Ralph Burgess
May 3, 2015
Ralph Burgess was born April 10, 1916 in Ottawa, Canada to Vena and Victor Burgess. Victor passed away when Ralph was young and Vena married Alva (Babe) Trueblood. The family, Vena, Babe, Ralph, his brothers, Lloyd and Charles; his sisters, Tillie and Dorothy moved to the Harveyville, Kansas area around 1931.Ralph married Doris Irene Dennison on July 31, 1941, and...
Lawrence B. Werner
May 1, 2015
Lawrence Bernard "Bud" WernerLawrence Bernard "Bud" Werner, 84, of Topeka, passed away Friday, May 1, 2015. He was born November 1, 1930, in Topeka, KS, the son of Leo and Alice (Collett) Werner.Bud was a member of the Kansas Construction Trades Union. Surviving are a special friend in his life: Dorothy Creolla of Topeka; a brother: David L. Werner of...
Mary Kate Bruner
Apr 30, 2015
Mary “Kate” Katherine Bruner, age 80, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at the Presbyterian Manor in Topeka. She was born January 15, 1935 in Elk City, OK the daughter of Eddie and Rosa Lee Campbell. Kate accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior while attending a Jimmy Singer Pentecostal Revival in Butler at the age of 12....
Sylvia Doris Stewart
Apr 30, 2015
Sylvia Doris Stewart, 93, of Topeka, formerly of Wichita, passed away April 30, 2015.She was born December 20, 1921 in Delavan, Kansas, the daughter of George D. and May (Merritt) Block. She was a graduate of Delavan High School.Sylvia was employed by Wichita Public Schools, retiring in 1985.Sylvia married Wilford C. "Bill" Stewart. He preceded her in death on December...
J. Kurtiss Carlson
Apr 29, 2015
J. Kurtiss Carlson J. Kurtiss Carlson, 69, Topeka, Kansas, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, of lymphoma at Saint Francis Hospital, Topeka. He was born October 11, 1945, at Lindsborg, Kansas, the son of John "Renus" and Ruby Agnes (Palmquist) Carlson. Kurtiss graduated from Marquette High School and Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia, and attended Washburn University. He served in...
Gaylen Sackman
Apr 27, 2015
Gaylen Sackman, 91, of Topeka passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Lexington Park in Topeka. He was born September 12, 1923 at Cameron, Caldwell County, Missouri the son of Harry Bertsfield and Marjorie Corie Kemper Sackman. He graduated from Cameron High school in 1941. He farmed with his father until 1943. He married Betty Marie Yoakum of...
Vera M. Cornell
Apr 25, 2015
Vera M. Cornell, 73, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015.She was born November 4, 1941 in Council Grove, KS, the daughter of Ed and Myrtle A. (Pape) Eberhart. She was a graduate of Topeka High School.Vera served as administrative assistant for Oakland United Methodist Church, Our Savior's Lutheran Church and West Side Baptist Church. She was an active...
Mae Lewis
Apr 23, 2015
Mae Marie Lewis, age 91 of Topeka, a very sweet and loving person, changed her address to heaven on Thursday, April 23, 2015 in Topeka. Mae was born July 13, 1923 in Neosho Falls, KS the daughter of Ira Murray and Minnie Shaede Murray. Mae graduated from Neosho Falls High School in 1941 and attended Iola Junior College and...
Jewel Spiker
Apr 23, 2015
Jewel Spiker Jewel Spiker, 96, Topeka, KS, died Thursday, April 23, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. She was born September 9, 1918, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the daughter of Robert Levi and Lilly M. (Whiteside) Proudfit. She was reared at Powhattan where she graduated from Powhattan High School. She attended Fort Hays State Teachers College. Jewel married Wilbur Sumner Spiker...
