Obits
Jack Loren Beightel, 80, Holton, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, surrounded by his family, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, after a long illness.
He was born Dec. 23, 1934, in Holton, the son of Jess and Edith (Jackson) Beightel.
Jack graduated from Holton High School in 1953 and had attended...
Murrine B. Suttles, 85, St. Marys, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at the Community Hospital in St. Marys.
Mrs. Suttles, the daughter of Murry Ernest and Lillian Everine Carls Rice, was born June 10, 1930, in St. Clere; she was raised and lived in the St. Clere community many years until...
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...
