Nancy Pittenger
Oct 4, 2015
Nancy L. Pittenger, 84, Topeka, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2015 at a local hospital.Nancy was born June 18, 1931 in Marysville, the daughter of Sanford and Vera (Vaughn) Tunison. She graduated from Marysville High School and received a Bachelor's degree from Emporia State University.Nancy was a homemaker.Survivors include sons, Knute and wife Diane, Baldwin City, KS, Sandy and wife...
Gerald L. Rus
Oct 4, 2015
Jerry Rus was born January 31, 1947 in Norfolk, Nebraska, and died October 4, 2015 at home in Topeka, Kansas after a yearlong battle with leukemia (AML). Jerry was raised in Norfolk, Nebraska, attending Christ Lutheran and Norfolk Public Schools. He received bachelor's degrees from Lutheran colleges in Indiana and Nebraska. He taught Lutheran School in Cleveland, Ohio. After receiving...
Larry Allensworth
Oct 4, 2015
Larry L. Allensworth, 73, of Mayetta, Kansas, passed away October 4, 2015. He was born November 10, 1941 to Ralph and Lavina (Dutcher) Allensworth. He was a carpenter by trade and built many homes in the Topeka-Shawnee County area. He loved to fish and attend auctions in his retirement years. He had five children by his first wife, Donna Prockish....
Sharon L. Sitzman
Oct 4, 2015
Sharon Lee Sitzman, 73, of Topeka, Kansas passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015. Sharon was born on September 28, 1942 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of Dr. Charles Allen Torbit, Jr. and Neva Bell (Cristoffer) Torbit. She was a 1960 graduate of Fountain High School, Fountain, CO and attended Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.Sharon was employed and...
Jean Vavricek
Oct 3, 2015
Jean Vavricek, 85, Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015. She had three sons. Survivors include, Stephen, deceased, his children, Eileen Vavricek of Chicago and granddaughter, Suriah and Michael Vavricek of Berkley, California. David Vavricek, also deceased and granddaughter, Tessa of Topeka. Michael (Connie) Vavricek of El Dorado Hills, California, their daughter, Stephanie (Todd) Tembey and granddaughter, Gracyn and Samantha...
David Cottrell
Sep 29, 2015
David A. Cottrell, 49, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away 9/29/2015. He was born April 6, 1966 in Topeka, Kansas to Milton G. and Helen M. (Hunsecker) Cottrell. He grew up in Topeka and attended Highland Park Central Elementary, Eisenhower Middle School and Auburn Washburn High. He attended American Career College to study computers. David was a painter and handyman for...
Paul D. Blankenship
Sep 29, 2015
Paul D. Blankenship, 78, of Baldwin City, KS, formerly of Topeka passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. He was born on November 26, 1936 in Topeka, the son of Hylas "Buck" and Doris (Sloyer) Blankenship. Paul graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1954. He was an Army, Navy and Marine Corps veteran. He went to work for Southwestern...
Donna Heath
Sep 28, 2015
Donna Lynn Heath, 65, of Topeka, passed away September 28, 2015. She was born at Onaga, Kansas to Clement and Donis (Flowers) Manuel on April 11, 1950. She was raised in Havensville, Kansas on a farm. Donna graduated from Onaga High School in 1968 and Washburn University in 1999. She married Dennis Heath at Silver Lake, Kansas on February 14,...
Charles Leonard Ramsey
Sep 26, 2015
Charles Leonard Ramsey, 83, of Topeka, passed on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at St. Francis Health Center. He was born January 25, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Archie D. and Louise Oliver Ramsey.Charles graduated from North Eastern High School in Detroit and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he became a Tech Sergeant, and was a veteran...
Betty Jo Ebberts
Sep 25, 2015
Betty Jo Ebberts, 79, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015, at her home in Topeka, KS. Betty was born November 17, 1935, at Munger Ranch near Eureka, KS. Betty was the youngest of eleven children born to Frank and Cova (Snuffer) Ball. Moving to Eureka as a child, she attended Mulberry Grade, Eureka Junior and Senior High schools, graduating in...
