Teresa Zima
Aug 16, 2017
St. Marys-Teresa Elizabeth Zima, 96, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at a Topeka Hospital. She was born October 9, 1920 at Emmett, the daughter of Albert and Anna M. Schoemann Rezac. Teresa was raised in the Emmett community and graduated from Emmett High School. Teresa and her husband James operated the Zima Sale Barn in Emmett many years. She...
Joyce Plott
Aug 15, 2017
Wamego-- Joyce "Scotty" Plott, 84 passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at the Onaga Health and Rehabilitation Center in Onaga. She was born April 5, 1933 at Alice, TX; the daughter of John and Ida Hedgcoth. Scotty graduated from Alice High School. She had lived in Texas many years before moving to the Wamego Community in 1999. Scotty was a...
Richard Keyes Jr
Jul 15, 2017
Richard F. Keyes Jr., passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. He was born January 23, 1948 at Wauseon, OH., the son of Richard F. Keyes Sr. and Phyllis M. Hanson Keyes. He grew up in Oaktown, Indiana. Richard served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Richard and his...
Bonnie VandeVelde
Jul 6, 2017
Rossville-Bonnie VandeVelde, 85, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017 at her home. She was born July 30, 1931 at Willard the daughter of John Stanley and Viola Mary Burns Martin. Bonnie graduated from Rossville High School in 1949 where she was active in the glee club and played basketball. Bonnie worked for the University Of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas...
Virginia Walters
Jun 20, 2017
Virginia "Irene" Walters, 91, passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha. She was born August 15, 1925 at Glen Elder the daughter of Howard and Anna Josephine Arasmith Oplinger. Irene grew up in the Jewell community and graduated from Jewell High School. She also graduated from the Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing in...
John Prior
Jun 20, 2017
John William Prior, 94, formerly of St. Marys, passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at McCrite Health Center in Topeka. He was born on the family farm one mile west of St. Marys to Andrew T. and Helen Fitzgerald Prior on May 5, 1923. John graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in 1941. He attended welding school in Wichita and...
Levi Mulanax
Jun 19, 2017
Emmett- Levi Michael Mulanax, 32, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 at his home in Emmett. He was born February 4, 1985 at Topeka, the son of Donald R. and Connie Sue Keller Mulanax. Levi grew up in the St. Marys and Emmett communities and graduated from St. Marys High School in 2003. Levi was a floor layer. He was...
Rita Brockish
Jun 11, 2017
Wamego-Rita H. Brockish, 101, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Valley Vista Care Home in Wamego. She was born July 31, 1915 at Flush the daughter of Fred and Aurelia Umscheid Siebert. Rita graduated from Flush High School in 1934. Rita worked in food services for many years; she was a cook for Lillis Schools and also drove a...
Twila Irwin
May 31, 2017
Twila M. Irwin, 88, Topeka, formerly of Rossville died Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at the Peggy Kelly House in Topeka. She was born November 29, 1928 at Otis, Kansas the daughter of William and Thrasia Brach Moore. Twila was a cosmetologist and had owned a shop in Kansas City. On February 14, 2001 she was united in marriage to Harold...
Donald Kincaid
May 8, 2017
Donald D. "Don" Kincaid, 74, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born November 10, 1942 at Topeka, the son of Colton F. and Alma M. Smalley Kincaid. Don was raised in the St. Marys community and graduated from St. Marys High School. He served in the United States Navy/Airdale. During high school Don...
JoAnn Nitsch
May 8, 2017
Delia-JoAnn Nitsch, 79, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017 at a Topeka Hospital. She was born June 2, 1937 at Beloit, the daughter of Gail and Delila Colby Hyman. She grew up in the Beloit community and lived there many years before moving to Topeka and then Delia in 1972. JoAnn was the bookkeeper for Nitsch Trash Service for many...
Rey Morford
May 7, 2017
St. Marys-Rey E. Morford, 91, passed away Sunday May 7, 2017 at his home in St. Marys. He was born May 5, 1926 at rural Delia, the son of Arthur and Josie Clouse Morford. Rey grew up on the family farm and graduated from Emmett High School in 1944. He served in the United States Army during WWII and received...
Maidene Rutschmann
May 1, 2017
Edna Maidene (Ellis) Rutschmann, 91, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and great aunt passed away May 1st, 2017 of natural causes, in Topeka at her daughter's home, where she had resided the past few years. She was born April 8, 1926 in Peabody, Kansas to Harry and Vina (Keyes) Ellis. Maidene spent her childhood in Peabody and moved to a...
Leo Gannon
Apr 28, 2017
Rossville-Leo H. Gannon, 94 passed away Friday, April 28, 2017 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born June 24, 1922 at Carmen, OK. the son of Alonzo P. and Maggie Belle Dupus Gannon. Leo was the last of 15 children. He grew up in Oklahoma and served in the United States Navy from January 31, 1944 until January 6,...
Dolores Floersch
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...
George Fredericks
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...
Jim Fulton
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...
Agnes DeLeye
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...
Vincent Dudney
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...
Oliver Dredger Jr
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...
