Karen R. De Board
Sep 2, 2022
Karen Ruth De Board, 66, of Topeka, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022.She was born March 11, 1956, in Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Loyd Preston and Lois Faye (Knapp) Call. Karen graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1974. She furthered her education receiving a Bachelor of Science from Pittsburg State University. She was a 4-H member and a...
Mary Ann Earp
Aug 31, 2022
Mary Ann Earp, 92, of Topeka passed away on August 31st, 2022. She was born on February 2, 1930 to Clifford and Ella Mae Cottrell. Mary Ann attended Topeka High School, graduating in 1947. On September 2, 1961, she married Roscoe Earp. Together, they raised two daughters, Pam and Jan. Mary Ann was an avid voice for the pet population...
Elva Williams
Aug 29, 2022
Elva Maxine (Fulkerson) Williams, 77, of Topeka, passed away Monday, August 29, 2022.She was born August 25, 1945, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of James Wilbur and Maxine (Neely) Fulkerson. She graduated from Auburn-Washburn Rural. Elva had the sweetest and most generous heart. She had a genuine way of making everyone she came in contact with feel loved and cared...
Diana Sue Hill
Aug 29, 2022
Diana Sue Curry, 66, Osage City, lived a full life up until Monday, August 29, 2022 in Kansas City.Diana was born October 6, 1955 in Prescott, AZ., the daughter of Carl and Clydette (Passmore) Curry. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1973.She was employed as a beautician at Hair Now in Prescott, retiring in 2011.She enjoyed crocheting, sewing and...
Lt. Paul Draper, Usaf, Retired
Aug 29, 2022
Lt. Col John Paul Draper, 89, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2022. He was born April 11, 1933 in San Angelo, Texas, the son of Harlon and Ruby (Rouse) Draper. He graduated Farmington High School in 1951 and in 1958 he graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in engineering.John was a pilot in the U.S....
Robert Stephen Stalcup
Aug 28, 2022
Robert Stephen "Steve" Stalcup, 76, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022.He was born July 26, 1946, in Centralia, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Ruth (Bureman) Stalcup. He graduated from Centralia High School. Steve was a US Marine Corps veteran serving during the Vietnam War.Steve was employed with First National Bank, later known as Bank Four.He was a...
Robert Eugene Archer
Aug 26, 2022
Robert E. Archer passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022 with his family by his side after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; two children, Christy (Aaron) Classi and Ben (Kassy) Archer; four granddaughters, Saylor, Avery, Blake and Gwen and a soon to be born grandson. Bob was born on July 10,1947 in...
Richard A. Mckinsey
Aug 26, 2022
Richard A. McKinsey, 79, of Topeka, passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, August 26, 2022 at Midland Hospice House.He was born July 24, 1943, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Dick and Aletha (Ayers) McKinsey. Richard grew up in Holton, Kansas and was a proud graduate of Holton High School. He served in the United States Army. After...
William "Bill" Pusey Trotter
Aug 25, 2022
William “Bill” Pusey Trotter, 73, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022.
He was born January 29, 1948, in Washington, D. C., the son of Jesse McLane and Marian Tallman (Warner) Trotter. He attended St. Stephens Episcopal School in Alexandria, Virginia, graduating in 1966. He went on to Princeton University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1970.
Bill grew...
Robert Paul Olyohant
Aug 25, 2022
Robert Paul Olyphant, 79 of Topeka, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022. To leave a message for the family online, please visit the guestbook below.
Clara B. Swann Shaull
Aug 24, 2022
Clara B. Swann Shaull, age 89, formerly of LaCygne, Kansas, passed away August 24, 2022, in Topeka with her daughters at her side. She was born April 19, 1933, near Wheeling, Missouri the daughter of Carl and Evelyn Cleo Anglen Swann. Clara spent her early years in rural Missouri and Kansas City. She attended Northeast High School until her senior...
William Edward Gatchell
Aug 23, 2022
William Edward "Bill" Gatchell, 66, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022.He was born September 19, 1955, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Edward and Esther (Gilbert) Gatchell. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1973 KAW Area Vocational Technical School with a certificate in drafting.Bill owned and operated Gatchell Remodeling. He did remodeling and property management until retiring in...
Leona Rayls
Aug 23, 2022
Leona S. Rayls, 94, passed away Tue. August 23, 2022 surrounded by her family at her home in Silver Lake, Ks. She was born February 19, 1928 in Niangua, Mo., the daughter of Sherl & Julia (Cantrell) Johns where she grew up on her family farm. She married Donald P. Rayls Aug. 14, 1946, in Niangua, Mo and was married...
Thomas Cormack
Aug 23, 2022
Thomas Joseph Cormack was born May 29th, 1940, in Topeka, Kansas and attended Topeka Schools. When he was 15, he started his 50 years of service to others, working at the Topeka YMCA after high school. He also worked and studied at the Menninger Children's Department, working with Problem Youth.In the early 1960s he was one of the first to...
Mason Omari Wilhoite
Aug 22, 2022
Mason Omari Wilhoite, was born into heaven on Monday, August 22, 2022.He leaves behind on Earth his parents, Tyren Wilhoite and Maya O'Conner; brother, Isiah Wilhoite; maternal grandma, Torrie Mason; paternal grandma, Diana Wilhoite; maternal great-grandpa, Alan Ray; uncles, Trevor Lowry, Jai'Veon Kelly, Melvin O'Conner, and Malcom O'Conner and aunts, Shawn'Yel Thoms, Shadae O'Conner and Kyra Baker and a host...
Ethel Thompson
Aug 22, 2022
Ethel M. (Seckinger) Thompson, 98, of Holton, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022.She was born March 8, 1924, in Lenape, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph and Chelsea (Mathia) Seckinger.Ethel married Harry Ewing Thompson on March 14, 1951 in Topeka, Kansas. He preceded her in death on January 30, 2013.Survivors include her sisters, Opal Senogles, Treva Jean Frisbie, and Cherie Seckinger;...
Col. A. Krull
Aug 21, 2022
COL. (Ret.) Harley Alton Krull, 84, of Berryton, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022, in Topeka, Ks. He was born February 4, 1938, in Parker, South Dakota, the son of Harvey and Katheryne (Gottschalk) Krull. He grew up on the family farm and from there his love for country living flourished. Harley was destined to be a successful business man....
Lona May"Terry" Hafling
Aug 20, 2022
Lona May "Terry" Hafling, 99, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She was born in Abilene, Kansas on June 2, 1923 to Iva and Oscar Erich. She was married to Elmer Hafling for 49 years. He preceded her in death in 1997. They lived in numerous places throughout the Midwest and Southwest as...
Wayne Allen Cottril
Aug 19, 2022
Wayne Cottril, 87, passed away on August 19, 2022 with his wife, Nancy, at his side. He was born August 17, 1935 to Vernon and Ceola Cottril in Atchison, KS. Wayne grew up on the family farm located just south of Fairview, KS. His early days were spent in a one room school, before graduating from Fairview High School. He...
Dorothy Ann Rice
Aug 19, 2022
Dorothy Ann Rice, 88, of Topeka, passed away Friday, August 19, 2022.She was born November 11, 1933, near Havensville, Kansas, the daughter of William T. and Fannie M. (Lewelling) Jenkins.She graduated from Soldier High School in 1951 and attended Clark's School of Business in Topeka and Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas.Dorothy worked at Wolf's Jewelers in the 1960s and...