Ferne Lucille Koehler
Sep 24, 2015
Ferne Lucille Koehler, age 93, passed away September 24th with family at her side.Ferne was born April 12, 1922 in Whiting, KS to Charles and Dora (Marshall) Edds. She married Matthew C. Koehler on March 10, 1944. He preceded her in death on April 8, 1991. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Sharon (Koehler) Rabe, on March...
Marjorie A. Morgan
Sep 21, 2015
Marjorie "Sally" A. Morgan died Monday, September 21, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor. She was born November 13, 1922 in Topeka to Lester and Agnes Hansford.Sally was creative and successfully enjoyed quilting, painting, gardening and designing Easter baskets. She was a life member of Eastern Star at Silver Lake, KS. She loved her family and her professional caregivers.Survivors include a daughter,...
Laurelee Reisinger
Sep 21, 2015
Laurelee "Laurie" D. Reisinger, 62, of Topeka, formerly of Middletown, New York, passed away September 21, 2015. She was born to Wilson and Lois (DeGraw) Williams on May 21, 1953 at Middletown, NY where she was raised by her father and step-mother, Lynn Williams. She attended public schools and graduated from Middletown High School in 1971. She married Leon Reisinger...
Bernice W. Brown
Sep 20, 2015
Bernice W. Brown, 99, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at a Topeka hospital surrounded by her family. She was born May 27, 1916 in Peoria, Illinois, one of ten children born to Herman F. and Minnie (Sardinson) Gentz. She and her husband moved to Topeka in the late 1980's. Bernice accepted Jesus Christ as her personal...
Irma Jean Stidham
Sep 19, 2015
Irma Jean "Jeannie" (Wooster) Stidham, 79, of Topeka, Kansas passed away September 19, 2015. Jeannie was born on April 27, 1936 in Salina, Kansas. She was the daughter of George and Florence (Trow) Wooster. George owned both a barbershop and a real estate company from the 1940's through the 1960's in Salina. Jean married Gerald C. Stidham in 1959. They...
Patricia Anne Dugger
Sep 19, 2015
On September 19, 2015 Patricia Anne Dugger was released from her earthly challenges and is now basking in heavenly sunlight. She was born on August 19th, 1955 on Galveston Island, Texas, the daughter of Michael and Donna Quin. Tricia moved to Topeka on the day of the 1966 tornado. She was a 1973 graduate of Washburn Rural High school and...
James E. Bonsall, Sr.
Sep 18, 2015
James E. Bonsall, Sr., 87, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015. He was born August 14, 1928 in Rockdale, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank R. and Jenny (Stewart) Bonsall. James graduated from Media High School in Media, Pennsylvania. He entered into the U.S. Air Force where he spent 21 years before retiring in 1968. He went to...
Roberta Lou Hochstedler
Sep 17, 2015
Roberta Lou Hochstedler, 86, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord on September 17, 2015. She is survived by her sons; Stan Hochstedler (Bonnie Nielson), Brick Hochstedler (Dana Kahlhamer), and Wade Hochstedler; her daughter, Robbi Daniels (Craig); grandchildren, Dylan and Lindsey Hochstedler and her sister, Charlene Rainey. Roberta was preceded in death by her husband Arthur N. Hochstedler. Per...
Helen M. Kollar
Sep 16, 2015
Helen Byrnes Kollar, 74, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015. She was born June 27, 1941, in Binghamton, New York, the daughter of John and Helen (Milowitz) Byrnes. In 1983, she earned her GED, an accomplishment that she was very proud of. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter, Michelle (Melvin) White, Topeka; siblings, Diana Rea, Thomas (Kathleen)...
Abbey Diane Rubottom
Sep 15, 2015
Abbey Diane Rubottom, 19, cared deeply about life and was loved immeasurably; she will be missed beyond words. After trying her best she found it necessary to leave this world on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. We send our prayers and love with her. She is survived by her mother, Darcey Evans (Billy Pryor), of Topeka, Kansas; father, Jeff Rubottom (Debbie),...
