Dorothy E. Tudhope, 85, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010. She was born January 20, 1925 in Columbia, MO. the daughter of Chase and Mabel (Brewer) Gilliland. Dorothy lived with her Aunt and Uncle Emma Jane and Delmer Daly after her mothers' death. They later adopted her. After moving to Topeka, she graduated from Topeka High School. After...

Gordon Paul (Pete) Spiker, 92, Topeka, passed away on Friday, September 10, 2010 at Presbyterian Manor.Gordon was born July 19, 1918 in Circleville, KS, the son of John W. and Sophia V. (Baertch) Spiker. He attended rural schools in the area, helped on his parents' farm and later traveled to the northwest as a migrant worker. Gordon was a World...

Kenneth G. Keller, 93, died Friday, September 10, 2010. He was born March 30, 1917, in Delia, KS. He grew up in Delia with his two sisters and three brothers. He attended Emporia Teachers College and then taught school in a one room school house for three years in Paxico, Kansas. He then joined the Kansas National Guard and was...

Sarah E. Crook, 96, Topeka, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010. She was born May 23, 1914 in Topeka to Francis and Jessie Mae (Sills) Benton. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1932. She was a wonderful caregiver, taking care of her mother, mother-in-law, raising her eight children and was a great "Aunt Sally" to many nieces and nephews. She...

Doris Adele Myers Cowie, 93, formerly of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at Cliff View Assisted Living Community, St. George, Utah.Doris was born November 17, 1916 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of George and Florence Myers and was raised and lived most of her 93 years in Topeka. She moved to Mesquite, Nevada in June, 2007 where she...

Evelyn F. McCune, 90, of Topeka, died Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Brewster Place. She was born June 7, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Ray L. and Irene Honeywell Franks. She graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Home Economics from Lake Erie College For Women in 1942. She was employed...

Bernard M. "Barney" Roberts, 96, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2010.Bernard was born April 15, 1914, in Shelbyville, KY; son of William andMaude (Schooler) Roberts. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1933.Bernard served during WWII in the US Army from 1942-1945. He was united inmarriage to Muriel Whitlow on March 15, 1947.Bernard worked for Morrell's & Co.,...

William R. "Bill" Kelly, 81, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2010.He was born December 20, 1928 in Albuquerque, NM, the son of Emmett J. and Dorothy (Sutherland) Kelly. He was a 1947 graduate of Topeka High School. He attended Washburn University and later served in the United States Air Force from September of 1950 to September 1954. Bill...

Robert "Bob" Miller, 73, Topeka, passed away on Sept. 2, 2010. He was born June 7, 1937, in Batesburg, South Carolina, the son of Harold McCoy and Cora Faye (Hall) Miller. Bob was a graduate of Lancaster HS in 1956, attended the University of Houston in 1956-57, Wingate College in 1957-58, majoring in Business Administration. He also served in the...

Verlee Reece Stone, 86, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010.Verlee Reece Stone was born October 27, 1923 in Scandia, Kansas. Her parents were Carl and Emily Reece. Verlee graduated from Scandia High School and attended Kansas University where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She married her college sweetheart Dr. John W. Stone on July...

Ruth Wiksten died in Topeka, which was her home for the past seventy years. She was born in Greensburg, Kansas, June 19th 1915. Her family later moved to Elkhart, Kansas where she spent her childhood. Ruth attended Park College in Missouri and next attended nursing school at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She graduated from nursing in 1937, and...

David Michael Martinez, 31, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2010. He was born on February 13, 1979 in Topeka, Kansas to David Martinez and Deborah J. (Eaton) Hamm. David graduated from Washburn Rural High School. He loved baseball and coached for SCABA for several years. David is survived by his wife Michelle Graham-Martinez, his two sons, Triston...

Margaret Sharp, of Topeka, died peacefully at home on Aug 30, 2010. She was a kind, gentle and talented woman who will be missed by all who knew her. Born in 1915, she was the only child of Mary and Arnold Binggeli of St. Joseph, Mo. She moved to Kansas City with her parents at the age of 10. Being...

Arthella Flesher, 91, recently of Wichita and formerly of Brewster Place in Topeka, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, August 30, 2010.Mrs. Flesher was born June 21, 1919 in Jacobs Creek, PA, the daughter of Dewey and Mildred Fretts Hough. She was a proud 1938 graduate of Greensburg Business College, Greensburg, PA.She worked as a legal secretary in...

Virginia R. Griswold, 96, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Merlin Griswold at age 95 in 2005.Virginia was born December 29, 1913 in Marysville, Kansas. She was the daughter of Edwin and Millie (Moyer) Thompson, the youngest of nine children. Virginia graduated from Marysville High School and...

Ina M. "Red" Mullinix, 83, of Tecumseh, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at her son's home surrounded by her family. She was born October 3, 1926 in Lohrville, IA. She and her spouse, Walt Anderson, who preceded her in death and Don Vega owned and operated Topeka Steak House for over 25 years.Survivors include her children; Judy (Richard)...

Ethelyn "Lyn" Roose, 73, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Midland Hospice House. Lyn was born May 25, 1937 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Smulling) Jones. On June 7, 1955 she married Warren G. Roose in Topeka. He survives. She is also survived by her children, Pamela A. (Mark) Wheeler of Topeka and Douglas...

Helen R. Parker, 86, Topeka, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2010 at Midland Hospice House.Helen was born August 13, 1924 in Valley Falls, the daughter of Ervin and Edna (Reichart) Garbe. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1942. She had been a member of Grace Bible Church. Helen married Thomas E. Parker on August 13, 1942 in...

Paul Richard Beauchamp June 27, 1920 – August 21st, 2010Paul Beauchamp was born June 27th, 1920, in St. Joseph Missouri to George and Flora Mae Beauchamp. George was a printer who introduced lithography to the Midwest. After two years at Missouri Western College, where he was in the ROTC, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute. It was there he...

Clifford Dale Mills, 84, of Topeka, passed away Friday, August 20, 2010.He was born August 27, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of William Bryan and Sylvia L. (Gregg) Mills. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during WW II. He retired from long haul transportation service.He was a member of Philip Billard Post No. 1650 of...