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Addie Faye Harriman
Dec 16, 2020
Addie Faye Harriman, 80, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at a local care center.Addie was born August 25, 1940 in Russell, the daughter of Roy and Frances (Lovelace) Reece. At age 8 she became the foster daughter of John and Elsie Birtell.She graduated from Auburn High School.She was employed as a secretary for the Assistant District Attorney and...
Cheryl E. Mather
Dec 14, 2020
Cheryl E. Mather, 77, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Monday, December 14, 2020 at a local care center. She was born December 27, 1942 in Topeka, the daughter of Richard and Irma (Swan) Barnett. She graduated from Topeka High School.Cheryl was united in marriage to Larry Mather on October 21, 1960. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year....
Harry E. Blow, Jr.
Dec 14, 2020
Harry E. "Ernie" Blow, Jr., 74, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 14, 2020. He was born June 25, 1946 in Topeka, the son of Harry E. and Bernice V. (Moulin) Blow, Sr.Ernie graduated from Topeka West High School in 1964 and earned a Master's Degree in Music Education from Kansas State University. He was employed as a music...
Rita Anne Hutchison
Dec 14, 2020
Mrs. Rita A. Hutchison, 82, Topeka, died Monday, December 14 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. The daughter of Stanley and Anna Book, she was born on November 25, 1938 and was raised in Hope, KS. After moving to Topeka, she married Gerald Upchurch and raised four daughters - Sheryl (Roger) Blue, Chris (LM) Westerdale, Jill (Cory) Smith and Michelle...
James Bossert
Dec 13, 2020
James (Jim) Bossert passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at the age of 84. Jim Bossert was the son of Gust & Pauline Bossert, born in Fort Yates, ND. Jim graduated from McLaughlin High School in South Dakota. After graduating he went to work for Moreau Grand Electric and married Joyce Johnson a school teacher in McLaughlin. Jim & Joyce...
Allan B. Layne
Dec 13, 2020
Allan B. Layne, 84, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020.He was born June 1, 1936, in Halls, Tennessee, the son of Amos Brady and Nannymae (Steelman) Layne. He graduated from Humboldt High School in Tennessee and then served in the Air Force. Allan was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad for 35 years before retiring. He was a...
Roberta Irene King
Dec 12, 2020
Roberta "Bobbie" Morrison King, 81, passed away peacefully during her sleep at home in the early morning hours of Dec. 12, 2020 after many years of courageously living with lung disease. Bobbie was born on Sept. 21, 1939 in Atchison, Kansas. She grew up there, the middle child of a loving family, and graduated from Atchison High School in 1957....
Gregory Dean Edson
Dec 11, 2020
Gregory Dean Edson, DDS, passed away at his home in Austin, TX. on Friday, December 11, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. Friends and family will gather to celebrate his life and share stories beginning at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, August 7th at the Rocking V Ranch, 7325 SW 93rd St., Wakarusa, KS 66546. The family requests casual dress and...
Sandra Kay Rozell
Dec 11, 2020
Sandra Kay Rozell, 74, of Easton, Kansas, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020. She was born June 10, 1946 in Joplin, Missouri, the daughter of Paul and Barbara (Horine) Winders.Sandra graduated from Topeka High School. She was employed by Kentucky Fried Chicken and several retail stores.Sandra married Samuel Rozell. He survives. Other survivors include children, James...
Vera C. Smith
Dec 10, 2020
A beautiful life we loved came to a close on Thursday 12-10-20. Vera Carol Smith was born on June 28, 1948, in Kansas City, Kansas to the late Katherine M. Stevenson and Ira C. Smith. Vera (also called Carol) was the second oldest of six children that Katherine Stevenson and Ira Smith had together. She spent all of her childhood...
Sondra Lea Chance Busch
Dec 9, 2020
Sondra Lea Chance Busch, lover of family, friends, all God's creatures, art and design, good books, and great restaurants, died in her sleep at home on 9 December 2020 at the age of 77. She grew up on a farm in Frankfort, Kansas, lived for a period in Manhattan, and spent most of her life as a resident and businesswoman...
Jo Ellen Dyer
Dec 9, 2020
Jo Ellen Dyer, 91, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020.She was born July 10, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Bernice Morford. Jo Ellen was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone in Topeka over 25 years before retiring.Jo Ellen married Phillip "Dan" Dyer on March 11, 1956. He preceded her in death on September 15, 2020. Survivors...
Keril Elaine Mick
Dec 8, 2020
Keril Elaine Mick passed away on December 8, 2020, in Topeka, Kansas.Elaine was born June 17, 1947 to A. Gene (Woody) McCombs and Jesse McCombs in Knoxville, IA. Elaine graduated from Knoxville High School in 1965. She worked in the bookkeeping and accounting field for more than thirty years, retiring in 2012.Her greatest enjoyment in life was her family and...
K. Ralph Sales
Dec 7, 2020
K. Ralph Sales, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020. He was born March 18, 1929 in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Vance H. and Marie (Burch) Sales.Ralph graduated from Roxbury High School near McPherson. He was an Army Veteran during the Korean War. Ralph was employed by KPL for over 30 years before retiring. He was...
Shelline Smoot
Dec 6, 2020
Shelline Smoot, 63, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020. She was born July 8, 1957 in Topeka, the daughter of Robert E. and Rosalie F. (Hammond) Wilson.Shelline graduated from Highland Park High School. She was employed by the State of Kansas for over forty years before retiring. She was a member of Cap-Teens Squares and Family.Shelline married...
Ernst Baier
Dec 6, 2020
Ernst Baier, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020. He was born August 15, 1934 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, the son of Friedrich and Olga Baier.Ernst was employed by the Xerox Corporation. Ernst married Inge E. Vessperman. She survives. Other survivors include children, Friedrich (Rebecca) Baier of Topeka, Barbara (David) Klimek of Rochester, New York, four grandchildren,...
Ruth E. Showalter
Dec 5, 2020
Ruth E. Showalter, 98, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020.She was born January 17, 1922, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Camille "Charlie" and Una (Keller) Cuenin. Ruth and her husband farmed in Oskaloosa, Kansas until retiring. She was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Topeka.Ruth married William "Bill" Showalter on December 8, 1941 in Akron,...
Richard T. Clemmons
Dec 5, 2020
Richard T. "Ricky" Clemmons, 64, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at a Topeka hospital. He was born March 7, 1956 in Topeka, the son of Ross T. and Mary Jane (Otto) Clemmons.Ricky graduated from Washburn Rural High School. Survivors include his siblings, Ross A. (Marie) Clemmons, Mary Jane Myers, his sister-in-law, Meryce M. Clemmons, nieces and...
Kathleen L. Graves
Dec 5, 2020
Kathleen L. Graves, 93, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020. She was born January 11, 1927 in Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Alva and Edith (Britton) Macklin.Kathleen graduated from Garnett High School in Garnett, Kansas in 1944. Following graduation, she took a short course at Santa Fe Railroad and became a Teletype Operator and worked in Topeka...
William L. Miller
Dec 4, 2020
William L. "Bill" Miller, 76, of Tecumseh, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020. He was born December 1, 1944 in Holton, the son of Orville L. and Alice B. (Gitchel) Miller.Bill graduated from Valley Falls High School. He was Army Veteran during the Vietnam War. Bill was employed by Dupont for over 30 years before retiring in 1997. He...
