Local Obituaries for Topeka, Kansas & Shawnee County
John C. Ramirez
Dec 27, 2018
John C. Ramirez, 98, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2018. He was born on June 12,1920 in Sileo, Gto, Mexico, the son of Froylan and Evarista Corona Ramirez. John was a proud American Veteran of the United States Army, where he served during World War II in the Pacific, New Guinea, Philippines, and Hiroshima. He received two...
Conrad John Stattelman, Sr.
Dec 22, 2018
Conrad John (Cooney) Stattelman, Sr, passed away on December 22, 2018 at age 81.
He was born on June 13, 1937 in Topeka, KS, the son of John J. Stattelman, Sr. and Rosemary (Boos) Stattelman.
Conrad spent his life in Topeka. He attended St. Joseph Catholic Grade School and graduated from Hayden High School.
Conrad was a member of Sacred...
Alberta Marie Breece
Dec 20, 2018
Alberta M. Breece, 99, of Topeka, KS died Thursday, December 20, 2018.
She was born October 24, 1919 in Tecumseh, KS the daughter of George and Freda (Fergel) Hurd.
Alberta married George William Breece on August 12, 1954 in Topeka, KS at Forbes AFB. He preceded her in death on June 24, 2012. She is survived by two daughters, Tanna...
Pabla Soto
Dec 18, 2018
Pabla Soto, 70, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away December 18, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born on August 2, 1948. Daughter of Hipolito Meraz and Julia Vargas Meraz. She married Cristian Soto and together they had nine children.
She is preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her husband and her nine children, Juan Soto,...
Kenneth R. Turner
Dec 16, 2018
Kenneth R. Turner, formerly of Topeka, KS, went to dwell in the House of the Lord on Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Denton, TX at the age of 73. He was born on December 21, 1944 in Cumberland, Maryland. He attended Grantsville Elementary School, Valley High School, earned his BS in Engineering from West Virginia University, served as Officer in Charge...
George Joseph Silovsky Jr.
Dec 11, 2018
George Joseph Silovsky Jr., 61, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away December 11, 2018 at his home. He was born on May 2, 1957 in Topeka. Son of George J. Silovsky Sr. and Mary Agnes Roy Silovsky. George graduated from Hayden High School in 1975 where he then went to St. Gregory College in Oklahoma. George later started working for Dinkel...
Sarah Jane Reekie
Dec 11, 2018
Sarah Jane Reekie, 65, of Topeka, died on December 11, 2018 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.
She was born in Brookville, PA on January 28, 1953 the daughter of Richard Harry and Martha Louise (Valmont) Birch.
She worked as a meter reader for Westar Energy and was a veteran of the US Army.
Sarah enjoyed sewing, reading, BINGO, going to the Casino...
Ignacio John Zarazua, Jr.
Dec 9, 2018
Ignacio John Zarazua, Jr., AKA, Frog Man, 62, of Topeka, KS died Sunday, December 9, 2018 at the Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Administration Hospital.
Johnny was born May 21, 1956 in Topeka the son of Celia Morales and Ignacio John Zarazua, Sr.
He worked for Goodyear and Dave’s Tire. He most recently loved driving for New Dawn Wellness and Recovery Center transporting...
Odelia "Dee" Mick
Dec 6, 2018
Odelia “Dee” Mick, Topeka, 104, passed away on December 6, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born December 27, 1913, in Topeka, Kansas, to Ignatius and Barbara (Schmidtberger) Haberkorn. When Dee was four years old, after the death of her mother in childbirth, she and her younger sister, Katherine “Kay” Haberkorn, went to live with her...
Linda Sue Thompson
Dec 3, 2018
Linda Sue Thompson, 74, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord on December 3, 2018.
She was born in Brownwood, Texas on May 24, 1944, the daughter of Calvin and Edna (Cox) Wingrove.
Linda was a homemaker.
She is survived by four daughters, Charla Carpenter of Amherst, TX, Teresa Weaver, Lisa Smalley and Anisia Kinder all of Tyler, TX,...
