Leota Figge
Nov 7, 2015
Wamego-Leota E. Figge, 87, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Wamego Health Center. She was born September 7, 1928 at Hepler, Kansas the daughter of the Rev. Rudolph and Sophia Gehrke Hildebrandt. She lived in Hepler until moving to Duluth in 1941. Mrs. Figge graduated from Onaga High School in 1945. Mrs. Figge had lived in the St....
Murrine Suttles
Nov 4, 2015
St. Marys-Murrine B. Suttles, 85, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at the Community Hospital in St. Marys. Mrs. Suttles, the daughter of Murry Ernest and Lillian Everine Carls Rice, was born June 10, 1930 in St. Clere, Kansas; she was raised and lived in the St. Clere community many years until moving to St. Marys. On July 2, 1949...
Elizabeth Fleshman
Oct 21, 2015
Holton-Elizabeth Jane "Beth" Fleshman, 61, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Beth was born December 8, 1953 at Twin Falls, ID., the daughter of Robert E. and Evelyn E. Turner Gleason. She was raised in Denver and moved to Kansas in the early 80's. She had lived in Eskridge, Wamego, Junction City, Ft. Riley,...
Herman Belderok Sr
Oct 16, 2015
Herman C. Belderok, Sr., 86, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015, at 2:10 PM. He was born on April 6, 1929, in Antwerp, Belgium, son of Jacques J. and Elisa Maria (Knapen) Belderok. He completed grades K through 8 at Saint Stanislaus in Antwerp, a Jesuit-run school, and left with his parents and brother, Fred, on May 10, 1944, for...
Wayne Reiners
Oct 12, 2015
Wayne L. Reiners, 76, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born September 14, 1939 at Wamego, the son of Seibelt "Zeke" and Rosa M. Beasterfeld Reiners. Wayne grew up in the Greenwood community and attended Greenwood rural school. He graduated from St. Marys High School and Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. While...
Patricia Herrmann
Oct 5, 2015
Patricia Lou Herrmann, 72, passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 at Lexington Park in Topeka. She was born May 31, 1943 at Sabetha, the daughter of Patrick and Clara Maurine Shadal Reid. Mrs. Herrmann graduated from Sabetha High School in 1962. She received her education degree from KSTC in Emporia and also her Master's Degree. Mrs. Herrmann taught at Delphos...
Anne Owens
Oct 2, 2015
Eskridge-Anne E. Owens, 87, passed away Friday October 2, 2015 at her rural Eskridge home. She was born September 23, 1928 at La Cross, Kansas the daughter of John "Jack" and Anna Stremel Liston. Annie wore many hats during her lifetime. She was a former American Red Cross Volunteer at Colmery-O'Neil VA in Topeka. She managed and sung in a...
James Piper
Sep 28, 2015
St. Marys-James W. Piper, 84, died Monday, September 28, 2015 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born September 28, 1931 at Williamsburg, the son of Glenn H. and Lena R. Kennard Piper. Jim graduated from Carbondale Rural High School in 1949. He had worked for Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka and the Kansas Fish and Game. He was...
Walter Schindler
Sep 27, 2015
St. Marys-Walter B. "Buzz" Schindler, 79, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born May 19, 1936 at Kenosha, WI., the son of Walter B. and Ethel Parish Schindler. He had lived many years in Kenosha before moving to St. Marys in 1981. Mr. Schindler had worked for the St. Marys Academy and College...
Lena Ginter
Sep 22, 2015
Topeka-Lena Blanche Ginter, 104, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 in Topeka. She was born September 10, 1911 in Rural Wabaunsee County the daughter of Robert and Mary Murdie Shumate. Mrs. Ginter attended #6 country school and graduated from Dover High School in 1929. She attended Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan. Mrs. Ginter taught in one room schools in...
Marlene Howland
Sep 15, 2015
Marlene A. Howland, 65, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at her rural St. Marys Home. She was born July 3, 1950 at Wellsville, N.Y. the daughter of James K. and Elvera Villa Matteson. She grew up in New York and move to St. Marys in 1992. Mrs. Howland was preceded in death by her parents and a brother. Survivors...
Christina Olejnik
Sep 10, 2015
Rossville-Christina Matilda "Tina" Polson Olejnik, 85, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015 at the St. Marys Manor. She was born February 16, 1930 at Omaha, NE, the daughter of Ellis and Juanita Mitchell Polson. Mrs. Olejnik was a homemaker and farm wife, farming with her husband north of Rossville and had worked at the St. Marys Manor for many years....
Vicki Ketter
Aug 29, 2015
Topeka-Vicki Jo Ketter, 69, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at a Brookdale of Topeka. She was born October 9, 1945 in Topeka, the daughter of Jess and Maxine Marney Fryman. Vicki graduated from Rossville High School in 1964. She graduated from the Stormont Vail School of Nursing in Topeka. She worked as a RN at Stormont Vail Hospital for...
Abel Martinez
Aug 17, 2015
St. George-Abel E. Martinez, 84, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 at Valley Vista Nursing Center in Wamego. He was born April 24, 1931 in Colorado. His parents were Maria Moody and his step father Hal Moody. Abel retired from the United States Army in 1976. He had a great sense of humor and was very up to date on...
Kent Gockel
Aug 15, 2015
St. Marys-Kent Joseph Gockel, 57, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at a Topeka Hospital. He was born November 16, 1957 at Axtell, the son of Francis and Wilma Droge Gockel. He was raised in St. Marys and graduated from St. Marys High School in 1976. Kent owned and operated Gockel Thriftway in St. Marys. He was a member of...
Patricia Garver
Jul 25, 2015
St. George- Patricia L. "Tricia" Garver, 56, passed away, Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born September 3, 1958 at Redlands, CA. the daughter of Roger and Elizabeth "Mary Beth" Muckenthaler Perry. Tricia graduated from St. Marys High School in 1976 Tricia was a Legal Assistant for Addair Thurston Law Office in Manhattan. She...
Patricia Nichols
Jul 23, 2015
St. Marys-Patricia Gail Nichols, 55, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born May 2, 1960 at Orange, CA, the daughter of Richard and Thelma Cliff Barrett Bullard. Gail grew up in California and moved to St. Marys to attend St. Marys College where she received her AA degree. Gail was preceded in...
Rosa Reiners
Jul 8, 2015
St. Marys-Rosa M. "Rosie" Reiners passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 five days short of her 105th birthday. She was born July 13, 1910 in rural Wabaunsee County, Kansas the daughter of Conrad Beasterfeld II and Caroline Wille Beasterfeld. On September 6, 1930 she was united in marriage to Seibelt "Zeke" Reiners in Wamego. They celebrated 78 years of marriage...
Gary Dodson
Jun 29, 2015
St. Marys- Gary Ray Dodson, 55, passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 in Topeka. He was born July 15, 1959 at Tulsa, OK, the son of Lawrence Dodson and Sue Turner Trusty. He graduated from Webster High School in Tulsa. Gary was a fabricator/welder in his early years. His daily life was surrounded by his beloved kids (pets) Jazzie and...
Melvin Mergenmeier
Jun 28, 2015
Melvin G. Mergenmeier, 86, husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Brewster Place in Topeka. He was born January 2, 1929 on a farm south of Seneca the son of George and Stella Lierz Mergenmeier. Melvin served in the Korean conflict. Melvin, a well-liked and respected man lived most of his life in St. Marys....
