Melissa Springstube Kendall
Apr 9, 2016
Melissa Springstube Kendall, 43, Topeka, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016.She was born October 3, 1972, the daughter of John Springstube and Linda (Scott) Dougherty. She was a paraprofessional at McClure Elementary.She is survived by her children, Luke Standifer, Melony Standifer and Trinity Kendall; her mother; two brothers, Jeramy (Amy) Spooner and Johnny Springstube and several extended family. She was...
Leonard Kohler
Apr 9, 2016
Leonard Kohler, 82, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016. He was born March 25, 1934, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Albert and Pauline (Magee) Kohler. Leonard was a member of the Oakland Presbyterian Church.Leonard married Norma Mackey on August 28, 2003 in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives.Other survivors include children, Gayle Bayless, Kim Wulff, Scott Kohler, and Kelly...
Stanley Udell Hestand Sr.
Apr 7, 2016
Stanley Udell Hestand went to Heaven on Thursday, April 7, 2016. This loving Husband, Dad, Papa, and Friend will be greatly missed by all. Stan and Kathy Hestand married on December 18, 1970 and spent 46 years loving the life they created together. Stan met Lieutenant Kathy Revenaugh, USAF Nurse, while he worked at Kaiser Steel, as a journeyman electrician,...
Patrick A."Pat" Stringfield
Apr 7, 2016
Patrick A. "Pat" Stringfield, 39 of Topeka, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016.Patrick was born August 24, 1976 in Leavenworth, KS, the son of George and Patricia Stringfield.He attended Topeka Public Schools and graduated from Washburn Tech and Washburn University with an Associates degree in Computer Science. Pat enjoyed camping, fishing, music and singing, but enjoyed spending time with his...
Verda Ann Pinger
Apr 7, 2016
Verda Ann (Butterfield) Pinger, 84, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016. She was born October 13, 1931 in Bell Tower, Montana, the daughter of Ivan Ellis and Opal Garda (Head) Butterfield. She was a graduate of Lynch High School, Lynch, Nebraska. Verda was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone in Topeka, retiring in 1987. Verda married George Pinger on...
Leland Rice
Apr 6, 2016
There is now one less of the "Greatest Generation."Leland "Dale" Rice, 94, Topeka, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Aldersgate Village.Dale was born November 10, 1921 in Lebo, Kansas, son of Walter and Maude Thomason Rice. He attended Lebo schools for twelve years, graduating in 1939. Dale was a member of the first basketball team from Lebo to advance to...
Sheryle Brown
Apr 5, 2016
Sheryle Darlene Brown, 68, of Topeka, passed away April 5, 2016. She was born on July 11, 1947 at Topeka to Lemuel Orlando and Irene Bell (Tibbits) Sleep. She was raised in St. Johnsbury, Vermont and returned to Topeka in 1964. She married Donald Marvin Brown on November 12, 1966 at Topeka, Kansas. She was a member of the Disciples...
Ruby L. Dick
Apr 5, 2016
Ruby L. Dick, 101, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor.She was born September 1, 1914, in Easton, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Miller) Clinkenbeard. She worked for Zercher Photo in Topeka for many years.Private services will be held at Topeka Cemetery. Penwell-Gabel Southeast Chapel is assisting the family. To share a memory...
Judy Elaine Reed
Apr 4, 2016
Judy Elaine Reed, 71, of Topeka, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016. She was born November 18, 1944, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Mary (Snodgrass) Hamann. Judy was raised in McPherson and graduated from McPherson High School.Judy married Jerry O. Reed on August 31, 1962 in McPherson, Kansas. He survives. She is also survived by her daughter,...
Wayne Lewis
Apr 3, 2016
Wayne H. "Lou" Lewis, 65, of Topeka, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, April 3, 2016. He was born November 2, 1950 in Minden, Louisiana, the son of Herman and Ruby (Thrift) Lewis. Lou was an Army Veteran during the Vietnam War. He moved to Topeka in the early 1970's. He was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad...
