Marilyn Romine
Apr 7, 2017
Marilyn L. Romine, 74, of Topeka passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017. She was born February 19, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia. Marilyn lived the majority of her life in the Topeka area. She worked for over twenty years for Columbian Title Company prior to retiring in the 1990’s. She volunteered at the Topeka Public Library and for the...
Steven Harry Lolley
Apr 7, 2017
Steven Harry Lolley, 69, passed away Friday, April 7, 2017, in Topeka, KS.Steve was born July 17, 1947, in Topeka, KS, to Ivan Harry and Maxine Mildred (Mattox) Lolley. He graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1965. After high school he enlisted in the US Navy as an SK3. He served on the USS Alamo and the USS Cabildo,...
Lora Guffey
Apr 3, 2017
Lora J. Guffey, age 66, of Topeka, passed away at her home April 3, 2017. She was born September 26, 1950 in Clay Center the daughter of Lawrence and Wilda Blanken Helms. Lora graduated from Linn High School in 1968 and then Clarks School of Business in Topeka. She married Larry Bainbridge, they later divorced. She married Dennis Guffey,...
Daniel E. Cummings
Apr 3, 2017
Daniel E. Cummings, 59, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017.Daniel loved his family and will be deeply missed by his mother, JoAnn Deckenbach and sister, Nancy Cummings. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence Ave, Topeka, KS 66608. Inurnment will follow at Rochester Cemetery, Topeka.
Michael George Radford
Apr 3, 2017
Michael George "Mike" Radford Michael George "Mike" Radford, 63, Topeka, died Monday, April 3, 2017, at his home. He was born February 25, 1954, in Topeka, the son of George Ebert and Joyce Goldye (Bennett) Radford. Mike graduated from Seaman High School in 1972, and retired from Josten's. He was a life member of the NRA; a 25 year member...
Nola Mcdill Blinn
Apr 2, 2017
Nola McDill Blinn, 88, of Topeka passed away on April 2, 2017. She was born October 5, 1928 in Oiltown, Oklahoma the daughter of Burrel and Altha McVay Graham. She graduated from Augusta High School in Augusta, Kansas in 1945. She lived in Hutchinson before moving to Topeka in 1967. She was a supervisor for Southwestern Bell before retiring...
Dorothy M. Robinson
Apr 2, 2017
Dorothy Mae Robinson, 88, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017. She was born march 19, 1929 in Long Beach, California to Marion and Marjorie Barber. Dorothy was raised at Howard, Kansas, graduating from high school in 1946. She received her Kansas Teachers Certificate in 1947 and taught at school district #112 in Elk County. Dorothy was...
Shirley Redmond Wyatt
Apr 2, 2017
Shirley Redmond WyattShirley Redmond Wyatt passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 vacationing in Branson, MO. Shirley was born August 16, 1952 to Glenn and M. Lucille (Anderson) Redmond. A life-long Thunderbird, she graduated from Shawnee Heights High School and resided in the Tecumseh area. She retired from Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Shirley married Alexander Wyatt on August 2, 1985. He...
Nina P. Buck
Apr 1, 2017
Nina P. Sylvester Buck, 87, of Topeka passed away on April 1, 2017. She was born September 24, 1929 at Burlington, Kansas.
She was cremated. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, April 5 th at Rolling Hills. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, Kansas 66606.
Goldie Katherine Mcknight
Mar 30, 2017
Goldie Katherine McKnight, 89, of Topeka passed away March 30, 2017 at her home. Katherine was born November 16, 1927 to Earl Mitchell and Flossie Brown.
She met Artie McKnight in Gravette, Arkansas where they later married on February 9, 1946. Together they had three daughters. Katherine briefly worked as an egg breaker at the Seymore Packing...
Irene Christina Tibbs
Mar 30, 2017
Irene Christina (Rickel) TibbsIrene Christina (Rickel) Tibbs, 96, Topeka died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at her home. She was the daughter of Elmer Kern and Elizabeth (Guffey) Ent and was born December 18, 1920, on a farm near Hoyt, KS. Irene attended Hoyt High School. She liked to work outside on the farm with her dad. They lived on an...
Guillermina "Emma" Gehrke
Mar 28, 2017
Emma Guillermina Gehrke, 79, of Topeka, passed away March 28, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital. Guillermina was born in San Juan De Guadalupe, Mexico on March 24, 1938 to Jose Rivera and Tiofila Mendoza.
Guillermina worked at Cardinals Building Service doing janitorial work for 27 years. She met Ronald Gehrke through friends when he needed a dancing...
Rev. Micki Mauck-Bratton
Mar 25, 2017
Rev. Micki Mauck-Bratton, 75, went to be with her Savior on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in a Kansas City, MO hospital.Micki was born on December 6, 1941, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Thomas Oran Jones and Betty Mae (Finley) Jones. She attended Seaman High School, Clark's Business College and graduated from Mellon University.She was active in Job's Daughters, Eastern...
Maxine E. Trefethen
Mar 24, 2017
Maxine E. Trefethen, 82, Topeka, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017 at a local hospital.Maxine was born November 28, 1934 in Wichita, the daughter of Elias W. and Edith V. (Fender) Tice. She graduated from Wichita North High School.She was employed by the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Topeka Public Library, and later for the Department of Revenue, State of Kansas for over...
Rosalie Brooks
Mar 23, 2017
Rosalie Brooks, entered into this world as a twin, on October 31st, 1924 in Kansas City, MO., the daughter of Michael and Jeanette Michelson, who were large figures in her life, of whom she loved and emulated. She passed to heaven on March 23, 2017. Rosalie was a beloved daughter, wife,sister, , aunt, mother of Israel (mother to spiritual daughters...
Gregory James Chandler
Mar 22, 2017
Gregory James Chandler, 64, formerly of Carbondale passed away March 22, 2017 at the San Juan Living Center in Montrose, Colorado. Gregory was born May 22, 1952 to George Chandler and Maude Schilling. He worked as a baker at a food service industry for most of his life and especially enjoyed working on the computer making designs. Gregory attended...
Edna Arlene Fluke
Mar 22, 2017
Edna Arlene Fluke Edna Arlene Fluke, 88, Topeka, entered into her eternal rest Wednesday, March 22, 2017. She was born December 12, 1928, at Amsterdam, Missouri, the daughter of Clara Doris (Sours) and Robert Luther Gifford, Sr. She graduated from Garnett High School in 1947. Edna was an ordained elder of John Knox Presbyterian Church and an ordained deacon of...
Bruce Kent Moore
Mar 20, 2017
Bruce Kent Moore, age 72, of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 20, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Bruce was born October 12, 1944 in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Roy Carl Moore and Katie B. Matthias. He married Aleica Couch January 1, 1979 in Las Vegas. He was retired from the State of Kansas as a computer programmer. He...
Debra Sue Woodie-Rigdon
Mar 18, 2017
Debra Sue Woodie Rigdon, age 60, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the Plaza West Care Home. Debra was born May 4, 1956 in Topeka the daughter of William Woodie and Carol Bigham Woodie. She married Bobby Rigdon April of 1976, they later divorced. She worked at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor as a nurse aide for...
Ruth Charlotte Warfel
Mar 18, 2017
Ruth Charlotte Warfel Ruth Charlotte Warfel, 93, Topeka, died Saturday, March 18, 2017, at her home. She was born February 10, 1924, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Adrian Lewis and Lottie Marie (Hecht) Hall. Ruth graduated from Hiawatha High School and then worked for Goodyear in Lincoln where she helped line airplanes with rubber so that when a plane...
