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Dean Melton
May 31, 2020
Dean Melton, 80, of Burlingame, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020.He was born October 20, 1939, in Silver Lake, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Lola (Lister) Melton. He received a High School Diploma from Highland Park School in Topeka, Kansas. Dean was employed by BRB Construction and later retired. He spent many years as a truck driver over the...
Sayre M. Youngs, Jr.
May 29, 2020
Sayre Meredith Youngs, Jr., 92, of Topeka, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020, at Brookdale Topeka.He was born November 3, 1927, in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Sayre Meredith, Sr. and Catherine Amelda (Noonan) Youngs. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a Boom Operator from 1949 until retiring in 1975. He then continued his employment working as a...
James W. Nelson
May 29, 2020
James W. Nelson, 85, of Topeka, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020.He was born October 23, 1934, in Marion, North Dakota, the son of Bernard and Gladys (Ottes) Clemens. He served in the United States Army for 26 years including the Vietnam War. He was stationed in various places including Europe, Japan and The United States prior to settling in...
Becky J. Hodges
May 29, 2020
Becky J. Hodges, 85, Topeka, passed away Friday, May 29, 2020 at Midland Hospice House.Becky was born December 4, 1934 in Topeka, the daughter of Ralph and Bessie (Kasselhut) Hockett. She attended Topeka Public Schools.She was employed as a Machine operator at Hallmark Card Company for 42 years, retiring in 2000.She was a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church.Becky...
Floyd Timothy Bennett
May 28, 2020
Floyd Timothy "Tim" Bennett, 65, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020.He was born May 19, 1955, in Munich, Germany, the son of Willis "Benny" and Thelma Timothy (Owen) Bennett. He was a graduate of Indiahoma High School, Indiahoma, OK. Tim was a pressman employed by the Lawton Constitution Newspaper in Lawton Oklahoma and later for Southwest Publishing in...
James Dougan
May 25, 2020
James "Harper" Dougan, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020. He was born July 19, 1933 in Topeka, the son of Louis Frank and Mary (Adams) Dougan. He was preceded in death by his brother, Louis "Frank" Dougan. Harper graduated from Topeka High School and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Literature from the University of Kansas. After...
Patricia A. (Becker) Maffucci
May 24, 2020
Patricia A. (Becker) Maffucci, 89, of Topeka, passed away at McCrite Plaza on Sunday, May 24, 2020 of cancer. She was born at home on October 27, 1930 in Valencia, KS; the daughter of Lucille (Nyman) Becker and George Fuller. Pat was the fourth of five children born to Lucille and Herbert Becker. She spent her early life surrounded by...
Gale E. Bennett
May 24, 2020
Gale E. Bennett, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020. He was born March 1, 1935 in Delia, Kansas, the son of Leo C. and Mary (Morris) Bennett.Gale attended Rossville Grade School and graduated from St. Mary's High School. He worked at the Sinclair station while in school and then at Kaw Valley Dehydrating Plant after graduation....
Elizabeth Jane Fisher
May 23, 2020
Elizabeth Jane "Liz" Fisher passed away on May 23, 2020 at the age of 61 due to COVID-19 complications. Elizabeth was born in Topeka, KS on November 25th, 1958 to Joyce and Craig Irwin. She attended Topeka West High School and Washburn University. She married the love of her life Steven Fisher on May 17th, 1980. She has two children,...
Carl Henry Griffin
May 21, 2020
Carl Henry Griffin, 68, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020.He was born January 3, 1952, in Hampton, Virginia, the son of Charles Henry and Nora Ann (Hubbard) Griffin. He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Newport News, Virginia. Survivors include three brothers, Stephen (Judy Ann) Griffin of Havensville, KS Douglas Griffin of...
Lawrence Brooks
May 21, 2020
Lawrence "Larry" Brooks, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at a Topeka hospital. He was born June 20, 1934 in Nickerson, Kansas, the son of Clinton Henry and Frances Isabel (Lawrence) Brooks.Larry grew up in the Nickerson area, graduated from Reno Community High School, and attended McPherson College where he met his wife, Nancy. He was...
Heather Angela (Willett) King
May 19, 2020
Heather Angela King, 54, Wichita KS, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2020 unexpectedly at a Wichita hospital. Heather was born March 4, 1966 in Hays, KS, the daughter of John and Connie (Meis) Willett. She grew up in Topeka and graduated from Washburn Rural High School. She worked in Communications for the 190th Air National Guard for thirteen years earning...
Winifred J. Krueger
May 18, 2020
Winifred J. "Winnie" Krueger, 94, Topeka, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020.Winifred was born November 13, 1925 in Courtland, the daughter of Martin A. and Hannah L. (Peterson) Larson. She graduated from Courtland High School.She was employed by the Kansas Legislature for over 30 years and retired as a File Clerk Supervisor.She was a member of St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran...
Lawrence E. Gerstner, Sr.
May 18, 2020
Lawrence E. Gerstner, Sr., age 94, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020. He was the first of two children born to Otto and Alta Gerstner in Lyndon, Kansas. He had a younger brother, Eugene. Both his parents and brother preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 37 years, Martha Shepherd, and also...
Vivian L. (Schafer) Akin
May 18, 2020
Vivian L. (Schafer) Akin, 91, of Topeka, passed away Monday, May 18, 2020.She was born May 12, 1929, in Vermillion, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond and Lula (Ballard) Schafer. She graduated from Vermillion High School in 1947. Vivian was a homemaker and also owned and operated the Winifred Grain Company with her husband, Lenard Akin for 25 years. Vivian was...
Dixie A. Edington
May 17, 2020
Dixie A. Edington, 84, of Tecumseh, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at Brookside Retirement Center in Overbrook. She was born April 25, 1936 in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Wilbur and Bernice (Cardwell) Mattox.Dixie graduated from Burlington High School. She has resided in the Topeka / Tecumseh communities for the past 60 years. She was a member of...
Keaton Blair Knutsen
May 16, 2020
Keaton Blair Knutsen, 20, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020. He was born September 5, 1999 in Topeka, the son of Michael Schecher and Yevette Knutsen-Schuetz.Keaton attended Shawnee Heights High School and Horton High School. He was employed by Bureau of Land Management Fire Program.Survivors include his mother, Yevette Knutsen-Schuetz of Topeka, his father, Michael "Mike" Schecher...
Donald H. Allison
May 16, 2020
Donald H. Allison, 92, Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020 at a local care center.Don was born February 4, 1928 in Topeka, the son of Howard and Sadie (White) Allison. He graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University.He was a Marine Veteran serving in the Occupation forces in Japan in WWII and was recalled during the Korean...
Dennis A. Brown
May 16, 2020
Dennis "DB" A. Brown, 50, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020.He was born October 19, 1969, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Mary (Chapman) Faught. He received an Associate Degree in Business from Allen Community College. Dennis was the business owner of, DBS Pest Control in Topeka. He loved being a "bug man". He considered all of...
Paul A. Burch
May 15, 2020
Paul A. Burch, 68, of Topeka passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born October 28, 1951 in Topeka, the son of Harry Joe and Betty (DeMotte) Burch.Paul was employed by Massey & Son's Auto Salvage for 18 years. He later was employed by M&M Auto Salavage.Survivors include children, Billy (Rita) Burch...
