Georgiann P. Reed
Mar 22, 2023
Georgiann "George" P. Reed, 79, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023.She was born January 16, 1944, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of George and Edith (Zorzin) Poulignot. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1962. After high school, she attended Ft. Hays State University. Georgiann was employed as the Administrative Assistant at Fairlawn Heights Nursing Facility. She...
Lois Irene Axelton
Mar 22, 2023
Lois Axelton, 78, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.She was born October 29th, 1944, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Elmer and Lucile (Carlson) Axelton. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday April 1, 1945. She started grade school in Olsburg, KS and graduated from Topeka High School.She spent the...
Sandra Kuone
Mar 21, 2023
Sandra "Sandy" Daniels Kuone, 71, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023.She was born May 28, 1951, in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of Robert and Jo Ann (Rosenbalm) Daniels. She graduated from Southeast High School in 1969. Sandy was employed by Josten's for 26 years as a Production View Technician. Sandy collected year bears. She also loved watching the...
David John Forbes
Mar 21, 2023
David John Forbes, 66, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023.He was born December 19, 1956, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Robert and Nadine (Gillaspy) Forbes. He grew up in the Carbondale area and graduated from Santa Fe Trail High School in 1975. He attended KAW Valley Technical College where he studied mechanics and welding. He enjoyed farming...
Charles Eugene Hill
Mar 19, 2023
Charles Eugene Hill was born on April 6, 1929 in Rapid City, South Dakota and passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 93 years of age. Charles "Chuck", as his friends called him, was the only child of Charles Wyman and Sarah Annette (Moats) Hill. Growing up his father worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and the family moved...
Quincy Melvon Miller
Mar 18, 2023
Quincy Melvon Miller, 87, of Osage City, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023.He was born December 7, 1935, in Silver Lake, Kansas, the son of Ralph and Irene (Brockish) Miller. He graduated from Rossville High School in 1954 and served in the Army in 1959 & 60. He was stationed in Germany.Quincy was employed at GoodYear Tire & Rubber...
Sue Bell
Mar 17, 2023
Sue Bell, 86, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 17, 2023.She was born September 5, 1936, in Whelen Springs, Arkansas, the daughter of Willis and Violet (Ursury) Shankles. She graduated from Gurdon High School. Sue married Kenneth "Kenny" R. Bell on July 17, 1953 in Gurdon, AR. Kenny was drafted into the US Army, and so they decided to marry...
Robert Louis Holstein
Mar 15, 2023
Robert Louis Holstein, 50, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023. His legacy will carry on through his courteous donation to Midwest Transplant as an organ and tissue donor.He was born November 13, 1972, on Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, the son of James Thomas and Wilma (Tuckwin) Holstein, Sr. He graduated from Leary School. Through...
Larry W. Cutsinger
Mar 14, 2023
Larry Wayne Cutsinger, 74, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2023.He was born April 27, 1948, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Everett and Vera (Burress) Cutsinger. He graduated from Washburn Rural High School. He worked for M. Katch and Company as a scrapyard supervisor and owned and managed numerous rental properties.Larry was a jack of all trades and...
Gayle L. Vernon
Mar 12, 2023
Gayle L. Vernon, 92, of Topeka passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023.He was born May 9, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Louis and Pearl (Wright) Vernon. He attended a one room schoolhouse in Pauline, Kansas and graduated from Washburn Rural High School. The first in his family to go to college, he graduated from Kansas State University with...
Eileen Metzler
Mar 11, 2023
Eileen May (Olson) Metzler, 97, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023 in Topeka, KSEileen was born on April 27, 1926 to Lewis Olson and Delia Lagoo in International Falls, MN.She married Raymond (Shorty) Metzler in Vancouver, WA on May 11,1945. Shortly thereafter they moved to Topeka to start a family. They welcomed four children; Linda, Jerry, Cheryl and Susan.Eileen grew...
Carmon C. Mcghee
Mar 11, 2023
Carmon "Mac" McGhee, 85, of Denison, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023.He was born October 24, 1937, in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Louis and May (Garrett) Bowman. He attended Burlington High School. Mac joined the United States Navy when he was 17. He stationed on several Naval Ships, including USS Bolster, USS Hancock and USS Bonhomme Richard. He served...
Delores Irene Kneisel
Mar 8, 2023
Delores Kneisel, 89, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023.She was born November 18, 1933, in Horton, Kansas, the daughter of Phillip and Lillian (Moddelmog) Kneisel.Survivors include three sisters, and a niece. She was preceded in death by her Parents and three sisters.A Funeral Ceremony will be 2:00 pm., Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran...
Percy Dwayne Powell
Mar 7, 2023
Percy Powell, 78, of Topeka, Kansas passed away March 7, 2023 at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born in Brownsville, TN to Percy Powell Sr and Opal Marshall on July 28, 1944. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and Brownsville, TN. His family moved to Topeka in 1960, his forever home....
Bette Bossler
Mar 3, 2023
Bette Louise Bossler, 98, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023.She was born December 24, 1924, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob and Bessie (Weible) Schlotthauer. She grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas, graduated from Hutchinson High School, attended Hutchinson Junior College and graduated from Kansas State University. After graduation, Bette worked as a social worker in Shawnee County...
Joyce L. Markham
Mar 3, 2023
Joyce Lee (Ginder) Markham, 74, of Topeka, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023.She was born July 16, 1948, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Jack and Mabel (Sayler) Ginder. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1966 and attended a summer Spanish program at Ibero Universidad in Mexico City, Mexico in 1969. She graduated from Washburn University in 1971 with...
Jim Freel
Mar 3, 2023
Jim Freel passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023. He was born on February 27, 1923, the son of James and Ruby (Bixby) Freel.Jim attended Topeka schools and graduated from Topeka High School in May of 1941. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on February 1, 1943. He attended the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego, California...
Valerie Jane Pritchard Maloney
Mar 2, 2023
Valerie Jane Pritchard Maloney, age 60, died of cancer on March 2, 2023, in Independence, MO. She is survived by her husband, Jeff Maloney, sons Samuel (Sam) and Jesse, and siblings Jim Pritchard, Ann Duffy, Cindy Stafford, Michelle Stafford, Susan Stafford, and Tracy Maloney.Born and raised in Topeka, KS, Valerie went on to graduate from Washburn University with a full...
Marjorie Louise Underhill
Mar 2, 2023
Marjorie Louise (Schaffer) Underhill, 85, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Lexington Park Health and Rehab, after a short illness.She was born July 28, 1937, in Cassoday, Kansas, to Byron Schaffer and Peggy (Cornwall) Shaffer. Marjorie's mother, Peggy, later married Wayne Manka. She graduated from Cassoday High School. Marjorie (Marge) married Dale Loren Underhill on June...
Douglass Bernard Johnson
Feb 24, 2023
Douglass Bernard Johnson passed away peacefully on February 24, 2023, at his home in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He was born on March 26, 1952, to the late Joe Dell Johnson and Emmy Lou (Milner) Johnson Thorp, in Salina, Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Becky Johnson, children Melissa (Tom) Randles, Auburn, Kansas; Joe Johnson, Great Lakes, Illinois; Doug...
