Obituaries

Apr 16, 2013

Emma H. Shibler, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at her rural St. Marys Home.

She was born November 5, 1928 at Loveland, TX, the daughter of Riley and Twila Beatrice Hern Hodges. Emma lived in Texas until the age of 10 when she moved with her family to California. She later moved to Michigan living...

Apr 11, 2013

Mary A. Jones, 80, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House.

She was born February 8, 1933 at Fairfax, MO, the daughter of David H. and Nellie K. Flanagan Foster.

Mary had live in Topeka since 1967.

Among survivors are her children, Niki Wallis, Terry Jones and...

Apr 10, 2013

Floyd A. Gee, 92, Kansas City, formerly of Rossville, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at a the Presbyterian Manor in Kansas City.

He was born December 8, 1920 at Home City, the son of Fred A. and Gertrude E. Seip Gee. Pastor Gee was a graduate of Moody Bible Institute.

Floyd and Ruth Wullschleger...

Mar 26, 2013

Emmett-Dorrilla Lorraine Vande Velde, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at her home in Emmett. She was born August 3, 1936 at Windsor, MO, the daughter of Oliver F. and Florence L. Macha Tuller. As a young girl she lived in Wisconsin and moved to the Delia and Rossville communities where she attended Rossville High School and Clark's School...

Mar 25, 2013

St. Marys-Alice Mae Thomas Trask, 69, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Stormont Vail Regional Hospital in Topeka. She was born April 27, 1943 at Ft. Sill, OK, the daughter of Clifford and Bessie Manning Thomas. Alice was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was united in marriage to Charles Trask on August 10, 1961 at Sayre, OK....

Mar 22, 2013

Agnes H. Lacock, 102, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at St. Marys Manor. She was born January 25, 1911 at St. Marys, the daughter of Carl F. and Alma Brown Carlson. Agnes grew up in the St. Marys community and graduated from St. Marys High School in 1928. Mrs. Lacock had worked at the Mission Motel, Mr. D's and later...

Mar 18, 2013

James Richard Waliser, 68, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born November 24, 1944 at Bismarck, ND, the son of Michael and Martina Mosset Waliser. Mr. Waliser served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Waliser was a rural mail carrier at Selfridge, ND, for many years and lived there...

Mar 17, 2013

Willard-Luella M. (Olson) Sage, 92, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 at her home. She was born February 27, 1921 at Rossville, the daughter of Elmer R. and Hazel F. Lloyd Olson. She grew up in Rossville and graduated from Rossville High School with the Class of 1939. Mrs. Sage worked in food service most of her life. She was...

Mar 14, 2013

Terrance Joseph "T.J." Cossette, 69, died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born August 12, 1943 at Fargo, N.D. the son of Maurice & Aldea Cossette. He graduated from Beach High School. T.J. moved to the St. Marys community on August 1, 1979 and he worked in Mechanical Maintenance at Jeffery's Energy Center....

Mar 12, 2013

Rossville-Berniece L. French passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her home near Rossville. She was born May 15, 1914 in Delia the daughter of Vera and Robert Kirby. On November 20, 1933 she was united in marriage to Howard Robert French in Lawrence. They had three sons, Gary DeVere, Laird Leslie and Howard Douglas. Berniece and Howard started a...

Mar 11, 2013

Eskridge-Donald C. "Don" Saunders, 76, died, Monday, March 11, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born November 27, 1936 at Butternuts, NY, the son of Glenn William and Euice Ellen Grandsfeed Saunders. He grew up in Garrettsville, NY, and graduated from Lewis Rutherfurd Morris Central School in Morris, NY, in 1955. Mr. Saunders lived in New York...

Mar 6, 2013

Darlene Irwin age 82 of St. Marys and formerly of Greensburg passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born October 5, 1930 in Webster the daughter of William Henry and Lila Mae (Hemmerling) Russ. Darlene grew up in the Webster community and moved to Greensburg graduating from Greensburg High School in 1948....

Mar 5, 2013

Dover- Lucille M. Leach Sage, 89, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at her home near Dover. She was born August 31, 1923 at rural Osborne County Kansas, the daughter of Albert William and Margaret Dona Wineland Hackerott. Lucille grew up in the Osborne community and graduated from Osborne High School. She graduated from Kansas State University. Lucille was an...

Feb 25, 2013

Virginia Mae Bryan, 69, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013 at Brainerd, MN. She was born September 24, 1943 at Arkansas City, the daughter of John and Virginia Irene House Day. She grew up in Lubbock, TX. Mrs. Bryan attended Drones Business College in Lubbock and had lived in Texas before moving to St. Marys. She was a member of...

Feb 24, 2013

Elizabeth (Betty) Louise Chase Golberg passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013 in Tucson, AZ. She was born in Rochester Minnesota, to Joseph and Hazel (Warren) Chase on July 3, 1931. She attended Simpson, Minnesota grade school, and Lourdes High School in Rochester, Minnesota. After graduation she worked at Kresgee's, Notons, and St. Mary's Hospital. She married Gerald (Jerry) Patrick Golberg...

Feb 22, 2013

Silver Lake- Patricia A. Clark, 81, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville. She was born February 13, 1932 at Westmoreland, the daughter of Lucern and Nanny Godlove Holder. Mrs. Clark graduated from Westmoreland High School and Clark School of Business in Topeka. Pat retired as the elementary school secretary at Silver...

Feb 14, 2013

McPherson-Lois Melva Hammarlund, 90, formerly of Maple Hill, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013 at her home in McPherson. She was born January 6, 1923 in the Kaw Township, Wabaunsee County Kansas on the farm of her grandparents Mose and Adele Murphy, the daughter of Emmett H. and Melva Murphy Stambaugh. She was raised in Kaw Township and on a...

Feb 6, 2013

Elizabeth Marie Gerads, 19, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born March 13, 1993 in Krein Township MN, the daughter of Peter Edward and Rebecca Ann Maciejewski Gerads. Beth graduated from Immaculate Heart Home School. She was a freshman at St. Mary's College in St. Marys. Beth was a member of Assumption...

Jan 18, 2013

Adams, Geraldine P. (nee Prior), of House Springs, Missouri, was born June 12, 1924, in St. Marys, Kansas to Andrew Thomas and Helen (nee Fitzgerald) Prior, and entered into rest, Friday, January 18, 2013, at Mother of Good Council Home in Normandy, Missouri, at the age of 88 years, 7 months and 6 days. She is preceded in death by...

Jan 13, 2013

Emmett-Liam Douglas Reiser, infant son of Kenneth P. and Annamaria Custis Reiser passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the Community Hospital of St. Marys. He was born October 15, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He is survived by his parents Kenneth and Annamaria; a brother Paul K.; his sister, Anastasia Marie; grandparents, Maria Jackson, St. Marys and...