Obits
Isabelle L. McConnaughey, age 96-⅓ (we find you count months when you’re under 5 and over 90), of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.
Isabelle was born June 23, 1925, in Atchison, the daughter of Frank Lindsey and Lillian Rosemond (Pharris) Lindsey. She married Joseph McConnaughey on Nov....
Edward LeMoyne Dodson, 81, Denison, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at Onaga Community Hospital.
He was born April 7, 1940, at Christ’s Hospital in Topeka, the son of Carl E. and Evelyn Buehler Dodson. He was a lifelong resident of Denison, graduating from Denison Rural High School in 1958.
Mr....
Patricia Marie (Wegner) Nott was born Nov. 22, 1947, and died Oct. 26, 2021.
The second born child to Rando and Dorothy (Baker) Wegner, Pat grew up near Onaga on the Wegner homestead farm. She started her education at Cloverleaf, a one-room schoolhouse where she rode a horse to school. Like many...
Milton A. Kelly, 82, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Apache Junction, Ariz., after a long battle with Parkinson’s.
Milton was born April 3, 1939, in Marysville. He was the son of Irvin Otis Kelly and Virginia (Ring) Kelly.
Milton married Carolyn (Younger) Lillie and they later divorced....
Terry Lynn Meyer, 68, of Soldier, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at Advent Health Care Center in Overland Park.
He was born April 16, 1953, in Axtell, the son of Frank H. Meyer Jr. and Mildred A. (Olberding) Meyer.
Terry graduated from B&B Baileyville High School in 1971. He worked for more...
Larry Gene LaNier, 63, Wetmore, died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at his home.
He was born April 17, 1958, the son of Clifford Elroy and Marjorie Maxine Thieme LaNier. He graduated from Wetmore High School in 1977.
He married Linda Singer in January 1979. They divorced.
Survivors include his mother,...
Roy Dean Murray, 70, Soldier, died Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at his home.
He was born May 27, 1951, in Topeka, the son of Roy Alfred and Clare Dean Byler Murray. He graduated from Seaman High School in 1971 and had lived in the Soldier community since 2001.
Mr. Murray was a certified welder. He worked...
Gale “Butch” Owen Gakle, 61, of Holton, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at Stormont-Vail Hospital.
He was born Feb. 16, 1960, in Long Beach, Calif., the son of Gale E. and Erma Marie (Johnson) Gakle.
Gale graduated from Excelsior Springs High School in 1978. After moving to Holton, he worked for...
A little bit of sugar, A LOT of spice, and she sure knew how to keep things nice…
Julia Ann Dawson (Aunt Mikie), 79, of Holton, “went on ahead” the evening of Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at The Pines Nursing Facility in the company of family members.
She was born Feb. 23, 1942, in Topeka, the daughter...
John Arthur Ackeret, 81, of Wichita, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at Via Christi Village in Wichita.
He was born April 22, 1940, at Holton, the son of John Andrew and Nancy Caroline Hurst Ackeret. He graduated from Holton High School in 1959. He received both a bachelor’s degree and...
