Obituaries

Vena Willingham

Vena Willingham

Nov 24, 2021

Vena M. Willingham, 86, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at her home in Topeka.

Vena was born December 11, 1934, in St. Marys, the daughter of Edward and Martha Mullen Rogers.  She grew up in St. Marys, attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Grade School and graduated from St. Marys High School.

Vena was employed by the...

Catherine Wild

Catherine Wild

Nov 22, 2021

Catherine Ann “Kay” Wild, 85, passed away Monday, November 22, 2021, at the St. Marys Manor.

Kay was born July 28, 1936, at home in rural Jackson County Kansas, the daughter of John T. and Catherine V. O’Connor Jacobson.  She grew up in Delia where she attended grade school and moved to Topeka where she attended Sacred...

Beth Boudreau

Beth Boudreau

Nov 20, 2021

Beth Ann Boudreau, 61, passed away Saturday, November 20, 2021, at a Topeka Hospital.

Beth was born January 25, 1960, in Rome NY, the daughter of James F. and Billie J. Waetzig Boudreau.  She had lived in Topeka many years.

Beth was preceded in death by her father, James Boudreau, and her grandparents.

She...

Gerald Golberg

Gerald Golberg

Nov 19, 2021

Gerald “Jerry” Patrick Golberg peacefully passed away on November 19, 2021 after having received the last sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.  Surrounded by his loving family and friends praying the rosary, he blessed himself with the sign of the cross and clung to his rosary.

Jerry was born in Rochester, Minnesota to Selmar Leonard Golberg and Ethel...

Julia Kabance

Julia Kabance

Nov 16, 2021

Julia Y. Kabance, of St. Mary’s, KS, received her last rites and died peacefully in her sleep on November 16, 2021, at the age of 111. She was the oldest living member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, a great source of pride for her. She was also the oldest known female US veteran, having served in both the...

Lieu Alvarez

Lieu Alvarez

Nov 8, 2021

Lieu Alvarez was born on 12 January, 1943 in Phan Thiet, Viet Nam. She was the second of 12 children. She was raised a Buddhist though the family had contact with the French colonialists and as an extension, the Catholic Faith though only peripherally. Yet the family respected the foreign occupiers and emulated them in business though not in...

Joan Smith

Joan Smith

Nov 5, 2021

Joan (Coogan) Smith, 86, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at her home.

She was born February 2, 1935 in Newark, New Jersey the daughter of Edward J. and Eva Leitheuser Coogan.

Requiem Mass will be at 10:30 A.M. Friday, November 12, 2021 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Burial will be in Mt....

Jerome Werick

Jerome Werick

Nov 4, 2021

Jerome Patrick Werick, 38, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.

Patrick was born to Kevin and Carol Ekman Werick in Topeka, on August 18, 1983.  He graduated from St. Marys Academy in 2001.  After years of travel and doing odd-jobs here and there, he studied at Kansas State University, Manhattan, and earned a BS in 2009, with a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing.

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Carlon Neuendorf II

Carlon Neuendorf II

Nov 3, 2021

Carlon E. “Tigg” Neuendorf II, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021, in Topeka.

He was born July 15, 1984, inTopeka, the son of Carlon E. and Cathy VandeVelde Neuendorf.  Tigg was raised in Northeast Kansas and graduated from Lyndon High School where he played baseball, basketball and was an all-state football player. Tigg attended Washburn University in...

Michael Paulsen

Michael Paulsen

Nov 3, 2021

Michael "Mike/Moose" Paulsen, 52, of Rossville, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at his rural Rossville home, surrounded by his family.

He was born January 28, 1969, in Manhattan KS, and grew up in the Saint Marys community. He was a graduate of Saint Marys High School in 1987. He attended Junior College at Butler Community College...

Aaron Petit

Aaron Petit

Oct 31, 2021

Aaron Michael Petit, 36, passed away on October 31, 2021, from complications from a head injury.

He was born in Glens Falls, NY on July 17, 1985, to Leo and Denise Petit. Aaron grew up in St. Mary’s from the time he was three years old and was often seen accompanying his dad on jobs around town....

Lawrence Garcia Jr.

Lawrence Garcia Jr.

Oct 30, 2021

Lawrence Rodriguez Garcia Jr., 67, passed away Saturday, October 30, 2021, at his home in St. Marys, Kansas.

He was born October 22, 1954, at Monterey, CA., the son of Lawrence Garcia Sr., and Dolores Rodriguez Garcia.  Lawrence was raised in Brawley, CA.

Mr. Garcia was an assistant manager for the State of California Department of...

Shane Hier

Shane Hier

Oct 23, 2021

Shane D. Hier, 54, Maple Hill passed away on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021.

Shane was born November 6,1966 in Swedish Hospital, Englewood, Colorado. He lived in Sedalia, Colorado until the family moved to Maple Hill when he was 6 years old.

He attended St. Mary’s High School, graduating in 1985. Shane was very athletic and...

Gene Allen

Gene Allen

Oct 18, 2021

Gene G. “Pete” Allen, 84, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021, at his home on the Allen Farm.

He was born August 20, 1937, at Topeka the son of Ross and Lavina Johnson Allen.

He was raised in the Silver Lake community and graduated from Silver Lake High School. He graduated from Kansas State University...

Donald Remington

Donald Remington

Oct 10, 2021

Donald D. “Don” Remington, 84, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021, at Stormont Vail Hospital.

Don was born February 22, 1937, at Carbondale the son of Noble C. and Florence E. Rowe Remington.  He had lived in the rural Carbondale community all of his life.

Don was a farmer and had worked at Gregg Tire...

Ron Jacenko

Ron Jacenko

Oct 7, 2021

Ron Edward Jacenko, 64, Topeka, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born the son of Frank and Elizabeth Jacenko on April 13, 1957, in Denver CO.  He grew up on a farm near Minneapolis.  Ron served in the United States Army.

Ron had lived in El Paso,...

Gloria Minnis

Gloria Minnis

Oct 5, 2021

Gloria K. Minnis, 65, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born April 1, 1956, at Spokane, WA, the daughter of John and Carol Huxtable Lentis.  She was raised in Omaha, NE and graduated from Omaha High School.  Gloria graduated from the University of Nebraska in Omaha with a master's degree...

Anita Janssen

Anita Janssen

Sep 25, 2021

Anita Harris Holladay Janssen, 89 formerly of rural Emmett, died Saturday, September 25, 2021, in Centralia.

She was born December 10, 1931, at Ancon, Canal Zone, the eldest daughter of

Homer Roy and Alberta Patricia Powers Harris. She attended Canal Zone schools, graduating in 1949 from Balboa High School. She attended Park College in Parkville,...

LaDorna Smith

LaDorna Smith

Sep 24, 2021

St. Marys—LaDorna Rae “Corky” Smith, 90, St. Marys, passed away Friday, September 24, 2021 at the St. Marys Manor.

She was born October 31, 1930, in Lola Township Cherokee County, Kansas to Paul A. and Beulah G. Crane Richards.  She was raised in Oswego, and graduated from Oswego High School in 1948.  She had lived in the...

Larry Nider

Larry Nider

Sep 23, 2021

Rossville—Larry R. “Bepa” Nider, 81, passed away on Thursday, September 23, 2021, from Covid complications.

Larry was born September 23, 1940, at Waterville, the son of Vernon and Emma Henrich Nider.  He was raised at Blue Rapids and graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1958.

Larry was a Carman and later a welding supervisor...

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