Cecil Eugene Raby
Sep 29, 2015
Cecil Eugene Raby, 85, of Topeka passed away on September 29, 2015. He was born June 18, 1930 at Silver Lake the son of George Ernest and Pansy Mae Ramer Raby. Cecil graduated from Topeka High School in the class of 1949. He served in the United States Marine Corp during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He later retired...
Bruce A. Bleeck
Sep 29, 2015
Bruce A. Bleeck, Sr. passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Topeka on September 29, 2015. He was born July 23, 1935 at Laurelton, New York the son of Herbert and Lois Diebell Bleeck. After graduating from high school, he joined the service. He received the rank of Airman First Class before being honorably discharged from the United States...
Ann Marie Tibbs
Sep 29, 2015
Ann Marie Tibbs Ann Marie Tibbs, 82, Tecumseh, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at Saint Francis Hospital. She was born January 16, 1933, to Lawrence F. and Ada M. (McDonald) Heil. She graduated from Topeka High School in May, 1950. Ann worked for insurance companies and agencies almost her entire life, except for two years as secretary to the Director...
John D. Murrell
Sep 28, 2015
John "David" Murrell John "David" Murrell was born February 8, 1941, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of John Milton Murrell and Sarah Randolph Murrell. He made his transition September 28th, 2015, after a long illness. He is preceded in death by his father, John Murrell, and Jaryd Osterhaus, a baby son of Darin and Chari Osterhaus. He is survived by...
Pauline Fern Thornburgh
Sep 17, 2015
Pauline “Polly” F. Thornburgh, age 76, of Topeka, went to be with our Lord Thursday, September 17, 2015 at her home in Topeka. She was born March 9, 1939 in Goff, Kansas the daughter of Jesse and Josephine Wade Thompson. Her family moved from Nemaha County to Topeka in 1954. She married Stanley A. Thornburgh September 24, 1965 in...
Lowell Gehrke
Sep 17, 2015
Lowell E. Gehrke, 88, of Topeka, passed away on September 17, 2015 at Legacy on 10th Street in Topeka. He was born August 9, 1927 at Ramona, Kansas, the son of Carl and Sophia Gehrke. Lowell served in the United States Army during the time of the Korean War. He worked in oil fields, drove a dump truck and...
Eddie Ray Bartholomew
Sep 7, 2015
Eddie R. Bartholomew, 45, of Auburn, Eddie was born May 10, 1970, he left this world and took his journey to the next on September 7, 2015. He is survived by his wife Amy; daughter, Cassidy; and son Ryan. He is also survived by his parents, Mel and Sherry along with his brother Jeff and sister Kim. He has...
Florence (Robbin) Schneider
Sep 7, 2015
Mae Marie Florence (Robbin) Schneider, 79, of Topeka, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015.She was born August 13, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Bernard Ernest and Margaret Fern (Angell) Robbin. She was a 1954 graduate of Grover Cleveland High School, St. Louis. Her and her late husband owned and operated Allied Paints, Topeka since 1969.She was a...
Leona Eda Burks
Sep 6, 2015
Leona E. Burks, 94, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015. She was born south of Barnes in Riley County on January 8, 1921 the daughter of Alvin D. and Christina Wichman Wohler. She moved to Topeka in 1957. She was a member of Northland Christian Church in Topeka. Later Leona was a member of Central Park...
Charlotte N. Smith
Sep 3, 2015
Charlotte Nadine Smith Charlotte Nadine Smith, 87, Ozawkie, died Thursday, September 3, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, where she was readmitted earlier in the day. She was born December 3, 1927, at Soldier, the third of four daughters born to John "Ralph" and Rose Etta (Vaughn) Coltharp. She graduated from Havensville High School. She and her husband owned and operated...
Loretta Ann Bain
Sep 1, 2015
Loretta Ann BainLoretta Ann Bain, 85, Topeka, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at Home Plus-Hillsdale Place. She was born October 8, 1929, at Osage City, the daughter of Milton F. and Marion Ann (Engelson) Bostrom.She attended a one-room school north of Lyndon until she was 12. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1947 and then attended Clark's Business School....
Charles Patrick Sorden
Aug 30, 2015
Charles Patrick "Chuck" Sorden, 50, of Delia, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015.He was born February 20, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Billy Charles and Willa Jean (Stephens) Sorden. He was a 1983 graduate of Seaman High School. Chuck managed the Eastboro NAPA, was a truck driver for Coors Distribution, and most recently drove for Frito Lay...
Donald G. Eshom
Aug 29, 2015
Donald G. Eshom, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2015. He was born March 28, 1938 at Newton, Kansas the son of Charles and Josephine May Stanley Eshom. He lived on the family farm north of Burton, Kansas and graduated from Burton High School in 1956. He was married to Pamela Williams on May 11, 1970...
Rose Mary Murray
Aug 26, 2015
Rose Mary Murray, of Topeka passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2015. She was born December 28, 1938 at Sullivan, Indiana the daughter of Horace and Mavis Gambill Pierce. She will be remembered as a strong, independent, self-supportive woman. Rose was also very artistic, and creative. She was loved by all who knew her because of the love and...
Ferol P. Gehring Ii
Aug 26, 2015
Ferol Preston Gehring II, 79, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015.He was born August 14, 1936 in Girard, Kansas, the son of Ferol Preston and Sue Wadsworth (Bruney) Gehring. He was a 1954 graduate of Atchison High School and graduated in 1959 with a Bachelor's in Science at the University of Kansas. He served in the U.S. Air...
Francis Dean Kennedy
Aug 23, 2015
Francis Dean Kennedy, age 79, of Topeka passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015 at his home in Topeka. Dean was born October 21, 1935 in Topeka the son of Chester and Rose Mix Kennedy. Dean married Mary Kay Brooks, she preceded him in death. Dean owned and operated Topeka Carnival Supply for over 45 years. He was preceded in...
James F. Snyder
Aug 18, 2015
James Frederick SnyderJames Frederick "Jim" Snyder, 82, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at Rolling Hills Health Center surrounded by family and friends. A memorial service will be held Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 1:30 pm at Grace Cathedral, 701 SW Eighth Avenue, Topeka. Entombment will be at 10:00 am Monday, August 24, 2015 at Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum,...
Cecilia Elvira Mejia
Aug 14, 2015
Cecilia Elvira Mejia, 77, passed away on August 14, 2015 at Manor Care of Topeka. Cecilia was born on October 11, 1937 in Choachi, Colombia. She moved to the United States in 1969. She devoted her life to spreading the Gospel. She is survived by her son, Carlos Mejia and his wife Ann of Topeka; six siblings; three grandchildren,...
Deborah Rose Barraclough
Aug 14, 2015
Deborah Rose Barraclough, age 53, of Topeka passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 at her home in Topeka. She was born July 5, 1962 in Queens, New York the daughter of Arthur Hans Sr. and Dorothy Gualrapp Hans. She married Tim Barraclough July 21, 1990 in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Melissa and Heather of Topeka;...
Beth Johnson
Aug 14, 2015
Beth Johnson, 89, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 14, 2015 at her home.She was born January 15, 1926 in Osawatomie, Kansas, the daughter of William and Florence Wiseman. She was a 1943 graduate of Osawatomie High School and attended Ottawa University. On June 11, 1950, she married Albert Johnson in Topeka. She worked for...
