Obituaries
Steve Bennett
Feb 18, 2018
Steve Bennett of Topeka, passed away at his home on February 15th. He is survived by his wife Tracy Bennett, his daughter Jennifer Privoznik, son David Bennett, granddaughter Eva Privoznik and brother Jim Bennett.
Steve was preceded in death by his mother Thelma Bennett, father Gerald Bennett and granddaughter Mia Privoznik.
Steve graduated from Topeka...
Gene Hayek
Feb 18, 2018
Lester Eugene (Gene) Hayek passed away February 18, 2018 after a long illness.
He was born October 30, 1932 in Topeka. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1950.
Gene proudly served in the US Navy during the Korean War on the USS Shasta.
He leaves the love of his life, Donna...
Leonard H. Roudybush
Feb 13, 2018
Leonard H. Roudybush, Onaga Ks passed away Sunday 2-11-18. He was born in Vermillion, Ks, the son of Guy & Eula Roudybush. He had lived the last years of his live in Onaga. He had retired from the US. Air Force after 20 years of service. He held many jobs over the years but his last was a dump...
Barbara Jane Gentry
Feb 12, 2018
Barbara Jane (Morton) Gentry, age 68, passed away February 12, 2018 following a fire at her home. Barbara was born July 4, 1949 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Forrest and Dorothy Morton. She retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield in Topeka and lived the last several years in Council Grove, Kansas.
Barbara was married to Bill...
Nora Inez Gibbs
Feb 11, 2018
Nora Inez Gibbs, 79,of Topeka, Kansas passed away on Sunday, February 11th, 2018. Nora was born March 3rd, 1938 in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Lewis and Genevieve (Hawkins) Vaughn. Nora passed away as a dedicated born again Christian and faithful Jehovah's Witness. Nora was baptism March 6th, 1977.She was a member of the Central Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses....
Charles Eugene Nicholson
Feb 10, 2018
Charles "Chuck "to his friends passed Thursday 8 Feb 2018 in Topeka. Chuck was a kind and gentle man with a gracious charm and singular wit. Chuck touched the lives of so many over the years, as a teacher, during his career with the Kansas Board of Education, as he served in our military and as he volunteered. No...
Sandra Ruth Eversole Gallagher
Feb 6, 2018
Sandra Ruth Eversole Gallagher 1954-2018
On February 3, 2018, Sandy lost her long battle against cancer. She left this world without pain or suffering, her daughter by her side. Sandy moved to Manhattan, KS in September of 2016 to live with her daughter after she had a stroke. It was then she found she had lung cancer...
Georgia Marie Boland Essman
Feb 2, 2018
Georgia Marie Boland Essman She was born August 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL, to Marie Clinkenbeard and George Boland. Dolly attended Topeka High School, and graduated class of 1958. After High school, Dolly worked in sales, and retired from Ramada Inn after 22 years. Dolly is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her children, Linda...
Betty Marie Sester
Feb 2, 2018
Betty Marie (Cook) Sester went to be with the Lord Friday afternoon, February 2, 2018 at home with her loving family caring for her in Topeka. She was born May 7, 1926 to parents William "Bill" P. and Bessie C. Cook. Betty, an only child, lived with her grandma Minnie during the week until she started school while her...
Mildred M. Knoblock
Feb 1, 2018
Mildred M. (Hall) Knoblock of Topeka, Kansas, passed away February 1, 2018. She was born May 13, 1927 in LeRoy, Kansas to Joseph and Ruth (Johnson) Hall.
Mildred graduated from LeRoy High School in 1945. She went on to attend Emporia State Teacher's College and taught school for three years in Coffey County.
She was...
Christopher Dale Benson
Feb 1, 2018
Christopher Dale Benson, 52, Summerfield, KS passed away at his home on February 1, 2018 after his second journey with cancer. Chris was born in Nyack, New Jersey, on March 19, 1965 to Joan (Moore) and Bari Benson. He attended Axtell High School in Axtell KS. Chris was a talented carpenter and worked in California as a contractor and...
Stephen Allen May
Jan 26, 2018
Stephen Allen May, son of Bob D. and Jean E. May, was born on January 20, 1963. He succumbed to Colon Cancer on January 23, 2018. Stephen graduated from Fredonia High School in Fredonia, Kansas, Class of 1981.
He married Teri Gillespie on December 12, 1987, in Topeka, they later divorced.
Stephen was always an...
William Fansler
Jan 24, 2018
William Fansler 82 passed away unexpectedly at home on Wednesday January 24, 2018.
He was born in Garden City, KS on September 13, 1935. William was the only child of Stephen and Eula Mae Fansler
William graduated from Kansas School for the Deaf and Gallaudet University in Washington D.C.
He worked 38 years...
Brig. Gen Edgar Leroy Degraw
Jan 24, 2018
Brig. Gen Edgar Leroy DeGraw (ret), age 95, of Topeka, KS went to be with the Lord and his beloved wife on Jan 24th, 2018.
General DeGraw was born on March 4th, 1922 in Nanuet, NY to Sidney and Myrtle DeGraw. He entered the National Guard as a teenager and attended OCS in the Army before shipping...
Ann Gregg
Jan 22, 2018
Ann Lorraine Gregg Obituary
Topekan Ann Gregg died peacefully January 21 after a long, full life. She had suffered a stroke the previous week.
Ann is survived by her five children and their spouses: Gail, Tyler (husband of Marianela), Judy Peters, Gordy and Andy (husband of Meg) - and by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren....
Albert E. Rodney
Jan 17, 2018
Albert (Al) E. Rodney, 68, of Holton Kansas passed away December 24, 2017 at 2:34pm at his home with family. He was born October 30, 1949 in Huntsville, Missouri and was raised in Moberly, Missouri by his grandmother Nora Hardin and family.
Al served in the United States Army, he was stationed overseas in Korea and Germany,...
Tommy L. Grice
Jan 15, 2018
Tommy L. Grice, 63, passed from this life into the Loving Arms of our Heavenly Father at 10:42 PM on January 15, 2018.Tommy had been baptized into the Lutheran Faith and was a true believer in Our Lord and His Son, Our Savior, Jesus Christ. Tommy had been aresident at Plaza West for ten months after being hospitalized two...
Patricia Ann Duncan
Jan 14, 2018
Patricia Ann Duncan, 86, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on January 14, 2018, at home surrounded by loved ones. She was born in Emporia, Kansas, on September 16, 1931 to William and Irene Roberts and resided there until she moved to Topeka in 1952.
She was a homemaker. Her hobbies included playing bridge, reading, traveling, and spending...
James Mcknight Davis, Jr.
Jan 11, 2018
James (Jim) McKnight Davis, Jr., died on January 11, 2018, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, KS. He was 94 and a resident of Abilene since 1963.
Jim was a proud veteran of the US Navy and served from 1941-45 during World War II as a signalman and later on a submarine. During this time, he...
Jerry W. Hysten Sr.
Jan 9, 2018
Jerry W. Hysten Sr. was born on May 6, 1943 in Topeka, Ks to Warren and Peggy M. Hysten. He began his adult life in the Marines in May of 1960 and was discharged in May of 1964. While in the military stationed in Camp Pendleton, San Diego, CA he met Florece "Angel" Armstrong. They married on August 1,...
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