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Gale Alan Devore
Aug 1, 2020
Gale Alan DeVore, 79, Topeka, Kansas, Passed away August 1, 2020, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.Gale was born July 30, 1941, in Plano, Iowa, the first son and child of Roger and Anna Lou DeVore, and graduated from Seymour, Iowa, High School in 1959. He earned his bachelor's degree from Northeast Missouri State University, now Truman State University, in 1962....
Gerald Haybarker
Aug 1, 2020
Gerald Haybarker, 84, of Topeka, Kansas passed away August 1, 2020 at his home.He was born March 14, 1936, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Leo and Dorris (Foos) Haybarker. He received a High School Diploma and went on to serve in the United States Air Force. He served as an air craft electrician. After retiring from the Air...
Jean M. Beyer
Jul 27, 2020
Jean M. (Bowen) Beyer, 81, of Topeka, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020.She was born December 12, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Eugene and Marian (Madden) Bowen. Jean graduated from Lillis Catholic High School in 1957. She was a homemaker. Her Catholic faith was of great importance to her.Survivors include her son, William Beyer, II of Topeka....
Doris Dietrich
Jul 24, 2020
Doris Jean (Tuffley) Dietrich ,92 years, 9 months and 34 days old, passed away early morning Friday July 24, 2020 at home in the presence of her loving daughter, Cindy Sue and her loving son, Jeffrey Jay. She was born September 19, 1927 in Topeka,Kansas, the daughter of Pirl R. Tuffley and Eula M. (Sanderfer) Tuffley.Doris grew up in Topeka...
Silvia Delacruz
Jul 23, 2020
Silvia Marina Delacruz, 48, was born in Guatemala on January 18, 1972 in a small room next to a stable as a premature baby. Dahlia as the family and close friends called her, entered Heaven's gates July 23, 2020.Silvia grew to be a happy and adventurous little girl with a heart of gold. She learned to be happy with the...
Rev. Ray Bitter
Jul 22, 2020
The Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Precious in the sight of the Lord is death of His saints. The Rev. Glenn Ray Bitter was given life by his Creator and was born on 11 July 1940 in Susank, Kansas, the younger son of Theodore and Mollie (nee Schweitzer) Bitter....
Nola I. Smee
Jul 13, 2020
Nola Irene Smee passed away July 13, 2020 in Topeka, KS at the age of 100 years and 8 months.Nola was born November 12, 1919, in Clay County, KS to Cyril C. and Mabel Hemphill Smee. Her father managed a grain elevator and her mother taught school before they were married. She had one sister, Margie, now deceased.She attended and...
Andrea L. (Bertrand) Sage
Jul 12, 2020
Andrea L. (Bertrand) Sage passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on July 12, 2020 at The House at Midland Care in Topeka, KS at the age of 71 from complications with Parkinson's. Andrea was born on May 11, 1949 in Clay Center, KS. She was the daughter of Lafe and Anita (Wiberg) Bertrand, and the oldest of three...
Everly Kay Callahan
Jul 11, 2020
Everly Kay Callahan, 4 days old, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020.She was born July 7, 2020, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Alexis Tanner and Megan Lorene Callahan. Everly is survived by her mother and father of Topeka; her maternal grandparents, Kent and Tammy Jantz of Topeka; her paternal grandparents, Genoveva Callahan and Chevy Rule of Meriden,...
Leonard Walker
Jul 10, 2020
Leonard Walker, 96, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020.He was born March 26, 1924, in Boswell, Oklahoma, the son of Verdia and Pearlie Mae (Spears) Walker. He graduated from Boswell High School in 1942.Leonard proudly served in the United States Air Force for 20 years as a fire fighter. After retiring from the Air Force, Leonard was employed...
Mary E. Mcfann
Jul 7, 2020
Mary E. McFann, 83, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2020.She was born June 5, 1937, in Oskaloosa, Kansas, the daughter of Louis and Leona (Kitchel) McClurg. She graduated from Shawnee Mission High School.Paul and she traveled all over. One of their favorite destinations was Branson. Together they have also been members of the Gideon International for 30 years....
Ruth Everett
Jul 3, 2020
Ruth "Tootie" Everett (80) of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2020. She was the daughter of Vivian and George Scales, both lifelong members and officers of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Ruth Ann worked at the Topeka State Hospital for 27 years before retiring and becoming active in various social organizations, including the Topeka...
Marilyn M. Hunt
Jul 1, 2020
Marilyn Morgan Hunt, 91, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at her home in Desoto, KS. Marilyn was born August 31, 1928 in Brazil, Indiana the daughter of Fred and Ann Miller. Marilyn married Rev. Billy M. Hunt on April 10, 1947 a union that lasted 59 years. She was a homemaker and wife of...
Ruth Eileen Fecteau
Jun 30, 2020
Ruth Eileen Fecteau was born March 6, 1924 in rural Atchison County, the daughter of Andrew Carl and Grace (Beven) Shultz. She attended Muscotah schools and graduated from Horton High School in 1942. She moved to Topeka and served as a Secretary to the Kansas Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.She married Norman T. Fecteau on October 27,1945, and they lived in...
Mary Anne Langdon
Jun 29, 2020
Mary Anne (Bailey) Langdon, 88, of Topeka, KS, passed away June 29, 2020.Mary Anne was born September 5, 1931, in Earlton, Kansas, the daughter of Bert and Zelma (Yockey) Bailey. She graduated from Highland Park High School and later went on to work in the Certification Department for the Kansas State Board of Education. Mary Anne was an artist and...
Janet Stratton
Jun 29, 2020
Janet Crews Stratton died June 29, 2020 at 85, after a long illness at home and then days in hospice. As would have been her wish, her husband of 66 years, Wayne, and children Tom (Sara), Kim, Marc (Lori), and Michael (Tracey), were never far from her side during those final days. Jan was the devoted daughter of F. Kenneth...
Benjamin, Jr.Andmarylou Neill
Jun 27, 2020
Benjamin Franklin Neill, Jr., 93, and Mary Lou Neill, 92, Topeka, passed away hours apart on Saturday, June 27, 2020. Benjamin was born October 1, 1926, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, the son of Benjamin F. and Grace Marie (Read) Neill. Benjamin attended Seaman High School and Washburn University. Mary Lou was born August 28, 1927, in Topeka, Kansas,...
Ruth Epstein
Jun 27, 2020
Ruth Epstein, 91, died June 27, 2020 in Lawrence, Kansas after a brief illness. She was born Ruth Cohen on September 24, 1928 in the Bronx, New York City, the youngest of three daughters. During her childhood, Ruth was a prolific reader and, according to her mother, had read every single book in the children's section of her local public...
Edna Ann Malloy
Jun 27, 2020
Edna Ann (Hill) Malloy, 86, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2020. She was born March 11, 1934, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas and Felcie (Moody) Hill. Edna graduated from Wichita East High School in 1952. She worked for the Shawnee County District Courts and later was employed by Capital City Radiator for 20 years prior to...
John William Funk
Jun 26, 2020
John William "Bill" Funk of Topeka was born Oct. 7, 1923, in Arkansas City, Kan., the son of Ebbert A. and Emma (Selby) Funk, and died June 26, 2020, in Topeka.Bill graduated from Arkansas City High School and Arkansas City Junior College. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the 129th Airborne Engineering Battalion,...
