Nina Ruth Whitten
Jan 24, 2020
Nina Ruth (Sloan) Whitten, 75, Topeka, formerly of Summerville, SC, and Hillsboro, TX., passed away Friday, January 24, 2020 at Midland Hospice House.Nina Duke was born April 13, 1944 in Hillsboro, TX., the daughter of Willie and Zelma (Jordan) Duke. She graduated from Peabody High School. Nina married Jimmy D. Sloan and they later divorced. Survivors include their children, Vincent...
Eugene V. Adams
Jan 24, 2020
Eugene V. Adams, 90, of Topeka, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020.He was born September 21, 1929, in Brown County, Kansas. He served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. Eugene worked as a Real Estate and Insurance Agent prior to retiring.Eugene married Edie Hunter on March 18, 1971 in Topeka, KS. He is survived by his wife, Edie Adams...
Heinrich D. Gerdes
Jan 24, 2020
Heinrich D. "Hank" Gerdes, 94, of Topeka, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020.He was born January 10, 1926, in Einswarden, Germany, the son of Gerd and Anna (Russmann) Gerdes. He served Germany during WW II. Hank owned and operated Topeka Metal Specialties Inc., for many years, until selling the business in 2007. He was a member of the German American...
Thomas G. Kingsley
Jan 23, 2020
Thomas G. Kingsley, II, 75, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020.Tom was born October 3, 1944, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Ila (Winter) Kingsley. Tom graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1962 and continued his education at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas receiving a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Tom was employed by...
Donna J. Garrett
Jan 23, 2020
Donna Jean Hodges was born September 13, 1934 to Tom and Rhetta (North) Hodges in Oskaloosa, Kansas Donna was the youngest of 5 children. Donna attended school in Bartlesville, OK. She graduated in 1951.Donna had 5 children and she devoted her life to them. Donna also had 16 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren- and 5 great-great-grandchildren. The happiest times of her life...
Larry Dunning
Jan 21, 2020
Larry L. Dunning, 72, Topeka, passed away January 21, 2020 after an extended illness.Larry was born December 7, 1947 in Wadsworth, OH, the son of William E. and Mary Lou (Arman) Dunning. He graduated from Norton High School in Norton, OH and attended Kent State University.He served in the U.S. Army and was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War....
Dr. Eugene Milner
Jan 20, 2020
Billy Eugene "Doc" Milner, 80, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020 in South Padre Island, Texas. His passing was unexpected although peaceful as he was on his annual vacation at the beach. He was born June 29, 1939, the son of Orval E Milner and Vada Mae (Tiller).Billy earned his undergraduate from the College of Emporia and...
Warren J. Whinery
Jan 18, 2020
Warren J. Whinery, 58, of Hartford, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020.Warren was born July 20, 1961, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Francis and Emma (Lambeth) Whinery. Warren served in the United States Navy for four years. He held a few different jobs throughout his life. The most recent was as a custodian for the Lyon County Courthouse in...
James W. Waters
Jan 18, 2020
James W. "Sam" Waters, 59, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at a Topeka hospital. He was born January 24, 1960 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, the son of James G. and Barbara N. (Haywood) Waters.Survivors include his siblings, Joann Wunder of Topeka, Jimmy W. Waters, Jr. of Topeka, Willie Dunn of Georgia, Lonnie Dunn of North Carolina,...
Albert W. Copen, Jr.
Jan 18, 2020
Albert W. "Bill" Copen, Jr., 64, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020. He was born January 21, 1955 in Marfrance, West Virginia, the son of Albert William and Mescal Louise (Johnson) Copen, Sr.Bill attended Topeka High School. He was an Army Veteran. He was employed by Martinek & Flynn for many years. Bill was preceded in death...
Otis Scott Stroup
Jan 18, 2020
Otis "Scottie" Stroup entered this life on July 9, 1934, the first child of Otis Fuller and Julia Ruth Burlew Stroup in Rossville, KS, where his Stroup great grandparents had settled in the 1880's. His father died when he was six years old after a prolonged illness, which left his wife and two sons without an income or a home.After...
Ardell D. Reutzel
Jan 18, 2020
Ardell Reutzel, 83, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020.He was born September 12, 1936 in Sutton, Nebraska, the son of Lloyd and Edith (Pontine) Reutzel. He graduated from Sutton High School in Sutton, Nebraska.Ardell was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church, of Topeka. Ardell married Lillian Huebert on February 7, 1958 in Aurora, Nebraska. Survivors include...
Georgia Lee Deatrick
Jan 18, 2020
Georgia Lee Deatrick, 74, of Topeka, formerly of Wichita, Kansas passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020 due to Bulbar ALS. She was born December 19, 1945 in Topeka, the daughter of Ambrose Winston and Viola Hester (Clopton) Deatrick. Georgia attended Topeka High School graduating in 1963. She worked her way through Washburn University at the Topeka-Capital Journal and received...
Rodney Allen Montney
Jan 17, 2020
Rodney Allen Montney, 58, of Topeka, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020.He was born May 22, 1961, in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Vern Irving and Marie Maxine (Gatlin) Montney. He was a graduate of Garden City High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Science in Mining and Material Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, Golden,...
Louise A. Bobo
Jan 13, 2020
Louise Allen Bobo passed from this life on January 13, 2020.Louise was born on January 28, 1926 in Nashville, TN. She was the daughter of James Alexander Allen and Louise Grimes Allen.Louise graduated from David Lipscomb High School and Junior College. She attended Pepperdine University in Los Angeles where she met her husband, Orville Wiles Bobo, Jr. They were married...
Lois L. Cripps
Jan 12, 2020
Lois L. (Bohn) Cripps, 88, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020.She was born September 18, 1931, on the Lockhart Ranch just West of Eskridge, KS. She was the daughter of Edward and Lillie (Kraus) Bohn. She graduated from Eskridge High School in 1949. She was a homemaker. Lois married Wallace Cripps on October 6, 1951. He preceded her...
Robert Leon Taylor, Sr.
Jan 11, 2020
Robert L. "Bob" Taylor, Sr., 82, Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at a local hospital.Bob was born April 14, 1937 in Topeka, the son of Samuel and Helen (Adams) Taylor. He attended schools in Topeka.He was employed by Ed Marling's Furniture for over 30 years, retiring in 2000.Bob married Mattie Chandler in 1955. She survives. Other survivors include...
Marvin Harold Wilson
Jan 11, 2020
Marvin Harold (Doc) Wilson, 81, passed into his eternal life with his Lord and Savior Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the Health Care Resort in Topeka, Kansas surrounded by loving family. He was born July 2, 1938 in Ottawa, KS, the son of Charles Christopher and Wilmenta Mae (Reese) Wilson.After graduating from Ottawa High School in 1956, Marvin attended Ottawa...
Louise C. Cessarich
Jan 10, 2020
Louise C. Cessarich, 94, of Topeka, passed away Friday, January 10, 2020.She was born October 17, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Michael and Camille Paskowicz. Louise was employed by Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles, CA where she met her husband, Daniel. Together they started a family. She dedicated her life to her loving husband and her four...
Lester A. Zimmerman
Jan 10, 2020
Lester A. "Zeke" Zimmerman, 90, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, January 10, 2020 at Midland Hospice House. He was born March 5, 1929 in Holton, the son of Frederick J. and Rosa C. (Kolling) Zimmerman.Zeke graduated from Topeka High School. He was an Army Veteran during the Korean War. He was employed by Dupont for over 30 years before...
