Obits
Dale John (Jake) Jacobsen, 76, of Circileville, passed peacefully on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at The Pines of Holton, KS. with his family by his side. Dale had been diagnosed with terminal metastatic brain and lung cancer on Dec. 7, 2023, stemming from colon cancer in 2021. Dale had said he’d be at...
Anita Beth Schafer, 74, of Elkhorn, Neb., died Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Aaron and Jessica Schafer; daughter and son-in-law, Elisabeth and Ross Edwards; and daughter, Joanna Schafer; and four grandchildren, Elias, Jensyn, Mae and Cohen.
We bid...
Robert Dee (Bob) Macha, 79, died Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at home in Mesa, Ariz., after a short battle with ALS.
He was born in Topeka on Feb. 27, 1945. Graduating from Delia High School and Washburn University, he married Anna Ent in August 1966.
After working for the Shawnee County probation...
In her true independent spirit, our mom exploded out of the chains of Lewey Body Dementia and rocketed into heaven on the Fourth of July.
Gladys M. (Krogman) Law, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at Brookdale Nursing Home in Topeka. Gladys Mary Krogman was born on Christmas Eve...
Glenda Faye Grant, 82, passed from this earth on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Onaga.
Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 11 at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Rd, Topeka KS 66614. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 12 at the funeral home....
David “Dave” Wayne Shepherd, 70, of Hoyt, passed away on July 1, 2024, in his home after a short battle with cancer.
He was born on May 22, 1954, in Aledo, Ill.
Dave worked as a truck driver, heavy equipment operator and a farmer. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, driving his Dodge Challenger and...
Velma Carole White, 80, Holton, died peacefully Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at Holton Community Hospital with family by her side.
Carole was born July 9, 1943, in Hazard, Ky., the daughter of Buster and Velma Victoria Cornett.
She graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., with a...
Gary Dean Wilson, also known as “Beano” and “Chief,” 67, of Mayetta, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2024, at his home, with family by his side.
He was born Sept. 30, 1956, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Robert Henry Wilson and Delores Pauline Pahmahmie.
Gary graduated from Rossville High School in...
Dorothy Dee Schuyler, 88, of Holton, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at The Pines South.
She was born March 5, 1936, in Green Ridge, Mo., the daughter of James Irwin and Ethel Christine (Wade) Hile.
Dorothy graduated from Washington High School in 1954 at Piper and attended The University of...
Anna Mae (Clay) Spacek, 96, passed away peacefully, with her daughter by her side, on June 20, 2024, in Topeka.
She was born to John and Julia Clay on May 1, 1928, the seventh of eight children. Her parents, farmers, were hit hard by the Depression years and World War II, leaving a lasting...
