Velata Vey Tibbs
May 28, 2018
Velata Vey Tibbs, 82 was welcomed to Heaven by her Lord Jesus on May 28, 2018. She was the daughter of Late & Pearl (Rowley) Langley. Velata graduated from Eskridge High School and was retired from Santa Fe. Following retirement she worked in day care.Velata married Nick Tibbs in October 1957. Nick preceded her in death on June 6, 2013.Velata...
Enid "Peggy" Gordon
May 27, 2018
Enid “Peggy” J. Gordon, age 99, of Topeka passed away Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Meriden. Peggy was born March 25, 1919 in South English, Iowa the daughter of Samuel and Maude Starkey McNeal. She graduated from high school in Richland Center, Wisconsin. She married Orville McCauley, they later divorced. She married Harlan Hoover, they later divorced. She then...
Charles E. Paxton
May 27, 2018
Charles E. "Charlie" Paxton, 83, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2018, at Brewster Place.Charlie was born October 13, 1934, in Sedalia, MO, to Herbert and Edna (Stephens) Merriott. When Charlie was 4 years old, his father passed away and his mother married Ray Paxton. Ray adopted Charlie and his older brother and they moved to Topeka. Charlie graduated from Seaman...
Connie Dillner
May 26, 2018
Connie Dillner, 69, Mayetta, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018.She was born July 27, 1948, in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Roland and Elizabeth (Webster) Diehl. She graduated from Assaria High School and Brown Mackie College. Connie was the bus driver for Royal Valley School District for 25 years.Connie married Dennis A. Dillner on September 7, 1990 in Miami, Oklahoma....
Annette Ruth Payne
May 25, 2018
Annette Ruth Payne, 82, Topeka, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018.She was born June 25, 1935, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Harvey and Lucille (Bahnmaier) Wulfkuhle. She graduated from Highland Park High School, where she played clarinet and graduated in 1953. She also attended Washburn University.Annette retired from USD 501 after having served several schools, ie. Quincy, Sumner, Robinson...
Erik Lee Esparza
May 24, 2018
Erik L. Esparza, age 32, of Tecumseh, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2018 in Tecumseh. Erik was born January 17, 1986 in Topeka the son of David and Debbie Robinson Esparza. He graduated from Silver Lake High School in 2004 and then attended Washburn Tech in Topeka. He worked at Capital Federal Bank in Topeka in the IT department....
Jay Edward Snyder
May 20, 2018
Jay E. Snyder, age 84, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018 at Lexington Park Care Home in Topeka. Jay was born December 22, 1933 in Topeka the son of Clarence and Josephine McFarren Snyder. He graduated from Highland Park High School. He married Karen Whittaker in 1970. She preceded him in death August 31, 2016. Jay worked...
Bonnie L. Mahana
May 20, 2018
Bonnie L. Mahana, 79, Silver Lake, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018. She was born August 2, 1938 in Howard, South Dakota, the daughter of Elton and Lucy (Chappell) Jaton. She attended high school in Ramona, South Dakota. In 1954, she married Dan Wolf. They moved to Omaha, Nebraska where she worked for J.L. Brandeis & Sons, Coakley Industrial, and...
Patricia A. Hunter
May 18, 2018
Patricia A. Hunter of Topeka, Kansas passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018. Patty was born on September 9, 1942 in Topeka, Kansas the first child of Glenn and Neva Hunter. She was a graduate of Topeka High School and was a LPN who worked at the Santa Fe Hospital. Patty is survived by her sisters, Linda Hanshaw and...
Jane H. (Settle) Dillon
May 16, 2018
Jane H. (Settle) Dillon, 72, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Jane was born July 4, 1945, in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of Myron C. and Betty Jane (Curry) Settle, Jr. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1963 and attended Washburn University...
Linda Jean (Donnell) Hollingshead
May 15, 2018
Linda Jean (Donnell) Hollingshead, 69, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at Stormont Vail Health.Linda was born August 7, 1948, in Leavenworth, KS, to Mervyn Cyril and Marguerite Elizabeth (Korth) Donnell. She graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1966 and later attended the University of Kansas. She married her high school sweetheart, William A. Hollingshead on August 16, 1969,...
Caroline Anna Keyser
May 14, 2018
Caroline Anna (Rose) Keyser, 79, passed away after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease on Monday, May 14, 2018 at Brookdale Senior Living.Caroline was born September 20, 1938, in Wichita, Kansas, the oldest daughter of Franklin H. and Caroline A. (Gallelli) Rose, Sr. She graduated from Hoyt High School in 1956. She was a long time member of Community Congregational...
Connie Kay Grubb
May 13, 2018
Connie Kay Grubb, age 74 passed away Sunday, May 13 th , 2018, at her daughter’s home in Topeka, Kansas. Connie was born August 25th, 1943 in Marysville, Kansas. The daughter of Marvin and Fern Chilcoat. She attended Seaman High School. Connie worked at the K-Mart Distribution Center in Lawrence, retiring in 1996. She married Melvin Gale Grubb, August...
Sarah Beatrice "Bea" Brunke
May 13, 2018
Sarah Beatrice (Guffey) Brunke, 94, formerly of Topeka, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2018 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha where she was a resident since 2008. Beatrice was born in Rogers, Arkansas on October 7, 1923 the daughter of Frank and Violette (Woodard) Guffey. She spent her early years on a farm in rural Hoyt, Kansas area. In...
Joan Hahn
May 13, 2018
Joan Elizabeth Hahn, 82, of Topeka and Kansas City passed away Sunday May 13, 2018 at her home surrounded by family. Joan was born in Salem MA, April 4, 1936 to Evelyn and Ashton Danforth. She attended nursing school at Salem Hospital School of Nursing. After graduation, she joined the Air Force as a nurse where she met and married...
Richard T. Bettis
May 12, 2018
Richard T. Bettis of Topeka, Kansas passed away on May 12, 2018, he was 78 years old. Richard was born on May 8, 1940. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thorald and Doris (Eklund) Bettis of Piper, Kansas and close friend Sue Hunter of Topeka. He is survived by his 3 sisters, Janet (Tom) Hindley, Linda (Steve)...
George Clifford Anderson Iii
May 9, 2018
George Clifford Anderson III, age 76, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. George was born April 12, 1942 in Ft. Riley, Kansas the son of George Clifford Anderson II and Evelyn Taylor Anderson. George married Mary Reser June 19, 1965 in Topeka. She survives. George enjoyed black powder rendezvous and fishing....
William E. Flowers
May 8, 2018
William E. Flowers, 91, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018.He was born March 25, 1927, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Ress and Nettie (Michael) Flowers. He served in United States Navy during WWII. He was a switchman with Rock Island & Southern Pacific Railroad, retiring after 39 years.Bill was a member of American Legion Post 400 and a...
Roberta (Chandler) Bergquist
May 7, 2018
Roberta (Chandler) Bergquist, 92, Topeka, passed away Monday, May 7, 2018.She was born February 6, 1926, in Nemaha County, Kansas, the daughter of Harlan and Breta (Ford) Chandler. She graduated from Seaman High School and attended Clark's Business College.Roberta was employed by Lowman United Methodist Church and later Kansas East Conference of United Methodist Church, retiring in 1988.Mrs. Bergquist was...
Harold Dean Neely
May 6, 2018
Harold D. Neely, age 68, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2018 at his home in Topeka. Harold was born January 23, 1950 in Topeka the son of Edward and Evelyn Wood Neely. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1968. He served in the U.S. Army. He worked at the previous Ira Price and Uptowner Café in...
