Local Obituaries for Topeka, Kansas & Shawnee County
Paul A. Tholl
May 5, 2007
Paul A. Tholl, 59, Topeka, passed away Saturday,May 5, 2007 at Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center.
He was employed in the supply warehouse for the State of Kansas for many years.
Paul ws born August 2, 1947 in Topeka, the son of Harold Peter and Clara Minnie Scheibe Tholl. He was a graduate of Clark's School of Business. Paul served in the...
Tony A. Luny
May 3, 2007
Tony A. Luna, 58, of Topeka, died Thursday, May 3, 2007 at his home.
He was born in Topeka on July 5, 1948, the son of Jose M. Luna and Jesus Castardo Luna.
Tony was a welder at Topeka Iron Works. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam Ward, a member of the Boilermaker's Union and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.
Survivors...
Refugio Mora Soto
May 3, 2007
Refugio Mora Soto, 31, of Topeka, died June 3, 2007. Mr. Mora will lie in repose at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home on Wednesday after 2:00 p.m. with a rosary recited at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment will be in Mexico at a later date.
Genevieve A. Kammer
Apr 29, 2007
Genevieve Agnes “Jeannie” Kammer, 87, Topeka, passed away at her home Sunday April 29, 2007.
Miss Kammer was employed by John Morrell Meats and later for Ohse Meats before she retired.
She was born January 21, 1920 in Topeka, the daughter of Michael and Pauline Suppes Kammer.
Genevieve was a life long member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
She is...
Alma M. Gordon
Apr 26, 2007
Alma Marie Long-Gordon, 82, Topeka, left us on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at St. Francis Health Center to be with her husband Donald E. Long who preceded her in death on September 14, 1983. They were married on February 5, 1946. She was also preceded in death by a brother Don Danner of Carroll, IA and a sister Berneice Bayliss...
Tony R. Lopez
Apr 26, 2007
Tony R. Lopez, 69, Topeka, passed away Thursday April 26, 2007 at Midland Hospice.
Tony was employed by Seymour Foods, Coca Cola and Eventide Convlescent Center before he retired.
He was born July 9, 1937 in Topeka, the son of Tony A. and Carmen Marquez Lopez. His grandfather ws Pedro Lopez founder of Pedro Lopez Seasonings.
Tony was a member of Mater Dei...
Rose E. Schneider
Apr 23, 2007
Rose E. Schneider, 90, formerly of Topeka passed away Monday, April 23, 2007 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Bloomingdale, IL where she had been living the past eighteen months.
Mrs. Schneider was a supervisor in dealer licensing for the State of Kansas before she retired in 1968.
She was born June 24, 1916 in Kansas City, MO the daughter of...
Larry Brock
Apr 23, 2007
Larry Brock of Topeka died at home on April 23, 2007 of natural causes. Larry was born May 17, 1941 in Springfield, Mo. He spent his youth in Springfield graduating from Hillcrest High School. Larry served proudly in the US Marine Corps. In 1963 he married JoAnn Derum his wife of 39 years. Before JoAnn’s passing in 2002, the two...
Justine M. Rinehart
Apr 18, 2007
Justine M. Rinehart, 91, of Topeka passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Aldersgate Village.
Mrs. Rinehart was employed by Hallmark Cards for thirty years before retiring in 1974.
She was born October 18, 1915 at Paxico the daughter of George and Mary Guth Rogge.
Mrs. Rinehart was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church for over 65 years, the...
Marquis D. Brown
Apr 18, 2007
Marquis D. Brown, 17 of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at St. Francis Medical Center.
Marquis was a junior at Topeka High School where in participated in football and basketball.
He was born September 22, 1989 in Topeka the son of LaDon Brown and Jamilah McKnight.
Marquis attended Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church and
El Shaddai Church...
Frances C. Carver
Apr 16, 2007
Frances Carol Carver, 80, of Topeka, passed away April 16, 2007 at her home.
