Keril Elaine Mick
Dec 8, 2020
Keril Elaine Mick passed away on December 8, 2020, in Topeka, Kansas.Elaine was born June 17, 1947 to A. Gene (Woody) McCombs and Jesse McCombs in Knoxville, IA. Elaine graduated from Knoxville High School in 1965. She worked in the bookkeeping and accounting field for more than thirty years, retiring in 2012.Her greatest enjoyment in life was her family and...
K. Ralph Sales
Dec 7, 2020
K. Ralph Sales, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2020. He was born March 18, 1929 in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Vance H. and Marie (Burch) Sales.Ralph graduated from Roxbury High School near McPherson. He was an Army Veteran during the Korean War. Ralph was employed by KPL for over 30 years before retiring. He was...
Shelline Smoot
Dec 6, 2020
Shelline Smoot, 63, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020. She was born July 8, 1957 in Topeka, the daughter of Robert E. and Rosalie F. (Hammond) Wilson.Shelline graduated from Highland Park High School. She was employed by the State of Kansas for over forty years before retiring. She was a member of Cap-Teens Squares and Family.Shelline married...
Ernst Baier
Dec 6, 2020
Ernst Baier, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2020. He was born August 15, 1934 in Alt Elft, Bessarabia, the son of Friedrich and Olga Baier.Ernst was employed by the Xerox Corporation. Ernst married Inge E. Vessperman. She survives. Other survivors include children, Friedrich (Rebecca) Baier of Topeka, Barbara (David) Klimek of Rochester, New York, four grandchildren,...
Ruth E. Showalter
Dec 5, 2020
Ruth E. Showalter, 98, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020.She was born January 17, 1922, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Camille "Charlie" and Una (Keller) Cuenin. Ruth and her husband farmed in Oskaloosa, Kansas until retiring. She was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Topeka.Ruth married William "Bill" Showalter on December 8, 1941 in Akron,...
Richard T. Clemmons
Dec 5, 2020
Richard T. "Ricky" Clemmons, 64, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at a Topeka hospital. He was born March 7, 1956 in Topeka, the son of Ross T. and Mary Jane (Otto) Clemmons.Ricky graduated from Washburn Rural High School. Survivors include his siblings, Ross A. (Marie) Clemmons, Mary Jane Myers, his sister-in-law, Meryce M. Clemmons, nieces and...
Kathleen L. Graves
Dec 5, 2020
Kathleen L. Graves, 93, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020. She was born January 11, 1927 in Kincaid, Kansas, the daughter of Alva and Edith (Britton) Macklin.Kathleen graduated from Garnett High School in Garnett, Kansas in 1944. Following graduation, she took a short course at Santa Fe Railroad and became a Teletype Operator and worked in Topeka...
William L. Miller
Dec 4, 2020
William L. "Bill" Miller, 76, of Tecumseh, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2020. He was born December 1, 1944 in Holton, the son of Orville L. and Alice B. (Gitchel) Miller.Bill graduated from Valley Falls High School. He was Army Veteran during the Vietnam War. Bill was employed by Dupont for over 30 years before retiring in 1997. He...
Rebecca A. O'Bleness
Dec 2, 2020
Rebecca A. O'Bleness, 67, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020. She was born September 24, 1953 in Hiawatha, the daughter of Billy W. and Louise (Leffert) Wilson.Rebecca graduated from Hiawatha High School and Newman School of Nursing in Emporia. She was employed by Memorial Hospital and retired in 2016 from the Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center after...
Dorothy Marie Allshouse
Dec 2, 2020
Dorothy Marie Allshouse, 88 of Topeka passed away December 2, 2020. She was born to Mose and Mildred Barnett on August 8, 1932 in Minot, ND. She was one of nine children and graduated from Berthold High School. Dorothy is survived by her husband, Maurice. They married the day after Christmas in 1951 and together they were blessed with 68...
Paul Francis Dultmeier
Dec 1, 2020
Paul Frances Dultmeier passed peacefully with his family by his side December 1, 2020. He was born January 29, 1928 in Baileyville, KS to parents August Dultmeier & Rose Broxterman. His family eventually moved to Seneca Ks where he finished school at St. Peter & Paul Catholic school.He later met the love of his life, Opal Troxel and wed 9-19-1950....
Donna M. Cox
Nov 30, 2020
Donna M. Cox, 73, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020. She was born February 22, 1947 in Topeka, the daughter of Donald G. Mercer and Frances Newell.Donna graduated from Topeka High School. She was employed by Aldersgate Village for over 30 years before retiring. She was a member of Light of the World Christian Center.Survivors include children,...
Dr. Wiley Hartley
Nov 29, 2020
Dr. Roy Wiley Hartley, of Topeka, Kansas passed away November 29th, 2020 at the age of 83.Roy was born March 27, 1937 in Delphos, KS to Roy Hartley and Grace Louise (Wiley) Hartley.He attended Delphos High School and was drawn to the medical field through the influence of the local doctor.After graduation from high school, Roy attended the University of...
William J. Nolting
Nov 29, 2020
William J. "Bill" Nolting, 86, of Berryton, died Sunday morning, Nov. 29, 2020, at Midland Hospice House. He was born Dec. 6, 1933, in Nortonville to Herman and Martha (Wehking) Nolting. Bill graduated from Atchison County Community High School at Effingham in 1951. He farmed with his family for a time after high school and joined the U.S. Army in...
Mary June O'Hare
Nov 28, 2020
Mary June Kelley O'Hare, 75, passed away in Topeka, KS on November 28, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Ada, OK on September 2, 1945 to William Irving Kelley and Grace Inez (Buster) Kelley. Mary and Garvin O'Hare were married in Duncan on May 14, 1975 and divorced on March 20, 1990. A memorial service...
James Robert Hall
Nov 28, 2020
James (Jim) Robert Hall, 86, Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Midland Hospice House.James was born March 30, 1934 in Augusta, ME, the son of Eljin and Edna (Stockton) Hall. He attended schools in Baxter Springs, KS.He served in the U.S. Army as a Military Policeman in the early 50's, then served 2 enlistments in the Army Reserves.During...
Tyler C. Lockett
Nov 28, 2020
Honorable Tyler C. Lockett, Justice, Kansas Supreme CourtTyler Charles Lockett, 87, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 at a local hospital—a casualty of COVID-19.Tyler was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on December 7th, 1932 to Tyler and Evelyn (LeMond) Lockett. The family moved to Wichita, Kansas before his first birthday. He attended public schools and graduated from Wichita North High...
David W. Ramsey
Nov 27, 2020
David W. Ramsey, 36, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020. He was born March 29, 1984 in Topeka, the son of Kevin and Anita (White) Ramsey.David graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 2002. He attended Allen County Community College. He was employed by Standard Beverage in Lawrence. Survivors include children, Davis Ramsey of Joplin, Missouri, Peytan...
Jackie Wilmer Mason
Nov 26, 2020
Jack Wilmer "Hackie" Mason, 79, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020.He was born July 20, 1941, in Midland, Michigan, the son of Milton Jasper and Mary Genevieve Mason. As a youth, Jack enjoyed Boy Scouts, reaching the rank of Life Scout. He spent his free time fishing and working. Jack graduated from William Winlock Miller High School in...
Ray Gutierrez
Nov 26, 2020
Raymond Gutierrez (84) of Topeka, went to be with the Lord on Nov., 26, 2020. He was born June 16, 1936, the son of Pablo and Refugia (Davalos) Gutierrez.He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and friend and will be greatly missed.Raymond Gutierrez married Edna Hernandez on May 18, 1990, over 30 years of great marriage. She survives. Other survivors...
