Daryl Craig Penry
Jun 4, 2024
Daryl Craig Penry, 61, of Hoyt, Kansas, passed away on June 4, 2024, at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born on May 21, 1963, the son of Cecil and Norma (Nunley) Penry in Hoyt, Kansas. Daryl grew up and lived his life in the Hoyt area. On July 25, 2000, he was united in marriage to Glenda Mills in Great...
Marilyn Drescher
Jun 3, 2024
Marilyn M. Drescher, 84, of Topeka passed away on June 3, 2024. She was born December 1, 1939 in Topeka the daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy Tevis Butler. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1958. Marilyn was married to George E. Drescher on January 11, 1964. She worked for 16 years for the Department of Human Services, State of...
Neysa Blair
Jun 2, 2024
Neysa Ann Dean Blair, age 88, completed her life’s journey on June 2, 2024, in Topeka, Kansas after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Neysa was born to Lyle E. Dean and Helen Rose (Norton) Dean on February 1, 1936, in Moore Haven, Florida. She later moved to and was raised in Chanute, Kansas, before attending Neosho County Junior College...
Shirley J. Bauer
May 30, 2024
Shirley J. Bauer, 86, of Topeka passed away on May 30, 2024. Shirley graduated from Topeka High School with the class of 1956 and graduated from nursing school at St. Luke’s in Kansas City. She was employed as a nurse for seven years while her children were young. She was also a Cub Scout Den Mother, when Chuck and Earl...
Virginia Downs
May 29, 2024
Virginia Ruth Downs, 90, passed away May 29, 2024, at Kelly House in Topeka, Kansas. She was born February 17, 1934, the daughter of Alfred Edward and Emma Julia (Purdy) Waetzig. She married Delbert L. Downs on June 8, 1952. She was born and raised in Carbondale, Kansas and moved to Topeka after her marriage. Survivors include her daughter, Debbie...
Patsy Wall
May 29, 2024
Patsy A. Wall, 90. Overland Park, KS, (formerly Topeka, KS), passed away on May 29, 2024. She was born August 5,1933, in Topeka, KS, the youngest daughter of James and Opal (Burgen) Filkins. For many years, she did in-home childcare and later retired from USD 501, Topeka, KS. She enjoyed camping, traveling, keeping her lawn perfect and taking care of...
Martha M. Housh-Barton
May 28, 2024
Martha Marie Housh-Barton (Hiebsch) passed away in Topeka, KS on May 28, 2024. She was born December 23, 1938 in Oskaloosa, KS the daughter of Leo and Jennie Hiebsch. She was a graduate of Oskaloosa High School, the Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing and Ottawa University. During a nursing career of over forty years she worked at hospitals and...
Patsy Dodds
May 27, 2024
Patsy C. Dodds, of Topeka passed away on May 27, 2024 in Kansas City. She was born December 28, 1940 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Leonard and Dorothy Riddle Hammond. Patsy attended Seaman High School in Topeka, graduating in the class of 1959. She was a clerk for the Santa Fe Railroad for over 30 years, prior to retiring...
Lydia Aranda
May 26, 2024
Lydia Christina Aguilar Aranda, loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend, passed away unexpectedly from a medical condition on May 26, 2024, at age 41. She was born to Eleanor Duran and Javier Aguilar in Long Beach California on April 17, 1983. She was raised in Wilmington, Los Angeles by her mother and father, Jaime Duran. Lydia became...
Joseph Amon
May 25, 2024
Joseph Eugene Amon, 78, of Hoyt, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2024 after a lengthy and hard-fought battle with cancer. Joe was born on January 8, 1946, in Netawaka, Kansas. He was the son of Oscar H. and Lyda S. Amon. He graduated from Netawaka High School in 1964. Joe served in Viet Nam and for the United States Army...
Melissa Berry
May 24, 2024
Melissa Jo Catt Berry, 47, of Topeka, KS passed away May 25, 2024. She was born on September 29,1976 to Michael Catt and Virginia Jamerson in Topeka, KS. She attended Emporia High School. She loved spending time with Family and Friends. Her babies meant the world to her. She loved music, dolphins, shopping (Gordmans), baking (cherry cheesecake), and playing in...
Carolyn Kay Bailey
May 22, 2024
Carolyn Kay Bailey, 71, of Silver Lake, KS passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2024. She was born in Topeka, KS on October 15, 1952, the daughter of Raymond and Marie (Jensen) Bailey. Carolyn was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She was bestowed the Potawatomi name “Nimkikwe” which means “Thunder Woman.” Carolyn moved from Topeka to Silver Lake...
Bradley "Brad" Blaker
May 17, 2024
Bradley "Brad" Blaker, 61, of Topeka, passed away May 16, 2024. Brad was born November 10, 1962 in Topeka, to Don and Arlene Blaker. Brad graduated from Seaman Highs School and Kaw Area Tech in 1998. He married Debbie Cox in 1999 and they later divorced. He worked for Payless Shoes at the warehouse for approximately 20 years and later...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Gomel
May 16, 2024
Jacqueline “Jackie” Gomel, 89, of Maple Hill, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024. She was born August 19, 1934, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Andrew and Gladys (Woodward) Owen. She graduated from Topeka High School. Jackie loved working in her garden. She enjoyed having her family birthday parties and holidays. Her hobbies were decorating and painting. She loved to...
Wayne L. Boline, Jr.
May 15, 2024
Wayne L. Boline, Jr., 71, of Baldwin City, Kansas passed away on May 15, 2024 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born May 10, 1953 in Topeka the son of Wayne L. Boline, Sr. and Katherine Taylor Boline. He was raised in the Oakland neighborhood and attended Highland Park High School. Wayne joined the...
Stuart A. Robinson
May 12, 2024
Stuart Allen Robinson, 59, of Topeka, passed away at Midland Hospice on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Stuart was born on July 15, 1964 in Pomona, California. The son of Clarence A. and Barbara A. Robinson, one of 4 children. He lived in Colorado Springs for the majority of his childhood and later moved to Topeka, where he attended Shawnee Heights...
Blake Asher
May 11, 2024
Blake Asher, 44, of Topeka passed away on May 11, 2024 as a result of a ATV accident at the State Lake Northeast of Silver Lake. Blake was born August 5, 1979 in Topeka the son of Clifford Eugene Asher, Jr. and Judy H. Asher. He lived in Topeka all his life. He attended school in the Seaman School District....
Katherine "Kathy" Stowers
May 11, 2024
Katherine “Kathy” Inez Stowers, 79, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2024 in her home. She was born March 11, 1945, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was the daughter of Furl and Dorothy (Baney) Todd. She went to Plato High School. Kathy will be remembered for her baked goods. Everyone loved her cookies, cakes, and especially her pies. There...
Edith M. Houser
May 8, 2024
Edith M. Houser, 82, of Topeka passed away on May 8, 2024. Edith had suffered a massive stroke in April before passing. She was born October 7, 1941 in Wakefield, Kansas the daughter of Howard D. and Eunice R. Clifton. She was raised in the Oakland area, surviving the 1966 Topeka tornado which ravaged her neighborhood and destroyed her childhood...
Harold Joseph "Worm" Halstead
May 7, 2024
Harold Joseph “Worm” Halstead, 77, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2024. He was born January 28, 1947, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Lloyd E. and Bertha P. (Rabe) Halstead. He attended Topeka schools. Harold was an over the road truck driver and later employed by City of Topeka where he was a member of Teamsters Local No....
