Obituaries
Patricia Briggs Mabon
Feb 18, 2019
Patricia Briggs Mabon passed away February 18, 2019. She was 84.
Survivors are husband Raymond, daughter Brenda and husband Cecil Grimmett, son David Mabon, two grandsons and seven great-grandchildren.
Creamation has taken place and a celebration of life will take place at a later date.
Tim Farr
Feb 16, 2019
Tim Farr was born in Horton, Kansas in 1958. The family moved to Topeka when Tim was in Grade school. Tim Graduated from SHHS in 1976 lettering in football and wrestling. Tim then went on to the USMC,for 4 years.
Tim worked for the Railroad for 20+ years. He somehow always found animals along the tracks and...
Jesse Poe
Feb 9, 2019
Jesse Poe, 89, beloved father, Grandad and friend, went to be with the Lord Saturday, February 9, 2019.  Service to be held Tuesday, February 19,2019 at 6pm at The Church of Latter Day Saints at 2401 SW Kingsrow Road, Topeka, Kansas 66614.
Jesse is preceded in death by his parents, John and Aureba Poe, and his four...
Marlin Keith Scarlett
Feb 8, 2019
Marlin Keith Scarlett, 93, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2019. He now joins his beloved wife, Mary Alice to continue their heavenly adventures.
If you knew our father, he loved visiting with people about Mom, his kids and grandkids, his siblings and the Navy. At the end of any conversation you learned something about each of...
Robert Allison Quiett
Feb 5, 2019
Robert "Bob" Allison Quiett, 76, passed away on February 5, 2019 at his home in Meriden.
Bob was born on April 25, 1942 in Ozawkie, Ks., the son of Floyd Z. Quiett and Marjorie E. Lewis Quiett. He attended Topeka High School and Kaw Vocational-Technical School. Bob spent the majority of his life working as either the...
Ruth Marie Davies
Feb 3, 2019
Ruth Marie Davies was born on November 18th, 1923 to Jessie and Arthur Johnston of Englevale, Kansas.
She was raised by her father, who owned a general store in Englevale. Her job was to tend the garden and later, when the coal mines played out and the depression years came, her dad would ask her to make...
Dale E. Godsey
Feb 3, 2019
Dale E. Godsey passed away peacefully on February 3, 2019 at Winter Meadow Homes. He was born October 27, 1931, 4 miles east of Quenemo, Kansas, the son of Owen D. Godsey and Dorothy Smith Godsey.
Dale enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May 1952 and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in December 1956. Dale...
Janet O’Neill
Feb 2, 2019
Janet O'Neill, 70, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019.
She was born in Topeka on August 23, 1948, the first of three daughters to John and Wilma O'Neill. She was a 1967 graduate of Topeka High School and worked for over 40 years at Jostens. She loved her pets, never turning away a stray and...
Enid Hickman
Feb 2, 2019
Enid (Ewing) Hickman, 84, of Topeka, died peacefully February 2, 2019, at Presbyterian Manor Path Rehab Center. while recovering from a fall. She was born November 26, 1934, daughter of Dean and Oleta (Freitag) Ewing, Stanford, IL. They preceded her in death.
Enid graduated from Stanford HS, in 1952 and the University of Illinois in 1956 (Bachelor...
Carol Woellhof
Jan 31, 2019
Carol Woellhof passed away on January 31, 2019 after an eight month battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Darrrel Woellhof, of the home and one step-grandson, Cameron, both of whom she loved with all her heart. She also has an adopted brother, Rick, of Tennessee. Carol is preceded in death by her parents and step-daughter, Nicole....
Loretta Watkins
Jan 30, 2019
Loretta Watkins (age 90) passed peacefully on January 30, 2019 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas. Loretta was born on May 31, 1928 in Russell, Kansas to David and Lydia (Gallyardt) Ehrlich. She was one of five siblings including: LaVerne, Virginia, Wilbur, and Fern, all deceased.
Loretta was a fun-loving and many of her extended family thought...
Donald Ray Borders
Jan 23, 2019
Donald Ray Borders of Meriden, Kansas passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at his home in Meriden, KS. He was born October 22, 1935 in Parma, Missouri to Roscoe and Naomi Borders. He attended and graduated from Parma High School.   He served in the US Air Force and US Army and retired from military service. He worked at...
Nancy Lois Finley
Jan 22, 2019
Nancy Lois (Stamm) Finley, 79 years old, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. She had been married to her husband, Jim Finley, for fifty-three years. He survives. Other survivors include a sister, Carol Von Hemel and brother, Jerry (& Darcy) Stamm, eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by...
Mark Anthony Garber
Jan 19, 2019
Mark Anthony Garber, 64, passed away Jan 19, 2019 at his home in Topeka, KS from lung cancer. Mark was born in Sabetha to Betty Jean (Wagner). He was raised by his mother & step father, Raymond Funk & spent most of his life in Oneida. Mark held numerous skilled jobs from construction worker to mechanic. He was a...
Ryan Anthony Moore
Jan 19, 2019
Ryan Anthony Moore, 32, of Topeka, KS, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 in Topeka, KS. He was born May 13, 1986 in Topeka. The son of Gary L. Moore and Mary A. McBride. Survivors are his parents, a brother Scott Moore, a sister Brittany Moore, all of Topeka, and several Aunts and Uncles and numerous cousins. Ryan was...
Thomas E Finch
Jan 11, 2019
Thomas E Finch (67) passed away unexpectedly over the holidays. Thom was born on June 20th, 1951 in Ottawa KS to Jack and Florence Finch. He was the youngest of 5 children and shortly after his birth the family moved to Topeka Kansas, where Thom remained until his death.
Thom was a jack of all trades. He...
Linda Marie Kelsey
Jan 8, 2019
Linda Marie Kelsey died in her home on January 8, 2019 in Topeka, KS after a courageous battle with a long illness. She was 69.
Linda was born on November 17, 1949 in Florence, KS to Irwin and Pauline Creamer. She married Ron Kelsey in Emporia, KS on July 12, 1971. After starting a family in the...
Jack W. Kraus
Jan 7, 2019
Jack W. Kraus, 78, Alma, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018.  Jack was born October 17, 1940 in Alma, KS, the son of Harvey M. and Katherine J. (Fry) Kraus. Jack married Betty Schleif in Alma on May 20, 1962. He worked for Reece Construction Company until 1987, and after that he worked the family farm.
Survivors...
Darrel Dean Delk
Jan 7, 2019
Darrel Dean Delk, 92 peacefully passed to his heavenly home on Friday January 4th at his home in Indian Ridge, Meriden, Ks. He was cremated.
He was born June 12, 1926 to Marvin and Lelia Henning Delk at Fillmore, MO. He grew up on the farm and graduated from Bendena High School in Bendena, KS.
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Roy Keith Baker
Jan 5, 2019
Roy Keith Baker, 61, known as "RK by friends and Keith by family", peacefully passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Smoky Hill Health and Rehabilitation in Salina, Kansas.
Roy was born on November 9, 1957 in Salina, Kansas. The son of Roy and Drusilla Baker. He was a life long resident of Salina.
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