John R. Palmer
Oct 30, 2022
John R. Palmer, 55, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2022.He was born July 15, 1967, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Arthur E. and Mary E. (McCandless) Palmer. He graduated from Topeka High School and received a bachelor's degree in communications from Washburn University. Survivors include his son, Tyler Palmer of Wichita, KS; father, Arthur E. Palmer of...
Robert French, Jr.
Oct 29, 2022
Robert French, Jr., 44, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022. He was born June 15, 1978 in Fort Riley, Kansas, the son of Robert Troy and Teresa Irene (Wilson) French, Sr.Robert graduated from high school in Tennessee. He resided in Texas from June 2019 through June 2022 before moving back to Topeka. Robert was employed as a...
Stuart D. Jones
Oct 29, 2022
Stuart D. "Stu" Jones, 52, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022. He was born May 24, 1970, in Parsons, Kansas, the son of Darrell L. and Candace M. (Denney) Jones. Stuart was a 1989 graduate of Topeka West High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Pittsburg State University in 1996.Stuart taught Special Education for...
Duane A. Miller
Oct 29, 2022
Duane A. Miller of Topeka passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2022. He was born February 23, 1965 in Topeka the son of Donald and Velma Miller. Duane attended KSVH High School in Kansas City, Kansas. He wrestled while attending high school. He enjoyed cooking and took several cooking classes in school. He graduated in 1983. He loved music and...
Alex Matthew Otto
Oct 29, 2022
Alexander Matthew Otto, 34, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 29, 2022.He was born November 19, 1987, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Nicholas R. Otto and Terri L. (Hane) Otto-Cooper. He graduated from Washburn Rural High School and received a CDL from White Line Trucking. Alex married Keesha Vorhies on May 31, 2008 in Topeka. She survives, along with...
Peter C. Schram, M.D.
Oct 28, 2022
Dr. Peter Charles Schram, 82, of Topeka, passed away Friday, October 28, 2022.He was born November 27, 1939, in London, Ontario, Canada, the son of John F. and Cecelia L. (May) Schram. Peter graduated from Denby High School in Detroit, MI in 1958 and furthered his education graduating from Wayne State University College of Engineering in 1962 and from the...
Monte Lee Fuller
Oct 28, 2022
Monte Lee Fuller, 93, of Topeka, passed away Friday, October 28, 2022.He was born April 9, 1929, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of L.A. and Virginia May (Kemp) Fuller. He graduated from Topeka High School and attended the University of Kansas. He served in the Navy as a fighter pilot on the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier. Monte married Barbara...
Patricia J. Roehrman
Oct 26, 2022
Patricia J. Roehrman, 86, of Tecumseh, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. She was born March 11, 1936 in Claflin, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Bertha (Knorr) Chism.Patricia graduated from Claflin High School. She and her husband had resided in Tecumseh since 1961. She was employed as a salesperson with Ed Marlings, Sears and Montgomery Wards. Patricia married...
Debra Kae Rundquist
Oct 25, 2022
Debra Richter "Deb" Rundquist, 70, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2022.She was born February 13, 1952, in Alma, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Norma (Wohler) Richter. She graduated from Alma High School in 1970 and received a nursing degree from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Wichita, Kansas in 1974. Debra was employed by the Kansas Neurological...
Esther Jane Mettler
Oct 23, 2022
Esther J. (Sonstegard) Mettler, 86, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022.She was born March 10, 1936, in Georgeville, Minnesota, the daughter of Eugene and Clara (Lundgren) Sonstegard.Esther graduated from Silver Lake High School. She worked in production for Frito-Lay for approximately 10 years before retiring.Esther married James T. Bower in 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas. James preceded her in...
Jeffrey Loneal Deloach, Sr.
Oct 22, 2022
Jeffrey Loneal "Jeff" Deloach Sr. 61 of Topeka, Kansas passed away on October 22, 2022 at Stormont Vail Hospital surrounded by loved ones. Jeffrey was born January 7, 1961 in Flint, MI to L.J. and Susie (Carr) Deloach.Jeff served in the United States Army from February 1979 to February 1983. He enjoyed detailing cars in his free time and also...
Judith K. Ramey
Oct 21, 2022
Judith K. Ramey, 81, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 21, 2022, surrounded in love by her daughters Debra and Mary Taylor. She was born February 14, 1941, in Harveyville, Kansas the daughter of Paul Leslie Brown and H. Jean (Lewis) Brown. Judith graduated from Harveyville Rural High School in 1959 and furthered her education attending Emporia State...
Roger L. Brown
Oct 21, 2022
Roger Lee Brown, 76, of Auburn, passed away Friday, October 21, 2022.He was born December 8, 1945, in Davenport, Virginia, the son of Robert and Bertha Brown.Roger graduated from Highland High School, Pocatello, Idaho in 1964. He graduated from college at Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho in 1967. He joined the Air Force in 1965. He was employed by Dupont...
Francis P. Jacobs
Oct 20, 2022
Francis "Frank" Jacobs, 78, of Topeka, Kansas died Thursday, October 20, 2022 at Heritage Gardens Nursing home after battling dementia. Frank was born on October 5, 1944 in Hays, Kansas. He was the son of Edward and Katherine Jacobs. He earned two Masters degrees from the University of Kansas. He married Alice Jacobs in 1978 but she passed in June...
Debra Childs
Oct 19, 2022
Debra Childs, 63, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2022.She was born December 7, 1958, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of William and Beverly Childs. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1976. Debra was employed by the Kansas Department of Revenue. Debra married Sam Imler on December 6th in Topeka. He survives, along with her daughter, Kate...
Beverly A. Crane
Oct 18, 2022
Beverly A. "Bev" Crane, 78, of Hays, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at a Topeka hospital. She was born November 11, 1943 in St. Francis, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Martha (Eikenberg) Lueschen.Bev graduated from St. Francis High School. She was employed as a School Bus Driver by the St. Francis and Hugoton School Districts for...
Gayle L. Garretson
Oct 17, 2022
Gayle Garretson passed away on October 17, 2022 at Stormont-Vail Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Gayle was born on April 20, 1947 in Topeka, Kansas as David and Helen Garretson's first child. After graduating from Topeka High School in 1965, she attended Washburn University and worked at Sears as a part-time manager in several departments. Gayle was always up...
David J. Rangel
Oct 16, 2022
David J. Rangel, 81, of Emporia, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022. He was born July 7, 1941 in Emporia, the son of Jose Merced and Maria Guadalupe (Torres) Rangel.David was a carpenter. He was of the Catholic Faith.David married Anita Ramirez. They later divorced. He later married Paula Rathke. They later divorced.Survivors include children; Colene (Douglas) McCutcheon of...
Michelle Renae Smith
Oct 13, 2022
Michelle R. Smith, 64, Garden City, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2022 at a Topeka care center. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing.Michelle was born March 15, 1958 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Richard and Ilena (Eaton) Carpenter.After her parents divorced her mother married Jess Garrett and moved to Garden City,...
Lester Junior Israel
Oct 10, 2022
Lester Junior Israel, 87, of Topeka, passed away Monday, October 10, 2022.He was born January 31, 1935, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of James L. Israel and Mary R. (Coke) Israel. He graduated from Topeka High in 1953. He served in the Army Reserve from 1957 to 1963. Lester was employed by American Home Insurance for 17 years, the last...
