William D. Payne
Mar 19, 2016
William D. "Bill" Payne, 68, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born July 13, 1947 in Topeka, the son of Victor E. and Marjorie A. (Heitmann) Payne.Bill graduated from Meriden High School in 1965. He was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War.Bill was employed by Goodyear Tire &...
Henry G. Price
Mar 19, 2016
Henry G. "Bill" Price, 88, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016. He was born July 29, 1927, in Reading, Kansas, the son of Henry and Alice (Cropp) Price. Bill was the owner of "The Price Works", a furniture refinishing and restoration service, for over 40 years.Bill was a member of the Arab Shrine of Topeka and played the...
Larry Dean Allen
Mar 18, 2016
Larry Dean Allen, 71, of Berryton, Kansas passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at a Topeka hospital. He was born October 22, 1944 in Topeka, the son of Ethan and Myrtle (Hipsher) Allen.Larry graduated from Highland Park High School in 1963. He owned and operated Allen Trucking. Survivors include his children, Kimberly (Raymond) Torrez of Topeka, Eric Allen of...
Jean A. Colter
Mar 18, 2016
Jean A. Colter, 74, of Tecumseh, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at a Topeka hospital. She was born January 12, 1942 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of John and Virginia (Ricksecker) Innes.Jean graduated from Topeka High School in 1960 and attended Washburn University. She was employed by Kansas Building Insurance Workers Compensation Fund before retiring. She was a...
Inez L. Glidewell
Mar 18, 2016
Inez L. Glidewell, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at a Topeka care facility. She was born January 8, 1922 in Mullen, Nebraska, the daughter of Glenn J. and Adena (Johnson) Engelke.Inez was a member of Big Springs United Methodist Church. She was employed as a cook for Stormont Vail Hospital, Tecumseh North and Tecumseh South...
Evelyn Bell
Mar 17, 2016
Evelyn "Laly" Bell, 88, Shawnee, KS formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.Mrs. Bell was born November 6, 1927 in Topeka, the daughter of Virgil and Dorothy (Elliott) Chipman. Evelyn married Elbridge "Jiggs" Bell on January 5, 1946 and they shared 62 years of marriage before his passing...
Mertin Jerome Fordham
Mar 17, 2016
Mertin Jerome Fordham, 61, of Topeka passed away March 17, 2016. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina to Jerry B. and Sarah (Williams) Fordham on February 13, 1955. He attended high school at Burk High in Charleston and graduated in 1973. He entered the Army in 1973 and retired at Ft. Riley, Kansas after serving 20 years. He served...
Thomas C. Hanlon
Mar 16, 2016
Thomas Charles Hanlon, 63, of Topeka, Kansas passed away March 10, 2016. He was born on July 24th, 1952, to George William (Bill) and Betty Hanlon at Independence, Kansas. He was raised in Independence where he played basketball for the Independence High School Bulldogs. He graduated from Independence High School and Emporia State University with a degree in Communication. Thomas...
Lillian B. Roy
Mar 16, 2016
Lillian B. Roy, 92, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Legend At Capital Ridge in Topeka. She was born November 28, 1923 in Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of John and Edith (Wagner) Dubach. Lillian taught Sunday School at Ft. Leavenworth for four years. She was a Grey Lady at Ft. Bragg Hospital in North Carolina for three...
Lawrence James Gerety
Mar 16, 2016
Lawrence James "Jim" Gerety passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at a local hospital. Jim was born August 4, 1930, in Topeka, KS. He was the son of B.C. "Bab" and Minnie (Northrup) Gerety. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1950, and enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard. Jim worked as an aircraft mechanic, flight engineer, and...
Gregory Chitwood
Mar 12, 2016
Greg Chitwood, 34 of Topeka, passed away March 12, 2016. He was born October 10, 1981 to Douglas L and Virginia A. Quy Chitwood at Topeka, Kansas. He grew up in Topeka and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated from Sapulpa High School in Oklahoma. He married Samantha Schlotterback on March 15, 2008. She survives. He was employed by Cox Communications for...
Haley Nicole Radford
Mar 11, 2016
Haley Nicole Ford Radford, 21, of Topeka, passed away March 11, 2016. She was born on June 19, 1994 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Doug Ford and Stacey Jarman. She grew up living in many places including Cushing, Oklahoma, Coffeyville, Lawrence, and Bonner Springs, Kansas and Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She married Richard Radford on October 16, 2012. Haley loved spending time with...
Donald J. Muncy
Mar 10, 2016
Donald J. Muncy, 88, of Silver Lake, Kansas, passed away March 10, 2016. He was born in Lee's Summit, Missouri on December 7, 1927 to Loyd and Jessie (Johnston) Muncy. Don was raised in Lone Jack, MO and graduated from Lone Jack High School in 1945. He married Geraldene (Geri) Mae Harris of Eudora, KS on May 28, 1949 at...
Joseph Michael Johnson
Mar 9, 2016
Joseph Michael Johnson, 61, of Lawrence, passed away March 9, 2016. He was born in Kansas City, MO. January 16, 1955, to Gerald "Jerry" and Margaret "Peggy" Johnson. He was blessed with two wonderful ladies in his life: first with his daughter Anneka Holly Preston, born in Hailey, Idaho in 1987 and he married Debora (Deb) King (formerly of Houston)...
Edward N. Larson
Mar 8, 2016
Edward Nathaniel Larson, 90, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016. He was born August 15, 1925, in Chariton, Iowa, the son of Edwin and Edith (Sandahl) Larson. Ed attended Naval Flight School, yet served aboard a submarine in the U.S. Navy during WWII.Ed was employed by SCM and Logan Business Machines in Topeka. Ed married Audrey Lee Skinner...
Carol D. Kelley
Mar 6, 2016
Carol D. Kelley, 55, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016. She was born April 27, 1960 in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert and Dixie (Scott) Kelley.Carol graduated from Highland Park High School in 1978. She was employed as a CNA for several care facilities including Fairlawn Heights Assisted Living Center. She later was employed by Alorica...
William E. Sigle
Mar 4, 2016
William E. Sigle, 47, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016. He was born January 16, 1969 in Fort Rucker, Alabama, the son of Rodney L. and Betty L. (Davis) Sigle. William graduated from Leavenworth High School and attended Kansas State University. William married Tammy Watson on March 24, 2012. She preceded him in death on October 9,...
Quong Bow Low
Mar 3, 2016
Quong Bow "Q.B." Low, 77, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016. He was born July 21, 1938, in the village of Toyshan near the capital city of Guangdong (also known as Canton) in China, the son of Kamwah Pon. Q.B. married Emma Lee Greta Danielson. She survives of the home. He is also survived by his children, Kimber...
Rocky Brown
Mar 2, 2016
Rocky Brown, 62, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. He was born November 17, 1953 in Kansas City, MO, the son of George Amos and Gladys Lucille (O'Doniel) Brown. Rocky had resided in Topeka since 1984. He was employed by Pepsi Cola for 22 years. He owned and operated Brown's Gun Repair for the past 4 years.Rocky...
Richard Marolf
Mar 2, 2016
Richard "Dick" Marolf, 94, of Berryton, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. He was born June 22, 1921 in Cheyenne Wells, CO, the son of Clarence and Ella (Hartshorn) Marolf. He graduated from Lockwood High School in Lockwood, MO in 1938. He attended Graceland College, Central Missouri State and graduated from Park University in Kansas City, MO with a...
