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Marcia Kathryn Kavel
Dec 22, 2018
Marcia Kathryn Kavel, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018. She was born April 28, 1939 in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Kenneth O. and Ruth (Manley) Bonebreak.Marcia earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Lock Haven State University in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. She taught school in North Carolina. Marcia had resided in Topeka since 1972. She...
Karen A. Emery
Dec 22, 2018
Karen A. Emery, 68, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born October 17, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Juanita (Jones) Head.Karen graduated from Highland Park High School and attended Washburn University. She was employed by the East Topeka Senior Citizens Center. Karen married Theodore...
Helen L. Knapp
Dec 21, 2018
Helen L. "Muzz" Knapp, 85, Topeka, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018.Helen was born July 24, 1933 in Manhattan, the daughter of George L. and Elsie M. (Hanlin) Moshier. She graduated from Manhattan High School.She was employed with the State of Kansas, Department of Aging for 20 years, retiring in 1995.Survivors include her children, Jerry (Kathy) Knapp, Lenexa; Teresa Songs,...
Alan P. Mason
Dec 20, 2018
Alan P. Mason, 58, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Midland Hospice House. He was born July 15, 1960 in Barre, Vermont, the son of Henry E. and Winsome H. (Bruce) Mason.Alan graduated from Spaulding High School in Barre. He had resided in Topeka since 1979. He was employed by Falley's Grocery Store, Frito Lay and...
George W. Powell
Dec 20, 2018
George was born to George Stephen and Gladys Inez Davis Powell on July 28, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas. He played football at Highland Park High School where he met the love of his life, Sarah Bess Hothan, known as Sally. They were married on April 24, 1949 and five children were born to their union. They were married 66 years...
James "Jim" Innes
Dec 20, 2018
James "Jim" Innes, 67, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018.He was born October 5, 1951, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of John and Virginia (Ricksecker) Innes. He graduated from Topeka West High School in 1969.He spent a majority of his career as an electrical sales representative at Kriz-Davis and continued working for numerous years at ACE Hardware in...
Dwayne E. Sebo
Dec 19, 2018
Dwayne Sebo, 50, of Hoyt, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018.He was born September 18, 1968 in Newton, the son of Jerald "Gene" and Martha "Suzy" (Davidson) Sebo. He attended Emporia High School and graduated from Flint Hills Technical College.He was formerly employed at Jostens and currently was a maintenance technician at Bimbo Bakeries.Dwayne married Lisa Guay on July 22,...
James Hogan
Dec 18, 2018
They wanted me to write about my dad. Like there is any possible way to put the entire 62-year life of James Neal Hogan into words. I know when he was born (Jim was born August 22nd, 1956 in North Tonawonda, New York to Ross and Kitty Hogan). I know when he died (Jim died December 18th, 2018 in Topeka,...
Conrad Nicholas Degennaro
Dec 17, 2018
Conrad Nicholas DeGennaro, 75, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018 at his home. He was born July 18, 1943 in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of Carlos Nicholas and Lydia (Hahn) DeGennaro.Conrad graduated from AJ Demarest High School in New Jersey. He attended George Mason University. Conrad had resided in Topeka since 1976. He was employed Iron...
Richard Burton Hanger
Dec 17, 2018
Richard Burton "Dick" Hanger, 90, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018.Dick was born October 31, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Orlando Burton and Adelaide Romain (Bush) Hanger. He was a 1947 graduate of Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. Always a public servant, as a boy he regularly took salt tablets to the workers building...
Maynard T. Yates
Dec 16, 2018
Maynard T. Yates, 60, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2018. He was born December 7, 1958 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Samuel and Patricia (Jones) Yates.Maynard graduated from Topeka High School in 1976. He was a self-employed automobile mechanic. Maynard married Lisa Brooks. She survives. Other survivors include children; Marc, Martrell, Malik, Meshad, Marquis, Myles,...
Ed Swovelan
Dec 15, 2018
Ed Swovelan, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018. He was born November 22, 1942 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Robert and Juanita (Booth) Swovelan.Ed graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver where he earned a Master's Degree. He was employed by the Kansas State Historical Society. Ed married Margot Reinhart. She preceded him...
Dr. Anne Vera
Dec 14, 2018
Dr. Catherine Anne Vera, age 75, died on Friday, December 14th at her daughter's home in Lawrence, Kansas due to complications of a stroke in November. Catherine was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 31st, 1942 to Lieutenant William Henry Crowe and his wife, Dorothy. She grew up in North Kansas City, was the first student from North Kansas...
Sara Jean Mcghehey
Dec 13, 2018
Sara Jean McGhehey, 94, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018. She was born November 27, 1924 in Waynetown, Indiana, the daughter of Charles Burton Munns and Mary Edna Livengood. She graduated from Waynetown High School in 1942 and received a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Indiana University in 1949. Jean taught for one year at French...
Merton H. Wilch
Dec 13, 2018
Merton H. Wilch, 95, Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018.He was born November 6, 1923 in Richland, the son of Charles and Tressie (Leonard) Wilch. He graduated from Berryton High School in 1941. Merton married Ruth Kious on November 24, 1944. She preceded him in death on June 17, 2008. He was also preceded in death by 5 brothers,...
Phillip F. Lunn
Dec 13, 2018
Phillip F. Lunn, 79, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018.Phil was born May 22, 1939, in Wheeler, Texas, the son of Grady and Maye Lunn and educated in Canadian, Texas. He began his 43-year railroad career with the Santa Fe Railway in 1955 at Amarillo in the superintendent's office. He transferred to the freight claim department there in...
Betsy (Stous) Abernathy
Dec 13, 2018
Betsy (Stous) Abernathy, 71, passed away at her home in Berryton, KS, on Thursday, December 13, 2018.Betsy was born on January 3, 1947, in Holton, KS, to William and Evelyn (Stephenson) Stous. She graduated from Shawnee Heights in 1965. Betsy retired after 33 years from the Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka. She married Abe Abernathy on June 13, 1980...
Richard Lee Laing
Dec 12, 2018
Richard Lee "Dick" Laing, 83, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018.He was born October 3, 1935, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Howard Hillis and Mildred Bernice (Beach) Laing. He was a 1954 graduate of Lawrence High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in 1960. He entered the U. S....
Daniel Lee Lott
Dec 11, 2018
Daniel L. Lott, 75, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018.Dan was born May 29, 1943 in Wichita.He was employed as a Carman with B.N.S.F. Railroad.Dan married Georgia Clark on May 29, 1968 in Wichita. She survives. Other survivors include 4 children; 7 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter.Funeral services will be held at...
Paul W. Packer
Dec 10, 2018
Paul W. Packer, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2018. He was born April 6, 1934 in Topeka, the son of Paul E. and Ruth J. (Richards) Packer.Paul graduated from Lecompton High School and was employed as a Firefighter for the City of Topeka before retiring as a Battalion Chief. Paul married Jo Ann "Jody" Jeffrey. She...
