Jeannette Ann Savely
Feb 14, 2013
Jeannette Ann (Martin) Savely, 74, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at her home due to Parkinson's disease and related complications. She was born September 13, 1938 in Tecumseh, MO, the daughter of Richard R. and Juanita (Kesterson) Martin. She graduated from Bloom High School in western Kansas and attended Pratt Community College. Jeannette had braved the...
Patricia Higgins
Feb 7, 2013
Patricia (Peterson) Higgins, 79, of Muscotah, Kansas, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, died Feb. 7, 2013. She was born on Jan. 17, 1934 to Harold F. and Josephine Rose (Lewis) Peterson at Kansas City, Kansas. She was a homemaker and a retired farmer and baker. She enjoyed playing bingo, reading and raising poodles. Patricia is survived by her children, Dennis...
Hazel Strever
Feb 7, 2013
Hazel Naomi Strever, 81, of Topeka, Kansas passed away February 7, 2013. She was born to Floyd M. and Lois (Scott) Edwards on January 24, 1932, the second of six children, at Mystic, Iowa. She graduated from Mystic High School. She attended Midwestern School of Evangelism and worked for the University of Iowa. She married Wesley R. Strever on August...
Ronald Pressgrove
Feb 6, 2013
Ronald Le Roy Pressgrove, 66, of Topeka, passed away at his home under the care of Midland Hospice on Feb. 6, 2013. He was born to Le Roy and Josephine Olejnik Pressgrove on April 10, 1946 at Rossville, Kansas. He grew up in Rossville and graduated from Rossville High School. He served in the US Army from 1969 through 1971...
Esther I. Stein
Feb 6, 2013
Esther I. Stein, 94, Kansas City, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at a care center in Kansas City.Esther was born November 10, 1918 in Tecumseh, the daughter of A.B. and Elsie (Bates) Cusic. She graduated from Highland Park High School.She was employed as a secretary for Santa Fe Railroad for several years.She was a member...
Clifford N. Cormier, Sr.
Feb 6, 2013
Clifford N. Cormier, Sr., 73, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013.He was born April 3, 1939 in Bat Cave, NC, the son of Thomas Ceril and Dorothy Cormier. He graduated from Catholic Central High School in Detroit, Michigan. Clifford married Janice E. Corbett on February 21, 1960 in Topeka. He was an Air Force Veteran and a member...
Linda Neely
Feb 5, 2013
Linda Lorraine Neely, 59, of Topeka, passed away February 5, 2013. She was born on July 21, 1953 to Ross Taylor and Mary Jane Otto Clemmons at Topeka, Kansas. She graduated from Washburn High School and attended Washburn University. Linda was a free spirit who loved music, laughter, and her family. Her unconditional love and bright smile was shown to...
Ester Marie Anspaugh
Feb 4, 2013
Ester Marie Anspaugh, 59, of Carbondale, KS, passed away Feb. 4, 2013. She was born Sept. 18, 1953 to Fred and Laura (Greene) Wilkinson at Pittsburg, Kansas. She attended school in and near Junction City, KS. She married Kenneth E. Anspaugh on May 10, 2003 at Scranton, Kansas. She was a member of the Carbondale Lions Club. She enjoyed traveling,...
Betty Lee Clark
Feb 2, 2013
Betty Lee Clark, 88, of Manhattan, KS, died Saturday, February 2, 2013 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born October 22, 1924 at Marysville, KS the daughter of Henry and Alice (Vanamburg) Schell. Betty was raised in Marysville, and graduated from Marysville High School in 1941. She married E. Jean Clark on June 12, 1943 at St....
Marline May Crouch
Feb 2, 2013
Marline May Crouch, 74, of Topeka, formerly of Ashland, NE, entered into peace in the comfort of her home on Saturday, February 2, 2013 after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born December 7, 1938 in Wagner, S.D., the daughter of Donald and Violet (Broderson) Picotte.Marline loved her flowers, gardening, watching wildlife from her swing, and going to...
Randy S. Salmans
Feb 2, 2013
Randy Scott Salmans, 67, Topeka, passed away February 2, 2013. He was born June 11, 1945, in Kingman, KS, the son of Ernest and Beulah Buchanan Salmans. Randy was a 1963 graduate of Kingman High and later attended Pittsburg State where he earned his BS in 1968 and his MS in 1969. He was a school teacher for 10 years...
Franklyn Howard Houdek
Feb 1, 2013
Franklyn "Frank" Howard Houdek, 80, Topeka, passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013. He was born on January 25, 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Howard and Justina Houdek. Frank received his bachelors of arts in 1951 and bachelors of education in 1956 from Washburn University. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a high school teacher in Silver Lake...
Betty Kaufman
Feb 1, 2013
Betty Jean Kaufman, 87, of Topeka, passed away Friday, February 1, 2013.She was born May 9, 1925, in Topeka, the daughter of Charles "Bert" and Margaret Edna and (Luttjohann) Peckham. She was a 1943 graduate of Topeka High School.After graduation, she was employed for a short time by Southwestern Bell Telephone, and then for Seymour Foods, retiring in 1987. She...
Geraldean Graham
Feb 1, 2013
Geraldean Louise (Mathiesen) Graham, the daughter of David Carl Mathiesen and Francis Ida (Lehman) Mathiesen, was born July 23, 1933, at home in rural Nebraska, south of Chester, and passed away Friday, February 1, 2013, in Topeka, KS, at the age of 79 years. She is preceded in death by her parents and husband, Harold Louis Graham. Gerry is survived...
Doyle G. Loney
Jan 31, 2013
Doyle Gene Loney, 56, Topeka, KS, died Thursday, January 31, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center from complications of COPD, after a long battle with this terminal illness which he had for eight years. He was born on July 11, 1956 in Topeka, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilbur Leroy Loney and Ila Margaret Crown Loney.He...
Sandra Rogers
Jan 29, 2013
Sandra Rogers, 75, Auburn, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Stormont Vail Regional Health Center.Sandra was born November 14, 1937 in Marysville, the daughter of Rudolph F. and Mildred A. (Walker) Scheibe. She graduated from Marysville High School.She had been employed by Blue Cross & Blue Shield.She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, a talented artist and woodworker.Sandra...
Helen Baltunas
Jan 28, 2013
Helen W. (Wanda Lee) Baltunas, died January 28, 2013 at Via Christi Village in Manhattan following an extended stay. She was born November 27, 1930 in Jamestown, Kansas, the daughter of John William and Dora Ethel (Clanin) Daily. After graduating from Concordia High School in 1948, Helen moved to Chicago where she lived for a period of time with her...
Kathleen E. Mulder
Jan 28, 2013
Kathleen E. "Kay" Mulder, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013 at Aldersgate Village. She was born August 9, 1924 in Boston, MA. She graduated from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada with a BS degree in music. Kay had resided in Topeka since 1975 and of all the cities she had lived in during her lifetime,...
Yoon Namgung
Jan 26, 2013
Yoon Namgung, 79, of Topeka, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Plaza West Health Care. She was born August 13, 1933 in Seoul, South Korea, the daughter of Jin and Young Sue Shim Namgung. Yoon earned her Certificate of Naturalization and became a United States citizen in January of 1987. She worked in Environmental Services for the State of Kansas...
Jack E. Meakins
Jan 26, 2013
Jack E. Meakins, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.Jack was born November 24, 1927 in Topeka. He was employed by ButterKrust Bakery for 33 years before retiring. He loved to play Bingo.Jack married Wanda Holmes on October 31, 1950. They were married for 62 years. She survives. Other survivors include...
