Adam Abraham Hughes
Mar 23, 2013
Adam Abraham Hughes, 31, of Kansas City, MO, formerly of Topeka, died Saturday, March 23, 2013. He was born January 16, 1982 in Emporia, KS, the son of Phil Ray Hughes and Chae Tok Cho Caldwell.Adam graduated from Topeka West High School in 2000. He is survived by his mother and father; sister, Jo Ann Hopper; brothers, Daniel Lee Hughes...
Sherri Ann Anderson
Mar 22, 2013
Sherri Ann Anderson, 50, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Coppers Cove, TX and Schweinfurt, Germany, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. She was born December 17, 1962 in Topeka, the daughter of Herbert L. and Zelma Lucille Thomas.Sherri was raised in Topeka and attended Topeka High School and Washburn University. She went on to earn an...
William Roush
Mar 20, 2013
William H. Roush, 65, of Atchison, passed away March 20, 2013. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp. from 1968 – 1972. He moved to Kansas 30 years ago from Pennsylvania. William was an over the road truck driver. He was a lifetime member of the VFW and Farmington Christian Church. William is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, of the...
Michael Barnett
Mar 17, 2013
Michael D. Barnett, 63, Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Midland Hospice House.Michael was born November 19, 1949 in Beloit, the son of Joseph A. and Phyllis L. (Niles) Barnett. He graduated from Topeka West High School in 1967 and attended the University of Kansas and graduated from Washburn University in 1972.He served as a pilot in the...
Betty Lou (Damm) Carothers
Mar 17, 2013
Betty Lou (Damm) Carothers, 73, of Topeka, died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, due to long term health complications. Betty was born on January 8, 1940 at Lecompton, KS, the daughter of Ernest F. Damm and Mabel S. (Zeeb) Damm. She graduated as Valedictorian of the class of 1958 at Lecompton High School. She married...
Doris L. Ross
Mar 17, 2013
Doris Loraine (Rowe) Ross, 88, of Topeka, passed away peacefully at Midland Hospice House after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis, on Sunday, March 17, 2013, surrounded by loving family members. Doris was born near Scranton, KS, the daughter of Floyd Alfred Rowe and Laura May (Neely) Rowe. She lived most of her life in the Topeka area, attended Roosevelt...
Alvin B. Curless
Mar 15, 2013
Alvin B. Curless, 77, of Topeka, passed away March 15, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. He was born at Burrton, Kansas to Charles and Flossie (Barnes) Curless on June 27, 1935. He was the youngest of nine children. He grew up in the Hutchinson, Kansas area and joined the Army where he served during both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts....
Learta Boettcher
Mar 12, 2013
LeArta Boettcher, 95 passed away at home in Tucson, Arizona with her family at her side. She grew up in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School. LeArta married Clifford Boettcher in 1938 and was a homemaker to her husband and their two children. She moved from Topeka to Pomona, California in 1978 to be near her daughter and then...
Nelson B. Carlson
Mar 12, 2013
Nelson B. Carlson, 85, of Tecumseh, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born May 24, 1927 in Jetmore, KS, the son of Andy Edward and Clara P. Polson Carlson. Nelson was an Air Force veteran during the Korean War. He and his father moved houses and buildings for 26 years in...
Naomi Herrington
Mar 11, 2013
Naomi (Ashbaugh) Herrington, age 95, of Topeka, formerly of Osage City, Kansas and Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away March 11, 2013 at Rolling Hills Health Center. She was born in Lawrence, Kansas on July 27, 1917 to William and Hazel (Weidman) Lee. She was the last survivor of six siblings. To the marriage of Naomi and Leslie Ashbaugh was born...
Jeannette Turner
Mar 11, 2013
Jeannette Turner, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. She was born January 19, 1922 in Harris, KS, the daughter of Albert and Winnie Christy Lloyd. Jeannette graduated from Garnett High School and attended Emporia State. She taught school for five years in Anderson and Osage Counties. She also worked at the Forbes...
Arnold O. Steuber
Mar 10, 2013
Arnold O. Steuber, 87, Topeka, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Clare Bridge.Arnold was born January 21, 1926 in LeRoy, the son of Emil and Anna Steuber. He attended school in rural LeRoy and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.He owned and operated A.O. Steuber Construction Company for 35 years and constructed bridges throughout Kansas. He...
Douglas C. Rosevelt
Mar 8, 2013
Douglas C. "Doug" Rosevelt, 66, of Tecumseh, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at Bridge Haven Family Memory Care Center in Lawrence. He was born October 23, 1946 in Topeka, the son of Eugene Charles and Virginia Cooley Rosevelt. Doug graduated from high school in Santa Ana, CA in 1964. After high school, Doug became a California Forestry Fire...
Lucinda Mari Burnett
Mar 8, 2013
Lucinda Mari Burnett, 47, of Yates Center, formerly of Berryton, passed away on March 8, 2013 as the result of a car accident. She was born July 17, 1965 in Wichita, the daughter of Irl and Pauline Kruger George. She graduated from Shawnee Heights High School and received an Associate degree from Allen County Community College. Lucinda married Eric L....
Nancy Helen Scott
Mar 8, 2013
Nancy Helen Scott, 93, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her residence at Rolling Hills Assisted Living with her family by her side.She was born July 9, 1919 in Harrisburg, IL, the youngest of six children of Mike and Frances (Androkaunis) Drutis. She was a graduate of Harrisburg High School. She moved from Pontiac, MI to Topeka...
Jack D. Rockefeller
Mar 8, 2013
Jack D. Rockefeller, 84, died on Friday, March 8, 2013, at Presbyterian Manor in Topeka, Kansas. He was born May 26, 1928 to Francis Marion and Lois Frances Duff Rockefeller in Columbus, Kansas. He married Dorothy Fern Thomas on August 31, 1946; she preceded him in death in 2009. Jack and Dorothy were the parents of eight children. He is...
Donald J. Kamphaus, Jr
Mar 7, 2013
Donald Joseph (DJ) Kamphaus, Jr. 69, died March 7 at his home in Topeka.He was born to Donald and Mary Ellen (Berggren) Kamphaus on January 9, 1944. As a boy he enjoyed hunting with his father and brother. He attended Saint Xavier Catholic School in Junction City, graduating in 1962. During the school year he could be seen playing football,...
Conrad R. Campos
Mar 7, 2013
Conrad Campos, 66, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013. He was born April 18, 1946 in Topeka, the son of Conrad and Joaquina Campos. Conrad is survived by daughters, Deborah Hertzberg of Iowa, Sylvia Sprenkle of Missouri; brothers, Andrew, Robert, and John, of Topeka, and Anthony, of Colorado; sisters, Olivia Ortiz, Susan Rodriguez, of Topeka, and Rosie Campos...
Angela N. Herring
Mar 7, 2013
Angela N. Herring, 58, of Lawrence, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at a Lawrence Hospital. She was born January 4, 1955 in Highland, KS, the daughter of James M. and Anna Marie Zimmerman Herring. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1973 and earned a BA degree from Washburn in 1977. Angela was an...
Sharon K Swan
Mar 7, 2013
Sharon K. Swan, 73, Topeka, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2013.Sharon was born August 5, 1939 in Silver Lake, the daughter of Emerson and Edna (Dean) Bailey. She graduated from Silver Lake High School and attended Kansas State University.Sharon married John Swan on April 20, 1963 in Topeka. Together they owned and operated Swan's Formal Wear for 37 years. She...
