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Helen L. Becker
Feb 27, 2013
Helen L. Becker, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. She was born February 22, 1934, in Bushong, KS, the daughter of John and Isla McKinsey Shellenberger. She graduated from Bushong Rural High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State University), in Emporia, KS. She worked as a secretary for the...
Claire Scott
Feb 27, 2013
Claire Louise Scott, 90, departed this earthly world to join her heavenly Father on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas, where she enjoyed the last years of her life."Miss Claire", as she was lovingly known to many family and friends, was born April 25, 1922 in King City, MO, the daughter of George and Ruby (Compton)...
Bethel Logan
Feb 26, 2013
Bethel Logan, 81, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Midland Hospice House.Bethel was born October 13, 1931 in Harveyville, the daughter of Warren and Maude (Rothert) Spencer. She graduated from Harveyville High School.She worked as a retail clerk and cosmetologist, but loved being a homemaker.She was a member of Fairlawn Heights Wesleyan Church where she was active in...
Annette Vandorn
Feb 23, 2013
Annette VanDorn, 41, Overbrook, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013. Annette was born April 8, 1971 in Fridley, MN, the daughter of Abraham and Carolyn (Starleaf) Fast. She graduated from Elk River High School in Elk River, MN. She was employed by Burger King, Office Max and Lane Bryant in Minnesota and was a member of the Overbrook Volunteer...
Angela Dawn Cohagen
Feb 22, 2013
Angela Dawn Cohagen, 37, of Topeka, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. She was born July 4, 1975 in Topeka, the daughter of Clyde D. and Dorothy A. Martin Cohagen. She was employed as a lab technician for Stormont-Vail and recently was employed by Mainline Printing. She is survived by her two daughters, Autumn Dawn and...
Jean C. Davis
Feb 21, 2013
Jean Claire (Bothwell) Davis, our mother, who was born July 19, 1928 in Jewell County, Kansas, passed away on February 21, 2013. She moved with her parents, Harold James Bothwell and Opal Joy (Wilson) Bothwell, to the place we all came to know and love as our grandparents' farm when she was about seven years old. Though Jean never really...
Kerry D. Neal
Feb 21, 2013
Kerry D. Neal, 62, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013. Kerry was born March 13, 1950 at Topeka, the son of William F. and Anna M. Neal.Survivors include his mother, Anna Neal, of Topeka; 2 sisters, Carol Lutz, Topeka and Donna Miller, Leavenworth; brother, David Neal (Tammy) Inman, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death...
Lorraine Kay Liccardi
Feb 20, 2013
Lorraine Kay Liccardi, 55, of Topeka, KS passed February 20, 2013 at her home, following a hard, 1 ½ year fight against Endometrial Cancer. She was born July 16, 1957 at Seneca, KS, the daughter of Donald P. and Teresa M. (Wiltz) Stallbaumer. Lorraine grew up in Seneca and Sabetha. She graduated in 1975 from Nemaha Valley High School, and...
Georgia R. Norman
Feb 20, 2013
Georgia R. Norman, 99, of Topeka passed away February 20, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born in Williamsfield, Illinois on March 1, 1913 to George M. and Nannye B. Chamblain Wells. She graduated from Vermont High School, Vermont, IL in 1931. She married Paul E. Norman on Dec. 24, 1936 at Peoria, IL. He preceded her in death...
Glenda M. Gassdorf
Feb 20, 2013
Glenda Gassdorf, 70, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital.Glenda was born October 13, 1942 in Topeka, the daughter of William and Bertha (Ringel) Brunswick. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1960.She had been a clerk for Shawnee County and later employed as a Bank teller with Chase banks for 12 years. She was...
Betty Moore
Feb 20, 2013
Betty Joan Moore, 82, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House.She was born June 30, 1930 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Harry J. and Cassie E. (Meier) Hashman. She was a 1948 graduate of Topeka High School. Mrs. Moore was employed in early years for Capper Weekly. She would later work for USD...
Sandra Heavin
Feb 19, 2013
Sandra "Sandy" Jean Heavin, 52, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Sandy is survived by her parents, Charles and Shirley Heavin, Topeka, sisters, Debra (Ralph) Albright, Tecumseh, and Kathy Figgs, Topeka, and brother, Randy (Carol) Heavin, Topeka. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at West Side Christian Church, 432 SW Lindenwood, Topeka. Interment...
Richard V."Rick" Davis
Feb 19, 2013
Richard Vincent "Rick" Davis passed away peacefully in Topeka, Kansas on 19 Feb 2013. Born in July 1941 in Topeka to parents Richard L. and Faye D. Davis, he graduated from Topeka High School in 1959 and attended college in Iowa and Kansas. He was a proud grandson of Burton Hill, founder of Hill's Packing Company (now Hill's Pet Nutrition)....
Robert Maupin
Feb 18, 2013
PLEASE NOTE SERVICE CHANGE TO 11:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013 Robert Byrd "Bob" Maupin, 88, Topeka, passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 at Midland Hospice House.Bob was born January 11, 1925 in Pattonsberg, Missouri to Curtman and Dorothy Yates Maupin. His family moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1927. Bob attended school in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High...
Bessie M. Mumford
Feb 18, 2013
Bessie M. Mumford, 96, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka with loved ones by her side. She was born January 9, 1917 in Glade, KS, the daughter of Ed and Jenny VanAllen-Hoover. She was one of four siblings, all of which preceded her in death. She attended schools in Phillipsburg, KS...
Kenneth F. Hood
Feb 17, 2013
Kenneth F. Hood, 81, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013. He was born June 20, 1931 in Killbuck Township, OH, the son of Thomas and Mary Hood.Ken was raised in Chicago, IL, where he attended Harrison Technical High School, graduating in 1948. He received his BS degree in Pharmacy from the University of Illinois in 1952. Ken served...
Robert Leon Waters
Feb 17, 2013
Robert Leon Waters, 79, Auburn, KS, passed away February 17, 2013. He was born May 20, 1933, in Stockton, KS, the son of George and Myrtle Hunt Waters. On June 5, 1960, in Auburn, Robert married Carolyn Parks Waters. She preceded him in death along with his parents and his brother, Harold. Robert was a resident at Aldersgate Village in...
Stephen E. Parr
Feb 16, 2013
Stephen E. Parr, 61, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013.He was born March 26, 1951 in Tulare, CA, the son of Earl W. and Mary Lois (Pool) Parr. He was a graduate of Wooster High School, Reno, NV and University of Nevada, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.Mr. Parr was Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer...
Marjorie L. Snow
Feb 15, 2013
Marjorie Lenore Snow died February 15, 2013. She was born January 31, 1931 in the Branson, Missouri area. Marjorie was retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone, where she was a member of the Telephone Pioneers, and also worked at WIBW Television. She married Walter Baker. They had a son Mark who died in 1985. They divorced. She then married Billy W....
Jeannette Ann Savely
Feb 14, 2013
Jeannette Ann (Martin) Savely, 74, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at her home due to Parkinson's disease and related complications. She was born September 13, 1938 in Tecumseh, MO, the daughter of Richard R. and Juanita (Kesterson) Martin. She graduated from Bloom High School in western Kansas and attended Pratt Community College. Jeannette had braved the...
