Obits
Carl E. Bohnenkemper, 86, Denison, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at his home.
He was born Nov. 16, 1928, in Holton, the son of Norman and Helen Sorg Bohnenkemper. He graduated from Willis High School in 1946.
Mr. Bohnenkemper served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a carpenter and...
Duane “Pete” Engelke, 91, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
He was born Dec. 15, 1923, in Mullen, Neb., the son of Glen and Adena (Johnson) Engelke. He moved to Tecumseh with his family after his mother’s death when he was 4. Pete attended the Milikan, Kreipe...
Lois Jean Driver, 67, Holton, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at her home.
She was born Oct. 16, 1947, in Titusville, Pa., the daughter of Donald Leroy and Dollie Evangeline Stroup Hull. She graduated from Townville High School in 1965.
Mrs. Driver was a seamstress for Blue Bell, now Wrangler, for...
Harold Herd Wunder, 95, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Midland Care Linnwood Park Home Plus at Valley Falls.
He was born Feb. 3, 1920, on the family farm in the North Cedar community west of Valley Falls, the son of George and Mary Ellen Griswold Wunder. He graduated from North...
James “Jim” Meyer died of cancer Thursday, July 30, 2015.
Jim was born Nov. 16, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio,
After seven years in the Army, Jim graduated with a degree in business from Kansas State University.
He was a career banker in Topeka at Central National Bank, and in Holton as president of...
Ramona June Riederer, 83, of Holton, passed away Monday afternoon, July 27, 2015 at Medicalodges Jackson County.
Ramona was born June 8, 1932, in Potawatomie County, the daughter of Raymond and Saxon (Holder) Smith. She graduated from Circleville High School. She was a homemaker and farmwife....
Emma Gleason Thompson, 89, of Holton, Kansas, died Thursday, July 16, 2015, of natural causes at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born April 27, 1926 in Council Grove, to David and Nira Gleason. She married Roger M. Thompson, also of Council Grove, on Jan. 21, 1945.
Emma started her working...
Agatha A. Oestmann Cavanaugh, 93, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015.
Born Jan. 13, 1922, in Talmage, Neb., the daughter of Henry and Helen (Kreimer) Doermann, she graduated from Talmage High School.
Agatha was an LPN working for Stormont-Vail Hospital and later Shawnee County Health Depart...
Pamela Sue Danley, 58, of DeWitt, Iowa, went Home with Jesus early Sunday morning, July 19, 2015, at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Coralville, Iowa, following a two-year battle with cancer.
Pam was born April 3, 1957, in Topeka, the daughter of Glenn Arthur and Helen Leah (...
John Matthew Vanderblomen Sr., 72, Topeka, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
He was born Nov. 30, 1942, in Topeka, the son of Jacob Sylvester and Marion Celeste Seymour Vanderblomen. He attended Rossville High School until his sophomore...
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