Jim D. Alley
Dec 23, 2021
Jim D. Alley, 73, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021.He was born February 19, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Kahn and Joann (Alexander) Alley. He graduated from Petaluma High School in 1966. After graduation, he served in the United States Air Force. Jim served in the Vietnam War. He was a Deputy Sheriff for the Alameda...
Helen Louise Nunemaker
Dec 21, 2021
Helen Louise Overbaugh Nunemaker born August 26, 1922, in Lawrence, Kansas, deceased December 21, 2021. She was the daughter of Charles Jacob Overbaugh and Emma Katherine Hunsinger Overbaugh. She married Herbert Claine Nunemaker on September 22, 1946, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence.Helen is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a brother Philip Overbaugh, an infant sister Anna...
Barbara Diane Berry
Dec 19, 2021
Barbara "Barb" Diane Berry was a caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at age 81.Barb was born to Bernard and Vera Mead on August 24, 1940 in Washington, DC. She graduated from Turner High School in Kansas City, KS in 1958. She married James Berry and later divorced. She briefly...
Charles E. Gatewood
Dec 19, 2021
Charles E. Gatewood, 78, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021.He was born April 1, 1943, in Carbondale, Kansas, the son of Charles and Thelma (Nicol) Gatewood. He attended Washburn Rural High School. After graduation, he worked for Rinehart Roofing. He worked his way up through the company and became a Superintendent. In 1983, Charles left Rinehart Roofing and...
Laveta I. Cobb
Dec 18, 2021
Laveta Irene Cobb, 79, of Woodward, Oklahoma passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021.She was born June 17, 1942, in Ashland, Kansas, the daughter of Monte and Thelma (Campbell) Barnes. In her early years, Laveta and her friends attended Pleasant Hill Country School. She then went on to graduate from Coldwater High School and later attended Wichita Business College, graduating with...
Robert "Bob" Frost
Dec 17, 2021
Born in Lawrence July 26, 1957, Robert Mitchell (Bob) Frost would be shaped by so many things. His loving family relied on their faith to make it through some challenging times. He then would go on to shape the lives of others, especially his family.Bob was graduated from Topeka High School in 1975. He was a very proud Trojan. Then...
Frederick Marion Gogolski
Dec 16, 2021
Frederick Marion "Popie" Gogolski, 91, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021. He was born December 22, 1929, in Blakely, Pennsylvania, the son of Bernard and Marian (Schap) Gogolski. He was a graduate of Blakely High School.Frederick began his military career with the United States Air Force in 1948, achieving the rank of TSGT. He retired on April 30,...
Lata Kallanagowdar
Dec 16, 2021
Lata Kallanagowdar, 52, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021.A visitation will be held at 8:00 am on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at Penwell Gabel Funeral Home, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas 66604. A prayer service will follow at 9:00am. Cremation will follow the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Stormont Vail Hospital Foundation in care of...
Patricia Louise Ritter
Dec 14, 2021
Patricia Louise Ritter of Topeka, Kansas and formerly of Alamogordo, New Mexico, finished her earthly journey in Kansas City, Kansas on December 14, 2021 following complications from surgery.Pat was born to George Edward Taylor and Eleanor Louise (Olsen) Taylor in Boston, Massachusetts on June 27, 1943. As a result of her father's work on the Manhattan Project and its post-WWII...
Timothy J. Deckenbach
Dec 14, 2021
Timothy "Tim" J. Deckenbach, 41, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021.He was born August 2, 1980, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Mark Deckenbach and Pam Wachsnicht. Tim graduated from Topeka West High school in 1998. Tim was a very talented artist and specialized in creating wolves and other forms of wildlife and nature. He was an avid...
Herbert L. Mayer
Dec 13, 2021
Herbert L. "Herb" Mayer, 86, of Maple Hill, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021.He was born May 4, 1935, in Wetmore, Kansas, the son Harvey and Rose (Wegman) Mayer. He graduated from Wetmore High School.Herb worked at GoodYear Tire & Rubber Company for 38 years, retiring in 1992.He was a member of United Rubber Workers 307, American Legion Post 400,...
David V. Buckley
Dec 8, 2021
David V. Buckley, 85, passed away December 8, 2021. David was born August 22, 1936, in Atchison, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Doris (Vermette) and John Buckley, sister, Mary Kim Rietman, and aunt, Estelle Hoagland. David is survived by Glennie Buckley, his wife of 61 years, daughter, Mary Sean (Gregg) Ratzloff, son, Robert, and five grandchildren,...
John William&Barbarajean Teter
Dec 5, 2021
After over 55 years of marriage, John William Teter Jr., 74, and Barbara Jean Worthington Teter, 73, passed away peacefully within less than 6 weeks of each other at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek, OH. John went home to be with Jesus on Wed, October 27, 2021. On Sun, December 5, 2021 Barbara joined him in Heaven. Theirs was a...
Robert Joseph Dole
Dec 5, 2021
Robert Joseph Dole 1923 – 2021Loved as a man of the people and a leader of Americans of every stripe, Bob Dole lived the American dream. If the last century was the American Century, Bob Dole's life personified it. He emerged from humble beginnings in Kansas to become a war hero, a giant of the U.S. Senate and the Republican...
Autumn Marie Johnson
Dec 5, 2021
On December 5, 2021, at the age of 21, Autumn Johnson died while rushing to help total strangers in their time of crisis. She was born November 21, 2000, at Samaritan Hospital in Watertown, New York - the daughter of Michael and Darlene (Sabatino) Johnson. From the time she was a toddler Autumn knew she wanted to be a veterinarian....
Olive J. Ubel
Dec 5, 2021
Olive J. (Jantz) Ubel, 89, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021, in Topeka, KS. She was born on June 20, 1932 near Roxbury, Kansas, to Arnold and Emma (Decker) Jantz. She attended rural Roxbury schools and Kansas State University, graduating with degrees in a Bachelor degree in Home Economics and Art and a Master of Science. She married Jake R....
James D. Frank
Dec 3, 2021
The amazing James "Jim" Frank, 99, of Topeka KS, passed away Dec. 3, 2021, at Brewster Place. He was born March 7, 1922, in St. Louis, MO, the son of the late Jacob and Addie (Klein) Frank, at 2 lb 6 oz.A WWII Navy veteran, he volunteered for service in 1942, served in both theaters of war, and was discharged...
Florence Fern Chapa
Dec 2, 2021
Florence "Tina" "Tootie" Fern Chapa, 65, of Edgewood, NM passed away on December 2, 2021. She was born the daughter of Rex and Emma Rose (Hardesty) Edwards in Garnett, Kansas on November 15, 1956. She was the youngest of the family and was protected by her two older brothers, Rex Melvin and Anthony "Tony". Tina met the love of her...
Patricia Ann Goodhart
Dec 1, 2021
Topeka - Patricia Ann Goodhart, 70, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021 after battling pancreatic cancer for over 2 years.She was born October 4, 1951, in West Virginia, the daughter of Glenn and June Barker.Patricia married Louis Goodhart on January 16, 1971 in Lakemore, Ohio. He survives. Other survivors include two daughters Christina (Lee) Gardner and Kelly (Bob) Catlin,...
Mary Z. Henderson
Nov 28, 2021
Mary Henderson (97) passed away at The Gardens at Aldersgate November 28, 2021. Mary was born on March 31, 1924 in Topeka, son of Bert and Maggie (Mitchell) Furgason. Mary grew up in Topeka attending Branner Elementary School, East Topeka Junior High School, and graduated from Topeka High School in 1942. She was a lifetime member and past president of...
