Local Obituaries for Topeka, Kansas & Shawnee County
Mary E. McKee
Feb 12, 2007
Mrs. McKee was known for having a great number of interests and talents. She was an excellent equestrian and for years had her own horse and stables west of Topeka. She was a trophy winning golfer at Shawnee Country Club where she was a member since 1944, and was also an avid gardener and cook. Her parties for several bridge...
Anne L. Rudolph
Feb 10, 2007
Anne L. Rudolph, 89, Topeka. died Feb. 10 at a local health center. She was born March 30, 1917, in Topeka, the daughter of Charles Oscar and Mary Schwartz Nelson. She graduated from Capitol Catholic High School and Clark’s School of Business, where she later taught. She worked in Governor Walter Huxman’s office, for the Kansas State Employment Service and...
Benjamin F. Foreman
Feb 9, 2007
Frank (Benjamin Franklin) Foreman, 85, died Friday, February 9, 2007 at his home.
He was born November 24, 1921 in Topeka, Kansas, son of Ben and Hazel Foreman.
A graduate of Topeka High School, Frank served in the Army Signal Corp during World War II and participated in the landing at Omaha Beach and the Battle of the Bulge.
He owned and operated...
Esperanza Guebara
Feb 8, 2007
Esperanza “Hope” Guebara, 78, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 08, 2007 at Atria Hearthstone.
Mrs. Guebara was born December 18, 1928 in Topeka, the daughter of Ralph and Petra Loya Pimentel.
Mrs. Guebara was a member of Mater Dei Parish.
She was married to Louis J. Guebara on February 21, 1944 in Kansas City, KS. He preceded her in...
Gregory A. Crossman
Feb 6, 2007
Gregory A. Crossman, 56, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at St. Francis Health Center.
Mr. Crossman retired from the Lawrence Fire Department after twenty-one years of service.
After retiring from the city of Lawrence, he was a school bus driver for the Shawnee Heights School district for eleven years and a substitute teacher for the Topeka parochial...
Mildred Harley
Feb 5, 2007
Mildred L. “Milly” Harley, 94, of Topeka, passed away Monday, February 05, 2007 at her home.
Mrs. Harley was secretary having been employed at the Parsons Hospital and Training Center in Parsons, later for the Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo and the Kansas Board of Agriculture for many years before she retired. Milly also was a piano...
Lucia V. Puga
Feb 1, 2007
Lucia V. Puga, 64, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2007 at her home.
Mrs. Puga was cremated. There will be no services in Topeka. Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Madalen Mader
Jan 30, 2007
Madalen Mader, 94, of Topeka passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at St. Francis Health Center.
Mrs. Mader was a classical pianist under the name of Kay Cortez in Chicago, IL before moving to Topeka in 1950. After moving to Topeka she was a homemaker.
She was born August 7, 1912 in St. Petersburg, Russia one of eleven children of...
Alvena K. Hollandsworth
Jan 28, 2007
Alvena K. Hollandsworth, 85, of Topeka, died Sunday, January 28, 2007 at Lexington Park. She was born in Winchester, Kansas August 7th, 1921 the daughter of Eugene and Carline Schutte Beying. Mrs. Hollandsworth was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church. She married Cecil E. Hollandsworth on May 4, 1944 and they lived in St. Louis, Missouri until their son,...
David Jim Ramberg
Jan 24, 2007
David James "Jim" Ramberg, 58, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday morning, January 24, 2007 at his home. Jim was a sports writer for the Topeka Capital Journal for many years. The past few years he wrote a column for the Topeka Metro News. He was born October 28, 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of David Freeman and Joanne Anderson...
Elmer L. Smith
Jan 19, 2007
Elmer “Smitty” L. Smith passed away Friday evening, January 19, 2007 at St. Francis Health Center. He was 74.
Smitty had been employed at Lexington Park and the Topeka Convalescent Center for thirty-two years, retiring in 2006. He received an award in October 2001 for the Environmental Service Supervisor of Kansas.
He was born in Topeka on March 12, 1932, the son...
Robert V. Steffes
Jan 18, 2007
Robert V. Steffes, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2007 at St. Francis Health Center. He was 75.
Mr. Steffes was involved in business sales and marketing. At the time of his death, he was employed at Dillard’s. He has lived in Topeka since 1976, coming from Dayton, Ohio.
Bob was a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a...
Doris I Baer
Jan 17, 2007
Doris I. Baer, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday evening, January 17, 2007 at a Topeka hospital. She was 82.
Mrs. Baer was a homemaker and parishioner of Mater Dei Parish at Holy Name Catholic Church.
She was born October 27, 1924, the daughter of Lawrence Turk and Barbara A. Brenner Turk.
Doris was married to Thomas R. Baer at Holy Name Church...
Geraldine D. Valdivia
Jan 17, 2007
Geraldine D. Valdivia, 62, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at a local hospital.
Mrs. Valdivia was a Care Giver for Sunflower Support and was a parishioner at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
She was born in San Diego, California on July 8, 1944, the daughter of Richard T. Davis and Kathleen M. Stone Davis.
Geraldine and Raymundo Valdivia...
Jose B. Gonzalez
Jan 16, 2007
Jose B. Gonzalez, 91, of Topeka, with his family and friends praying at his side, passed quietly into the arms of the Lord Tuesday morning, January 16 at the Midland Hospice House.
Mr. Gonzalez was born in San Miguel El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico on June 5, 1915, the son of Amado Barba and Anastacia Gonzalez Gama.
For years his nickname...
Lillie Elnicki
Jan 14, 2007
Lillie Elnicki,, 89, of Topeka, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 14, 2007 at a Topeka hospital.
Mrs. Elnicki was born in Cpaldo, KS on December 9, 1917, the daughter of Gaetano Merando and Carmella Serra Merando. She was married to Rudy Elnicki in Frontenac, on August 19, 1937. He died March 1, 2002.
She ws a member of Mater Deei Parish at...
Mildred L. Chipman
Jan 10, 2007
Mildred L. Chipman, 79, of Topeka passed-away Wednesday morning, January 10, 2007 at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Mrs. Chipman was born in Reading Kansas on February 4, 1927, the daughter of Clarence Hagewood and Bessie Blanch Hagewood.
She was graduated from Ottawa, Kansas High School and was a member of the Topeka Bible Church.
Mildred was store manager for...
Mildred L. Chipman
Jan 10, 2007
Mildred L. Chipman, 79, of Topeka passed-away Wednesday morning, January 10, 2007 at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Mrs. Chipman was born in Reading Kansas on February 4, 1927, the daughter of Clarence Hagewood and Bessie Blanch Hagewood.
She was graduated from Ottawa, Kansas High School and was a member of the Topeka Bible Church.
Mildred was store manager for...
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