in 1937. She was a cosmetologist for four years and also was...
Don K. Fisher
Feb 2, 2013
Don K. Fisher, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born August 18, 1920 in Alta Vista, KS, the son of Elmer C. "Dutch" and Grace L. Hesser Fisher. Don attended schools in Alta Vista and Kansas State University prior to joining the Army Air Corps in 1942. He...
Claudette G. Conklin
Feb 1, 2013
Claudette G. Conklin, 78, of Topeka, went home peacefully, Friday, February 1, 2013, at Midland Hospice House. Claudette was born June 14, 1934, in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Ames & Mildred Marsh. She married William "Stanley" Conklin May 4, 1956. He preceded her in death May 7, 1993. A daughter, Diane Caudle, also preceded her in death. Claudette...
Terry A. Gardner
Feb 1, 2013
Terry A. Gardner, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. He was born on September 22, 1954 in Estherville, Iowa to Wade and Imogene (Zenor) Gardner. He graduated from high school in Terril, IA and for several years he traveled around the United States working for many different newspapers as a mailer/operator. He moved...
Eddie Davis
Feb 1, 2013
Eddie was born in a rustic house in Rader, Missouri. He was the third child of Ed and Edna Davis, and had 5 sisters, all of whom still reside in the Midwest. The family later moved to Topeka, where Eddie graduated from Topeka High School. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1948 and served his country in the Korean...
Doctor Donaldm. Williams
Jan 31, 2013
Doctor Donald M. Williams died January 31, 2013, at the Claridge Court Health Center, Prairie Village, Kansas. He was born in Geneseo, Kansas on June 12, 1924, the son of Martha and Bert Williams. He attended Kansas State University and joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. He was accepted into the V-12 program where he continued his education. He received...
Harry E. Thompson
Jan 30, 2013
Harry E. Thompson, 82, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2013 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Thompson of Topeka; three sisters, Margaret Armfield of Topeka, Carol (Frank) Fox of Seattle, WA, and Lorraine (Gene) Kramer of Osawatomie, KS as well as several nieces and nephews. He was preceded...
Robert W. Champion
Jan 29, 2013
Robert "Rob" W. Champion, 90, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013. He was born January 2, 1923, in Wells, MI, the only child of William and Elsa Bloomquist Champion. Rob enjoyed the adventure of life. The family moved to Newberry, MI, where he spent his growing years. After high school, he attended Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI. When...
Gloria Ann Glendening
Jan 29, 2013
Gloria Ann Glendening, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at her home. Gloria was born on July 7, 1926 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the daughter of Bill and Lucille (Warren) Johnson. Gloria married George (Bud) F. Glendening, Jr. on October 6, 1945 in Las Vegas, NV and they celebrated 63 years of marriage together. Bud preceded her...
Anna Polter
Jan 28, 2013
Anna "Bobette" Polter, 74, of Topeka, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013.She was born Evansville, Indiana, January 22, 1939 to Robert C. and Dorothy (Elliott) Richards. After moving from Indiana with her parents and siblings in 1949 Bobette lived in Missouri, Kansas, Michigan, then back to Kansas in 1954. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1957. Subsequently she married...
