P. Nadine Yenkey
Sep 28, 2022
P. Nadine Yenkey, 84, died Tuesday, September 28, 2022, at St. Francis Hospital. Nadine was born on August 14, 1938, in Topeka to Gladys Neva and Albert Berline Yenkey. She was raised on the family farm south of Topeka and attended a single-room country school on her grandparent's nearby farm on SW 69th St. She graduated from Topeka High School...
Brad Hiebsch
Sep 28, 2022
Brad Hiebsch, 68, beloved Husband, Father, and Grandpa (Papa) passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2022 after a hard fought two year battle with cancer. Brad was born May 12, 1954 to Charles and Bonnie (Burgoyne) Hiebsch. He was a lifelong Topekan and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1972. After graduation Brad was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone as...
Athena Rose Baatrup
Sep 27, 2022
Athena Rose Baatrup, 19, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022.She was born June 8, 2003, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Michael Jessup and Laura Baatrup. She graduated in May 2022 from Shawnee Heights High School. Every day was a party for Athena. She absolutely loved music. You would always catch Athena dancing, so much in fact, she...
Ronald Van Dalsem
Sep 27, 2022
Ronald G. Van Dalsem, 75, passed away on Sept. 27, 2022 due to complications from pneumonia. He was born April 2, 1947 in Concordia, Kansas to LeRoy and Laura Emily Van Dalsem. He graduated from Washburn University and was a lifelong fan of the K-State Wildcats. He retired in 1999 as an industrial plastics salesman for Cope and Regal Plastics....
Junior F. Elder
Sep 26, 2022
Colonel Junior Franklin Elder, of Topeka, began his journey in Heaven on Monday, September 26, 2022. It was always his goal to live to be 100 and he passed away peacefully on Earth in the presence of family at the age of 102. He was born on September 13, 1920 on his family farm near Leoti, KS to James and...
Mary L. Remboldt
Sep 24, 2022
Mary Lou (Farrell) Remboldt, 92, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2022.She was born November 29, 1929, in Delia, Kansas, the daughter of Everd and Sarah (Ausherman) Farrell. She graduated from Delia High School. Mary worked for the State of Kansas as a secretary until her retirement. She enjoyed gardening, she loved planting Iris' and trading with the community....
Jack Grondahl
Sep 24, 2022
Jack Grondahl, 73, of Topeka, peacefully passed away Saturday, September 24, 2022.He was born July 21, 1949, in Crookston, Minnesota, the son of Orvin and Mary (Charchenko) Grondahl. Jack was employed by the City of Topeka Water Department and retired after 32 years. He is survived by his father, Orvin Grondahl, Sr.; siblings, Orvin (Debbie) Grondahl, Jr. and Kathleen (Bobby)...
Susan Elisabeth Reed
Sep 23, 2022
Susan Elisabeth Reed was born on May 12, 1956 and entered rest on Friday, September 23, 2022 at her home in Topeka, Kansas. She was born to William Arthur Reed Jr. and Kathryn Jane (Reid) Reed. Susan worked for Venture for 11 years and most recently retired from Dillon's as an associate in February of 2022. She loved birds and...
Frank W. Huffman
Sep 23, 2022
Frank W. (Bill) Huffman was born December 30, 1945, in Topeka, to John W. and Marguerite (Glenn) Huffman. Bill was 1963 of Topeka High School. After a long illness, he passed away in his sleep on September 23, 2022, at ANEW Healthcare Facility in Nortonville, Kansas. He is survived by his brother, Jack Huffman; cousin, Jodi Peterson and two nieces....
James R. Preisner
Sep 19, 2022
James R. Preisner, 86, of Topeka, passed away Monday, September 19, 2022.He was born April 22, 1936, in Ashland, Kansas, the son of Frank and Leona (Fitzgerald) Preisner. He graduated from Ashland High School in 1954. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Washburn University in 1959, where he pledged Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. In 1958, Jim joined...
