Melanie J. Hannigan
Dec 11, 2023
Melanie J. Hannigan, 60, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023, at a Topeka Hospital.
She was born January 29, 1963, in Topeka the daughter of Neil and JoAnn Dudney Crow. Melanie was raised in the Dover Community and graduated from Mission Valley High School in 1981. She attended Butler County Community College on a softball scholarship and was a walk-on...
Gerald C. "Jerry" Mason
Dec 11, 2023
Silver Lake- Gerald C. "Jerry" Mason, 89, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023, at the St. Marys Manor.
Jerry was born April 1, 1934 in Delia, the son of Clayton "Clay" and Frances Pobrislo Mason. Jerry was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School in 1952. He served in the United States Army.
Jerry was an electrician and...
Kurt Mielenz
Nov 30, 2023
Kurt Heinz Mielenz, 92, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 30, 2023.
Kurt was born on May 4, 1931 to Anna Slaweck in Berlin, Germany. He had a rough childhood growing up during World War II. After completing school he became an apprentice learning the trade of working with wrought iron and welding (pictures of his work are...
Betty Jean Schneider
Nov 28, 2023
Betty Jean Schneider, 78, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at a Topeka hospital.
Jean was born November 7, 1945, at Rossville, the daughter of Howard N. and Gertrude Fox Stiles. She was raised in Rossville and graduated from Rossville High School. Jean was a first-generation college graduate earning a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and Master of...
Virginia "Ginny" A. Doty
Nov 27, 2023
Virginia A. "Ginny" Doty, 79, passed away at her St. Marys home on Monday, November 27, 2023.
Ginny was born August 25, 1944, in Wamego, the daughter of Fred "Fritz" and Anna M. Fuhr Meyer. She attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Grade School and graduated from St. Marys High School.
Ginny had worked at Gockel's IGA (St. Marys) and Falley's Grocery...
Maxine E. LoScalzo
Nov 23, 2023
Maxine E. LoScalzo, 91, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023, at the St. Marys Manor. 
She was born January 5, 1932, at her home in Emmett to Morgan Layne Sumner and Rachel Edith Haug.  Maxine was raised in the St.  Clere and Emmett communities and attended Emmett High School. While in school she played basketball and enjoyed being with her friends....
Kathryn I. Maus
Nov 23, 2023
Kathryn I. Maus, 81 passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023, at a Topeka hospital.
Kathy was born August 23, 1942, in Willard, the daughter of John E. Failer Jr., and Frances Brayman Failer. She was raised in the Willard and Rossville communities.
Kathy was a seamstress for American Linen in Topeka for nearly 40 years. She had worked at Katie's...
Debra Ann Jacobson
Nov 21, 2023
Debra Ann Jacobson, 64, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at her home in Maple Hill.
Debi was born April 15, 1959, in Topeka, the daughter of Donald and Genevieve (Andrick) Jacobson. Debi was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School in 1977. She attended Kaw Valley Vo-Tech, where she studied Computer Science.
Debi worked...
Joseph A. DeDonder
Nov 20, 2023
Joseph Achille DeDonder, 77, passed away Monday, November 20, 2023, in Topeka.
Joe was born November 2, 1946, in Wamego, the son of Philip V. and Louise C. (Zeller) DeDonder. He was raised in the Sandy Hook Community and graduated from St. Marys High School. Joe served in the Kansas National Guard.
As a young man, Joe was part of...
Enid M. Williams
Nov 14, 2023
Enid M. Williams, aged 86, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at a Topeka Hospital.
Born on July 24, 1937, in Buffalo, New York, she was the daughter of Lloyd and Corona DeKehoe Sauberan. Enid achieved a master's degree in Education and dedicated herself to teaching 42 years the last 22 years were in various SSPX Catholic schools....
Fred W. Goodson
Nov 9, 2023
Fred W. Goodson 92, of St. Marys, KS, passed away at home Thursday November 9, 2023, after a valiant battle with COPD. Fred was born September 4, 1931, to Estel Floyd and Allene (Baucom) Goodson in Kansas City, MO., where his father operated a small creamery. He enlisted in the United States Air Force September 1948, and was stationed at...
Clarence "Nick" Yocum
Oct 18, 2023
Clarence “Nick” Yocum went to be with his Lord and Heavenly family on October 18, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas. His family knows he is by the side of his best friend and wife, Emma Lou Yocum.
Nick was born on June 20, 1934, on a farm located in the Sandy Hook community east of St. Marys...
Rickey L. Jones
Oct 17, 2023
Rickey L. Jones, 67, died peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at The Healthcare Resort of Topeka where he was a resident. He was born November 16, 1955, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Virgil and Helen (Mooney) Jones, both deceased.
Rickey worked most of his life in the cleaning business, where he met his wife, Patricia (Roth). They were married on November 12, 1983, and raised their son, Thomas, in the Hutchinson area; both Patricia...
Bruce E. Bond
Oct 13, 2023
Bruce E. Bond, 77, passed away early Friday morning, October 13, 2023, at Valley Vista Good Sarmatian in Wamego.
Bruce was born November 19, 1945, in Topeka, the son of Clifford and Elizabeth Hardy Bond.
He was raised in the Oakland community and graduated from Topeka High in 1963. Bruce joined the US Army after graduation and served in Vietnam....
Linda A. Schramek
Oct 4, 2023
Linda A. Schramek, born in Holton, Kansas on January 15, 1952, the daughter of Earl and Evelyn Petesch Schramek, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at a Topeka hospital.
Linda graduated from St. Marys High School in 1970, and also graduated from Vo-Tech in Manhattan.
She retired from the State of Kansas after several years of service.
Linda was preceded...
Gary Lewis Schaefer
Oct 3, 2023
Gary L. Schaefer, a beloved member of the Topeka community, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at Brookdale Memory Center in Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 84. Gary was born on February 23, 1939, to George and Bessie (Lewis) Schaefer in Topeka, where he lived for most of his life.
Gary graduated from Topeka High School in...
James L. Andres
Oct 2, 2023
James L. Andres, age 84, passed away on Monday, October 2, 2023, at a Topeka Hospital. Jim was born on March 27, 1939, in Alta Vista, to Louis and Grace (Meyers) Andres. He grew up in Alta Vista and later proudly served in the United States Army.
On January 1, 1961, Jim exchanged vows with Laura Watson in Council...
Paul Alphons Schmitt
Sep 17, 2023
Paul Alphons Schmitt was born March 21, 1935, in Springfield, MN; the eldest child of Alphons George and Nell Marie Schmitt. Later, his family moved to Lake Elsinore, CA, where he graduated and married his high school sweetheart, Nancy (Butler). Paul and Nancy were married February 27, 1954 at St. Francis of Rome Catholic Church in Lake Elsinore; a union...
Joan Barrett Peros
Sep 16, 2023
Joan Eileen Barrett Peros 73, passed away peacefully on September 16, 2023 at her home in Watsonville California. She battled stage four metastatic breast cancer for five years.
Joan was born on March 7th, 1950 in Martinez California to her parents Frank M. Barrett and Eileen V. Barrett. She grew up as the oldest of four children who are Daniel...
Cody Lambotte
Sep 12, 2023
Cody Alan Lambotte, 38, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at his home in Rossville.
Cody was born May 22, 1985, the son of Todd A. and Alaina J. Rake Lambotte. Cody graduated from Rossville High School in 2003 and attended Labette County Community Collège and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney .
Cody was a Physical Education...
