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John Arthur Silversmith
Oct 24, 2020
John "Jack" Arthur Silversmith, 81, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020 due to complications with COVID-19.He was born December 3, 1938, in Afton, Oklahoma, the son of William "Bryan" and Margaret (Guffey) Silversmith. He graduated from Highland Park High School. He served in the United States Army and the United States Navy and was a Vietnam Veteran. When...
Wendy Renae Deever
Oct 23, 2020
Wendy Renae Deever, 42, Topeka, passed away Friday, October 23, 2020.She was born November 7, 1977, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Gregory, Sr. and Jana (Dupler) Deever. Survivors include a daughter, Kaytlynn Burgen; her parents; two brothers, Gregory S. Deever, II and Jayme Deever, all of Topeka; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.She was preceded in death by...
Elmer J. Burris, Jr.
Oct 22, 2020
Elmer J. Burris, Jr. was born to John and Eva Burris near McCune, Kansas on Dec. 14, 1931.He attended several country schools before moving to Parsons, Kansas in 1941. There he attended grade school and graduated from Parsons High School in 1950. He married Dorothy Huff on December 26th of that year. He served two years with the 930th Ord...
Raymond E. Cochrane
Oct 21, 2020
Raymond E. "Ray" Cochrane, 88, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at a local hospital.Ray was born April 19, 1932 in Caney, KS, the son of Andrew and Zura (Fultz) Cochrane. He graduated from Caney Valley High School in 1950, received an Associate of Arts Degree from Coffeyville Junior College in 1955, received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical...
Catherine Auletti
Oct 21, 2020
Catherine "Kate" (Columby) Auletti, 100, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020.She was born February 4, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Bernard Columby and Teresa (Hagenberg) Columby. She graduated from Saint Mary Star of the Sea in Brooklyn.While raising her children, she worked for A&P grocers, for the Federal Reserve bank, and made the Dominican Nun's...
Larry Ellison
Oct 20, 2020
Larry Ellison, 75, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 in Topeka, KS. Larry passed after a struggle with the Novel Coronavirus.He was born September 17, 1945, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Lloyd A. and Arlene (Reece) Ellison. Larry graduated from Topeka West High School, after which he attended Washburn University. He was an avid stamp, comic, and...
Shirley J. (Neumann) Roe
Oct 16, 2020
Shirley "Shan" Jean (Neumann) Roe, 86, of Topeka, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020 at her home surrounded by family.She was born August 5, 1934, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of Edward and Anna Louise (Steinman) Neumann.Shirley married Robert E. Roe on April 25, 1953 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He preceded her in death on December 5, 2013.Shirley was...
Alice May (Merchant-Seymour) Thacker
Oct 16, 2020
Alice May (Merchant-Sylvester) Thacker, of Topeka, age 93, died 10/16/2020 at 2:00am.She was born 10/01/1927, in Topeka, the daughter of William and Louise Merchant. She graduated from Topeka High School and lived in Topeka all her life. Retiring from Sears in 1989 after 15 years. She attended Community Church for 40 years; then Word and Spirit Church. Alice married Merle...
Theodore J. Birtell
Oct 15, 2020
Theodore "Ted" J. Birtell, 88, of Overbrook, KS passed away Thursday, October 15, 2020.He was born September 23, 1932, in Auburn, KS, the son of John Carl and Elsie (Carter) Birtell. Ted graduated from Auburn High School in 1950. He later attended Kansas State University. Ted served for two years in the United States Army. He married Cyrella June Handley...
Barbara Lynn Hall
Oct 13, 2020
Barbara Hall, 62, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020.Barb was born February 8, 1958 in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Virgil and Ella (Long) Powell. She graduated from Topeka High School and the Washburn University School of Nursing.She was employed as an LPN in the ICU and CCU of many hospitals, including Baylor Medical Center in Texas, Cleveland Lakepoint...