Elenora A. Wisdom
Sep 18, 2022
Elenora A. (Wist) Wisdom, 85, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2022.She was born February 8, 1937, in Rulo, Nebraska, the oldest child of Henry and Bernice (Adams) Wist. She went to school at Honey Creek graduating in 1955. Elenora married F. Dewey Wisdom on June 20, 1960 in Hiawatha, Kansas, he preceded her in death. Survivors include her...
Charles F. Urban
Sep 18, 2022
Charles "Chuck" F. Urban, 88, of Berryton, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2022.He was born December 3, 1933, in Clay County, Kansas, the son of John and Mary (Gunter) Urban. His father, John, passed away 12 days prior to Chuck's birth. He was raised by his mother and older siblings. Chuck was active in Boy Scouts and attained the rank...
Beth A. Martin
Sep 14, 2022
Beth Anita (Shields) Martin, 90, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022.She was born February 26, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Richard and Marvel (Bigley) Shields. She graduated from Seaman High School. Beth was a church organist for 30 years. She was employed by Kansas Chiropractic Association for 9 years. Beth married Charles Hamm, they later divorced....
Betty "Jo" Mchenry
Sep 10, 2022
Betty "Jo" McHenry passed away on September 10, 2022.Mrs. McHenry was born on January 16, 1931, in Abilene, KS, the only daughter of Avis Rodgers Taylor and Leroy G. Taylor. She graduated from Abilene High School and attended Emporia State University before marrying Dwight T. McHenry, Jr. in 1949.Mrs. McHenry was employed at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center for...
Tanya M. Hamilton
Sep 9, 2022
Tanya Mauriete Hamilton passed away on September 9, 2022. She was born in Austin, Texas on February 21, 1946, to Ivan and Mauriete Williams, also of Austin. She completed her early education in Austin and attended the University of Texas where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She married Dudley Deen on August 15, 1964. They were...
Marilyn Alberg
Sep 7, 2022
Marilyn Gladys (Johnson) Alberg, 96, Overland Park, KS, formerly from Topeka, KS, passed peacefully at Overland Park Regional Medical Center on September 7, 2022.She was born February 25, 1926 in Miller, KS, daughter of Ernest and Cora Johnson. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1944. She obtained her teaching certificate from C of E in Emporia, KS, and...
Winifred A. Helus
Sep 6, 2022
Winifred A. Helus died on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Mrs. Helus was born on January 9, 1929 to Emil and Helen Krizek Kyler. Although their official address was Black Wolf, Kansas, she was born at her paternal grandparent's farm northeast of Ellsworth, Kansas.Mrs. Helus graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1947. On June 12, 1948 she was united in marriage...
Steven Norgaard-Pedersen
Sep 6, 2022
Steven Norgaard-Pedersen, 69, of Topeka passed away on September 6th, 2022. Steven was born on December 2nd, 1952 in Topeka to Niels & Dorothy (Crews) Norgaard-Pedersen. Steven attended Topeka High School before entering a lifelong career in produce. A member of the KATVA, Steven enjoyed riding ATV's across the Sand Dunes in Oklahoma, Lake Perry, and Lake Pomona. Steven owned...
Loeva Ruth Shaw
Sep 3, 2022
Loeva Ruth Shaw, 83, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022.She was born August 21, 1939, in Sacramento, California, the daughter of Thomas E. Shoemate and Georgie (Wood) Barrintgon. She grew up in Elizabeth, Arkansas, moving to Kansas in her teen years. She graduated from Burlingame High School. She married Robert Dale Shaw on June 22, 1957. He preceded...
Albert Edwin Henry, Jr.
Sep 2, 2022
Al Henry Jr was born into a Methodist preacher's family in Liberal, Kansas on October 11, 1922, to Dr. Albert Edwin Henry and his wife Jessie Seacat Henry. Albert Edwin Henry Jr passed away Friday night, September 2nd, 2022 in Topeka, Kansas, just a few weeks shy of his centennial birthday. Albert spent most of his youth in Hutchinson, KS...
