Jacob Thompson
Jul 14, 2021
St. Marys—Jacob R. Thompson, 19, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at a Topeka hospital.
Jacob was born September 13, 2001, at Ft. Riley, Kansas the son of Christopher and Annette Engell Thompson. Jacob grew up in the St. Marys community and graduated from St. Marys High School in 2020.
Jacob was a loving son...
Thomas Cruickshank
Jul 5, 2021
Wamego—Thomas M. Cruickshank, 50, passed away Monday, July 5, 2021, in a Topeka hospital.
He was born May 25, 1971, at Keokuk, IA., the son of John M. and Judith Ann Henson Cruickshank. Tom and his family moved a lot while he was growing up. He had lived in St. Marys many years before moving to Wamego. ...
James Millenbruch
Jun 28, 2021
James C. Millenbruch, 83, Rossville, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021, at a Topeka hospital. He was born August 23, 1937, at Herkimer, the son of Herman J. And Hazel E. Taylor Millenbruch. He was raised at Home, Kansas, and attended Marysville High School. Jim joined the United States Army as a senior and received his GED.
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Charles Keene
Jun 21, 2021
Charles W. Keene of Saint Marys, KS passed away at the age of 82 in Topeka at St. Francis hospital, having received the Last Rites, prayers, and blessings of the Catholic Church and surrounded by friends.
Born in Indiana, Chuck moved to Saint Marys in the late 1980s to be part of Assumption Chapel. He was proud of his...
Charles Thompson
Jun 18, 2021
Charles E. (Ed) Thompson, 83, passed away Friday June 18, 2021, at a Topeka hospital.
Ed was born at home in rural Shawnee County on February 7, 1938, to his late parents Charley & Alta Briggs Thompson. Ed was a 1956 graduate of Rossville High School.
He worked in partnership with his dad and his...
Phillip Bertels
Jun 12, 2021
Phillip Thomas Bertels, 59, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021, at his home in St. Marys.
He was born December 18, 1961, at Winchester, the son of Eugene and Mary Imogene Weishaar Bertels. Phil lived in Nortonville until moving to St. Marys at an early age. He graduated from St. Marys High School in 1980 and Kansas...
Joseph Shoulders
Jun 10, 2021
Joseph Michael Shoulders, 27, passed away Thursday. June 10, 2021, at a Topeka Hospital.
He was born December 13, 1993, in Portland, OR., the son of Warren Thomas “Joe” Shoulders and Rosanna Celeste Remsen Shoulders. He had lived in Vancouver, Texas, and Molalla, OR.
Joe was an industrial electrician and was employed by KG Moates...
Daniel Brunin
Jun 9, 2021
St. Marys—Daniel L. “Dan” Brunin, 62, aka, “Farmer Dan” left this world for greener fields on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 after a long fight with kidney disease, and the most insidious disease no one has ever heard of, calciphylaxis.
He was born September 22, 1958, in Topeka, the son of Robert J. and Veronica J. Muller Brunin. ...
Robert "Bob" Rezac Sr.
Jun 7, 2021
Robert Wayne “Bob” Rezac Sr., 89, St. Marys, passed away Monday, June 7, 2021, at a Topeka Hospital.
He was born November 23, 1931, in rural Emmett, the son of Matthew Martin and Bernice Lucille (Wilson) Rezac. Bob lived in the Emmett community until moving to the Onaga community at the age of 4 ½. He attended Victory School and Onaga High School. He was the president of the1949 senior class of Onaga High School, a 4-H’er and named an FFA State Farmer. After high school, Bob attended Kansas State University and was in...
Virginia Boone
Jun 5, 2021
Virginia M. Boone, 97, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021, at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
She was born April 17, 1924, at Desoto, the daughter of John H. and Ethel Kale Gilbreath. She moved to Topeka at an early age.
Virginia worked at Robert Hall’s for 13 years. In 1970 Virginia and her...
Cheri Gamino
May 28, 2021
St. Marys—Cheri L. Gamino, 74, St. Marys, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.
She was born November 23, 1946, in Braymer, MO. the daughter of Lee and Myrtle Beam Phillips. Cheri graduated from high school and junior college.
Cheri had lived in the Emmett and St. Marys...
Emily Hurla
May 16, 2021
Newbury—Emily S. Hurla, 64, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021, at her home.
She was born May 10, 1957, in Chicago, IL., the daughter of Emilio and Cecilia Chavez Quintanilla. The family moved to the Paxico community where she grew up and attended school until the high school closed and she attended St. Marys High.
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Gay Crawford
May 16, 2021
Topeka—Gay V. Crawford, 64, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.
Gay was born November 3, 1956 at Santa Fe, NM., the daughter of Vance R. and Betty M. Trenton Crawford. Gay graduated from Rossville High School and Kansas State University where she earned her B.S. of Business Administration-Accounting and a B.S. in...
Roberta Baumchen
May 9, 2021
Roberta Elaine DeVader Baumchen, 91, passed away May 9, 2021 on Mother’s Day.
She was born December 5th 1929 in Emmett, Kansas where she lived most of her life until moving to Redbud Plaza Assisted Living, Onaga, KS in 2018.
Roberta was the daughter of Alfred and Emma (Homan) DeVader. A child of the depression...
Rodney Brownlee
May 9, 2021
Harveyville—Rodney F. Brownlee, 64, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2021, at a Topeka Hospital.
He was born October 16, 1956, in Topeka, the son of Robert F. and Phyllis M. Logan Brownlee. Rodney grew up in the Dover community and attended Dover Schools. He was in the first class to graduate from Mission Valley High School.
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Norman Fryzelka
May 3, 2021
Born on April 24, 1950 in Traverse City, Michigan, the third of six children to Edward and Monica Fryzelka, he graduated from St. Francis High School. Norman served in the US Army during the Vietnam era.
He married Victoria Gary on September 16, 1978. They had one daughter, Margery Ann.
He was an active member...
Joseph Gross
Apr 21, 2021
On April 21, 2021, Joseph Harvey Gross lost his two-year battle with cancer. Joe was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 15, 1972. A few years later, the family moved to western Wisconsin, where he received his primary and secondary education. He was a member of the Boy Scouts and the Pierce County 4-H Club.
In 1984...
William Muckenthaler
Apr 19, 2021
William J. “Bill” Muckenthaler, 82, of St. Marys, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
Bill was born on February 13, 1939, in St. Marys the son of Manuel M. and Bertha A. Stitz Muckenthaler. Graduating from St. Marys High School in 1957, he enlisted in the Navy serving as a communication...
Ralph Pfannenstiel
Apr 17, 2021
Silver Lake—Ralph Pfannenstiel, 92, of Silver Lake, passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021. Ralph was a resident at Oakley Place in Rossville. He was born on a farm on March 21, 1929, in Munjor, Kansas, the son of Peter and Mary Korbe Pfannenstiel. Ralph was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville.
On May...
Arlene Looker
Apr 13, 2021
Topeka—Arlene Thompson Looker passed away on April 13, 2021, at the University of Kansas Hospital, St. Francis Campus in Topeka. She was born October 22, 1930, in Delia to Eleanor (Simecka) Thompson and Curtis Thompson. She graduated from Delia High School in 1948. She spent two years teaching in a rural one-room schoolhouse.
Arlene was a member...
