Obituaries

Julius Rebek

Julius Rebek

Julius Rebek died October 1, 2005 at Midland Hospice. Mr. Rebek was born Apri 20, 1914 in Korostarcsa, Hungary the son of Ruby and Paul Rebek. He is survived by his wife Eva and two sons and daughters in laws. They include Dr. Paul and Carolyn Rebek of Topeka, and Dr. Julius Jr. and Dr. Mitra Rebek of LaJolla, California....

William Hall

William Hall

William Mills HallWilliam M. Hall, 80 , Topeka, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2005 at a local care center.Bill was born December 8, 1924 in Topeka, the son of Louis S. and Elizabeth Mills Hall. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1943. Bill entered the Army Air Corp and served as a pilot during World War II. He...

Dephayne Young

Dephayne Young

DePhayne Young, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2005 at a local care home.DePhayne was born on July 26, 1920 near Beattie, the older of two children born to Joe and Elmie Miller Young.She attended a country school near Beattie and then graduated from Summerfield High School. She continued her education at Highland Community College and Kansas...

Elna Bomholt

Elna Bomholt

Elna Ione Bomholt, 66, passed away Wednesday, September 28 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.She was born November 22, 1938 in Conway Springs, the daughter of Jamie I. and Lenora Marie (Love) Jones.She was a 1956 graduate of Conway Springs High School and was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Conway Springs.She married Gary L. Bomholt on December 22,...

Gladys Mcpherson

Gladys Mcpherson

Gladys H. McPherson, 86, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at McCrite Plaza.She was born January 14, 1919 at Jamestown, TN the daughter of Jesse and Mildred Hurst Evans. She grew up and attended schools in the Valley Falls area. She married Clarence Miller McPherson November 19, 1940 at Howard, Kansas. He preceded her in death April 3,...

Wilma Ingram

Wilma Ingram

Wilma E. Ingram, 72, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at a local hospital.Wilma was born April 24, 1933 on a farm outside Tribune, to William and Letha Byerly. She was one of five children. She lived there until she completed high school and then moved to Kansas City and attended Kansas City Business College. Wilma married...

Edward &Quot;Salty&Quot; Brault

Edward &Quot;Salty&Quot; Brault

Edward "Salty" Brault, 77, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. He was born October 9, 1927 in Denver, CO; the son of Charles and Alma Brault. Edward served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was a member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 165 for 43 years. Edward married Arlene Bedell on August...

Lee Roy Howard

Lee Roy Howard

Lee Roy Howard, 84, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at a local hospital.Lee was born July 14, 1921 in Stroud, Ok the son of Lee and Emma Powers Howard. He served in the United States Army during WWII. Lee worked for J. C. Nichols in the maintenance department for 30 years, retiring in 1978. Lee married Emma...

D. Barbara Wyman

D. Barbara Wyman

D. Barbara (Moore) WymanD. Barbara Wyman, 74, passed away September 27, 2005, at Midland Hospice, Topeka, Kansas. Barbara was born in East Liverpool, Ohio on June 1, 1931, the daughter of Harry "Deane" and Beatrice Allison. She graduated from East Liverpool High School in 1949. Barbara graduated from RN training in Cleveland in 1952. She attended Anesthesia training in Pittsburgh,...

Norma Purvis Hill

Norma Purvis Hill

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Norma Purvis HillNorma Purvis Hill, of Tecumseh, passed away on Saturday September 24th. She was born on June 9, 1942 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Norman "Bud" and Pauline Huff Purvis. She attended Kansas University and Washburn University. She was a homemaker and an avid volunteer at Doorstep, the Topeka Zoo and a number of other local organizations....

Eleanor A. Daniel

Eleanor A. Daniel

Eleanor A. Daniel, 95, of Topeka, died Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Lexington Park Nursing Facility.Eleanor was born February 5, 1910 at Blue Mound, KS, the daughter of John O. and Nannie Johnson Thoms.She grew up in Osawatomie, Ks and graduated from High School there in 1929. After which, she was employed by the state before moving to Topeka in...

