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Elizabeth Shaffer
Nov 19, 2011
Elizabeth R. Shaffer, 99, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2011. Elizabeth was born February 12, 1912, in Topeka, daughter of Clair and Agnes (Strathearn) Rutledge. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1930. Elizabeth worked for various insurance offices and political headquarters offices in Topeka and Washington, DC. She (and her family) left Topeka in the spring of...
Mary L. Penry
Nov 18, 2011
Mary L. "Peg" Penry, 94, Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at Midland Hospice House.Peg was born October 14, 1917 in Vernon, TX, the daughter of Lyndall and Mary Herald. She graduated from high school in Wichita Falls, TX.Peg enjoyed writing poetry and had four books of poetry published. She was a member of the International Platform Association....
Dale E. Marsh
Nov 18, 2011
Dale E. Marsh, 68, Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at a local hospital.Dale was born October 10, 1943 in Topeka, the son of Dale and Laura (Richards) Marsh. He graduated from Highland Park High School and attended Washburn University.He served in the Marine Corps for 6 years during the Vietnam War. He was a police officer with...
Carol L. Rahberg
Nov 16, 2011
Carol L. Rahberg, 83, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Midland Hospice House. Carol was born July 28, 1928 in Lebo, the daughter of Lawrence G. and Fern L. (Watkinson) Bowlin. She attended grade school in Lebo and her family then moved to Topeka in 1942 where she attended Boswell Junior High and graduated from Topeka High School....
Mildred Fischer
Nov 15, 2011
Mildred "Millie" Marie (George) Fischer, 76, Topeka, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at Midland Hospice House. Millie was born August 2, 1935, near Dover, to Milo B. and Anna E. (Holmes) George. She graduated from Dover High School in 1953 and attended Miltonvale College.She was a member of First Assembly of God Church,...
David Brian Garretson
Nov 14, 2011
David "Brian" Garretson, 58, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011, after an accident. Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, Friend, but most of all, Brian was a wonderful man. Brian was born July 25, 1953, in Topeka, to two loving parents, the late David Garretson and Helen (Miller) Garretson. He was united in marriage to Cathy (Summers) Garretson on...
Sandra Snyder
Nov 14, 2011
Sandra D. Snyder, 76, of Lawrence, formerly of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011. Sandra was born July 29, 1935, in Hiawatha, daughter of John Ross and M. Marjorie (Streeter) Moyer. She married Gail A. Snyder on August 14, 1953, in Hamlin, KS. Sandra was a kind and caring person. She opened her home to many foster children, was...
Lloyd Pressley Elliott
Nov 13, 2011
Lloyd Pressley Elliott, 91, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011.He was born November 30, 1919, in Copeland, KS, the son of William Pressley and Bertha Belle (Boyer) Elliott. He grew up in Plains, KS and graduated from high school there. He achieved a BS in Finance from Kansas University, with a minor degree in Journalism, 1941. He was...
Mildred E. Shelinbarger
Nov 6, 2011
Mildred E. Shelinbarger, 86, Bradenton, Florida, and formerly of Asheville, North Carolina, and Topeka, Kansas, was called home by the Lord on November 6, 2011. She was a nurse at the Veteran's Administration hospitals in Topeka and Asheville until she retired. She was born in Alma, Kansas, to Edward and Lenna (Teneyck) Theel. She graduated as an RN from Jane...
Abigail Mae Hellmer
Nov 6, 2011
Abigail Mae Hellmer, 3 month old daughter of Ryan and Jessica Hellmer, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011.She was born July 11, 2011 in Overland Park, KS. She is survived by her parents and her sister, Josephine, of Tecumseh; paternal grandparents, Jerry and Susan Hellmer of Salina; maternal grandparents, Tom Keber and Joyce Neujahr, Waverly, NE. The family will receive...
Nahavahn A'Biel Willis-Martin
Nov 5, 2011
Nahavahn A'Biel Willis-Martin, two months, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born August 28, 2011 in Topeka. Nahavahn is survived by his parents, Naju and Tay-v-ahn and his sister, Nyjliaha.A funeral ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 14, 2011 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave, Topeka. Burial...
Yvette Volder
Nov 5, 2011
Yvette Jeanne Henriette Volder, 85, died peacefully on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas.She was born to Daniel Jean Radou and Marie Armandine (Chazeau) Radou on November 16, 1925 in Montagne (Gironde), France. Yvette immigrated to the United States in 1961 and became an American citizen in February 1973. She worked for many years as...
Ella Marie Williamson Fisher
Oct 28, 2011
On October 28th, nearly 4 years to the date of the loss of her husband Charles, Ella Marie Williamson Fisher died at age 90. She was born in Topeka, Kansas to the famed architect Thomas W. Williamson and Edith Ann Williamson. She was an adventurous, intelligent, fun lady with a wonderful sense of humor. She was a driving force in...
Marylou Carlson Burges
Mar 21, 2008
Marylou Carlson Burges was born January 12, 1917 in Grand Island, Nebraska, the only child of Luther Martin Carlson and Lorraine Loretta Gurney, and died at Midland Hospice House on Good Friday, March 21, 2008. She was 91. She came to Washington, D.C. in 1941 where she worked for the War Department under General Groves on the Manhattan Project, traveling...
Raphael Cunningham
Oct 30, 2005
Raphael M. " Ray" Cunningham, 77, of Topeka passed away Sunday, October 30, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.He was born May 31, 1928 in Delia, the son of James C. and Catherine L. Diehammer Cunningham.He was a 1946 graduate of Delia High School. He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. He first retired from the Teamsters Local 696...
Jackie D. Bartlett
Oct 29, 2005
Jackie D. Bartlett, 74, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at his son's residence in Kansas City, MO. He was born on June 9, 1931 in Johnson County, Arkansas, the son of Otto A. and Alberta M. Blackard Bartlett. He resided in Topeka for the past 33 years before moving to Olathe. Jackie was an Air...
Genevieve Babicki
Oct 27, 2005
Genevieve (Genny) Babicki, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2005 at her home in Thorton Place. Genny was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, the daughter of Michael and Mabel Gleason, and had lived in Topeka for over 50 years, except for four years when she resided in Rochester, New York.Genny's greatest joy in life was her family, who was her first priority....
Mary Beavin
Oct 26, 2005
Mary L. Beavin, 60, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at her home. She was born April 4, 1945 in South Dakota, the daughter of Joseph and Edith Blair Donahoe.She graduated from Bishop Miege High School in Kansas City and received her nursing degree from St. Mary's College in Leavenworth.Mary was a nurse in Labor and Delivery at...
William Kasper
Oct 26, 2005
William Kasper, Jr. (Bo) died Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at his home in Topeka. He was born in Lind, Washington, the youngest of five children of William and Hazel Wolff Kasper. He attended the University of Washington. In 1943, he joined the Coast Guard and served for the duration of the war. He spent his life in the garment industry....
Ellen Louise Brown
Oct 26, 2005
Ellen Louise BrownEllen Louise Brown, 44, of Topeka, died October 26, 2005 at Midland Hospice House of Topeka. She was born in Lancaster, PA and was lovingly adopted by Freeman B. and the late Alberta J. Smith.Ellen graduated from Pascack Valley High School, New Jersey and attended Farleigh Dickinson University and the Plaza School graduating with a certificate as a...
