Raymond D. Bush
Dec 8, 2021
Raymond D. Bush, age 84, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at the Topeka V.A. Hospital. Ray was born May 8, 1937 in Rossville, KS the son of John and Opal (Kirkpatrick) Bush. He graduated from Rossville High School. Ray served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War where he earned several honors for marksmanship and...
Clifford Earl Funk
Dec 7, 2021
Clifford E. Funk, age 77, of Topeka, passed away December 7, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Cliff was born October 6, 1944 in Montana Mines, West Virginia the son of Russell and Ethel Ruby (Sigley) Funk. Cliff served in the U.S. Navy for over 27 years. He married Carolyn Sue Vandegrift, they later divorced. He then married...
Albert Elmer Drain
Dec 6, 2021
Albert Elmer Drain, 78, of Grantville, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021. He was born on July 3, 1943 in Topeka. His parents were Luther and Eva Phillips. They preceded him in death. Albert lived most of his life in the Topeka area. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1965. Albert began working at Goodyear later that...
Willard Glen Guffey
Dec 6, 2021
Willard Glen Guffey, 97 Years, of Topeka, passed away on December 6, 2021 at Plaza West Regional Health Center. Glen was born on May 4, 1924 to John and Marguerite (Howard) Guffey at Topeka, Kansas. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1942. After graduation Glen was the first 18 year old drafted into the United States Army Air Corp....
Dorothy J. Garner
Dec 6, 2021
Dorothy J. Garner, 77, of Topeka, passed away on December 6, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born on November 7, 1944, to Betty and Harold Inscho. Dorothy was raised by her father Harold Inscho and mother Florence Inscho in Topeka, KS. Dorothy attended Highland Park High School. After school she spent her life dedicated to her children and...
James "Jim" R. Adams
Dec 5, 2021
James "Jim" R. Adams, age 81, of Topeka, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 5, 2021 at home in Topeka with his two daughters by his side. Jim was born January 7, 1940 in Wewoka, OK the son of Luther and Lela Adams. Jim graduated from Davenport High School in 1958. He served in the U.S. Army where he was...
Marjorie L. Oathout
Dec 4, 2021
Marjorie L. Oathout, age 77, of Silver Lake, KS, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021 at her home in Silver Lake. Marjorie was born October 3, 1944 in Topeka the daughter of Lawrence and Elizabeth (Jackson) Wooster. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1963 where she was a drum major for the marching band. She was a twirler...
Alta Jane Beaty
Dec 4, 2021
Alta Jane (Talmadge) Beaty, age 85, of Wellsvile, KS passed away December 4, 2021 at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born February 17, 1936 at Stanberry, MO the daughter of Gordon and Velma (Redmond) Talmadge. She graduated from Stanberry High School in Stanberry, Missouri. She married William Beaty May 2, 1954.
Alta (Talmadge) Beaty lived a...
William M. Burton, Jr.
Dec 4, 2021
William "Mike" M. Burton, Jr., 73, of Silver Lake, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021.He was born March 12, 1948, in Frankfort, Kansas, the son of William Milton, Sr. and Martha (Raymond) Burton. He graduated from Frankfort High School in 1966. After graduation, Mike served in the United States Army Reserve from 1966-1974, earning the rank of E-7. Mike was...
Della M. Smith
Dec 2, 2021
Della May Smith, 82, of Meriden, passed away on December 2, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born on November 1, 1939 to Claude and Meta "Merle" (Lederer) Flowers at Havensville, KS. She graduated from Havensville High School in 1957. She was married to Charles Smith and had 5 children together. They later divorced. She married Edward Schimmel and...
Marcia Lea Aubert
Dec 1, 2021
Marcia Lea Aubert (Timmons), 82, of Topeka passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 following a battle with cancer, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 17, 1939 in Belvue, Kansas, the fifth of 10 children, to Melvin, Sr. and Pearl (Heston) Timmons. She was a loving wife, mom, grandma, sister, and aunt. She...
Loretta Ann Bivona
Dec 1, 2021
Loretta Ann Bivona (Halloran), 75, passed away surrounded by her daughters on December 1, 2021. Loretta was the daughter of Bernard and Della Halloran, the adoring mother to Eric Halloran, Leah Loveland, Denae Grim (Gary), Amey McAllister (Brian), and Alisa Van Gels (Bill), the proud grandmother “Nana” to Nicole Halloran, Thomas Dement, Trevor Halloran, Leah Caso, Brianna Grim, Kaitlyn...
Tina Lee Buschbom
Dec 1, 2021
Tina Lee Buschbom, a lifelong resident of Meriden, Kansas, died on Wednesday the 1st of December in her home, surrounded by family, at the age of 53.Born in 1968 in Winchester, Tina was the eldest of two children. In 1994 she married Bill Buschbom, which, to her credit, she said she would do all over again. Tina worked for nearly...
Marc Mcclain
Dec 1, 2021
Marc R. McClain, 45, of Topeka, passed away on December 1, 2021 in Topeka. He was born on March 27, 1976 to Gary and Leah (Niehaus) McClain in Topeka, KS. Marc attended Highland Park High School. After high school Marc became a free bird. He enjoyed shooting, frog hunting with his wife, mudding in his four wheeler, and throwing parties...
Carol "Sue" Jenks
Dec 1, 2021
Carol Sue Jenks, 75, of Mayetta, passed away on December 1, 2021. Sue was born on November 27, 1946 to Lester and Erma (Redenbaugh) Jenks in Topeka, KS. Sue worked as a bookkeeper for Walgreens for 41 years before retiring. Sue loved to spend time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was Hailey's biggest fan while participating in the...
Sharon Kaye Booth
Nov 30, 2021
Sharon Booth, age 72, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. Sharon was born January 8, 1949 in Odessa, Texas the daughter of Clifford and Joan Littlejohn. She had lived in Orange County, California for a while. She is survived by two sons, Tim and Donald Clifford Haman and a step-son, Gary...
Vicky Sue Bowers
Nov 30, 2021
Vicky Sue Bowers, 60, of Topeka, passed away on November 30, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born on August 21, 1961 to Karen Silversmith in Topeka, KS. Vicky was raised by her grandparents, William "Bryan" and Margaret Guffey Silversmith.Vicky graduated from Topeka High School in 1979. On January 12, 1980, she married Steven Bowers, Sr. in Topeka, Kansas....
Linda S. Folster
Nov 29, 2021
Linda S. Folster of Topeka, KS went to be with Jesus on November 29th, 2021. She was 71 years of age.
Linda was born July 16, 1950 and raised in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Noah and Mildred Thomas. She married Carl Folster June 14, 1968. Together, they raised three sons and were consistently active in their...
Dale F. Langley
Nov 27, 2021
Dale Franklin Langley, 94, of Topeka, passed away on November 27, 2021 at Midland Care. He was born on April 3, 1927 to Clell and LouVina (Garner) Langley at Hoyt, KS. Dale was a farmer is whole life on his family farms near Meriden. He also worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber for over 25 years before retiring. On May...
Phyllis Marie Karle
Nov 27, 2021
Phyllis (Meier) Karle, 94, Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2021.She was born September 23, 1927, in Russell, Kansas, the daughter of Reinhart and Elsie (Herber) Meier. Phyllis retired from JC Penney after many years as a sales clerk.Survivors include her children, Lynn (Cindy) Lewis, Janell (Dale) Eakin, Gwen (Charles) Hobbs, Kirk (Kristi) Lewis, and Misti Wright; her brother, Dean...
