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Helen M. Winter
Apr 10, 2022
Helen M. Winter, 97, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022.She was born February 6, 1925, in Hoyt, Kansas, the daughter of Hamilton D. and Ruth (Colhouer) Kent. She was a 1942 graduate of Hoyt High School. Helen married Merle "Mike" Winter on June 25, 1943 in Atchison, KS. He preceded her in death on December 26, 1992.Helen and...
Lanny Dean Bailey
Apr 8, 2022
Lanny Dean Bailey, 79, of Silver Lake, passed away Friday, April 8, 2022.He was born January 22, 1943, north of Silver Lake, Kansas, the son of Emerson and Edna (Dean) Bailey. He graduated from Silver Lake High School. Lanny was a farmer through and through. He farmed his whole life, both cattle and crop. His farm was just north of...
Kenneth David Wright
Apr 4, 2022
Kenneth David Wright, 75, of Perry, passed away Monday, April 4, 2022.He was born October 20, 1946, in La Porte, Indiana the son of Grover Kenneth Wright and Dorothy (McCammon) and Roy Daugherty. He was a graduate of Hutsonville High School in 1965. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Kenneth was employed by Goodyear Tire...
Paul R. Valdivia Sr.
Apr 4, 2022
Paul R. Valdivia Sr., 85, of Topeka, passed away Monday, April 4, 2022. He was born March 22, 1937, in Tecumseh, Kansas, the son of Florencio and Luisa (Rocha) Valdivia. For 40+ years, he was employed by the Heumann Dental Lab prior to retiring. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church of Topeka. He was also...
Mary Ann Levering
Apr 3, 2022
Mary Ann Levering, 92, passed away Sunday, April 3rd, 2022. Mary Ann was born on November 2nd, 1929, in Topeka, Kansas to Neil and Verna (Dietrich) Brown. She was a graduate of Seaman High School and later attended Washburn University. MaryAnn was a member of Second Presbyterian Church.Mary Ann married R.W. (Bud) Levering on August 18, 1949, in Topeka, Kansas....
Gary D. Polwort
Apr 2, 2022
Gary D. Polwort, 74, of Topeka, passed away on April 2, 2022 at his home in Topeka. He was born on December 6, 1947 to Glen and Helen (Norman) Polwort in Enid, Oklahoma. He graduated from Enid High School. After graduation, Gary joined the United States Marine Corps in 1965. He proudly served during the Vietnam War earning the National...
Beatrice "Ellen" Tichenor
Apr 1, 2022
B. "Ellen" Tichenor, 99, of Topeka, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022.She was born February 9, 1923, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Donald and Annie (Gleason) Shimeall. She was a graduate of Hoyt High School, Hoyt, Kansas. Ellen was a long time active member of Topeka Bible Church.Ellen married Edwin L. Tichenor on December 7, 1941, in Hoyt, Kansas....
Charles Herbert Bowman
Apr 1, 2022
Charlie Bowman passed away April 1st 2022 at the age of 92. Charlie was born November 21st 1929 in Quenemo Kansas, the son of Maude Marie Morrow and William H. Bowman. Charlie attended Quenemo GS, Crane JH and graduated from Topeka High in 1948. While in high school he joined the Kansas National Guard 174th Military Police Battalion and was...
James Wolf
Mar 30, 2022
James Wolf, 84, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Midland Hospice House.Jim was born October 19, 1937 in Mt. Clemmons, MI, living in an orphanage until age 2 when he was adopted by Reuben and Dolores (Killewald) Wolf. He attended schools in Mt. Clemmons before enlisting in the U.S. Navy, where he was in the Seabees and trained...
Dr. Kent Hurn
Mar 27, 2022
Dr. D. Kent Hurn, age 79, passed away on March 27, 2022 after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinsonism. Kent was born in Kingman, Kansas on July 4, 1942.Kent was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence J. Hurn and Jean Wilson Spurrier, and his step-dad, Alvin Spurrier. He was married to Janice Spencer from 1965 to...
