Dan Keim Bryant, 59, Eudora, Kansas, passed away February 14, 2011. Dan was born March 6, 1951, in Fort Hood, Texas. Memorial services are at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 18, 2011, at Penwell Gabel Mid-Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66604. Dan was preceded in death by his father Carl and niece Krystal. He is survived by his wife,...

Ruby D. Bunten, 89, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born June 15, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Samuel A. and Edith N. (Ridenhour) Rutz. Ruby was a 1939 graduate of Albuquerque New Mexico High School and attended the University of New Mexico. She had resided in...

Susan McGivern, 57, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011. Susan was born November 25, 1953, in Topeka, daughter of John and Gladys (Brill) McGivern. She graduated from Mt. Saint Scholastica, Atchison, and Washburn University, where she obtained an AA degree in Literature. Susan loved her grandchildren and had a special place in her heart for pets.She is survived...

Glenn Dale Cogswell passed away at his home Feb. 7, 2011. He was born Feb. 1, 1922, on a farm in Kingman County, the youngest of four sons, to Carl and Susie Cogswell. The family moved to Topeka in 1933. After graduating from Topeka High School in 1939, he attended Kansas University, graduated from officer's training at Northwestern Midshipmans' School...

William D. "Bill" Trahan, 70, Topeka, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at a Topeka hospital. Bill was a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 11, 2011. Burial will be at 3:00 p.m. at the Greenwood Cemetery in Clay Center,...

Michael Eugene Morton, 70, of Carbondale, passed away, Friday, February 4, 2011 at his home. He was born July 22, 1940 in Boise, ID the son of Brian and Dorothy Flowers Morton. Mr. Morton was a military veteran of the U.S. Air Force proudly serving his country as a flight mechanic in Vietnam and a commando in Panama. Following his...

Shirley A. Dunnaway, 80, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, February 4, 2011 at Aldersgate Village. She was born June 21, 1930 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Paul and Genevieve Sherrill Gordon. Shirley was a 1948 graduate of Topeka High School. She was a homemaker. Shirley married Bob Dunnaway July 1, 1950 in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include her...

God called one of His finest angels back Home as Lynda Ann Goodnow, 61 of Silver Lake, surrounded by family, passed into the arms of her Savior February 4, 2011.Lynda was born in Topeka on October 10, 1949, the daughter of Howard and Myrtle Hook. She lived most of her life in the Silver Lake and Topeka communities. On July...

Elaine Charlene Hobbs (Wilder Jones), born July 21, 1944 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Lue Bell Hobbs in Ottawa, Kansas. She attended Hawthorn Elementary and Ottawa Jr. High. After completing Junior High School she moved to Topeka, Kansas with her children in 1962. In 1970 she married Larry W. Wilder who preceded her in death. On April 18, 1986...

Dennis E. Harry, 68, Topeka, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2010 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.He was born October 2, 1942 in Topeka, the son of Willis and Jeannette Reser, graduated from Topeka High School in 1960, and received a BBA from Washburn University. Dennis lived most of his life in Topeka, except for about five...

Mildred D. Clausen, 90, of Tecumseh, passed away, Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Aldersgate Village. She was born December 6, 1920 at the family home in Dover, KS the daughter of Adam and Ethel Firestone Dagg. Mrs. Clausen was a homemaker the majority of her life. She had served as the Food Service Director at The Manor of Topeka and...

Luella M. Weikal, 84, passed away February 3, 2011 in Shawnee, Kansas.Luella, daughter of Lewis and Sophia Dicke, was born October 17, 1926, in Topeka, Kansas.Lue married William B. Weikal on November 24, 1946, and lived in Topeka where she worked for and retired from the Civilian Personnel Office at Forbes Air Force Base. Luella was preceded in death by...

Clarence A. Price, Jr., 75, of Auburn, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Stormont-Vail. He was born on November 28, 1935 in South Bridge, MA to Clarence A. and Donna Marie (Austin) Price. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving during the Korean War, where he was a POW from 1952 to 1953. Clarence worked for Beach...

William H. Wright (Bill) passed away February 2, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his children. Bill had lived in Topeka, Ks most of his 86 years, dedicating his professional career as a civil engineer with the Kansas Department of Transportation. (KDOT) Bill, born March 3, 1924, grew up in Kansas City, Ks, attending Roosevelt Elementary and then Wyandotte High...

Mrs. Dorothy M. Denny, of Topeka, Kansas, went to be with the Lord February 1, 2011. Dorothy was born February 26, 1924 in Nashville, Missouri to the parentage of Walter E. and Mable E. Dilg. She married Claude S. Denny on July 30, 1943. Mr. Denny predeceased her in 1985. A daughter, granddaughter, Ginger and a great-grandson, Cole, survive her....

Betty Lou Whitmore Betty Lou Whitmore of Topeka, Kansas passed away on January 25, 2011, in Sun City, Arizona, at the age of 87. She was born on July 26, 1923 in Salina, Kansas to Paul Homer and Grace Dillingham McCoy Cibulski. She graduated from Topeka High School and Clark's Business School and worked for Santa Fe Railroad for over...

Lillian M. Rice, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Brewster Place in Topeka. She was born November 2, 1918 in Topeka, the daughter of John Hubbell and Sylvia Diesen White. Lillian attended Topeka public schools and graduated from Topeka High School in 1937. She was employed by the First National Bank and the Santa Fe...

Shirley A. Meek, 82, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at a local care facility. Shirley was born February 1, 1928 in Emporia, the daughter of L.G. and Laverne (Blake) Bean. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1946 and Washburn University with a degree in Music Education in 1951. Shirley married Fred Meek on August 9, 1952...

Richard H. "Dick" Smelser, 74, Topeka, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at Midland Hospice House surrounded by his family.He was born December 27, 1936 in Topeka, the son of Harold L. and Mary J. Rogers Smelser. He graduated from Hutchinson High School, received a BS from Washburn University and a Master's Degree from The University of Kansas.Dick worked for the...