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Donald Murphy
Jul 13, 2012
Donald M. Murphy, 79, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012, at Midland Hospice House after a short but courageous battle with cancer. He was born September 26, 1932, in Topeka, the son of George and Gertrude Murphy.Don graduated from Topeka High School in 1951, served in the Naval Reserves and went on to graduate from the Topeka Police...
Lewis A. Knudsen
Jul 13, 2012
Lewis A. Knudsen, 73, of Meriden, KS, formerly of Blue Rapids, KS and Peculiar, MO died Friday, July 13th, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born November 5, 1938 in Waterville, KS, the son of Frantz and Ethel (Anderson) Knudsen.Lewis attended grade school and middle school in Marysville, and graduated from Blue Rapids High School. He earned a Bachelor's...
Robert E. Horton
Jul 12, 2012
Robert E. "Bob" Horton, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012. He was born January 1, 1928 in Topeka, the son of Archie A. and Ruth A. Foster Horton. He was the first baby born in Topeka in 1928. Bob graduated from Highland Park High School, where he was selected as the first Homecoming King in November,...
Dennis C. Kurtz, Sr.
Jul 12, 2012
Dennis C. Kurtz, Sr., 65, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Midland Hospice House.Dennis was born February 16, 1947 in Atchison, the son of Frank and Grace (Moore) Kurtz. He graduated from Atchison High School in 1965 and from St. Mary College in 1979.He served in the Kansas Army National Guard from 1965 to 2006, retiring with...
Donna Hawkins
Jul 11, 2012
Donna Jean Hawkins, 75, of Topeka, passed away July 11, 2012. She was born at Topeka, Kansas on September 22, 1936 to Donald and Myrtle (DeBaun) Hawkins. Donna had no siblings. She was employed by the State of Kansas and the Veterans Administration Hospital for over 20 years. Donna is survived by her two sons, Pleaz Jr. of Topeka and...
John Christy
Jul 10, 2012
John W. "Rocky" Christy, 66, of Topeka, passed away July 10, 2012 at Midland Hospice House. He was born to Roy R. and Myrtle O. (Reed) Christy on Sept. 18, 1945 at Topeka, Kansas. He graduated from Topeka West High School and attended Washburn University. He had a long and successful career in real estate sales and development. He was...
Sylvester R. Norwood, Jr.
Jul 9, 2012
Sylvester R. Norwood, Jr., 56, of Topeka, went to be with his Lord on Monday, July 9, 2012 at his residence. He was born October 20, 1955 in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of Sylvester R. and Jeanne Trotter Norwood. He served in the US Army for 3 years. Sylvester was a certified nursing assistant for several different care facilities....
Sara A."Chris" Frost
Jul 8, 2012
Sara "Chris" Frost, 65, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Topeka. She was born September 7, 1946 in Erie, PA.Sara worked for Jostens until she retired for health reasons. She enjoyed playing cards, sewing, crocheting, going to the casino, and spending time with family and friends. Sara was preceded in death by her parents, son, Wyatt Frost;...
Lois Barker
Jul 8, 2012
Lois Billett Barker, 94, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012. She was born December 6, 1917 in Princeton, Franklin County, Kansas to William Leopold and Anna Maude (Kimball) Billett. She attended public schools in Princeton and upon graduation from Princeton High School, attended Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. While in college she made many lifelong friends, including Helen...
Charles Hartner
Jul 6, 2012
Charles Clayton Hartner, 97, Topeka, passed away Friday, July 6, 2012 at Rolling Hills Health Center. Charles was born May 1, 1915 in Topeka, the son of William and Grace Bailor Hartner. He married Eula Maxine Duff on April 12, 1941. She preceded him in death on April 7, 1995. He was employed at Ed Bozarth Chevrolet as an auto...
Dawn Jean Bartlett
Jul 5, 2012
Dawn J. Bartlett, 87, of Topeka, passed away July 5, 2012. She was born March 3, 1925, in Coolangatta, NSW, Australia.On November 24, 1945 in Brisbane, Australia, she married Marion L. Bartlett. He preceded her in death on October 4, 2010. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Gloria, and two brothers, Ian and Darrell, all from Australia....
Roy L. Callahan
Jul 4, 2012
Roy L. Callahan, 67, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 4th, 2012 at the KU Medical Center from injuries he suffered in a motor vehicle accident. He was born June 27, 1945 in Topeka, KS, the son of Lewis and Alma Callahan.Roy lived in Topeka most of his life. He was a stone mason and was employed by Schumacher Masonry....
Della Marie Alexander
Jul 4, 2012
Della Marie Alexander, 61, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012.She was born August 26, 1950 in Cincinnati, OH, the daughter of Charles Lewis and Magdalene (Davis) Johnson.Mrs. Alexander was employed by dietician for Eveningtide Nursing Home, retiring in 2008. Survivors include two sons, LaRon L. (Joyce) Johnson, Panama City Beach, FL and Brian K. Johnson, Topeka; 16 grandchildren;...
Jacqueline Maupin
Jun 27, 2012
Jacqueline L. Maupin, 80, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Midland Hospice.Jacqueline was born October 25, 1931 in Topeka, the daughter of Virgil and Hilda (Wempe) Denny. She graduated from Capital Catholic High School.She was a member of the Topeka Junior League.Her passions were jazz, ballroom dancing and playing tennis.Jacqueline married Robert Maupin on November 27, 1954...
Ethel Marie Weckbaugh
Jun 27, 2012
Ethel Marie Weckbaugh, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at Brewster Place in Topeka.She was born November 23, 1923 in Topeka, the daughter of Axel and Selma Anderson Dahlstrom. Ethel was a life-long Topeka resident and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1941. She was a homemaker and also was employed by the Santa Fe...
Maria Delcarmen Cortes
Jun 25, 2012
Maria del Carmen Cortes, age 39, of Topeka, died Monday, June 25th, 2012 at her home following a courageous battle with melanoma cancer. She was born June 16, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico to Ricardo and Dulce Cortes. Carmen was raised in Topeka and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1992. She obtained her CNA and CMA from KAW...
Leo Miller
Jun 25, 2012
Leo Miller, 89, Topeka, passed away on Monday, June 25, 2012 at Midland Hospice House.Leo was born May 7, 1923 in Vassar, the son of Otto J. and Anna B. Miller. He worked at John Morrell Packing Company from 1940 to 1951, except for a 3 year period that he served in the U.S. Army in the European Theatre of...
Patricia Magathan
Jun 23, 2012
Patricia "Patti" Lynn Jones Magathan passed away peacefully on June 23, 2012 at Midland Care Hospice in Topeka, after a short battle with cancer. Patti has been cremated, and a memorial service will be held at the Mausoleum Chapel at Mt. Hope Cemetery on Friday, July 27, 2012 at 2:30pm.Patti entered this world in San Antonio, TX on January 31,...
Raymond Gibbs
Jun 21, 2012
Raymond Gibbs, 98, passed away in Topeka, Kansas June 21, 2012. He was born May 10, 1914 to William and Liza (Triplett) Gibbs. He spent his youth in Cloud County, Kansas and much of his adolescence in western Kansas working the wheat harvest. He became a mechanic by trade and a musician by heart. The mandolin was his principle musical...
Howard Dale Weaver
Jun 21, 2012
Howard "Duke" Weaver, 86, of Berryton, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at a Topeka hospital.He was born January 19, 1926 in Admire, the son of Waldo and Alta Foster Weaver. He graduated from Admire High School in 1943. He was an Army veteran of WWII, serving in the European Theatre. After his discharge, he worked on the family...
