Maynard T. Yates
Dec 16, 2018
Maynard T. Yates, 60, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2018. He was born December 7, 1958 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Samuel and Patricia (Jones) Yates.Maynard graduated from Topeka High School in 1976. He was a self-employed automobile mechanic. Maynard married Lisa Brooks. She survives. Other survivors include children; Marc, Martrell, Malik, Meshad, Marquis, Myles,...
Ed Swovelan
Dec 15, 2018
Ed Swovelan, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018. He was born November 22, 1942 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Robert and Juanita (Booth) Swovelan.Ed graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver where he earned a Master's Degree. He was employed by the Kansas State Historical Society. Ed married Margot Reinhart. She preceded him...
Dr. Anne Vera
Dec 14, 2018
Dr. Catherine Anne Vera, age 75, died on Friday, December 14th at her daughter's home in Lawrence, Kansas due to complications of a stroke in November. Catherine was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 31st, 1942 to Lieutenant William Henry Crowe and his wife, Dorothy. She grew up in North Kansas City, was the first student from North Kansas...
Sara Jean Mcghehey
Dec 13, 2018
Sara Jean McGhehey, 94, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018. She was born November 27, 1924 in Waynetown, Indiana, the daughter of Charles Burton Munns and Mary Edna Livengood. She graduated from Waynetown High School in 1942 and received a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Indiana University in 1949. Jean taught for one year at French...
Merton H. Wilch
Dec 13, 2018
Merton H. Wilch, 95, Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018.He was born November 6, 1923 in Richland, the son of Charles and Tressie (Leonard) Wilch. He graduated from Berryton High School in 1941. Merton married Ruth Kious on November 24, 1944. She preceded him in death on June 17, 2008. He was also preceded in death by 5 brothers,...
Phillip F. Lunn
Dec 13, 2018
Phillip F. Lunn, 79, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018.Phil was born May 22, 1939, in Wheeler, Texas, the son of Grady and Maye Lunn and educated in Canadian, Texas. He began his 43-year railroad career with the Santa Fe Railway in 1955 at Amarillo in the superintendent's office. He transferred to the freight claim department there in...
Betsy (Stous) Abernathy
Dec 13, 2018
Betsy (Stous) Abernathy, 71, passed away at her home in Berryton, KS, on Thursday, December 13, 2018.Betsy was born on January 3, 1947, in Holton, KS, to William and Evelyn (Stephenson) Stous. She graduated from Shawnee Heights in 1965. Betsy retired after 33 years from the Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center, Topeka. She married Abe Abernathy on June 13, 1980...
Richard Lee Laing
Dec 12, 2018
Richard Lee "Dick" Laing, 83, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018.He was born October 3, 1935, in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Howard Hillis and Mildred Bernice (Beach) Laing. He was a 1954 graduate of Lawrence High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in 1960. He entered the U. S....
Daniel Lee Lott
Dec 11, 2018
Daniel L. Lott, 75, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018.Dan was born May 29, 1943 in Wichita.He was employed as a Carman with B.N.S.F. Railroad.Dan married Georgia Clark on May 29, 1968 in Wichita. She survives. Other survivors include 4 children; 7 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter.Funeral services will be held at...
Paul W. Packer
Dec 10, 2018
Paul W. Packer, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2018. He was born April 6, 1934 in Topeka, the son of Paul E. and Ruth J. (Richards) Packer.Paul graduated from Lecompton High School and was employed as a Firefighter for the City of Topeka before retiring as a Battalion Chief. Paul married Jo Ann "Jody" Jeffrey. She...
Jan Blaker
Dec 8, 2018
Jan Blaker, 65, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2018. She was born September 6, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Galen Dale and Virginia Francis (Stadler) Senogles.Jan graduated from Topeka High School in 1971 and attended the University of Kansas. She worked with her families business, Senogles Studio Gallery and also at Duffens Optical. She...
Helen L. Hayes
Dec 7, 2018
Helen L. Hayes, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 7, 2018 at a Topeka care facility. She was born October 8, 1927 in Topeka, the daughter of Frank E. and Myrtle B. (Crable) Smith. Helen was employed as an LPN for Stormont-Vail Hospital for several years before retiring.Helen married Fremont B. Hayes on November 27, 1976 in Topeka....
John E. Springstead
Dec 6, 2018
John E. "Jack" Springstead, 80, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018. He was born August 4, 1938 in Topeka, the son of John M. and Flora M. (Dunaway) Springstead.Jack graduated from Topeka High School in 1956 and attended Washburn University. He was an Army Veteran and was assigned to the 793rd Military Police Battalion in Germany. Jack...
Marilyn Rose Blowey
Dec 4, 2018
Marilyn Rose Blowey, 82, Lenexa, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.She was born Jan. 12, 1936, in Wichita, the daughter of Keever Ralph and Roseanna Ruth (Doyle) Larrick. She graduated from Augusta (Kan.) High School and attended Kansas State University.Marilyn married Richard Adelbert Blowey June 10, 1956, in Augusta. He survives. Other survivors include three children, Douglas L. (Susan) Blowey, Shawnee...
Ronald L. Smith
Dec 4, 2018
Ronald L. Smith, 75, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. He was born August 5, 1943 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Claude L. and Mary (Henderson) Smith. Ron graduated from Garnett High School. He was employed by the State of Kansas for most of his life before retiring and later did consulting work for a company...
Harry Richard Taylor
Dec 3, 2018
Harry Richard Taylor, 87, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 3, 2018.He was born February 4, 1931, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, the son of Fred Warren and Leota (Teel) Taylor. He was a graduate of Enid High School, Enid, Oklahoma and received a Bachelor's Degree from Oklahoma Baptist University. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, receiving the...
Dick Scott Varner
Dec 1, 2018
Dick Scott Varner, 85, of Berryton passed away peacefully at the VA Medical Center in Topeka, Saturday, December 1, 2018 He was the son of the late Orville Varner & Jennie May (Scott) Varner. Dick grew up on a farm in Lyndon, Ks. He attended the one room "Jack Rabbit School" in Lyndon and graduated from Lyndon High School in...
Betty Lou Van Slyck
Nov 30, 2018
Betty was born May 19, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri. Her parents were Melville and Louie Cave.Betty graduated from Topeka High School in 1939. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a BA degree in English. At KU, she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and received her 75th anniversary pin from this organization a few years...
Clyde Leland Holscher
Nov 30, 2018
Clyde Leland Holscher, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018. He was born October 6, 1924 in Solomon, Kansas, the son of John and Dollie Holscher. Survivors include his children, Clyde Holscher Jr. (Kathy), Mary Price (John), David Holscher (Dianna), special friend Eula Wenger, three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.Clyde was preceded in death by his son John...
Erma Jean Johnson
Nov 29, 2018
Erma Jean Johnson, 81, Harveyville, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018.Erma was born April 11, 1937 in Eskridge, the daughter of Harold E. Montgomery and Erma Martin Brooks. She graduated from Harveyville High School in 1955 and attended Glendale Community College in Glendale, AZ.She was employed as a Customer Service Representative with the National Park Service and the Internal Revenue...
