Obituaries

Apr 25, 2017

Dolores M. Floersch, 88, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born August 27, 1928 at St. Marys, one of 13 children of the late John and Mary Brunin Dohrman. Dolores was employed by USD No. 321 at the Delia Schools many years. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in...

Apr 24, 2017

George Michael Fredericks, 55, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Community Hospital in St. Marys. He was born October 20, 1961 at Long Island, NY. George lived in New York and moved to Florida at a young age. He lived in Florida until moving to the St. Marys community in 2011. George worked in sales at Live Watch...

Apr 19, 2017

Onaga-Jim Fulton, 81, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Onaga Health and Rehab Center. He was born July 6, 1935 at Dwight, Kansas the son of Cecil James and Josephine Hammond Fulton. He was raised in the Dwight and Council Grove communities. Jim graduated from Dwight High School in 1953 and attended Emporia State University where he played...

Apr 9, 2017

Agnes M. (Decker) DeLeye, 88, of St. Marys, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at her home. Agnes was born September 21, 1928 in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Bert and Maude (Garrett) Decker. She was a graduate of Burlington High School. She worked as a Secretary for Jackson Ice Cream Company in Hutchinson; she then worked for...

Apr 9, 2017

Rossville-Vincent Bryce "Pete" Dudney, 80, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born January 3, 1937 at Dover, the son of Vincent G. and Edna Lister Dudney. Pete graduated from Dover High School in 1955 and served in the Kansas Army National Guard. Pete worked for the Gas Service Company retiring after...

Apr 2, 2017

St. Marys-Oliver William Dredger Jr., 85, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born December 30, 1931 at Brooklyn, NY. the son of Oliver W. and Ellen Duggan Dredger. He was reared in New York and graduated from St. John's University. Mr. Dredger served in the United States Air Force as a pilot during...

Apr 1, 2017

Dudley Eugene "Del" Latham III died at Stormont Vail hospital April 1, 2017, following complications from a heart attack last fall. He was 73.

Mr. Latham was born on September 28, 1943, on Long Island, New York, to his parents Dudley Eugene, Jr. and Virginia Latham, nee Jarman.

He graduated from CW Post College, Long...

Mar 28, 2017

Rossville-Arlyn Harvey Sage, 78 passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born February 25, 1939 at Dover the son of J. Harvey and Fern V. Hickey Sage. Arlyn grew up in the Dover and Rossville communities and graduated from Rossville High School. He also was a graduate of Washburn University, Topeka. Arlyn retired...

Mar 21, 2017

William Glenn "Jack" Linder Jr, 89 of Wamego, Kansas was born in Broken Bow, NE to Glenn Linder and DeLisle Kimball Linder on March 15, 1928. He married Marrydeanne Brindell on September 21, 1948. To their union were born 3 children; Randy Glen, Rodrick Jay and Rebel Lee. Jack passed away March 21, 2017. Jack proudly served in the United...

Mar 20, 2017

Theresa Marie Sullivan was born to William M. Corcoran and Nancy Ellen Glover October 15, 1930. Marie graduated from Solomon High School in 1948, and in March of 1949, she was united in marriage to George E. Sullivan in Solomon, Kansas. With four generations at her bedside, Grandma Marie passed peacefully March 20, 2017. The visitation will be Wednesday, March...

Mar 16, 2017

Ronald Douglas Cooke, 89, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at a Topeka nursing home. He was born January 8, 1928 at Worcester, England the son of Douglas and Winifred Cooke. Mr. Cooke served in the British Merchant Navy. He and his family moved to Topeka in 1956. Mr. Cooke was a painter and had worked for Zack Taylor and...

Mar 14, 2017

St. Marys-Rose Marie "Rosie" Martin Ronnebaum, 80, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017, peacefully at home after courageously battling cancer for two years. Rosie was born in Hanover on April 2, 1936, the daughter of Margaret and Sylvester Martin. She graduated from Hanover High School. After graduation, she worked for the State of Kansas in Topeka, until she married Donald...

Mar 12, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Gentges, a long-time resident of St. Marys, died here, at the Community Hospital on March 12, 2017. She had recently been diagnosed with terminal Cancer. The only child of Charles R. Gentges and Florence E. Schwartz Gentges, Mary was born on October 14, 1947 in her parents' home town of Farmington Mo. and baptized at St. Joseph Church....

Mar 8, 2017

Rossville-Allen Leroy Rose, 86, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Colmery-O'Neil V.A. Hospital in Topeka. He was born May 26, 1930 in Metcalf, Illinois, the son of James and Dorothy Rogers Rose. Allen attended Charleston High School in Charleston, IL. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, and was wounded in combat on February 22,...

Mar 3, 2017

St. Marys-Lorene M. Rogers, 87, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born May 19, 1929 at Paxico the daughter of Aloysius H. and Pauline Hund Fry. After graduating from Paxico High School Lorene moved to Topeka and worked for Hallmark Cards until her marriage. She and her husband "Porkey" owned and...

Mar 2, 2017

Edith "Edie" Elizabeth (Glotzbach) Sack passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 in her home with family at her bedside. She was born in Paxico, to Isedor and Otillia (Meinhardt) Glotzbach July 8, 1924. She was one of 10 children. She married Lorain J. Sack June 12, 1945 in Del Rio, Texas at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. They were married 57...

Feb 21, 2017

Edwardsville-Sandra Jean "Sandy" Walker 54, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1962 at Topeka, the daughter of August and Anita M. Lemon VandeVelde. Sandy graduated from St. Marys High School and Crumb's Beauty School in Manhattan. She was a homemaker. Sandy was an organ donor. She was preceded...

Feb 10, 2017

Charles "Charlie" Martin, 88, of Silver Lake, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, February 10, 2017. He was born December 11, 1928, on a farm in Willard, KS, one of ten children of Henry Martin and Edith Burns. He attended Rossville High School. Charlie worked on the family farm and retired from Goodyear after 37 years. He was...

Feb 5, 2017

Rossville-Airman First Class Andrew T. Day, 21, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2017 at Rossville. He was born December 20, 1995 at Topeka, the son of Timothy E. and Angela Renee Irwin Day. Andrew was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School. Andrew joined the United States Air Force in 2014 and was stationed at McConnell...

Jan 28, 2017

Delia-James C. "Jim" Booth, 77, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the Community Hospital in St. Marys. He was born May 19, 1939 at Emporia, the son of Russell and Elsie Marie Shelinbarger Booth. Jim was raised in Osage County south of Osage City on the Maris Des Cygens River. After graduating from Lebo High School he attended Kansas...