Doris F. Snyder

Doris F. Snyder

Doris F. Snyder, 90, of Topeka, passed away, Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Deer Park Senior Home in Meriden. She was born October 16, 1914 in Pottawatomie County, the daughter of Ora and Florence Nadeau Ditch.She retired from the State of Kansas as a clerk.Doris was married to Donald Stevens for 17 years. She later married Wilson "Bill" Snyder, May...

George Vincent

George Vincent

George Brinton "Grandpa George" Vincent, 86, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. He was born July 7, 1919 in Sterling, Kansas, the son of Stephen and Ursa Ross Vincent. George graduated from Ottawa High School in 1939. He attended Ottawa University and Kansas Sate University and then he was drafted into the U.S. Army...

Myrle Drake

Myrle Drake

Myrle Margaret Hersh DrakeMyrle Drake, 96, of Topeka, passed away, Sunday, September 25, 2005, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor.She was born June 27, 1909 in Fulton County, Ipava, Illinois the daughter of Elmer M. and Estella Huff Thomas of Emporia, Kansas. She moved to Kansas with her parents in 1917. Myrle was a graduate of Emporia High School and Emporia Business...

Doris Sheetz

Doris Sheetz

Doris A. Sheetz, 89, of Topeka, passed away Friday, September 23, 2005 at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor.She was born June 27, 1916 in Marquette, the daughter of Arvid W. and Iva B. Cutright Shuberg.She attended Topeka Public Schools. She was active at Potwin Presbyterian Church, Second Presbyterian Church, Topeka Women's Club and the Stormont-Vail Women's Auxiliary. She worked for the...

Meta Speerschneider

Meta Speerschneider

Meta Esther Speerschneider, 90, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, September 23, 2005 at Lexington Park. She was born in Linwood, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard Carl Frederick and Jennie Gustava Newman Speerschneider. She graduated in 1932 from Linwood Rural High School and attended Stricklers Business College in Topeka. Meta worked as a secretary at Kansas State University in Manhattan, from...

Stephen D. Jenyik

Stephen D. Jenyik

Stephen D. Jenyik, 53, of Topeka, passed away Friday, September 23, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center due to an extended illness.Stephen was very intellectual and enjoyed reading, music, and kindness.He is survived by one lifelong friend and ally, Rosemarie Adkins, of Topeka. No services are scheduled, however to light a candle in remembrance of Stephen's birthday on October 8, 2005...

E. Nadine Shores

E. Nadine Shores

E. Nadine Shores, 88, of Topeka, beloved aunt and friend, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2005 at a local retirement community.She was born May 27, 1917 in Osawatomie, the daughter of James and Minnie (Lemmons) Shores.Miss Shores spent her childhood in Independence, Garnett, and Burlington, Kansas, graduating from Garnett High School in 1935. She moved to Topeka in 1941. She...

Owen Renbarger

Owen Renbarger

Owen Allen Renbarger infant son of Brian and Bethany Renbarger passed away, Thursday, September 22, 2005 in NICU at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Owen was born August 30, 2005 in Topeka. Survivors include his parents Brian and Bethany Renbarger, Topeka; his brother Tyler Renbarger, Topeka; great grandparents, Glenna Walters, Topeka; Bernard McCarty, Mountain Grove, MO; Al Gentilcore, Orange, CA; grandparents, Patrick and...

Miriam Kious

Miriam Kious

Miriam P. Kious, 96, of Sequim, WA., formerly of Topeka, passed away August 30, 2005.Born in Knoxville, IA, to Levi Benjamin and Myrtle (Condit) Leonard, she moved with her family to Topeka in the early 1920's. A life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, she worked for Southwestern Bell for thirty years.Mrs. kious moved to Sequim in 1996 and...

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