Rachel Chavez
Dec 3, 2018
Rachel (Raquel) Tetuan Chavez, 88, went to be with our Heavenly Father on Monday, December 3, 2018 at home with her family by her side in Topeka, KS. She joins her loving husband of 60 years Trinidad (Trini) Chavez who preceded her in death in 2010. She was born August 13, 1930, in Topeka, Kansas to Jose L. and Eugenia...
Murty Patrick Blocker
Dec 2, 2018
Murty P. Blocker, 92, of Topeka, died December 2, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital. He was born in Nemaha County, Kansas on November 22, 1926 the son of Clemens and Mary (Levings) Blocker. He served in the United States Army from February 8, 1945 to March 20, 1946. He attained the rank of Sergeant and was an Assistant Squad Leader...
Ronald James Hamilton
Dec 2, 2018
Ronald James Hamilton of Topeka, passed away on December 2, 2018 at the age of 63. Ron graduated from Hayden High School in 1973, and the University of Kansas in 1977. Ron worked in the Juvenile Correctional Complex for several years before beginning an over 20 year career in the SRS division with the State of Kansas.
Ron was very...
LaVonne Ida Mae Broxterman
Dec 1, 2018
LaVonne Ida Mae “Lee” Broxterman, 83, of Ozawkie, passed away at her home on December 1, 2018.
She was born in Duluth, Minnesota on July 22, 1935, the daughter of Herbert and Lila (Oswald) Anderson.
Lee loved to crochet, do crafts of all kinds, travel, bake, cook and flower gardening. She was a Chiefs and K-State fan and a member...
Jack M. Pinard
Nov 28, 2018
Jack M. Pinard, 85, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away November 28, 2018 at Aldersgate Village. He was born on January 1, 1933 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Son of Harry Pinard and Lottie Kizer Pinard.
Jack worked at Menninger’s Hospital where he held numerous job titles, with the last being the Lab Supervisor, and where he met the love of his...
Magdalen M. Rohleder
Nov 26, 2018
Magdalen M. “Maxie” Rohleder, 93, of Topeka, died November 26, 2018 at the Presbyterian Manor.
She was born in Park, Kansas on July 30, 1925 the daughter of Martin and Barbara (Lovenstein) Schurr. At the age of 8 she and her family moved to a farm near Oakley, Kansas where she graduated from High School. Maxie earned a certificate to...
Armella Pfeifer
Nov 21, 2018
Armella Pfeifer, nee Unrein, 93, of Topeka, Kansas was born September 23, 1925 in Bazine, a small rural community in Western Kansas. She was the youngest of six children born to Alex and Mary Eve Unrein. When she was three years old the family moved to Sterling Colorado where they farmed sugar beets and grain. In later years the family...
Betty Marie Entsminger
Nov 20, 2018
Elizabeth Marie Cowan Entsminger
Betty
Betty was born on November 17, 1925 to Lloyd Vincent Cowan and Marie Elizabeth Cowan (DeBacker). She was born at home on a 320-acre farm six miles from Delia, Kansas and 10 miles north of Silver Lake, Kansas. Her father, Lloyd Cowan, and her uncle, Louis Cowan, rented and farmed the land together.
Betty attended...
Jacob "Jake" Henry Hecker
Nov 19, 2018
Jacob “Jake” Henry Hecker, 82, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away November 19, 2018 at Lexington Park Nursing Home. Jake was born on July 30, 1936 in Wamego, Kansas. Son of Jacob S. Hecker and Opal Edwards Hecker. Jake graduated from Wamego High School in 1954. Jake married the love of his life, Rose McCaffrey on April 11, 1959 at Holy...
Gloria Helen Byers
Nov 16, 2018
Gloria Helen Byers, 93, of Topeka, died November 16, 2018 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.
She was born in Galveston, Texas on June 13, 1925 the daughter of Arthur and Helen (Koehler) Weaver. She went to Holy Name School and was a 1943 graduate of Capitol Catholic High School.
Gloria worked as a Secretary in Forms Control for Security Benefit Life until...
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