Eva Mae Briggs
Mar 3, 2012
Eva Mae (Livingston) Briggs, 83, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. She was born on July 29, 1928 in Carbondale, Kansas to Lemuel L. and Ruth J. (McPhail) Livingston. Eva graduated from Carbondale High School. She married George Thomas Briggs on June 5, 1952 in Topeka. He preceded her in death in 1995. She...
Karen Dooley
Mar 2, 2012
Karen A. (Sanderson) Dooley, 67, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Midland Hospice. She was born on September 13, 1944 in Waterville, Kansas to K. Albert and Helen (Mills) Sanderson. On May 24, 1980, she married Leslie Paul Dooley, they were divorced December 9, 1999. Karen was a member of V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 10815...
Helen Weaver
Feb 29, 2012
Mary "Helen" Weaver, 89, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Helen was born July 5, 1922, in Terre Haute, Indiana, the daughter of Carmie and Arabelle (Boyll) Roll. She graduated high school in Higginsville, Missouri, in 1940. Helen married Buford Weaver on June 14, 1940, and they resided in Higginsville, Kansas City, KS, Ozawkie, and Topeka. She worked...
Evelyn Mae Massek
Feb 28, 2012
Evelyn Mae Massek, 87, passed away Tuesday, February 28, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Evelyn was born September 16, 1924, in Centralia, Kansas, the daughter of Daniel Henry Smith and May Ellen Smith. Evelyn graduated from Centralia High School in 1944, and moved with her mother and younger sister to Topeka, Kansas. After moving to Topeka, she married Walter L. North,...
Dorothy E. Griffin
Feb 23, 2012
Dorothy E. Griffin, 82, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012.Dorothy was born March 19, 1929, in Cameron, TX, daughter of Albin and Anna (Hampel) Kleiber. She attended Wheaton and Onaga Public Schools, and Strickler Business College. Dorothy worked for Santa Fe Railroad until her retirement in 1973. She served on the Kansas Board of Agriculture from 1959-1969.Dorothy was...
Lester Brammer, Jr.
Feb 20, 2012
Lester Brammer, Jr., 73, Topeka, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at a local hospital. Lester was born May 7, 1938 in Waterville, the son of Lester and Dorothy (Merk) Brammer, Sr. He was raised by his grandparents, Frank and Maude (Dodson) Brammer. He graduated from Waterville High School in 1956. He was employed as a Security Officer with...
Sarah M. Senner
Feb 19, 2012
Sarah M. Senner, 104, of St. Joseph, MO, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her home. Born October 20, 1907 in Maitland, MO, the daughter of Marvin P. and Maud V. Kneale Meadows, she grew up on her parents' farm in Cloud Co, KS. Sarah taught school in Kansas for 37 years, beginning in a...
Robert A. Cooper
Feb 19, 2012
Robert A. "Bob" Cooper, 90, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012.Bob was born on June 16, 1921, in Oklahoma City, OK, son of Robert E. and Henrietta (Wright) Cooper. He served in the US Air Force during WWII. Bob married Margaret Keller on July 19, 1941. He worked for Stauffer Publications for 34 years, retiring as a district...
Jean Stone
Feb 19, 2012
Jean Perry Stone, 89, of Topeka, formerly of Kansas City, KS, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012. She was born November 10, 1922 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of James Grant and Sadie Belle (Ashlock) Perry. She was a 1940 graduate of Wyandotte High School. She attended Kansas City Kansas Junior College. Jean was employed by Brotherhood State Bank...
Richard Jones
Feb 17, 2012
Richard L. Jones, 76, of Tecumseh, passed away Friday, February 17, 2012.He was born January 31, 1936, in Topeka, the son of Lloyd & Mary (Gieber) Jones.Richard was a graduate of Perry High School.Mr. Jones was employed by M. Katch & Company for 35 years before retiring. Richard married Kaaren Luetje on July 29, 1961, in Topeka, she survives. Other...
Frances Braun
Feb 17, 2012
Marian Frances Braun, 86, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2012 at Atria Hearthstone. She was born on August 27, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of James T. and Eva S. (King) Lyons. Frances graduated from Emporia High School and received her Bachelor's degree from College of Emporia in 1947. She taught in Cullison and Reading, Kansas....
Wendy Sellards
Feb 14, 2012
Wendy Elizabeth Sellards, 52, of Topeka, passed away February 14, 2012.She was born January 17, 1960 in Topeka, the daughter of James E. & Joanna (Fisher) Sellards.She was a graduate of Topeka High School and attended Washurn University and Kansas University, studying music. She sang in the choruses of all three schools and had a passion for singing.Wendy was employed...
Ronald Schrock
Feb 14, 2012
Ronald "Gene" Schrock, 82, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012. He was born August 5, 1929 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Everett Earl and Velma Gertrude (Simpson) Schrock. He was a 1947 graduate of Topeka High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Mr. Schrock was employed by Montgomery Elevator Company...
Sharon Lyn Mcfall
Feb 12, 2012
Sharon Lyn McFall, 69, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2012. Sharon was born July 7, 1942 in Abilene, the daughter of Clyde and Irene (Ward) Knoll. She graduated from Hayden High School. She was raised in the Catholic Church. She worked as a Nurses aide for several area nursing homes, including Topeka Convalescent Center, United Methodist Home and...
Hope Myers
Feb 11, 2012
Hope Myers, 55, of Carbondale, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012. Hope was born September 30, 1956, in Fort Carson, CO, daughter of Norris Melton and Hazel (Harris) Banes. She was united in marriage to Joel Myers on June 5, 1976, in Junction City. Hope worked for over twenty years at Northrop-Grumman Advanced Information Systems, Topeka. She is survived by...
William D. Petrie
Feb 11, 2012
William D. "Bill" Petrie, 82, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Clare Bridge of Topeka.Bill was born September 29, 1929 in Aims, KS, the son of Dean and Mable (Mosher) Petrie. He grew up in the Meriden community. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.He worked in sales all of his life and was...
Gale M. Curtis
Feb 9, 2012
Gale Mildred Curtis, 91, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at a local hospital.Gale was born January 6, 1921 in Onaga, the daughter of Edward and Ida (Tesssendorf) Brunkow. Her family moved to Topeka where her father became owner of the White Lakes Golf Course. At an early age, Gale learned to play and perfect her golf game....
John A. Lynch, M.D.
Feb 6, 2012
John A. Lynch, M.D., 81, of Topeka, passed away Monday, February 6, 2012.John Anthony Lynch was born March 27, 1930, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, son of Earl and Alice (Donahoe) Lynch. He graduated from Corpus Christi High School, Fort Dodge. John then obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1951, and medical degree from St. Louis...
Benjamin Bahner
Feb 4, 2012
Benjamin "Ben" Arthur Bahner, 87, of Emporia, KS, passed away on February 4, 2012, at Presbyterian Manor Assisted Living Apartment complex. Ben was born July 27, 1924, in Wamego, KS, to Joseph Bahner and Amanda Buchmeier Bahner. He served in the United States Army and married Marilyn Ilene Senne in 1948. She survives and they enjoyed 63 years of life...
