John Grant Gourlay, Iii
Feb 6, 2022
John Grant Gourlay,III, 60, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022.He was born December 17, 1961, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of John and Jeanne Gourlay. He graduated from St. Joseph High School 1980. After graduation, he attended classes at Washburn University.John was active in the community volunteering with Sunshine Connections, the Topeka Police Department and Let's Help for...
Connie Ice
Feb 3, 2022
Connie Sue Ice, 66, of Tecumseh, KS, passed away on February 3rd, 2022. She was born on May 12th, 1955 to Wayne & Mildred (Noble) Ice. Connie would graduate from Shawnee Heights High School in 1973 and would later attend Baker University, graduating with an Associates of Business degree in 2019. Until 2002, she worked as a bookkeeper for multiple...
Cheryl Beth Nelson
Feb 3, 2022
Cheryl Beth Nelson passed away February 3, 2022, in her sleep and in her own bed in her own home-just as she wanted it. How does one capture the essence of a woman like Cheryl in just a few paragraphs? For those who knew her, you know she was a strongly devoted and proud mother and grandmother, a tireless hard...
Bette Settle Tompkins
Feb 1, 2022
Bette Settle Tompkins, 94, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, February 1, 2022.She was born October 25, 1927, the daughter of Robert E. and Sena (Lowry) Settle at Christ Hospital (now Stormont-Vail) in Topeka, Kansas.Bette graduated from Topeka High School in 1945 and Washburn University in 1949 with a Bachelor of Music Degree. While in high school...
Diane Senne
Jan 31, 2022
Diane Carol Senne, 79, of Lawrence, KS passed away Monday January 31, 2022 after a long illness. She was born April 20, 1942, in Topeka, KS, the only child of Henry and Charlene (Addis) Flott. She was a graduate of Topeka High School, class of 1960 and received a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Kansas in 1981.Diane...
Patricia L. Brauer
Jan 30, 2022
Patricia Lee "Pat" Brauer, 69, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022. She was born June 7, 1952, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Walter Clark and Lucille Rose (Bell) Patterson. She was a graduate of Miami High School, Miami, OK and received a Bachelor of Science in Education Degree from Pittsburg State University. Pat was employed by the...
Lawrence David Pressman
Jan 29, 2022
TOPEKA- Lawrence (Larry) David Pressman, 81, devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away at home January 29, 2022, after a battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Larry was born in Topeka, Kansas on August 24, 1940, to Leo and Idaleone (Baum) Pressman, at Stormont Vail Hospital. Larry was a lifelong Topekan, graduating from Topeka High School in 1958. He then attended Washburn...
Dick Bixler
Jan 28, 2022
Richard Allen Bixler, 86, of Topeka, passed away of natural causes on Friday, January 28, 2022. Dick was born August 25, 1935, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Robert and Ruth (Colby) Bixler. A member of the Wichita East High School Class of 1953, Dick graduated from Wichita University where he met his future bride, Judy Mayer.Throughout his life, Dick was very...
Marvin D. Bean
Jan 28, 2022
Marvin Daryl Bean died Friday, January 28, 2022, surrounded by family and loved ones.He was born on March 18, 1936, the son of Lela Grace (Manley) Bean and Edward Gilbert Bean.He was a graduate of Washburn University, a Marine Corps veteran and retired from the Topeka Water Division.He married Sharon (Mize) Johnson, they divorced.He married Allison McClure.Preceding him in death...
Barbara J. Will
Jan 28, 2022
Barbara Jean Will, 96, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 28, 2022.She was born May 3, 1925, in Denton, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Marie (Jenkins) Honer. Barbara graduated from Denton Rural High School in 1943.After retiring from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co with 34 years of service in 1979, she volunteered at the VA Hospital, St. Francis...
John Martin Erickson
Jan 27, 2022
John Martin Erickson, 83, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022.He was born September 30, 1938, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles Dee and Maureen Ann(O'Connor) Erickson.John was a glorious person and was consumed by helping others. John was at the top of his class atTopeka High School, Kansas State University, and Washburn University.Helping people was how he...
Deanna Burris-English
Jan 25, 2022
Deanna Burris-English, 75, a resident of Topeka, KS and a former long-time resident of Altoona and Fredonia, KS passed away on January 25, 2022, at The House at Midland Care Hospice, surrounded by her two loving daughters; Cherie Pollina and Patricia Pleasant.Deanna was born on October 21, 1946, in Wichita, KS, the daughter of Charles and Viola Wolf. She was...
Stephen C. Braun
Jan 24, 2022
Stephen Charles Braun, 70, of Topeka, passed away Monday, January 24, 2022.He was born April 27, 1951, in Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Glenn Arthur and Marian Frances (Lyons) Braun. He was a 1969 graduate of Topeka West High School. Steve was employed by KNI in Topeka for many years until retiring.Survivors include two sisters, Carolyn (Kirk) Duncan of Overland...
Helen P. Conway
Jan 24, 2022
Helen Pauline Conway of Topeka, KS passed away at the age of 103. Helen was born August 7, 1918 in Birmingham, Kansas, the daughter of Lee Gooderl and Cora Nissley Gooderl. She graduated from Denison High School. After graduation, she attended the Strikler's Business College. Helen was a secretary in the maintenance office of the Topeka Board of Education for...
Marcene M. Lesslie
Jan 23, 2022
Marcene Marie (Romig) Lesslie, 90, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022.She was born January 2, 1932, in Alma, Kansas, the daughter of Wendell and Hilda (Bredow) Romig.Marcene graduated from Topeka High School in 1950. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, of Topeka.She enjoyed spending time with her family, travelling, camping, and fishing.Marcene married Orville Glenn Lesslie...
Dolores M. Ahsinger
Jan 23, 2022
Dolores M. Ahsinger, age 93, joined her Heavenly Family on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at her home. She was born on August 23, 1928 in Milwaukee, WI. Dolores was married for 47 years to her husband, Joseph Ahsinger, on August 16, 1947 in Milwaukee. He precedes her in death on October 2, 1994. She is also preceded in death by...
Sandra J. Kibby
Jan 22, 2022
Sandra Jane Kibby, 83, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 in the comfort of her home. Sandra rejoined her husband of 65 years, Robert "Bob" Kibby, who passed only weeks earlier on Christmas Day. They married on December 1, 1956 and became proud parents of two children. Though she left a huge hole in the hearts of the...
Robert L. Weinkauf
Jan 22, 2022
Robert "Bob" Weinkauf passed away on the morning of January 22nd, 2022 surrounded by his children. Bob was born on June 29th, 1933 to John and Marie Weinkauf in Topeka, Kansas. He attended Topeka Lutheran School and Topeka High School which is where he met the love of his life, Alice Mae Clark. Shortly after graduating, he served in the...
Karen Eastman
Jan 21, 2022
Karen Eastman, 78, Topeka, passed away Friday, January 21, 2022.She was born July 6, 1943, in Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Delmar and Florence (Roles) Stroud. She graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1961.Karen was the personal assistant to the director of Rural Development Office, retiring after 13 years.She was a member of Central Congregational Church and the Angel...
Marjorie Louise Hastings
Jan 20, 2022
Marjorie Louise Hastings, 98, of Topeka, passed away January 20, 2022.She was born November 20, 1923 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Henry C. and Myrtle I. (Long) Howell.While attending Emporia State College, she had to leave college to work in an ammunition plant to help support our active duty military during World War II. On January 12, 1945, she...
