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Michael Wayne Pennington
Dec 25, 2022
Michael Pennington, 49, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022.He was born December 7, 1973, in Enterprise, Alabama, the son of Richard Ernest and Susan Diane (Fowler) Pennington. Michael married Sandy I. Parks on September 1, 2017 on top of Pike's Peak, Colorado.He is preceded in death by his parents, Richard Pennington Sr., Father, and Susan Fowler, mother. His...
Betty L. Graves
Dec 25, 2022
Betty Graves, 87, of Shawnee, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022 surrounded by her family.She was born February 11, 1935, in Delia, Kansas, the daughter of Irvin and Edith (Segrist) Adams. She was preceded in death by her Father, Irvin F. Adams, Mother, Edith E. Adams, Daughter, Tamara S. Graves, Brother, Marvin "Wayne" Adams, Brother, Kenneth I. AdamsSurvivors include Daughters;...
Cathy Porteous
Dec 24, 2022
Catherine Gray Porteous passed away on Christmas Eve, 2022 after bouts with pneumonia and Covid. She was 79 years old.She was born on January 19th, 1943 in Topeka, Kansas to Laura (McFadden) and William Alan Gray. She married and had two daughters (later divorced).Cathy worked at Kansas Neurological Institute (KNI) for more than 30 years as a secretary in the...
Brant R. Hensley
Dec 24, 2022
Brant "Smiley" Ray Hensley, 67, of Hoyt, KS, took his last breath Saturday, December 24, 2022 surrounded by his family. Brant was born August 18, 1955 in Bucklin, KS to Orvis and Maxine (Gum) Hensley. He married the love of his life, Linda, on September 24, 1994, combining their families and raising four children together, Brandon, Blaine, Danielle and Christopher....
Andrea Marie Morgan
Dec 23, 2022
Andrea Marie Morgan, 23, of Ozawkie, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022. She was born June 20, 1999, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Maria (Richardson) Morgan and James Morgan. Waiting to greet her in Heaven were her Grandpa John Richardson, and her Uncle Joseph "Joey" Richardson, where they welcomed her Home. Andrea will greet one day, those now still...
Wanda Lou Wood
Dec 19, 2022
Wanda Lou (Dawson) Wood, 87, passed away peacefully early Monday, December 19, 2022, in Topeka, KS, surrounded by her family. The daughter of Dr. Clyde and Beatrice (Maness) Dawson, she was born in Wichita, KS, in 1935. She married Carlton Harry Wood, whom she met in college, in Indianapolis, IN, in 1956. He preceded her in death in 2004. She...
William Coe
Dec 18, 2022
William "David" Coe, 68, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022.Cremation is planned and burial at Roots Cemetery near Centralia, Kansas will be at a later date. To leave a message for his family online, please visit the guestbook below.
Darrell G. Johnson
Dec 18, 2022
Darrell Johnson, 89, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022 with his family by his side.He was born November 9, 1933, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Robinson) Johnson. At two years old his mother, Elizabeth Ellis had divorced Darrell's father, Leonard Johnson and married Frank Ellis, who raised Darrell as his own son.Darrell and Joyce...
Gerald W. Brown
Dec 18, 2022
Gerald "Jerry" W. Brown, 72, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022.He was born September 9, 1950, in Salina, Kansas, the son of Verne and Helen (Jones) Brown. He graduated from Central High School in Salina. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy. Survivors include his siblings, Ron (Betty) Brown, Gail Oelschlager, Jim Brown and Debra Jungel;...
Connie Ramage
Dec 13, 2022
Connie Sue Ramage, 68, of Topeka, KS passed away December 13, 2022 after an aggressive battle with cancer. She was born August 15, 1954. She is survived by her daughters, Jessica Russell and husband Kenton and Brandy Stewart and husband Joe; grandchildren, Madi, Logan, Hannah and Isaac; ex-husband Michael Ramage and her sister Sharon Bell.Cremation is planned. There will be...
Ruby Lea Alford
Dec 13, 2022
Ruby Lea Alford, 91, of Topeka, formerly of Peru, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2022.She was born October 2, 1931, in Osage County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Elim and Josephine Wright (Fox) Darnall. She graduated from Peru High School in 1949.Ruby was a cashier at Floyd's Supermarket in Sedan, where she worked with four generations of the Floyd family,...
Terry Ryan Frazier
Dec 11, 2022
Terry Ryan Frazier, 64, of Emporia, passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 11, 2022.He was born December 28, 1957, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Howard and Evelyn (VanSickle) Frazier. He attended Emporia High School and graduated in 1976. Terry was employed with Modine Manufacturing for 23 years. After their closing, he worked for USD 253 until...
Don Oden
Dec 9, 2022
Don Oden, 88, of Topeka, went to be with our Lord on Friday, December 9, 2022 at Midland Hospice House.He was born July 16, 1934, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Mack M. and Ruby Wilson-Oden. She preced him in death at an early age due to complications during child birth. Mr. Oden was a life-long reside of Topeka. He...
Duane D. Goodrich
Dec 9, 2022
Duane D. Goodrich, 89, Topeka, died peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2022 in his home surrounded by his children.Duane was born in Topeka on January 15, 1933 to Kenneth and Pearl (Streeter) Goodrich.Duane graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1951. He attended the University of Kansas and studied architecture. He spent the next 33 years working for KP&L/Westar before...
Judy Louise Comstock
Dec 8, 2022
Judy Louise (Bakke) Comstock of Topeka passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 8th, at the age of 75.Visitation will begin at 12 noon followed by a memorial service at 1:00 pm Monday, December 12, 2022 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. Andy Wright will be officiating. Judy was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota to...
Robert Glen Brunner "Bob"
Dec 8, 2022
On Thursday, December 8, 2022, Robert Glen Brunner (Bob) devoted husband and father passed away in Topeka, KS at the age of ninety. Born to Andrew and Gladys Brunner on September 12, 1932, Bob spent his entire life in Northeast Kansas. Bob was born in Bern, KS and grew up on a farm where he learned hard work, common sense,...
Gordon Kurt Yetter
Dec 7, 2022
Gordon Kurt Yetter, 70, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 after a long battle with COPD.Gordon was known to be a jack of all trades but impacted many through his teachings at Allen County Community College and Friends University in the early 2000s.Gordon loved spending time riding horses, playing golf, competing in cowboy shootouts, watching stand-up comedians and old...
Effie Varney
Dec 7, 2022
Effie E Varney, 91, of Norman, OK, says left this earth following her battle with heart disease Wednesday, December 7, 2022. She was born at home October 1, 1931, in Pawnee County, Kansas, the daughter of Edward Frederick Bingaman and "Carrie" Caroline Eliza Doty Murdie Bingaman.Effie retired after 24 years with the Kansas Department of SRS. She was an active...
Ulyss "Paul" Reed
Dec 7, 2022
Paul Reed was born April 9, 1933 in Staves (The Y), Arkansas and died December 7, 2022 in Topeka, Kansas. He married the loved of his life, Carren Wingert on September 16, 1968 in Topeka. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Jack and Bertha Reed; siblings, Bennie Olen, Opal Maynard, Marian Lavon, Howard Evan, Ira Max...
Emily Swain
Dec 5, 2022
Emily Frances Swain, 43, passed away on December 5, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was the much beloved mother of three daughters: Arabella (Bella), 22, named for her great, great grandmother; Sophia Grace (19), named for another great, great grandmother; and Lucy Maude, named for the author of Anne of Green Gables.Emily was the adventurous, fun-loving big sister to Dell...