Carol was born October 9, 1926 in Clay Center the daughter of Thomas Patrick and Fannie May Bentley Ravins. She was a graduate of Capital Catholic Hiagh School.
Carol was a member of Most Pure Heartt of Mary Catholic Church and the Daughters of Isabella Little Flower Circle...
William G. Rosebaugh
Apr 15, 2007
William Glen "Bill" Rosebaugh, of Topeka, pased away Sunday morning, April 15, 2007 at Midland Hospice House. He was 81.
Mr. Rosebaugh was born July 23, 1925 in Riley County near Waterville, the son of William Isaac and Vida Cammel Rosebaugh. Glen graduated from Waterville High School in 1943. He enlisted in the Navy in November 1943 and later transferred to...
Rita P. Valdivia
Apr 12, 2007
Rita Pimental Valdivia, 73, of Topeka, peacefully passed away Thursday morning, April 12, 2007. Rita was born in Topeka on July 4, 1933, the daughter of Rafael Pimental and Petra Loya Pimental. She was a lifelong and devoted member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include her former husband and their five children, Rene Valdivia and his wife Lynne; Laura Vega and her...
John J. Haynes
Apr 11, 2007
John Joseph Haynes passed away peacefully at his home in Topeka, Wednesday morning, April 11, 2007. He was 92. John was born in St. Joseph, Missouri August 30, 1914, the son of John Percival Haynes and Nellie Brown Haynes. He graduated from Capitol Catholic High School in 1932 and worked for Sage Grocery, located in East Topeka, until 1935. He then ...
Lillian E. Garrity
Apr 7, 2007
Lillian Elizabeth Garrity, of Topeka, entered into eternal life Saturday afternoon, April 7, 2007 at Midland Hospice. She was 94.
She was a 1931 graduate of Capitol Catholic High School and prior to her retirement was a clerk and Superintendent of Car Service for the Santa Fe Railway for thirty-eight years.
Miss Garrity was a long time member of Most Pure...
Marguerite Myzer
Apr 3, 2007
Marguerite Robert Myzer died April 3, 2007 in Olathe, Kansas. She was born July 6, 1924 in Osage City, Kansas the daughter of Albert and Evona Mathieu Robert. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1942 and attended Dodds School of Business in Topeka. She married Sherman Sanford Myzer on October 9, 1946. She was employed by the Santa...
Alice Hart
Mar 30, 2007
Alice Hart, 94, of Topeka, passed away Friday afternoon, March 30, 2007 at Lexington Park. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois on April 24, 1912. Alice became Miss St. Louis in 1929 and was later a model for Marshall Field and Company in Chicago. She married William M. Hart in Chicago on December 26, 1942 and later moved to...
Harry J. Nagy
Mar 29, 2007
Harry John Nagy, 62, of Topeka, passed away Thursday March 29, 2007 at Midland Hospice House. Dr. Nagy was professor of physics and astronomy at Washburn University for thirty years before he retired. He previously had taught at the University of Missouri at Columbia and Southwest Minnesota State College in Marshall, MN. Dr. Nagy served as chairman of the department on...
Arturo F. Soria
Mar 28, 2007
Arturo Froylan Soria, also known as “Tuto” or “Artie”, 60, peacefully passed away on Wednesday afternoon, March 28, 2007 at a local hospital where he was surrounded by his wife, son and daughter. Arturo was born in Leon, Gto., Mexico on April 28, 1946, the son of Arturo Soria and Amparo Mata. He came to the United States at the age...
Diane I. Rosencrants
Mar 27, 2007
Diane Isabel Rosencrants, 52, of Lawrence, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Diane was an administrative assistant for the State of Kansas in Topeka. She was born May 20, 1954 in Holton, the daughter of Marion and Ellen Noonan Dreher. Diane was a 1972 graduate of Hayden High School and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Topeka. Diane was...
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