Thomas W. Kennedy
Mar 13, 2019
Thomas W. "Tom" Kennedy, 71, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019.Tom was born October 10, 1947 in Holyoke, MA, the son of Thomas W. and Thelma M. (Anderson) Kennedy. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1965 and attended Washburn University. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.He was an Internal Auditor for the Burlington Northern...
Stanley Dean Wagstaff
Mar 10, 2019
Dr. Stanley Dean "Stan" Wagstaff, 71, of Topeka, passed away and reunited with his wife on Sunday, March 10, 2019.He was born May 24, 1947, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of George D. and Fern E. (Mossman) Wagstaff. He served in the Kansas Army National Guard from 1969 until retiring in 2007 with the rank of Colonel. He was a...
Phyllis A. Smith
Mar 10, 2019
Phyllis A. Smith, 73, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at a Topeka care facility. She was born July 2, 1945 in Garnett, Kansas, the daughter of Kenneth R. and Annie (Swarthout) Calahan.Phyllis graduated from Garnett High School. She served as the Director of Transportation for U.S.D. 450 prior to retiring. She was an avid collector of...
Karla Kay Ginter
Mar 10, 2019
Karla Kay Ginter, 76, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019.She was born May 16, 1942, in Needles, California, the daughter of Richard Carl and Ariel L. (Bauer) Ginter. She was a 1960 graduate of Dover High School, Dover, Kansas and Clarks Business School in Topeka. Karla was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone, later becoming AT&T for 20 years...
Marcia Hecht Lowry
Mar 8, 2019
Marcia Hecht Lowry, loving sister, mother, and friend, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019, atthe age of 58.Born on June 16, 1960 at Eglin Air Force Base, FL to Elmer and Bernice (Horton) Hecht, shewas the youngest of three children.As a young Air Force brat, Marcia saw more of the world than many people do in their entirelives. The...
Doris J. Dowell
Mar 8, 2019
Doris J. Dowell, 95, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019. She was born February 26, 1924 in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Ethel Floyd.Doris had resided in Topeka since 1972. She was employed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas for many years prior to retiring. Doris married Arnold E. Dowell on June 19,...
Colleen J. Friederich
Mar 7, 2019
Colleen J. Friederich, 84, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019.She was born October 20, 1934, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Oran Allen and Mary Evelyn (Mounts) McAllister. She was a graduate of Burns High School, Burns, Kansas and graduated from nurses training in Newton, Kansas.Colleen worked with Dr. George Bascom in Manhattan and later was employed as...
Dean D. Greene
Mar 7, 2019
Dean D. Greene, 85, Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019 at a local hospital.Dean was born February 26, 1934 in Circleville, the son of Glenn O. and Myrtle A. (Winters) Greene. He graduated from Soldier High School in 1952.He worked for Gibson Concrete as a backhoe operator for 36 years, retiring in 1996. After retirement, he worked for U-Haul...
James N. Mcmillen
Mar 6, 2019
James N. "Jim" McMillen, 66, of Tecumseh, passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. He was born February 3, 1953 in Douglas County, Kansas the son of Donald F. and Lucille (Robertson) McMillen.Jim graduated from Baldwin High School in 1971 and attended Baker University. He was employed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for 40 years before retiring. He was...
Dolly Joe Luscombe Cole
Mar 6, 2019
Dolly Joe Luscombe Cole, 90, of Berryton, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019 in Topeka, Kansas. She was born the 5th of 8 children on December 22, 1928 to John Harvey and May Rosa (Hill) Luscombe in Horton, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Cole, her parents John and May Luscombe, and siblings Anna Marie, Paul Clayton,...
Betty Lou Richmond
Mar 6, 2019
Betty Lou Richmond, 81, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019.She was born September 21, 1937, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of James H. and Lucille (Binney) LaDuke. Betty was employed by Top of the Tower and Payless Shoe Source in Topeka.Survivors include three children, Danny Heberling, Topeka, Steve (Becky) Sadler, Topeka and Sonja (Trent) Hullopeter, Wellsville, KS; and...
Theresa Fern Phipps
Mar 5, 2019
Theresa Fern Phipps, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in Topeka. She was born November 17, 1933 in Ohio.Survivors include daughter; Barbara Ann (Steve) Pittenger, daughter-in-law; Pam Lowder, grandchildren; Brandon Pittenger, Justin Pittenger, Heather Lowder, Karlee Bocquin, Ashley Lowder, Nate Lowder and many great-grandchildren.Theresa was preceded in death by her son; Raymond Lowder.A Celebration of Theresa's...
Joann Wright
Mar 5, 2019
JoAnn Wright, 70, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. She was born September 2, 1948 in Portsmouth, Virginia. JoAnn graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth and attended Virginia Bible College in Norfolk, Virginia. She had resided in Topeka since 1971. JoAnn married Terry Wright on August 7, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia. He survives. Other survivors...
Stephanie Michele Mott
Mar 4, 2019
Stephanie Michele Mott, 61, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 4, 2019, at Stormont Vail Healthcare. Stephanie was born December 31, 1957, in Lawrence, KS, to Vernon Lowell and Lillian Irene (Calvin) Mott. She graduated from Eudora High School in 1975. Stephanie later went back to school earning an Associate Degree of Human Services Management from the University of Phoenix...
John E. Gillen
Mar 4, 2019
John E. Gillen age 67 of Topeka, KS passed peacefully on March 4, 2019 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.He was born on June 28, 1951 to Clifford "Jocko" & Norma (Horning) Gillen in Smith Center, KS. He was raised south of Gaylord, KS. John went to Gaylord High School until his Junior Year when the high school closed. He then...
Cheryl Marie Dechand
Mar 4, 2019
Cheryl Marie Dechand, 67, of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 after a very courageous battle with lung cancer.She was born on April 14th, 1951, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Delaware, Sr, and Betty Jane (Carlson) Swaim. She attended Silver Lake schools from third grade through eleventh grade when her family relocated to Kansas City, KS. She...
Patrick Francis Lynch
Mar 3, 2019
Patrick Francis Lynch, 86, of Overbrook, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Brookside Retirement Community. He was born August 24, 1932 in Axtell, Kansas, the son of Emmett Patrick and Helen Frances (Forst) Lynch.Pat graduated from Berryton Rural High School. He worked on a construction crew during the building of the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center before serving...
Nellie M. Angle
Mar 2, 2019
Nellie M. Angle, 95, of Topeka, formerly of Berryton, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at a Topeka care facility. She was born January 30, 1924 in Richland, Kansas, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Hill.Nellie retired as the head cook at Berryton Elementary School. She was a member of the Berryton United Methodist Church where she was active...
Philip A. Corbin
Mar 2, 2019
Philip A. Corbin, 84, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019 of complications due to a combination of his Diabetes, Congestive Heart Disease, and LeukemiaHe was born on a farm near Lily, South Dakota on April 6, 1934 to Clarence M. and Alma A. (Fehrs) Corbin and went to grade and high school in Lily. He went to many...
Weldon B. Petersen
Mar 1, 2019
Weldon B. "Don" Petersen, 85, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019. Don was born July 15, 1933 in Sidney, NE. He was the son of Harry and Grace Elner (Stebbins) Petersen. Don attended elementary and high school in O'Neill, NE. College at Kemper Military School, Boonville, MO; Washington University, St. Louis, MO; and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln,...
