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Rita N. Daniel
Rita N. Daniel, 73, of Topeka died Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Midland Hospice House.She was born October 5, 1931 in Albany, MO., the daughter of J. Howard and Lorena F. Barnes.Mrs. Daniel was retired from Capitol Federal Savings and was a member of Covenent Baptist Church.She married Guy B. Daniel on June 25, 1994. He survives of the home.Other...
Alice Krumm
Alice Marie Krumm, 98, of Topeka, passed away at a local retirement community on Tuesday, December 21, 2004.Mrs. Krumm was born July 11, 1906 in Clinton, IA, the daughter of August and Anna Jensen Pape. In 1927 she was united in mariage to Franklin Nelson. A son, Richard was born to this union.Alice and her husband moved to Topeka in...
John Friedstrom
John V. Friedstrom, 82, Topeka, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004 at his home.He was born Nov. 9, 1922 in Moline, IL, the son of the Rev. C.R.E and Esther Anderson Friedstrom. His mother died when he was young, and he was raised by his father and step-mother, Edna Friedstrom. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1940, and later attended...
Geneva Henry
Geneva B. Henry, 81, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Midland Hospice House. She was born April 30, 1923 at Hutchinson, the daughter of Glenn D. and Lorena G. Brown.She attended public schools in the Hutchinson area as well as Hutchinson Jr. College, Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and the University of Kansas, graduating in 1945....
Ernest Monthey
Ernest Monthey, 88, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born October 13, 1916 at Olpe, KS the son of Fred and Ella Monthey. He was a 1934 graduate of Topeka High School and graduate of the Southern Police Institute, Louisville, KY. Mr. Monthey was a military veteran serving in the United States Army...
Arlin Mannschreck
Arlin Eugene Mannschreck, 65, of the Lecompton area, passed away Friday, December 17, 2004 at a Topeka hospital due to complications from Leukemia.He was born January 31, 1939 in Topeka, the son of Glen E. and Jessie M. Mannschreck.Arlin graduated from Topeka High School in 1959. He was employed by the Kansas Power and Light Company as a lineman for...
Tijuania Lara
Tijuania J. Lara, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at a local hospital.Mrs. Lara was born March 17, 1916 in Oklahoma City, OK. She was an orphan and grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Wheelock Military Academy and Haskall University. She was married to Lidio F. Lara in 1941. He preceeded her in death in...
Ruth Cott
Ruth Wyvonne Rathke Cott, 76, of Topeka, died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at a Topeka Hospital. She was born August 8, 1928 in Wamego, Kansas, the daugher of David and Lucille Bartee Homewood.She was employed by the Kansas Turnpike Authority for over 20 years, retiring in 1991. She was a longtime resident of Emporia and had worked for OTASCO tire.She...
Frances Wellman
Frances M. Dugan (Helmlinger) Wellman, 90, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at Aldersgate Village, Topeka. She was born August 18, 1914 at St. George, KS the daughter and the last of the eleven children of Aaron and Nellie Carrington Dugan. She has resided in Topeka since 1947. She was a member of Seabrook United Church of Christ...
William Weikal
William B. Weikal, 82, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 13,2004.He was born June 21, 1922 in Sedalia, MO, the son of William H. and Edith A. Weikal.He was a naval veteran of World War II and a member of Faith Lutheran ChurchSurvivors include his wife, Luella M. Weikal of Topeka; a sister, Jerri Woods; a son, Alan Weikal; daughters...
Evelyn Lena Falk
Evelyn Lena Stitt Falk, 93, of Topeka, died Friday, December 10, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on April 25, 1911, near Michigan Valley in Osage County, KS. to Austin and Tillie Jensen Stitt. She was graduated from Lyndon High School in 1929 and received BS and MS degrees from Emporia State University and did extended work at...
Anita Hill
Anita "Kay" Hill, 65, of Topeka, died Friday, December 10, 2004 at a Tulsa, Oklahoma hosptial. She was born on April 19, 1939 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of James and Jean Baber Wilson. She grew up in Cunningham, Kansas and moved to Topeka in 1967. She was employed for several years as a substitute secretary for USD 501. She...
Firene Walker
Irene Kenna Walker, 82, of Topeka, died Thursday, December 9, 2004 at St. Francis Hospital.She was born in the Panhandle of Oklahoma in Beaver County on March 14, 1922. She graduated from Hepler High School in 1940 and attended Neosho County Community College. She married Ben S. Walker in 1942. He died in 1972. Irene was a devoted teacher of...
Chantina Mcdowell
Chantina A. McDowell, 42, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, December 9, 2004 at her home. She was born April 14, 1962 at Oklahoma City, OK the daughter of Chester and Judy Ginn. Survivors include her daughter, Caitlin McDowell and grandaughter Destiny Brooks, Topeka; son, Tate McDowell, and daughter, Madison McDowell both of Rossville. She is also survived by her parents,...
Ruth Myers
Ruth C. Myers, 91, of Topeka, died Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on August 28, 1913 in Topeka, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Douglas Jacquot. She owned and operated Vel-Rene Beauty Shop for 30 years. She married Dale Myers in May of 1941. He preceded her in death in 1967. Survivors...
Clarence Wolf
Clarence E. Wolf went back to the arms of his Savior on December 4, 2004.Mr. Wolf was born July 14, 1925 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Rudolf Wolf and Florence Beach Wolf. He had three brothers and two sisters, all of whom are deceased.Mr. Wolf was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Flora on January 2, 1997. He is...
Helen Blackman
Helen L. Blackman, 81, Topeka, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at a local retirement community.She was born, April 2, 1923, in Mansfield, Ohio, the daughter of Charles and Lois Armstong Dakin.She was married to Donald J. Blackman on March 1, 1946 at Mount Pleasant, MI. He died March 18, 1996.Mrs. Blackman was a dedicated wife and mother and had been...
R. Stanley Alexander
R. Stanley Alexander passed away on December 5, 2004, having lived 95 full and happy years. He will be remembered as a loving and caring husband of 63 years to Helen Alexander and father to Michael and David Alexander.Stan was a Topeka resident all of his life, except for time spent at the University of Pennsylvania completing his PhD and...
Dr. Williama. Whitehead
Dr. William Arthur Whitehead, 76, of Topeka, died Monday, December 6, 2004 at his residence. He was born on November 9, 1928 at Topeka, the son of Floyd S. and Bertha A. Owens Whitehead. He graduated from Topeka High School. He received a BA in Psychology from the University of Kansas in 1950. He attended the University of Kansas City...
Victor Reinking, M.D.
Victor E. Reinking, M.D., 78, Topeka, passed away Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 at Midland Hospice. He was born June 28, 1926 in Tescott, Kansas, the son of Horace J. and Esther (Swart) Reinking. Victor graduated from Weymouth High School in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Univ. of Kansas in 1949 and KU Medical School in 1952. He served in...
