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Lois Eileen Brehm
Jan 13, 2012
Lois Eileen Brehm, 96, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012. She was born in Topeka to Perry and Stella Tice on April 9, 1915, and grew up on a farm west of what is now Westridge Mall. Eileen graduated from Washburn High School in 1932, which was then located on the campus of Washburn University. She lived in Topeka...
Geraldine Hadjukovich
Jan 12, 2012
Geraldine F. Hadjukovich, 86, Lawrence, Kansas, passed away Jan. 12, 2012. She was born Jan. 8, 1926 to farmers in Seneca, Missouri, Fred and Gertrude (Nutting) Farrier. She attended high school in Lawrence at Liberty Memorial High School and baby-sat for an income. She also participated in 4-H.She said she married too young at age 18. Her husband, Robert Nightingale,...
Michael Morrow
Jan 11, 2012
Michael Morrow, 61, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at a local hospital.Mike was born August 29, 1950 in Edgley, ND, the son of Cleo and Ella (Bollinger) Morrow. He graduated from Topeka West High School and Washburn University.He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam Conflict.He was employed by the State of Kansas, Department of Revenue...
Olga Teresa Neporadny
Jan 10, 2012
Olga Teresa Neporadny, 81, Topeka, KS, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at her home. She was born December 3, 1930 in Olean, New York the daughter of Gaetano and Christina Rossi Lorenzini. She lived in Weedville, PA until age 10 before the family returned to Olean. She was a 1949 graduate of Olean High School. Olga did secretarial and...
Jeffrey Tilden
Jan 8, 2012
Jeffrey Edward Tilden, 58 of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Midland Hospice House. He was born August 11, 1953, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Allman Tilden. He moved to Birmingham, Alabama as a child where he graduated from Berry High School. He received his Bachelors of Arts degree from Auburn University in...
Mary Beth Carlisle
Jan 8, 2012
Mary Beth Carlisle, 78, of Topeka, passed away Jan. 8, 2012. She was born Nov. 29, 1933, in Harveyville, KS, the daughter Bernard and Laura Degenkolbe. She attended school in Eskridge and Topeka. On April 11, 1951, in Bentonville, AR, she married Ted Carlisle. He preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 2006. Mary very much enjoyed BINGO, her dogs,...
Ramona O. Dewitt
Jan 7, 2012
Ramona O. DeWitt, 54, of Topeka, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at her home. She was born April 21, 1957 in Zweibrucken, Germany, the daughter of James and Gerda (Bode) Ray.Ramona was raised in Topeka and attended Highland Park and Topeka High School. She was employed by Jostens Publications and Scotch Dry Cleaners in Topeka. Ramona married Tom DeWitt in...
Glen E. Thurber
Jan 7, 2012
Glen E. Thurber, 73, Tecumseh, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at a local hospital. Glen was born January 14, 1938 in Lawrence, the son of Glen C. and Viola L. (Noble) Thurber. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1956 and attended Washburn University. He served in the U. S. Army for 4 years. He owned and operated...
Kenneth Paul Taylor
Jan 7, 2012
Kenneth Paul Taylor, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Midland Hospice. He was born on June 27, 1932 in Huntsville, Missouri to Hubert D. and Esther G. (Shaw) Taylor. Kenneth worked for Santa Fe Railroad for 38 years. He married Grace Smith on January 19, 1957. Kenneth is survived by his children, Debbie (Keith) Eubanks...
Donald W. True
Jan 4, 2012
Donald W. True, 62, of Cedar Park, TX, formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2012.He was born October 6, 1949 in Topeka, Kansas. He was a graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School and Emporia State University, Kansas. Don retired with 39 years of service for Southwestern Bell-SBC-AT&T Telephone Company in Kansas City, Salina, Hutchinson and Topeka KS...
James B. Brown
Jan 3, 2012
James B. Brown, 69, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. He was born January 11, 1943 in Topeka, the son of Glenn E. and Alice Leonard Brown. James graduated from Auburn High School and attended Washburn University. He was an Army veteran, serving from 1961-1967, with assignments in Inchon, Korea, Fort Benning, GA,...
Lyndsay Johendrixson Chisholm
Jan 3, 2012
Lyndsay Jo Hendrixson Chisholm, 28, of Farmington, NH, formerly of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Lyndsay Jo was born October 27, 1983, in Pomona, CA, daughter of Joe and Bobbie Graff Hendrixson. She graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 2002, and Texas Christian University with her Bachelor's of Science degree in Nursing in 2006. Lyndsay Jo was...
Harry L. Washington
Jan 2, 2012
Harry L. Washington, 89, Topeka, died on January 2, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital after a long illness. He was born March 15, 1922 in Denison, Texas to Eli Houston and Siney Jane Anderson Washington. He was married to Neva Jean Baker on March 21, 1948 in Topeka, Kansas. Together they shared nearly 64 years of happy marriage. They were...
John E.L. Luft
Dec 31, 2011
John E.L. Luft, 86, of Topeka, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Rolling Hills Health Center. He was born June 12, 1925 in Topeka, the son of Carl and Goldie Mae (Seaman) Luft. John grew up in rural Osage County and the Bucklin/Kingsdown areas of Kansas. He graduated from Kingsdown High School in 1943. John entered the Navy in 1943...
Gordon B. Sailors
Dec 29, 2011
Gordon Byron Sailors, 94, of Topeka, Kansas passed away at Stormont-Vail Hospital Thursday, December 29, 2011. Mr. Sailors was born in 1917 in Rosalie, Nebraska to Byron and Julia Octavia Day Sailors. He attended high school in Leonardville, Kansas, graduated from Pittsburg State University with a teaching degree in 1940 and a Masters degree in 1949. He served in the...
Janet Ruth (Kaufman) Reynolds
Dec 29, 2011
Janet Ruth (Kaufman) Reynolds, 72, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at St. Francis Health Center. She was born on January 28, 1939 eight miles South of Dorrance on the farm to William H. (Bill) and Minnie G. (Cook) Kaufman. Janet grew up in Dorrance and graduated from Dorrance High School in 1957. After high school, she...
Robert F. Mcconnell
Dec 29, 2011
Robert F. McConnell, 85, of Topeka, died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Midland Hospice Care. He was born February 18, 1926 in Kansas City, KS the son of Frank J. and Elizabeth (Hirsch) McConnell.Bob was raised in Kansas City, KS and graduated from Ward High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was honorably discharged...
Lucille Howard
Dec 29, 2011
Lucille Katherine (Warren) Howard,98, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011. Lucille was born on January 13, 1913 in Vassar, KS, the daughter of George and Katherine (Trendel) Warren. She moved to Topeka when she was a young adult where she met her husband, Elmer Howard. They were married June 22, 1935 in Topeka. Lucille was always a homemaker...
Rhonda L. Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2011
Rhonda L. Hildenbrand, 56, of Lecompton, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a lengthy battle with Pancreatic Cancer. She was born November 25, 1955 in Great Falls, MT, the daughter of Alvin and Naida Humphrey Swallow. She graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1973. Rhonda was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for...
Elsie R. Brown
Dec 27, 2011
Elsie R. Brown, 90, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011. She was born July 10, 1921 in Redvale, CO, the daughter of Charles Errett and Helen (Scott) Ross.Elsie was raised in Redvale and graduated from Western State College in 1943 with a Bachelor's degree in English. After graduation, she worked for the college in Gunnison until marrying her...
