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Elsie M. Rukes
Mar 23, 2014
Elsie M. Rukes, 89, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born November 13, 1924 in Lyndon, KS, the daughter of Earl and Erma Frazier Mickelson. Elsie graduated from Lyndon High School. She was employed by the State of Kansas for 20 years before retiring. She was a member of...
Ronald W. Dean, Sr.
Mar 21, 2014
Ronald W. Dean, loving son, father and grandfather, was met in heaven by his father George W. Dean and his mother Angela Dean Stednitz on March 21, 2014.Ron was born on October 21, 1951 in Hiawatha KS. He attended grade school in Hiawatha, but graduated high school at Highland Park in Topeka in 1969. He married Patricia A. Vawter, mother...
Paul W. Shields
Mar 18, 2014
Paul W. Shields, 57 of Topeka passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. He was born on July 14, 1956 to John and Patricia Shields. He graduated from Topeka West High School and received a degree in Business and a secondary degree in History from Washburn University. He worked in insurance since he graduated and was Vice President at Kansas...
Randal G. Trackwell
Mar 17, 2014
Randal G. Trackwell, 67, passed away on Monday, March 17, 2014 at his home in Topeka. Randal was born in Topeka on November 8, 1946, son of Donald and Virginia Finley Trackwell. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1965.Randal served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1969 and was a Vietnam Veteran. He went on to earn...
Lorna Lee Luft
Mar 16, 2014
Lorna Lee Luft, Warrensburg, MO, formerly of Topeka, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 16, 2014. A sweet, compassionate soul, she spent her adult years as mom, wife, volunteer and political advocate. Before marrying and having children she was a librarian for Salina School District, Salina, KS and Jardine Junior High School, Topeka. Among many volunteer pursuits, she...
Neal Ivan Brown
Mar 16, 2014
Neal Ivan Brown, 53, of Topeka, passed away March 16, 2014. He was born at Freemont, CA on June 21, 1960 to Gerald E. and Dora (Ewton) Brown. He was raised in Broken Arrow, OK and formerly lived in Herington, KS. He served in the US Marine Corps and was honorably discharged. He married Deborah L. Lenhart on June 17,...
Juanita (Northington) Jones
Mar 15, 2014
Juanita (Northington) Jones, 94, Topeka, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014.She was born November 18, 1919, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the daughter of Willis and Minnie (Bray) Jones. At age five, Juanita and her family moved to Kansas City, Kansas where she attended Kansas City Public Schools. She graduated from Madam C.J. Walker Beauty School in 1944 and Noles Barber...
James "Jim"W. Ingram
Mar 15, 2014
James Wilbur "Jim" Ingram, 82, of Topeka, KS passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014. Jim was born August 1, 1931 to Goldie and Stanley Ingram in Hermitage, MO. He graduated from Urbana High School in Urbana, MO in 1947. Jim attended Southwest Missouri State in Springfield for 2 years before joining the Navy in 1952. He married Wilma Byerly of...
Josephine Quarles Minter
Mar 14, 2014
Josephine Quarles Minter, 95, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014.She was born October 27, 1918, in Clarksville, Tennessee, the daughter of Henry Edmond and Pinkye Bell Morris Quarles. She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers; Robert Quarles, Edmond Quarles, William Quarles and Rueben Quarles; and three sisters; Carnettia Quarles, Ruth Sanford and Rosetta...
Rebecca Ann"Betty"Wakes Herrington
Mar 14, 2014
Rebecca Ann "Betty" Wakes Herrington, 82, Topeka, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014.She was born December 11, 1931, in Lake Village, Arkansas, the daughter of Luelling and Argenta (Coleman) Wakes. After graduating from Topeka High School, she attended the public school practical nursing where she became a graduate practical nurse. She was in the nursing field for 49 years, retiring...
