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 &...
Paul Kendal Hoffsommer
Oct 30, 2005
Paul Kendal Hoffsommer, 97, of Overbrook, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2005 at Brookside Manor in Overbrook. He was born on January 26, 1908, near Stull, the son of Adam and Mary Manshardt Hoffsommer. Soon after graduating from Topeka High School, he was employed by the Santa Fe offices in Topeka where he worked until his retirement in 1970....
Jacob Richardson
Oct 29, 2005
Jacob Richardson, 23, Auburn, died Saturday, October 29, 2005 as a result of an automobile accident.Jacob was born April 30, 1982 in Topeka, the son of James R. and Anita R. Richardson. He graduated from Mission Valley High School in 2001where he played football and wrestled. He graduated from Allen County Community College in 2003. Jacob was a member of...
Charles Potter
Oct 29, 2005
Charles R. Potter, 67, Topeka, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.He was born Aug. 22, 1938 in Topeka, the son of Edwin and Dorothy Love Potter. He was raised in Camden, New Jersey, graduating from Camden High School.Mr. Potter worked as a truck driver for Bennett's Meat Company, and later owned and operated a medical transportation business....
Gaynelle Preston
Oct 28, 2005
Gaynelle Preston, 95, passed away Friday, October 28, 2005, at Midland Hospice House, after a short illness. She was born November 2, 1909 in Fort Scott, KS, the daughter of Albert A. and Mae Travis Davis.She owned two Merle Norman Cosmetic Studios in the Topeka area until her retirement at the age of 70. She was a member of the...
Lavonne A. Workman
Oct 27, 2005
LaVonne A. Workman, 78, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at her home. She was born on March 20, 1927 in Matfield Green, the daughter of Adrian E. and Dorothy A. Harlan Bocook. She graduated from Emporia Beauty School in 1946 and worked in that field in both Emporia and Topeka. She was a member of the...
Yvonne Cantrell
Oct 18, 2005
Yvonne May Cantrell, 70, Topeka, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.She was born April 5, 1935 in Centerville, KS, the daughter of Thomas and Gertrude McQuinn Howell. She worked for over 30 years for the State of Kansas mainly for the Departments of the Real Estate Commission and the Board of Technical Professionals. She married James Cantrell...
