Obits
James “Jim” Meyer died of cancer Thursday, July 30, 2015.
Jim was born Nov. 16, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio,
After seven years in the Army, Jim graduated with a degree in business from Kansas State University.
He was a career banker in Topeka at Central National Bank, and in Holton as president of...
Ramona June Riederer, 83, of Holton, passed away Monday afternoon, July 27, 2015 at Medicalodges Jackson County.
Ramona was born June 8, 1932, in Potawatomie County, the daughter of Raymond and Saxon (Holder) Smith. She graduated from Circleville High School. She was a homemaker and farmwife....
Emma Gleason Thompson, 89, of Holton, Kansas, died Thursday, July 16, 2015, of natural causes at Holton Community Hospital.
She was born April 27, 1926 in Council Grove, to David and Nira Gleason. She married Roger M. Thompson, also of Council Grove, on Jan. 21, 1945.
Emma started her working...
Agatha A. Oestmann Cavanaugh, 93, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 21, 2015.
Born Jan. 13, 1922, in Talmage, Neb., the daughter of Henry and Helen (Kreimer) Doermann, she graduated from Talmage High School.
Agatha was an LPN working for Stormont-Vail Hospital and later Shawnee County Health Depart...
Pamela Sue Danley, 58, of DeWitt, Iowa, went Home with Jesus early Sunday morning, July 19, 2015, at Lantern Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Coralville, Iowa, following a two-year battle with cancer.
Pam was born April 3, 1957, in Topeka, the daughter of Glenn Arthur and Helen Leah (...
John Matthew Vanderblomen Sr., 72, Topeka, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
He was born Nov. 30, 1942, in Topeka, the son of Jacob Sylvester and Marion Celeste Seymour Vanderblomen. He attended Rossville High School until his sophomore...
Elizabeth Ann “Betty” McQueen Chilia, 81, Layton, Utah, died Friday, July 3, 2015, at Legacy/Fairfield Village in Layton, where she had lived in recent years.
She was born Feb. 21, 1934, in Holton, the daughter of Knox Ralph and Lillie Ethel McQueen.
Mrs. Chilia retired from Hill AFB in 1986....
Daniel P. “Murf” Cunningham, 59, of Yukon, Okla., passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015.
Murphy, a beloved and adoring husband, father and brother was surrounded by his loving family as he peacefully joined the Lord and his loved ones in heaven. He endured a very quick and short time with cancer,...
Charles K. “Chuck” Searcy, 78, Peoria, Ill., died Saturday, July 18, 2015, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill.
He was born Dec. 9, 1936, in Rock Island, Ill., the son of Glen R. and Saraphina Marasco Searcy. He graduated from Rock Island High School and was awarded an associate...
William Riley Calwell, 107, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.
He was born June 25, 1908, in Wetmore, and was the oldest man in Kansas at the time of his death. He went to grade school and graduated from high school in Wetmore before moving to...
