Obits
Brian Bausch, 38, Queen’s Creek, Ariz., died Saturday, June 11, 2002, in a traffic accident near Tucson, Ariz.
Brian was born Jan. 30, 1974, to Richard and Helen Bausch in Kansas, where he and his four siblings, Karin, Eddie, Carol and Jenny, were raised on the family farm near Hoyt. When he was...
Lila Lurie Rannebeck Jones, 91, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Brewster Place. She was born in Willis on Dec. 15, 1930, to parents Reid Asher Zimmerman and Viola Leona (Peckham) Zimmerman.
At the age of three, Lila’s father was killed in a car accident, after which Lila, her mother...
James “Jim” LaVere Fund, 79, of Horton, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2022, at his home.
Jim was born March 10, 1943, in Sabetha, the son of Mirl Edwin and Amanda Jane (Potts) Fund. He was raised in Goff where four of the 12 students in class were his cousins!
As a teenager, he worked as a farm-...
David James “Dave” Blazic Sr., 85, of rural Topeka, died Friday, June 24, 2022, at the University of Kansas St. Francis Campus.
Dave was born July 17, 1936, at Fond du Lac, Wisc., the son of Frank and Marie Hoard Blazic. He lived in Kansas 65 years, moving from Sheboygan, Wisc. He attended schools...
Marvin E. Smith, 94, of Topeka, passed away on June 23, 2022.
He was born Aug. 19, 1927, at Christ Hospital, Topeka, the son of W. Edwin and Erma Issacs Smith. He grew up in the Hoyt community and graduated from Hoyt Rural High School in 1945. He attended Kansas State University from 1947 to 1951...
David Neil Gold of Emporia died on Monday, June 13, 2022, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He was 66.
David was born on Jan. 14, 1956, in Horton, the son of Thomas H. and Alyce M. Burke Gold. He married Cheryl Lynn Bletscher on Aug. 1, 1986 in Emporia.
Surviving family members include his wife...
Jaymie Lynn Lister, 20, of Topeka, passed away Friday, June 10, 2022, in Topeka.
She was born Sept. 26, 2001, in North Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Scott and Jessica Lister. She attended Royal Valley Schools and graduated in 2020.
She love to read, and always had a book pulled up on her phone...
Marilyn Jalayn Andrews, 86, Holton, died Monday, June 13, 2022, at Evergreen Community of Johnson County in Olathe.
She was born Sept. 25, 1935, in Topeka, the daughter of Merlin LaReux Rogers and Ivolue Farmer Rogers. She attended Potwin Elementary School in Topeka and grade school in Carrollton,...
Theresa C. Miller, 90, Rossville, passed away Saturday June 11, 2022, at The University of Kansas St. Francis Campus in Topeka.
Teresa was born March 21, 1932, at Rossville, the daughter of Oscar H. and Charlotte Hurla Bixby. She graduated from Rossville High School with the class of 1950.
Teresa...
Betty Lee Fowler, 94, of DeKalb, Ill., passed away peacefully on Friday, June 10, 2022, in the healthcare center of Oakcrest Retirement Center in DeKalb.
She was born on May 29, 1928, in Minneapolis, Kan., to Harold Robert and Gladys Alberta Conklin Morgan. Betty grew up in Kansas attending various...
