Margaret Wehner
Dec 23, 2021
Margaret J. “Peg” McGrath Wehner, 72, passed away with family by her side on Thursday, December 23, 2021, at the St. Marys, Manor.
Peg was born November 15, 1949, in Onaga, the daughter of Joseph A. and Eldora M. Kenworthy McGrath. She was raised in the Emmett community and attended Holy Cross Schools until her Senior year...
Randal Sumner
Dec 21, 2021
Randal E. “Randy” Sumner, 68 passed away unexpectedly from a pulmonary embolism Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at his home.
Randy was born July 5, 1953, in Topeka, the son of the late Everett and Naomi Keller Sumner. He was raised in the Delia community and graduated from Rossville High School in 1971.
Randy had lived in the...
Edwin Bush
Dec 11, 2021
Edwin E. Bush, 93, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021, at a Topeka nursing facility.
Ed was born November 2, 1928, seven miles south of Eskridge on the family farm the son of Earle and Katherine States Bush. He graduated from Eskridge High School and attended Kansas State University.
Ed lived and worked on the family farm until 1960,when he...
Julianna Gallaway
Dec 8, 2021
Julianna C. Gallaway, 7, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at a Topeka Hospital.
She was born August 28, 2014, in Onaga, the daughter of Kevin and Natasha Bush Gallaway.
Julianna was preceded in death by her grandparents, LeRoy and Glenda Gallaway.
Survivors include her parents, Kevin and Natasha; her siblings, Lauren, Christian,...
Frances Gagnon
Dec 3, 2021
Frances M. Gagnon, 96, passed away, Friday, December 3, 2021, at her daughter's home in St. Marys.
Frances was born April 13, 1925, in South Manchester, CT., the daughter of Ralph and Antoinette Gonze Lupacchino. Mrs. Gagnon lived all her life in Manchester. She had worked for Metropolitan Insurance Company.
Frances was preceded in death...
Jeffrey Peek
Dec 2, 2021
Jeffrey John Peek, 59, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
He was born September 26, 1962, in Wanganui, New Zealand the son of Theodorus and Alida VanWamel Peek. He grew up and had lived in New Zealand before moving to the US. Jeffrey and Susan Millovitsch were united in marriage on...
Wilma Bays
Dec 2, 2021
Maple Hill—Wilma Arlene Bays, 81, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021, at the Midland Hospice House.
She was born January 28, 1940, at Cole Camp, MO., the daughter of Clarence B. and Georgia L. Morgan Brown. The family moved to Michigan in 1950 and then to Maple Hill in 1956.
Wilma helped her husband Ottilie...
Andrew Huaracha
Dec 1, 2021
Andrew James Huaracha, 52, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at a Topeka hospital.
Andrew was born August 5, 1969, in Chappell NE, the son of Guadalupe Remijo Huaracha and Delores Marie Rivera Huaracha. Andrew was raised in Chappell where he graduated from high school. He joined the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and...
Loretta Kleinsmith
Dec 1, 2021
Loretta Kleinsmith, age 91, passed away peacefully on. December 1, 2021, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.
Loretta was a strong and amazing woman who was blessed to live a long, full life. She was the 3rd oldest of 14 children, born on May 27, 1930 to Joseph and Victoria Papen of Sheridan, Oregon. Loretta was a...
Kerry Dick
Nov 29, 2021
It is with heavy hearts we mourn the passing of Rossville Police Officer Kerry Dick. Officer Dick died Monday, November 29, 2021, at a local hospital of natural causes; he was 53 years old.
He was born December 10, 1967, at Wichita, the son of Edgar and Phyllis (Boggs) Dick. The Dick family moved to Wamego when...
Jerry Dick
Nov 28, 2021
Silver Lake—Jerry L. Dick, 83, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021 at his home in Silver Lake.
He was born August 6, 1938, in Topeka, the son of William “Bill” and Alverine Tibbets Dick. Jerry was raised in Topeka and attended Highland Park High School and graduated from Lecompton High. Jerry excelled in sports and even played...
Hazel Worthington
Nov 26, 2021
Hazel Marie Anderson Worthington, 82, passed away peacefully among her family and friends Friday, November 26, 2021.
Hazel was born May 3, 1939, in Kimeo, KS the daughter of Otis and Maxine Heath Anderson.
Hazel loved being a mother, grandmother, great grandmother and homemaker. While her children were in school, she worked with the school...
Mary Deiter
Nov 25, 2021
Mary E. Deiter, 82, passed away Thursday, November 25, 2021, at the Overland Park Regional Hospital.
She was born June 3, 1939, Wagner, OK, the daughter of William “Tooter” and Ruby L. Cron Nichols. Mary graduated from Tulsa High School. She moved to Kansas in the early 70’s.
Mary worked in retail sales. She worked in...
Emma Yocum
Nov 25, 2021
Emma L. (Pageler) Yocum went to be with her Lord and Heavenly family on Thanksgiving night, November 25, 2021, at the St. Marys Manor.
Emma was born on January 5, 1934, on a farm north of Belvue, KS and spent her entire life in the St. Marys, KS area. She was the only daughter of Reinhardt and Vaneta (Cox)...
Vena Willingham
Nov 24, 2021
Vena M. Willingham, 86, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at her home in Topeka.
Vena was born December 11, 1934, in St. Marys, the daughter of Edward and Martha Mullen Rogers. She grew up in St. Marys, attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Grade School and graduated from St. Marys High School.
Vena was employed by the...
Catherine Wild
Nov 22, 2021
Catherine Ann “Kay” Wild, 85, passed away Monday, November 22, 2021, at the St. Marys Manor.
Kay was born July 28, 1936, at home in rural Jackson County Kansas, the daughter of John T. and Catherine V. O’Connor Jacobson. She grew up in Delia where she attended grade school and moved to Topeka where she attended Sacred...
Beth Boudreau
Nov 20, 2021
Beth Ann Boudreau, 61, passed away Saturday, November 20, 2021, at a Topeka Hospital.
Beth was born January 25, 1960, in Rome NY, the daughter of James F. and Billie J. Waetzig Boudreau. She had lived in Topeka many years.
Beth was preceded in death by her father, James Boudreau, and her grandparents.
She...
Gerald Golberg
Nov 19, 2021
Gerald “Jerry” Patrick Golberg peacefully passed away on November 19, 2021 after having received the last sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Surrounded by his loving family and friends praying the rosary, he blessed himself with the sign of the cross and clung to his rosary.
Jerry was born in Rochester, Minnesota to Selmar Leonard Golberg and Ethel...
Julia Kabance
Nov 16, 2021
Julia Y. Kabance, of St. Mary’s, KS, received her last rites and died peacefully in her sleep on November 16, 2021, at the age of 111. She was the oldest living member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, a great source of pride for her. She was also the oldest known female US veteran, having served in both the...
Lieu Alvarez
Nov 8, 2021
Lieu Alvarez was born on 12 January, 1943 in Phan Thiet, Viet Nam. She was the second of 12 children. She was raised a Buddhist though the family had contact with the French colonialists and as an extension, the Catholic Faith though only peripherally. Yet the family respected the foreign occupiers and emulated them in business though not in...
