Obits
Kasie Dawn Steinlage, 30, Topeka, died Monday, April 3, 2017, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center.
She was born Feb. 12, 1987, in Topeka, the daughter of Leon Lambert Steinlage and Lucille Ann Holliday Steinlage. She attended Topeka West High School and had lived all her life in Topeka....
Roger Lee Kaul, 64, of Holton, died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at his home.
He was born Dec. 7, 1952, in Holton, the son of Ray and Nina Kaul. They both preceded him in death.
Survivors include two sisters, Donna Bongard (Ted), of Topeka and Kathy Kennedy and husband Joe, of Soldier. Roger is also...
Charles Robert “Arch” Brenner, 85, Holton, died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Holton Community Hospital.
He was born Oct. 20, 1931, in Arrington, the son of Ralph Adam and Elsie Mae Auxier Brenner. He attended Arrington Grade School and Effingham High School and later received his GED.
Mr. Brenner...
Irene Christina (Rickel) Tibbs, 96, Topeka, died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at her home.
She was the daughter of Elmer Kern and Elizabeth (Guffey) Ent and was born December 18, 1920, on a farm near Hoyt. Irene attended Hoyt High School.
She liked to work outside on the farm with her dad. They...
Debra Lynn Coleman, 59, Denison, died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at her home.
She was born Dec. 5, 1957, in Topeka, the daughter of Hugh and Mary McBee Russell. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1975 and received her LPN degree from Kaw Valley School of Nursing in Topeka.
Mrs....
Gerald “Jerry” Barnaba, age 64, passed away unexpectedly at Stormont Vail on Thursday, March 30, 2017, following a brief illness.
He was born Dec. 19, 1952, in Mannheim, Germany. He was the son of Anthony and Erna Barnaba.
He was employed for many years with Hirschbach Motor Lines as an over the...
Rollie Henry Hester Jr., 86, Dallas, Texas, died Monday, March 27, 2017, in Dallas.
He was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Rollie and Alice Van Pelt Hester Sr. He attended Denison Rural High School.
Mr. Hester served in the Marine Corps and was stationed at Cherry Point, N.C...
Dr. Richard E. Polly died Sunday, March 26, 2017.
Richard was born May 22, 1942, in Sioux City, Iowa. He graduated from Missouri Valley High School, Missouri Valley, Iowa. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. He received a full academic scholarship to the...
Mildred A. Norris, 95, Topeka, died Monday, March 27, 2017, at her home.
She was born June 21, 1921, in Ozawkie, the daughter of Michael and Maude Ethel Funk Clare. She received a bachelor’s degree in business.
Mrs. Norris was an office administrator for the federal government for 40 years....
Eugene “Gene” Durham, Sr., 85, Corning, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Midland Hospice House surrounded by his loving family.
Gene was born Oct. 4, 1931, in Emmett, the son of Pete and Elsie Mae (Malloy) Durham. He attended Holton High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1952,...
