James Harlos Mauney
Dec 29, 2018
James Mauney, 59, of Topeka, KS, died Saturday, December 29, 2018. He was born March 20, 1959 in Ripley, MS, the son of Allen R. and Shirley (Hollands) Mauney.The family will receive friends Sunday, January 6, 2019, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm at the Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel. He married Tammy Blankenship on May 30, 1978. He is survived by...
Pauline Barnes
Dec 29, 2018
Pauline Barnes, 90, of Topeka, passed away on December 29, 2018. She was born on September 3, 1928 in Valley Falls, KS, the daughter of Earl O. and Myra (Brown) Engle. She graduated from Winchester High School. She married Don E. Barnes in 1948. They later divorced. Survivors include children, Dennis D. Barnes (Robyn), Ronald L. Barnes, Carol E. Barnes;...
Joseph Louis Frydrych
Dec 27, 2018
Joseph Louis Frydrych, 89, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2018.He was born September 17, 1929, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the son of Walter and Josephine (Gorcyca) Frydrych. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War and was honorably discharged as a Staff SGT. Joseph married Beverly Hanna on April 25, 1954 in Topeka.Joseph was employed by the...
Doris Jean Thompson Hollinger
Dec 27, 2018
Doris Jean Thompson Hollinger, 77, of Topeka, passed away on December 27, 2018. She was born on March 22, 1941 in Wichita, KS the daughter of Frederick and Doris Nadine (Bundren) Lauver. She married Carl W. Thompson, Stanley Stanley, and Mike Hollinger. They all preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two sons, James Lynn Thompson...
James Flesher
Dec 22, 2018
James "Buddy' Flesher, 50, of Topeka, passed away on December 22, 2018. A complete obituary will be available soon, please check back. Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel is handling arrangements. To leave a special message for the family, please visit the guestbook below.
Howard W. Tudhope
Dec 22, 2018
Howard Walter Tudhope, 97, Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018.He was born June 19, 1921, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of John and Mary (Walters) Tudhope. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1940.Howard enlisted in the United States Army, and served during WWII. Howard was clerk in the materials department at Santa Fe Railroad, retiring after 40 years.He...
Frances E. Springstead
Dec 22, 2018
Frances E. Springstead, 97, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018.She was born April 2, 1921, in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Beulah May (Henderson) Dunaway.On June 8, 1956, she married Robert Edwin Springstead I. He preceded her in death on March 15, 2001. She was also preceded in death by her parents; favorite son-in-law, Daniel...
Marva Lee Ellis
Dec 21, 2018
Marva Lee Ellis, 90, formerly of Topeka, passed away on December 21, 2018 at Via Christi Villages in Manhattan, KS. She was born on March 23, 1928 in Prairie View, KS, the daughter of Arthur and Anna (VanDeWege) Kolste. Marva grew up on a farm in Almena, Kansas. Upon graduation from high school, she attended Kansas State University. While at...
Ruth Kitson Lawson
Dec 21, 2018
Ruth Kitson Lawson, 93, of Topeka, passed away on December 21, 2018. She was born on May 20, 1925 in Northampton, MA, the daughter of John Edward and Vera Amelia (Lawrence) Kitson. She had two sisters, Vera Sheppard and Mildred Cobb; and two brothers, John E. Kitson and George L. Kitson. She graduated from University of Massachusetts in 1945, and...
Charles Ray Alexander
Dec 19, 2018
Charles Alexander, 97, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Midland Hospice.He was born September 14, 1921 at Chillicothe, MO the son of James A. and Ruby E. (Marquis) Alexander. He attended schools in Chillicothe, MO and graduated from Chillicothe Business College. Charles married Eva Elaine Cook on August 18, 1946 in Chillicothe, MO.Charles was a Chief Petty...
Barbara K. Clark
Dec 15, 2018
Barbara K. Clark, 80 of Meriden, KS was called home to the Lord on December 15, 2018.Barbara was born on June 1, 1938 in Topeka, KS the daughter of William E. And Lola B. (Smith) Hodges.Barbara graduated from Topeka High School in 1956 and began her nursing education at Stormont Vail School of Nursing. She went on to graduate from...
Sally A. Northrop
Dec 13, 2018
Sally A. Northrop, 84, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018.She was born January 19, 1934, in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Everett and Helen (Anderson) Ackerson. She received a Master's Degree in Special Education at Kansas State University.Sally taught special education at Southard School on the Menninger Foundation Campus until her retirement.She was a member of the Lowman...
Charline Seele
Dec 10, 2018
Charline Seele, 96, of Kansas City, passed away Monday, December 10, 2018.She was born December 11, 1921, in Carrollton, Missouri, the daughter of Charles and Minnie (Johnson) Smith. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Kirksville State Teachers College . Charline was a teacher in Liberty, MO. She was also employed at the State Capitol Building after moving to...
Paul Arthur Manning
Dec 10, 2018
Paul Arthur Manning lived a full, happy life and passed at 90 years old on December 10, 2018. Paul Arthur Manning was born in Carbondale KS to John Paul and Laura Manning on July 26, 1928. Paul was the oldest of nine children. Paul postponed his high school career to take care of the family while his father shipped off...
Dennis L. Henderson
Dec 9, 2018
Dennis L. Henderson, 70, of Topeka, passed away on December 9, 2018. He was born on October 21, 1948 in Topeka, KS the son of Everett G. Henderson, Jr. and Dorothy F. (Hull) Henderson. He was raised in Topeka and graduated from Highland Park High School. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1967 and served four years during the Vietnam...
Robert Allen Singer
Dec 9, 2018
Robert Allen "Bob" Singer, 68, Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 on the final night of Hanukkah. Bob was born December 24, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Edmund and May (Rosenberg) Singer. He graduated from Oceanside High School in Long Island, NY before moving to Kansas to attend the College of Emporia, graduating in 1972. In...
Ona Maydew
Dec 8, 2018
Ona Mae (Stump) Maydew died at the age of 91 at Brewster Place in Topeka on December 8, 2018. She was born August 5, 1927, to Zeta (Hollar) Stump and Joseph Elmer Stump in rural Smith County, Kansas.Ona was raised on farms near Salem and Lebanon, Kansas. Some of her fondest childhood memories were spending time with her grandparents in...
Jean Draper
Dec 8, 2018
Elva Jean Hummer Draper, 91, of Topeka, died December 8, 2018 at Oakley Place Adult Care, Topeka, under the compassionate care of Great Lakes Caring Hospice. Jean was born January 27, 1927 in Oakland KS, the daughter of Clayton H. and Elva Harriet Magee Hummer. Jean graduated from Topeka High School in 1944. She married Lt Col John Paul Draper,...
Thelma L. Walker
Dec 7, 2018
Thelma Lorene Walker, daughter of Sam and Fern Blanton, was born on June 3, 1923 in Bushong, KS. She entered into eternal rest on December 7, 2018. Thelma graduated from Alta Vista High School and attended Emporia State Teachers College and Brown Business School. Thelma taught for 3 years in Morris County rural schools.On February 21, 1942, Thelma was united...
Martin L. Tennison
Dec 6, 2018
Marty Tennison, 58, of Topeka, passed away on December 6, 2018. He was born on August 21, 1960 in Emporia, KS the son of Jack and Judy Tennison. Marty married Karen E. Tennison in 1984. She survives. Other survivors include parents, Jack and Judy Tennison; sister, Pam Tennison-Rindt (Ron Rindt); children, Dara Gibson (Kelly), Zachary Tennison (Becky), Garret Tennison (Melissa),...
