Mount Hope Cemetery Topeka Kansas

Mount Hope Cemetery
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Submitted by Oz

Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information

Ackely, Myrtle E.
1897 1956 With Earl E. Ackley

Ackley, Earl E.
1891 1968 with Myrtle E. Ackley

Aldridge, George
1845 1927

Anderson, Mollie
1877 1928 "Mother"

Barry, Katherine B.
1874 1966 "Wife" ; with William E. Barry

Barry, William E.
1874 1933 Husband of Katherine B. Barry

Bomholt, Elna Ione 11-22-1938 9-28-2005 b. Conway Springs ks Sumner co, d. Topeka ks Shawnee co, D/O Jamie L. and Lenora Marie (Love) Jones. She was a 1956 graduate of Conway Springs High School and was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Conway Springs. She married Gary L. Bomholt on Dec. 22, 1957. Cremation is planned.

Boone, Brian B.
1898 1953 "Father" with Ella S. Boone

Boone, Ella S.
1900 1991 "Mother" ; with Brian B. Boone

Burton, Mary K.
1885 1938 Stone next to hers says "Infant"

Chute, Charles F.
1843 1914 with Mary B. Chute

Chute, Mary B.
1853 1929 "His wife"; with Charles F. Chute

Davidson, Mary E.
1850 1925

Denney, Alma V.
1877 1936

Dick, Jennet
1850 1925 "Mother"; next to Robert G. Dick

Dick, Robert G.
1873 1942 buried next to Jennet Dick

Fuller, H. Vernon
1856 1933 husband of Margaret E. Fuller

Fuller, Margaret E.
1860 1921 "His wife" ; with H. Vernon Fuller

Gleason, Anna E. Williams
1905 1978 buried next to Florence Williams Nipper

Goodwin, Andrew N.
1900 1961 with Katherine C. Goodwin

Goodwin, Katherine C.
1865 1921 with Andrew N. Goodwin

Green, Mildred "Midge"
1900 1922

Green , Lois 3-18-1927 7-23-2005 b. KS, d. Lees Summit MO Jackson co, Died at Village Care Center. She raised her family in Spokane, WA before moving to the Wichita area where she worked for Bank IV as a bank officer. She was preceded in death by infant daughter, Jennifer Kimer.

Greenstreet, Daniel
1860 1935 husband of Lillie Greenstreet

Greenstreet, Lillie
Aug 12, 1860 Jan 6, 1915 "Wife of Dan Greenstreet"

Hanna, Elizabeth M.
1863 1944 with Horace E. Hanna

Hanna, Horace E.
1857 1915

Haskell, Jacob
1871 1925 "Father"; buried with Joanna Haskell

Haskell, Joanna
1873 1938 "Mother"; buried with Jacob Haskell

Humbert, Frank W.
1872 1932 husband of Nellie Humbert

Humbert, Nellie
1878 1954 "His wife"; with Frank W. Humbert

Kinkead, Oliver Guy
1841 1924 NOTE

Klein, Alice J.
1855 1925 "His wife"; with Judson H. Klein

Klein, Judson H.
1853 1921 with Alice J. Klein

Kuhn, Benjamin F.
1863 1921 "At rest" ; Masonic symbol on stone

Lowman, Jacob
1866 1929 with Lillie May Lowman

Lowman, Lillie May
1878 1926 with Jacob Lowman

Mahaffey, Emery V.
1852 1925 with Ida A. Mahaffrey

Mahaffey, Ida A.
1866 1932 with Emery V. Mahaffey

McDermott, Edward F.
1859 1923

Mehl, Elmer Edgar 8-16-1916 3-11-2005 b. Holyrood Ks Ellsworth co, d. Topeka ks, Passed away at a local hospice house. S/O William and Augusta Christian Mehl. He graduated from Holyrood High School in 1935. After graduation, he moved to Wichita and joined the Wichita Fire Dept. in 1942. He retired from the fire dept. in 1967 and moved to Topeka, where he worked for the State of Kansas in the Kansas Insurance Dept. He retired from the state in 1982. He served as secretary of Local 666 International Association of Fire Fighters for 20 years, secretary of the Kansas State Fire Fighters Association for 12 years, and president of the Sedgwick County Muscular Dystrophy Association for many years. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the US Navy as a firefighter in the South Pacific in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. He was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was a life member of the American Legion Post #1 in Topeka and the VFW Post #112 in Wichita. He married Elizabeth M. "Betty" Block on Feb. 24, 1939. She preceded him in death.

