John P. Delain
Nov 22, 2011
John P. deLain, 68, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at his home. He was born March 20, 1943 in Topeka, the son of Paul O. and Frances I. Smith deLain. He graduated from Washburn Rural High School. John was a Navy veteran, serving as a machinist on the USS Becuma submarine. He was employed by Doug Mobile...
Orland Joseph Peterka
Nov 22, 2011
Orland Joseph Peterka, 92, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away November 22, 2011. Father Peter O'Donnell will celebrate two memorial masses for his grandfather. A memorial mass will be held in the chapel at Meadowlark Hills, 2121 Meadowlark Rd, Manhattan, Kansas on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. A second mass will be held at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1321...
Russell L. Crawshaw
Nov 20, 2011
Russell L. Crawshaw, 53, of Topeka, formerly of Wichita, died Sunday, November 20, 2011. He was born August 5, 1958 in Paola, KS, the son of Billy A. and Grace E. (Shue) Crawshaw. Rusty graduated from Eldorado High School in 1976 and made his career as a Journeyman Electrician. He loved boating and fishing. Rusty is survived by his parents,...
Ida M.Anno Hall-Smith
Nov 18, 2011
Ida M. Anno Hall-Smith, 80, of Tecumseh, passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at a Topeka hospital. She was born July 25, 1931 in Topeka, the daughter of Claude D. and Elsie M. Beary Anno. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1949. She lived in the Watson, Shawnee Heights and the Topeka area for all of her...
Xavi Onna Sims
Nov 17, 2011
Xavi'Onna Lamyia Marie Sims, infant daughter of Xavier Leron Sims and Brittney Nicole Swanson passed away Thursday November 17, 2011. Survivors include her parents, one sister, Xavi'Arrah Sims; one brother, Xa'Vion Sims; her grandparents, Millie and Joe Sims, Sr. and Greg and Sue Swanson; her great grandparents, Wanda and Dean Swanson; her aunts, Tara Sims, Anna Swanson and Megan Swanson;...
John H. Whightsil
Nov 17, 2011
John H. Whightsil, 89, of Topeka, died Thursday, November 17, 2011. He was born April 27, 1922 in Osawatomie, KS to Phillip and Florence Whightsil. John was a member of the "Greatest Generation". He served in the Pacific Theater with the US Army during WWII. Following his return from WWII, he married Harriet Livingston on January 1, 1946 in Garnett,...
Vernard Guyer
Nov 17, 2011
Vernard M. "Vern" Guyer, Jr., 87, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at a Topeka hospital. He was born April 3, 1924 in Topeka, the son of Vernard M. and Elizabeth C. Desch Guyer. He graduated from Capital Catholic High School and attended the University of Kansas. Vern then joined the Navy during WWII. After he was...
Edna Engler
Nov 17, 2011
Edna I. Engler, 84, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on November 17, 2011, in Topeka, KS. She was born June 3, 1927 in Angeline, MO, the daughter of William G. and Lula J. (Akers) Wilkins. Edna attended school in Shannon County, MO and later worked as an inventory clerk at Forbes Air Force Base. Edna was...
Katrena Dawn Lynn
Nov 14, 2011
Katrena Dawn Lynn, 40, Perry, Kansas, died November 14, 2011. She was born December 1, 1970 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the daughter of Ernest P. and Eugenia S. (Shippey) Wooden, Jr. Surviving in addition to her parents are a brother and a grandmother. Memorial services are to be announced.
Joyce L. Freeman
Nov 14, 2011
Joyce Lavetta Freeman passed away November 14, 2011 at a Topeka hospital. She was born in Topeka, the daughter of Harvey and Alice Smith, on February 8, 1937. She married at 17 years of age and enjoyed a long successful marriage of 57 years with her husband C.L. "Duke" Freeman, who survives. This union brought forth three sons, Loren, Dewey...
Jimmy Woytek
Nov 14, 2011
Jimmy "Jim" Woytek, 75, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011 at his home. He was born May 9, 1936 in Robstown, TX, the son of Frank and Bessie Vavra Woytek. Jim was an Air Force veteran and has resided in Topeka since 1961. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 27 years before retiring in...
Trudy Ann Gift
Nov 9, 2011
Trudy Ann Gift, 65, passed away on November 09, 2011, at her home in Austin, Texas. She was born on September 25, 1946, in Yakima, Washington, to Harry and Alice (Fisher) Coiner. She spent much of her childhood near Washington, Kansas. They lived in Maine and Wyoming before settling in Alma, Kansas. Trudy worked as a dispatcher at the Wabaunsee...
Jack "Ron" Reesor
Nov 9, 2011
Jack Ronald "Ron" Reesor, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at his home. He was born on February 14, 1934 in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas to Wray and Edna (Kellett) Reesor. Ron graduated from West Plains High in West Plains, MO in 1952, where he was known as "Ramblin' Ronnie" on the football field. While attending Southwest...
Marvel E. Decker
Nov 8, 2011
Marvel E. Decker, 75, of Topeka, formerly of Dennison, KS died Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at her home. She was born September 30, 1936 in Topeka, the daughter of Allen H. and Virginia (Hund) Osborn.Marvel was raised in Topeka and Dennison, and graduated from Dennison High School in 1954. She worked as a records clerk for the State of Kansas....
Roy E. Hoag, Sr.
Nov 6, 2011
Roy E. Hoag, Sr., 84, of Topeka, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 at his home. He was born Sept. 20, 1927 in Leavenworth, KS, the son of Roy M. and Alice S. (Leavitt) Hoag.Roy served as a private in the US Army, and worked as auto body refinisher. He married Judith R. White in 1950 in Topeka. She preceded him...
Louise Jean Riedmaier Henstock
Nov 6, 2011
Louise Jean Riedmaier Henstock, 72, of Topeka, KS, passed away Nov. 6, 2011 in Topeka. She was born Aug. 26, 1939 in Butler, PA, the daughter of Edward and Eleanor (Seyler) Riedmaier. She graduated from Peabody High School (Pittsburgh, PA) in 1957. She earned a B.A. from Grove City College (Grove City, PA) with honors in French and German. She...
Linda Gail Frost
Nov 4, 2011
Linda Gail Frost, 61, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on November 4, 2011 in Topeka, KS. She was born November 26, 1949 in Lawrence, KS, the daughter of Clayton L. and Edith M. (Mitchell) Frost. Linda attended special education classes at Sumner Elementary School and the Topeka Association for Retarded Citizens. Earlier she participated in the...
Timothy W. Wendt
Nov 3, 2011
Timothy William Wendt, 53, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at Stormont Vail Regional Health Center after a trying battle with esophageal cancer. He was born in Wellington, Ohio to Ralph Fredrick Wendt and Virginia Ruth Smith Wendt on December 30, 1957. Tim moved with his family to Topeka at a young age and remained there for...
Pauline Stanwix
Oct 31, 2011
Pauline J. Stanwix, 61, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2012. She was born June 7, 1951 in Kansas City, MO, to Lloyd and Anna Mae (Parker) Bruner. She was raised in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School. Following high school, she earned a Bachelor's degree from Kansas State University. Pauline married Michael W. Stanwix in 1975. They...
Louise Shepard
Sep 19, 2010
Louise Shepard, 90, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010.Louise was born February 7, 1920, in Springfield, Missouri, daughter of John and Gertrude (Root) Cooksey. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1939. Louise was united in marriage to Deane Shepard on September 19, 1942, in Topeka. She worked as a Switchboard Operator at Southwestern Bell, Goodyear Tire &...
