Mary E. Stryker
Oct 6, 2019
Mary E. Stryker, 99, Topeka, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2019 at Brewster Place.Mary was born October 11, 1919 in Marysville, the daughter of John and Tena (Kuoni) Griswold. She graduated from Marysville High School and Kansas State College, majoring in home economics and education.She taught school in Little River, KS and moved to California with her sister, Amy, where...
Teddy J. Kleiner
Oct 5, 2019
Teddy J. Kleiner, 45, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2019.He was born June 6, 1974, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Jack Glenn and Judy Karen (Rignell) Kleiner. Teddy was employed by Wright Tree Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Teddy married Bobbi Jo Kleiner on March 30, 2011 in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Hope Donathan and...
Gwendene Wasson
Oct 5, 2019
Gwen (Gwendene) "The Mothership" Wasson, 82, of Topeka, passed away early Saturday, October 5, 2019 at The Midland Hospice House.She was born July 30, 1937, in Kansas City, Missouri, the adoptive-daughter of Dr. Lester and Jessie (Daron) Reiff of McPherson, Kansas. She graduated from McPherson High School in 1955. In her early years she was involved with the Eastern Star....
John Lee Meyer
Oct 5, 2019
John Lee Meyer, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at McCrite Plaza. He was born January 12, 1925 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, the son of John B. and Bedah M. (Harold) Meyer.John was a WWII Army Veteran. He received the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star Medal For Valor. He played a significant role in the design...
Kevin D. Heckathorn
Oct 4, 2019
Kevin D. Heckathorn, 65, Topeka, passed away Friday, October 4, 2019. Kevin Duane Heckathorn was born February 7th, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas. He enjoyed scouting in his early years, football and wrestling in junior high, and fishing throughout his life. He graduated from Topeka West High School in 1972, working construction jobs from Kansas to Florida. Kevin loved listening to...
Andrew Lee Conklin, Sr.
Oct 2, 2019
Andrew Lee "Andy" Conklin, Sr., 77, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019.He was born November 18, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of George Washington Conklin, Sr. and Beatrice (Weeks) Conklin. Andy was employed by Stevenson Company, Inc. in Topeka until retiring.He was a member of a Catholic Church and Roofing Local Union No. 20.Survivors include four...
Margaret Arline Hersh
Oct 1, 2019
Margaret Arline "Margie" Hersh, 86, of Topeka, passed away October 1, 2019 at Midland Hospice House, after an extended illness.She was born December 18, 1932 in Tracer, KS, the fifth child of nine of George & Alice Sloyer and spent her whole life in Kansas.Margaret attended schools in Topeka and Silver Lake, graduating from Seaman High School in 1951. She...
Karen Elizabeth Ostrander
Oct 1, 2019
Karen Elizabeth (Umscheid) Ostrander, 71, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2019.She was born October 12, 1947, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Louise (Aubert) Umscheid. She was a graduate of Hayden High School. Karen was employed by the State of Kansas until retiring.She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, of Topeka.Survivors...
Margaret Fajardo
Sep 29, 2019
Margaret Fajardo, 71, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Midland Hospice House. She was born May 25, 1948 in Topeka, the daughter of Jesus Z. and Juanita Rodriguez.Margaret graduated from Topeka High School. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and LuLac.Margaret married Roman Fajardo. He preceded her in death. She was also...
Thelma Pearl Guay
Sep 29, 2019
Thelma Pearl Guay, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019. She was born May 22, 1928 in Hays, Kansas, the daughter of William C. and Nellie A. (Sidfrid) Adams.Thelma graduated from high school in Clearfield, Utah in 1946 and attended Ogden Beauty School in Ogden, Utah in 1947. She had resided in Topeka since 1949 and was...
Terri Michelle Pyles
Sep 28, 2019
Terri Michelle (Grant) Pyles, 51, of Lawrence, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019.She was born June 25, 1968, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Michael Dean and Peggy Ann (Jernigan) Moore. She was a graduate of Royal Valley High School.Terri married Raymond Pyles in Topeka. They later divorced. Survivors include her mother, Peggy Moore, Paxico, Kansas; her father, Michael Grant,...
Mona Marie Grimsley-Hett
Sep 27, 2019
Mona Grimsley-Hett, 71, of Topeka, passed away of natural causes Friday, September 27, 2019 in her home.She was born February 18, 1948, in Garden City, Kansas. The daughter of Ben and Ramona (Neil) Grimsley. She graduated from Garden City High School in 1966 and she received a Bachelor's Degree in Radio, Television and Film from the Journalism School at the...
Daniel Smith
Sep 26, 2019
Daniel "Dan" Smith, 83, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at a Topeka hospital. He was born January 22, 1936 in Virginia, Missouri, the son of Henry and Mary Smith.Dan had resided in Burlingame since the early 1950's before moving to Topeka in 1984. He was employed by the U.S.D.A. for 30 years before retiring in 1993....
Paul Allen Joseph Martell
Sep 26, 2019
Paul Allen Joseph Martell, 42, of Gardner, Kansas, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Midland Hospice House after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born November 14, 1976 in Topeka, the son of Steven and Susan (Houck) Reeves. He was later adopted by Ronald Martell. Paul grew up in St. Marys, attending St....
Bonnie Jean Kopf
Sep 25, 2019
Bonnie Jean Kopf, 80, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2019.She was born February 15, 1939, in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Harry E. and Pearl (Sellers) Yarnell. She was a 1957 graduate of Beverly Rural High School. Bonnie was employed by Treaster which would later become Carricos John Deere Implement Dealership in Lincoln, Kansas, retiring in December...
Vada V. Drayer
Sep 24, 2019
Vada Drayer passed away peacefully September 24 2019 surrounded by people who loved her dearly. Born Vada Vern Volkening, December 11, 1926 on the farm of her parents Herman and Ida Volkening in Wells Creek Kansas, without running water or electricity until 1938Vada attended a one room school in Wells Creek and graduated from high school in Wamego, Kansas scoring...
Thomas Ray Mcginn
Sep 24, 2019
Thomas Ray "Tom" McGinn, 59, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019.He was born March 21, 1960, in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Francis Ambrose and Hattie Marie (Hemphill) McGinn. He served in the U.S. Army from October 18, 1979 until being honorably discharged on March 7, 1984. He attended Salvation Army Church in Topeka. Survivors include a daughter,...
Betty L. Souders
Sep 22, 2019
Betty L. Souders, 95, of Topeka, KS died on September 22, 2019 in Wichita, KS.Betty was born April 6, 1924, on a farm near Girard, KS, the daughter of Ezra and Ella (Russell) Bennett. She was the youngest of six children. In 1945 she moved to Topeka and worked at Southard School, Children's Division of Menninger Foundation, where she met...
Donna Fay Tibbits
Sep 22, 2019
Donna Fay Tibbits, 79, Meriden, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at a local care center.Donna was born July 31, 1940 in Topeka, the daughter of Lester and Edna (Runyan) Brown. She graduated from Seaman High School.She was a homemaker.Donna married Tom Tibbits on July 11, 1959 in Topeka. He died August 18, 2002. Survivors include sons, Tim (Jean) Tibbits,...
Keith Gerald Ramsey
Sep 21, 2019
Keith Gerald Ramsey, 92, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019.Keith was born March 26, 1927 to Victor Daniel Marion Ramsey and Golda Marea (Hall) Ramsey on a farm about one mile north of Oneida, Kansas.His family moved to a farm south of Seneca where he attended grade school at Blue Star Country school.His family moved to Soldier when...