Richard Mendonca
April 6, 2014
Richard Mendonca, 79, of Topeka, died April 6, 2014 at the House at Midland Care. He was born in Berkeley, California on July 25, 1934 the son of Frank and Mary (Silva) Mendonca. Richard served in the U.S. Air Force from 1967 to 1973. He was retired from AT&T. He enjoyed bowling and watching Kansas State sports. Richard married Hannah...
Jason Glen Smoot
April 6, 2014
Jason Glen Smoot, 37, of Topeka, died April 6, 2014. He was born in Topeka, Kansas on July 1, 1976 the son of Randy Glen and Robin E. (Bagby) Smoot. Jason worked for the Construction Union for Rylie Equipment and had previously worked at Waste Management and for Hamm's Quarry. He was an auto and motorcycle racing enthusiast, and enjoyed...
Barbara Ellen Turk
April 6, 2014
Barbara Ellen Turk, 80, of Topeka, died April 6, 2014 at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on June 15, 1933 the daughter of Lawrence I. and Barbara Ann (Brenner) Turk. Barbara was a 1951 graduate of Hayden High School. She was retired from the State of Kansas Motor Vehicle Department. She loved watching sports and...
Rita Sue Haverkamp
April 6, 2014
Rita Sue Haverkamp, 56 of Silver Lake, died April 6, 2014. Rita was born on February 1, 1958 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd and Bonnie (Vannocker) Moore. She worked for the State of Kansas as a contract manager. Rita enjoyed cooking, watching television with her dog Krissie, and loved spending time with family, especially her grandchildren. Rita was...
Horace Wayne Garvey, Sr.
March 27, 2014
Horace Wayne Garvey, Sr., 71, of Topeka died March 27, 2014 at his home. He was born October 26, 1942 in Paducah, KY the son of George and Viola (Barrow) Garvey. Wayne retired from the United States Air Force serving from November 18, 1959 until November 30, 1979. After retiring he began a second career as a corrections officer for...
Martin S. Klotzbach
March 26, 2014
Martin S. Klotzbach, 80, of Topeka died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born August 6, 1933 in Manhattan, KS the son of Martin, Sr and Reva (Venard) Klotzbach. Martin graduated Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Salina, KS, in 1951. After high school, he was drafted into the Army serving during the Korean War. He then attended...
Lynn Curtis Conner
March 19, 2014
Lynn "Curt" Conner, 70, of Topeka, died March 19, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born on October 25, 1943 in Edgewood, Iowa, the son of Wilbur and Beulah (Martin) Conner. Curt served in the United States Air Force for 23 years and worked as an Inventory Management Supervisor and also as a jet engine mechanic. He received the Meritorious...
Jose Juan Estrada II
March 16, 2014
Jose Juan Estrada II, 48, of Topeka, died March 16, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. He was born in Topeka, Kansas on July 31, 1965 the son of Jose Juan and Margarita A. (Silva) Estrada. Jose worked in the Janitorial field for USD #501 and most recently for the YMCA. Jose loved the outdoors, animals, biking, camping, swimming, music and...
Theresa Sanchez
March 16, 2014
Theresa Sanchez, 57, of Topeka, died March 16, 2014. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on May 27, 1956 the daughter of Consepcion and Aurora (Barranco) Sanchez. Theresa had been an LPN for the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center. She is survived by a daughter, Consuelo Sanchez of Columbia, Mo. and five brothers, John Sanchez of Collegetown, PA., Paul Sanchez of...
Cipriano Gutierrez
March 14, 2014
Cipriano "Pania" "Cip" Gutierrez, 86, of Topeka passed away the morning of March 14, 2014. He was born on September 16, 1927 in Topeka to Presciliano and Lorenza (Ortiz) Gutierrez, who were among a wave of Mexican immigrants who settled in Kansas during the early 1900's because of available work with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. They first...
Frances L. Barber
March 13, 2014
Frances L. "Phronsie" Barber, 97, of Topeka, died March 13, 2014 at the House at Midland Care. She was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin on April 10, 1916 the daughter of Charles and Mabel (Breese) Jacob. Phronsie was a graduate of Oberlin College and worked for several years as a children's librarian. In 1945, she married Richard Barber with whom she...
Louise Schreiber
March 10, 2014
Louise Schreiber, 92, of Topeka, died March 10, 2014 at Brookside Retirement Center in Overbrook. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on February 2, 1922 the daughter of Ignatius and Mary (Gabel) Haberkorn. She attended Topeka High School and was a volunteer at Let's Help and the Election Board. Louise enjoyed gardening, canning, baking, sewing all types of crafts, garage...
Howard Duane Huesers
March 10, 2014
Howard Duane Huesers, 89, of Topeka, died March 10, 2014 at the Colmery O'Neil V.A. Medical Center. He was born December 11, 1924 in Minot, North Dakota, the son of John Henry and Marie (Anderson) Huesers. Howard served in the Army Air Corps as a tail-gunner of a B-24 Liberator bomber crew and was based in England and Italy. He...
Evelyn J. Ross
March 9, 2014
Evelyn J. Ross, 81 of Topeka, KS died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born December 28, 1932 in Topeka the daughter of Thomas and Rosella (Meyers) Boyles after Thomas's death in the late 30's Rosella married Glenn R. Cox. Evelyn retired from the Department of Labor. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon Davison, a...
Walter H "Walt" Pfeiffer
March 7, 2014
Walter Herbert Pfeiffer, 86, of Topeka, Kansas, died March 7, 2014. He was born January 22, 1928 in Holton, Kansas, the son of William Pfeiffer and Louise (Hermann) Pfeiffer. Walter attended Holton High School and Clark's Business College. With the permission of his parents, he joined the Navy at the age of 17, serving at the end of World War...
Gregorio C. Sandate
March 6, 2014
Gregorio C. Sandate, 80, of Topeka, died March 6, 2014 at his home surrounded by family. He was born on February 18, 1934, in Terlingua, Texas, one of eleven children to Herculano and Lucia (Castro) Sandate. Greg was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force and was stationed at Forbes Air Force Base. After his service with the...
Michael Joseph Artzer
March 6, 2014
Michael Joseph Artzer, 60, of Topeka, KS died March 6, 2014 at his home. He was born November 12, 1953 in Topeka the son of Paul and Pat (Blazier) Artzer. Mike was a self-employed auto mechanic and sold cars at Mike's Used Cars. He married Deborah Mosher on February 14, 1993 in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include his parents,...
Nancy Catherine Reeb
March 5, 2014
Nancy Catherine Reeb, 74, formerly of Topeka, KS, died Wednesday March 5, 2014 at Kansas City Hospice House. She was born June 18, 1939, the daughter of Catherine and Jacob Berberick. She graduated from Hayden High School and worked for Santa Fe Railway as a clerk for forty years. Nancy was active in Santa Fe women's club, an avid reader,...
Cynthia May Spaulding
March 5, 2014
Cynthia May Spaulding, 89 of Meriden died March 5, 2014. She was born August1, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA the daughter of William Joseph and Ceres (Twitchell) Caldwell. Though the years Cynthia held many different jobs but the one she enjoyed the most was spending time on her farm. She loved Jersey Cattle, sewing, cooking, baking, gardening and solving Bible word...
Ignacio John Zarazua
March 1, 2014
Ignacio "John" Zarazua, 82, of Topeka, passed away on March 1st (which was his mother's birthday) at the VA Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Pauline, Kansas on December 6, 1931 the son of Jose and Esther (Servantez) Zarazua. John was a veteran in the U.S. Army having served during the Korean Conflict. He was...
