Vance E. Ramsey
Jan 23, 2024
Vance E. Ramsey, 77, of Topeka passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. He was born at Atchison, Kansas the son of Vance and Etta Mae Boatright Ramsey. He was raised at Troy and graduated from high school there. He married Mary Lucille Thornton on May 23, 1965. They made their home in Topeka. Vance was a carman at...
Carol Fleischer
Jan 23, 2024
Carol (Slack) Fleischer, 85, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2024.She was born October 23, 1938, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Woodrow and Matilda (Tonetti) Slack. She was a graduate of Topeka High School. Carol married Billie Jack Fleischer on January 4, 1964 in Topeka. He preceded her in death on July 3, 2012. Survivors include her daughters,...
Sandra Simmonds
Jan 21, 2024
Sandra Lee Simmonds, born November 18, 1945 in Topeka, KS, to Millard L and Betty Jordan Burrell; surrounded by family, she passed away peacefully on January 21, 2024.
Sandy grew up in North Topeka surrounded by friends and family. She loved and knew her grandparents Harry and Cady Jordan well, as they lived directly across the street....
Gertrud Bowser
Jan 21, 2024
Gertrude Anna Bowser passed away on 21st January 2024, in the age of 91 years in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on 10th May 1932 in Gießen, Germany. Gertrude was raised on a farm in Nieder Gemünden, Germany at her adoptive parents home. Gertrude was baptised 1946. She went to a regular school in her hometown in Germany and in...
Anna Jane Holmes Thoms
Jan 20, 2024
Anna Jane Holmes Thoms, age 84, of Tecumseh, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Anna is survived by her husband, Dr. Norman Thoms, and their three daughters, Sharon Stringfellow-Joseph (Simon), Alice "Ali" Krantz (Hendrik), and Galena "Gael" Ostenson (John); her seven grandchildren, Christian Stringfellow (Chelsea), Hannah Joy Stringfellow Chavez (Lucas), Mary...
Marilyn J. Lee
Jan 20, 2024
December 25, 1938 - January 20, 2024Marilyn Joyce (Helms) Lee, 85 of Topeka, KS, left this world on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Marilyn was born in Topeka, KS to Cyrus Joy and Ella May (Barnett) Helms.Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents and eight siblings; Lloyd, Margerette, Letha, Eva, Clayton, Cyrus, Dale, and Virginia "Tizzy." She was also preceded...
Tod Adams
Jan 15, 2024
Tod “Lee” Adams, 57, Topeka passed away on January 15, 2024, surrounded by his children, mother, brother and close friends. He was born July 19, 1966, the son of Danny R. Adams and Beverly Clark Goodyear.
Tod was a member of Little Britches rodeo for several years riding bulls and saddle bronc. Tod and his mother spent...
Victor Dominguez
Jan 15, 2024
Victor "Burke" Dominguez, 79, Topeka, went home to be with his Lord, January 15, 2024 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was a beloved husband, father, friend, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was born April 26, 1944 in Topeka Kansas the son of Paul and Emma Martinez Dominguez.
Burke's greatest love is his family. He never met a stranger and...
Patsy Calhoun
Jan 14, 2024
Patsy Ann Calhoun, 78, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at Brewster Place. She was born October 8, 1945 in Caldwell County, Missouri the daughter of William J. and Mary Bell Cox Simkins. She was married to William Hamilton Calhoun on April 25, 1965 in Manhattan, Kansas. Patsy worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield over 20...
Judy Jane Tisdale
Jan 13, 2024
Judy Tisdale, 77, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024.
She was born July 25, 1946, in Kingsburg, California, the daughter of Floyd and Jennie (Hyatt) Branum. She received a High School Diploma from Dinuba High School, Dinuba, CA.
Mrs. Tisdale worked many years at First Baptist Church Day Care.
Judy was...
Patricia Peterson
Jan 12, 2024
Patricia Ann Peterson 81, of Topeka passed away on January 12, 2024. She was born on July 3, 1942 in Topeka the daughter of Melvin and Lula Belle Price Shafer. She was married on December 12, 1959 at North Topeka Baptist Church to Karlen E. Peterson. Patricia had taught aerobics as an instructor at the North YMCA. Patricia enjoyed...
Mary Mulanax-Sadler
Jan 12, 2024
Mary Kathryn Fitzgerald Mulanax-Sadler, 89, of Silver Lake, KS passed away on January 12, 2024. Mary was born on February 21, 1934, on a dairy farm in Mayetta, Kansas. She was born at home on a cold winter night to Edward Fitzgerald and Marcella Hannah Fitzgerald. Mary was an only child until the age of 7, when the family...
Dolly Heiland
Jan 12, 2024
Dolly A. Heiland (DeGraff) passed away at the age of 100 on Friday, January 12, 2024 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas. Dolly was born in Rossville, KS at home to Charles E. and Alice C. (Stum) DeGraff, one of 8 girls and 5 boys. She was born on October 13, 1923 along with her twin, Doris Mohler. She attended...
Louise Rohr
Jan 10, 2024
Louise Maxine Rohr, 86, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 peacefully at her home.Everyone called her Grandma Louise. She worked as a "foster Grandparent" at KNI in Topeka, Kansas. She worked at KNI for 24 years. She attended Topeka High School.She had one daughter, Louise Maria Rohr of Topeka; one adopted niece, Jeannie Rae Sherman-Moss of Topeka; one of...
Chalice L. Elliott
Jan 10, 2024
There really is no love like a mother's love and, Chalice Louise (Robuck) Elliott, 86, was the epitome of a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother. Chalice peacefully departed from this life on January 10, 2024, surrounded by the warmth of her family and under the care of Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, Kansas.Chalice...
David A. Nelson, Jr.
Jan 9, 2024
David A. Nelson, Jr., 74, of Topeka passed away on January 9, 2024 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 9, 1949 in Topeka the son of David A. Nelson, Sr. and Lucile A. Hummer Nelson.
Mr. Nelson grew up in North Topeka. He attended Curtis Junior High where he was an excellent student and was...
Merle Devere Kern
Jan 9, 2024
Merle (Ted) D. Kern, son of Cecil and Lottie (Hosler) Kern, passed away January 9th 2024. Ted was born June 8th, 1934 in the family home near Denison,in Jackson County, Kansas.Ted was a brick mason and owned and operated Merle Kern Masonry for 25 years and then owned Kern's Topsoil for 20 plus years before retiring. He always had a...
Julia Roberts Vodicka
Jan 8, 2024
Julia Schwab Roberts Vodicka, 86, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024 in Topeka, Kansas.Julia, called "Judy" by her family, was born August 5, 1937 in Commerce, MO, and raised in Dawson Springs and Princeton, KY, the eldest child of Julian Leo Schwab and his wife Beatrice Alexander. Her father was a businessman of Dawson Springs, Princeton, and Fredonia KY,...
Michael R. Childers
Jan 3, 2024
Michael Childers, 58, of Wakarusa, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. He was born on October 31, 1965 in Michigan City, Indiana the son of Robert and Lillie Haines Childers. He grew up in Michigan City moving to Topeka in 1985.
Michael was a fan of the Colts, was a carpenter by trade. Mike enjoyed to...
Robert F. Baker
Jan 3, 2024
Robert F. Baker (Maqua Bear / Bobby), 59, of Topeka, KS passed away on January 3, 2024. He was born on April 10, 1964 in Manhattan, Kansas to Robert S. and Minnie Lewis Baker. He was the youngest of three children and proud member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe. Whether sharing stories around the fire or participating in...
