Verna M. Hannagan
Nov 30, 2013
Verna M. "Mai" Hannagan, 76, of Eskridge, Kansas, passed away Nov. 30, 2013. She was born on Sept. 30, 1937 at Kansas City, Kansas to Allen and Myra M. (Sechler) Dedrick. She graduated from Stanley Rural High School. Verna married Hugh A. Hannagan on March 4, 1956. They divorced after 46 years of marriage. Mai was a longtime antique dealer...
Lloyd D. Atkinson
Nov 27, 2013
Lloyd Dennis Atkinson was born January 29, 1959 in Dodge City, Kansas. He was the son of Zerul Atkinson and Kay E. Meadows, PhD. Dennis graduated from Highland Park High School in 1978. He retired from Hallmark Cards after 32 years. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.He will be missed by his sisters, Kerilee Kutina and Zerlysa Atkinson; nieces,...
Daniel P. Kimball
Nov 26, 2013
Daniel P. Kimball, 71, of Topeka, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013. He was born July 20, 1942 in Lowell, MA, the son of Paul C. and Virginia (Connell) Kimball.Dan grew up in Massachusetts until his parents moved to California during his high school years. He attended college before volunteering to serve his country during the Vietnam War. Dan joined the...
Jessie Helen Whitaker
Nov 25, 2013
Jessie Helen Whitaker, 92, left us on November 25, 2013 at her home at Lexington Park in Topeka, KS. She was born on February 13, 1921 to George A. and Alphronia (Buckridge) Neal. She grew up on the family farm outside Caldwell, KS and graduated from Caldwell High School and Wichita State University in 1943 with an education degree. While...
John Mccann
Nov 24, 2013
John McCann, 93, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Kansas Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge, KS. He was born May 7, 1920, in West Haven, CT, the son of Patrick J. and Agnes Kahrmann McCann. He graduated from High School in Canoga Park, CA in 1939. John served in World War II in General Headquarters of the...
Danyale Kibble
Nov 22, 2013
Danyale "Missy" Kibble, 26, of Topeka, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013.She was born November 29, 1986, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Jacqueline (Todd) Kibble. She received Associate Degrees from Washburn Tech and Highland Community College. Danyale is survived by her parents; siblings, Robin Barber, Regena Stauffer, April Winslow, Shanna Winslow, and Andrew Kibble; grandparents, Virginia and...
Thelma Ann Page
Nov 21, 2013
Thelma A. Page, 77, Topeka, Kansas, passed away November 21, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa on January 25, 1936 to Joseph and Irene (Van Roekel) Harmon. She is survived by her husband Amos Page of 60 years; their children: Cindy Page, Cathy Page, James Page and wife Theresa, and Dusty Page-Miller and husband...
Paul James Smith
Nov 21, 2013
Paul James "Smitty" Smith, 78, Topeka, passed away November 21, 2013. He was born June 21, 1935, in Topeka, the son of James and Etta Smith. Smitty was a 1953 graduate of Highland Park High School in Topeka. He retired after many years in the printing industry, having worked for Halls and Mainline. Smitty was an avid hunter, fisherman, and...
Gary W. Livingston
Nov 21, 2013
Garold "Gary" W. Livingston, 67, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Midland Hospice House after a hard struggle with COPD and emphysema. He was born June 6, 1946, in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Gerald and Lila (Wanersten) Livingston. After the untimely death of his mother, he was raised from an early age by his grandmother, May...
Jack L. Frost
Nov 18, 2013
Jack L. Frost, 82, a lifelong Topeka resident, passed away November 18, 2013. He was employed by Adams Business Forms for 45 years. He married Dorothy VerBrugge on Sept. 25, 1983. She survives. Jack is also survived by three sons, Steven, David and Randy; two daughters, Donna Castaldo and Carol Engles; his step-daughter, Kim Horn; 3 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren....
Jean M. Fryman
Nov 15, 2013
Jean M. Fryman, 92, formerly of Horton, died peacefully on November 15, 2013.She was born, February 10, 1921 to Russell D. and Myrtle Yort Speece in Nemaha County, Nebraska. She spent her childhood in Nebraska and Colorado before moving to Kansas where her father owned the local drug store in downtown Horton.She married Charles Emmett "Mutt" Fryman in Horton in...
Martha Louise Sills
Nov 15, 2013
Martha L. (Jefferson) Sills, 83, of Topeka, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013. She was born March 3, 1930, in Topeka, Kansas to Silas and Trilba Jefferson.Martha was raised in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School in 1948. She was employed by Jostens's Publishing as a finisher retiring after 20 years of service.She was a lifelong member of the...
Joan R. Bunker
Nov 14, 2013
Joan R. Bunker, 80, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013. She was born November 25, 1932, in El Dorado, Kansas, the daughter of Levi and Osa (Hodgens) Scott. She graduated from McPherson High School, where she was a cheerleader as a senior, and later received her nursing degree in 1953 from St. Luke's School of Nursing in Kansas...
Lt. Col.(Ret)Georgeh. Parker, Ii
Nov 14, 2013
George Hamilton Parker, II, 72, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at his home after a valiant fight against cancer.George was born on August 3, 1941 to Donald and Thelma (Teubner) Parker in Fort Scott, Kansas. He attended Pleasanton Rural High School and graduated from Pittsburgh State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. George...
Thomas E. Brown
Nov 12, 2013
Thomas E. Brown, 55, of Chicago, IL, formerly of Grandview, MO and Topeka, KS. Before ending his journey on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, Thomas had recently accepted Christ as his personal savior. He was born October 3, 1958 in Topeka, the son of Tommie Brown and Joyce Henderson-Manning. Thomas was employed by Seguin Services for 13 years, Grand Court 1...
Carolyn Moore
Nov 11, 2013
Carolyn Moore, 69, of Marion, Kansas, died Monday, November 11 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Carolyn was born August 14, 1944 in Beaumont, TX to Samuel Elton and Maybelle Lee. She was raised in Anahuac (the alligator capital of Texas) where she was the highest ranking girl in her graduating class. She attended the University of Texas on scholarship to...
Judy A. Ward Hughes
Nov 11, 2013
Judy A. Ward Hughes, 62, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. She was born June 14, 1951 in WaKeeney, KS, the daughter of Kenneth E. Kern and Vivian B. Loe. Wilbur W. Loe was instrumental in her upbringing as well. Judy graduated from Madison High School in Madison, KS. She was employed by...
Raymond Owen Donham
Nov 11, 2013
Raymond Owen Donham, 69, cherished husband, loving father and endearing grandfather passed away Monday, November 11, 2013 after a three year long battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Ray, who hailed from Vincennes, Indiana, received his Master's Degree in Education from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. Ray traveled the world for 20 ½ years proudly serving his country in the U.S....
Thomas J. Cripe
Nov 10, 2013
Thomas J.Cripe, 64, Topeka, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at a local hospital. Tom was born September 28, 1949 in Delphi, IN, the son of Evelyn Cripe. He graduated from Delphi High School in 1967. He served in the U.S. Air Force.He was employed as an owner/ manager at several service stations in Topeka, retiring in 2005. He was...
Cheryl F. Bigham
Nov 8, 2013
Cheryl F. Bigham, 66, of Topeka, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013. She was born February 7, 1947 in Marysville, Kansas. Cheryl married John D. Bigham, on November 22, 1986 in Topeka. She was employed as an administrative assistant in many different departments over her 25 year career with the State of Kansas.Cheryl is survived by her husband, John; sons,...
