Obituaries

Betty Lou Kness

Betty Lou Kness

Aug 26, 2016

Betty Lou Kness of Osage City Ks. went home to Our Lord on Friday, August 26th, 2016. She was born on August 18, 1940 . She was raised by Gilbert and Clara Crocker of Lyndon, KS. Her siblings include Leroy Crocker (deceased) , Rose Marie Truelove, and Connie Sapp. She is survived by her husband , Charles L. Kness...

Kenneth Eugene Stone

Kenneth Eugene Stone

Aug 22, 2016

Kenneth Eugene Stone, 74, of Topeka, passed away August 22, 2016. Ken was born June 8th, 1942 son of Kenneth and Shirley Stone, in Kanss City, Missouri. He attended Topeka Lutheran and was named Valedictorian in 1956 and then a 1960 graduate of Topeka High. He was preceded in death by his parents. Ken was a talented musician playing...

Janice A. Wilson

Janice A. Wilson

Aug 19, 2016

Janice A. Wilson, 79, of Topeka, KS, passed peacefully at Midland Care Hospice House on Friday, August 19, 2016 after her journey with Alzheimer's Disease.

Janice was born March 23, 1937, in Spearville, KS, the daughter of Edward A. and Edna M. (Heiland) Fredelake. Janice was raised on the family farm near Spearville KS. She attended and...

S. E. Larrison

S. E. Larrison

Aug 13, 2016

S. E. (Gene) Larrison, 82, of Topeka, KS, passed away at Midland Care Hospice House on Saturday, August 13, 2016 after bravely battling cancer.

Gene was born February 18, 1934 in Axtell, KS, the son of Edgar D. and Margaret M. Rogers Larrison. He was raised in the Holton community and started his lifelong career as a...

Milton Mccabe Jr.

Milton Mccabe Jr.

Aug 2, 2016

Milton McCabe Jr. died at the age of 50, in Topeka, Kansas. His heart of gold that loved so much and so fully gave out on him, July 28, 2016. Milton was born on February 9, 1966, in Mé¼nchweiler, Germany, the son of Milton and Edeltraud McCabe. As part of a military family, Milton made the first of seven...

Wanda Jean Yandell

Wanda Jean Yandell

Jul 28, 2016

Wanda Jean Yandellpassed away July 28, 2016 in Meriden, Ks. She was born on a farm near Parsons, Ks. in 1934,to Merlin A. and Ruth O. (Karstetter) Atteberry. She spent her childhood in Parsons. In 1951, she united in marriage to Howard L. Yandell. Together, they raised four children. Wanda lived most of her adult life in Topeka, Ks....

Randall Max Thies

Randall Max Thies

Jul 26, 2016

Randall Max Thies - 'Randy' to us - passed away at his home in Tecumseh, Kansas on Friday, 22 July 2016.

Randy was born on 2 December 1946 in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up in Garden City, Kansas, and graduated from high school there in 1964. Oddly, given his independent and free-spirited nature, he willingly submitted to...

John Allen Cummings

John Allen Cummings

Jul 23, 2016

John Allen Cummings, born February 11, 1941, passed into heavenly eternity on July 23, 2016, in Topeka, Kansas. John was born to John Francis Cummings, Jr., and Anna Mae Hooper Cummings, in a house right up the street from the original Cummings' homestead in North Shawnee County. Both of his parents predeceased him

On December 19, 1975,...

Betty L. Pridey

Betty L. Pridey

Jul 21, 2016

Betty L. Pridey, 79, Topeka – Kansas, died on Thursday, July 21, 2016, following injuries sustained from a stroke she had on June 24, 2016.

Betty was born on Feb. 9, 1937, in Burr Oak - Kansas, and lived the majority of her life in the Topeka, Kansas area.

Betty worked as a healthcare worker...

Paul M. Macdonald

Paul M. Macdonald

Jul 19, 2016

Paul M. MacDonald was born on July 21, 1946 in Portland, ME to Maurice and Rosalie MacDonald. After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. During his military service, he was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Armed Forces Expeditionary...

