May 7, 2017

Keniya M. Jones, age 6, of Topeka passed away Sunday, May 7, 2017 at the Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Keniya was born September 5, 2010 in Topeka the daughter of Kenneth Jones and Teshna Dones. She was currently in the kindergarten class at Williams Science and Fine Arts Magnet Elementary School in Topeka. She is survived by her...

May 6, 2017

C. Arvagene Helm, 85, Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017 at a local hospital.Arvagene was born September 12, 1931 in Vinita, OK, the daughter of Robert D. and Mary A. (Tippett) Trickey. She graduated from Vinita High School in 1950 and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK.She taught elementary in the Seaman School District for 31 years, retiring in...

May 4, 2017

Paul Crouch, 68, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017. He was born August 6, 1948 in Topeka. He was raised at Burlingame and moved to Topeka when he was 15. Paul was drafted into the Army and served and received the Purple Heart for wounds he received in battle during the Vietnam War. He returned home...

May 3, 2017

Jerrold Eugene Henry, 64, of Topeka formerly of the Kansas City area passed away May 3, 2017.   He was born April 4, 1953 in Kansas City the son of James and Fannie Mae Tolbert Henry.   He was raised and attended school in the Kansas City area.   Survivors include his niece Brittnee Bailey of Kanas City, Kansas. Jerrold was cremated...

May 2, 2017

Paul D. Bowman, 66, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. As were his wishes, he will be cremated and no services are planned.

May 2, 2017

Donald D. Bennett, age 86, of Topeka passed away Tuesday morning, May 2, 2017 at his home in Topeka. Don was born January 13, 1931 in Topeka the son of Raymond and Ruth Nisbeth Bennett. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1949. He married Normajean Schonfeldt September 9, 1951 in Topeka. Don worked for the Topeka Capital Journal/Stauffer...

May 2, 2017

Claire Swogger was born in Ragnit, East Prussia, in 1926. Her father had the misfortune to be just old enough to be enlisted in the army in 1914, and just young enough to be enlisted in 1939. When the Russian army with its practices of mass rape neared Ragnit in 1944, Claire’s mother made the difficult decision to leave...

Apr 29, 2017

Ileen Lois Hannon Ileen Lois Hannon, 97, Topeka, died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at her home. She was born May 18, 1919, at Del Norte, Colorado, the daughter of William Leonard and Hazel Lois (Respher) Slout. She graduated from Del Norte High School. She had lived in the San Luis Valley of Colorado; Wichita, Kansas; and Cherokee Village, Arkansas before...

Apr 25, 2017

Peggy Jo McGilton, 73, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017.She was born October 8, 1943in Emporia, the daughter of Olin W. and Annietta Griffin . She was a graduate of Seaman High School. Peggy was employed by Knights National Painting Company and the Kansas Legislature.She was a member of the Midwest Hemophilia Association and the Committee of 10,000....

Apr 24, 2017

Lester “Les” Haslett, age 92, of Topeka, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at Stormont Vail in Topeka. Les was born July 26, 1924 in Topeka the son of Raymond and Helen Smith Haslett. Les graduated from Topeka High where he played Tennis and later graduated from Washburn University with a Business Degree. He served in the U.S. Army...

Apr 24, 2017

Justin Ace "Gus" Chilcott Justin Ace "Gus" Chilcott, 89, Big Springs, KS, died Monday, April 24, 2017, at Plaza West. He was born January 14, 1928, at Blaine, the son of Frank Richard Chilcott, Sr. and Scottie Mae (Woosley) Chilcott. He had lived at Wamego before moving to Topeka in 1936. Gus served in the Merchant Marines from 1945 to...

Apr 23, 2017

Velda Ellen Flowers Velda Ellen Flowers, 80, of Wichita, died Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Via Christi Village, Wichita. She was born February 21, 1937, in Burlingame, the daughter of Earl Jay and Erma Eileen (Carver) Parsons. She was a C.N.A. at Larksfield Place in Wichita before retiring. Velda was preceded in death by her parents; two sons: Gerald Ray...

Apr 21, 2017

Idella Jean Winn, age 62, of Topeka passed away Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home in Topeka. Idella was born on October 23, 1954 in Topeka, Kansas, daughter of Albert L. Pittman and Lois M. Anderson. Idella graduated from Topeka High in 1973.

Idella is survived by both of her parents of Topeka, common law husband...

Apr 19, 2017

John Milton Foster, 62, of Topeka, passed away April 19, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital. John was born October 27, 1954, son of Kenneth Foster and Jackie Jordan Foster. John was an avid baseball player from the age of 8 through college. He was even invited to try out for the Kansas City Royals in 1972. John graduated from...

Apr 18, 2017

Gloria Elizabeth Clark Woerle, April 8, 1945 - April 18, 2017. She was born in Topeka Kansas and grew up on a farm in Meriden. She was the daughter of Rollin and Elnora Clark of Meriden, KS. Her two siblings are James Clark of Meriden and Elaine (Clark) Frisbie of Grantville. She attended meriden High School (now Jeff West)...

Apr 17, 2017

Frederick Wesley Wehrli Frederick Wesley Wehrli, 77, Rossville, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Hospital, Topeka. He was born August 28, 1939, in Holliday, Missouri, the son of Cloyd Henry and Georgia Pearl (Embree) Wehrli. Fred spent almost 32 years of service in the military, retiring as an E-8 from the Kansas Air National Guard. He farmed south...

Apr 11, 2017

Karl Eugene Smith, 82, of Xenia, Ohio, formerly of Topeka, KS., went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at Hospitality Home East.   He was born May 19, 1934, in Lawrence, Kansas the son of Cecil Eugene and Mildred Gertrude Perkins Smith.

He is survived by a brother, Galen...

Apr 10, 2017

Cleveland T. "Jack" Martin, 96, of Topeka, passed away on April 10, 2017, at Midland House hospice care in Topeka. He was born on the Martin family farm in the southeast corner of Jackson County on October 12, 1920, the son of Cleveland Taylor Martin and Mabel Rose (Stone) Martin. Cleve was known as "Jack" by his immediate family....

Apr 9, 2017

Donald Leroy Crockett, 83, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 peacefully at his home.

Donald was born September 21, 1933 in Richland, Kansas to Stephen Crockett and Lois Benander. After graduating from Berryton High School in 1951 he joined the Navy and served for 10 years....

Apr 8, 2017

Ina Mae Nason, age 94, of Wakarusa passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Salem Nursing Home in Hillsboro, KS. Ina Mae was born July 30, 1922 in Topeka the daughter of Leslie and Ethel Cook Phillips. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1939. She married Robert M. Nason April 9, 1942 in Topeka. He preceded...