Lawrence F. Ferrell, 90, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011, at Midland Hospice House. Lawrence F. Ferrell was born December 12, 1920, near Valley Falls, KS, son of Eugene and Audrey Ferrell. He grew up near Valley Falls and graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1938. Lawrence was united in marriage to Augusta Schuppert on April 8,...

Betty Bubb Dicus, 78, Topeka, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.She was born April 3, 1933 at Christ's Hospital in Topeka, the daughter of Henry A. and Elizabeth Black Bubb. She graduated from Topeka High School and from the University of Kansas in 1955 where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma...

Mary McKee, 83, Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Midland Hospice House.Mary was born February 21, 1928 in Onaga, the daughter of Harry and Cora (Deveny) Moody. She graduated from Onaga High School.She worked as an instructor at Gage Center Bowling Alley for 20 years.Mary married William "Bill" McKee on November 6, 1945 in Holton. He died...

Lois I. Willes, 78, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2011.She was born September 15, 1932 in Muscotah, KS, the daughter of Kenneth Ray and Norma Pearl (Brown) Langston. She was a graduate of Seaman High School.She was employed by Rodney Milling Company, later by Stormont-Vail Hospital and Wolfe's Camera. Lois married Harold D. Willes. He survives. Other survivors...

Carl J. Miller, 70, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at his home. He was born September 7, 1940 in Atchison, the son of John and Pearl Tipling Miller. He graduated from Holton High School and attended Washburn University. Carl was employed by KP&L for 30 years and retired from Southern Missouri Gas Energy in 1995. He...

W. Roy "Bill" Clark, 94, Topeka, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Brewster Place. He was born December 7, 1916 in Topeka, the son of Roy H. and Bessie May Cook Clark, and graduated from Seaman High School in 1936. In 1940, Bill enlisted in the 125th field artillery of the Kansas National Guard knowing they were mobilizing on December...

Irene H. Gordon, 99, of Topeka, passed away Monday, July 25, 2011. Irene H. Gordon was born January 12, 1912, in Ozawkie, daughter of Daniel and Chloe (Stark) Baker. She graduated from Ozawkie High School in 1930. Irene married E. Orville Gordon on September 12, 1940, in Lawrence; they were lifelong residents of the Ozawkie area. She worked for the...

Ruth Walker "Rosie" O'Riley, 96, passed away Monday, July 25, 2011, at Lexington Park Skilled Nursing Facility in Topeka. Services will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 1, at St. David's Episcopal Church, 3916 SW 17th Street, Topeka, KS 66604. Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel, Topeka, is assisting the family with arrangements. Ruth was born on January 26, 1915, in Osborne, Kan.,...

Belva L. Sandmeyer, 88, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011, at her home in Topeka.She was born Jan. 10, 1923, in Lenora, Kan., the daughter of James B. and Beatrice Swendener Butler. She was the great granddaughter of David Butler, the first governor of Nebraska.Mrs. Sandmeyer was a 1940 graduate of Topeka High School. After graduating from business college, she...

Fred E. Weibel, 75, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, July 22, 2011 following an extended illness. He was born June 19, 1936 in Topeka, KS the son of Everett and Marcella Weibel. Fred was a 1954 graduate of Topeka High School. He retired in 1993 from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company where he held various offices within United Steel Workers...

Emma L. Sheeley, 88, of Topeka, passed away, Friday July 22, 2011. She was born September 7, 1922, to Abbott Carman and Ethel Hedley Taylor on their farm near Graysville Manitoba, Canada. She married John W. Sheeley on September 1, 1948, at her parents' farm. They first lived at Black Jack, Kansas and later settled in Ottawa, Kansas. Emma worked...

John Evans "JEB" Brown, 64, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, July 21, 2011 at his home. He was born July 9, 1947 in Ft. Smith, AR. He is preceded in death by his parents Wyatt and Louise Brown. He was a 1965 graduate of Highland Park High School. John was employed 43 years with BNSF as a computer systems analyst....

Ella M. Aley, 96, of Wichita, formerly of Topeka, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011. Ella Marie Aley was born August 24, 1914, RR 1 Topeka, the daughter of Walter Blaine and Jeanette Evelyn (Lydic) Aley. She attended Shawnee County rural schools, graduating from Seaman High School in 1932. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washburn University and...

Natalie Faye "Nat" Gibson was born in Beaver, OK on July 20, 1971. Her life was taken suddenly in the early morning hours of July 21. She grew up in Ingalls, KS and Montezuma, KS. She graduated as Salutatorian from Montezuma High School in 1989. She attended Colby Community College and received an animal technician license, then worked for Sourk...

Mary Elizabeth Bausch, 91, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2011. She was born in Axtell, KS on June 5, 1920, the daughter of Harold Crouch and Emma (Rothfelder) Crouch. She attended school in Axtell and graduated from Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg in 1942. She moved to Topeka in 1944 and was employed with Kansas Power...

Arlys P. "Perry" Sakata, 86, passed away on July 19, 2011. She was born Sept. 5, 1924, in Sumner, IA. Perry was a longtime resident of Alliance, NE, and Wichita, KS. She is survived by daughters, Tami Hoover of Bargersville, IN and Tracy Leonard, of Topeka, KS; son, Robert Sakata of Wichita, KS; siblings, Gary Sebbert of Muskatine, IA, and...

Eugene Everett Sallee died on Monday, July 18th. He was born January 20, 1924, and raised in Topeka. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1941 and served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. He attended the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and graduated with a degree in chemical...

Peggy Anderson Cogswell, 80, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at Homestead of Topeka. Peggy was born June 7, 1931, in Topeka, the daughter of James and Bessie Allen. She was a graduate of Washburn Rural High School.She had been a member of First Christian Church.Peggy married M.D. Drummond. He preceded her in death. She married Arthur D....

Deborah L. Rogers, 61, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011. Deborah was born on March 13, 1950, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, daughter of Robert and Ernestine (Curtis) Rogers. She graduated from Highland Park High School and Washburn University. Deborah worked as a bus driver for Topeka Transit, and previously had been a medical transcriptionist at various medical...

Clara Eunice Dotson, 90, of Denison, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011. Interment held at Topeka Cemetery. Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel is assisting with arrangements.