Alicia McAtarian
Nov 19, 2018
Alicia Josephine McAtarian, nee Freely, passed away Monday, November 19th, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Born to Mark and Anne Freely in New Jersey on September 4th 1929, she was raised in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and graduated from Queen of Peace High School in nearby North Arlington. "Jo" was devoted to her father, whom she lost as...
Catherine Best
Nov 16, 2018
Catherine J. "Cathie" Best, 66, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Catherine Jean was born to Gilby and Libby Trussell in Strong City, KS April 19, 1952. She grew up in Cottonwood Falls riding bikes, swimming in creeks and making family train trips to California, New York, St. Louis, Grand Canyon and many...
Kent Paine Sr
Nov 13, 2018
Rossville-Kent W. Paine Sr. 72, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at his home in Rossville. He was born in Rossville on December 24, 1945 to Chet and Evelyn Baird Paine. Kent graduated from Rossville High School in 1963. Kent worked in the Santa Fe Shops at Topeka for over 40 years retiring in January 2006. Hunting and fishing were his...
Dorothy Mergenmeier
Nov 12, 2018
Dorothy Kathleen Mergenmeier "Dot" to her friends 92, passed away Monday, November 12, 2018 at Brewster Place in Topeka. She was born February 18, 1926 on a farm near Oneida the daughter of Valentine E. and Ida C. Holthaus Koehler. Dorothy graduated from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School in 1943. Prior to her marriage Dorothy was employed...
Felix Hesse
Nov 4, 2018
St. Marys-Felix Leander Hesse, 90, passed away Sunday November 4, 2018 at the Community Hospital in St. Marys. He was born May 30, 1928 at Paxico the first child of Leander P. and Irena A. Straub Hesse. Felix graduated from Paxico High School in 1946. He and his family moved from Paxico to St. Marys in 1960. Felix was a...
Edward Stoddard
Oct 27, 2018
St. Marys-Edward C. "Ed" Stoddard, 75 passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the St. Marys Manor. He was born December 23, 1942 at Belding, MI; the son of Ambrose C. and Maude P. Conkey Stoddard. Ed grew up in Belding and graduated from Belding High School in 1961 and entered the United States Air Force that fall. He served...
Karen Lesperance
Oct 25, 2018
Karen Coleen Moylan Lesperance, 57, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born November 10, 1960 at Cheyenne, WY. the daughter of Patrick John and Carol J. Morford Moylan. She grew up in the Emmett community and graduated from St. Marys High School where she was active in basketball and track and...
Richard Deiter
Oct 24, 2018
Richard J. Deiter, 95, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born February 9, 1923 on a farm near Paxico the son of Phillip Andrew and Nannie Mae Davis Deiter. Richard grew up near Maple Hill and attended Maple Hill Schools. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. Richard worked...
Katherine Bushey
Oct 24, 2018
Katherine J. "Kay" Bushey 70, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at a Topeka hospital. She was born January 15, 1948 in Topeka, the daughter of Francis Clyde and Mary Catherine Cunningham Bushey. Kay graduated from St. Marys High School and attended KSTC in Emporia. Kay lived most of her adult life in Topeka and worked for the State...
Ronald Schumaker
Oct 16, 2018
Ronald L. Schumaker, 69, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at his Topeka home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 19, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Mr. Schumaker will lie in state an hour before the mass at the church. Interment will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. Memorial...
Maria Concetta Giubardo
Oct 12, 2018
Maria Concetta (Connie) Giubardo departed this life on October 12th, 2018, at her home in Brookhaven Hamlet, NY, at the age of 96. Through God's mercy and compassion, she will finally be laid to rest, on November 30th, 2024, in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Saint Marys, KS.
Connie was born on August 14th, 1922, on the Vigil of the Feast of the...
Jeannette Suber
Oct 8, 2018
Maple Hill-Jeannette K. Suber, 75, passed away Monday, October 8, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born May 9, 1943 in Des Moines, IA. the daughter of Floyd and Eva Sylvester Robbins. She had 5 siblings, Harold, Dale, Wayne, Howard and Myrna. Jeannette graduated from Lincoln High School in 1961. She did her undergraduate studies at...
Edna Wyatt
Oct 6, 2018
Lyons-Edna Marie Wyatt, 89 passed away Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Home in Lyons. She was born January 4, 1929 in Norman, NE, the daughter of J. Elmer and Hilda Johnson Bent. Edna was married to Robert C. Wyatt on October 14, 1950 at Waterloo, IA. They lived in Norman before moving to the Topeka area and...
Barbara May
Oct 6, 2018
Barbara Lee May, 77, was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Aldersgate Village Retirement Living Community, Topeka, Kansas. She was born April 27, 1941 in Adrian, Missouri the daughter of Reverend William "Bill" and Lorene (McCune) Wilson. When Barbara was quite young her family moved to Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Barbara attended schools in Boise...
Norman Marstall
Sep 26, 2018
Norman F. Marstall, 82, lifelong St. Marys resident, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 in St. Marys. He was born January 1, 1936 at Wamego, the son of George H. and Nellie M. Van Hole Marstall. Norman graduated from St. Marys High School in 1953. Norman worked for the St. Marys CO-OP in the seed corn division and drove...
Janice Hanley
Sep 25, 2018
Janice Kay Hanley, 70, of St. Marys, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at Midland Hospice House. She was born on July 3, 1948, just outside Oklahoma City, OK., the daughter of Wendall and Wilda (Ray) Yenzer. Janice is survived by her husband Charles Hanley, daughters, Daphne (Scott) Schoemann and Lisa Hanley, a son, David Hanley, a brother Charlie Watkins,...
James Vanderbilt
Aug 29, 2018
St. Marys-James Richard "Rick" Vanderbilt, 65, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at Oakley Place of Rossville. He was born March 6, 1953 at Trenton, NJ. the son of James E. and Marie Williams Vanderbilt. Rick grew up in the Trenton area and graduated from Mercer County Community College. He was an operations manager for a printing company before...
Dorothy Ronsse
Aug 20, 2018
Dorothy Jean (Yancey) Ronsse of St. Marys passed away on Aug. 20, 2018 at age 92, just 3 days before her 93rd birthday. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest F. (Duke) Ronsse, Jr. in 1986. She was born August 23, 1925 in Kansas City, the daughter of Gertrude D. (Kramer) and Stephen A. Yancey, both originally from...
Wilma Phoenix
Aug 17, 2018
Rossville--Wilma M. Phoenix, 74, passed away Friday, August 17, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born August 17, 1944 at Gassville, AR. the daughter of Isaac James and Lula Mae Gunsaullus Gilliland. Wilma grew up in Arkansas and graduated from high school there. Wilma had lived in the Emmett community many years before moving to...
Genevieve Watts
Aug 10, 2018
Wamego-Genevieve T. Watts, 76, passed away Friday, August 10, 2018 at her home in Wamego. She was born February 2, 1942 at Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada the daughter of Alexander and Molly Score Birch. She and her family moved to the United States many years ago. She had worked in customer service. Genevieve was a member of St. Bernards Catholic...
