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...
Velda Jackson
Jan 26, 2013
Velda M. Henderson-King Jackson, 79, Topeka, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Presbyterian Manor. Velda was born January 18, 1934 in Manhattan, the daughter of Vernon King and Adeline Fulghem-Henderson. She attended Manhattan High School.She worked at Kansas State University and later at Brewster Place as a nurse's aide. She was a member of the Wanamaker Seventh Day Adventist...
James Brown
Jan 24, 2013
James Marshall Brown, 74, of Topeka, KS, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Midland Hospice House. He was born December 11, 1938, in Topeka, KS, to Marion Arthur Brown and Mabel Esther (Copland) Brown. Jim graduated from Topeka High School. Jim completed his apprenticeship training, and in 1958, he joined the local Pipefitters Union #165, where he...
Bernard Austin Alberty
Jan 23, 2013
Bernard Austin Alberty, affectionately known and called by his middle name "Austin" by his family and friends was born in Osawatomie, Kansas on September 17, 1935 to Ardella D. Smith (Alberty-Carter) and Robert Alberty. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters – Karen Alberty-Mason, Evelyn Smith, Edna Alberty-Preston and one brother – Edmond "Eddie" Alberty. Austin attended...
Leola "Lee" Claussen
Jan 22, 2013
Leola "Lee" Stewart Claussen, 82, Topeka, died January 22, 2013 of complications from a stroke.Mrs. Claussen was born September 7, 1930 in Hutchinson, the daughter of Roy and Hester Stewart.Lee attended Hutchinson High School and Hutchinson Community College. She received her Education Degree from Kansas University and a Master's Degree in Library Science from Emporia Teachers College.After teaching English at...
James Stutz
Jan 20, 2013
James Otto Stutz, 89, died on January 20, 2013, at St Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was born February 1, 1923, in Manhattan, New York, the son of Otto & Heddy Stutz. He was a highly skilled and talented jeweler/model maker and will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey...
Russel Dean Morris
Jan 20, 2013
Russel "Russ" Dean Morris, 74, Berryton, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by his family.He was born on January 11, 1939 in Holton, Kansas to James and Nellie (Teer) Morris. He graduated from Netawaka High School in 1957. He was employed at Heckerson Hachery in Holton until 1964 when he and his family relocated to...
Floyd Robert Thomas, Sr.
Jan 18, 2013
Floyd Robert Thomas, Sr., age 87, died Jan. 18, 2013, in Topeka, KS. He will be remembered as a supportive and loving family man, and a friend to all. He was born May 6, 1925 on a farm near Dakota, IL., the son of Frank and Elvira Tielkemeier Thomas. He graduated from Dakota High School in 1943 and attended Washburn...
