Craig Allen Young
Sep 11, 2014
Craig Allen Young of Topeka was taken by cancer on September 11, 2014. He was born April 3, 1953 to John and Eileen Young at Centralia, Kansas. He graduated from Centralia High School and attained a B.S. degree from the University of Northern Colorado. He returned to Kansas in 2012 to be closer to his family. He is survived...
Dexter H. Claspill
Sep 10, 2014
Dexter Hilton Claspill Dexter Hilton Claspill, 75, Tecumseh, KS, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at Manor Care, Topeka, KS. He was born April 14, 1939, in Fort Scott, KS, the son of Isaac Freland and Thelma Elizabeth (Shinn) Claspill. He was reared at Fort Scott and graduated from Fort Scott High School. Dexter was married to Carolyn Nadine Hawkins on...
Glenn R. Haid
Sep 10, 2014
Glenn Roy Haid Glenn Roy Haid, 77, Meriden, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at his home.. He was born January 12, 1937, in Topeka, the son of John Wesley and Emily Martha (Fields) Haid. Glenn was reared at Newman in Jefferson County and attended school there. He was a heavy equipment operator and a member of Operators Union, Local 101....
Icy Lee Collins
Sep 9, 2014
Icy Lee Collins, age 91, of Topeka passed away Tuesday, September 09, 2014 at the Rolling Hills Care Home in Topeka. She was born June 24, 1923 in Rocksdale, West Virginia the daughter of Charles Carpenter and Dorcas M. Husk Carpenter. She graduated from Philo Ohio High School in 1941. She worked at Line Material Industrial defense plant in...
Betty A. Seibert
Sep 8, 2014
Betty A. Seibert, 87, of Topeka, passed away on September 8, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born June 24, 1927 at Los Angeles, CA the daughter of George and Hazel A. Taggart Baer. Betty was married to William J. Seibert on January 18, 1947 in Silver Lake. Mr. Seibert passed away in May of 1994....
Jodi E. Peet
Sep 8, 2014
Jodi E. Peet, age 64, of Topeka passed away Monday, September 8, 2014 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. Jodi was born January 30, 1950 in Topeka the daughter of Roy Leonard Nelson and Helen Louise Myers. She grew up in Topeka, graduating from Highland Park High in 1968.She was first married to Paul Daugherty, they divorced. She married...
Catherine Louise Hockenbarger
Sep 7, 2014
Catherine Louise Hockenbarger, 59, Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2014.She was born February 13, 1955 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Violet (Rhodes) Colvin. She attended McLouth High School.Catherine was a nurse's aide for various nursing homes throughout Topeka.On August 2, 1980, she married Harold Dean Hockenbarger in Topeka, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include her...
Laverda Marker
Sep 4, 2014
LaVerda "Verdie" Marker LaVerda "Verdie" Marker, 94, of Topeka, died Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Aldersgate Village. She was born March 19, 1920, at Meriden, the daughter of John Canady and Lillie Belle (Cunning) Collier. Verdie graduated from Meriden High School in 1938. She was a tax examiner for the State of Kansas before retiring. She was married to Raymond...
Veronica J. Jones
Sep 2, 2014
Veronica Jovita (Mercier) Jones, 86, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014.She was born January 13, 1928, in Greenleaf, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Margaret (Gray) Mercier. She was a graduate of Greenleaf High School, Greenleaf, KS and received a Teaching Certificate from Kansas State University.Veronica was a salesperson for Christmas Around The World and retired from the...
Beulah Maxine Hamme
Sep 1, 2014
Beulah M. Hamme, age 80, of Topeka, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 in Topeka. Beulah was born December 21, 1933 in Stockton, KS the daughter of Henry Fleming and Winnie House Fleming. She married Lloyd Hamme in 1953. He preceded her in death in 1975. She worked in Topeka for Southwestern Bell Telephone. She was preceded in death...
Reta Naomi Gabriel
Aug 30, 2014
Reta Naomi Gabriel, age 102, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014 at McCrite Care Home in Topeka. Reta was born August 17, 1912 in Meriden the daughter of C. Leonard and Mabel Martin Higgins. Reta and her family moved to Topeka where she graduated from Seaman High School in 1931. She married David “Duke” Gabriel in 1931....
Melva Jean Rogers
Aug 30, 2014
Melva Jean Rogers, age 77, of Topeka passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014 at her home in Topeka. Melva Jean was born November 27, 1936 in Perry, Kansas the daughter of Hammel Pearson and Melva Humphries Pearson. Melva Jean graduated from Perry High School in 1954. She married Dale Rogers November 27, 1955 in Perry. She owned and operated...
William Kenneth Verna
Aug 28, 2014
William Kenneth "Sonny" Verna, 86, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014 at his home.He was born February 8, 1928, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Alexander and Isabelle (Curley) Verna. He served in The United States Marine Corps from February of 1946 to November 1947 and then served in the United States Army from April of 1950 until...
James C. Washburn
Aug 26, 2014
James Clark "Jim" Washburn, 66, of Topeka, has gone home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.He was born March 24, 1948, in Holton, Kansas, the son of Norvell and Gail (Clark) Washburn. He was raised on the family farm in Whiting, Kansas with three siblings. He graduated from Parallel Grade School, a one room school house,...
Nina L. Wolford
Aug 25, 2014
Nina L. (Kirkwood) Wolford, 95, of Topeka, passed away Monday, August 25, 2014.She was born October 20, 1918 in Elmont, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Millie (Lawton) Kirkwood. She was a 1937 graduate of Silver Lake High School. Nina married Kelon O. Wolford on June 20, 1940 in Perry, Kansas. He survives. Other survivors include a son, Terry Wolford,...
Candace "Candy" Lynn Milavec
Aug 24, 2014
Candace “Candy” Lynn Milavec, age 55, of Topeka passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. Candy was born March 31, 1959 in Salina, KS the daughter of Hervey Wright Jr. and Jacqueline Morgan Wright. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1977 and received an Associate’s Degree in Business from Friends University. She owned and operated...
Charles L. Myers
Aug 24, 2014
Charles L. Myers, 86, of Topeka passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Autumn Home Plus. He was born May 1, 1928 at Newman, Kansas the son of Roy and Clara (Korb) Myers. He attended school and graduated from Meriden High School in 1946. He played basketball and ran track while attending high school. After his marriage to...
Nora Inez Heberling Gridley
Aug 23, 2014
Nora Inez Gridley, Waukee, IA formerly of Topeka, Kansas Nora Inez Heberling Gridley, 94, passed away August 23, 2014 in Dallas Center, Iowa. Nora was born at home in Overbrook, Kansas, on July 31, 1920, to Dewey Heberling and Susie Firestone Heberling. She moved to Topeka at age two. She graduated from Topeka High School, during which time she...
Joseph John Adrian Johnson Ii
Aug 22, 2014
Joseph J.A. Johnson II, age 49, of Topeka passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 after a brief battle with cancer. Joe was born October 7, 1964 in Annapolis, Maryland the son of Joseph J.A. Johnson and Lillie K. Wilson Johnson. He graduated high school in Maryland and served in the U.S. Army. He worked as a manager at several...
Rev. Marvine. Dennison
Aug 21, 2014
Reverend Marvin E. Dennison Reverend Marvin E. Dennison, 71, Tecumseh, died Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was born June 27, 1943, in Topeka, the son of Norris and BettyLou Dennison. Marvin graduated from Highland Park High School. He played Senior Slow Pitch Softball and enjoyed bowling. He also enjoyed model railroading. He is a published author....
