Jul 8, 2022

Flora DeBacker, 89, of Topeka passed away on Friday July 8, 2022. Flora (Kisner) DeBacker was born on February 7, 1933 in Pfeifer, Kansas to Adam and Cecilia (Jacobs) Kisner. She attended Pfeifer Parish Grade School and Schoenchen High School before moving to Topeka, Kansas and working at Southwestern Bell. Flora was a proud German Catholic and loved being...

Jul 8, 2022

Alison "Kay" Collins, 62, of Topeka, passed away on July 8, 2022. She was born on May 13, 1960 to Carlton and Patricia (DeHart) Collins in Topeka, KS. Kay graduated from Seaman High School in 1978. After graduation she attended Hair Benders Cosmetology School and was a cosmetologist for over 30 years. Later in life she worked for Futures For...

Jul 6, 2022

Debra Anne Shipley, age 64, of Topeka, passed away at her home in Topeka July 1, 2022. Debra was born June 9, 1958 in Topeka the daughter of Robert and Rose Marie (Schoenrock) Cook.  Debra graduated from Perry-Lecompton High School.  She worked at Hallmark Cards for some time before working as an in the home day care provider and...

Jul 4, 2022

Larry E. Hunter, 77, of Lecompton passed away on July 4, 2022.   He was born August 12, 1944 in Topeka, the son of Elmer and Daisy Hunter.   He graduated from Highland Park High School.    Larry worked for the Santa Fe Railroad several years.  He later worked at the Gas Service Company, which was briefly part of KPL.  Larry retired...

Jul 3, 2022

Mavis Darlene Petesch, 99, of Topeka, Kansas passed away on Sunday, July 3rd, 2022. Mavis was born on June 14th, 1923 in Oskaloosa, Kansas to Bert & Ruth Blockwicz. She went on to graduate from Oskaloosa High School in 1941. In 1946, she married Victor Petesch. Mavis was an avid reader, and enjoyed reading anything about the Kennedy's. She also...

Jun 30, 2022

Vada Hope McRoberts, 89, of Silver Lake, passed away on June 30, 2022 at Rossville Health Care & Rehabilitation. She was born on April 15, 1933 to Lyndon and Hazel (Cargile) George in Topeka, Kansas. Vada graduated from Silver Lake High School on a Sunday and went straight into the work force that next day for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company....

Jun 29, 2022

Vada Ina Mae (Pelton) Adams, 90, of Topeka passed away at home on June 29, 2022. She was born April 23, 1932 in Bucklin, Kansas the daughter of Ethel (McDonald) Pelton and Harold Pelton. She grew up in Kansas moving several times before her parents settled in Ozawkie where she attained and graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1950. After...

Jun 27, 2022

Clarence Henry Osterhaus, 93, of Topeka, passed away Monday, June 27, 2022.He was born March 13, 1929, in Baileyville, Kansas, the son of Joseph and Josephine (Enneking) Osterhaus. Clarence loved to play cards with family and friends. He was very hands on when it came to both work and his family. He enjoyed helping his children with their home projects....

Jun 27, 2022

Roger Lee Stirrett, 67, of Topeka, passed away Monday, June 27, 2022.He was born October 7, 1954, in Champaign, Illinois, the son of Ralph and Jessie (Archer) Stirrett. He graduated from Gene Blake Cosmetology School, Topeka, KS 1979. Roger owned and operated the Hairport in North Topeka starting in 1989 and continued to serve his customers for 33 years. He...

Jun 26, 2022

James Edward “Jim” Marshall, 98, Topeka, passed away June 26, 2022.  He was born August 25, 1923, the youngest of seven children, at the family farm north of Reading, KS in Osage County. The son of James “Art” and Mary Frances (Boisson) Marshall. Jim graduated from Reading High School in 1941, University of Kansas in 1948 and had received...

Jun 26, 2022

Peggy Joann Weixelman, 85, of Topeka, passed away on June 26, 2022 at her home. She was born on July 29, 1936 to Ernest and Myrtle (Stevenson) Myrick in Topeka, KS. Peggy attended East Topeka High School. After graduation, she worked at State Printer for a number of years. She later worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber in the offices...

Jun 25, 2022

Ethel Myrtle Dennis, 91, of Topeka passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022.   She was born April 24, 1931 the daughter of Hubert and Bertha Carney Griffin.    She lived in Topeka most of her life.   She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1949.   She began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.    She met and married Theodore Dennis and...

Jun 24, 2022

Ralph E. Wilson Jr., age 59, of Ozawkie, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022 at Midland Hospice in Topeka.  Ralph was born November 21, 1962 in Pacoima, California the son of Ralph Sr. and Mary Perkins Wilson.  He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs in 1981.  He worked for 17 years for Essex Wire out of...

Jun 22, 2022

Terry L. Crable, “Sonne Israel”, 65, of Topeka passed away on June 22, 2022 in St. Louis.   He was born November 29, 1956 at Topeka the son of Harry and Bonnie Foster Crable.   He grew up in Topeka, and attended school at Shawnee Heights.  He lived in Hawaii several years but lived in Topeka for most of his life....

Jun 21, 2022

Donnie Wayne Rogers, 70, of Holton, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.   He was born November 5, 1951 in Des Arc, Arkansas the son of John and Nellie Smith Rogers.   He lived in Arkansas and Ft. Myers, Florida while growing up.   He moved to Topeka in 1994 to work with his nephew Harry on the highway project from...

Jun 21, 2022

Deanna K. Huske, 65, of Meriden, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.   She was born February 3, 1957 in Topeka the daughter of Denzil and Ida Laverne Watson Harmon.   She was raised at Rock Creek and graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1975.   She and her family would take vacations each summer to her dad’s hometown area...

Jun 20, 2022

Lawrence "Larry" D. Smith, 81, of Topeka went to meet his Heavenly Father on June 20th, 2022. Larry was born on August 27th, 1940 to Carl & Mereda (Friesen) Smith. Larry was raised in Topeka by his mother Mereda and Charles C. Taylor. He would graduate from Topeka High School in 1958. Following high school, Larry attended Clark's Business College,...

Jun 18, 2022

Alfredo Campa Vasquez, 28, passed away on June 18, 2022.   He was born April 27, 1994 at Benito Juarez Nazaz, Durango, Mexico the son of Juan Campa Arreola and Maria Concepcion Vasquez Ceballos.  He has lived in Topeka for the 10 last years.  He enjoyed fishing and good food.  Alfredo also enjoyed spending time with his kids.  Alfredo worked...

Jun 15, 2022

Frances E. Mapes, age 101, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the Presbyterian Manor in Topeka.  Frances was born February 9, 1921 the daughter of Alfred and Laura (Barney) Vawter.  She attended school in Meriden.  She married Benjamin Montague, they later divorced.  She married Delbert Mapes.  He preceded her in death.  Frances worked as a nurse’s...

Jun 14, 2022

Corey Donovan Cozzi, of Topeka passed away on June 14, 2022.   He was born March 9, 1968 in Topeka the son of Joseph G. Cozzi and Carman Kay Morstorf.

He was the shop foreman/manager at Midwest Coating.

Corey served in the United States Army.   He was known for his sense of humor, mechanical aptitude, love...