Kandy Kay Kaufman Sims
May 25, 2018
Kandy Kay Kaufman Sims age 56 passed away on May 25, 2018 after losing her battle with cancer. Kandy was cremated, no services are planned.
Kandy was born October 1, 1961, in El Dorado, Kansas. She lived in Wichita, Kansas and graduated North High in 1979. Spent many years living in Jacksonville Florida with her three children,...
Howard W. Zeliff
May 23, 2018
Howard W. Zeliff, Jr., age 70, passed away unexpectedly at his residence in Topeka, Ks., on Friday, May 11, 2018. Howard was cremated and no services are planned.
Howard retired from the Air Force on June 30, 1985, after serving for 20 years. He was born in San Diego, California, on July 16, 1947. He was the...
Valerie L. Steavenson
May 19, 2018
Valerie L. Steavenson, Hiebert (Val). Age 59. Born in Hillsboro, Kansas on September 29th, 1958. She resided in Reading Kansas most of her life. Val passed at her home in Reading Kansas on May 19, 2018 of Cancer. She preceded in death by her father Hugo Hiebert and Lola Hiebert of Hillsboro Kansas. Val married Jon Steavenson, December 18,...
Sondra J. Murray
May 18, 2018
Sondra J. Murray, 72, passed away peacefully in her home on May 18, 2018. She was born October 20, 1945 in Joplin, MO., the daughter of Charles and Faye Wheeler Murray.
She graduated from Joplin (MO) High School 1963. She received her RN diploma from Saint John's School of Nursing (Springfield, MO), received her Bachelor of Science...
Marion Marie Gilliland
May 16, 2018
Marion Marie Gilliland died May 16, 2018 at a local hospital. She was born December 20, 1927 in Bee, NE, the only child of Joseph and Frances Bulicek Buresh. She married Myles Gilliland on August 15, 1947 in Omaha, NE and lived most of her life in Kansas. After 60 years of marriage, Myles preceded her in death in...
Roger Arnold Lemke
May 16, 2018
Roger Arnold Lemke, 73, of Topeka died May 5th 2018 at the VA hospital in Topeka.
He was born May 31, 1944 in Fremont, Nebraska, the son of Arnold and Hilda Lemke. He grew up in Cedar Bluffs at the family farm. He was very active in 4H. He graduated junior college at St John's College in...
Bob Franklin
May 10, 2018
Bob Franklin, 69, a resident of Auburn, Kansas passed away on May 10, 2018.
Mr. Franklin was born on August 25,1948 in Topeka, KS, the son of Arthur and Ruth Franklin.
During the Vietnam War heenlisted at the age of 17. He served in the US Army from 1966-1970. He was awarded with two Bronze...
Phyllis J. Taylor
May 8, 2018
Phyllis J. Taylor, 82, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at a Topeka care center after a brief illness.
She was born in Lawrence, Kansas on February 13, 1936 to Abram and Elva (Daniels) Williams. She was a loving and hard-working mother to five children: William Taylor, Donna Brandenburg, Penny Bailey, Kevin Taylor, and Kimberly Taylor....
Samuel Eugene Dicks
May 7, 2018
Samuel Eugene Dicks, 82, from Emporia, KS died May 7, 2018 at Burlington Life Care Center from Alzheimer's. He was born in June 15, 1935 in Wellston, Missouri. He graduated from Wellston High School and received his BA in history and speech/theatre at Dakota Wesleyan in South Dakota. He obtained his Masters Degree in history at the University of...
Lynn E Burris Jr.
Apr 30, 2018
Lynn E (Bud) Burris Jr., 87, of Topeka, passed away April 30th, 2018. Bud was born August 16th, 1930 to parents Olive and Lynn Burris Sr., in Wellington, KS. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1948 and Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Landscape Design in 1952. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Russell...
Vinola Hines
Apr 28, 2018
Vinola Hines, affectionately known to all as "Pie", 93, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away Tuesday April 24th at Midland Hospice with her family and dear friend by her side.
Vinola was born May 24th, 1924, to Paul L. Hines and Anna S. Stewart Casey in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Kansas City, Mo. Public Schools and graduated...
Carolyn L. Anstaett
Apr 25, 2018
Carolyn L. Anstaett, Berryton, Kansas passed away April 25, 2018 at the Healthcare Resort in Topeka following her battle against cancer.
Carolyn was born in Topeka on January 22, 1941 and was the only child of Harvey (Joe) and Ada Lange. She resided in Berryton for 47 years with her husband Hugh W. Anstaett, they were married...
Harold Duane Parman
Apr 19, 2018
Harold Duane Parman, 86, diedApril 3, 2018at the Apostolic ChristianHome in Sabetha, Kansas. BornOctober 26, 1931 in Sabetha, Kansas to Ernest Harold Parman and Helen Lucille Sawyer Parman,Harold Duane spent his early years in Fairview, Kansas where his father was the owner and editor of the Fairview Enterprise. After the death of his father in an automobile accident in...
Christina Ameia Louise Derocher
Apr 17, 2018
Christina Ameia Louise DeRocher, a resident of Topeka, KS earned her wings on March 31, 2018, at the age of 40 while in hospice care.
Christina is survived by her mother, Earla Jean Ann Farmer; her husband, Louis DeRocher; and her children, Nathaniel Payne and Lyra DeRocher. She is predeceased by her grandparents; her father, Herman Simpson;...
Toni Mciver
Apr 17, 2018
Toni McIver, 54 Carbondale Kansas passed away 13 April 2018 following a two year battle with cancer. Toni was born in Joplin Missouri, the daughter of James Carlisle (Deceased) and Peggy Carlisle. Toni marriage to Roy McIver for 32 years began on 25 May 1985.
Toni graduated from Santa Fe Trail HS and Allen County Community College....
Harold E. Christ
Apr 16, 2018
Harold Elmer Christ of Wamego, KS passed away peacefully, April 16, 2018, at the Homecare and Hospice in Manhattan, KS, surrounded by his five children and administered to by the Hospice Angels.
The son of Ernest H. and Louise Ockershausen Christ, Harold was born in Arlington, VA on July 14, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army...
Donald Heacock Sr.
Apr 16, 2018
Donald Heacock Sr., 91 of Topeka passed away at his home on April 16, 2018, after sufferring years of dementia and diabetes.
Don was born in Washington State May 22, 1926 but grew up in Oregon. He was the second child of Paul and Dorothy Heacock. Don was a WWII Veteran. He joined the Navy Air force...
Jeanette L. Chase
Apr 15, 2018
Jeanette L. Chase, 90, Topeka, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at a local care center. Jeanette was born December 12, 1927 in Anniston, AL, the daughter of Ezra and Lillian Louise (Allie) Bowles. Jeanette is survived by 3 daughters,
Linda Lee Meyer, Torrance, CA, Rita Ann (Steve) Cann, Topeka, Sharon Louise Neal, Topeka, and her son,...
Donna Joann Dixon Williams
Apr 13, 2018
Donna Joann Dixon Williams, 82 of Lawrence, died April 13, 2018 at Brandon Woods Care Home. She was born in Garnett KS on June 19, 1935, the daughter of Lloyd Jerome and Charlotte Potts Dixon. Joann was married to her high school love, Billy Max Williams on June 3, 1955 in Lawrence KS. Before his death on December 12,...
Gladys Mae Dight
Apr 10, 2018
Gladys Mae Dight, age 97, died April 10, 2018 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1920 in Montague, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Frank and Mae (O'Brien) O'Neil.
Gladys married Kenneth W. Dight in Berea, Ohio, on June 11, 1948. She lived in Silver Lake, Ohio, from 1955 to 1966,...
