Alice M. Payne
Sep 25, 2013
Alice M. Payne, age 65, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at a Topeka care facility from complications of a fast moving and aggressive cancer. in Topeka. Alice was born September 30, 1947 in Ft. Scott to Manuel Comer Payne and Isabelle Marie Anderson Payne. Alice moved to Topeka around 1958 after her parents divorced and her...
Jessi Welch
Sep 25, 2013
Jessi Welch, age 13, of Delia, passed away September 25, 2013. She was born August 24, 2000 to Rocky Sr. and Billie (Smith) Welch. She attended Rossville Junior High School where she was looking forward to becoming a member of the Art Club. Jessi loved horseback riding, she loved to read, draw and listen to music. She enjoyed being...
Hazel Marcelene Hill
Sep 25, 2013
Hazel Marcelene Dodds Hill was born the 5th child of Jesse and Della Shaner Dodds December 5, 1924 in Riley County Kansas. She went to be with the Lord on September 25, 2013. On March 15, 1946 she was married to Loren Hill in Neodasha Kansas after his return from the European theatre in World War II. Hazel taught...
Pfieffer Joycemarie Fender
Sep 25, 2013
Pfieffer Joyce Marie Fender, 3 months, of Topeka, passed away on September 25, 2013. She was born on June 23, 2013 to Marcus and Anna (Motto) Fender at Topeka, KS. Pfieffer is survived by her loving parents, maternal grandmother, Tracci Hoover; maternal grandfather, John (Joi) Motto Sr., maternal great-grandmother, Diane (Ed) Thomas; maternal great-great-grandmother, Faye Jacobson; paternal grandfather, Mark (Cindy)...
Irene Price Roberson
Sep 24, 2013
Irene Price Roberson Irene Price Roberson, 94, Topeka, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013. She was born April 2, 1919, in Topeka, the daughter of James Edgar and Jesse Elsie (Bundy) Price. Irene retired from USD # 501. She was a member of Shawnee Meadows Kingdom Hall. She was married to Fred Roberson, deceased. Surviving are daughters: Sheryl Preston and Jan...
Margaret Head
Sep 23, 2013
Margaret R. Head, age 85, of Topeka passed away Monday, September 23, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House. She was born December 24, 1927 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of Roy R. and Susie M. Hartley Raines. She moved to Topeka with her family in 1944 and graduated from Topeka High School. She operated a family day care home...
Mabel Asenathclem Henderson
Sep 22, 2013
Mabel Asenath Clem Henderson, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at Oakley Place, Topeka. She was born October 7, 1912 at Corning, KS, the daughter of George William and Josie (Sanders) Clem. She was a 1930 Valedictorian graduate of Corning Rural High School and graduated from Strickler's Business School.She was employed by Security Benefit for two years and...
Milton D. Dodds
Sep 21, 2013
Milton D. Dodds, age 65, of Topeka passed away Saturday morning at a Topeka hospital. Milton was born March 31, 1948 in Tupelo, Mississippi the son of H.D. Dodds and Ludie Hester Dodds. He married Carol Degan April 4, 1974 in Topeka. He worked for various asphalt companies in Topeka such as A & W Asphalt. He loved working...
Lila Maemartin Swafford
Sep 19, 2013
Lila Mae Martin Swafford, 95, of Topeka, passed away September 19, 2013.She was born June 22, 1918 in Rock Creek, KS, the daughter of Charles Joseph and Mable (McLucas) Martin. She was a graduate of Seaman High School and Washburn University. She was a 3rd grade teacher for Rochester Elementary School in Topeka for 17 years, retiring in 1979. Mrs....
Faye W. Kelsey
Sep 15, 2013
FAYE WINIFRED KELSEY Faye Winifred Kelsey, 93, of Edmond, Oklahoma, formerly of Rossville, Kansas, passed away September 15, 2013 at the home of her daughter. Faye was born in Oakland, Kansas on May 15, 1920. She was the daughter of Cecil and Gwendolin Darby Townsend. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1938 and went to work for Adams Brothers...
