ARCHIVES

June 24, 2019

Thomas R. Cox

Thomas R. Cox, 72, of Topeka, passed away June 15, 2019, in Lenexa, Kansas. Cox enlisted in the Air Force? October of 1963 and was first deployed as a photo systems technician with the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, supporting missions flo...

June 24, 2019

Robert Leland Grosfield

Robert Leland Grosfield, 74, of Eskridge,? passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019. He was born Sept. 24, 1944, to? Oscar and Eleanor Grosfield. He lived and farmed in Brown County, Kansas, until the early 1980s. Grosfield had a 32 year military career bef...

June 18, 2019

Richard C. "Dick" Polgreen

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Richard C. "Dick" Polgreen, 79, of Junction City, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Geary Community Hospital. Richard was born Jan. 26, 1940, in Albany, New York. He was the oldest child of Waldron and Frances ...

June 5, 2019

Brian Eugene Sollers

Brian Eugene Sollers, 52, passed from this life on June 1, 2019. He was born Nov. 25, 1966, in Salina, the son of Albert E. ?Gene? and Marjorie L. (Johnson) Sollers. Brian graduated from Hutchinson High School and worked as a welder for Agco Corpo...

May 31, 2019

Kevin Lee Meyer

Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Lee Meyer, 58, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at his home in Hutchinson, Kansas. Kevin was born July 23, 1960, in Smith Center, Kansas, to Donald and LaVern (Lehmann) Meyer. He attended Gaylord Elementary School and Smith ...

May 20, 2019

James Franklin "Jim" Russell

James Franklin "Jim" Russell, 71, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at his home in Topeka.? He was born Sept. 23, 1947, in Ashland, Kentucky, the son of Charles and Myrtle Creech Russell. Jim attended Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia, and grad...

May 20, 2019

Elton Decker

Elton Decker, 86, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at his home near Lyndon, Kansas.? He was born Jan. 27, 1933, in Vermontville Township, Michigan, the son of Ard and Ina Hamilton Decker. Elton grew up in Michigan and had lived in Haven, Ka...

May 7, 2019

Larry Heim

Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Larry Heim was born in Goessel, Kansas, May 12, 1944, the son of Andrew and Edna (Moddelmog) Heim and brother to Jerry Heim. He graduated from Canton High School in 1962. June 20, 1965, began a 53-year marriage to L...

April 30, 2019

Joseph T. "Jody" Muller Sr.

Retired Sgt. Maj. Joseph T. "Jody" Muller Sr., 83, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019, at Brookdale of Topeka. He was born Sept. 17, 1935, at St. Marys, the son of Frank and Catherine Bennett Muller. Shortly after, his family moved to Delia, movin...

April 29, 2019

Richard Paul "Pappy" Johnson

Retired 1st Sgt. Richard Paul "Pappy" Johnson, 83, died on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Garden Valley Retirement Village in Garden City. He was born July 21, 1935, on the family farm near Fellsburg, the son of Clarence ?Shorty? and Ruth ( Lindsay) Jo...