Jerry L. Wiech
Jul 22, 2017
Jerry Wiech, 74, passed away July 22, 2017. He was born March 29, 1943 at Lake City, Minnesota to George and Delores Wiech. He was a middle child of 5. He graduated from high school at Lake City and earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from Penn State. He served his country in the US Army serving two tours in...
Berta Katherine (Hastings) Moir
Jul 22, 2017
Berta Katherine Hastings Moir died July 22, 2017. Berta sprung into the world on July 27, 1927, in Belleville, Kansas. She cherished her life on her family's farms in Jewell, Kansas, and in Robinson, Kansas. She credited her life-long success to her experiences growing up in Kansas during the Great Depression and to her one-room school house. Upon receipt of...
David Evans
Jul 21, 2017
David "Duane" Evans, 79, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 21, 2017.He was born February 22, 1938, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Claude and Mary Ellen (Williams) Evans. Duane was a graduate of Osage City High School and veteran of the United States Army. He worked as an auditor for 43 years at Santa Fe Railway and was a...
Barbara Louise (Haney) Sell
Jul 21, 2017
Barbara Louise (Haney) Sell was born on November 11, 1948 in Hutchinson, Kansas - the daughter of Virgil and Nina Marie Haney. The youngest of four siblings, Barbara was raised on a farm in rural Reno County near the small community of Turon, Kansas. Barbara graduated from Fairfield High School in 1966. Barbara then attended Kansas State University where she...
Jimmie James Ellis, Sr.
Jul 19, 2017
Jimmie James Ellis, Sr., 80, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at his home. He was born November 20, 1936 in Milledgeville, Georgia to James Ellis and Mary Archer.Jimmie earned his GED, Graduate Equivalency Diploma and also graduated from the RCA Institutes where he earned a certificate of Home Study Course in Basic Electronics in 1968. He...
Ronald M. Campbell
Jul 19, 2017
Ronald M. Campbell, 72, of Topeka, went Home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 on his way to Yellowstone National Park. He was born July 3, 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Bill T. and Marybelle (Montgomery) Campbell.Ronald graduated from the University of Tulsa. He was employed by Standard Register for 40 years before retiring in...
Florence Catherine Waters
Jul 19, 2017
Florence Catherine (Robinson) Waters calmly passed from this life on July 19th, surrounded spiritually and physically by friends and family. With grace and calmness, Florence immediately accepted the terminal diagnosis she had been given, grateful for the full life she received. Florence lived a life that is both so typical and yet so unique, full of joys and glee as...
Evelyn Mae Monroe
Jul 19, 2017
Evelyn Mae Monroe, 84, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Hillsdale House. Evelyn was born at her grandmother's home in rural Udall, Kansas on August 24, 1932. She was the second of three children born to Hazel (Cole) and Lee Robinson. As a young girl, she loved going roller skating. She took great pride in her sewing...
John Wesley Liezert Ii
Jul 19, 2017
John Wesley Liezert II, 68, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017.He was born September 15, 1948 in Wooster, Ohio, to John Wesley and Ethel Adele (Squire) Liezert, Sr. He was a 1966 graduate of Wooster High School. He served as an Army Medic from 1968-1971, where he was stationed in Japan. While in the military, John met the...
Christina E. Parr
Jul 18, 2017
Christina Parr, 88, of Topeka, passed away July 18, 2017. She was born March 10, 1929 to Alex and Chirstina Ure at Burlingame, Kansas. The family moved to Topeka when Christina was a teen. She married Marlin Parr. He preceded her in death. Christina ran a daycare in her home in Auburn for many years before moving back to Topeka...
Gregory A. Varney
Jul 17, 2017
Pastor Greg A. Varney, 61, Topeka, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017. Greg was born August 23, 1955, in Beech Grove, IN, to his loving parents Robert and Beverly (Weber) Varney. He graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1973, and from Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, OK, in 1980. He was the Pastor at Light of the...
John R. Higgins
Jul 15, 2017
John R. Higgins, 75, Topeka, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017.He was born May 16, 1942, in Marion, Kansas, the son of Boyd and Hazel (Jones) Higgins. He graduated from Marion High School and attended Butler Community College.John was a programmer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield for 25 years, retiring in 1998. He was an active member of St....
Rebecca A. Hermsen
Jul 14, 2017
Rebecca A. Hermsen, 57, of Topeka, passed away July 14, 2017. She was born September 19, 1959, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Alvin B. and Betty L. "Lisa" (Hoagland) Hermsen. Rebecca was baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Collins, Colorado. She attended school in Windsor, Colorado, and Concordia, Missouri, before going to Washburn University in Topeka, where she...
Jane M. Scott
Jul 14, 2017
Jane M. Scott, 64, of Topeka, passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 with her family by her side.She was born on June 25, 1953 in Gloversville, NY, the daughter of John and Celestia Depietro.Jane graduated from Herkimer High School in Herkimer, NY in 1971. She then attended Oswego County Boces in Mexico, NY and received her training as a Licensed...
Christopher Allan Houser
Jul 13, 2017
Christopher Allan Houser, 52, passed away 7-13-2017 of various health complications. He leaves behind his family Kathleen Houser, Danielle Dymon, Ruth Houser, Sarah Houser and brother Theodore (Ted) Houser. He was preceded in death by his parents Richard and Velda Houser.Born December 3rd 1964 to Richard and Velda (Timm) Houser. Chris(Kit) was an avid hunter, trapper and fisherman in his...
Vernon A. Jarboe
Jul 12, 2017
Vernon A. "Vern" Jarboe, 86, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at a local hospital.He was born December 17, 1930 in Iuka, KS, the son of James R. and Charity M. (Geer) Jarboe. He was a graduate of Sawyer High School and attended Pratt Junior College and Washburn University.Mr. Jarboe served as President of Whelan's Lumber and later...
Mark L. Kraemer
Jul 11, 2017
Mark Lee Kraemer, 62, died Tuesday July 11th, 2017 at his home at 3561 SW 35th Terrace following a long battle with colon cancer.Mark is survived by his boy Brian Kraemer and his ex-wife Beth Metzger, 2 granddaughters Halie Kraemer, and Kaylee Johnson, his sister Cheryl Crawford and her 2 children Ande Davis, Anthony Davis and their children, his brothers...
Ron L. Marsh
Jul 11, 2017
Ron L. "Ronnie" Marsh, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at a local hospital. He was born on November 8, 1940 in Oklahoma to Clifford and Maxine (Hodges) Marsh. Ron graduated from Topeka High School, and went on to attend Washburn University. He married Linda Cox in 1974. Ron's favorite things were spending time with "His...
David Alan Edwards
Jul 10, 2017
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Parker Leann Monhollon
Jul 10, 2017
Parker LeAnn Monhollon, 9, of Silver Lake, passed away on July 10, 2017 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, following an 18 month battle with DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma), a form of brain cancer. Parker LeAnn Monhollon was born on July 26, 2007 to Amanda and Danny Monhollon. She was born with multiple heart defects and her parents were told...