Obits
Edward “Harold” Alford, 75, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at Midland Hospice House of stomach cancer.
He was born at Drumright, Okla., on Aug. 1, 1940, to Vernon and May Alford. He grew up in the Emporia area and graduated from Emporia High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
Gary Lee McAlpine Sr., 82, Holton, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at his home.
He was born Nov. 16, 1932, in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Phillip Alonzo and Laura Herrnberger McAlpine. He graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1952 and had lived in Barstow, Calif., before moving to...
Larry L. Allensworth, 73, of Mayetta, passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015.
He was born Nov. 10, 1941, to Ralph and Lavina (Dutcher) Allensworth.
He was a carpenter by trade and built many homes in the Topeka Shawnee County area. He loved to fish and attend auctions in his retirement years.
He had...
Robert J. “Bob” Rodman, 54, Hoyt, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, at his home.
He was born Aug. 20, 1961, at Winner, S.D., the son of Robert O. and Dorothy H. Cerveny Rodman.
Mr. Rodman worked with his father in his auto body shop east of Hoyt.
He was preceded in death by his father in 2008....
Jeanette Wichman, 97, formerly of Holton, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Brookside Retirement in Overbrook.
She was born Oct. 6, 1918, at Seneca, the daughter of Joseph and Bertha Feisam Nolte.
Mrs. Wichman was a checker at the A&P Grocery in Holton.
She was a member of St. Dominic...
Edna Mae Prokop, 77, Denison, took her last breath on this earth at her home surrounded by loved ones and took her first breath in heaven on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015.
She was born March 13, 1938, at Cape Girardeau, Mo., the daughter of Trentis Edward and Lydia Carolyna Muster Jordon.
Edna was a...
Lola Mae Stumpf, 80, Mayetta, passed away Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, at her home with family by her side.
She was born July 21, 1935, in Camden, Ark., the daughter of Thomas Wesley and Estella Mae (Roberts) Word.
Lola was a member of the Mayetta community for 43 years. She was a homemaker; she was a...
Ruby Maxine Chase, 93, Grantville, formerly of Mayetta, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Topeka.
She was born May 26, 1922, in Denison, the daughter of Charley A. and Mabel E. Way Renfro. She graduated from Mayetta High School in 1940.
Mrs. Chase began working as a postal clerk in 1965 in...
Sherilyn J. Weatherford went home to her heavenly father on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in Manteca, Calif.
She was born on March 13, 1942, in El Dorado to the late Lawrence and Ellen Alwin.
Sherilyn was very proud of her Kansas heritage, but it didn't take her long to settle into Manteca, Calif. She...
Elizabeth Jane “Beth” Fleshman, 61, Holton, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
Beth was born Dec. 8, 1953, at Twin Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Robert E. and Evelyn E. Turner Gleason. She was raised in Denver and moved to Kansas in the early '80s. She had...
