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LaDean E. Gritten, 98, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014. She was born September 25, 1916 in Republic, Kansas, the daughter of Dewi A. and Lois Holliday Davies. LaDean lived most of her life in Topeka. She was employed by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was a member of the Northside Church of...
Frances Meyer, 89, of Tecumseh, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at a Topeka hospital. She was born November 18, 1925 in Spearville, KS, the daughter of George A. and Ethel L. (Gunnels) Conn. She graduated from Yates Center High School and resided in the Topeka and Tecumseh communities since 1943. Frances was employed by Shawnee Heights High School...
My Dad and Best Buddy, William Thomas Goff (Bill) passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014, after a six month courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Dad was born in Lincoln, Illinois on August 18, 1938. He proudly served his country as an E-5 Staff Sergeant in the Air Force. My parents (mother Mary Ann) met while they were both serving...
Marilyn Wilson, daughter of Henry and Vera (Bell) Seck joined the family circle in Heaven on December 12, 2014. Her first breath of life was May 24, 1929 in Hutchinson, Kansas.Marilyn graduated from Haven High School; Emporia State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Education; and then Kansas State University with a Master's Degree in Education. She taught school for...
Dennis W. Ruckert, 71, Topeka, passed away Friday, December 12, 2014. He was born in Herington to Harold and Patricia Ruckert on December 7, 1943. Dennis graduated from Chase High School and received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University. He worked for Southwestern Bell his entire career and retired as an Area Manager in Network Engineering. Dennis...
Chester "Chet" Eugene Curttright, 88, of Topeka passed on December 11, 2014 at Plaza West Retirement Community in Topeka. He was born to Walter and Minnie Curttright in Dunbar Nebraska, July 27th 1926. He was the 10th of 11 children.His family moved to Nemaha, Nebraska when he was 2 ½ years old. He joined the U.S. Army during WWII, before...
Maxine "Faye" Brown Harris, 95, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014.She was born July 11, 1919, in Melcher, Iowa, the daughter of James F. and Mary Marie (McBroom) Brown. She was a 1936 graduate of Westport High School, in Kansas City.Faye retired from Consumer Credit Corp. after a number of years. She was also the Lead Activity Organizer...
Helen Lucille Keller, 83, passed away Friday, December 5, 2014. She was born July 5, 1931, in Atchison, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin and Lorene Hundley. She was preceded in death by her mother, father, four brothers- Wilburn, Stanley, Carl, and Joseph, and two sisters Delores and Linda.She is survived by her daughter Pamela, son-in-law Michael, grandson Jordan, grand-daughter Alexandria,...
Daniel R. "Dan" McGinley, 59, Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014 after a 3 year battle with cancer. Dan was born February 13, 1955 in Dodge City, the son of William "Bill" and Wanda (Horner) McGinley. He graduated from Dodge City High School in 1973 and the University of Kansas in 1979 with a degree in Journalism. He also...
Phyllis Marian (Parker) Moore passed away December 1, 2014, at home. She was born August 29, 1931 to Lester and Gladys Parker, in Burlingame, Kansas. She was the second eldest of six children.She married Bill Moore on February 17, 1950 at Lyndon, Kansas. Following her marriage to Bill, they moved to Wichita, Kansas where their three children were born. In...
Barbara S. Jiskra, 54, of Burlingame, Kansas, passed away November 30, 2014. She was born to Lyle and Mildred Carney in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 4, 1959. She worked at Speedway Motors and then Kawasaki Mfg. She married Adam Jiskra on July 1, 1995 in Lincoln. They moved to Burlingame in 2013. She enjoyed crafting, restoring old homes and visiting...
Ruth L. Fowler, 90, of Topeka, passed away Friday, November 28, 2014. She was born June 23, 1924, in rural Ozawkie, Kansas, the daughter of John and Lucy (Metzger) Fowler. She graduated from Ozawkie Rural High School in 1942. Ruth was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad for 39 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of...
Gene Arthur Elkins, 82, of Topeka, Kansas passed away peacefully at home on November 28, 2014 surrounded by family, after a brief battle with cancer. Gene was born in Grant City, Missouri, to Forrest "Jack" and Arloa Bunch (Chapman) Elkins.Gene was raised in St. Joseph, Missouri and graduated from Central High in 1950. He earned an Associate Degree from St....
Judy Wilder, 69, of Topeka, passed away November 27, 2014. She was born to Clinton and Mildred (Sweeny) O'Neal on November 6, 1945 at Tacoma, Washington. She grew up in the Topeka area and graduated from Topeka High School. She married Richard Wilder on March 3, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. She was employed at Memorial Hospital for 22 years,...
Juanita Pearl Godsey, 88, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014.She was born July 17, 1926, in Leroy, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Martha (Highley) Hunter. She graduated from Garnett High School.Juanita resided in Topeka for most of her life. She was a layout supervisor for Jostens, retiring after 30 years. She was a member of the Shawnee Heights...
John Otto (Jack) HankammerJack Hankammer, 89, died at his home in Topeka, KS, Wednesday, November 26, 2014. He was born to Miriam Young Hankammer and Otto Alfred Hankammer on March 31, 1925, in Pittsburg, KS. Jack attended schools in Pittsburg and graduated from College High School on the campus of Pittsburg State Teachers College. He attended one year of college...
Paul F. Helus, 88, of Topeka, died on Friday, November 21, 2014 at his home. Paul was born on a farm outside Wilson, KS, in Ellsworth County, on November 7, 1926. He was the son of John and Mary (Kaitman) Helus. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1944. Paul entered the Navy at 17 and started boot camp in...
Marilyn Jean (Buchmeier) Werner, Topeka, KS, Age 83, died Thursday, November 20, 2014. She was born in Paxico, KS on May 29, 1931, the daughter of Bob and Faye Buchmeier. She was married to Gene Werner on September 6, 1952 in Topeka, KS. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gene, and grandson John Aldridge III. Survivors...
Leslie L. "Lee" Kennedy, II, 67, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at home from pancreatic cancer. He was born July 8, 1947, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Leslie Lee Kennedy and Emma Flora (Furst) Samek.Lee graduated from Seaman High School in 1965. Lee enlisted in the United State Air Force in September 1965. He was a...
Robert Harold "Bob" Ragan, 85, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.Bob was born December 2, 1928 in Burlington, OK, the son of Virgil H. and Lillian (Meister) Ragan. He graduated from Kiowa High School in Kiowa, KS in 1946. He received his Bachelors degree in 1957 and his Masters degree in 1965 from Emporia State Teachers...
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