Verna G. Engelhardt
Nov 30, 2015
Verna G. Engelhardt, 92, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 30, 2015. She was born December 6, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Henry and Gertrude (Medendorp) Engelhardt. Verna was employed by Rotary International, the Illinois Synod of the Lutheran Church, the Lutheran School of Theology - Chicago (LSTC), and Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Riverdale, Illinois. She was...
Janice A Johnson
Nov 24, 2015
Janice A. Johnson, 74, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at her home. She was born July 9, 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of Thomas and Agnes Gulley Boyd. Janice worked at Goodyear until her retirement. She attended St. Phillips Episcopal Church and later at St. David’s Episcopal Church. She volunteered many hours for Let’s...
Ronnie Eugene Hicks
Nov 23, 2015
Ronnie E. Hicks, Jr. age 29, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 in Kansas City. Ronnie was born April 2, 1986 in Topeka the son of Ronnie E. Hicks Sr. and Gloria Howerton. He attended Shawnee Mission North High School. He worked with his father as a professional painter. He is survived by his parents,...
Francis J. Armstrong
Nov 22, 2015
Francis James "Jim" Armstrong Francis James "Jim" Armstrong, 72, Silver Lake, died Sunday, November 22, 2015, at his home. He was born February 13, 1943, at Wetmore. He was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Ammas Armstrong; and his mother, Ruby Veda Janet (Deahl) Armstrong Marx. Jim graduated from Hoyt High School. He served in the U.S. Army from...
Leann Sanchez
Nov 21, 2015
LeAnn Sanchez, 48, passed away November 21, 2015 in Mayetta. She was born on July 16, 1967. LeAnn worked as a newspaper printer. She is survived by one brother, Johnny Whitlock, two nephews, Cole and Logan Whitlock, and a Goddaughter, Lillie LeAnn Amack. She is preceded in death by both of her parents, Jerry Whitlock and Roberta Jackman. Funeral...
Richard Odom Penick, Jr.
Nov 21, 2015
Richard Odom "R.O." Penick, Jr. Richard Odom Penick, Jr., 95, Topeka, died Saturday, November 21, 2015, at Midland Hospice House. He was born February 29, 1920, in Hodgenville, KY, the son of Reverend Richard O. and Amelia Belle (Harned) Penick. The family moved to Kansas in October, 1920, and lived in Whiting, Holton, Hiawatha, Fort Scott, and Independence where his...
Dorene Michael
Nov 20, 2015
Dorene M. Michael, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015 at her home in Topeka. She was born January 2, 1923 in Topeka the daughter of Fred L. and Etta Higgins Spencer. Dorene worked for many years at Hallmark Publishing. She was married Harold L. Michael on September 5, 1942. He preceded her in death on...
Dixie Lee Rees
Nov 19, 2015
Dixie Lee Rees, 77, of Grantville, Kansas passed away November 19, 2015 at Stormont Vail in Topeka. She was born on August 30, 1938 in Topeka. She was the daughter of William Fannin Sr. and Ruth Lousie Williams. Dixie lived in Wakarusa where she attended Wakarusa Grade School. She later moved to Topeka where she graduated from Washburn Rural...
Jackie R. Bailey
Nov 19, 2015
Jackie R. Bailey, 80, of Topeka, died on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Jackie was born on September 6, 1935 in Illinois. Jackie was married to Bonnie J. Bell; she survives. He retired from Cargill in Topeka after many years spent as a maintenance worker. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Bailey of Topeka, daughter, Kathy (Larry)...
Joseph G. Waterworth
Nov 18, 2015
Joseph Glen "Joe" Waterworth, 89, Topeka, died Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born September 18, 1926, at Ottawa, IL, the son of Charles Richard and Emma Mary (Burkhart) Waterworth. Joe served in the U.S. Army for 10 years and in the U.S. Air Force for 11 years, serving in World War II, the Korean Conflict, and...
Dolores I. Sorrells
Nov 18, 2015
Dolores I. Sorrells Dolores I. (Jernigan) Sorrells, 85, of Silver Lake, KS, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at her home. She was born February 15, 1930, in Osage County, the daughter of Reese Adli and Flora (Haller) Jernigan. She was a graduate of Topeka High School.Dolores owned and operated Dolores's Beauty Shop in Silver Lake, and later retired from...
Carolyn Sue Neill
Nov 18, 2015
Carolyn Sue Neill Carolyn Sue Neill, 65, Topeka, died Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at Midland Hospice House. She was born April 11, 1950, in Topeka, the daughter of Eldon Eugene and Wilma Winona (Weiler) Roberts. Carolyn graduated from Topeka High School in 1968. She worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and was a member of Local # 307. She...
Mary A. Boltz
Nov 16, 2015
Mary Alice Warfel Boltz, 92, of Topeka passed away on Monday November 16, 2015. She was born May 28, 1923 the youngest of six children to John G. and Cora E. (Hall) Warfel at Morrill, Kansas. She graduated from high school at Sabetha in 1941. She later attended art school in Texas in the 1970’s. She was a homemaker,...
Charlotte Higgins
Nov 10, 2015
Charlotte Higgins, 86, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at her home. She was born January 30, 1929 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles and Florence Duffield Gesey. She was a 1951 graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas with a BS degree in Advertising.Charlotte married Joseph S. Higgins on May...
Mary "Peggy" Pegeen Parsons
Nov 8, 2015
Mary “Peggy” Parsons, 57, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born July 8, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia one of six children born to Andrew and Mary E. Fetters Totter. She was raised in Georgia and graduated from Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia. She moved to Topeka in 1978....
Kathleen A Clark-Corbin
Nov 7, 2015
Kathleen A. Clark-Corbin, 59, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas passed away on Saturday November 7, 2015. She was born July 15, 1956 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was raised in a military family who moved frequently while she was growing up. Her father John Moxley had a position with the State Department and she spent a considerable amount of her youth...
Rex C. Wilt
Nov 5, 2015
Rex Carmen Wilt, 83, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015.Born March 2, 1932 in Topeka, Kansas to George and Esther (Pusch) Wilt, Rex was a 1950 graduate of Highland Park High School where he lettered in tennis all four years. Rex attended Washburn University. Various jobs Rex enjoyed include caddying at the Shawnee Country Club and hauling feed for The...
Betty Lou Kinnett
Nov 4, 2015
Betty Lou Kinnett Betty Lou Kinnett, 87, Topeka, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at Midland Hospice House. She was born April 13, 1928, in Topeka, the daughter of Kenneth McClelland and Myrtle Mae (Golladay) Spence. As a young girl, she helped her father grow vegetables to sell to stores – sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, cabbage, beets, lettuce, green beans, tomatoes,...
Albert O. Arnold, Jr.
Nov 4, 2015
Albert Otto Arnold, Jr.Albert O. Arnold aged 93 passed away November 4, 2015. He is survived by his wife Marjorie Denham Arnold after 73 years of marriage and five children – Albert O Arnold III and his wife Connie of Ozark, MO; Marjorie Ann (Jan) and her husband Thomas Metcalf of Crystal River, FL; John D and his wife Diana...
Lois Purvis
Nov 2, 2015
Lois Purvis, 54, of Topeka passed away on November 2, 2015 at Midland Hospice in Topeka. She was born July 2, 1961 at Emporia the daughter of David A. and Nina M. Ball Rife. She was raised in Reading and graduated from Emporia High School. On December 24, 1994 she was married to Randy Purvis in Emporia. Lois had...
