Local Obituaries for Topeka, Kansas & Shawnee County
Rita May Stattelman
Apr 17, 2013
Rita May Stattelman, 82, of Topeka, died April 17, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born in New Albin, Iowa on March 30, 1931 the daughter of James and Doris (May) Spinner. Rita was a homemaker and dedicated her life to caring for her husband, children and grandchildren. She was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church and the Altar...
Joy Anne (Niehoff) Umscheid
Apr 16, 2013
Joy Anne (Niehoff) Umscheid, 61, of Topeka, died April 16, 2013 at the VA Hospital. She was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 23, 1952 the daughter of George A. and Joyce W. (Basel) Niehoff. Joy was a homemaker. She served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam era. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church. Joy enjoyed raising and...
Linda "Ma" Hollenbeck
Apr 13, 2013
Linda "Ma" Hollenbeck, 50, of Tecumseh, KS, ended her five year battle with breast cancer while surrounded at her home by her loving family on Saturday, April 13, 2013. She was born June 16, 1962 in Topeka, the daughter of Tino and Patricia Rodriguez. Prior to her illness, she was employed at AT&T where she was a proud member of...
Shirley Ann Fitzgibbons
Apr 13, 2013
Shirley Ann Fitzgibbons, 71, of Topeka, died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the House at Midland Care. She was born April 5, 1942 in Topeka, the daughter of Sylvester and Lillian (Stein) Desch. Shirley was a 1960 graduate of Hayden High School and attended Washburn University. She was the first female detective on the Shawnee County Sheriff?s Department retiring after...
Noka Marie Willis
Apr 13, 2013
Noka Marie Willis, 23, of Topeka passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2013. She was born to Neosha Willis Brown and Jerome Jones in Topeka, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her great-grandfather, Richard Wardell Brown,Sr.; her grandfather Robert Luark, Sr.; her uncle Richard Wardell Brown, Jr.; and her nephew, Na?Ha-v-ahn Willis Martin, each of Topeka. Noka attended Topeka...
Winifred "Winnie" Walstrom
Apr 12, 2013
Winifred (Winnie) Josephine Walstrom, 95, of Topeka died on April 12, 2013. Winnie was born in Odessa, MO. on March 29, 1918, the daughter of Eugene and Caroline Beying. At the age of two, Winnie?s family moved to a farm in Winchester, Ks. where she grew up and graduated from high school. On May 4, 1940, Winnie married the love...
Ignacio M. Padilla
Apr 12, 2013
Ignacio M. "Bob" Padilla, 63, of Topeka, died Friday, April 12, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Hospital after complications due to advanced COPD and Pneumonia. Bob was born February 5, 1950 in Topeka the son of Miguel and Rose (Trujillo) Padilla. He attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic School and graduated from Hayden High School where he was a member of the...
Marjorie A. Anderson-Austin Ybarra
Apr 10, 2013
Marjorie A. Anderson-Austin Ybarra, 91, of Topeka, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born July 15, 1921 in Topeka, the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Clerico) Anderson. She was a 1939 graduate of Capitol Catholic High School and Strickler?s Business College. Marjorie was a clerk for the AT&SF Railway Company retiring in 1973 after 30...
Grover C. Wilson
Apr 5, 2013
Grover C. Wilson, 85, of Topeka, died April 5, 2013 at Lexington Park Nursing Home. He was born in Leeton, Missouri on March 15, 1928 the son of Eugene and Myrtle Frances (Johnson) Wilson. Grover served in the military during the Korean Conflict. He had been an auto mechanic and shop foreman. Grover retired from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility as...
Amy Michelle (Runyan) Hernandez
Mar 30, 2013
Amy Michelle (Runyan) Hernandez, 38, born January 30, 1975, died March 30, 2013. The daughter of Helen Miller and Ronald Runyan, Sr., they survive. Amy was a long time employee of McDonald?s. She was a woman who loved and cared for her family, a selfless person who gave whatever she had to give to all who knew her and had...
Elizabeth A. Warner
Mar 29, 2013
Elizabeth A. "Beth" Warner, 72, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Beth was born June 30, 1940 in Marysville, KS the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Bornhorst) Cohorst. She was a homemaker most of her life later retired as the office manager for Dr. Shin-Fu-Hsu. . Beth was a member of Mater Dei-Holy Name...
Gerald Robert Rabe
Mar 22, 2013
Gerald Robert "Jerry" Rabe, 76, of Topeka, Kansas, died March 22, 2013 at his home. He was born on June 15, 1936 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Jacob George and Odelia Elizabeth (Schaefer) Rabe. Jerry attended St. Joseph?s grade school. He worked at Santa Fe as the assistant manager of the Car Department and later retired as the Head...
Virginia Hernandez Aguirre
Mar 18, 2013
Virginia Hernandez Aguirre, 75, of Topeka, KS died Monday, March 18, 2013 in Orlando, FL. She was born May 28, 1937 in Durango, MX the daughter of Refugio and Petra (Hernandez) Campa. Virginia was a homemaker and dearly loved spending time with her grandchildren. She married Francisco Aguirre in May of 1951. He preceded her in death on June 8,...
Mary Margaret McDermed
Mar 15, 2013
Mary Margaret McDermed, 91, of Topeka, KS, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at Midland Hospice Care. She was born May 13, 1921 in Wichita, KS the daughter of Edward and Velma (Lesco) Hurst. Mary was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WW II. She was a secretary at the Colmery O?Neil Veterans Administration Hospital retiring in 1983. Mary has lived in...
Helen Pfeiffer
Mar 9, 2013
Helen Pfeiffer, 78, of Topeka, Kansas, died March 9, 2013 at Midland House House. She was born on May 24, 1934 in Grainfield, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Amelia (Wasinger) Schiefelbein. Helen attended St. Joseph?s grade school and worked at Seymour?s at the age of 15 to help her family. She also worked at Woolworths Department Store and Crosby...
Jerome Dunagan
Mar 8, 2013
Jerome Dunagan, 79, of Maple Hill, passed away on March 8, 2013 at Rolling Hills Health Center. He was born in rural Maple Hill, Kansas on April 5, 1933 the son of Edward Jerome and Ellen A. (Rafferty) Dunagan. Jerome was a graduate of Dover High School in 1950. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps serving during...
Lupe Alonzo Parks
Mar 3, 2013
Lupe Alonzo Parks, 86, of Topeka, died March 3, 2013 at Manor Care. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on May 6, 1926 the daughter of Felix and Teresa (Ramos) Padilla. Lupe had been a beautician and homemaker. She was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Lupe married Rudolfo Alonzo at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on...
Marley Wayne White
Mar 3, 2013
M. Wayne White, 74, of Topeka, died March 3, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 17, 1939 the son of Clyde Allard and Elizabeth (Utz) White. Wayne was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served in the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Philip Billard Post #1650 of the Veterans...
Marcella M. Winderlin
Feb 28, 2013
Marcella Mildred Desch Winderlin, 96, transitioned peacefully to heaven on February 28, 2013. Marcella was preceded in death by her husband Joe of 54 years, her four sisters, Irene, Emma, Fran, and Lee, and one brother, Leonard. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Tina and Greg McIntyre, her daughter Linda Bundy, granddaughter Michaela Bundy and great-grandson, Iziah Carson....
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