Vernon Lee Wenger
Jan 28, 2016
Vernon Lee Wenger Vernon Lee Wenger, 75, Topeka, died Thursday, January 28, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital. He was born May 9, 1940, at Powhattan, the son of Leroy R. and Mary Lee (Reid) Wenger. Vernon graduated from Powhattan High School and Clark's Business and attended Washburn University. He was employed by the Kansas Corporation Commission. He was a railroad...
James T. Bramlett, Jr.
Jan 27, 2016
James Thomas "Jimmie" Bramlett, Jr. James Thomas "Jimmie" Bramlett, Jr., 92, Topeka, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at Midland Hospice House. He was born September 13, 1923, at Cushing, Oklahoma, the son of Eva A. (Corley) and James Bramlett, Sr. In 1941, Jimmie graduated from Central High School, Muskogee, Oklahoma. During World War II he served as a medic in...
John "Lee" Hayes
Jan 25, 2016
John Lee Hayes, 85, of Topeka passed away Monday, January 25, 2016. John was born June 28, 1930 in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of John W. and Meriam Alverta Pierce Hayes. He graduated Clay Center High school in 1949. John worked at several auto body shops and then went on to work at Goodyear Tire Company for 25 ½...
Dorothy J. Francis
Jan 25, 2016
Dorothy J. Francis, 85, Silver Lake, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016.Dorothy was born December 8, 1930 in Clifton, the daughter of Alfred and Pearl (Peterson) Jackson. She graduated from Clifton High School.She was employed as a Secretary with the State of Kansas, Department of Revenue for 20 years, retiring in 1995. She was a former member of the Clifton...
Thelma M. Shubkagel
Jan 24, 2016
Thelma M. Shubkagel, age 96, of Topeka, went to be with her Lord Sunday, January 24, 2016 at her home in Topeka. Thelma was born March 23, 1919 in Silver Lake, KS the daughter of George Carl and Emma Stovall Ausherman. She graduated from Seaman Rural High School in 1937. She married Harry Shubkagel January 2, 1945 in Hattiesburg,...
Billy Bob Brumley Sr.
Jan 23, 2016
Billy Bob Brumley Sr., age 77 of Topeka passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at his home. Billy was born November 11, 1938 in Topeka the son of Charles and Vera Miles Brumley. He married Glenda Metzger, she preceded him in death. He married Marie Flynn May 23, 1986 in Topeka. Billy worked for Frito Lay as a driver....
Bobby D. Seckinger
Jan 23, 2016
Bobby Dean Seckinger Bobby Dean Seckinger, 76, Topeka, died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at Autumn Home Plus II. He was born October 8, 1939, in Topeka, the son of Ralph Eugene and Chelsea Blanche (Mathia) Seckinger. He graduated from Topeka High School and served in the U.S. Navy for four years. He was a mail clerk, retiring from the U.S....
Thomas I. Brewer
Jan 22, 2016
Thomas I. Brewer, 68, Topeka, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016.He was born August 13, 1947, in Heber Springs, Arkansas, the son of Oral and Bernice (Rickman) Brewer. Tom worked for KDOT for 40 years, retiring as a computer programmer. He was a member and Past Master of Golden Rule Lodge No. 90, A.F. & A.M. On June 3, 1967...
Darlene May Bachman
Jan 21, 2016
Darlene May Bachman, 88, of Topeka, passed away peacefully January 21, 2016 at Midland Hospice. Darlene was born on September 5, 1927, the daughter of Homer Allen Horn and Pearl L. Holliday. She graduated from Hiawatha and then attended Washburn University. She worked at Hallmark Cards for one year, and then was a homemaker for the rest of her...
Jerry Lee Onnen
Jan 21, 2016
Jerry Lee Onnen Jerry Lee Onnen, 76, Topeka, died Thursday, January 21, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born July 15, 1939, at Fort Dodge, IA, the son of Gerald Theodore and Louise Anna Augusta (Friedrichs) Onnen. He graduated from Menlo Atherton High School (Menlo Park, CA). He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1957 to 1962. He was...
George William Simmons
Jan 19, 2016
George William Simmons Jr., age 76, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at his home in Topeka. George was born August 12, 1939 in Racine, Wisconsin the son of George Simmons Sr. and Goldie Matz Simmons. George served in the U.S. Air Force. He married Sue Hermann November 27, 1959 in Topeka. George worked at Goodyear Tire...
Donna Lou Kibbee
Jan 18, 2016
Donna Lou Kibbee Donna Lou Kibbee, 82, Topeka, died Monday, January 18, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital. She was born June 21, 1933, at Atkinson, NE, the daughter of Robert and Bessie (Beebe) Allen. Donna graduated from Topeka High School. On August 18, 1951, she was married to Bill Kibbee in Topeka. Surviving are her husband: Bill Kibbee of the...
Fred Stone
Jan 17, 2016
Fred N. Stone,72, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Promise Hospital of Overland Park. Fred was born in Topeka on October 2, 1943 the son of Nelson C. and Annette Belle (Spencer) Stone. He lived in Topeka all his life except for a brief period in the military service at the Pentagon during the war...
Vernon W. Henderson
Jan 15, 2016
Vernon W. Henderson, 92, of Topeka, passed away Friday, January 15, 2016. He was born September 27, 1923 in Parthenon, Arkansas, the son of Samuel Monroe and Martha Viola "Ola" (Jones) Henderson. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II.Vernon was employed as a truck driver for Kansas Sand in Topeka for many years, retiring in 1986. He was...
Betty L. Peterson
Jan 14, 2016
Betty L. Peterson, 89, of Osage City, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016.She was born December 9, 1926 in Lyndon, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Ethel (Sawyer) Peterson. She graduated from Harveyville High School. Betty worked at Hallmark Cards in Topeka and was later employed as a clerk for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Miss Peterson was a member...
William G. Stringer, Jr.
Jan 12, 2016
William George "Bill" Stringer, Jr. William George "Bill" Stringer, Jr., 73, Silver Lake, KS, died Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at his home. He was born September 29, 1942, in Battle Creek, MI, the son of Frances Ann (MacKinder) and William George Stringer, Sr. Bill graduated from Central High School in Battle Creek and Washburn University in Topeka. He served in...
Shirley Burnett
Jan 10, 2016
Shirley Ann Burnett, 69, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Shirley was born October 8, 1946 at Beloit, Kansas the daughter of George and Henrietta Borger VanDergiesen. Shirley was raised between Cawker City and Downs, Kansas. Shirley graduated from Downs High School in 1964. Shirley attended Clark’s Business School in...
Norma L. Hough
Jan 9, 2016
Norma L. Hough, age 86, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Aldersgate Village in Topeka. She was born May 8, 1929 in Melvern, Kansas the daughter of Charles Kirby and Reba Moore Kirby. She graduated from Topeka High School. She married Dana Hough June 13, 1948 in Topeka. He preceded her in death March 1,...
Teddy D. Timmons
Jan 6, 2016
Teddy Dennis Timmons. 76, passed away the evening of January 6, 2016 at a local nursing facility following a short illness. Teddy was born in Topeka, KS on February 2, 1939 the son of Shedrick F. Timmons and Mable G. Foster . He married Ethel Ilene Moore on October 30, 1978 in Concordia, KS. Teddy and Ilene originally met...
Dorothy Sayles
Jan 5, 2016
Dorothy Sayles, 89, of Topeka passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born January, 30 1926 in Saint Joseph, Missouri the daughter of Marion and Ruth Bingham. She graduated from Topeka High School. She worked for the Kansas Department of Health and Department of Vital Statistics prior to retiring in 1991. She...
