Obituaries

Jun 17, 2013

Wamego- Patricia Ann "Pat" Breitkreutz, 77, passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. She was born October 27, 1935 at Great Bend the daughter of William and Vernie Banks Murphy. She attended Great Bend Schools. Pat was a foreman for Locke Stove Company and lived many years in Kansas City, MO, and Cameron, MO....

Jun 6, 2013

Rossville- Leo D. Berry, 83, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

He was born November 2, 1929 at Topeka, the son of Leo Daniel and Mildred Rupin Berry. Leo grew up in the Rossville community and graduated from St. Marys High School, in 1947. He attended Creighton University and Kansas State...

May 29, 2013

Emmett-Marie Lourdes Neville, 87, passed away at her rural Emmett home Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

She was born December 14, 1925 at Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Levite and Marie Sirous Thibodeau. She grew up in Maine.

Mrs. Neville worked in trunks and engineering for Mountain Bell Phone Company for many years. She had lived...

May 28, 2013

Josephine Pressgrove, 100, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville.

She was born December 28, 1912 to George and Rosie Hejtmanek Olejnik of Rossville. She spent most of her life in the Rossville, Wamego and Topeka areas and attended Victor 101 School.

Josephine was married to LeRoy...

May 28, 2013

Adeline I. Dickinson, 89, of Maddock, ND, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at the Heart of America Medical Center Long Term Care in Rugby, ND.

Adeline was born on June 29, 1923 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, the youngest of six children of Thomas and Sophie Melvin. She married Donald D. Dickinson and had five children. Over...

May 24, 2013

St. Marys- Leona M. Wright, 104, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at the St. Marys Manor.

She was born July 11, 1908 at Onaga, the daughter of Robert B. and Alma L. Flinn Wright. Miss Wright grew up in the Onaga community and graduated from Onaga High School in 1925. She attended Emporia State Teachers College...

May 24, 2013

Wamego- Bertha C. Zeller, 86 of Wamego, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at the Rossville Health & Rehabilitation Center.

She was born May 16, 1927 at Paxico the daughter of William Frank & Helena Stech Kolde. Bertha grew up in the St. Marys community where she attended schools.

Mrs. Zeller was a homemaker and...

May 19, 2013

Wamego-Russell N. Arand, 29, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.

He was born August 9, 1983 at Wamego, the son of Ronald L. and Silke A. Straub Arand. Russell grew up in the Wamego community and attended Wamego Schools.

Russell loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and riding...

May 14, 2013

Fred D. Barthuly, 82, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

He was born March 15, 1931 at Paxico, the son of Fred W. and Thelma Gehring Barthuly. Fred graduated from Paxico High School in 1949.

Mr. Barthuly lived on a farm in the Snokomo community and operated a...

May 6, 2013

Patricia G. Dohrman, 93, passed away peacefully May 6, 2013 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Pat will be welcomed home by her husband, Lee and parents, Walter and Cora Sharrai.

Pat lived her entire life in Kansas. Born Dec. 6, 1919, in Atchison, to Roy and Cora Long, spending her younger school years in Wetmore and...

Apr 30, 2013

Kevin L. Chase, 53, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Deseret Health and Rehabilitation Center in Onaga.

He was born June 13, 1959 at Ottawa, the son of Arvin L "Smokey"and Karen S. Frack Chase. Kevin attended Ottawa and Pomona High Schools. He was a maintenance worker and had lived in St. Marys since 1999....

Apr 29, 2013

James F. "Jim" Schumaker, 78, died Monday, April 29, 2013, the forty-fifth anniversary of his father's death, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.

He was born February 23, 1935, at St. Marys, the son of Lawrence N. and Cecilia M. Schumaker. He grew up in St. Marys and graduated from St. Marys High School in 1953. He served...

Apr 26, 2013

Rae Mona Lampe, 86, passed away, Friday, April 26, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born March 17, 1927 at Vliets, the daughter of Ray and Florine Isaacson Floyd. She grew up in the Vliets and Frankfort communities and graduated from Frankfort High School in 1944.

Mrs. Lampe had been a waitress...

Apr 20, 2013

Beverly Kay Posch, 71, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born June 23, 1941 at Wichita the daughter of Ciscro and Mary Louise Amberg Harlin. Beverly grew up in the Wichita and Bentley communities and graduated from Bentley High School.

Mrs. Posch was a member of Sacred...

Apr 16, 2013

Emma H. Shibler, 84, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at her rural St. Marys Home.

She was born November 5, 1928 at Loveland, TX, the daughter of Riley and Twila Beatrice Hern Hodges. Emma lived in Texas until the age of 10 when she moved with her family to California. She later moved to Michigan living...

Apr 11, 2013

Mary A. Jones, 80, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House.

She was born February 8, 1933 at Fairfax, MO, the daughter of David H. and Nellie K. Flanagan Foster.

Mary had live in Topeka since 1967.

Among survivors are her children, Niki Wallis, Terry Jones and...

Apr 10, 2013

Floyd A. Gee, 92, Kansas City, formerly of Rossville, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at a the Presbyterian Manor in Kansas City.

He was born December 8, 1920 at Home City, the son of Fred A. and Gertrude E. Seip Gee. Pastor Gee was a graduate of Moody Bible Institute.

Floyd and Ruth Wullschleger...

Mar 26, 2013

Emmett-Dorrilla Lorraine Vande Velde, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at her home in Emmett. She was born August 3, 1936 at Windsor, MO, the daughter of Oliver F. and Florence L. Macha Tuller. As a young girl she lived in Wisconsin and moved to the Delia and Rossville communities where she attended Rossville High School and Clark's School...

Mar 25, 2013

St. Marys-Alice Mae Thomas Trask, 69, passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Stormont Vail Regional Hospital in Topeka. She was born April 27, 1943 at Ft. Sill, OK, the daughter of Clifford and Bessie Manning Thomas. Alice was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was united in marriage to Charles Trask on August 10, 1961 at Sayre, OK....

Mar 22, 2013

Agnes H. Lacock, 102, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at St. Marys Manor. She was born January 25, 1911 at St. Marys, the daughter of Carl F. and Alma Brown Carlson. Agnes grew up in the St. Marys community and graduated from St. Marys High School in 1928. Mrs. Lacock had worked at the Mission Motel, Mr. D's and later...