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Paul D. Blankenship
Sep 29, 2015
Paul D. Blankenship, 78, of Baldwin City, KS, formerly of Topeka passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. He was born on November 26, 1936 in Topeka, the son of Hylas "Buck" and Doris (Sloyer) Blankenship. Paul graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1954. He was an Army, Navy and Marine Corps veteran. He went to work for Southwestern...
Donna Heath
Sep 28, 2015
Donna Lynn Heath, 65, of Topeka, passed away September 28, 2015. She was born at Onaga, Kansas to Clement and Donis (Flowers) Manuel on April 11, 1950. She was raised in Havensville, Kansas on a farm. Donna graduated from Onaga High School in 1968 and Washburn University in 1999. She married Dennis Heath at Silver Lake, Kansas on February 14,...
Charles Leonard Ramsey
Sep 26, 2015
Charles Leonard Ramsey, 83, of Topeka, passed on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at St. Francis Health Center. He was born January 25, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Archie D. and Louise Oliver Ramsey.Charles graduated from North Eastern High School in Detroit and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he became a Tech Sergeant, and was a veteran...
Betty Jo Ebberts
Sep 25, 2015
Betty Jo Ebberts, 79, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015, at her home in Topeka, KS. Betty was born November 17, 1935, at Munger Ranch near Eureka, KS. Betty was the youngest of eleven children born to Frank and Cova (Snuffer) Ball. Moving to Eureka as a child, she attended Mulberry Grade, Eureka Junior and Senior High schools, graduating in...
Ferne Lucille Koehler
Sep 24, 2015
Ferne Lucille Koehler, age 93, passed away September 24th with family at her side.Ferne was born April 12, 1922 in Whiting, KS to Charles and Dora (Marshall) Edds. She married Matthew C. Koehler on March 10, 1944. He preceded her in death on April 8, 1991. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Sharon (Koehler) Rabe, on March...
Marjorie A. Morgan
Sep 21, 2015
Marjorie "Sally" A. Morgan died Monday, September 21, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor. She was born November 13, 1922 in Topeka to Lester and Agnes Hansford.Sally was creative and successfully enjoyed quilting, painting, gardening and designing Easter baskets. She was a life member of Eastern Star at Silver Lake, KS. She loved her family and her professional caregivers.Survivors include a daughter,...
Laurelee Reisinger
Sep 21, 2015
Laurelee "Laurie" D. Reisinger, 62, of Topeka, formerly of Middletown, New York, passed away September 21, 2015. She was born to Wilson and Lois (DeGraw) Williams on May 21, 1953 at Middletown, NY where she was raised by her father and step-mother, Lynn Williams. She attended public schools and graduated from Middletown High School in 1971. She married Leon Reisinger...
Bernice W. Brown
Sep 20, 2015
Bernice W. Brown, 99, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at a Topeka hospital surrounded by her family. She was born May 27, 1916 in Peoria, Illinois, one of ten children born to Herman F. and Minnie (Sardinson) Gentz. She and her husband moved to Topeka in the late 1980's. Bernice accepted Jesus Christ as her personal...
Irma Jean Stidham
Sep 19, 2015
Irma Jean "Jeannie" (Wooster) Stidham, 79, of Topeka, Kansas passed away September 19, 2015. Jeannie was born on April 27, 1936 in Salina, Kansas. She was the daughter of George and Florence (Trow) Wooster. George owned both a barbershop and a real estate company from the 1940's through the 1960's in Salina. Jean married Gerald C. Stidham in 1959. They...
Patricia Anne Dugger
Sep 19, 2015
On September 19, 2015 Patricia Anne Dugger was released from her earthly challenges and is now basking in heavenly sunlight. She was born on August 19th, 1955 on Galveston Island, Texas, the daughter of Michael and Donna Quin. Tricia moved to Topeka on the day of the 1966 tornado. She was a 1973 graduate of Washburn Rural High school and...
