Juanita L. North
Jun 22, 2014
Juanita Jean North (Evans) passed away Sunday, June 22, 2014 in Topeka at the age of 69. Juanita was born September 9, 1944 in Topeka. She worked as a waitress for Ira Price Café. She was preceded in death by her mother, Stella Emery (Bowers); father, Kenith J.D. Emery; two brothers, Clifford Bowers and Kenith Emery; son, Richard Evans...
Betty Rae Poff
Jun 21, 2014
Betty Rae Poff, age 71 of Council Grove passed away Monday, June 9, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Betty was born July 21, 1942 in Welda, Kansas the daughter of Harold Hartman and Vera Denman Hartman. She married and divorced Roger Sneed, Darryl Wood and Gayle Csitkovits. She is survived by her husband Robert Poff of Council Grove; a...
Elyjah Wayne Streeter
Jun 21, 2014
Elyjah Wayne (Streeter) Lee, 2 year old son of Kaitlyn Streeter, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014. He was born September 13, 2011 in Topeka. Survivors include his mother, Kaitlyn; grandparents, Jerry and Tammy Streeter, Topeka; great-grandmothers, Ilene Streeter, Parsons, KS and Velma Wells, Scranton, KS; aunts and uncles, Kylee (Austen) Streeter, Topeka, Jessica (Nathan) Soza, Topeka; cousins,...
Ronald D. Wyatt
Jun 20, 2014
Ronald D. "Ron" Wyatt, 61, of Paxico, KS passed away Friday, June 20, 2014.He was born March 14, 1953 in Holdrege, NE, the son of Robert C. and Edna M. (Bent) Wyatt. He was a 1971 graduate of Rossville High School. Ron was employed and later retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Topeka. He was a member of Rubber...
Betty Jane Mitchell
Jun 19, 2014
Betty Jane Mitchell Betty Jane Mitchell, 89, Silver Lake, died Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Stormont-Vail's Emergency Room. She was born January 1, 1925, at Hope, Kansas, the ninth of ten children born to Warner William and Sadie Irene (Garrett) Heim. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters: Edna Kolzow and Dorothy Steele; and brothers: Roger Heim, Russell...
Robert W. Massey
Jun 17, 2014
Robert W Massey Sr., 81, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday June 17, 2014. Robert was born April 15, 1933 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of William and Alice Massey. He attended Indian Creek Elementary school and Seaman High School. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving from 1952 to 1955. On August 19, 1953 he married Patty Ruth...
Virginia Marshall
Jun 16, 2014
Virginia Marshall, 85, of Topeka passed away Monday, June 16, following a long illness. She was born February 17, 1929 in Nortonville, Kansas to Claude and Helen (Bushey) Speck. Virginia graduated from Atchison County High School (Effingham) and Washburn University Where she had a science scholarship. At Washburn she was elected to the prestigious NONOSO organization, which recognizes outstanding...
Al Westling
Jun 16, 2014
Al Westling, 93, of Topeka, KS, passed away June 16, 2014. Al was born August 25, 1920 to Albin and Stella Spurrier Westling. He graduated from Topeka High School and Pittsburg State University. Al married Charlene Williams on July 12, 1959. He worked for Brackett, Inc., Hydra-Tool, and retired as an industrial arts teacher from Royal Valley High School....
Dorothy J. Evers
Jun 14, 2014
Dorothy Jean Evers, 91, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.She was born on August 17, 1922 in Caldwell, Kansas to James Garfield and Edith Mae (Williams) Wardell. She was the eighth of twelve children. The family moved to Topeka when she was one.While a devoted housewife most of...
Mary H. Hopkins
Jun 13, 2014
Mary Hannah Hopkins, died June 13, 2014 in Topeka, Kansas. Mary was born December 19, 1924 near Alta Vista, the daughter of Orville and Agnes McDiffett MacArthur. Mary was a graduate of Alta Vista High School. She married Lawrence E. Hopkins on November 18, 1944 in Topeka. Lawrence and Mary lived in Topeka since that time. Mary was a...