Barbara Jean Collins
Mar 22, 2022
Barbara Jean Collins, 89, of Topeka, passed away on March 22, 2022 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Barbara was born on October 18, 1932 to Phillip and Elizabeth (Copeland) Gunkle in Emporia, KS. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1950.She worked as a Mail Sorter for The United States Postal Service up until her retirement. She married David Baker. He...
Janice Eileen Jeane
Mar 22, 2022
Janice Eileen Reed Jeane, age 97 passed away on March 22, 2022 in Topeka, Kansas. Janice was born on October 3, 1924 in Kansas City, MO to Lowell T. Reed and Mary Ruth Cannon Reed. She graduated from Florence Union High School in Florence, AZ in 1942. Janice was raised on a cattle ranch in Arizona and loved her horses...
Marian Lee Bednasek
Mar 21, 2022
Marian Lee Bednasek, 85, of Topeka, passed away on March 21, 2022. She was born on April 23, 1936 to Walter and Minnie (Baker) Harrison in Topeka, KS. Marian graduated from Topeka High School in 1954. After graduation she worked for the Shawnee County Extension Office. On September 13, 1959, she married Kenneth Lee Bednasek, and started their family.Later she...
Regina Lee Tyrell
Mar 11, 2022
Regina Lee (Tabbert) Tyrell, 62, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022.She was born September 1, 1959, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Duane and Cara (Goins) Malloy. She graduated from Perry Lecompton High School.Regina was a Senior Legal Assistant at Butler and Associates Law firm in Topeka, Kansas.She adored her two grandchildren, Illayah and Callum and enjoyed nothing...
Bruce John Wayant
Mar 11, 2022
Bruce John Wayant passed away on March 11, 2022 after battling cancer. The first part of this obituary was written by Bruce himself, and the second by his family.I was born on March 20, 1961 to John and Marjorie Wayant in Kansas City, MO. I grew up with two older brothers and one younger brother. My childhood was full of...
Thelma Jean Tichenor
Mar 9, 2022
Thelma Jean Tichenor 90, of Topeka, passed away on March 9, 2022.She was born on March 13, 1931 to Arthur and Florence (Milbradt) Griffith in Reading, Kansas.She attended Seaman High School, later receiving her GED. Thelma was a homemaker, raising her children and grandchildren for most of her life. Later in life she earned her certificate in Home Health Care....
Gary Ray Hildreth
Mar 4, 2022
Gary "Shorty" Ray Hildreth, 84, of Ozawkie, passed away on March 4, 2022 at home surrounded by his family. Gary was born on March 17, 1937 to William and Clara (Clare) Hildreth in Lake City, IA. He graduated from Jolley High School in Iowa in 1955. On June 12, 1955 Gary married Lorraine Hildreth (Anderson) in Jolley, Iowa. They later...
Norma "Shirley" Hall
Feb 27, 2022
Due to weather conditions anticipated for this Friday, the memorial service for Norma has been rescheduled. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022 at First Southern Baptist Church.Norma "Shirley" Hall, 86, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022.She was born May 7, 1935, in Kimble, Missouri, the daughter of John and Ethel (Curley) Brinkley....
Betty Lou (Starkey) Lyon
Feb 26, 2022
Betty Lou (Starkey) Lyon, 84, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022.She was born May 15, 1937, in Clyde, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Mabel (Demanette) Starkey. She went to Clyde High School. Betty married Donald Leonard Lyon on August 25, 1956 in Clyde, Kansas, he survives. Other survivors include her daughters, Shirley (Kloyce) Hamilton and Debra Anderson;...
Earl S. Woodard
Feb 22, 2022
Earl Samuel Woodard, 88, of Topeka, passed away on February 22, 2022 at home. Earl was born on June 22, 1933 to David and Ruth (Mills) Woodard in Foreman, Arkansas. He graduated from Perry High School. After graduation he joined the United States Army from 1952-1955 until being honorably discharged. After service he worked various jobs but then became a...
