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Opal M. Becker
Jul 9, 2016
Opal M. Becker, 95, of Topeka, KS, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016 at McCrite Plaza of Topeka after a short illness.She was born September 19, 1920 in Bigelow, KS to Dean Arthur and Ila Pearl (Mills) Coxley.She married Donald Gene Becker September 3, 1950 in Las Vegas, New Mexico.In 1938, Opal graduated from Frankfort High School. Her first job...
Norman "Cowboy" Richman
Jul 9, 2016
Norman "Cowboy" Richman, 81, Topeka, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016.He was born May 9, 1935, in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of Harold and Melinda (Martin) Richman. Cowboy was a U.S. Air Force Veteran serving during the Cold War, Vietnam War, Korean War and Cuban Crisis. He was the Sr. Controller at Forbes Field for the 90th Strat Recon Wing...
Patricia A. Palmer
Jul 8, 2016
Patricia A. Palmer, 72, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016 at a Topeka hospital. She was born September 4, 1943 in West Allis, Wisconsin, the daughter of Eric and Shirley (Mathis) William.Patricia was employed by the Brunswick Corporation for 10 years. She later was a Navy Recruiter for over 20 years before retiring in 2000.Patricia was a...
Patricia Ellen(Mullen) Mcpherson
Jul 8, 2016
In the arms of an angel, Patricia Ellen (Mullen) McPherson, joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven, on Friday, July 8, 2016. She died peacefully surrounded by family and friends, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born September 7, 1948, in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of William James and June Ellen (Ishmael) Mullen. Pat was a...
James Taylor
Jul 7, 2016
Lt. Col. James S. Taylor, USAF (Ret.) went to be with his Lord July 7, 2016. He was born January 12, 1925 in Huntsville, Alabama, to Anna Simmons and Oscar Brooks Taylor. After his father left, his mother returned to Larned, Kansas, with her three young children. When Jim was nine, his mother married Lyle Ashworth and provided Jim and...
James Russell Bennett
Jul 7, 2016
James Russell Bennett, 60, of Holton, KS passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016. He was born February 18, 1956, in Seattle, Washington, the son of Marvin and Patricia (Welter) O'Dwyer Bennett. James grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and that is where he met his future wife, Diana M. Knight. James was employed by the Taylor Company as a house painter...
Elizabeth Rouviere
Jul 6, 2016
Elizabeth Faye Cowen Rouviere, 78, of Topeka, passed away July 6, 2016. She was born May 17, 1938 in Topeka the daughter of Amos and Arzella Cowen. She had three brothers Ralph, Ronald and Gerald Cowen. She was married to Edward H. Rouviere on May 17, 1954. They parented four children James, Valerie, Kevin and Susan. They were divorced. Elizabeth...
David Dudley
Jul 5, 2016
David Henry Dudley, age 72, of Topeka Kansas, passed away on July 5, 2016, in Wyoming while visiting the mountains he loved.David was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming to Fred and Ruth Dudley on January 12, 1944. He attended elementary, junior and senior high school in Laramie, Wyoming. David graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree...
Blakely Marie Walker
Jul 5, 2016
Baby Girl Blakely Marie Walker, went to heaven on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born at 3:08 a.m. and passed away peacefully at 6:12 a.m. that same day.Blakely touched many hearts and gave a lifetime worth of love in such a short amount of time.She is survived by her parents, Ben and Kristina Walker of Tecumseh,...
Dorothy P. Piper
Jul 5, 2016
Dorothy P. Piper, 95, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at a Eudora care facility. She was born August 9, 1920 in Pauline, Kansas, the daughter of Reginald and Belle (Miller) Grice.Dorothy graduated from Topeka High School in 1938. She was employed by Zercher Photo for 45 years before retiring. She was a member of University United...
Alberta J. Snell
Jul 5, 2016
Alberta Joan (Beckley) Snell, 73, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016.She was born August 19, 1942, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of James and Marjorie (Morris) Beckley. She attended the Lakeview Church of the Nazarene.Alberta married Donald Snell on June 26, 1962 in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Debra (Kenneth) Bacon, Berryton; three grandchildren, Andrew...