Barbara L. Gaddis
Oct 12, 2020
Barbara Lee Gaddis, 82, Topeka, passed away Monday, October 12, 2020.She was born October 27, 1937, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of William and Gladys (Hart) Barr. She graduated from Topeka High School. Barbara was the church secretary at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Topeka for several years.She was a member of DAR, Day Trippers Group and Tuesday night card club....
Bobbie Ann (Snow) Inman
Oct 11, 2020
Bobbie Ann Inman, 87, resident of Topeka Presbyterian Manor, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, October 11, 2020.She was born June 8, 1933, in Norman, Oklahoma, the daughter of Leo and Hazel (Thomas) Snow. She graduated from Capital Hill High in Oklahoma City in 1952. On November 5, 1953, she married Harold L. Inman in Oklahoma City at...
Cheryl (Elliott) Gilmore
Oct 10, 2020
Cheryl (Elliott) Gilmore, 70, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020.She was born March 13, 1950, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Jack and Betty (Richardson) Elliott. Survivors include her daughter, Stephanie (Matt) Grubb of Ozawkie and two grandchildren, Angel Elliott and America Grubb; two sisters, Judy (Richard) Harmon and Denise (Steve) Wodtke both of Topeka. She was preceded...
Elsie Mae Schmidt
Oct 9, 2020
Elsie Mae Schmidt passed away on October 9, 2020, at Oakley Place in Topeka, Kansas. Elsie, the eldest of three children, was born on March 13, 1935 in Meade, Kansas to Pete and Minnie (Regier) Thiessen.After her family moved to McPherson, Kansas, Elsie worked at Duckwalls' department store after high school. Later, she was an Avon Lady while raising her...
Michael Scanland
Oct 8, 2020
Michael Stephen Scanland, 87, of Kansas City, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020.He was born November 15, 1932, in Holton, Kansas, the son of Perry and Dorothy Scanland. He received a Bachelor's Degree in English from Kansas State University. He was drafted and served in Germany for the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked as a mason tender/brick...
James William Mcbride, Jr.
Oct 7, 2020
James W. "Bill" McBride, Jr. passed away October 7, 2020 in Eudora, Kansas. Bill was born July 6, 1942 in Arlington, Virginia to James W. (Jim) and Edith (Morris) McBride. Bill graduated from Topeka High School in 1960, attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and graduated from Kansas University with a degree in business. After college, Bill joined Meade Insurance...
Anna "Jean" Filkins
Oct 4, 2020
Anna "Jean" Filkins, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Rolling Hills Assisted Living and Nursing Center. She was born on August 18, 1928 to Charles and Lillie (Thompson) Spaulding in Topeka, KS. Anna was a member of Countryside United Methodist Church. Anna is survived by her children, James C. (Susan) Filkins, III, Charles (Marilyn) Filkins,...
Sharon L. Stupka
Oct 4, 2020
Sharon Stupka, 81, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020.She was born October 22, 1938, in Hays and raised in Menlo, Kansas, the daughter of Les and Ethel (Duffey) Burger. She graduated from Menlo Consolidated School. She then attended Business School in Hutchinson. She loved being a mother and grandmother. She was always in a good mood. She was...
Lisa R. Inscho
Sep 29, 2020
Lisa R. Inscho, 52 of Topeka, Kansas passed away Tuesday, September 29th, 2020.Lisa was born on March 8, 1968 in Fairfax, Missouri, the oldest daughter of Raymond and Juanita Rauch. Lisa is survived by her husband, Shane Inscho, her children, Felicia (Cody) Pennington, Sarah and Megan Hines, Jacob Inscho (Topeka, KS) and Makenzie Helm (Eudora, KS), 9 grandchildren, and 2...
C. Cook
Sep 29, 2020
Charles "Vince" Cook, 74, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2020.He was born August 27, 1946, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles and Marjorie G. (Spacek) Cook. He was a 1964 graduate of Hayden High School and attended Washburn University in Topeka. He served in the U. S. Army serving in the Vietnam War. Vince was employed by...
