Obituaries

Jul 29, 2013

Phyllis M. Brownlee, 85 of Harveyville, passed away Monday, July 29, 2013 from heart failure in Topeka.

She was born January 30, 1928 at Dover the daughter of Ray & Hazel Long Logan. Phyllis graduated from Dover High School.

Phyllis was a homemaker. She was a member of the Dover Federated Church, the Dover Card...

Jul 26, 2013

St. Marys- Lucile P. Fox, 90, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013 at St. Marys

She was born June 21, 1923 at Axtell, the daughter of Peter J. and Mary F. Montgomery Eagan. She grew up in the Axtell vicinity and lived there until she and Albert J. Fox where united in marriage by Monsignor George Kugelmeier...

Jul 11, 2013

Eskridge-Dwayne F. Doty, 73, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2013 at McCrite Plaza Health Center in Topeka. He was born July 3, 1940 at Topeka the son of Frank Victor and Nellie Grace Rouse Doty. Dwayne move to the Eskridge community at the age of three and was raised by Harold & Maxine McKnight. He graduated from Eskridge High School...

Jun 30, 2013

Rossville-Grace E. Miller, 76, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013 at the Plaza West Care Center in Topeka.

She was born November 22, 1936 at Perry the daughter of Clarence Isaiah and Pearl Opal Best Dick. She grew up in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School.

Mrs. Miller helped on the family...

Jun 29, 2013

Rossville-Dale Paul Mahan, 76, Rossville, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born February 13, 1937 at Holcomb, MO, the son of Byron and Amy Borer Mahan. At an early age he moved to the Garnett community and graduated from Parker High School in 1955.

Dale had worked...

Jun 28, 2013

Gladys K. Kling, 71, passed away, Friday, June 28, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born March 12, 1942 at Belvue, the daughter of Howard T. and Regina L. Jenkins Bolin. Gladys was raised in the Belvue community.

Mrs. Kling had lived in St. Marys before moving to Topeka where she lived...

Jun 17, 2013

Wamego- Patricia Ann "Pat" Breitkreutz, 77, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born October 27, 1935 at Great Bend the daughter of William and Vernie Banks Murphy. She attended Great Bend Schools. Pat was a foreman for Locke Stove Company and lived many years in Kansas City, MO, and Cameron, MO....

Jun 6, 2013

Rossville- Leo D. Berry, 83, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

He was born November 2, 1929 at Topeka, the son of Leo Daniel and Mildred Rupin Berry. Leo grew up in the Rossville community and graduated from St. Marys High School, in 1947. He attended Creighton University and Kansas State...

May 29, 2013

Emmett-Marie Lourdes Neville, 87, passed away at her rural Emmett home Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

She was born December 14, 1925 at Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Levite and Marie Sirous Thibodeau. She grew up in Maine.

Mrs. Neville worked in trunks and engineering for Mountain Bell Phone Company for many years. She had lived...

May 28, 2013

Josephine Pressgrove, 100, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville.

She was born December 28, 1912 to George and Rosie Hejtmanek Olejnik of Rossville. She spent most of her life in the Rossville, Wamego and Topeka areas and attended Victor 101 School.

Josephine was married to LeRoy...

May 28, 2013

Adeline I. Dickinson, 89, of Maddock, ND, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Heart of America Medical Center Long Term Care in Rugby, ND.

Adeline was born on June 29, 1923 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, the youngest of six children of Thomas and Sophie Melvin. She married Donald D. Dickinson and had five children. Over...

May 24, 2013

Wamego- Bertha C. Zeller, 86 of Wamego, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at the Rossville Health & Rehabilitation Center.

She was born May 16, 1927 at Paxico the daughter of William Frank & Helena Stech Kolde. Bertha grew up in the St. Marys community where she attended schools.

Mrs. Zeller was a homemaker and...

May 24, 2013

St. Marys- Leona M. Wright, 104, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at the St. Marys Manor.

She was born July 11, 1908 at Onaga, the daughter of Robert B. and Alma L. Flinn Wright. Miss Wright grew up in the Onaga community and graduated from Onaga High School in 1925. She attended Emporia State Teachers College...

May 19, 2013

Wamego-Russell N. Arand, 29, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.

He was born August 9, 1983 at Wamego, the son of Ronald L. and Silke A. Straub Arand. Russell grew up in the Wamego community and attended Wamego Schools.

Russell loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and riding...

May 14, 2013

Fred D. Barthuly, 82, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

He was born March 15, 1931 at Paxico, the son of Fred W. and Thelma Gehring Barthuly. Fred graduated from Paxico High School in 1949.

Mr. Barthuly lived on a farm in the Snokomo community and operated a...

May 6, 2013

Patricia G. Dohrman, 93, passed away peacefully May 6, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Pat will be welcomed home by her husband, Lee and parents, Walter and Cora Sharrai.

Pat lived her entire life in Kansas. Born Dec. 6, 1919, in Atchison, to Roy and Cora Long, spending her younger school years in Wetmore and...

Apr 30, 2013

Kevin L. Chase, 53, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Deseret Health and Rehabilitation Center in Onaga.

He was born June 13, 1959 at Ottawa, the son of Arvin L "Smokey"and Karen S. Frack Chase. Kevin attended Ottawa and Pomona High Schools. He was a maintenance worker and had lived in St. Marys since 1999....

Apr 29, 2013

James F. "Jim" Schumaker, 78, died Monday, April 29, 2013, the forty-fifth anniversary of his father's death, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.

He was born February 23, 1935, at St. Marys, the son of Lawrence N. and Cecilia M. Schumaker. He grew up in St. Marys and graduated from St. Marys High School in 1953. He served...

Apr 26, 2013

Rae Mona Lampe, 86, passed away, Friday, April 26, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born March 17, 1927 at Vliets, the daughter of Ray and Florine Isaacson Floyd. She grew up in the Vliets and Frankfort communities and graduated from Frankfort High School in 1944.

Mrs. Lampe had been a waitress...

Apr 20, 2013

Beverly Kay Posch, 71, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born June 23, 1941 at Wichita the daughter of Ciscro and Mary Louise Amberg Harlin. Beverly grew up in the Wichita and Bentley communities and graduated from Bentley High School.

Mrs. Posch was a member of Sacred...