Melvin Leroy Lewis
May 16, 2008
Topeka-Melvin Leroy "Anik-son" Lewis, 63, of Topeka, passed away Friday, May 16, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born July 26, 1944 in Manhattan, KS the son of Frank and Martha McKinney Lewis. Melvin retired after many years in the construction business. He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and had attended Our Lady...
Pamela Kay Mcmaster
May 15, 2008
HOLTON- Pamela Kay McMaster, 50, of Topeka, formerly of Holton, died Thursday, May 15, 2008. She was born August 12, 1957 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Bennie Ray and Alice Massey McMaster. She graduated from Holton High School in 1976 and received a physical therapy degree from Penn-Foster College. She was a CMA at Holton Manor, Jackson County Nursing...
Thurza E. Koger
May 15, 2008
Thurza E. Koger, 85, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, May 15 at St. Francis Health Center. She was born October 4, 1922 in Holton, the daughter of William Edward and Laura Bunker Ellis. Thurza was a 1940 graduate of Topeka High School and also attended KSU for 2 years. She was a homemaker and also worked for KSU in the...
Celestine "Sally" Maxwell Carey
May 14, 2008
CELESTINE MAXWELL "SALLY" CAREY Celestine Maxwell "Sally" Carey, 90, Topeka, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at St. Francis Health Center. She was born April 15, 1918, at Liebenthal, the daughter of Peter and Rose Schaffer Legleiter. She graduated from La Crosse Rural High School in 1937. She was the credit manager for Topeka Gas Co., retiring in 1981 after 33...
Warren E. Priest
May 8, 2008
Warren E. Priest, 79, of Whiting, died Thursday, May 8, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. He was born August 21, 1928 in Whiting, KS. He was the son of Walton and Myrtle Priest. He graduated from Whiting High School in 1946 and later graduated from Washburn University. He was a rural mail carrier for 37 years and also worked as...
Jerry Bontrager
May 7, 2008
HOLTON-Gerald L. "Jerry" Bontrager, 71, of Holton passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at his home. He was born on November 26, 1936, in Wetmore, KS. He was the son of Donald and Helen Meers Bontrager. He was a 1955 graduate of Holton High School. He lived in Wichita, KS from 1976-2000 and was a marketing manager for Derby...
Milton Lee Royer
Apr 30, 2008
MILTON LEE ROYER Milton Lee, Royer, 84, Valley Falls, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the Jefferson County Memorial Geriatric Center in Winchester. He was born Nov. 4, 1923, in the Coal Creek Community, north of Valley Falls, the son of Clark and Orpha Dickey Royer. He attended Valley Falls High School and served in the US Army Air Corp...
Brian Gene Murphy
Apr 28, 2008
HOLTON-Brian Gene Murphy, 49, of Holton, passed away April 28, 2008 at his home. He was born November 2, 1958 in Abilene, KS the son of Delbert and Lena Rowe Murphy. He lived in the Holton community for 13 years and previously lived in Topeka. He worked as a heavy duty floor tech. He was last employed at Harrah's Casino...
Leonard A. Mcdaniel
Apr 27, 2008
Leonard A. McDaniel, 92, of Circleville passed away April 27, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born February 17, 1916 in Wetmore, KS, the son of Verne and Ruth Baird McDaniel. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1935. After graduation he served in the United States Navy from 1936 – 1946 and was honorably discharged...
Edward H. Small
Apr 20, 2008
Edward H. Small, 89, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at a Topeka Care Home. He was born October 24, 1918, in Portland, ME, the son of Sherwood P. and Beatrice Planck Small. He had a Bachelor's Degree in History from Kansas State University. He was a Curator for the Kansas State Historical Society. He served in the Army Air Corp...
Joseph S. Rogers
Apr 20, 2008
Holton-Joseph S. Rogers, 90,died Sunday, April 20, 2008. He was born on April 8, 1918, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Glenn and Martha A. Whittier Rogers. Later the family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Topeka and then Leavenworth, Kansas. Joe graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1937 where he participated in R.O.T.C. He contracted polio as a sophomore and missed a...
Rex L. Fisher
Apr 19, 2008
Rex L. Fisher, 74, formerly of Topeka and Soldier, died Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Topeka. He was born October 12, 1933 in Soldier, KS, the son of Paul and Bernice Schantz Fisher. He was the co-owner of Perine Iron Works in Topeka until his retirement in 2005. He graduated from Soldier High School in 1951. He was a veteran...
Eva Ann Pickard
Apr 17, 2008
Shawnee Mission, KS- Eva Ann McCluskey Pickard, 94, of Shawnee Mission, KS and wife of the late Dr. Nicholas Stark Pickard, passed away April 17, 2008 at her home after a long illness. She was born on 57th St. in the Country Club district of Kansas City on March 20th, 1914 the daughter of William Rutland and Eva Halsell McCluskey....
Elizabeth "Betty" R. Braum
Apr 14, 2008
Elizabeth R. "Betty" Braum, 95, Denison, KS, died Monday, April 14, 2008, at Village Shalom in Overland Park. She was born on Oct. 13, 1912, at Pittsburgh, PA, the daughter of Wyman S. and Edna Anderson Robb. She graduated from Perry High School in 1930 and received a library science education degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1934. She...
June Campbell
Apr 14, 2008
E. June Campbell, passed away April 14, 2008 at her home in Hoyt. She was born January 24, 1928 in Braddyville, IA the daughter of Boyd Clay and Bessie Weston Collins. She had lived in the Hoyt community since 1972 and had previously lived in Falls City, NE. June was a homemaker and a member of the Lakeview Faith Chapel...
Ralph A. Martinez
Apr 10, 2008
Ralph "Sonny" Martinez, 51, of Topeka, KS passed away April 10, 2008 at his home in Topeka. He was born November 9, 1956 in Topeka, KS the son of Logie R. and Zelda I. Mitchell Martinez. He graduated from Topeka High School and had attended Haskell University. He was a nurses aide for KNI in Topeka and he worked for...
Bill Szuwalski
Apr 8, 2008
SZUWALSKI DENISON-William "Bill" Hadley Szuwalski, 46, of Denison, KS, passed away April 8, 2008 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, KS. He was born July 10, 1961 in Palmdale, CA the son of Bill and Joan Hadley Szuwalski. He had lived in Denison since 1987 and had previously lived in Topeka. He worked for Vincent Roofing in Topeka and was...
Herman Duane "Sonny" Senn
Apr 3, 2008
H.D. "Sonny" Senn VALLEY FALLS- Herman Duane "Sonny" Senn, 76, Valley Falls, died Thursday, April 3, 2008, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Aug. 5, 1931, west of Valley Falls, the son of Herman L. and Virginia Van Druff Senn. He graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1949 and had attended Washburn University. He served in the U.S....
Delmus Dean Jenkins
Apr 3, 2008
MAYETTA-Delmus Dean Jenkins, 69, of Mayetta, KS passed away April 3, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born September 4, 1938 in Holton, KS the son of John Alfred and Hazel Owen Hughes Jenkins. He had worked at BMB Inc. in Holton, Dupont/Flexel in Topeka, Beatrice Foods and Quaker in Topeka. Mr. Jenkins married Sharon Harmon...
Maynard Leo Potts
Apr 3, 2008
MAYETTA-Maynard Leo "Naw kweh ki shek" Potts, 92, of Mayetta, KS passed away April 3, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born October 27, 1915 in Skunk Hill, WI, the son of Joseph William and Rosann Lasley Potts. He has lived in the Mayetta/ Potawatomi Reservation community since 1919. He served in the United States Army...
