Obituaries

Mar 12, 2014

Rossville- Samuel M. "Shorty" Thompson, 91, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center.

He was born October 29, 1922 at Delia, the son of Ludvig and Ella L. Keller Thompson. He grew up in the Delia community and attended High Prairie Grade School and graduated from Delia High School. He had...

Mar 11, 2014

Rossville-Mary C. Cowan, 69, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Midland Hospice House on March 11, 2014, after a long, hard fought battle with COPD.

Mary was born in Rossville on December 25, 1944, to Edward and Winifred Yocum Besta. She grew up in the Rossville/Delia area and graduated from Delia High...

Mar 11, 2014

Helen M. Lester, 79, passed away, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at her home in St. Marys.

She was born November 9, 1934 at Chicago, IL, the daughter of Leland and Helen Cox McCabe. Mrs. Lester grew up in Park Ridge, IL, and received her law degree from Loyola University.

Mrs. Lester was preceded in death...

Mar 9, 2014

Silver Lake- George C. DeBacker, 88, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

He was born August 24, 1925 near Delia, the son of the late George W. and Margaret Mulligan DeBacker. George graduated from Delia High School and lived many years in the Delia community before moving to Silver Lake in...

Mar 7, 2014

Jeanne Marie Smith, 70, passed away Friday, March 7, 2014 at the St. Marys, Manor.

She was born August 21, 1943 at Erie, PA, the daughter of the late William and JoAnn Fleugel Blotzer. Jeanne grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Vero Beach, FL, when she was in high school.

Mrs. Smith was a...

Mar 4, 2014

Maple Hill-William C. Parker, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

He was born October 9, 1927 at Micro, NC, the son of Rosker and Robeary Narron Parker. He grew up in Micro and attended school there. Mr. Parker served in the United States Army and later the United States Air...

Feb 20, 2014

Lloyd Durow, 93 died Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Winter Meadow Homes in Topeka.

He was born September 18, 1920 in Big Springs, Kansas, the son of Charles and Demma Wise Durow. Lloyd attended Topeka public schools, Lafayette Grade School, Lincoln Jr. High and graduated from Topeka High in 1938. He attended Washburn College two years and...

Feb 17, 2014

St. Marys-Geraldine Marie Blanchat, 86, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at the St. Marys Manor.

She was born May 23, 1927 at Olpe, the daughter of Leo and Mary Nuessen Voeste.

She moved to St. Marys in 1951. Mrs. Blanchat was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

She was united in...

Feb 17, 2014

Nellie N. Mauck, 99, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born April 29, 1914 in a sod house at Forgan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter Scott and Julia Mae Spruill Kennedy. She graduated from Our Lady of The Plains High School at Dodge City.

Mrs. Mauck...

Feb 10, 2014

Rossville-Harry M. Hammer Jr., 72, passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born March 26, 1941 at Wichita, the son of Harry M. and Estyl M. Hall Hammer. Harry graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1959.

Mr. Hammer was in law-enforcement working for the Kansas Highway Patrol...

Jan 30, 2014

Patricia Jane "Patty" Essman, 72, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Midland Hospice in Topeka, Kansas. Patty was born on November 27, 1941 in Richmond Kansas. She was one of nine children born to Joseph Richard and Mary Belle Coffey. She moved to Rossville at an early age living on a farm west of town with Harry and Etta...

Jan 27, 2014

Manhattan-Dalton Ray McIntyre-Nichols, 21, died Monday, January 27, 2014 at his home in Manhattan as a result of end stage renal disease.

He was born February 22, 1992 at Topeka the son of Sage Nelson and Steven G. McIntyre and was adopted by his grandparents G. Gene and Arletta Sage Nichols. He grew up in Rossville and...

Jan 26, 2014

Stephen E. Floersch, 54, died Sunday, January 26, 2014 at his rural Belvue home.

He was born, September 10, 1959 at Topeka, the son of Eugene and Marie E. Glotzbach Floersch. Steve graduated from St. Marys High School.

Steve was an owner & operator of Kansas Hardwoods Inc. in Belvue and was a farmer. He...

Jan 13, 2014

St. Marys-John C. Bryan, 82, passed away Monday, January 13, 2014 at the St. Marys Manor.

He was born September 14, 1931 at Jacksonville, FL; the son of Talmadge Emory and Helen "Dolly" Johnson Bryan. Mr. Bryan graduated from the University of Florida and had lived all his life in Jacksonville until moving to St. Marys this...

Jan 12, 2014

Rossville-Herman E. "Buddy" Lee, 78, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 at StormontVailHospital in Topeka.

He was born December 22, 1935 at Marshfield, MO; the son of Hiram and Minnie Adams Lee. He grew up in the Ozarks and moved to Wichita at the age of 16 and started working for the railroad. Herman served in the...

Jan 6, 2014

Joseph A. "Joe Caraway, 46, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at his home near Tipton.

He was born April 21, 1967 at Denver, the son of William G. and JoAnn Hyman Caraway. He grew up in the Delia community and graduated from Rossville High School in 1985.

Joe had lived in Topeka before moving...

Jan 6, 2014

St. Marys-Mary E. Homan, 85, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

She was born October 23, 1928 at Valley Falls the daughter of Eugene F. and Margaret Bertels Wenzl. She graduated from Immaculate Conception Catholic High School in St. Marys.

Mrs. Homan was a waitress at the Knights...

Jan 1, 2014

Levi William Bishop, 24, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 in St. Marys.

He was born June 15, 1989 at Onaga, the son of Rick and Sandy VanDeWiele Bishop.

He grew up in the Emmett, Rossville and St. Marys communities. Levi graduated from Rossville High School in 2008.

He was preceded in death by...

Dec 25, 2013

Alvin Leroy Musick, 58, died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 from complications of a massive heart attack he suffered on Sunday, December 22, 2013.

He was born February 12, 1955 at Topeka, the son of Curtis and Helen J. Sage Musick. Alvin grew up in the Dover community and graduated from Mission Valley High School in 1973.

Dec 20, 2013

Emmett-Gerard M. Cain, 52, Emmett, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

He was born October 31, 1961 at Tempe, AZ, the son of Sylvester H. and Patricia McCarthy Cain. Gerard grew up in Leonardtown, MD, and graduated from high school there.

Gerard moved to the St. Marys area in...