Velma Teter, 91, of Wakarusa, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2011. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at First Church of the Nazarene, 1001 SW Buchanan, Topeka, KS 66604. Inurnment will be at a later date at Shawnee Center Cemetery, Wakarusa. Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel, Topeka, is assisting the family with arrangements.

Roger H. Swank, 84, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, June 02, 2011. Roger was born June 3, 1926 in Burlington, Iowa, son of Lawrence and Mabel (Helmick) Swank. After graduating from University of Missouri High School he graduated from the University of Kansas in 1948 with a degree in Architecture. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II....

Eleanor J. Bartlett, 74, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, May 30, 2011 at Plaza West Regional Health Center in Topeka. She was born July 30, 1936 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Samuel and Mary L. Hill Allen. She had resided in Topeka for the past 15 years. She was employed as a waitress in food service for several...

Juan Luis Trejo, 18, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2011. He was born on January 7, 1993, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to Juventino Trejo and Abigail (Perez) Fetters. Juan and his family moved to Topeka in 1998. He graduated from Topeka West High School in 2011. Juan was an athlete: He played soccer for Topeka West,...

Margie Grace Nocktonick, 89, Topeka, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011. She was born at Delia, Kansas, on March 13, 1922, the daughter of John Robert Wyatt, and Flossie Mable (Graham) Wyatt. She was the second from the oldest of a family of 12. Margie graduated from Delia High School in 1940. She married Adam Al Nocktonick on July 27,...

Helen Woodard Dillon, 90, passed away on May 26, 2011. She was born August 25, 1920, in Elmont, KS, the daughter of Harold and Mary Duffey Woodard. On May 5, 1944, she married Clifford James "Doc" Dillon. He preceded her in death in July of 1980. She was a graduate of Seaman High School and later earned her Bachelor's Degree...

Ethel Louise Laster, 93, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 25, 2011, at Aldersgate Village. She was born January 15, 1918, in Garland, Kansas, the daughter of Robert J. and Myrtle (Underwood) Zornes. Ethel worked for Bobo's Drive In for 50 years, retiring in 1998, but her true life's work was being a loving and dedicated wife,...

Boyce R. McCarter, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Midland Hospice House. Born June 29, 1933 in Topeka, Boyce was the youngest of the five children of James Clinton and Martha Avis King McCarter. He attended Highland Park High School, graduating in 1951. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Washburn University in 1956....

Thomas E. "Tom" Wunder, 64, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, May 21, 2011. Tom was born April 16, 1947 in Topeka, Ks the son of Leo Wunder and Edna Mae Taylor. He was raised by his mother and step father Kenny Taylor. He was a graduate of Shawnee Heights High School. Tom served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS...

Kathryn Kelly Creel Ryan died Saturday, May 21st, 2011. She was born in Fort Madison, Iowa on December 13th, 1927, the daughter of Harry and Mary Lu Kelly Creel. At age 5 she moved to Topeka, Kansas and attended Loman Hill and Randolph grade schools, Boswell Junior High, Topeka High School, and Washburn University. At Washburn she was a member...

Roger A. (Allen) Myers, 74, Topeka, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011 at a local hospital.Roger was born July 6, 1936 in St. Joseph, Missouri to I. Paul and Clara Myers. He graduated from Salina Central High School in Salina in 1954.Roger graduated from Kansas State University in 1958 with a degree in Journalism, where he was the Editor...

Sarah Pearle Albert, 90, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at The Homestead of Topeka.She was born on June 25, 1920 in Blythewood, South Carolina, the youngest of eleven children to Sarah Irene Roberts Bass and Henry Kalvin Bass. Sarah graduated from Blythewood High School and Braughons Business College in Columbia, S.C. She used her Bookkeeping/Secretarial degree holding...

Carver D. Long, 79, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away May 19, 2011, at his home in Topeka. He was born Sept. 26, 1931, the second son of Charles Edward and Ellen Evelyn (Beckley) Long. He attended school in Topeka, graduating from Highland Park High School in 1951. After graduation, he went to work at Armco Steel Corp. His...

Harold E. Laughlin, 96, Topeka, died May 19, 2011 at Clare Bridge of Topeka.Harold was born December 25, 1914 in Concordia, the son of Ralph and Estella Laughlin. The family later moved to Abilene, where Harold met his wife of 59 years, Faye Amelia Mulanax, who preceded him in death in 1995. They were married June 21, 1936 in Enterprise.He...

Dolores "June" Krieger, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Midland Hospice House. She was born on June 18, 1931 in Topeka to Orth and Geneva (Cantrell) Darling. June graduated from Topeka High School in 1949. In April of 1980, she married Jay Krieger, he preceded her in death February 13, 2011. She was a realtor...

Ruth Guerrero, 80, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011.She was born December 14, 1930 in Topeka, the daughter of Esteban and Felipa. Ruth attended Topeka High School and later received her LPN license. She had also helped teach Spanish to Mrs. Edward's 2nd grade class at Shawnee Heights Elementary in 2002.Ruth was employed by St. Francis Hospital and...

Edward F. "Ed" Hadden, 84, Topeka,KS, loving husband, father and grandfather, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Born July 16, 1926 to Joe and Amma Hadden in Amarillo, TX, he graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1949. It was there he met the love of his life, Dorothy Carter, whom he married May 26,...

Loretta L. Shepek, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011 at Plaza West Regional Health Center. She was born on April 18, 1932 in Shawnee County, to Charles Sager and Leona M. Vorse. Loretta graduated from Topeka High School in 1949 and in 1954 she received her Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of Kansas. Loretta...

Willis E. Ringen, 80, passed away May 12, 2011 in Topeka, Kansas. Willis was born July 12, 1930 near Summerfield, Kansas. He was a high school vocational agricultural educator and instructor for Kansas State Rehabilitation Center for the Blind. Survivors include his wife, Doris Ringen, Topeka; children, Terry Ringen, Ruskin, Nebraska, Kristi DeForest, Fulton, Missouri and Deron Ringen, Acworth, Georgia;...

Richard L. Tucker, 71, of Topeka, passed away Monday, May 9, 2011.He was born September 27, 1939 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Ralph H. and Mary (Fields) Tucker. He retired from Westridge 8 Theater in Topeka.A graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at the Topeka Cemetery. Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel is in charge of services....