Mervin Eugene Stithem
Mar 2, 2022
Mervin Eugene "Gene" Stithem, 78, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. He was born December 15, 1943, in Hill City, Kansas, the son of Mervin and Mary Ellen (James) Stithem. He was the middle born of 3 children and is survived in death by his two sisters, Lucille (Raymond) Zahn and Alma Bird. It was there that...
Richard D. Wilson
Mar 2, 2022
Richard D. "Rich" Wilson, 75, Topeka, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 doing what he loved… meticulously mowing his yard and "competing" for the most manicured lawn in the neighborhood. Rich was born August 21, 1946 in Norton, Kansas, the son of John and Margaret (McClelland) Wilson. He graduated from Norton High School in 1964 and from the...
Dewey L. Cobb
Mar 1, 2022
Dewey L. Cobb, 88, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022.He was born January 10, 1934, in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of Joseph D. and Ola (Cleveland) Cobb. He served in the Air Force for 20 years, one month and one day - including duty in the Korean War and Vietnam War. Dewey drove a bus for the City...
Judy K. Row
Mar 1, 2022
Judy Katherine (McGivern) Row, 85, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022.She was born May 1, 1936, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of John F. and Gladys F. (Brill) McGivern. She was a graduate of Hayden High School. Judy worked with her father at J. F. McGivern Painting, later partnering with her brother, Jack and eventually retired. She would...
William L. Kobach
Mar 1, 2022
Bill Kobach, 83, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. He was born on May 24, 1938, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the son of Joseph and Eleanor Kobach. He attended the University of Wisconsin before serving in the US Army in 1959-61. He then began his career in the automobile business in Madison, Wisconsin.Bill married Janice Iverson in...
Charles Edward Jeffress
Feb 28, 2022
Charles Edward Jeffress, 94, of Topeka, Kansas - a beloved member of the Greatest Generation - died on February 28, 2022, from Alzheimer's disease.He was born on March 4, 1927, in Amarillo, Texas, the son of James Edward Jeffress and Martha Lou Eva Ratliff Jeffress.After his graduation from Amarillo High School and attendance at Amarillo College and West Texas State...
Phyllis Irene Oshel
Feb 26, 2022
Phyllis Irene Oshel, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2022 at a Topeka hospital. She was born August 15, 1929 in Topeka, the daughter of John F. and Anna M. (Browning) Smith.Phyllis graduated from Topeka High School in 1947. She was a homemaker. She and her husband served as Foster Parents. She was a member of the...
Michael D Viar
Feb 25, 2022
Michael D Viar was born to James F. Viar and Joyce G. Milliken Viar Heins on November 8, 1963 in Topeka, KS. He graduated from Council Grove High School. Mike was currently living in Kansas City, Missouri. Mike worked many years at Hiland Dairy in Kansas City. Michael is survived by his mother and sister, Michelle (Craig) Snyder of Mayetta....
Frances Doris Ortiz
Feb 25, 2022
Frances Bowen Ortiz, 89, of Carbondale, passed peacefully surrounded by family, Friday, February 25, 2022.She was born July 25, 1932, in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Joseph and Thelma (Bowen) August. Frances was employed by Hallmark Cards for 20 years, retiring in 1987.Mrs. Ortiz was a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary VFW.Frances married Richard L. Ortiz on November 12,...
Evelyn Lesitta Riddle
Feb 25, 2022
Evelyn Lesitta Riddle, 95, of Topeka, was called to her Eternal Life on Friday, February 25, 2022.Evelyn was born in Portland, Oregon on December 1, 1926, the daughter of Abelona Elsabe and Roy K. Robertson.The family made their home in Coos Bay, Oregon until Evelyn's mother contracted Tuberculosis. Her father returned to Portland to work, while she and her mother...
Lois M. Birt
Feb 24, 2022
Lois M. Birt, 83, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022.She was born July 24, 1938, in Wyoming, the daughter of Dale and Agnes Nicodemus. She graduated from Burns (WY) High School and attended Washburn University. Lois was employed by Shaw, Hergenreter, Quarnstrom and Kocher for over 40 years. Mrs. Birt was a member of the Moose Lodge of...
Evelyn Rey Griffith
Feb 23, 2022
Evelyn Rey Griffith, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022.She was born February 23, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Joshua and Kasey (Donley) Griffith. Survivors include her parents; sisters, Aurora and Emma Griffith of Topeka; grandparents Ron and Lona Donley of Colby, KS and Charles and Loretta Griffith of NC; great-grandmother Evelyn Marie Donley of Colby, KS;...
Doris M. Greene
Feb 22, 2022
Doris M. Greene, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Brewster Place in Topeka. She was born January 10, 1928, in Oskaloosa, Kansas, the daughter of Earl Henry and Edna Winifred (Hunn) Montgomery. Doris attended school in Valley Falls, Kansas. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dusty, and her three siblings, Lloyd (Russell) Montgomery,...
Marion Gladys Jester
Feb 21, 2022
Gladys Jester, 88, living in Topeka, Kansas, for the past eight years, but truly at heart, a "'Teaguer," passed away the morning of February 21, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. Gladys was predeceased by her parents, her brothers Eddie and John Peterman, and sister, "Sis" Niminricter, and Gladys's husband, Frank Jester, and her daughter, Holly Merritt. She is...
Chris Lee Vanatta
Feb 21, 2022
Chris L. VanAtta, 71, of Salina, passed away Monday, February 21, 2022.He was born October 31, 1950, the son of Harold and Inez (Higgs) VanAtta. He graduated from Ponca City High School in 1969. He later went on to further his education at Northern Oklahoma College.Chris was employed by Hobby Lobby for 28 years, retiring in 2017. During his time...
Jacob Lucus Aiken
Feb 20, 2022
Jacob Lucus Aiken, 7 months, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2022. He was born June 24, 2021 in Topeka, the son of Jeannie L. Hinton and Aarren R. Aiken, Sr.Survivors include his parents, siblings, Gavin Goslin, Benjamin Hinton, and Aarren Aiken, Jr., maternal grandparents, Donald and Diana Parkhurst, paternal grandfather, Robert Aiken.Jacob was preceded in death by...
Jacqueline Carol Cockrill
Feb 20, 2022
Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there; I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glints on snow,I am the sun on ripened grain,I am the gentle autumn rain.When you awaken in the morning's hushI am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flight.I am the soft stars that shine...
James L. Hirsch
Feb 19, 2022
James L. Hirsch, 74, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 9, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John and Katherine (Williams) Hirsch.James graduated from Willow Brook High School in Villa Park, Illinois in 1965. He was an Army Veteran during the Vietnam War. He had resided in Topeka...
Shirley Faye Seastrom
Feb 19, 2022
Shirley Faye (Jolly) Seastrom, 86, Burlingame, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022 at Peterson Assisted Living in Osage City.She was born August 23, 1935, in Scranton, Kansas, the daughter of Everett and Mildred (Rice) Jolly. She graduated from Burlingame High School in 1953.On August 18, 1953, she married Roland "Snerd" Seastrom in Burlingame, Kansas. He preceded her in death December...
Earl William Bracken
Feb 18, 2022
On Friday, July 23, 1943, Earl Bracken was born in Topeka, KS, to Clyde and Alyce Bracken. Earl was their firstborn and was the light of their life. Alyce fondly referred to him as 'babe,' and to him, she was 'muz.' The bond he had with his parents and especially with his mom would be Earl's guide in the decades...
