Gloria Elizabeth Woerle
Apr 18, 2017
Gloria Elizabeth Clark Woerle, April 8, 1945 - April 18, 2017. She was born in Topeka Kansas and grew up on a farm in Meriden. She was the daughter of Rollin and Elnora Clark of Meriden, KS. Her two siblings are James Clark of Meriden and Elaine (Clark) Frisbie of Grantville. She attended meriden High School (now Jeff West)...
Frederick Wesley Wehrli
Apr 17, 2017
Frederick Wesley Wehrli Frederick Wesley Wehrli, 77, Rossville, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Hospital, Topeka. He was born August 28, 1939, in Holliday, Missouri, the son of Cloyd Henry and Georgia Pearl (Embree) Wehrli. Fred spent almost 32 years of service in the military, retiring as an E-8 from the Kansas Air National Guard. He farmed south...
Karl E. Smith
Apr 11, 2017
Karl Eugene Smith, 82, of Xenia, Ohio, formerly of Topeka, KS., went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at Hospitality Home East. He was born May 19, 1934, in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Cecil Eugene and Mildred Gertrude Perkins Smith.
He is survived by a brother, Galen...
Cleveland "Jack" T. Martin
Apr 10, 2017
Cleveland T. "Jack" Martin, 96, of Topeka, passed away on April 10, 2017, at Midland House hospice care in Topeka. He was born on the Martin family farm in the southeast corner of Jackson County on October 12, 1920, the son of Cleveland Taylor Martin and Mabel Rose (Stone) Martin. Cleve was known as "Jack" by his immediate family....
Donald Leroy Crockett
Apr 9, 2017
Donald Leroy Crockett, 83, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 peacefully at his home.
Donald was born September 21, 1933 in Richland, Kansas to Stephen Crockett and Lois Benander. After graduating from Berryton High School in 1951 he joined the Navy and served for 10 years....
Ina Mae Nason
Apr 8, 2017
Ina Mae Nason, age 94, of Wakarusa passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Salem Nursing Home in Hillsboro, KS. Ina Mae was born July 30, 1922 in Topeka the daughter of Leslie and Ethel Cook Phillips. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1939. She married Robert M. Nason April 9, 1942 in Topeka. He preceded...
Marilyn Romine
Apr 7, 2017
Marilyn L. Romine, 74, of Topeka passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017. She was born February 19, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia. Marilyn lived the majority of her life in the Topeka area. She worked for over twenty years for Columbian Title Company prior to retiring in the 1990’s. She volunteered at the Topeka Public Library and for the...
Steven Harry Lolley
Apr 7, 2017
Steven Harry Lolley, 69, passed away Friday, April 7, 2017, in Topeka, KS.Steve was born July 17, 1947, in Topeka, KS, to Ivan Harry and Maxine Mildred (Mattox) Lolley. He graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1965. After high school he enlisted in the US Navy as an SK3. He served on the USS Alamo and the USS Cabildo,...
Lora Guffey
Apr 3, 2017
Lora J. Guffey, age 66, of Topeka, passed away at her home April 3, 2017. She was born September 26, 1950 in Clay Center the daughter of Lawrence and Wilda Blanken Helms. Lora graduated from Linn High School in 1968 and then Clarks School of Business in Topeka. She married Larry Bainbridge, they later divorced. She married Dennis Guffey,...
Daniel E. Cummings
Apr 3, 2017
Daniel E. Cummings, 59, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017.Daniel loved his family and will be deeply missed by his mother, JoAnn Deckenbach and sister, Nancy Cummings. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence Ave, Topeka, KS 66608. Inurnment will follow at Rochester Cemetery, Topeka.
Michael George Radford
Apr 3, 2017
Michael George "Mike" Radford Michael George "Mike" Radford, 63, Topeka, died Monday, April 3, 2017, at his home. He was born February 25, 1954, in Topeka, the son of George Ebert and Joyce Goldye (Bennett) Radford. Mike graduated from Seaman High School in 1972, and retired from Josten's. He was a life member of the NRA; a 25 year member...
Nola Mcdill Blinn
Apr 2, 2017
Nola McDill Blinn, 88, of Topeka passed away on April 2, 2017. She was born October 5, 1928 in Oiltown, Oklahoma the daughter of Burrel and Altha McVay Graham. She graduated from Augusta High School in Augusta, Kansas in 1945. She lived in Hutchinson before moving to Topeka in 1967. She was a supervisor for Southwestern Bell before retiring...
Dorothy M. Robinson
Apr 2, 2017
Dorothy Mae Robinson, 88, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017. She was born march 19, 1929 in Long Beach, California to Marion and Marjorie Barber. Dorothy was raised at Howard, Kansas, graduating from high school in 1946. She received her Kansas Teachers Certificate in 1947 and taught at school district #112 in Elk County. Dorothy was...
Shirley Redmond Wyatt
Apr 2, 2017
Shirley Redmond WyattShirley Redmond Wyatt passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 vacationing in Branson, MO. Shirley was born August 16, 1952 to Glenn and M. Lucille (Anderson) Redmond. A life-long Thunderbird, she graduated from Shawnee Heights High School and resided in the Tecumseh area. She retired from Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Shirley married Alexander Wyatt on August 2, 1985. He...
Nina P. Buck
Apr 1, 2017
Nina P. Sylvester Buck, 87, of Topeka passed away on April 1, 2017. She was born September 24, 1929 at Burlington, Kansas.
She was cremated. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, April 5 th at Rolling Hills. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, Kansas 66606.
Goldie Katherine Mcknight
Mar 30, 2017
Goldie Katherine McKnight, 89, of Topeka passed away March 30, 2017 at her home. Katherine was born November 16, 1927 to Earl Mitchell and Flossie Brown.
She met Artie McKnight in Gravette, Arkansas where they later married on February 9, 1946. Together they had three daughters. Katherine briefly worked as an egg breaker at the Seymore Packing...
Irene Christina Tibbs
Mar 30, 2017
Irene Christina (Rickel) TibbsIrene Christina (Rickel) Tibbs, 96, Topeka died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at her home. She was the daughter of Elmer Kern and Elizabeth (Guffey) Ent and was born December 18, 1920, on a farm near Hoyt, KS. Irene attended Hoyt High School. She liked to work outside on the farm with her dad. They lived on an...
Guillermina "Emma" Gehrke
Mar 28, 2017
Emma Guillermina Gehrke, 79, of Topeka, passed away March 28, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital. Guillermina was born in San Juan De Guadalupe, Mexico on March 24, 1938 to Jose Rivera and Tiofila Mendoza.
Guillermina worked at Cardinals Building Service doing janitorial work for 27 years. She met Ronald Gehrke through friends when he needed a dancing...
Rev. Micki Mauck-Bratton
Mar 25, 2017
Rev. Micki Mauck-Bratton, 75, went to be with her Savior on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in a Kansas City, MO hospital.Micki was born on December 6, 1941, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Thomas Oran Jones and Betty Mae (Finley) Jones. She attended Seaman High School, Clark's Business College and graduated from Mellon University.She was active in Job's Daughters, Eastern...
Maxine E. Trefethen
Mar 24, 2017
Maxine E. Trefethen, 82, Topeka, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at a local hospital.Maxine was born November 28, 1934 in Wichita, the daughter of Elias W. and Edith V. (Fender) Tice. She graduated from Wichita North High School.She was employed by the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Topeka Public Library, and later for the Department of Revenue, State of Kansas for over...
