Obits
Ernest Hoffman, 86, died Friday, March 4, 2016, at The Pines Nursing Home in Holton.
He was born July 26, 1929, southwest of Victoria, the son of Conrad and Christina (Geist) Hoffman.
Mr. Hoffman was a farmer, a homebuilder and carpenter in the Victoria and Hays area for 45 years.
He married...
Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Mapes, 71, Burlington, died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at her home.
She was born June 19, 1944, in Denver, Colo., the daughter of Edward and Marjorie Lundy Mewhinney. She grew up in Kansas and moved to Burlington in 1972.
Mrs. Mapes had owned and operated Liz’s Truck Stop in...
Edgar Lee Levier Sr., Shakazee, 70, Mayetta, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
He was born July 7, 1945, in Topeka, the son of Ada Levier. He graduated from Holton High School.
Mr. Levier had worked as a firefighter in Arizona and at Blackburn...
Willna Fordice Zweifel, 92, Topeka, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at Saint Francis Hospital. She lived at Brewster Place for many years.
She was born Oct. 16, 1923, at Smith Center on a farm and moved to Topeka in 1936 with her family. She graduated from Seaman High School in 1941.
Willna married...
Lewis E. Butts, 102, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Topeka Presbyterian Manor Jellison Chapel. Entombment will follow in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery. Lewis will lie in state and the family...
Lavonne Marie “Bonnie” Abram, 70, Lawrence, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at her home.
She was born June 26, 1945, in Holton, the daughter of Theodore Breitigan and Mercedes M. Tuckwin and stepdaughter of Kenneth A. Degand. She graduated from Delia High School and attended Haskell Institute. She...
Nora “Faye” Rodecap, 67, Carbondale, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.
She was born July 17, 1948, the daughter of Rose Bagby of Hoyt.
Mrs. Rodecap had her own sewing shop.
Survivors include her husband, Ronald Rodecap, and a grandson whom she raised, Kristerfer Shaver, of the home; four...
Joseph Grant “Sao nem ki” Jessepe, 66, Mayetta, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, at his home.
He was born Dec. 9, 1949, on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Reservation, the son of Leroy J. and Constance Magnauck Jessepe. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1967 and had attended Kansas State...
John Hayden “Jack” Barnes, 86, Newton, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.
He was born March 22, 1929, in Holton, the son of Clarence Russell and Vera Aileen Barnes. He graduated in 1951 from Kansas State College with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture and participated in Army ROTC, graduating...
John Thomas Amos III, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016.
He was born in Sabetha, on Jan. 25, 1933, to John Thomas Jr. and Vivian Francis Wetmore Amos. He attended grade school at Rock School, then went to Bern High School until March of his junior year when his family moved north of...