Donald D. Morin
Apr 22, 2015
Donald D. Morin, age 63 of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at his home in Topeka. Don was born April 24, 1951 in Topeka the son of Paul and Virginia Martin Morin. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1969. He married Janice Thurber December 31, 1976 in Topeka. Together they owned and operated Anchor Gold...
Victor Norman Solberg
Apr 21, 2015
Victor N. Solberg, 99, passed away at the Brookside Manor Retirement Community in Overbrook. He was born June 9, 1915 at Salina the son of Victor and Anna L. Doner Solberg. Victor worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation before retiring. Victor also farmed, and continued to care for the land he farmed for years and would have loved...
Dale K. Herrick
Apr 20, 2015
Dale K. Herrick, 86, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015.He was born February 19, 1929 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Frank J. and Zlenna (Love) Herrick. He was a 1947 graduate of Eskridge High School. He served in the U.S. Navy for five years. He graduated from Washburn University receiving a Bachelor's of Science Degree. Dale was...
Robert L. Cook
Apr 19, 2015
Robert L. Cook died Sunday morning on 4-19-2015. He was the only child of Millard I. Cook and Ruby (Freeman) Cook, born 12-3-49 in Topeka Ks. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1968 and served his country as a Special Forces demolitions expert in the Army serving in Germany from 1968 until 1972. He married Janice Smith...
Laura B. Schultz
Apr 17, 2015
Laura Belle Schultz, 79, of Topeka, passed away Friday, April 17, 2015.She was born September 1, 1935 in Tecumseh, KS, the daughter of Leo and Alice (Collett) Werner. Laura was a homemaker she enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters, crocheting or embroidering. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Frank Schultz, her sisters, Mary L. Iwig,...
Rayna Lavone Smith
Apr 15, 2015
Rayna L. Smith, age 66, of Carbondale, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at her home in Carbondale. Rayna was born October 24, 1948 in Topeka the daughter of Hilton and LaVone Mead Metzger. She married Elmer Smith October 15, 1992. Together they owned and operated Elmer Smith Trucking for 20 years. She was a member of the Lakeside...
Virginia L. White
Apr 14, 2015
Virginia Lorraine White Virginia Lorraine White, 87, Topeka, KS, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. Virginia was born August 5, 1927, at Topeka, the daughter of Allen P. and Elizabeth "Elsie" (Keil) Streeter. Among Virginias hobbies were quilting and crocheting. She enjoyed going to the Casinos. She was married to Charles Edison White on August 28, 1944,...
Billy J. Gibbs
Apr 13, 2015
Billy J. Gibbs, 70, of Hoyt, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015.He was born May 2, 1944, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles and Roberta (Ruth) Gibbs. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Billy was employed by the City of Topeka Water Department, retiring after 38 years of service.Mr. Gibbs was a member of the Hoyt United Methodist...
Bette J. Jackson
Apr 10, 2015
Bette Jacqueline Jackson, 90, of Topeka died on April 10, 2015 at Peggy Kelly House, Topeka. She was born July 10, 1924 in Lenora, Kansas to James Bryan Butler and Beatrice K. Butler, she moved to Topeka with her parents and sister, Belva Butler Sandmeyer (deceased), during the depression. A Topeka High graduate, she was employed by Merchants National...
Royce V. Wilcox
Apr 10, 2015
Royce V. Wilcox, 57, of Topeka, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015.He was born August 4, 1957, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Roy E. and LaVaughn F. (Howell) Wilcox. Royce was owner / operator and truck driver of Getco Trucking.Royce married Michelle Andrews on July 14, 2012 in Topeka. She survives of the home. Other survivors include his children,...
Donna Joann Flowers
Apr 9, 2015
Donna Joann Flowers Donna Joann Flowers, 55, Topeka, died Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Stormont-Vail. She was born September 16, 1959, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Franklin LeRoy and Wanda Lorraine (Bauchman) Masuch. Donna graduated from VanHorn High School in Independence, MO. She was employed at Cardinal, BG Services, and ISS. She was married to Dale Allison Flowers...
