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,...
Mark C. Carlson
Jan 16, 2015
Mark Charles Carlson, 61, of Topeka, KS, passed away Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Midland Hospice House after a brief illness. Mark was born in Litchfield, MN, on January 20, 1953, the son of Lester C. and Margaret (Iverson) Carlson. Mark was a 1972 graduate of Topeka High School. His early employment years were with King's Food Host, Knights...
Janice E. Marshall
Jan 15, 2015
Janice E. Marshall, age 69 of Topeka passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 in Topeka. Janice was born July 21, 1945 in LeRoy, KS the daughter of Albert Andrew Dodge and Ruth Miller Dodge. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1963 and attended Washburn University. She married Dale Marshall October 16, 1965 in Topeka. Janice worked for the...
Larry P. Mcgilton
Jan 15, 2015
Larry Phillip McGilton, 57, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015.He was born March 31, 1957 in Topeka, the son of Henry Philip and Melba LaMoine (Woodward) McGilton. He was a graduate of Seaman High School. Mr. McGilton was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and later Santa Fe Railroad before retiring in 2006.He was a member of...
Doris I Clemons
Jan 14, 2015
Doris I. Clemons of Topeka passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of January 14, 2015 at a care facility in Overbrook. Doris was born on December 3, 1926 in rural Denison to Charles and Edith Barrow. She was married to Davidson Clemons on August 13, 1949 in the chapel on Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kansas. David...
Marjorie Holcomb
Jan 14, 2015
Marjorie "Jean" Holcomb, 96, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Brewster Health Center.She was born on February 28, 1918 in Elmont, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Marguerite (Klopfenstein) Cook. She lived all her life in the rural area north of Topeka until moving to Brewster Place in 2002.Jean and P.M. "Roe" Holcomb were united in marriage...
James Kendall Smith
Jan 14, 2015
James Kendall Smith James Kendall Smith, 96, Topeka, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. He was born October 1, 1918, at Holton, Kansas, the son of James Andrew Jackson Smith and Nora (Kelsey) Smith. Jim graduated from Holton High School and Topeka Business College. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during World War...
Thomas J. O'Meara
Jan 12, 2015
Thomas J. O'Meara, 78, died January 12, 2015 in Topeka, Ks. Thomas was born to Patrick & Velda O'Meara on March 1, 1936 in Council Grove, Ks. Private services will be held at a later date at the Burton Family Cemetery in Parkerville, Ks. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers and 2 sisters and long...
Nathalie Louise Busey
Jan 11, 2015
Nathalie L. Busey, age 85, of Topeka passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 in Topeka. She was born January 3, 1930 in Laclede, Kansas the daughter of Floyd Wilson and Anna Howe Wilson. She married Marvin Busey June 28, 1947 in Topeka. He preceded her in death August 17, 1989. She was also preceded in death by a son,...
Katherine M. Burns
Jan 11, 2015
Katherine M. Burns formerly of Topeka passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the Liberty Hospital, in Liberty, Missouri. Katherine was born April 15, 1956 in Topeka the daughter of Robert and Augustina Ortega Burns. She was raised in Topeka and attended Our Lady of Guadalupe. Katherine worked at the Topeka Correctional Facility. Survivors include her children, Ron...
