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Learta Boettcher
Mar 12, 2013
LeArta Boettcher, 95 passed away at home in Tucson, Arizona with her family at her side. She grew up in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School. LeArta married Clifford Boettcher in 1938 and was a homemaker to her husband and their two children. She moved from Topeka to Pomona, California in 1978 to be near her daughter and then...
Nelson B. Carlson
Mar 12, 2013
Nelson B. Carlson, 85, of Tecumseh, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born May 24, 1927 in Jetmore, KS, the son of Andy Edward and Clara P. Polson Carlson. Nelson was an Air Force veteran during the Korean War. He and his father moved houses and buildings for 26 years in...
Naomi Herrington
Mar 11, 2013
Naomi (Ashbaugh) Herrington, age 95, of Topeka, formerly of Osage City, Kansas and Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away March 11, 2013 at Rolling Hills Health Center. She was born in Lawrence, Kansas on July 27, 1917 to William and Hazel (Weidman) Lee. She was the last survivor of six siblings. To the marriage of Naomi and Leslie Ashbaugh was born...
Jeannette Turner
Mar 11, 2013
Jeannette Turner, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. She was born January 19, 1922 in Harris, KS, the daughter of Albert and Winnie Christy Lloyd. Jeannette graduated from Garnett High School and attended Emporia State. She taught school for five years in Anderson and Osage Counties. She also worked at the Forbes...
Arnold O. Steuber
Mar 10, 2013
Arnold O. Steuber, 87, Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Clare Bridge.Arnold was born January 21, 1926 in LeRoy, the son of Emil and Anna Steuber. He attended school in rural LeRoy and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.He owned and operated A.O. Steuber Construction Company for 35 years and constructed bridges throughout Kansas. He...
Douglas C. Rosevelt
Mar 8, 2013
Douglas C. "Doug" Rosevelt, 66, of Tecumseh, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at Bridge Haven Family Memory Care Center in Lawrence. He was born October 23, 1946 in Topeka, the son of Eugene Charles and Virginia Cooley Rosevelt. Doug graduated from high school in Santa Ana, CA in 1964. After high school, Doug became a California Forestry Fire...
Lucinda Mari Burnett
Mar 8, 2013
Lucinda Mari Burnett, 47, of Yates Center, formerly of Berryton, passed away on March 8, 2013 as the result of a car accident. She was born July 17, 1965 in Wichita, the daughter of Irl and Pauline Kruger George. She graduated from Shawnee Heights High School and received an Associate degree from Allen County Community College. Lucinda married Eric L....
Nancy Helen Scott
Mar 8, 2013
Nancy Helen Scott, 93, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her residence at Rolling Hills Assisted Living with her family by her side.She was born July 9, 1919 in Harrisburg, IL, the youngest of six children of Mike and Frances (Androkaunis) Drutis. She was a graduate of Harrisburg High School. She moved from Pontiac, MI to Topeka...
Jack D. Rockefeller
Mar 8, 2013
Jack D. Rockefeller, 84, died on Friday, March 8, 2013, at Presbyterian Manor in Topeka, Kansas. He was born May 26, 1928 to Francis Marion and Lois Frances Duff Rockefeller in Columbus, Kansas. He married Dorothy Fern Thomas on August 31, 1946; she preceded him in death in 2009. Jack and Dorothy were the parents of eight children. He is...
Donald J. Kamphaus, Jr
Mar 7, 2013
Donald Joseph (DJ) Kamphaus, Jr. 69, died March 7 at his home in Topeka.He was born to Donald and Mary Ellen (Berggren) Kamphaus on January 9, 1944. As a boy he enjoyed hunting with his father and brother. He attended Saint Xavier Catholic School in Junction City, graduating in 1962. During the school year he could be seen playing football,...
Conrad R. Campos
Mar 7, 2013
Conrad Campos, 66, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013. He was born April 18, 1946 in Topeka, the son of Conrad and Joaquina Campos. Conrad is survived by daughters, Deborah Hertzberg of Iowa, Sylvia Sprenkle of Missouri; brothers, Andrew, Robert, and John, of Topeka, and Anthony, of Colorado; sisters, Olivia Ortiz, Susan Rodriguez, of Topeka, and Rosie Campos...
Angela N. Herring
Mar 7, 2013
Angela N. Herring, 58, of Lawrence, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at a Lawrence Hospital. She was born January 4, 1955 in Highland, KS, the daughter of James M. and Anna Marie Zimmerman Herring. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1973 and earned a BA degree from Washburn in 1977. Angela was an...
Sharon K Swan
Mar 7, 2013
Sharon K. Swan, 73, Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013.Sharon was born August 5, 1939 in Silver Lake, the daughter of Emerson and Edna (Dean) Bailey. She graduated from Silver Lake High School and attended Kansas State University.Sharon married John Swan on April 20, 1963 in Topeka. Together they owned and operated Swan's Formal Wear for 37 years. She...
Donna Erickson
Mar 6, 2013
Donna Erickson, 84, of Topeka, passed away March 6, 2013. She was a retired elementary school teacher in Topeka schools. Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Charles in 2003, and is survived by her daughter, Leslie of Big Bear, California. No services will be held.
Judith Ann Smith
Mar 4, 2013
Judith A. Smith, 68, of Ozawkie, KS passed Monday, March 4, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born August 28, 1944 at Beloit, KS, the daughter of John & Helen (Madison) Hunter.Judy was raised in Beloit and graduated from Beloit High School. She married Dean R. Smith on December 16, 1967 at Salina, KS.Judy was a long time employee...
William Howland
Mar 4, 2013
William "Butch" Howland, 61, of Topeka, passed away March 4, 2013 at his home. He was born Nov. 27, 1951 at Torence, California to Kenneth O. and Winifred Spicklemeier Helstrom Howland. He worked for Greyhound as a ticket agent and retired as a maintenance worker for Blue Cross Blue Shield.Survivors include his brothers, Ronnie Howland of Mesa, AZ, Kenneth Howland...
Margaret K. Bonnett
Mar 2, 2013
Margaret Katherine Bonnett (Barty), 81, of Berryton, KS, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013.She was born September 19, 1931 in Luray, KS, the daughter of John Sina and Margaret Katherine (Whitmer) Mayes. She was a graduate of Osborne High School and attended Kansas State University.Barty was an active member of the Berryton United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women in...
Ronald James, Sr.
Mar 1, 2013
Ronald "Ronnie" D. James, Sr. of Topeka, passed away March 1, 2013. He was born Nov. 27, 1962 to Jack D. and Wilma Jean McKibben James. He grew up with a total of 13 siblings (two sisters, one brother, and 10 half siblings) in Oklahoma. He was born at Enid, Oklahoma and was proud to be an "Okie" no matter...
Tracy Daniellekitzman Westover
Feb 27, 2013
Tracy Danielle Kitzman Westover, 42, of Topeka passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at St Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS.She was born December 24, 1970 in Topeka, the daughter of Dale and Carol (Fish) Kitzman. Tracy was a graduate of Topeka High School. Tracy was employed by Washburn University for 13 years. Her first job with Helping Hands Humane Society...
Iris D. Pulaski
Feb 27, 2013
Iris D. Pulaski, long time resident of Topeka, died at age 78 at the Midland Hospice House on February 27, 2013. Iris graduated from the Halstead Hospital School of Nursing and retired after her long service as a registered nurse. She received the Nursing Excellence award from KNI in 1990. Iris was an avid reader, and she wrote short prose....
