Obits
Mazie O. Gooderl, 91, Rossville, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at a Topeka hospital.
She was born July 27, 1925, at Rossville, the daughter of Ray and Eva Trimble McClain.
Mazie was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School.
Mazie was a farm wife and was...
Roena Nadine Collins, 86, Topeka, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born May 12, 1930, in Topeka, the daughter of Ralph Washington and Daisy Anna Tubbs Oldham. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1948.
Mrs. Collins was a homemaker and later worked for the...
Paula Jean Kropp Oestmann, 61, Millerton, Okla., died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at her home.
She was born Feb. 19, 1955, at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Ariz., the daughter of Paul and Ida B. Chapman Kropp. She graduated in 1973 from Holton High School and in 1974 from Clark's Business School of...
Evelyn Elaine Schumann of Corona, Calif., passed away on Dec. 14, 2016, at home with family by her side.
She was 83 years old, born Oct. 26, 1933, in Parsons to Merritt and Ada Bickford. Evelyn grew up in Wichita with two older sisters. She graduated from high school in Wichita and went to work...
Darlene Beatty, 65, Onaga, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
She was born Oct. 4, 1951, in Hurricane, W. Va., the daughter of Arnold Kellison and Geraldine Angelina Campbell Clagg. She graduated from Hurricane High School in 1969 and later earned an associate...
Harold Edward Tosh, 83, Holton, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.
He was born Feb. 10, 1933, near Valley Falls, the son of Cecil and Luella White Tosh. He lived most of his early life in the Coal Creek community north of Valley Falls and graduated from Effingham High School in 1950.
Mr. Tosh was...
Nanci Kincaid, 72, passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at home in Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, from 11 a.m. to noon at Siloam Spring Baptist Church, 120 Temple St, Excelsior Springs, Mo. The funeral service will be held immediately following visitation...
Marvin Wayne “Curly” Murray, 80, Hoyt, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at Medicalodges Jackson County.
He was born Jan. 2, 1936, at Rossville, the son of Alfred Robert and Ellen Lucile Myers Murray. He attended Seaman schools and spent most of his life in Topeka.
Mr. Murray farmed and raised cattle....
Dale Grigsby, 69, Holton, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, at his home.
He was born Feb. 27, 1947, in Oroville, Calif., the son of Murvin Grigsby and Grace McHenry.
Survivors include his wife, Linda; four children, Michael Grigsby and wife Cathy, Dianna Burton and husband Ron, David Grigsby and...
William LeRoy “Bill” Roper, 70, Guthrie, Okla., died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, of heart failure, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Oklahoma City, Okla.
He was born Oct. 2, 1946, in Hillsboro, Ill., to Kenneth and Jessie Isaacs Roper, the third of eight children.
Bill served in the U.S. Air...
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