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...
Betty Jean Buckhalter
Jan 4, 2016
Betty J. Buckhalter, 69, of Topeka passed away on Monday, January 4, 2016 at her home. She was born October 30, 1946 in Topeka the daughter of Elwyn and Bonnie(Nystrom) Bayless. Betty graduated from Topeka High School in 1964. She worked for 32 years at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas before retiring in 2009. She was a...
Gary L. Sides
Jan 3, 2016
Gary Lee Sides, 76, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016.He was born February 1, 1939, in Marysville, Kansas, the son of Harvey and Cosmo (Thompson) Sides. He was a 1957 graduate of Marysville High School. He served in the Navy. Gary was employed by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, retiring in 2002.He was baptized in the Marysville...
Harley Yoder
Jan 2, 2016
Harley Yoder, 87, of Topeka passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor. He was born November 19, 1928 at Hutchinson, Kansas the son of Herman C. and Elizabeth Garver Yoder. Harley moved to Topeka and worked for 31 years at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company before retiring. He was a member of Highland Heights...
Lucile W. Terry
Jan 2, 2016
Lucile W. Terry, formerly of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 2nd, 2016. Lucile was born in Oskaloosa, Kansas to Guy and Edna Warren on August 29, 1923. She married Dr. C.O. Terry on April 21, 1946 and supported him as a receptionist at his chiropractic practice in Oakland. He preceded her in death October 3, 1997. During their...
Floyd B. Hannon, Jr.
Dec 30, 2015
Floyd B. Hannon, Jr. Floyd B. Hannon, Jr., passed away December 30, 2015. He was born March 21, 1921, in Wichita, KS, son of Floyd B. Hannon, Sr. and Thelma Lucille Riggs Hannon. He married Ileen L. Slout on November 28, 1940, in Wichita. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, and was part of the...
Doron "Dale" Allen
Dec 30, 2015
Doron "Dale" Allen Doron "Dale" Allen, 89, Topeka, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born May 5, 1926, at Eskridge, the son of John Wesley and Mable May (Winston) Allen. Dale graduated from Topeka High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. He was a member of Capitol Post #...
Jeannette L. Posten
Dec 29, 2015
Jeannette Lorene Posten Jeannette Lorene Posten, 82, Topeka, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born October 9, 1933, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Martha Edith Evelyn (Scott) and John William Tritle, Sr. Jeannette graduated from Wyandotte High School of Kansas City, KS, in 1951. She retired from Westbrook Baptist Church of Hutchinson in 1996...
Robert E. Lee
Dec 27, 2015
Robert Edward Lee Robert Edward Lee, 93, Topeka, died Sunday, December 27, 2015, at Colmery-O'Neil V.A.M.C. He was born November 19, 1922, at Topeka, the son of John Henry and Minnie Katherine (Dodds) Lee. He attended Pleasant Valley School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Bob was a carpenter with Carpenter Local 1445. He was a...
Martha Louise Surber
Dec 25, 2015
Martha L. Surber, age 94, of Benton, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015 at the Autumn Home Plus Care Facility in Topeka. Martha was born August 6, 1921 in Plymouth, KS the daughter of Fred and Laura Edie Bishop. She married Vernon Surber August 31, 1941 in Topeka. He preceded her in death January 30, 2006. Martha was preceded...
