Thomas B. Carlyle
Aug 7, 2015
Thomas B. Carlyle, age 86 of Topeka, passed away Friday, August 7, 2015 at the Pines in Holton, KS. Tom was born September 19, 1928 in Wichita the son of Bert and Lenore Holcomb Carlyle. He married Kathryn Edgington July 19, 1947. Tom worked at the Topeka V.A. Hospital in Topeka for over 20 years. Tom was a member...
Donna D. Huxman
Aug 6, 2015
Donna Denese Lott-HuxmanDonna was born in Hill City, Kansas on the date of April 30, 1932, to her parents George and Mary (Wagner) Lott.Donna was an only child.The family lived on a farm in Bow Creek, Graham County, North West of Hill City until the year 1942, when they moved to town after they lost the farm.Donna lived in an...
Edward Martin Matthews
Aug 4, 2015
Edward Martin Matthews, 51, of Topeka, died on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. His wishes were to donate his body for medical research at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Private services are pending and will be announced at a later date. To share a special memory of Eddy or to leave a message for his...
Harold David Griffin
Aug 4, 2015
Harold David Griffin, 76, Grantville, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at Midland Hospice House.David was born June 24, 1939 in Topeka, the son of Harold D. and Hulda (Fay) Griffin. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1955 and attended Washburn University.He was a painter and most recently employed by Painters Union Local #96 as their Business Agent, retiring...
Milton E. Ferguson
Aug 2, 2015
MILTON EUGENE FERGUSONSeptember 6, 1930 to August 2, 2015Milton Eugene Ferguson passed this life at 4:45 am on August 2, 2015 at Hospice House in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Milton (Gene) was born in Silver Lake, KS on September 6, 1930, the son of Oscar and Aline Ferguson. He grew up in Silver Lake, graduating from Silver Lake High School in 1948....
Garrett Keen
Jul 31, 2015
Garrett M. Keen, 50, of Topeka passed away on July 31, 2015. He was born July 25, 1965 in Detroit, Michigan the son of Macon and Jeannie Lymangrover Keen. He was raised in Michigan and graduated from Cousino Senior High School in Warren, Michigan. Garrett served our country in the United States Army. He was stationed in Germany, Korea,...
Blythe E. Stewart
Jul 31, 2015
Blythe E. Stewart, 63, of Topeka passed away on July 31, 2015. She was born August 9, 1951 at Topeka the son of Edwin and Elizabeth Osa Brown. She was raised in Topeka and attended Shawnee Heights High School before moving to Frontenac and finishing high school there. She lived for a few years in California and Texas before...
Bonnie Bates Tustin
Jul 31, 2015
Bonnie B. (Bates) Tustin, 80, of Topeka passed away on Friday, July 31, 2015. She was born May 7, 1935 at Pittsburg, Kansas the daughter of Walter and Adaline Maskrod Bates. Bonnie moved to Topeka in 1963. She worked for over 29 ½ years for the state in the Department of Agriculture, SRS and Department of Revenue before retiring...
Charles W. Brown
Jul 31, 2015
Charles W. "Charlie" Brown, 76, of Meriden, formerly of Silver Lake, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015.He was born January 22, 1939, in Williamsburg, Kansas, the son of Clare Wesley and Charlotte Mabel (Davis) Brown. He attended grade school at Circleville and Meriden and was a 1957 graduate of Silver Lake High School. He served in the U.S. Army from...
Evelyn R. Lohrer
Jul 29, 2015
Evelyn Lohrer, age 103, of Topeka, passed away on July 29, 2015. She is resting next to her husband Edward I. Lohrer at Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka.
Dennis L. Freed
Jul 28, 2015
Dennis L. Freed, age 71, of Netawaka, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Topeka. He was born August 22, 1943 in Bellville, Kansas the son of Norman Freed and Roberta Mitchell Freed. He graduated from Topeka High School. He married Jean Driscoll March 17, 1995 in Topeka. He worked as a mechanical estimator for Universal Mechanical and Electrical...
Eileen M. Suddarth
Jul 28, 2015
Eileen May Suddarth Eileen May Suddarth, 95, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital Emergency Room, Topeka. She was born August 18, 1919, at Missoula, MT, the daughter of Bert and Agnes (Theo) Robbins. Eileen graduated from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, KS and Kansas City Business College. For ten years she was a secretary at Sears...
Iona N. Millard
Jul 28, 2015
Iona Narvelle Millard Iona Narvelle Millard, 91, Tecumseh, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Homestead of Auburn. She was born April 25, 1924, in Riley County, the daughter of John Benjamin and Mabel Ellen (Bennett) Morris. Iona was raised in Topeka and graduated from Seaman High School. She was a member of the Auxiliary to Capitol Post # 1 of...
Hilda A. Freel
Jul 26, 2015
Hilda Alberta Freel Hilda Alberta Freel, 96, Topeka, died Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. She was born January 29, 1919, at Corning, the daughter of George William and Josie (Sanders) Clem. She was raised by her father and step-mother, Mae Clem. Hilda graduated from Corning High School in 1937. She graduated from LPN School in 1959....
Margaret Louise Miller Pache
Jul 25, 2015
Margaret L. Miller Pache, age 94, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Plaza West Care Home in Topeka. Margaret was born March 5, 1921 in Concordia, Kansas the daughter of Frederick McKinnon and Nellie M. Trude McKinnon. She graduated and later taught at Stewart Cosmetology College and then worked for many years as owner and...
Kathryn Sue Wettengel
Jul 24, 2015
Kathryn Sue Spencer Wettengel, 57, Topeka passed away July 24, 2015. She worked at JM Bauersfelds, Falley’s and Dillon’s grocery stores over the years. She was preceded in death by her brother Robert Spencer and mother Donna Spencer. She is survived by her father Harold Spencer. Her children, Amy Hernandez (Michael) Topeka, Ks, Jamie Spencer, Carbondale, Ks, Ashlee Martin,...
Barbara Kay Rakestraw
Jul 22, 2015
Barbara Kay Rakestraw Barbara Kay Rakestraw, 67, Silver Lake, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at her home. She was born September 11, 1947, at Wamego, the daughter of John Llewellyn and Philomena Louise (Tauer) Peavler. Barbara graduated from Silver Lake High School and Clark's School of Business. She worked for Southwestern Bell for 31 years, retiring May 7, 1999. She...
Alvin C. Jordan, Jr.
Jul 19, 2015
Alvin Clair Jordan, Jr. Alvin Clair Jordan, Jr., 86, Topeka, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was born April 1, 1929, in Topeka, the son of Leona Rose (Slater) and Alvin Clair Jordan, Sr. Al graduated from Seaman High School. He was an ironworker with Ironworkers Local 10 of Kansas City. He was a member of...
George Jerry Kincaid
Jul 18, 2015
George Jerry Kincaid, aka the “flying saucer man”, age 79 of Topeka passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at the Topeka V.A. Hospital. He was born June 28, 1936 at Climax Springs, Missouri the son of Henry Kincaid and Annie Stapleton Kincaid. He graduated from Centralia High School. After graduation, he lived in Topeka where he worked at the...
Pauline Sawyer
Jul 17, 2015
Pauline Sawyer, 84, of Topeka passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born December 9, 1930 at Osawatomie, Kansas the daughter of Elsanore and Andrew Jackson Waggoner. Pauline was a supervising cook at several Topeka locations for the Kansas Department of Corrections. Mrs. Sawyer had a real passion for cooking and...