James E. Bonsall, Sr.
Sep 18, 2015
James E. Bonsall, Sr., 87, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015. He was born August 14, 1928 in Rockdale, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank R. and Jenny (Stewart) Bonsall. James graduated from Media High School in Media, Pennsylvania. He entered into the U.S. Air Force where he spent 21 years before retiring in 1968. He went to...
Roberta Lou Hochstedler
Sep 17, 2015
Roberta Lou Hochstedler, 86, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord on September 17, 2015. She is survived by her sons; Stan Hochstedler (Bonnie Nielson), Brick Hochstedler (Dana Kahlhamer), and Wade Hochstedler; her daughter, Robbi Daniels (Craig); grandchildren, Dylan and Lindsey Hochstedler and her sister, Charlene Rainey. Roberta was preceded in death by her husband Arthur N. Hochstedler. Per...
Helen M. Kollar
Sep 16, 2015
Helen Byrnes Kollar, 74, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015. She was born June 27, 1941, in Binghamton, New York, the daughter of John and Helen (Milowitz) Byrnes. In 1983, she earned her GED, an accomplishment that she was very proud of. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter, Michelle (Melvin) White, Topeka; siblings, Diana Rea, Thomas (Kathleen)...
Abbey Diane Rubottom
Sep 15, 2015
Abbey Diane Rubottom, 19, cared deeply about life and was loved immeasurably; she will be missed beyond words. After trying her best she found it necessary to leave this world on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. We send our prayers and love with her. She is survived by her mother, Darcey Evans (Billy Pryor), of Topeka, Kansas; father, Jeff Rubottom (Debbie),...
Deann Kay Sanchez
Sep 13, 2015
Deann Kay Sanchez, 68, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. She was born May 14, 1947, in Junction City, Kansas, the second of five children of Roy and Marvene Carlton. Deann was raised in Alta Vista, Kansas where she attended grade school and high school. Deann is survived by her six children, Jim Hueser and his wife, Christine...
James Williams
Sep 13, 2015
James "Les" Williams, 58, Topeka, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, September 13, 2015.Les was born July 1, 1957 in Topeka, the son of James Williams and June Walton. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1975.He worked for Cargill Milling for over 33 years, retiring in 2012 and currently was employed as a baker at McCrite's Retirement...
Gayle Thomas Kantack
Sep 10, 2015
Gayle Thomas Kantack was born December 31, 1939, to Frank and Odella (Alexander) Kantack in Broughton, KS. He attended Clifton High School and graduated in 1957. He then attended Kansas State University and graduated with a degree in Agriculture in January 1962. He was accepted into the Peace Corps (Jan. 1962) and went to El Salvador as a livestock specialist...
Emerson L. Hayden
Sep 7, 2015
Emerson L. Hayden was issued his last uniform Monday September 7, 2015. Born January 25, 1932 the eldest child of Roy and Juanita Hayden, a true child of the Depression and WW2 decade, he spent most of his childhood while not in school, working between the family farm and his grandparents' farms on the south edge of Wichita. According to...
Harry E. Peoples
Sep 7, 2015
Harry E. Peoples, 72, Topeka, Kansas passed away Monday, September 7, 2015.Harry was born December 26, 1942 in Curwensville, PA, the son of Harry E. Peoples and Hazel Nadine (Turner) Peoples Hoover. He graduated from Curwensville High School in 1960. He worked in the Coal mines before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, where he served from 1960 to 1969.He...
Sylvester Allen Bush
Sep 6, 2015
Sylvester Allen Bush, 64, of Topeka, passed away on September 6, 2015. He was born May 20, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Ronald A. and Betty L. (Perkins) Bush. Sylvester was raised in Toledo, Ohio as well as overseas in Germany, where he also attended school.Sylvester is survived by his loving daughter, Tracé Johnson (Raymond) of Topeka, Kansas; grandchildren, Autayvia,...
