Obits
Garry Lee Morris, 75, of Meriden, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at the University of Kansas St. Francis Campus.
Garry was born Dec. 17, 1945, in Topeka, one of 12 children born to William Frank and Cora E. (Butler) Morris.
Garry served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1966. He married Wilma...
Galen Ray Steward, 78, of Auburn, passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.
He was born Dec. 20, 1942, in Mayetta, the son of Elizabeth Vivian (Moore) Gifford. He was raised by his foster parents, Bob and Lucille Shumway.
Galen graduated Mayetta High School in 1963...
Mary Frances Stevens, 84, of Valley Falls, passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka after a short battle with cancer.
She was born July 20, 1937, in Topeka, the daughter of Pete and Mae (Coleman) Zeller.
Mary graduated from rural Denison High School in 1955. She was a...
Dianna Lee Wilson, 77, of Holton, passed away Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born May 26, 1944, in Soldier, the daughter of Donald J. and Donna Gladys (Davis) VanDonge. Dianna grew up in Soldier and graduated from Soldier High School in 1962.
Dianna...
Doug Schuyler, 85, Holton, died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at The Pines South in rural Holton.
He was born May 21, 1936, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Roy and Eleanor Shick Schuyler.
Mr. Schuyler was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He had worked in pharmaceutical sales for many years,...
Melvene Lois (Matchie) Oliver, “Chuk-sah,” 84, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 in Topeka.
She was born March 2, 1937, in Horton, the daughter of Matthew Matchie and Ida Bernice DuPuis.
She was a homemaker and licensed cosmetologist.
Melvene was a member of the Drum Religion and Prairie...
Regina Modene Segrist Heckman was the daughter of John (Jack) and Inez Armstrong Segrist. She was born on Sept. 15, 1939. She passed away on Aug. 13, 2021, just 33 days shy of her 82nd birthday.
Regina was the fifth child of eight children, born to Jack and Inez. She was born in Soldier and...
Bradford Gessner, 27, Holton, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Holton.
He was born Oct. 10, 1993, in Tulsa, Okla.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 19 at Buchanan Funeral Service Chapel in Oklahoma City, Okla. Burial was held in Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
James D. Lewelling passed away peacefully in the presence of family on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at Buck’s Grove United Methodist Church, 836 Kansas Highway 16, Soldier KS 66540.
Dale Eugene Brownlow Sr., 84, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021.
Dale was born on June 25, 1937, to Rachel Angeline Carpenter and Jesse William Brownlow in Holton.
Dale served in the U.S. Navy from September 1955 to September 1959. He served on the U.S.S. Bennington, U.S.S. Intrepid...
