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...
Monica Olson
Mar 24, 2016
Monica Olson, 91, of Topeka, passed away March 24, 2016 at Midland Care. She was born in Delia, Kansas to Homer and Mary Redmon. Monica grew up in the Emmett, Rossville and Silver Lake communities. She worked for the John Morrell Company and Stauffer Communications. Monica was a homemaker, and took delight in spending a great amount of time with...
Doreen Lawrence
Mar 23, 2016
Doreen Lawrence, 85 of Topeka, passed away March 23, 2016. She was born at Cardiff, Wales to George and Gladys (Morgan) Herbert on October 27, 1930. She was raised at Rhanda South, Glamorgan Wales. Doreen attended school in Ipswich at Springfield General School and graduated on August 3, 1948. She married Guy E. Stockdale in 1952 in England. He preceded...
Steven Dewayne Crain
Mar 23, 2016
Steven DeWayne Crain, 53, of Topeka, passed away March 23, 2016. He was born October 8, 1962 at Topeka, the son of David B. and Janice (Schneider) Crain. He graduated from Perry/Lecompton High School in 1981 and served his country in the US Navy aboard the USS L. Y. Spear. He was employed at Goodyear building earth mover tires. Steven...
Margaret Shepherd
Mar 23, 2016
Margaret B Shepherd, aged 90, died on March 23, 2016 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. Margaret was born December 13, 1925, in Crowder, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harmon Pulliam and Eva Jewel Eager.On July 5, 1944, Margaret married Omer Lee Shepherd in Emporia, Kansas. Upon completion of his military service in the U.S. Army Airforce, they moved to...
Leslie Johnson
Mar 22, 2016
Leslie Harmon Freeze Johnson, 74, died on March 22, 2016 at Midland Hospice, following a long battle with cancer. Leslie was born January 16, 1942 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of John and Evelyn Harmon Freeze. She spent her early years in Dallas, graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1959. Her studies included SMU and Memphis State, with her most...
Donald Hines
Mar 20, 2016
Reverend Donald D. Hines, 90, Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Aldersgate Village.Reverend Hines was born April 10, 1925 in Eckley, CO, the son of Calvin and Alpha Ora Hines.He graduated from Yuma High School in Yuma, CO, York College in York, NE, and Bonebrake Seminary in Dayton, OH. He served E.U.B. churches in Esbon, McCracken, Maize, and...
Mark Ratekin
Mar 19, 2016
Mark E. Ratekin, 60, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away March 19, 2016. He was born November 6, 1955 at Bartlesville, OK to Eldon and Kay (Menelaus) Ratekin. He was raised in Topeka Kansas and attended SW Avondale, Jardine Jr-Hi and graduated from Topeka West High School in 1973. He attended KU and graduated from Kaw Area Technical School in...
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...