Miller, Jane E.
Aug 18, 1832 Jan 4, 1917 “His wife”; with John M. Miller

Miller, John M.
Apr 15, 1840 Oct 23, 1919 with Jane E. Miller

Monroe, Martha J.
1867 1932

Nipper, Ernest M.
1902 1963 with Florence Williams Nipper

Nipper, Florence Williams
1908 1975 with Ernest M. Nipper

Palmer, Emma I.
1850 1918 with George W. Palmer

Palmer, George W.
1843 [no death date] with Emma I. Palmer

Pattison, John Dickey
May 20, 1842 Jul 1, 1912 "Co. D 206 Pa. Inf." with Martha E. Sharp Pattison

Pattison, Martha E. Sharp
Jun 10, 1847 Jul 5, 1912 with John Dickey Pattison

Pattison, Thomas L.
Jun 18, 1876 Dec 31, 1968 "Capt., Battery Kan. Nat. Guard, 1898-1914"

Pattison, Violet M.
Aug 7, 1877 May 4, 1972

Pattison, William A.
Mar 31, 1871 Jan 29, 1941 "Capt., Battery Kan. Nat. Guard, 1898-1914"

Peyton, Ethel Pattison
Aug 20, 1880 Nov 28, 1966 with William W. Pattison

Peyton, Frances M.
May 26, 1905 Sep 27, 1987 with Richard L. Peyton

Peyton, Richard L.
Aug 2, 1907 Aug 10, 1993 with Frances M. Peyton

Peyton, William W.
Apr 1, 1873 Sep 14, 1940 "Corp. 4 Va. Inf."; with Ethel Pattison Peyton

Quarles, Vicky Ann Nov 26, 1949 Nov 23, 1999 b. Garnett, KS, d. Topeka, KS, dau of Clarence L. White and Jo Anne Falconer; m. (1) Darrell E. Griffin [d. 1979], 1973; (2) Gary K. Quarles

Reynolds, Irene Ruth 9-30-1914 6-19-2005 b. Mulvane ks Sumner co, d. Topeka Shawnee co, D/O Charles and Ruby Howard. Irene graduated from Mulvane High School in 1932. She married Claude Wilson Reynolds on June 4, 1939 in Mulvane. He preceded her in death on March 24, 2004.She was preceded in death by three sisters, Doris Marie Howard, Ethel Louise Rollins, and Berniece Margaret Skinner, and a granddaughter Rebecca Reynolds in 2002.

Richardson, Anna M.
1887 1978 with Edward A. Richardson

Richardson, Edward A.
1887 1962 with Anna M. Richardson

Richardson, Emma J.
1866 1944 with Frank E. Richardson

Richardson, Frank E.
1860 1926 with Emma J. Richardson

Robbins, Aaron A.
June 6, 1845 Feb. 18, 1923 with Maranda A. Robbins

Robbins, Adelia E.
1875 1922 "Wife" ; with Frank L. Robbins

Robbins, Frank
1880 1953 with Stella Robbins

Robbins, Frank L.
[no date] [no date]

Robbins, Maranda A.
June 4, 1848 Aug. 30, 1921 "His wife" ; with Aaron A. Robbins

Robbins, Stella V.
1900 1988 with Frank Robbins

Robbins, William F. – 1863 – 1921

Robbins, William F.
1863 1921 NOTE

Roundtree, Ethel L.
1892 1994 with Roswell Roundtree

Roundtree, Gardner
1913 1925 with Ethel & Roswell Roundtree

Roundtree, Roswell
1888 1965 with Ethel L. Roundtree

Scott, Lettie
1863 1962 with Robert Scott

Scott, Robert
1853 1932 with Robert Scott

Smith, Madge 3-22-1919 1-27-2006 b. Wichita ks sedgwick co, d. Topeka ks Shawnee co, Preceded by husband L.Glenn Smith on 9-4-1941 in Wichita; 4 sisters

Snapp, M. Steinam
1880 1916 "Photo artist; Born Winchester, Va"

Snyder, Marian
1857 1940

Sowers, Rachel Diana
July 30, 1992 May 17, 2000 "daughter of William R. And Diana Sowers. sister of Kenny, Amanda and Emily"

Startup, Lillian C.
1901 1922 "and son, Harry, Jr."

