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Spencer Taylor Younger
Mar 29, 2020
Spencer Taylor Younger, 24, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020.He was born April 14, 1995, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Steve Younger and Susan Askren. Spencer was ambitiously employed as a bartender at Old Chicago in Topeka and attended school at Washburn University to pursue degrees in Marketing and Finance. Survivors include his parents, Steve (Brenda) Younger...
Helen L. Smith Turner
Mar 16, 2020
Helen Louise Smith Turner, daughter of John Raymond Alexander Smith and Estel Mae Rinehart Smith, was born January 14, 1939, in Topeka, Kansas, and died at her home on March 16, 2020, after a courageous battle with bile duct cancer. Helen attended Lungren grade school, Holiday Junior High, and graduated from Topeka High School. Helen married Warren G. (Doc) Turner...
Bernita M. Balzer
Mar 16, 2020
Bernita M. Balzer, 88, of Topeka passed away Monday, March 16, 2020. She was born May 15, 1931 on a farm near Bremen, KS, to Walter F. Loemker and Alma (Niemann) Loemker. She was baptized at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Bremen, KS, and was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, at the time of her death. She took nurses...
Alice Arnold
Mar 14, 2020
Alice Arnold, 86, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020.She was born December 31, 1933, in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Roy and Dollie (Armitage) Epps. She accepted Christ at the age of 15. She attended Kansas City Bible College where she met her husband Dallas Eugene Arnold. They married on July 13, 1952, he survives.Together they had four...
Evelyn C. Sawyer
Mar 12, 2020
Evelyn C. Sawyer, 98, of Topeka, passed away on March 12, 2020 in Topeka. She was born on May 14, 1921 to Edwin Arthur and Leva Jones in Topeka, Kansas. Evelyn worked as a secretary for Volume Shoe Corporation 35 years. She retired in 2000. On September 18, 1944 she married I. Wayne Sawyer in Denver. He preceded her in...
Kenneth W. Paslay
Mar 12, 2020
Kenneth W. Paslay, 89, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020.He was born July 15, 1930, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Roy and Lillie (Kelly) Paslay. He graduated with his degree in Pharmacy from the University of Kansas.He was crazy about all cars. He was very involved with the Topeka Car Club as well as a couple of...
Dr. Paul Rebek
Mar 10, 2020
Dr. Paul Rebek, 77, died March 10, 2020 at Midland Care Hospice House. Paul was born in Beregszasz, Hungary on January 23, 1943. The son of Julius and Eva Rebek, Paul immigrated to the United States at age six from a refugee camp in Austria where the family resided for five years prior to obtaining a United States visa. Paul...
Suzanne L. Miller
Mar 8, 2020
Suzanne Lee Miller, 74, of Wakarusa, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020.She was born March 4, 1946, in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Fay E. and Estelle Lorraine (Toburen) Sears. Suzanne graduated from Washburn Rural High School and from the University of Kansas.Suzanne married Larry Miller on July 9, 1994 in an outdoor ceremony at Lake Shawnee.She worked a variety...
Christel Elisabeth Trolenberg Marquardt
Mar 8, 2020
Christel (Elisabeth) Trolenberg Marquardt, age 84, passed away on March 8, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was very thankful of the many friends who helped her through this time.She was preceded in death by her son, Eric, in 1981. Survivors include Phil, Andrew (Jackie), and Joel (Gyalsten), and grandchildren Charlie, Ben, Grace, Sarah, Andrew, Maddie, and Tashi....
Donna Roeser
Mar 8, 2020
Donna Roeser, 78, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020.She was born November 30, 1941, in Rock Creek, Kansas, the daughter of Thelda Way and Millard and Rose Kabriel. She worked at the corporate office for Volume Shoes for 11 years before working in Human Resources at BNSF for 14 years, retiring in 2006.She loved all animals, cats especially...
Marjorie G. Adams
Mar 6, 2020
Marjorie G. (Gould) Adams, 98, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020.She was born May 6, 1921, in Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Francis Irving and Florence Zelma (Randall) Gould. She was a graduate of Manhattan High School and received a B. A. in Arts & Science from Kansas State University. Marjorie was proud to be a homemaker for...
Irene Frances Romig
Mar 5, 2020
Irene Frances (Krakowiecki) Romig, 77, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020.She was born October 9, 1942, in East St. Louis, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph and Paula (Turek) Krakowiecki. Irene was employed by US Postal service for over 20 years, until retiring.Irene married Clifford Romig, Jr. on September 26, 1964 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He survives in...
Dorothy Jean Fager
Mar 4, 2020
Dorothy Jean Fager, 98, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on November 10, 1921, in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Charles August and Gladys (Shewmaker) Alford. She grew up in the Joplin area, graduating from Seneca High School and Joplin Business College. She then met Emery E. Fager, a young...
Beverly Jane Hicks
Mar 3, 2020
Beverly Jane (Walters) Hicks, 81, of Topeka, passed away peacefully in a Topeka nursing home Tuesday, March 3, 2020.She was born July 10, 1938, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Ballard "Bob" and Betty (Rogers) Walters . Beverly was married to Clarence Crable, Jim McCullough, Alex Florez and her last husband Albert Dean Hicks all whom preceded her in death.She...
Mildred A. Metzger
Mar 2, 2020
Mildred Alice (Baer) Metzger, 102, of Topeka, passed away March 2, 2020. She was born February 16, 1918, in Salisbury, MO, the daughter of Peter and Carolyn (Long) Baer. She was a graduate of St Joseph High School, Salisbury MO. Mildred was employed by St Francis Hospital, retiring in 1985. She was a member of Mater Dei Parish-Holy Name Church.Mildred...
Charles W. Meier
Mar 1, 2020
Charles W. Meier, 83, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020 in Leawood, Kansas with loved ones by his side. Born May 18th, 1936, to Henry and Augusta (Konrade) Meier in Holton, Kansas. He was the youngest of eight children. He graduated from Holton High School in 1954, where he loved basketball, football and track. Charlie later attended college at Ottawa...
Sharon Ann Mcamis
Mar 1, 2020
Sharon (Glenn) McAmis, 79, of Topeka, Kansas passed away after a brief illness on Sunday, March 1st, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital with her family by her side. Sharon Ann Glenn was born May 8th, 1940 in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. She was the first of three daughters born to Eugene and Margaret (Martinac) Glenn. Sharon...
William Wallace Bunten
Feb 29, 2020
William Wallace Bunten, son of Robert Muir Bunten and Mary Rock Bunten, was born April 5, 1930, in Topeka, Kansas, and died February 29, 2020, from complications of pneumonia. Bill married JoAnn Heyka, of Belleville, Kansas, on January 27, 1962, and they enjoyed 58 years of marriage. They raised two children, William Wallace, Jr. and Sandra Ann. Bill was preceded...
Joanne Edmonds
Feb 28, 2020
(Lois) Joanne Edmonds, 91, of Topeka passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, February 28th, 2020 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She was born February 18, 1929, in Emporia, KS, the daughter of A. Kirk and Evelyn Lois (Glasco) Ramy. She was graduated from Emporia High School in 1946, and Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, in 1950, with a BS...
Cindy Vazquez
Feb 28, 2020
Cynthia Vazquez, 61, of Topeka, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020.She was born March 6, 1958, in Elmhurst, Illinois, the daughter of James and Rachel (Neubert) Alster.
