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...
L.O. Dugan
Oct 24, 2005
L. O. "Larry" Dugan, 94, of Topeka, died Monday, October 24, 2005 at his home. He was born March 12, 1911 in Gordon the son of Charles C. and Lula E. Bogue Dugan. He owned and operated Larry's Bait Shop in the 1980's. He was a member of West Side Christian Church. He is survived by his companion, Shirley Craig,...
Mary Jane Shankland
Oct 13, 2005
Mary Jane (Mimi) Shankland, passed away at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka on October 13, 2005 at the age of 89.She was born January 29, 1916 in Topeka, daughter of Robert and Laura Marling Steves. She graduated from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa in June of 1938, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi social sorority and...
Beth Myers
Oct 3, 2005
Beth E. Myers, 70, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2005 due to a car accident near Winslow, Arizona. She was born on October 2, 1935 in Emporia, the daughter of Ira E. and Elsie Davies Nicklin. She graduated from Horton High School in 1953, Highland Junior College in 1955 and Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia in...
Howard Benjamin Burges
Mar 4, 2003
Howard Benjamin Burges, 87, died March 4, 2003 at a Topeka care facility. He was born March 29, 1915 in Tucson, Arizona to Howard Benjamin Burges, Sr. and Lenna Hobbes Burges. He married Mary Louise Carlson on Christmas Day, 1941 in Washington, D. C. and served with the United States Navy in the South Pacific during WWII, the Korean War...
Herald W. Zimmerman
Feb 23, 1999
Herald "Bud" W. Zimmerman, 84, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday February 23, 1999 at his home. He was born April 18, 1914 at Topeka, the son of William H. and Pearl Tabor Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman has resided in the Topeka area most of his life. Mr. Zimmerman was a farmer in the Dover area. He also worked as a bus...
John N. Persley
Mar 11, 1947
John Nell Persley, 75, passed away on Friday, March 11th, 2022 at a Topeka, Kansas hospital. He was born on September 27, 1946 in Marion, Louisiana, the oldest of 5 sons from the marriage of Boykin & Arneicie Wayne-Persley. He was a 1964 graduate of Eastside High School in Farmerville, LA and attended Grambling College before relocating to Kansas City,...
Barbara Weathersby
Dec 14, 1942
Barbara Weathersby, 70, of Topeka, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at her residence. She was born December 14, 1942 in Topeka, the daughter of Bernard Florence and Alta Cushinberry. Barbara was employed by Topeka State Hospital as a Dietary Aide and retired from KNI as a supervisor on March 31, 1997. She was...
Dorothy Ann Reichart
Apr 9, 1931
Dorothy Reichart passed away on April 9, 2014. She was born in Wichita, Kansas, on February 20, 1931, to Clarence E. and Edna Lucille Bleckley. Dorothy was a graduate of THS and attended Washburn University where she met the love of her life, Jerry Reichart. They were married on December 30, 1950. She enjoyed sharing his life as a coach,...
Dale L. Seward
Mar 12, 1927
Dale L. Seward, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. He was the son of Guy and Blanche (Rees) Seward and was born on March 12, 1927 in Osceola, Nebraska. He graduated from Washburn Rural High School and joined the Navy in March, 1945 and was honorably discharged in August, 1946. He married Geneva (Little) Seward on...
Virginia R.Wempe Studer
Oct 24, 1918
Virginia R. Wempe Studer was born in Seneca, Kansas on October 24, 1918, the youngest daughter of Robert and Fannie Wempe, the owners of Wempe Dairy. She graduated from St. Peter & Paul High School and married Robert E. Studer on June 30, 1937 at Decatur, Illinois. They farmed south of Sabetha, and then purchased their own farm at Seneca....
Velma Rose(Doolittle) Burgard
Dec 21, 1911
Velma Rose Burgard, age 101, of Atchison, Ks, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Gran Villas in Atchison. She was born December 21, 1911 in Portis, Osborne County, Kansas, the daughter of James Doolittle and Edna May Snyder. She spent her early years in Portis and moved to Topeka in the late 1920's graduating from...
