Irene Hughes
Irene Lena Hughes, 91, of Topeka passed away Friday June 4, 2004. She was born to Stephen and Ida Schurle Beninga on the family homestead near Riley, KS on April 13, 1913. Irene attended the country Harmony school, then attended and graduated from Riley Rural High School. She also attended and graduated from business school in Topeka. Irene was a...
George Omer Price, Jr.
George Omer "Bud" Price, Jr., 82, of Topeka, died Friday, June 4, 2004 at his residence. He was born on November 10, 1921 in Topeka the son of George O. and Helen Lavina Etzel Price, Sr. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1940. He attended Navy Fire Control School in Washington, D.C. He was a Navy Veteran of...
Gerald E. Dunivan
DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS 1. Full Name: Gerald E. "Jerry" Dunivan Age: 60 Years Sex: Male2. Current address: Of Topeka3. Date of death: Wednesday , June 2, 2004 4 Place of death: His residence 6. Date of birth: August 13, 1943 Place of birth: Corpus Christi, TX 6.b. Parents: Orville B. and Bertie McGee...
Duff Wagoner
Duff D. Wagoner III, 63, Topeka, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at a Topeka Hospital.He was born May 14, 1941, in Denver, the son of the Reverend Dr. Duff D. Wagoner Jr. and Mattie Esther Tally-Wagoner.He was a graduate of Parsons High School and Emporia State University.Mr. Wagoner was a beloved teacher and counselor in the Topeka area for 41...
Wilbur Leroy Loney
Wilbur Leroy Loney, 80, Topeka, passed away Saturday, May 29, 2004, at a the Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center. He was born March 28, 1924 in Akron, CO to an evangelist, Wyatt Leroy "Roy" and Velma (Cox) Loney.During WWII, Mr. Loney was employed at Luke Field, AZ; later to be named Luke Air Force Base. He was a United States...
Melvina Louise Nickerson
DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS 1. Full Name: Melvina Louise Nickerson Age: 80 Years Sex: Female2. Current address: Of Wakarusa3. Date of death: Saturday , May 29, 2004 4 Place of death: A Topeka hospital 6. Date of birth: November 17, 1923 Place of birth: Manhattan, Kansas 6.b. Parents: Melvin & Camellia Rickard 7. Background:...
Helen Marshall
Helen Marshall died Saturday, May 29, 2004. She was the daughter of George and Jennie Devlin Christman. Her entire life was spent in Topeka where she attended the Topeka Public Schools. She was a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she was affiliated with Sigma Kappa social sorority and a lifetime member of the Alumni Association and the Williams...
Thomas J. Morgan
DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS1. Full Name: Thomas J. "Tom" Morgan Age: 82 Years Sex: Male2. Current address: Of Topeka3. Date of death: Saturday , May 29, 2004 4 Place of death: A Topeka hospital 6. Date of birth: January 1, 1922 Place of birth: Grantville, KS 6.b. Parents: Earl H. and Ruth M. Freshwater...
Thomas Rohrer
Thomas E. (Tom) Rohrer, 59, of Topeka, died peacefully May 22, 2004 at the Topeka Midland Hospice House. He was born September 21, 1944, in Centralia, MO, the son of Donald J. & Ethlyn L. Holtwick Rohrer. He was a member of the Church of God Holiness.Tom served in the United States Army 1961 through 1964. After getting out of...
Emma Jeandrum Tilley
Emma Jane Drum Tilley, 76, of Topeka passed away Saturday, May 22, 2004 in Midland Hospice. She was born in Emporia on March 20, 1928 the daughter of Linza and Marjorie Barncord Drum.Jane graduated from Emporia State Teacher's College in 1949. She was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority, a charter member of Topeka Advertising Club, Queen of Job's...
Jean Elizabeth Mellinger
Jean Elizabeth, Mellinger, 85, of Topeka died Friday, May 21, 2004 at Lexington Park.Mrs. Mellinger was born December 31, 1918 in Scandia, the daughter of Raymond Eugene and Sena Cooper Tingstrom. She graduated from Scandia High School in 1936 and attended Stricklers Business College in Topeka.She worked for the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association for 18 years and for Services for the...
Rose Marie Linton
Rose Marie Linton, 93, Topeka, died Friday, May 21, 2004 at the home of her daughter.She was born April 13, 1911 in Springfield, IL, the daughter of Frank and Augusta Lippon. She lived all her life in the Springfield area until coming to Topeka in February of this year.Mrs. Linton managed the Linton farm in Pawnee, IL for many years.She...
Cleora Mangoldncnees Miller
Cleora Mangold McNees MillerWent home to be with her Lord and Savior on May 19, 2004, at the age of 89. Surrounded by her family, she slipped peacefully into eternity at Stormont-Vail hospital. She was born in 1915, was educated and taught school in Vassar, Kansas. She was married to Charles Albert McNees and they moved to California where they...
Sarah Thacher Mcneive
Sarah Thacher McNeive, 72, Topeka, died peacefully Monday, May 17.Born July 17, 1931 in Waterville, Kansas, to Phil and Octavia Thacher, she was a life-long resident of Topeka. She attended Randolph Elementary, Boswell Junior High and Topeka High Schools, graduating with the THS class of 1949. Following two years at Colorado College where she became a Delta Gamma, she returned...
Ok Kim
"The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want"OK Kim, 79, Topeka, went home to be with the Lord. She was born on December 15, 1924 (June 5, 1924 in Lunar) in South Korea.She immigrated to Kansas in 1975 with her son, Dong-Phil. She lived in the Topeka area for the last 29 years.Her husband, Jungsoo Kim preceded her in...
David Patrick Hays
DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS1. Full Name: David Patrick Hays Age: 64 Years Sex: Male2. Current address: Of Topeka 3. Date of death: Friday, May 14, 2004 4 Place of death: His residence 6. Date of birth: September 9, 1939 Place of birth: Oklahoma City, OK 6.b. Parents: T. J. and Sylvia P. Davenport Hays...
Richard Sterling
Richard Sterling, "Dickie", 80, Topeka, died Thursday, May 13, 2004 at his daughter's home. He was born August 2, 1923 in Blackwell, Oklahoma the son of E.D. and Annie L. Sterling. Dickie was a carpenter by trade and a member of the United Carpenters Workers of America AFLCIO #307. He worked for Kansas Sand and Gravel for five years, and...
Okla Dahlgren
Okla C. Dahlgren, 94, Topeka, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at Aldersgate Village. He was born Feb. 13, 1910 in Phillipsburg, the son of Victor Y. and Lucy M. Parker Dahlgren.He spent his early years at Norwood, MO before moving to Hamburg, Iowa. He graduated from Hamburg High School in 1929 and received a BA degree from Peru State College,...
George Doak
George L. Doak, 84, Topeka, died Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 15, 1919 in Codell in Rooks County, the son of Watt and Ora Doak. Mr. Doak served as president of the Kansas Development Credit Corporation and guided its good works in creating business and opportunity across Kansas for over 30 years. During...
Bill Miller
Mr. Bill Miller, 88, of Topeka passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2004 in a local hospital. He was born on April 3, 1916 in Pittsburg, KS the son of Purl and Orilla Light Miller.Bill graduated from Pittsburg High School and Manhattan Bible College. He retired in 1976 from the Santa Fe offices after 34 years of employment. Bill was a...