Strawn, Georgia Ruth 11-22-1912 7-22-2005 b. Cainsvllle, Mo Harrison co, d. Topeka ks shawnee co, D/O George C. and Nancy Ann Harper Cordle. Georgia attended grade school at Red Cloud, Neb., and in Anderson County, and high school at Garnett. She graduated from Welda High School In 1931. She received her teachers certificate and taught at Green Lawn Elementary School in Anderson County. She worked for the state of Kansas Insurance Department from 1966 to 1973. Georgia was a Junior choir director and Sunday school teacher at Coal Creek Church in Valley Falls, where she was a member. For the past 20 years, she was a member of the First Christian Church In Topeka. She did volunteer work as a 4-H leader for several years In Jefferson County, and worked on the election boards. Georgia married a farmer and construction worker, Morris Benson Strawn, of Valley Falls, on Nov. 20, 1931, in Gamett. He preceded her in death on March 25, 1998. Survivors Include her children, Corrine and Richard Spiliman, Vernal, Utah, Maurice and Judy Strawn, Holton, and Dennis and Judy Strawn, and Beverly and Truman Nicholas, all of Topeka; seven grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Waymire, Thomas L., Jr 8-27-1954 11-23-2005 b. Kansas City ks Wyandotte co, d. Topeka ks Shawnee co, S/O Thomas L. Waymire and Cleotha M. Colbert Waymire. He grew up in Wichita graduating from Wichita South High School.,

Weisgerber, Frances H.
1850 1916

West, Ellen M.
1844 1933 wife of John C. West

West, John C.
1839 1923 husband of Ellen M.

Wilson, Theodore F.
1844 1925

Wyant, Nellie Marie (Watkins)
12-15-1924 3-20-2004 b. Welda Ks Anderson Co, d. Topeka Shawnee Co, Parents- Evan & Clarissa Watkins