Raymonde Foliot
Jul 4, 2016
Raymonde Foliot, 92, Topeka, died Monday, July 4, 2016 at home. She was born in Riorges, France on November 26, 1923, the daughter of Albert and Marie Marceline (Buisson) Lathuilliere. Raymonde married Rene Foliot on September 27, 1947 in Riorges, France. They had one child, a daughter, Josette Foliot Duncan who passed away on June 18, 2010.Raymonde attended boarding school...
James Wesley Howard Jr.
Jul 4, 2016
James (Jim) Wesley Howard, Jr., 82, was born on July 12, 1933, in Stonington, Colorado to James Wesley Howard and Eva Fern (Crissman) Howard. He passed away on July 4, 2016, in Topeka, Kansas. He formerly lived in ElDorado, Kansas; Emporia, Kansas; Woodward, Oklahoma; Miami, Oklahoma; Montrose, Colorado; and Derby, Kansas. He graduated from Springfield High School, in 1951 at...
Tara French
Jul 4, 2016
Tara Sue French, 60, Topeka, passed away Monday, July 4, 2016.Tara was born December 14, 1955 in Topeka, the daughter of Mary and Loyd Nicewander.She graduated from Topeka West High School in 1973. She attended Washburn University and graduated from Stormont-Vail School of Nursing in 1976.She was currently employed as a Registered Nurse at Gensler Eye Center and previously worked...
Alan Nauman
Jul 2, 2016
Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Alan Arthur Nauman, age 82, passed away at his home in Topeka, KS, Saturday, July 2, 2016.Colonel Nauman was born August 13, 1933 in Douglas, WY, the son of Alvin Allen Nauman and Ralphine Adeline (Bimson) Nauman.Alan married Lu Ann Bokenkroger on June 16, 1957 in Sheridan WY. She survives. Other survivors include step mom, Jeanne Elaine...
Karen E. Hirst
Jul 2, 2016
Karen E. Hirst, 65, of Topeka, went to be with her Lord on July 2, 2016 after a twenty plus year battle with cancer.She was born January 29, 1951 in Warrenton, MO, the daughter of Alden and Darline Bruning.Karen taught 3rd through 6th grade at Tecumseh South Elementary School for 31 years, retiring in 2005.She was actively involved at the...
Patricia Ann Casey
Jul 1, 2016
Patricia Ann Casey, 65, of Nortonville, Kansas, formerly of Topeka, passed away July 1, 2016. She was born on August 26, 1950 at Travis AFB, Fairfield, California to Charles John and Donna Lou (Edwards) Casey. Due to her father's service in the US Air Force, the family traveled a lot. Pat graduated from Topeka High School in 1968. She attended...
Carl E. Fett
Jun 30, 2016
Carl E. Fett, 72, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016.He was born November 26, 1943, in Audubon, Iowa, the son of Clarence and Marietta (Moller) Fett. He was a graduate of Audubon Co. High School and served in the United States Air Force and from 1966-67 was stationed at Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base in Thailand, receiving his...
Anita Wilson
Jun 29, 2016
Anita Faye Wilson, 84, of Topeka, passed away peacefully June 29, 2016. She was born March 19, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Harry E. and Velma Harper. She graduated from Northeast High School in 1949. She married Don Wilson November 4, 1951. They resided in Independence, MO for about 4 years and moved to Kansas in 1956....
Kenneth A. Wilkinson
Jun 27, 2016
Kenneth A. Wilkinson, 79, of Topeka, passed away Monday June 27, 2016. He was born October 8, 1936 in Kinney, Nebraska, the son of Ralph Owen and Irene (Throop) Wilkinson. He attended Daly City High School in San Francisco, graduated from Concordia Teacher's College in Nebraska and Central Baptist Theological Seminary with his master's degree.Kenneth was a U.S. Navy veteran...
