Donna Kay Hutchens
Feb 6, 2015
Donna K. Hutchens, age 72 of Topeka passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Donna was born December 16, 1942 in Dixon, Illinois the daughter of Julius Carey and Edna Price Carey. She married John Hutchens January 10, 1960 in Topeka. She worked as a Paraprofessional for School district 501 in Topeka. She was...
Teresa Ann Mcphail
Feb 5, 2015
Teresa A. McPhail, age 54, of North Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital after complications due to surgery. She was born December 18, 1960 in Topeka the daughter of Freddie Sipp and Janice Boyd Sipp. She attended Topeka High School. She worked at Swan’s Formal Wear and then for the State of Kansas at...
Betty J. Badura
Feb 5, 2015
Betty BaduraBetty Badura, 70, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015. She was born May 20, 1944 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Bill and Jean Jeffries.Betty grew up and lived in Silver Lake before moving to Rossville in 1987. She married Henry Badura Jr. on July 8, 1961 and this union lasted 50 years. They were farmers in Rossville. Betty...
Margaret A. Rogers
Feb 2, 2015
Margaret Ann Rogers Margaret Ann Rogers, 77, Topeka, Kansas, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at Plaza West, Topeka. She was born August 5, 1937, in Topeka, the daughter of Forrest Albert and Pauline Kathryn (Weigel) Rogers. Margaret was a member of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church. Surviving are two sisters: Freida M. Rogers of Topeka, and Alberta P. Rogers of El...
Lucille E. Rice
Jan 29, 2015
Lucille E. Rice, age 77 of Topeka passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Plaza West Care Home in Topeka where she received love and care. Lucille was born December 10, 1937 in Topeka the daughter of William Prichard and Floy Yearling Prichard. She married Bobb Rice December 28, 1958 in Topeka. She worked for American Bindery in...
Agnes M. Lester
Jan 28, 2015
Funeral services will be Monday, February 2, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the Davidson Funeral Home. Cremation will follow the funeral. Viewing is available Monday. Her ashes will be inurned later this week at the Memorial Park Cemetery at 6th & Gage in Topeka. She is survived by her husband Leo. Agnes was a longtime resident of Eventide/Legacy on...
Carol A. Brady
Jan 28, 2015
Carol Ann (Sobkoviak) Brady, 73, of Topeka passed away January 28, 2015 at Midland Hospice House. She was born March 3, 1941 at St. Cloud, Minnesota to Joseph and Irene Schulte Sobkoviak the youngest of four girls. Carol graduated from St. Mary’s Cathedral High School where she participated in an all-girls drum-and-bugle corp. After graduation, she joined the workforce....
Jean M. Thompson
Jan 28, 2015
Miss Jean M. Thompson passed away on January 28, 2015 at a local care facility at the age of 102. She was born near Berryton, Kansas, on May 23, 1912, the daughter of Harvey and Anna Cochran Thompson. She was a lifelong Topeka area resident and lived in downtown Topeka by herself until the last two months. She was...
Judith Kay Nottestad
Jan 26, 2015
Judith K. Nottestad, 75, of Topeka passed away on Monday at Midland Hospice in Topeka. Judy was raised in Topeka and lived here most of her life except for eight years when she lived in Wisconsin. She worked at the Menninger Foundation for 12 years and at Brewster Place over 10. She loved music, to dance, be with her...
Joe Daniel Pasia Jr.
Jan 26, 2015
Joseph "Joe" Daniel Pasia Jr., 94, of Topeka passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 at the VA Hospital in Topeka. He was born May 24, 1920 at Topeka the son of Joseph and Myrtle Finnie Pasia. He enlisted in the Army and served his country during World War II. Joe worked for the Santa Fe Railroad before retiring...
Betty Chambers
Jan 26, 2015
Betty Chambers, 65, of Topeka passed away on January 26, 2015. She was born March 26, 1949 at Humbolt Kansas the daughter of Rev. Wardell and Hazel Ella Smith Chambers. Betty was raised and attended school at Emporia. She moved to Topeka about seven years ago. She worked in for home health care agencies in both Emporia and Topeka...
Christina "Tina" Mullin
Jan 24, 2015
Christina Louise Mullin, 54, of Topeka passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Providence Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born March 18, 1960 at El Dorado, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Betty Martin Huffman. She moved to Topeka with her family when she was five. She was raised here and graduated from Topeka High School...
Alice Swafford
Jan 23, 2015
Alice Swafford, 81, of Topeka passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at her home. She was born July 23, 1933 the daughter of Floyd and Vera McCoy Niccum on her grandparent’s farm at Woodlawn in Nemaha, County. She was Director of Linen Services at Stormont-Vail for 30 years before retiring. She was married to Ralph Swafford. He preceded...
Wilma M. Adams
Jan 22, 2015
Wilma M. Adams Wilma M. (Casto Petesch) Adams, 82, Topeka, Kansas; sunrise June 20, 1932, in Belvue, Kansas, sunset January 22, 2015, in Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas. Wilma was one of fourteen children born to Charles Clarence and Ida M. (Meyer) Casto. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters: Lillian Heston, Chrystle Steele, Gladys Compton, and...
Ronald L. Martin
Jan 22, 2015
MSgt Ronald L. Martin, USMC Retired MSgt Martin passed away on January 22, 2015, at Brewster Place Retirement Center after years of coping with cancer and dementia. Ronald was born in Rochester, New York to Howard and Marie Martin on March 7, 1931. A younger sister preceded him in death. At age 16 he met Beverly Eisenhauer in high school....
Linda I. Frederick
Jan 20, 2015
Linda I. Frederick, age 65 of Topeka passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Topeka. She was born March 17, 1949 in Topeka the daughter of Albert and Irene Milbradt Long. She worked for the State of Kansas for over 31 years, retiring from the Board of Regents in 2011. She married Kent L. Frederick September 6, 1980 in...
Boyce L. Mcnorton
Jan 20, 2015
Boyce L. McNorton, age 81, of Topeka passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Boyce was born December 12, 1933 in Topeka the son of Fred and Mildred Hiller McNorton. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 – 1955 and was stationed in Germany as an MP. Boyce worked for Jordan Bakery, Knoll Welding and...
Martha J. Largent
Jan 19, 2015
Martha Jean Sims Largent Martha Jean Largent, 84, Topeka, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at her home. She was born December 9, 1930, in Mount Kisco, New York, youngest of four children born to John Homer and Pocahontas (Smick) Sims. Marty graduated from Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, New York in 1949. She served in the Women's...
Helen Marcell Norris
Jan 17, 2015
Helen Norris. 87, of Topeka Ks, went to be with the Lord on January 17, 2015. She was a resident of the Presbyterian Manor until she spent her final days at Midland Hospice Care. She was born October 30, 1927 in Rogersville, Missouri, to John Howard and Lula Florence Aleshire Hostetler. She married Irvin Rue Norris on June 5,...
Gertrude E. Dyck
Jan 17, 2015
Gertrude E. Dyck, 91, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015.She was born May 12, 1923 in Plattsmouth, NE, the daughter of Dr. Walter Hugo and Elsbeth Hedwig (Roessler) Hohmann. She attended Newton High School, Newton, KS. She received her Bachelor's Degree in music from Bethel College, North Newton, KS and her Master's Degree in Music from Northwestern College,...