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Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Other Information
Ackely, Myrtle E.	1897	1956	With Earl E. Ackley
Ackley, Earl E.	1891	1968	with Myrtle E. Ackley
Aldridge, George	1845	1927
Anderson, Mollie	1877	1928	"Mother"
Barry, Katherine B.	1874	1966	"Wife" ; with William E. Barry
Barry, William E.	1874	1933	Husband of Katherine B. Barry
Bomholt, Elna Ione	11-22-1938	9-28-2005	b. Conway Springs ks Sumner co, d. Topeka ks Shawnee co, D/O Jamie L. and Lenora Marie (Love) Jones. She was a 1956 graduate of Conway Springs High School and was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Conway Springs. She married Gary L. Bomholt on Dec. 22, 1957. Cremation is planned.
Boone, Brian B.	1898	1953	"Father" with Ella S. Boone
Boone, Ella S.	1900	1991	"Mother" ; with Brian B. Boone
Burton, Mary K.	1885	1938	Stone next to hers says "Infant"
Chute, Charles F.	1843	1914	with Mary B. Chute
Chute, Mary B.	1853	1929	"His wife"; with Charles F. Chute
Davidson, Mary E.	1850	1925
Denney, Alma V.	1877	1936
Dick, Jennet	1850	1925	"Mother"; next to Robert G. Dick
Dick, Robert G.	1873	1942	buried next to Jennet Dick
Fuller, H. Vernon	1856	1933	husband of Margaret E. Fuller
Fuller, Margaret E.	1860	1921	"His wife" ; with H. Vernon Fuller
Gleason, Anna E. Williams	1905	1978	buried next to Florence Williams Nipper
Goodwin, Andrew N.	1900	1961	with Katherine C. Goodwin
Goodwin, Katherine C.	1865	1921	with Andrew N. Goodwin
Green, Mildred "Midge"	1900	1922
Green , Lois	3-18-1927	7-23-2005	b. KS, d. Lees Summit MO Jackson co, Died at Village Care Center. She raised her family in Spokane, WA before moving to the Wichita area where she worked for Bank IV as a bank officer. She was preceded in death by infant daughter, Jennifer Kimer.
Greenstreet, Daniel	1860	1935	husband of Lillie Greenstreet
Greenstreet, Lillie	Aug 12, 1860	Jan 6, 1915	"Wife of Dan Greenstreet"
Hanna, Elizabeth M.	1863	1944	with Horace E. Hanna
Hanna, Horace E.	1857	1915
Haskell, Jacob	1871	1925	"Father"; buried with Joanna Haskell
Haskell, Joanna	1873	1938	"Mother"; buried with Jacob Haskell
Humbert, Frank W.	1872	1932	husband of Nellie Humbert
Humbert, Nellie	1878	1954	"His wife"; with Frank W. Humbert
Kinkead, Oliver Guy	1841	1924	NOTE
Klein, Alice J.	1855	1925	"His wife"; with Judson H. Klein
Klein, Judson H.	1853	1921	with Alice J. Klein
Kuhn, Benjamin F.	1863	1921	"At rest" ; Masonic symbol on stone
Lowman, Jacob	1866	1929	with Lillie May Lowman
Lowman, Lillie May	1878	1926	with Jacob Lowman
Mahaffey, Emery V.	1852	1925	with Ida A. Mahaffrey
Mahaffey, Ida A.	1866	1932	with Emery V. Mahaffey
McDermott, Edward F.	1859	1923
Mehl, Elmer Edgar	8-16-1916	3-11-2005	b. Holyrood Ks Ellsworth co, d. Topeka ks, Passed away at a local hospice house. S/O William and Augusta Christian Mehl. He graduated from Holyrood High School in 1935. After graduation, he moved to Wichita and joined the Wichita Fire Dept. in 1942. He retired from the fire dept. in 1967 and moved to Topeka, where he worked for the State of Kansas in the Kansas Insurance Dept. He retired from the state in 1982. He served as secretary of Local 666 International Association of Fire Fighters for 20 years, secretary of the Kansas State Fire Fighters Association for 12 years, and president of the Sedgwick County Muscular Dystrophy Association for many years. He was a veteran of WWII and served in the US Navy as a firefighter in the South Pacific in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. He was honorably discharged from the Navy. He was a life member of the American Legion Post #1 in Topeka and the VFW Post #112 in Wichita. He married Elizabeth M. "Betty" Block on Feb. 24, 1939. She preceded him in death.
Miller, Jane E.	Aug 18, 1832	Jan 4, 1917	“His wife”; with John M. Miller
Miller, John M.	Apr 15, 1840	Oct 23, 1919	with Jane E. Miller
Monroe, Martha J.	1867	1932
Nipper, Ernest M.	1902	1963	with Florence Williams Nipper
Nipper, Florence Williams	1908	1975	with Ernest M. Nipper
Palmer, Emma I.	1850	1918	with George W. Palmer
Palmer, George W.	1843	[no death date]	with Emma I. Palmer
Pattison, John Dickey	May 20, 1842	Jul 1, 1912	"Co. D 206 Pa. Inf." with Martha E. Sharp Pattison