Lloyd Hitchens
Sep 11, 2013
Lloyd Hitchens, 93, of Topeka passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at his home. Lloyd was one of nine children born to William and Aetna (McPheeters) Hitchens, born February 2, 1920 at Burlington, Kansas. He lived in Arkansas and Burlington as a youngster, going to school in Burlington. He enlisted in the United States Army and served with...
Kenneth Lee Simpson
Sep 11, 2013
Kenneth Simpson, 66, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Midland Hospice House.Ken was born August 14, 1947 in Topeka, the son of Joseph Lee and Helen Maxine (Bills) Simpson. He graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1965.He was employed as a Maintenance Worker for the State of Kansas retiring in 2010 and previously worked for the Menninger...
Rebecca Faye Kelsey
Sep 9, 2013
Rebecca Faye Kelsey Rebecca Faye Kelsey, age six days, died peacefully in the arms of her father at the NICU of Stormont-Vail Hospital. After struggling to breathe on her own she took her last breath at 4:21 p.m. on September 9, 2013. Rebecca was born on September 3, 2013 at 4:12 a.m. Rebecca is the treasured daughter of Sean and...
Delores Irene Roit
Sep 8, 2013
Delores I. Roit, age 84 of Valley Falls, formerly of Topeka, passed away Sunday at her home in Valley Falls. She was born January 9, 1929 the daughter of Lewis and Addie Grindol Ogan. She married Leonard Roit in 1946, he preceded her in death January 30, 1985. She worked for Hallmark Cards in Topeka and also while living...
Randell L. Stasser
Sep 8, 2013
Randell Lee Stasser Randell Lee Stasser, 44, Topeka, went to meet his Lord on Sunday, September 8, 2013, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. He was born October 11, 1968, in St. Francis, the son of Leonard "Leon" and Sharon Kay (Beeton) Stasser. Randell graduated from Sherman County High School and Northwest Regional Vocational Technical School. His church family was First...
Carol Dean White
Sep 6, 2013
Carol Dean White, 51, of Topeka passed away on Friday, September 06, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born November 13, 1961 at Topeka the daughter of Gary and Karen (Kolbek) White. Carol graduated from Seaman High School in 1979. She had worked several places including Hall Directory, Kansas Association of School Boards and the Pines...
Cindy Kay Finan
Sep 4, 2013
Cindy Kay "Ninny" Finan Cindy Kay "Ninny" Finan, 50, Topeka, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at Stormont-Vail Hospital Emergency Room. She was born February 19, 1963, in Topeka, the daughter of Kenneth Lloyd and Carolyn Kay (Simons) Trimble. Surviving are a daughter: Heather Holt (Derek) of Topeka; a son: Charles Kodie Trimble of Topeka; mother and step-father: Carolyn and William...
Gayle Donivan Csitkovits
Sep 2, 2013
Gayle D. Csitkovits, age 77, of Topeka, passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. He was born November 20, 1935 the son of John and Wilma Downs Csitkovits. He served in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a printer for Mainline Printing in Topeka, retiring in 1998. He is survived by two nieces, Marcia (Gerald) Simecka...
Mildred Hillman
Sep 2, 2013
Mildred Hillman, 93, of Topeka, passed away September 2, 2013, at Presbyterian Manor. Mildred was born in Fostoria, KS, March 28, 1920, along with her twin sister Winifred Christianson who preceded her in death in 1977. They were the daughters of Floyd and Flossie Carr. Mildred graduated from Fostoria High School and moved to Topeka in 1940 where she...
Dorothy May Vagts
Aug 27, 2013
Dorothy May Vagts was born May 24, 1934 to Reuben W. and Belva A. Roth Millard in Geneseo, KS. She attended school in Sterling, KS, graduating in 1952. She married Harry “Junior” Vagts May 27, 1951. She retired from SRS after 24 years. She was a member of Crestview Methodist Church, and the Eastern Star for 41 years, the...
