Genevieve M. Cummings
Jan 27, 2013
Genevieve M. Cummings, 99, Roseville, CA, formerly of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013.Genevieve was born February 1, 1913 in Pittsbur, KS, the daughter of A.L. and Grace (Owings) Russell. She graduated from Pittsburg State University and attended The University of Kansas and Washburn University.She was an elementary school teacher in Slaton, TX and in the Topeka USD-501 School...
Louise M. Carter
Jan 27, 2013
Louise M. Carter, 98, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born on June 11, 1914 in Rosedale, Kansas to Emma and Gottlieb Rieder. Louise and her family moved to Lenexa, Kansas in the early 1920's, where they operated a dairy farm. She graduated from Shawnee Mission High School and attended Emporia State University...
Lloyd Gingrich
Jan 26, 2013
Lloyd L. Gingrich, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013. He was born in Wakefield, Kansas on September 5, 1924, the son of Ray and Goldie (Younkin) Gingrich. Lloyd attended school in Clay Center, graduating from High School there in in 1942. Lloyd joined the United States Navy in 1944, serving during WWII. He was discharged from...
Gladys Hefty
Jan 26, 2013
Gladys "Rosella" Hefty, 90, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at a Topeka care facility. She was born November 13, 1922 in Effingham, KS, the daughter of Frank and H.J. Belle Uncapher Freeland. She graduated from Effingham High School. Rosella resided in Arrington, KS for eighteen years and had lived in Topeka since 1966. She was a...
Mildred L. Gustin
Jan 25, 2013
Mildred L. Gustin, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. She was born February 2, 1926 in Selden, KS, the daughter of Albert and Amy Kearns Hase. Mildred graduated from Selden High School. Mildred resided in Topeka since 1966. She was employed by Robbie's Restaurant for several years while attending school for her...
Dorothy M. Mcnamee
Jan 25, 2013
Dorothy M. McNamee, 93, formerly of Topeka, KS, passed away Friday, January 25, 2013, in Sand Springs, OK. Dorothy was born January 2, 1920, in Basehor, KS, daughter of William and Hilda (Poggemeyer) VanTuyl. She graduated from Kansas State University in 1941 with a degree in Home Economics. Dorothy married Francis B. McNamee on August 19, 1943. He died February...
Kyoko Gasper
Jan 25, 2013
Kyoko Gasper, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2013 at her home. She was born June 20, 1928 in Kumamoto, Japan, the daughter of Yahiko and Aya Yoshinaga Takata. She came to the United States in 1956 and attended college in Monterey, CA. She graduated from Washburn University in 1979 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration...
Arthur A. Curtis
Jan 25, 2013
Arthur A. Curtis, 95, Topeka, passed away Friday, January 25, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. Arthur was born February 13, 1917 in Kendallville, IA, the son of Linus A. and Lily (Moore) Curtis. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1936 and attended the University of Kansas and Palmer's Secretarial School in Manhattan. Arthur married Gale Mildred Brunkow on December...
Elizabeth Wilson
Jan 22, 2013
Elizabeth Paulette Carriger Cooper Wilson, 74, Topeka, passed away Jan. 22, 2013. Mrs. Wilson was born Mar. 26, 1938, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Vandora R. Carriger and Wardell Delaney. She was raised by family members Fred and Christena Cooper, who she considered parents, from the age of two months. She was raised in Atchison, KS, and attended...
Elizabeth M. Votaw
Jan 22, 2013
Elizabeth M. "Betty" Votaw, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born July 7, 1920 in Halstead, KS, the daughter of Rex H. A. and Hermina Richardson Davis. She received a BA Degree in Religious Education from Phillips University in Enid, OK. Betty was a Navy veteran of...
Freda Taber
Jan 20, 2013
Freda Taber, 83, died January 20, 2013, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka, KS. She was born Aug. 8, 1929, the daughter of Luther P. and Nellie (Degler) Dove. She married Lawrence E. Taber March 26, 1949, in Cabool, MO. He died June 20, 2003. Freda graduated from Cabool High School. She was a reporter for the Columbia Daily Tribune and...
Barbara Noe
Jan 19, 2013
Barbara Gail Noe, 76, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013.Barbara was born January 13, 1937, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Donald and Barbara (Pollock) Denton. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1955. Barbara later earned a BA in Education from Kansas State University in 1959. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. Barbara was...
Emma T. Carty
Jan 19, 2013
Emma T. Carty, 78, of Waverly, KS, formerly of Bristol, TN passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. She was born on July 13, 1934 in Bluff City, Tennessee to George W. and Viola E. (Hodges) Tester. She was an active member of Berean Baptist Church of Wichita and also attended Mt. Pleasant Community Church...
Tobin Kevinscott Ebel
Jan 18, 2013
Tobin Kevin Scott Ebel, 1 month, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, January 18, 2013. He was born on December 15, 2012 in Topeka, Kansas to Matthew Cody Ebel and Lindy M'Lynn (Sloan) Morgan. He is survived by his parents, sister, Sadee Morgan, grandparents, Lori Sloan and Dan & Pam Chambers, uncle, Sam Sloan, aunt, Cynthia Colon, six cousins and...
Thelma Louise Berlin
Jan 18, 2013
Thelma Louise Berlin, 88, of Topeka, left her earthly body, Friday, January 18, 2013.She was born September 21, 1924 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Howard Z. and Cleva (Benton) Hawks. She was a 1942 graduate of Topeka High School. Mrs. Berlin and her husband owned and operated Berlin-Wheeler Inc. until 1967. She was later employed by Blue Cross and...
Frederick Miles
Jan 17, 2013
Frederick Miles, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at his residence. He was born on June 9, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri to William and Margaret Miles. He was an active member of West Side Christian Church as well as the Arab Shriners. Frederick served in the United States Army and retired after 25 years of...
Loren Buckles
Jan 17, 2013
Loren B. Buckles, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at McCrite Plaza. Loren was born on May 10, 1920 in Olathe, Kansas to Johnson T. and Bertha Buckles. Loren married Wanda Klingler on January 19, 1951 in Overland Park, KS; he passed away only two days before their 62nd wedding anniversary. Loren was a veteran of...
Carol Eileen Sponable
Jan 16, 2013
Carol Eileen Sponable, 82, Denver, Colorado, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at her retirement home.She was born May 18, 1930, at Chandler, Oklahoma, the daughter of Bernard Michael Evanhoe and Clara Mae Burris Evanhoe. Profoundly deaf from her babyhood days, Carol attended Oklahoma School for the Deaf and Kansas School for the Deaf, and always received top honors. She dropped...
Carl Edward Fay
Jan 16, 2013
Carl Edward "Ed" Fay of Topeka, was born March 5, 1925 in Topeka, the son of Carl Wilmer and Jeanette Lucille (Billups) Fay. He was one of eight children. Carl passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013. He was 87.Carl lived in Topeka all his life, and he was loved by all who knew him. Carl was employed by the State...
Henry Meinking
Jan 16, 2013
Henry "Hank" Meinking, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born June 27, 1926 in Storm Lake, IA, the son of Henry and Lena (Reifle) Meinking. He grew up in Paola, KS, where he graduated from high school. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945-1946 during WWII in...