Pattison, Martha E. Sharp	Jun 10, 1847	Jul 5, 1912	with John Dickey Pattison
Pattison, Thomas L.	Jun 18, 1876	Dec 31, 1968	"Capt., Battery Kan. Nat. Guard, 1898-1914"
Pattison, Violet M.	Aug 7, 1877	May 4, 1972
Pattison, William A.	Mar 31, 1871	Jan 29, 1941	"Capt., Battery Kan. Nat. Guard, 1898-1914"
Peyton, Ethel Pattison	Aug 20, 1880	Nov 28, 1966	with William W. Pattison
Peyton, Frances M.	May 26, 1905	Sep 27, 1987	with Richard L. Peyton
Peyton, Richard L.	Aug 2, 1907	Aug 10, 1993	with Frances M. Peyton
Peyton, William W.	Apr 1, 1873	Sep 14, 1940	"Corp. 4 Va. Inf."; with Ethel Pattison Peyton
Quarles, Vicky Ann	Nov 26, 1949	Nov 23, 1999	b. Garnett, KS, d. Topeka, KS, dau of Clarence L. White and Jo Anne Falconer; m. (1) Darrell E. Griffin [d. 1979], 1973; (2) Gary K. Quarles
Reynolds, Irene Ruth	9-30-1914	6-19-2005	b. Mulvane ks Sumner co, d. Topeka Shawnee co, D/O Charles and Ruby Howard. Irene graduated from Mulvane High School in 1932. She married Claude Wilson Reynolds on June 4, 1939 in Mulvane. He preceded her in death on March 24, 2004.She was preceded in death by three sisters, Doris Marie Howard, Ethel Louise Rollins, and Berniece Margaret Skinner, and a granddaughter Rebecca Reynolds in 2002.
Richardson, Anna M.	1887	1978	with Edward A. Richardson
Richardson, Edward A.	1887	1962	with Anna M. Richardson
Richardson, Emma J.	1866	1944	with Frank E. Richardson
Richardson, Frank E.	1860	1926	with Emma J. Richardson
Robbins, Aaron A.	June 6, 1845	Feb. 18, 1923	with Maranda A. Robbins
Robbins, Adelia E.	1875	1922	"Wife" ; with Frank L. Robbins
Robbins, Frank	1880	1953	with Stella Robbins
Robbins, Frank L.	[no date]	[no date]
Robbins, Maranda A.	June 4, 1848	Aug. 30, 1921	"His wife" ; with Aaron A. Robbins
Robbins, Stella V.	1900	1988	with Frank Robbins
Robbins, William F.	1863	1921	NOTE
Roundtree, Ethel L.	1892	1994	with Roswell Roundtree
Roundtree, Gardner	1913	1925	with Ethel & Roswell Roundtree
Roundtree, Roswell	1888	1965	with Ethel L. Roundtree
Scott, Lettie	1863	1962	with Robert Scott
Scott, Robert	1853	1932	with Robert Scott
Smith, Madge	3-22-1919	1-27-2006	b. Wichita ks sedgwick co, d. Topeka ks Shawnee co, Preceded by husband L.Glenn Smith on 9-4-1941 in Wichita; 4 sisters
Snapp, M. Steinam	1880	1916	"Photo artist; Born Winchester, Va"
Snyder, Marian	1857	1940
Sowers, Rachel Diana	July 30, 1992	May 17, 2000	"daughter of William R. And Diana Sowers. sister of Kenny, Amanda and Emily"
Startup, Lillian C.	1901	1922	"and son, Harry, Jr."
Strawn, Georgia Ruth	11-22-1912	7-22-2005	b. Cainsvllle, Mo Harrison co, d. Topeka ks shawnee co, D/O George C. and Nancy Ann Harper Cordle. Georgia attended grade school at Red Cloud, Neb., and in Anderson County, and high school at Garnett. She graduated from Welda High School In 1931. She received her teachers certificate and taught at Green Lawn Elementary School in Anderson County. She worked for the state of Kansas Insurance Department from 1966 to 1973. Georgia was a Junior choir director and Sunday school teacher at Coal Creek Church in Valley Falls, where she was a member. For the past 20 years, she was a member of the First Christian Church In Topeka. She did volunteer work as a 4-H leader for several years In Jefferson County, and worked on the election boards. Georgia married a farmer and construction worker, Morris Benson Strawn, of Valley Falls, on Nov. 20, 1931, in Gamett. He preceded her in death on March 25, 1998. Survivors Include her children, Corrine and Richard Spiliman, Vernal, Utah, Maurice and Judy Strawn, Holton, and Dennis and Judy Strawn, and Beverly and Truman Nicholas, all of Topeka; seven grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Waymire, Thomas L., Jr	8-27-1954	11-23-2005	b. Kansas City ks Wyandotte co, d. Topeka ks Shawnee co, S/O Thomas L. Waymire and Cleotha M. Colbert Waymire. He grew up in Wichita graduating from Wichita South High School.,
Weisgerber, Frances H.	1850	1916
West, Ellen M.	1844	1933	wife of John C. West
West, John C.	1839	1923	husband of Ellen M.
Wilson, Theodore F.	1844	1925
Wyant, Nellie Marie (Watkins)	12-15-1924	3-20-2004	b. Welda Ks Anderson Co, d. Topeka Shawnee Co, Parents- Evan & Clarissa Watkins