Julia Merrifield
Apr 24, 2016
Julia Merrifield, 89, Topeka, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016. Julia was born September 10, 1926 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Leonard and Vesta (Holm) Merrifield. Julia graduated high school from Marshfield, Mo. She moved to Topeka with her young family in the early 1950’s. She worked as a church secretary, for the attorney general and 29 years...
Carla Sue Oliver
Apr 24, 2016
Carla Sue Fritz Oliver, age 51 of Ft. Worth, Texas passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at her home in Ft. Worth. She was born April 12, 1965 in Topeka the daughter of Carl and Edith Packer Fritz. She graduated from Perry High School and attended Vo-Tech computer college in Dallas, Texas. She worked as an inventory manager for...
Andrea R. Adams
Apr 24, 2016
Andrea Renae Adams Andrea Renae Adams, 34, Topeka, died Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Stormont-Vail's Emergency Room. She was born April 27, 1981, in Topeka the daughter of Alfred "Eric" and Kimberly Jo (Stauffer) Adams. Andrea graduated from Topeka High School. She recently was employed at the Blind Tiger. Surviving are her husband: James Williams of the home; four children:...
S. Lyle Snook
Apr 24, 2016
Steven "Lyle" Snook Steven"Lyle" Snook, 60, Topeka, died Sunday, April 24, 2016, at his home. He was born November 4, 1955, in Topeka, the son of Frank Leroy and Elsie Eugenia "Jean" (Durner) Snook. Lyle attended Ottawa High School. He owned and operated S & S Window Cleaning. He loved to read, fish, hunt, and play billards. Lyle was married...
James Krieg
Apr 23, 2016
James E. Krieg, 91, of Topeka, died April 23, 2016 at Brewster Health Center. He was born in Topeka the son of William and Vonita Robe Krieg. He graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University for a short time and went into the food store business with his father until he married Elma Rannebeck in Topeka in...
Susan L.(Stiers) Holmes
Apr 23, 2016
Susan L. (Stiers) Holmes, 66, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family after a ten year courageous battle with fourth stage breast cancer.Susan was born August 23, 1949, in Topeka, KS, to Fred and Alice Stiers. She graduated as valedictorian from Hoyt High School in 1967. Susan was set up on a blind date...
Ralph V. Lewis, Sr.
Apr 22, 2016
The world and the Kansas automotive industry has lost a great man. On April 22, 2016 Ralph V. Lewis, Sr. of Topeka, KS and Pelican Lake, MN, went to heaven at the age of 93 after battling a short illness in Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Elizabeth Lewis, his brothers, Charles and Orville Lewis,...
Sammy K. Cypret
Apr 21, 2016
Sammy Kay Cypret, 73, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Sam was born on March 5, 1943 in Eureka, Kansas the son of Thomas Jefferson Cypret and Treva Eloise Lewis Cypret. He was employed at Midas Muffler for 35 years, and retired in 2008. He enjoyed driving his 1934 Ford Vicky to car shows and cruises...
Irma R. Bayless
Apr 21, 2016
Irma R. Bayless, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016. She was born May 1, 1923 the daughter of Arthur and Nellie Conwell Bartram at Elmont. Irma attended school at Elmont. She was employed by Hills Packing Company for three years, Forbes Mill for three years and later was self-employed cleaning houses for over 32 years....
Rex Loren Collins
Apr 20, 2016
Rex L. Collins, age 93, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday evening, July 20, 2016 in Topeka. Rex was born January 15, 1923 in Fredonia, Kansas the son of Claude and Hattie Cook Collins. He worked as a machinist for Boeing in Wichita and Long Beach, California before moving to Topeka. Rex married Imes V. Schadel September 6, 1942 in...
Jerry C. Runkle
Apr 19, 2016
Jerry Carl Runkle Jerry Carl Runkle, 59, Silver Lake, died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at his home. He was born February 1, 1957, in Topeka, the son of Jack Stanley and Grace Isabel (Ausherman) Runkle. Jerry graduated from Seaman High School in 1975. He had worked at Southwest Bowl and retired from the Shawnee County Sheriff's Department after 35 years...
Beverly Washburn Ostrander
Apr 18, 2016
Beverly Washburn Ostrander, 80, of Topeka, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016.She was born March 13, 1936, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Everett and Lillian Reick Washburn. She was a graduate of Topeka High School and member of Gage Park Baptist Church in Topeka. Beverly married Robert "Gene" Ostrander on January 14, 1956, in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors...
Nancy Owsley Toedman
Apr 13, 2016
Nancy O. Toedman, age 79, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at Brewster Place in Topeka. Nancy was born July 27, 1936 in Pittsburg, KS the daughter of Lowell Owsley and Ellen McClelland Owsley. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1954. Nancy graduated with a Bachelors degree from Washburn University. She later worked for Topeka Public...
Debra Jo Griffin
Apr 13, 2016
Debra Jo Griffin, 52, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Debra was born to Albert and Louisa Griffin in Topeka, Kansas on December 20, 1963. Debbie grew up in Topeka, but called many places home. For the past several years, she lived and worked in Denver, CO where she was Assistant Vice-President at Bank of...
James "Jamie" Lee Bowers
Apr 12, 2016
James “Jamie” Lee Bowers, age 28, of Holton, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Jamie was born October 10, 1987 in Topeka the son of Jimmy Bowers and Sherie Nephew. He worked in Bern for CJ Foods. He is survived by his parents, Jimmy Bowers and Sherie Nephew; a son, Tyran Lewis; two brothers, Joshua Bowers and Simion Gibson...
William B. Dempsey
Apr 11, 2016
William B. Dempsey, age 94, of Topeka, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016 at the Autumn Home Plus Care Home in Topeka. William was born February 22, 1922 in Arkansas City, KS the son of William Jennings Dempsey and Zola Leah Hostetler Dempsey. Bill made a career in the U.S. Navy as a Master Chief Metal Smith. He married...
Myrtice Eloise Lumley
Apr 11, 2016
Myrtice Eloise Lumley, age 96, of Topeka, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016 at the Rossville Health Care & Rehab. Eloise was born February 3, 1920 in Springdale, Kansas the daughter of Bert Edmonds and Agnus Hassett Edmonds. She grew up in Leavenworth County, graduating from Lansing High School. She married Harry Lumley April 9, 1939 in Topeka. He...
John J. Nicol
Apr 10, 2016
John J. Nicol, 92, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family.John was born November 18, 1923, in Vassar, KS, to John Henry and Minnie (Smith) Nicol. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1942. After high school he joined the US Navy as a welder. After three years of service he was honorably discharged...
Kenneth G. Braun
Apr 9, 2016
Kenneth G. Braun, 79, of Topeka passed away on April 9, 2016. He was born in Topeka on August 18, 1936 the son of George and Leina Wilson Braun. He served in the U.S. Army and later worked as a machine operator for 40 years at Topeka Blue Print. He had been attending Grace Community Church for the last...
Teresa E. Morris
Apr 9, 2016
Teresa Evaughn Morris Teresa Evaughn Morris, 59, Topeka, KS, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at her home. She was born September 12, 1956, in Madisonville, KY, the daughter of James O. and Pauline (Vickers) Harris. She had worked for the Kentucky State Police, City of Topeka Police Department, and the Y.W.C.A. Teresa was married to James Wallace Morris, Jr. on...
