Obituaries

Margareta Villagas

Margareta Villagas

Margareta Villegas, 69, Topeka, died Thursday, March 25, 2004 in Topeka at St. Francis Hospital.She was born on February 18, 1935 in Eudora, Kansas to Juan Barajas and Maglalena Gutierez. A 1953 graduate of Lawrence High School, she married Arnulfo Villegas on September 7, 1963 in Lawrence, Kansas. They made their home in Topeka.Mrs. Villegas was a member of Our...

June Frandle

June Frandle

June Ann Frandle, 80, Topeka, died Saturday, March 27, 2004 at her home.She was born June 1, 1923 in Holton, the daughter of Fred and Faye Niswander Schoonover. She lived in Topeka most of her life graduating from Topeka High School. She served in the US Navy during WW2.Mrs. Frandle was an active member of First Assembly of God Church...

Joann Cole

Joann Cole

JoAnn Boies Cole, 67, Topeka, died Thursday, March 25, 2004 at her home. She was born October 30, 1936 in Topeka, the daughter of Laurel C. and Helen Fisher Boies. She graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She recently retired from Kansas Bankers Association where she had...

Jacquelyn Kirby

Jacquelyn Kirby

Jacquelyn Elaine Kirby, 76, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas.She was born May 5, 1927, in Newton, Kansas the daughter of Arthur and Faye Olive Roberts Piper.Mrs. Kirby worked 35 years at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. She worked in the Shipping, Accounting and Human Resource Departments. She worked as a volunteer...

Wilma Jean Doerr

Wilma Jean Doerr

Wilma Jean Doerr Wilma Jean Doerr, 79, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at Peggy Kelly House in Topeka. She was born Dec. 22, 1924, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Otha Leo and Bertha Blanche Seldon Crisp. She moved to Topeka in February of 1987. Mrs. Doerr worked in the financial departments of business in Emporia and Denver. She was...

Wilma Doerr

Wilma Doerr

TOPEKA -- Nellie Marie Wyant, 79, Topeka, Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother, passed on Saturday, March 20, 2004, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas.She was born December 15, 1924, in Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Evan and Clarissa Watkins. She attended school there and graduated from Welda High School. She later attended Wichita Business College in Wichita, Kansas....

Robert Lee Anderson

Robert Lee Anderson

Robert Lee Anderson, 79, died Monday, March 22nd at Hospice House in Topeka.Robert was born Feb. 27, 1925 in Hollis, Ks to Andy & Willa Anderson. He graduated from Concordia High School. He attended El Dorado Jr. College and graduated for Kansas State University with a BS degree in Civil Engineering.He served in the United States Marine Corps in the...

Nellie Wyant

Nellie Wyant

TOPEKA -- Nellie Marie Wyant, 79, Topeka, Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother, passed on Saturday, March 20, 2004, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas.She was born December 15, 1924, in Welda, Kansas, the daughter of Evan and Clarissa Watkins. She attended school there and graduated from Welda High School. She later attended Wichita Business College in Wichita, Kansas....

James Howard Becker

James Howard Becker

James Howard Becker, 62, Topeka, died Friday, March 19, 2004 at Midland Hospice House following a long and courageous fight with cancer. James was born May 27, 1941 in Topeka, the son of the late Howard and Evelyn Chance Becker. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1959 and from Washburn University with a Business Degree.James worked as Vice President...

Ron C. Mewhinney

Ron C. Mewhinney

Ron C. Mewhinney 51, Topeka passed away March 18, 2004 at the VA Hospital in Leavenworth, KS. He was born January 13, 1953 in Ottawa, KS the son of Ceceil C. and Jacquline Abney Mewhinney. Ron graduated from Washburn Rural High School and attended Washburn University. Ron worked in paint sales in Las Vegas NV and as a painter, self...

Carolyn Blair

Carolyn Blair

Carolyn Condron Blair, 68, of Topeka, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at her residence.She was born July 26, 1935 in St. Joseph, Missouri the third daughter of Joseph William and Mary Josephine Ackenhausen Condron. At the age of 5, Carolyn began entertaining at events in Topeka singing and dancing and at the age of 9 had a private recital at...

Edith M. Richards

Edith M. Richards

Edith M. Richards 82, Topeka, passed away Friday March 12, 2004 at a Topeka Hospital. Mrs. Richards retired from the State of Kansas. She was a past President of Phi Tau Omega Chapter, Tau Kappa, also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Post 1650. She was also a member of St. David's Episcopal Church in Topeka. She...

Betty Lou Adams

Betty Lou Adams

Betty Lou Adams, 75, of Topeka passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at Midland Hospice House. She was born May 5, 1928 in Seneca, MO the daughter of Otis S. and Mary Marguarett White Nutting.Betty graduated from Lawrence Memorial High School in 1946. She worked for Hallmark and Bell Telephone; she retired from Santa Fe Railway in May 1990 after...

Elsie Zirkle

Elsie Zirkle

Elsie B. Zirkle, 96, Topeka, died Monday, March 15, 2004 at Brewster Place. She was born Jan. 24, 1908 in Tecumseh, the daughter of James O. and Grace Logan Miller.Mrs. Zirkle graduated from Topeka High School in 1927 and from Topeka Business College. She was raised in Topeka and later lived in Leavenworth and in Texarkana, TX from 1940 until...

Edith Bernice Mcbride

Edith Bernice Mcbride

DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS1. Full Name: Edith Bernice McBride Age: 90 Years Sex: Female2. Current address: Of Topeka3. Date of death: Sunday , March 14, 2004 4 Place of death: Brewster Place 6. Date of birth: March 19, 1913 Place of birth: Oklahoma City, OK 6.b. Parents: Joseph S. and Winnie M. Holt Morris7....

Ulysses Whitmore

Ulysses Whitmore

Ulysses "Whit" Whitmore 68, Topeka, passed away March 13, 2004 in Topeka. He was born August 21, 1935 in Muddyfork, Arkansas, the son of Walter and Ruby Bullock Whitmore. He attended public schools in Muddyfork and Little Rock Arkansas. He served in the US Army as a Heavy Weapons Infantryman from 1958 to 1960. While serving in the Army, he...

Kenneth Kipp

Kenneth Kipp

Mr. Kenneth G. Kipp, 87, of Topeka passed away Friday, March 12, 2004 at Plaza West Care Center. He was born August 18, 1916 in Prairie View, KS to Harry and Hattie Zwiers Kipp.Kenneth attended grade school and high school in Prairie View and business school in Denver. In Feb. 1941 he enlisted in the United States Army and served...

Jean Pritchard

Jean Pritchard

Jean Pritchard, 82, died March 8, 2004, at her home. She was born October 2, 1921 to Harold C. Place and Irma Hoyt Place. Mrs. Pritchard graduated from Topeka High School. She worked for many years as a real estate agent in Topeka, and began her career with the Kirk Company where she worked for 9 years. She later started...

Edna A. Delk

Edna A. Delk

DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS1. Full Name: Edna A. "Granny" Delk Age: 91 Years Sex: Female2. Current address: Of Ozawkie, Ks. formerly of Topeka3. Date of death: Wednesday , March 10, 2004 4 Place of death: A Topeka Hospital 6. Date of birth: September 23, 1912 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas 6.b. Parents: Edmund H....

Velda Frost

Velda Frost

Velda E. Frost, 90, Auburn, died Sunday, March 5, 2004 at an Auburn assisted living home.She was born July 21, 1913 in Clay Co., the daughter of Earl and Jessie Lewis Macy. She graduated from Clay Center High School.She married Leon M. Frost who prededed her in death on May 29, 1989. She was also preceded in death by her...

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