Kenneth Gibson Lantz
Apr 2, 2016
Kenneth Gibson Lantz, 96, of Tecumseh, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at a Topeka care facility. He was born August 6, 1919 in Topeka, the son of Charles "Budd" and Stella (Garst) Lantz.The family moved when Kenneth was very young to the Madison, Kansas area where he attended two rural schools and graduated from Madison High School in...
Eloise Ann Tuttle
Apr 1, 2016
Eloise Ann Price Tuttle, 95, of Topeka, KS, passed away on April 1, 2016. She was born on December 23, 1920, in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest daughter of William Clyde and Elonora (Schmalz) Price.Eloise lived in Atlanta until her grade school years, when the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Western Hills High School and went on to attend...
Duane Overfield
Mar 31, 2016
Duane Joseph Overfield , 53, of Topeka, passed away March 31, 2016. He was born February 1, 1963 at Fall City, Nebraska to Donald Jean and Josephine (Moorehead) Overfield. He attended school in Fall City and later attended Hiawatha High School. He completed his GED in 1981. He married Linda Torrez at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hiawatha, Kansas on...
James Wylie Gordon
Mar 31, 2016
James Wylie Gordon, 82, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas. He was born January 21, 1934, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Charles Wylie Gordon and Hazel May Williams.After graduating from Topeka High School in 1952, James attended the University of Chicago before enlisting in the Navy from 1954-1957. Following his...
Vada Ruth Lantz
Mar 30, 2016
Vada Ruth (Ward) Lantz, 91, of Tecumseh, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016.She was born March 11, 1925, in her grandmother's home in Bonner Springs, Kansas. She moved to Concordia, Kansas with her parents, Frank and Ida May (Ruby) Ward and her older brother, Buford, in February of 1927. Two more sisters joined the family, Mary Frances and Maxine. Though...
Rev. Lorend. Schroeder
Mar 29, 2016
Reverend Loren Dayle Schroeder, 91, of Maple Hill, Kansas passed away on March 29, 2016. He was born in Beverly, Kansas on April 2, 1924. He was preceded in death by his parents Henry Theodore and Flossie Ann (Roath) Schroeder, and his older brother Everton Theodore. He spent his childhood in Beverly and the countryside of Lincoln County and recalled...
Patricia Nunley
Mar 29, 2016
Patricia McGuire Nunley, 78, passed away on March 29, 2016 after a long battle with lung disease. She was born November 21, 1937 to Fred and Alleine (Vance) McGuire in Ashland, KY. Patricia was a gifted pianist from a very early age and performed as a concert pianist while living in Ashland, KY. She was also a long-time accompanist for...
Harvey Schloesser
Mar 27, 2016
Harvey Leopold Schloesser, M.D. a respected psychiatrist and psychoanalyst died peacefully at Village Shalom in Overland Park, KS on March 27, 2016, at age 94. He was born Heinz Leopold Schlösser in Mainz, Germany in 1921, to Ernst Schlösser and Berta (née Stern) Schlösser. In April 1938 at age 16, Heinz Schlösser immigrated to the United States aboard the S.S....
Theodore Hardy
Mar 25, 2016
Theodore "Ted" Hardy, 66, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016, at his residence. He was born March 5, 1950, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Roy Hardy and Lucille Coleman. He was a 1968 graduate of Topeka High School and received an associate's degree from Cowley County Community College. Ted was employed Eastlawn Community Center and later the...
Francis Patrick Williams
Mar 24, 2016
Francis Patrick "Pat" Williams, 77, Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016, at his home. He was born January 23, 1939, in Topeka, to Charles M. Williams and Josephine M. (Higgins) Williams. Pat attended Topeka public schools and graduated from Topeka High School in 1957. He attended Washburn University, where he worked on the Washburn Review staff and was a...