Eldon “Red” Carver

Eldon “Red” Carver

Jul 15, 2016

Eldon "Red" Carver, 79, of Morrill died Friday, July 15, 2016, with his daughter at his side, after a relatively short battle with cancer.

He was born July 9, 1937, in Humboldt, Neb., to Frederick and Myrtle McAlexander Carver. They moved to Sabetha when he was a young boy, and he spent most of his life in...

Doris Lee Jackson Brewer

Doris Lee Jackson Brewer

Jul 15, 2016

Doris Lee Jackson Brewer age 92 of Topeka died July 1st 2016. Her parents Bonnie and Marvel Jackson and her husband C.D. "Bill" Brewer preceded her in death. She is survived by her son James Brewer (Marty), two grandchildren Stacey Brewer Kramer (Doug) of Holton, KS, and Matthew Brewer of Little Rock AR, 4 great grandchildren, and 2 great-great...

Mary Elizabeth Zercher Mccarthy

Mary Elizabeth Zercher Mccarthy

Jul 12, 2016

Mary Elizabeth Zercher McCarthy (1929-2016)

Liz McCarthy, 87, beloved mother and grandmother, died at Homestead Assisted Living on Monday, July 11, ending a full life marked by deep loss and immense joy. A woman of contrasts, she could shoot a gun, catch a bass, sing an aria, recite Wordsworth, and teach a child to read. She was...

Dagmar Wolfley

Dagmar Wolfley

Jul 9, 2016

Dagmar Wolfley, 86, passed away Saturday, July 9th, 2016 at her home in Silver Lake, Kansas. She was born to Dr. Arno and Erika Kaempf on August 19th, 1929 in Landsberg Neumark, Germany. She worked in Rochester, New York for St. Mary's Hospital then moved to Kansas in 1959. After moving to Kansas she worked for Robert Brooker at...

Christen Locke

Christen Locke

Jul 7, 2016

Christen (Chris) Locke, 26, Topeka passed away Tuesday July 5th 2016, due to a firework injury. He was a very Energetic, Passionate, and Living Life to the Fullest individual. Christen was always willing to help anyone that was in need, and he gave everything he had to helping and being compassionate to anyone that was in need. Christen was...

Brian Trevor Wickam

Brian Trevor Wickam

Jul 6, 2016

Brian Trevor Wickam, 46, formerly of KCK, passed away in the early morning of the 4th of July 2016 in Topeka, Kansas. He was born in San Diego, Ca and spent most of his life in Kansas City, Kansas. He is survived by a large family mostly of the Kansas City area including his parents, his father Albert Wickam...

Harriet J. “Trinket” Harding

Harriet J. “Trinket” Harding

Jul 6, 2016

Harriet J. "Trinket" Harding, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was 74. She was born August 14th, 1941, to James Ernest "Ernie" & Lennie Caroline "Pete" Billings. Trinket was a graduate of Seaman High School. She married Eldon LeRoy Harding, also of Topeka, on June 2nd, 1961. She worked for...

Larry Gene Alderson

Larry Gene Alderson

Jul 3, 2016

Larry Gene Alderson, 79, died Sunday, July 3, 2016, at his home in Emporia, Kansas. He was born August 10, 1936, in Great Bend. He was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Gwenneth Alderson of Emporia and an infant brother, Roger. He is survived by brother Rodney of Desoto, a sister Marcia of Osage City, two daughters,...

Stella Jessie Robison

Stella Jessie Robison

Jul 3, 2016

Stella Jessie Robison (Fox) passed away in her home Sunday, July 3, 2016. Stella was born in Topeka, KS on July 30, 1920 to Harry Richard Fox and Florence Jessie Fox (Graham).

On May 29, 1942 Stella married Paul C. Robison in Salinas, CA where he was stationed as an Army Sergeant in the motor pool. During...

D. Gene “Gno” Corke

D. Gene “Gno” Corke

Jun 30, 2016

D. Gene "Gno" Corke passed away from a heart attack on June 30, 2016 at his home in Topeka. He was born March 5, 1959 in Topeka, Ks. To Glenn C. Corke and Jo Ann (Corke) Brown. He attended Seaman High School and was in the United States Army. He was a construction worker.

He was preceded...

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