Lonnie "Carl" Carlton King
Jun 13, 2014
Lonnie Carlton “Carl” King, 73, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away, surrounded by his family, Friday June 13, 2014 at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Missouri. Carl was born May 19, 1941 in Norwood, Missouri to parents Ralph and Fern King. “ Ralph and Fern preceded Carl in death.” Carl graduated from Norwood High School in 1958 and then...
Michael D. Ditch, Sr.
Jun 12, 2014
Michael Dwight Ditch, Sr. Michael Dwight Ditch, Sr., 55, Topeka, died Thursday, June 12, 2014. He was born March 27, 1959, in Topeka, the son of Peggy Jo (Taylor) and Warren Bert Ditch, Sr. Mike graduated from Seaman High School in 1977. He was an avid bowler for many years in high school and adult life with the highlight being...
Dale Misegadis
Jun 11, 2014
Dale E. Misegadis, 90, passed away June 11, 2014 with loved ones at his side. He was born August 26, 1923 in Rush Center, Kansas. He was one of eight children born to George and Wibke Marie Misegadis. Dale is survived by his partner in love Betty Kimble; sister, Mae Schlegel; daughters, Patricia Dean and Sue Kassin; grandchildren, Jeff...
Mildred Pearl Jaquith
Jun 10, 2014
Mildred Pearl Jaquith, age 101, of Topeka passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Atria Heartstone in Topeka. Mildred was born May 19, 1913 in Eskridge the daughter of Claude Sprague and Mable Dooling Sprague. She married Earl Jaquith June 17, 1940. He preceded her in death in 1991. While living in Beloit for many years, Mildred was active...
Reba Ann Thomas
Jun 10, 2014
Reba Ann Thomas, age 98, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014. She was born September 30, 1915 in Monroe County, Iowa, the daughter of Francis Mahon and Alma (Duphorne) Mahon. She retired from Insurance Service Office after 27 years. She married Verne Thomas October 24, 1944; Verne preceded her in death on October 25, 1991. She is...
Donald C. Gillihan
Jun 10, 2014
Donald Charles Gillihan Donald Charles Gillihan, 67, Topeka, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014. He was born October 16, 1946, at Gardner, the son of Hobart Robert and Mary Rose (Loftus) Gillihan. Don graduated from Edgerton High School in 1965. He served in the U.S. Army 1966-1968. He was a carpenter working for Carrothers Construction Company of Paola and Walters-Morgan Construction...
Maryalice "Mary" Gallagher
Jun 6, 2014
Maryalice (Mary) Gallagher, of rural Oskaloosa, Kansas, passed away on June 6, 2014. She was born April 1, 1935 at Emporia, Kansas to Everett and Jane (Collinge) Reed. She was the youngest of eleven children. Mary graduated with the class of 1953 from Seaman High School. She was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Moose Lodge and Ozawkie American...
Marcella Smith
Jun 6, 2014
Marcella "Sally" Smith, 81, of Topeka, passed away Friday, June 6, 2014.She was born October 14, 1932 in Delia, KS, the daughter of Ira A. and Floy E. (Murrow) Wood. She was a graduate of Delia High School.Marcella was employed and retired from Fleming Food Company. She was a member of Northland Christian Church, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Capital City...
Lenard D. Akin, Jr.
Jun 5, 2014
Lenard D. Akin, Jr., 87, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014.He was born October 5, 1926 in Marshall County, KS, the son of Lenard D. and Edith M. (Montague) Akin, Sr. He was a 1944 graduate of Beattie High School. Mr. Akin farmed in Marshall and Nemaha Counties, owned and operated the Winifred Grain Company until 1991. He...
Carol Sue(Lutz) Faulk
Jun 5, 2014
Carol Sue (Lutz) Faulk, 72, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.Carol was born November 19, 1941 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Wallace Henry and Jeanette O'Dell (Israel) Lutz. She was a 1959 graduate of Topeka High School. She worked at Josten's American Yearbook and later opened a licensed home daycare...
