Jean Deiter
Jan 8, 2013
The compassionate spirit of Jean Deiter entered eternal peace on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Midland Care Hospice of Topeka. Jean was a long time resident of Silver Lake. Her life was led with love and kindness through the grace of Christ. Jean was born February 6, 1933 in Akron, OH, the daughter of Carl C. and Pauline B. (Mitchell)...
Tina Gordon
Dec 26, 2012
Emmett- Tina F. Gordon, 49, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at her home in Emmett. She was born February 17, 1963 at Wamego, the daughter of the late James F. and Mildred F. Atkisson Clark. Tina was raised in the Belvue community and graduated from Wamego High School. Tina had been a secretary for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation...
Leo Okerson
Dec 24, 2012
Leo C. Okerson, 81, died Monday, December 24, 2012 at the St. Marys Manor in St. Marys. He was born October 19, 1931 at Fresno, CA, the son of the late Alvie and Johnnie Hixson Okerson. Leo served in the United States Navy. He had worked for AT&T as a lineman before he retired. Leo had lived in the St....
James Haire
Dec 14, 2012
Topeka- James Robert "Jim" Haire, 44, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born April 22, 1968 at Topeka, the son of the late Robert James and Marylin Lacey Haire. Jim graduated from Holton High School in 1987 and attended Kaw Area Tech in Topeka studying Auto Body & Paint. He had worked...
Alan Meyer
Dec 12, 2012
Alan Ray Meyer, 58, died, Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born February 24, 1954 at Topeka, the son of Ray A. and Bonnie Marie Lasswell Meyer. He graduated from Onaga High School in 1972. Following high school he was employed with the Union Pacific Railroad for several years. He later attended The Missouri...
Joe Flanagan
Dec 12, 2012
St. Marys-James Joseph "Joe" Flanagan, 84, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at his home in St. Marys. He was born in August of 1928 at Emmett, the son of Michael and Mary Flanagan. Joe graduated from Emmett High School in 1947. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Joe had lived all of his life...
Jaema Gomez
Dec 11, 2012
Jaema Katherine Gomez, 68, peacefully passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Rolling Hills Health Center in Topeka surrounded by her family. She was born February 29, 1944 at Grand Forks, ND, the daughter of William and Alice Raaen Johnston. Mrs. Gomez lived in Aneta, ND, moving to Casa Grande, AZ, at an early age. She was married to John...
Cory Piemonte
Dec 1, 2012
Cory Piemonte, 50, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the St. Marys Manor. She was born April 10, 1962 at Vero Beach, Florida, the daughter of John Paul and Alberta Simasek Blackwell. Cory grew up in Florida and graduated from high school there. Cory and her family moved to St. Marys in August of 1989. She worked many years...
Carl Grieshaber
Nov 30, 2012
Carl H. Grieshaber, 93, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Community Hospital in St. Marys. He was born on the family farm near Belvue on November 7, 1919, the son of William and Caroline Treiber Grieshaber. Carl grew up on the farm and graduated from Paxico High School. Mr. Grieshaber was a farmer. He was a member of...
Benjamin Horak
Nov 27, 2012
Benjamin F. "Bennie" Horak, 92, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at his home in Topeka. He was born September 24, 1920 near Delia the son of Ignac and Veronica Hejtmanek Horak. He attended Golden Rod Grade School and started farming for his father after his graduation. Bennie farmed all of his life and started to work for Goodyear Tire...
Kenneth Leicht
Mar 13, 2010
Eskridge-On January 15, 2019 in his 76th year, Kenneth W. "Whitey" Leicht passed on to be with his mother who passed at childbirth and his father who passed away March 13, 2010. Born in St. Louis, MO. where he lived and married the love of his life for 54 years. His work in the trucking industry relocated him to places...
Anne Monhollon
Aug 29, 2006
On December 8, 2012, Anne Marie (Davis) Monhollon passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at Stormont-Vail Health Center. She was 76. Mrs. Monhollon was born July 18, 1936, in Holton, Kansas, the daughter of Harold McKinley Davis and Cornelia Marie Boyles. She attended schools in Emmett, Holton, Mayetta, Topeka, and Valley Falls, where she graduated from high school in...
Delores Farrell
May 6, 2003
Rossville-Delores C. (Kolterman) Farrell, 88 of Rossville, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013 at the St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born October 31, 1924 in the Laclede community the daughter of Ewalt and Frances Wilson Kolterman. She grew up in the Laclede community and graduated from Wamego High School. On April 4, 1945 in Atchison, Kansas, Delores was...
Patrick Lytle
Feb 23, 1982
Topeka-Patrick W. Lytle, 33, passed away in Topeka He was born February 23, 1982 at Topeka, the son of Calvin and Helen Wehner Lytle. He graduated from Rossville High School in 2000. Patrick received a degree from Wichita Technical Institute in Advanced Electronics and Computer Science. He was an amazing musician, artist, and friend to all. He was employed as...
Ellen Randall
Aug 10, 1975
Services will be Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at the Dover Federated Church for Elizabeth Ellen Randall, 99, of Aldersgate Village, who died Sunday May 11th. Visitation will be on Wednesday evening from 7:00 until 8:30 P.M. at the church. Ellen was born March 21, 1915 northwest of Dover to Edwin and Ann Scott Sage. Ellen attended Dover...
Roberta Lasswell
Jan 1, 1968
Emmett-Roberta M. Lasswell died Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the age of 92 at her rural Emmett home. She was born to Robert and Jessie Marshall on August 22, 1924. Roberta was raised in the Mayetta, Delia, and Emmett areas. She graduated from Soldier High School. On January 22, 1945 she married the love of her life Marion Dale Lasswell....
Karl Harmon
Emmett- Requiem Mass for Karl Francis Harmon, 22, will be at 9:00 A.M. Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Assumption Chapel in St. Marys. He was the first baby born in 1996 at the Onaga Community Hospital, the son of James A. and Carol A. Matich Harmon. Karl graduated from Manhattan High School. Karl was a handyman and could fix or...
Leticia Ekhaml
Leticia Ekhaml, 72
Leticia Toh Ekhaml, age 72, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May the 18th, 2019, following a three-year struggle with ampullary cancer. She was born to Tomas and Mary Toh in Manila, Philippines on March the 1st, 1947. Leticia is survived by her daughter, Maria; son, John: 10 siblings and her mother;...
Amari Kneis
St. Marys-Amari Ann Kneis was born into the arms of the angels August 27, 2018 in Altus, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jason and Alexis Patterson Kneis. Surviving are her parents Jason and Alexis; her siblings, Isebella, Payton, J.J., Richie and Caleb; her grandparents, Jeremy and Holly Harwood. Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Piper...
Donald Meenen
Donald Wayne Meenen was born in Clay Center, Kansas on July 15, 1929 to Fritz and Emma Belle (Drake) Meenen. He attended Sherwood country school through the eighth grade, transferring to public school where he graduated from Clay Center High School in 1947. He graduated from Kansas State University, in 1951 with a degree in agriculture. While in high school,...