James E. Doherty
Mar 14, 2014
James E. "Jim" Doherty, 82, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014.He was born April 16, 1931 in Halls Summit, Kansas, the son of Harold Thomas and Orene (Lafferty) Doherty. He was a graduate of Burlington High School.Mr. Doherty was employed by Dupont Cellophane Plant in Tecumseh, KS, retiring in 1986. Jim married Nadine L. Eccles on December 13,...
Anna M. Neal
Mar 14, 2014
Anna M. Neal, 88, of Topeka, passed away March 14, 2014, at Plaza West Care Center. She was born September 3, 1925, in Frankfort, Kansas the daughter of Daniel and Alta Isaacs. Anna married William F. Neal on March 6, 1948. He preceded her in death along with son, Kerry and daughter, Julia. Survivors include daughters, Carol Lutz, of Topeka...
Virgil Hogarth
Mar 13, 2014
Virgil Lee Hogarth, born February 17, 1929 went to be with his heavenly father on March 13, 2014.Virgil was a beloved father, husband, friend and pastor. Born in Lamar, Colorado Virgil spent his childhood in the Colorado plains and Kennewick, WA. Virgil attended college in Colorado Springs, where he met and married Ruth (Berkgren). Virgil and Ruth pastored churches in...
Ronald David Prochazka
Mar 12, 2014
Ronald David Prochazka (aka Pro) passed away on March 12, 2014 at home in the arms of his wife, Kathy of 34 years and friend for 10 years beforehand. Ron was born on October 15, 1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the first son of Dr. Otto and Susan (Furlong) Prochazka.Ron grew up in Liberal, Kansas where he attended school from...
Miguel A. Suarez
Mar 11, 2014
Miguel A. Suarez, 46, of Topeka, passed away March 11, 2014. He was born in Cuba on January 18, 1968 and was raised in Puerto Rico. Miguel served in the US Army. He married Sherry Cox on July 26, 2008 at Topeka, Kansas. Miguel was employed by Fidelity management Corporation for 10 years as a technician. He enjoyed computers, cooking...
Wilma Jean Moore
Mar 10, 2014
Wilma Jean Moore, 80, of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. She was born September 13, 1933, in Hartford, Kansas, the daughter of William and Trecie (Sanderland) Bailey. Wilma was raised in Topeka and attended Highland Park High School. She worked at Duffens Optical for over 10 years. Wilma enjoyed spending time at her church and collecting angels.Wilma is...
Wayne Joyce Mcclelland
Mar 10, 2014
Wayne Joyce McClelland, 74, of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014.He was born February 1, 1940 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Walter Irving "Red" McClelland and Amanda (Joyce) McClelland Sharpe. He was a graduate of Highland Park High School.Mr. McClelland was employed by the Owl Drug Store, Menninger's and for Kansas Gas Service in Topeka until retiring in...
Brian K. Miller
Mar 10, 2014
Brian K. Miller, 68, of Topeka, formerly of Larned, Kansas, passed away March 10, 2014. He was born at Great Bend, Kansas to Warren and Glennis (Lile) Miller on December 12, 1945. He grew up in the Larned area and graduated from Larned High School in 1963. He married Bonnie Bond on September 4, 2004 at Burlingame, KS. Brian worked...
Robert D. Mayfield
Mar 8, 2014
Robert "Poo" Mayfield was born rowdy, on November 25, 1951. He grew up a Huck Finn in Everest, KS with his brothers Gene & Paul. After high school, Robert joined the Marines, and received a medical discharge in 1972. He spent his young adulthood as a cable lineman, and enjoyed travelling the states as the then-new technology expanded. After several...
Louise Schmidt
Mar 7, 2014
Louise Schmidt, age 86, of Topeka, passed away on March 7, 2014. She was born Alta Louise Brown, but to those who loved her, she was "Grammy Lou." Born in Jennings, Oklahoma on March 1, 1928, she lived in Russell Kansas in her early years where she met and married Gerald W. Schmidt. They moved to Topeka where they raised...
