Juanita Pearl Godsey
Nov 26, 2014
Juanita Pearl Godsey, 88, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014.She was born July 17, 1926, in Leroy, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Martha (Highley) Hunter. She graduated from Garnett High School.Juanita resided in Topeka for most of her life. She was a layout supervisor for Jostens, retiring after 30 years. She was a member of the Shawnee Heights...
John Otto(Jack) Hankammer
Nov 26, 2014
John Otto (Jack) HankammerJack Hankammer, 89, died at his home in Topeka, KS, Wednesday, November 26, 2014. He was born to Miriam Young Hankammer and Otto Alfred Hankammer on March 31, 1925, in Pittsburg, KS. Jack attended schools in Pittsburg and graduated from College High School on the campus of Pittsburg State Teachers College. He attended one year of college...
Paul F. Helus
Nov 21, 2014
Paul F. Helus, 88, of Topeka, died on Friday, November 21, 2014 at his home. Paul was born on a farm outside Wilson, KS, in Ellsworth County, on November 7, 1926. He was the son of John and Mary (Kaitman) Helus. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1944. Paul entered the Navy at 17 and started boot camp in...
Marilyn Jean Werner
Nov 20, 2014
Marilyn Jean (Buchmeier) Werner, Topeka, KS, Age 83, died Thursday, November 20, 2014. She was born in Paxico, KS on May 29, 1931, the daughter of Bob and Faye Buchmeier. She was married to Gene Werner on September 6, 1952 in Topeka, KS. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gene, and grandson John Aldridge III. Survivors...
Leslie L. Kennedy, Ii
Nov 19, 2014
Leslie L. "Lee" Kennedy, II, 67, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at home from pancreatic cancer. He was born July 8, 1947, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Leslie Lee Kennedy and Emma Flora (Furst) Samek.Lee graduated from Seaman High School in 1965. Lee enlisted in the United State Air Force in September 1965. He was a...
Robert H. Ragan
Nov 18, 2014
Robert Harold "Bob" Ragan, 85, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.Bob was born December 2, 1928 in Burlington, OK, the son of Virgil H. and Lillian (Meister) Ragan. He graduated from Kiowa High School in Kiowa, KS in 1946. He received his Bachelors degree in 1957 and his Masters degree in 1965 from Emporia State Teachers...
Charlene Yvonne Fink
Nov 15, 2014
Charlene Yvonne Fink, 84 of Hoyt, Kansas passed away November 15, 2014 at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born January 12, 1930 in LaCrosse, Kansas to Charles and Hannah Auston, the first of four children. Charlene graduated from high school in Alexander, Kansas and attended Fort Hays State College and the University of Kansas, graduating from Fort...
Glen D. Blakeman
Nov 14, 2014
Glen D. Blakeman, 93, Topeka, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014.He was born December 6, 1920, in Bloom City, Wisconsin, the son of Delbert and Nora (Cooper) Blakeman. In 1938 he graduated from Mt. Horeb High School and then attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison.Glen ran his own tile business as a young man and then spent 28 years...
Kenneth D. Webber
Nov 13, 2014
Kenneth D. Webber, 82, of Berryton, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2014. He was born May 5, 1932 in Leonardville, Kansas, the son of Laurence J. and Elizabeth J. Wagonrodt Webber. He graduated from Leonardville Rural High School in 1950 and attended Kansas State University. Kenneth was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. He had resided in the...
Charles F. Mcginn
Nov 13, 2014
Charles F. "Frank" McGinn, 72, Topeka, KS, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014, at Stormont-Vail Hospital.Frank was born July 29, 1942, in Onaway, MI, the son of Lance and Alice (Gaudette) McGinn. He graduated from Onaway High School and George Washington University, and served in the U.S. Navy for 31 years, retiring at the rank of Commander in 1992. He...
Louise M. Reilly
Nov 11, 2014
Louise M. Reilly, 78, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014.Louise was born September 11, 1936 in Topeka, the daughter of Theodore and Gertrude (Webber) Eckert. She graduated from Washburn Rural High School.She was employed by Topeka Medical Center and later owned Mike Reilly Grading & Seeding with her husband.She was a volunteer at Stormont-Vail Hospital for over 40 years,...
James Smith
Nov 10, 2014
James "Redbone" Smith, 59, of Topeka, went to be with his Lord on Monday, November 10, 2014. He was born November 16, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of John Samuel and Anna Luarks Smith. James attended Topeka public schools.He was employed by the City of Topeka and Skinner's Nursery. James married Sherry Poe. Survivors include two sons, Eric Poe...
Carolyn I. Jacobsen
Nov 9, 2014
Carolyn I. Jacobsen, 68, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014. She was born July 14, 1946 in Franklin Co., Arkansas, the daughter of Sidney and Wilma Ruth Johnson Brumley. Carolyn resided in Lenexa, KS prior to moving to Topeka in 1999. She was employed by the I.R.S. for 32 years before retiring in 1997. She attended Faith...
Sharie S. Jones
Nov 9, 2014
Sharie S. Jones, 65, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014. She was born November 13, 1948, in Topeka, KS the daughter of Wayne and Thelma (Ramsour) Jones. She graduated from the Stormont-Vail School of Nursing. Sharie was employed by Hewlett-Packard for many years before her illness onset. Survivors include her mother, Thelma E. Owens; brother, Dennis W. Jones...
Ted William Worthington
Nov 9, 2014
Ted William Worthington, 78, of Tecumseh, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at a Topeka hospital. He was born April 10, 1936 in Lecompton, the son of Charles and Rosa Grindol Worthington. He graduated from Berryton High School in 1954. Ted played American Legion Baseball and in the Ban Johnson League prior to being drafted by the New York...
Phillip E. Dobelbower
Nov 8, 2014
Phillip Edward Dobelbower, age 54, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at his home. Phillip was born July 9, 1960 in Oklahoma City the son of Thomas and Betty (Keetch) Dobelbower. He graduated from Topeka West High. He married Genevieve Young in 1983; she survives. He is survived by his three sons Tyler (Sarah), Travis (Briana), Nicholas...
Joseph D. Aunkst
Nov 7, 2014
Joseph Daniel Aunkst of Topeka died on Friday, November 7, 2014. He was born in Delaware Township, PA on March 28, 1929 and grew up in Watsontown, PA. After joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1946, he served one tour during the Corps' transition to the U.S. Air Force. He was honorably discharged in 1950 and took a position...
Larry Schlink
Nov 5, 2014
Larry Eugene Schlink, 62, of Berryton, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at his home. He was born February 3, 1952 in Topeka, the son of Glenn and Helen Louise Frakes Schlink. Larry graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1970 and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Washburn University in 1981. He retired from the State...
Thomas Ritter
Nov 5, 2014
Thomas Hamilton Ritter, 98, Topeka, KS, formerly of Tacoma, WA, passed away on Wednesday November 5, 2014 at Lexington Park Skilled Nursing.Thomas H. Ritter finished writing the first volume of his life story on Nov. 5, 2014 as he passed from this life into the next and into the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Tom was born...
Steven E. Locke
Nov 4, 2014
Steven E. Locke, 76, of Topeka, formerly of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2014.He was born August 3, 1938 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Fred R. and Sophye (Moskowitz) Locke.Steven was a graduate of Blackwell High School. Mr. Locke served in the U.S. Army.He was a member of Boy Scouts of America, Jaycees, Citizen Band Radio...
