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Jerry Ann Lynch
Dec 27, 2020
Jerry Ann Lynch, 80, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Life Care Center in Burlington, Kansas. Jerry Ann St. John was born July 24, 1940 in Randall, Kansas. She was the 10th child of Pearl St. John Sr and Orlena (Bailey) St. John. Jerry was named after Orlena's parents, Jerry Bailey and Mary Ann (Taylor) Bailey. Jerry grew up...
Charles "Raymond" Pittman
Dec 26, 2020
Charles “Raymond” Pittman, 76, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 at his home southeast of Lebo. He was born June 11, 1944 in LeRoy, Kansas the son of Charles Brady and Evelyn Wiley Pittman. When Raymond was a small boy the family moved to Lebo. He attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1962. Raymond farmed with...
Dean Parker Duling
Dec 23, 2020
Dean Parker Duling, 92 passed away early Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at McCrite Plaza in Topeka. He was born January 4, 1928 in Eskridge, Kansas, the son of Ernest and Anna Warren Duling. Dean attended Eskridge High School and graduated with the Class of 1945. Following high school, Dean enlisted in the United States Navy and proudly served until receiving...
Gladys L. Newkirk
Dec 18, 2020
Gladys L. Newkirk, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020 in Emporia, Kansas. She was born on May 3, 1928 in Gridley, KS to Selden B. and Lennis A. (Sergeant) Laird. Shortly after, on May 20, 1928, Gladys’s mother died. Gladys was raised by her grandmother Virgie Sergeant, along with her other 9 children, who became like her brothers and...
Glen F. Deforest, Sr.
Dec 8, 2020
Glen F. DeForest Sr., 87, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at his home near Keene. He was born March 6, 1933 near Melvern, Kansas the son of Francis and Bertha Dyste DeForest. Glen enlisted in the United States Army on March 13, 1951 and proudly served until receiving a honorable discharge on March 13, 1954. Following his military service,...
Joyce I. Billings
Dec 6, 2020
Joyce I. Billings, 78, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at her home in Carbondale with her family by her side. Joyce Ilene Hursh was born May 31, 1942 in Rural Gridley, Kansas, the daughter of Charles Ray and Ida (Isch) Hursh. She graduated from Gridley High School in 1960. She had worked as an Administrative Director for the Kansas...
Stanley R. Jones
Dec 5, 2020
Stanley R. Jones, 89 of Reading, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Via Christy St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. He was born June 2, 1931 on the family farm near Reading, the son of Hugh H. and Jessie Wood Jones. Stanley attended Reading Schools and graduated from Reading High School with the Class of 1948. He worked the...
Albert Lawrence Park, Jr.
Dec 4, 2020
Albert L. Park, Jr., 90, of Osage City, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, Kansas. Albert Lawrence Park, Jr. was born January 21, 1930 in Marysville, Kansas, the son of Albert Lawrence and Xaina (Tuttle) Park, Sr. He graduated from Marysville High School in 1948 and graduated from University of Kansas in 1953 with...
Patricia Dennison
Dec 2, 2020
Patricia M. Dennison, 84, of Burlingame, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation in Topeka. Patricia Mae Mercer was born July 19, 1936 in Eskridge, Kansas, the daughter of Woodrow Wilson and Juanita Faye (Prescott) Mercer. She graduated from Eskridge High School in 1954. Patricia was joined in marriage to Charles Edwin Dennison on May...
Richard Lee "Dick" Thornton
Nov 29, 2020
Richard Lee “Dick” Thornton, 87, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at his daughter’s home in Wichita, Kansas, surrounded by his family. He was born February 6, 1933 in Madison, Kansas the son of Chet and Doris Burt Thornton. He attended Madison Schools and graduated from Madison High School with the Class of 1952. Dick proudly served in the United...
Loralie Shackelford
Nov 28, 2020
Loralie Shackelford, 94, of Osage City, passed away, Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Loralie Oelke was born November 22, 1926 in Topeka, the daughter of Lester and Minnie (Holmes) Oelke. She married Marion Eugene Freed and later divorced. Loralie later married Robert Shackelford on October 15, 1950 in Kansas...
Neola Mae "Ma" Erickson
Nov 25, 2020
Neola (Ma) Mae Young Erickson 80 Passed November 25th at a Topeka Hospital with her son and daughter at her side. Neola was born Dec 29, 1939 to Myrle Loyd Young Sr. and Dorothy Mae (King) in Kansas City Kansas. Neola was a homemaker most of her life. Neola was a graduate of Harveyville High School class of 1957. She...
Scott Delynn Edwards
Nov 24, 2020
Scott Delynn Edwards, 48, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Via Christi-St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita. He was born August 2, 1972 at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland the son of Gary D. and Karen S. Ingram Edwards. Scott attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1990. He went on to attend Emporia State University...
Harold Eugene Hanson
Nov 24, 2020
Harold E. “Butch” Hanson, age 85, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at his home. Harold Eugene Hanson was born August 18, 1935 in Ellsworth, Kansas, the son of John Adrian and Esther Amelia (Burgenger) Hanson. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1954. He served in the United States Army. He was joined in marriage to Christena Schrock on...
Marcus L. Bayless
Nov 14, 2020
Marcus L. Bayless, 69, of Topeka, KS, passed away after a short battle with cancer on November 14, 2020. Born November 11, 1951 to Marvin and Venetta Henery Bayless, Marcus lived his whole like in Topeka. He was a graduate of Topeka West High School, and later, Washburn University. Marcus worked as a computer specialist for The State of Kansas...
Joseph B. "Joe" Coursen
Nov 10, 2020
Joseph B. Coursen, 62, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was born January 18, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas the son of Fred and Toni Link Coursen. Joe attended Burlingame High School and graduated with the Class of 1976. He briefly attended Butler County Community College before taking a position with the Santa Fe...
Randy Bruce Perkins
Nov 7, 2020
Randy Bruce Perkins, 72, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at his home in New Strawn. He was born June 17, 1948 in Beloit, Kansas the son of Delbert M. and Margaret A Utt Perkins. Randy’s family spent his earlier years living in Downs, Atwood and later Colby. Randy enlisted in the United States Army on June 12, 1967. He...
Martha Elane Tatman
Nov 3, 2020
Martha Elane Allen Tatman, 58, passed away early Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at her home in Emporia. She was born May 26, 1962 in Neodesha, Kansas the daughter of Virgil O’Leary and Rachel Sarringer. Martha was adopted at birth by Floyd and Wilma Dannels Allen. Martha attended Hartford High School and graduated with the Class of 1980. Following high school,...
Donald Foster Perry
Oct 30, 2020
Donald Foster Perry, 89, passed away early Friday, October 30, 2020 at his home in Emporia, surrounded by his family. He was born March 28, 1931 in Spickard, Missouri the son of Foster J. and Mary Sommerville Perry. Don was baptized as a youth in the Thompson Branch of the Grand River at Spickard, Missouri. Don attended Lebo High School...
Sharon Sue Dewitt
Oct 28, 2020
Sharon Sue DeWitt, 64, of Burlington, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. She was born April 6,1956 in St. Louis, Missouri the daughter of Michael W. and Bonnie J. Miller Riley. Her family would remain in St. Louis before moving to Kentucky when Sharon was 12 years old. As a young lady, she attended...
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