Oct 21, 2018

Louise Marie Austin, 90, passed away on October 21, 2018, at Midland Hospice in Topeka, KS.

Born in Kansas City, Mo., on April 30, 1928, Louise Marie Tate was the only child of Herman and Emma "Tate" Wheelbarger.

She graduated from Leavenworth Senior High School in 1948 and attended the University of Kansas.

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Oct 19, 2018

Glenn C Corke, 87, of Rossville, KS passed away, Friday, October 19, 2018 at Rossville Healthcare and Rehab. Glenn was born February 19, 1931 in Quinter, Kansas to Clyde M and Sylvia G Corke. He grew up in Hoxie, Kansas. Glenn graduated from Seaman High school in 1949. Glenn served in the Army for 4 years. He was employed...

Oct 18, 2018

Bert Eldon Braden passed away Thursday, October 18, 2018 in his apartment at Atria Heathstone Assisted Living in Topeka. Bert died after a short illness and was attended by his children, Interim Hospice and the staff at Atria Heartstone.

Bert was born on September 21, 1925 in Clinton, Missouri to Rachel Miller Braden and Claude Jefferson Braden....

Oct 12, 2018

George Arthur Moody, 70, of Topeka, Kansas passed away on October 12, 2018 at a Topeka health facility. He was born June 10, 1948 in Holton, KS the son of Albert T. and Dorothy V. (Conger) Moody.

George attended Holton High School before joining the Marine Corps. He served in the Marine Corps from 1967-1976 and was...

Oct 9, 2018

James (Jim) G. Lillie, 84, died unexpectedly at Stormont-Vail Hospital on October 9, 2018. Jim was born on May 8, 1934 in Emmetsburg, IA, son of James B. and Irene G. Lillie. He grew up in Spencer, IA, graduated from Spencer High School and just attended his 65th class reunion on September 17th. He enlisted in the Army for...

Oct 5, 2018

On October 4th at 1:45 am, DeAnn K Boggs passed away. DeAnn was born in Topeka, Ks on December 16, 1945 to George Lloyd Betcher and Lillian Marie Betcher. DeAnn went to high school at Highland Park High School, graduating in 1963. On May 28th, 1965 she married her high school sweetheart, Robert David Boggs. In 1966 they had...

Oct 5, 2018

Nancy Kay (Westrope) Tudor, born September 23, 1958 in Holdrege, NE to Merrill and Margaret (Grace) Westrope, passed away October 5, 2018 at Brookside in Overbrook, KS. She was preceded in death by one sister, and both parents. She is survived by her husband, Stephen, a sister, daughter and her three children, four stepchildren and their children. Funeral services...

Oct 2, 2018

Herbert A. Smith, 87, passed away October 2, 2018 at Brewster Health Care Facility in Topeka, Kansas.

Herb was born October 21, 1930 in Davenport, Iowa, to Bert and Florence Smith. He graduated from Davenport High School in 1948. He received his B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa in 1953, and he spent his...

Sep 27, 2018

Carol Mynette Crow, of Topeka Ks., went home to be with our Heavenly Father, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, September 27, 2018, on her 86th birthday. Born on September 27, 1932 to Walter and Minnie (Stark) Oberg in Warren Mn., she was the youngest of nine brothers and sisters. She was raised in Angus, Mn. After high school,...

Sep 22, 2018

Michael (Mick) Meyer, 73, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018 in Topeka, Kansas. Mick was born August 18, 1945 in Falls City, Nebraska the son of Walter and Alma (Malan) Meyer. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1963. He joined the Navy from 1965- 1967. Mick retired from the Topeka Police Department in 1988 and the Department of...

Sep 22, 2018

Larry Dean Ethridge, 74, of Manhattan, Kansas passed from this life September 22, 2018 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born January 22, 1944 in Salina, Kansas to Robert Eugene and Irene Fern (Greene) Ethridge. He was the third of four children born to them. Larry was raised in Ada, Kansas and graduated from Ada High School in...

Sep 20, 2018

Christine A. DeLauro Ralph was born Christmas day, 1956, in Munich, Germany then went ahead of Kenny on September 14, 2018. The gift she had will be remembered by many for many years. She was friends with Bill W. for just 3 days short of 29 years.

She married Kenneth (Kenny) Ralph November 11, 1999 in Hawaii;...

Sep 19, 2018

Richard James, 70, of Council Grove, KS, passed away peacefully in his home on September 19, 2018.

Richard, son of the late Henry and Freda James, was born in Cumberland, Maryland on February 22, 1948. He married Linda Lechliter on November 8, 1967. This union gave forth four children and six grandchildren. Richard was a man of...

Sep 5, 2018

Darrel Dean Senne passed away 08/28/2018. He was born 01/11/1957 in Topeka, Kansas and lived there for much of his life. He worked as a drywall finisher for many years before his retirement and spent much of his free time hunting, fishing, collecting, and spending time with his many friends.

He is survived by his son, Aaron...

Sep 3, 2018

Bruce Duane Rieck, 70 (almost), Burlingame, KS, pass away at the home on September 3, 2018.

Bruce was born September 21, 1948 in Topeka, KS to Leonard and Elsie Rieck. Bruce is survived by a brother: Gary Rieck, children: Michelle (Rieck) Stovall and Aaron Rieck, grandchildren: Dalton Babbitt, Anastasha (Babbitt) Shockey, and Raven Rieck, and great-grandchildren: Alyce...

Sep 1, 2018

Lois Jean Jones Visser Ulrich, 69, of Topeka, Kansas. Passed away September 1, 2018 at the Aldersgate Village hospice room in Topeka, Kansas after a long bout of chronic illness. Born in Abilene, Texas on February 9, 1949, the daughter of Virginia Jones Crider. Lois and her husband, James, resided in Topeka for 16 years.

She worked...

Sep 1, 2018

Addison (Addi) Sue Jones, 18, of Topeka, Kansas passed away at her home September 1st, 2018. Addi was born November 12, 1999 in Amarillo, Texas. Daughter of Bo and Andria Jones.

Addi attended Washburn Rural High School, loved to play soccer, and was a part of YoungLife student ministry. Addi loved animals and worked for Doggy Dude...

Sep 1, 2018

Mark A. Harter, 51, of Salina, KS passed away September 1, 2018.

Mark graduated from Royal Valley High School and was involved with the

FFA program. He graduated from Kansas State University and was an

Agriculture Education teacher and FFA Adviser at Mankato High School.

For the past several years he...

Aug 31, 2018

Rebecca Jane (Kerr) Brown of Baldwin City passed away unexpectedly Friday, August 31st, 2018 at the age of 67. Rebecca "Becky" was born in Ohio, where she and her brother Bobby were adopted by Dr. Samuel Earl and Josephine Kerr. Becky went on to attend Baker University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. Becky was...

Aug 28, 2018

Ellis Lee Herrera, of Topeka, Kan., passed away peacefully in his home on August 25 at the age of 87. Lee was born to parents Joe and Maria Herrera on October 8, 1930, in Newell, S.D. He grew up as the third eldest of nine children.

Lee shared the last 40 years with his wife, Bette, who...