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...
Donna Erickson
Mar 6, 2013
Donna Erickson, 84, of Topeka, passed away March 6, 2013. She was a retired elementary school teacher in Topeka schools. Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Charles in 2003, and is survived by her daughter, Leslie of Big Bear, California. No services will be held.
Judith Ann Smith
Mar 4, 2013
Judith A. Smith, 68, of Ozawkie, KS passed Monday, March 4, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born August 28, 1944 at Beloit, KS, the daughter of John & Helen (Madison) Hunter.Judy was raised in Beloit and graduated from Beloit High School. She married Dean R. Smith on December 16, 1967 at Salina, KS.Judy was a long time employee...
William Howland
Mar 4, 2013
William "Butch" Howland, 61, of Topeka, passed away March 4, 2013 at his home. He was born Nov. 27, 1951 at Torence, California to Kenneth O. and Winifred Spicklemeier Helstrom Howland. He worked for Greyhound as a ticket agent and retired as a maintenance worker for Blue Cross Blue Shield.Survivors include his brothers, Ronnie Howland of Mesa, AZ, Kenneth Howland...
Margaret K. Bonnett
Mar 2, 2013
Margaret Katherine Bonnett (Barty), 81, of Berryton, KS, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013.She was born September 19, 1931 in Luray, KS, the daughter of John Sina and Margaret Katherine (Whitmer) Mayes. She was a graduate of Osborne High School and attended Kansas State University.Barty was an active member of the Berryton United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women in...
Ronald James, Sr.
Mar 1, 2013
Ronald "Ronnie" D. James, Sr. of Topeka, passed away March 1, 2013. He was born Nov. 27, 1962 to Jack D. and Wilma Jean McKibben James. He grew up with a total of 13 siblings (two sisters, one brother, and 10 half siblings) in Oklahoma. He was born at Enid, Oklahoma and was proud to be an "Okie" no matter...
Tracy Daniellekitzman Westover
Feb 27, 2013
Tracy Danielle Kitzman Westover, 42, of Topeka passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at St Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS.She was born December 24, 1970 in Topeka, the daughter of Dale and Carol (Fish) Kitzman. Tracy was a graduate of Topeka High School. Tracy was employed by Washburn University for 13 years. Her first job with Helping Hands Humane Society...
Iris D. Pulaski
Feb 27, 2013
Iris D. Pulaski, long time resident of Topeka, died at age 78 at the Midland Hospice House on February 27, 2013. Iris graduated from the Halstead Hospital School of Nursing and retired after her long service as a registered nurse. She received the Nursing Excellence award from KNI in 1990. Iris was an avid reader, and she wrote short prose....
Helen L. Becker
Feb 27, 2013
Helen L. Becker, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Midland Hospice House. She was born February 22, 1934, in Bushong, KS, the daughter of John and Isla McKinsey Shellenberger. She graduated from Bushong Rural High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State University), in Emporia, KS. She worked as a secretary for the...
Claire Scott
Feb 27, 2013
Claire Louise Scott, 90, departed this earthly world to join her heavenly Father on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas, where she enjoyed the last years of her life."Miss Claire", as she was lovingly known to many family and friends, was born April 25, 1922 in King City, MO, the daughter of George and Ruby (Compton)...
Bethel Logan
Feb 26, 2013
Bethel Logan, 81, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Midland Hospice House.Bethel was born October 13, 1931 in Harveyville, the daughter of Warren and Maude (Rothert) Spencer. She graduated from Harveyville High School.She worked as a retail clerk and cosmetologist, but loved being a homemaker.She was a member of Fairlawn Heights Wesleyan Church where she was active in...
Annette Vandorn
Feb 23, 2013
Annette VanDorn, 41, Overbrook, Kansas, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013. Annette was born April 8, 1971 in Fridley, MN, the daughter of Abraham and Carolyn (Starleaf) Fast. She graduated from Elk River High School in Elk River, MN. She was employed by Burger King, Office Max and Lane Bryant in Minnesota and was a member of the Overbrook Volunteer...
Angela Dawn Cohagen
Feb 22, 2013
Angela Dawn Cohagen, 37, of Topeka, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at a Topeka hospital. She was born July 4, 1975 in Topeka, the daughter of Clyde D. and Dorothy A. Martin Cohagen. She was employed as a lab technician for Stormont-Vail and recently was employed by Mainline Printing. She is survived by her two daughters, Autumn Dawn and...
Jean C. Davis
Feb 21, 2013
Jean Claire (Bothwell) Davis, our mother, who was born July 19, 1928 in Jewell County, Kansas, passed away on February 21, 2013. She moved with her parents, Harold James Bothwell and Opal Joy (Wilson) Bothwell, to the place we all came to know and love as our grandparents' farm when she was about seven years old. Though Jean never really...
Kerry D. Neal
Feb 21, 2013
Kerry D. Neal, 62, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013. Kerry was born March 13, 1950 at Topeka, the son of William F. and Anna M. Neal.Survivors include his mother, Anna Neal, of Topeka; 2 sisters, Carol Lutz, Topeka and Donna Miller, Leavenworth; brother, David Neal (Tammy) Inman, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death...
Lorraine Kay Liccardi
Feb 20, 2013
Lorraine Kay Liccardi, 55, of Topeka, KS passed February 20, 2013 at her home, following a hard, 1 ½ year fight against Endometrial Cancer. She was born July 16, 1957 at Seneca, KS, the daughter of Donald P. and Teresa M. (Wiltz) Stallbaumer. Lorraine grew up in Seneca and Sabetha. She graduated in 1975 from Nemaha Valley High School, and...
Georgia R. Norman
Feb 20, 2013
Georgia R. Norman, 99, of Topeka passed away February 20, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital. She was born in Williamsfield, Illinois on March 1, 1913 to George M. and Nannye B. Chamblain Wells. She graduated from Vermont High School, Vermont, IL in 1931. She married Paul E. Norman on Dec. 24, 1936 at Peoria, IL. He preceded her in death...
Glenda M. Gassdorf
Feb 20, 2013
Glenda Gassdorf, 70, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital.Glenda was born October 13, 1942 in Topeka, the daughter of William and Bertha (Ringel) Brunswick. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1960.She had been a clerk for Shawnee County and later employed as a Bank teller with Chase banks for 12 years. She was...
Betty Moore
Feb 20, 2013
Betty Joan Moore, 82, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House.She was born June 30, 1930 in Ottawa, Kansas, the daughter of Harry J. and Cassie E. (Meier) Hashman. She was a 1948 graduate of Topeka High School. Mrs. Moore was employed in early years for Capper Weekly. She would later work for USD...
Sandra Heavin
Feb 19, 2013
Sandra "Sandy" Jean Heavin, 52, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Sandy is survived by her parents, Charles and Shirley Heavin, Topeka, sisters, Debra (Ralph) Albright, Tecumseh, and Kathy Figgs, Topeka, and brother, Randy (Carol) Heavin, Topeka. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at West Side Christian Church, 432 SW Lindenwood, Topeka. Interment...
