Beverly J. Johnson
Dec 6, 2017
Beverly J. Johnson passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at home. She was born August 2, 1934 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George and Virginia (Vawter) Reaser. She married James H. Young on November 23, 1952. He preceded her in death on April 30, 1987. She married Merlin R. Johnson November 18, 1989. He survives. Other survivors include a...
John Phillip Smoot
Dec 6, 2017
John Phillip Smoot John Phillip Smoot, 51, Topeka, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017. John was born February 1, 1966, in Topeka, the son of Harold Lee and Lila Mae (Michaels) Smoot. He graduated from Seaman High School and served in the U.S. Army. He had been employed by KanBuild, Southwest Publishing, and Hamm's. John was married to Dawn Smoot and...
Larry Pearson
Dec 4, 2017
Larry Pearson, age 76, died December 4, 2017 at Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born March 11, 1941 at home near White City, Kansas to Ralph and Evelyn Pearson. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1959. Larry painted and papered many homes and businesses throughout the area. He started LP, Inc. in 1966.
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Helen M. Fisher
Nov 30, 2017
Helen Margaret Fisher, 91, of Topeka, passed away on November 30, 2017 at home. Helen was born January 25, 1926, in Cameron, Colorado, the daughter of Andrew and Clara Gergely. She met and married Robert E. Fisher on September 22, 1954. Along with her husband, served the Foursquare Gospel Churches in Akron, CO; as well as in Sterling, NE;...
Betty F. Wood
Nov 30, 2017
Betty Francis (Shelton) Wood, 84, left this world to join her beloved Savior in heaven on Thursday, November 30, 2017. Betty was born on July 26, 1933, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of David D. and Mabel Shelton, and the youngest sister of Virginia (Green), Wilma (McCarty), Lois (Sewell), David and Warren.
Betty grew up in the...
Shirley Joyce Klein
Nov 30, 2017
Shirley Joyce Klein, 80, of Silver Lake, Kansas, passed away November 30, 2017 at Rossville Health Care. Shirley was born on October 1, 1937 to Wayne and Joyce Anderson in Topeka. Shirley graduated from Topeka High School where after she started her family and raised their 4 children. After all her children were in school, she started to work...
Harry Edward Shafer
Nov 29, 2017
Harry Edward "Sonny" Shafer Harry Edward Shafer, 89, of Topeka, died Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born August 6, 1928, in Topeka, the son of Harry Samuel and Wilma Evangeline (Prosser) Shafer. At age 19, Harry "Sonny" started working at the Menninger Foundation and worked there for over 44 years. He was a member of the...
Clinton Scully Potter
Nov 27, 2017
Clinton Scully Potter, 69, of Topeka passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017. He was born May 6, 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska the son of Dr. Stanley E. Potter and Margaret Gale Scully Potter. Clinton was raised in Omaha attended Lewis and Clark Junior High and Benson High School, graduating in 1966. He later attended Grinnell College at Grinnell,...
Timmy L. Garcia
Nov 26, 2017
Timmy L. Garcia, 62, of Topeka, passed away on November 26, 2017 at KU Medical Center. Timmy was born on March 14, 1955 in Topeka to Albert W. Garcia and Patricia Milsap.
Timmy was a part of the Rossville Sons of American Legion Post 31, was an avid karaoke singer and dancing machine. He loved to ride...
Melvin Rex James
Nov 25, 2017
Melvin Rex "Mel" James Melvin Rex "Mel" James, 83, Topeka died Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born January 10, 1934, at Topeka, the son of John Nathan and Grace Lea (Smith) James. Rex graduated from Seaman High School in 1953, and immediately went to work for the Kansas State Department of Motor Vehicles, retiring in 1998....
Nancy Nadine Gumb
Nov 24, 2017
Nancy Nadine Gumb Nancy Nadine Gumb, 69, of Topeka, died Friday, November 24, 2017, at the Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, CO. She was born December 12, 1947, in Denver, CO, the daughter of Ralph Wayne and Norma Jean (Smith) Beek. Nancy was raised on the farm near Cheyenne Wells, CO, and attended the University of Colorado at Greeley....
Blanche Eileen Ball
Nov 22, 2017
B. Eileen Ball, age 82, of Topeka passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Eileen was born March 26, 1935 in Elmont, Kansas the daughter of Jess and Madge Willhite Kauffman. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1954. She married Charles Ball June 17, 1956 in Topeka. He preceded her in death September...
Bonnie J. Bailey
Nov 18, 2017
Bonnie J. Bailey, 84, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017.She was born July 21, 1933 in Topeka, the daughter of Donald Lester and Charlotte Mildred (Kingman) Bell. Bonnie was married to Jackie R. Bailey in 1971. He preceded her in death on November 19, 2015. Survivors include three children; 6 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.Bonnie enjoyed spending...
Doris L. Dunkin
Nov 17, 2017
Doris L. Dunkin, 94, of Topeka passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017. She was born August 1, 1923 in Topeka one of nine children to Gilbert and Nettie Penrod. Doris lived in Topeka her entire life. She was married to Dean Dunkin. Dean preceded her in death. Doris enjoyed flowers of all kinds and working in her yard,...
Margaret A. Farr
Nov 17, 2017
Margaret Campbell Farr Margaret A. Campbell Farr, 75, of Topeka, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. She was born October 26, 1942, in Greenock, Scotland, the daughter of Archibald and Roberta (MacKenzie) Campbell. Margaret was an avid bowler in the Topeka women's bowling association, a youth coach and was inducted into the USBC WBA Hall...
Jill Marie Thomas
Nov 15, 2017
Jill Marie Anderson Thomas
October 2, 1959 – November 15, 2017
Jill Marie Anderson was born at 10:50 a.m. on October 2, 1959, just four minutes before her twin sister, Joan Michele in Newman Hospital in Emporia, Kansas. Welcomed by her parents Delmer A. Anderson and Mary Joan (Pat) Robertson Anderson, and her elder brother...
Dorothy Sue Mohler
Nov 11, 2017
Dorothy Sue Mohler, 64, of Topeka, passed away on November 11, 2017. She was born on February 9, 1953 in Topeka to Floyd and Helen Mohler. Memorial services will be Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Davidson Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be prior, starting at 10:00 a.m. davidsonfuneral.com
Norma Irene Ridgway
Nov 11, 2017
Norma Irene Ridgway Norma Irene Ridgway, 81, Topeka, died Saturday, November 11, 2017, at St. Francis Hospital. She was born January 7, 1936, in Waterloo Township near Wilmington, KS, the daughter of Lloyd Otho and Ann (Knisley) Hodgson. Norma graduated from Topeka High School in 1953, and worked for Bell Telephone for 24 years, retiring in 1991. She was a...
Guadalupe Martinez Lascares
Nov 10, 2017
Guadalupe Martinez Lascares, 47, of Topeka, passed away November 10, 2017 at the University of Kansas Hospital. Guadalupe was born on October 30, 1970, son of Genar Martinez Cruz and Lucina Lascares Gracida. He is preceded in death by his father Genar Martinez Cruz. Guadalupe is survived by his wife Adelina Valdivieso Ortiz, two sons, Raymundo Martinez and Erick...
Brent Thomas Warner
Nov 10, 2017
Brent Thomas Warner Brent Thomas Warner, 47, Hoyt, died Friday, November 10, 2017, in an accident north of Topeka on NW 86th. He was born August 27, 1970, in Topeka, the son of Arthur Neil, and Patricia Ann "Patty" (Dick) Warner. Brent lived in Topeka most of his life. He had been employed at Dick's Refrigeration with his grandfather, Caldwell...
