Marjorie Crawford Drake, 94, of Topeka, passed away Monday, January 17, 2011.She was born April 20, 1916 at Richmond, VA, the daughter of William Madison Crawford and Nannye Fletcher Austin Crawford.She lived in Topeka from 1949 to 1972. She lived in Richmond, VA for 15 years, 1972-1987. She returned to Topeka to live in 1987.She was a member of the...

Virginia Swenson, age 91, Topeka, went to her Lord peacefully at home on January 16, 2011. She was born November 6, 1919, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George and Daisy Wetzel Henney. Virginia graduated from Topeka High School in 1938 and attended Washburn College. She went to work for the Santa Fe Railway. She married Chester Norman Fox May...

Douglas Dean Wilson, 47, passed away Jan. 13, 2011, at Stormont-Vail Health Center. Douglas was born Sept. 12th, 1963 in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Mary and Myrlin Wilson. Douglas was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Kathy Wilson and Uncle Kenneth and Aunt Ernestine Wilson who raised him from an early age after his parents' death. He was a graduate...

Virginia I. Rusch, 95, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at McCrite Plaza Health Center. She was born November 13, 1915 in Tevis, Shawnee Co., KS, the only child of Joseph A. and Bertha B. Fergel Rohler. She lived most of her life in the Berryton area, graduating from Berryton High School in 1934. On September 2,...

Dorothy M. Briggs, 82 of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at St. Francis Health Center. She was born on October 24, 1928 in Topeka, Kansas to Michael G. and Matilda M. Breight.Dorothy graduated from Hayden High School in 1947. On June 18, 1947 she married Donald E. Briggs at Assumption Catholic Church. She was a member of...

Roger T. Young, 65, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Roger was born July 22, 1945, near Gridley, Kansas, son of John and Eleanor (Jasper) Young. He graduated from Gridley High School in 1964. Roger served in the US Air Force from 1965- 1968. He worked at Kansas Power & Light/Westar for 32 years, until his retirement in...

Mrs. Martha E. Lister, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born on March 16, 1916 at Oak Hill, Kansas, the daughter of Maurice C. and Bessie I. (Fowler) Sutton. Martha married Marvin J. Lister on August 24, 1937. He preceded her in death in 2001. Together they owned and operated a...

Fr. Frank Krische, 79, of Topeka died January 12, 2011. He was born December 23, 1931 the son of Frank Anthony and Pauline Marie Krische. Fr. Frank was baptized December 28, 1931 at St. Joseph's Church, Topeka. He attended St. Joseph Grade School from 1937 – 1945, High School at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus Ohio 1945 – 1949,...

William A. "Bill" Hansford, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, January 10, 2011 at Midland Hospice House. He was born September 21, 1922 in Silver Lake, KS, to Mr. and Mrs. Eri Hansford, Jr. He married his wife, Juanita (Hipsher) on April 8, 1945 in Topeka. They celebrated 65 years of marriage in 2010.Bill worked at Goodyear Tire &...

Shirley Nadine Mauney, 70, Topeka, formerly of Ripley, MS, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2011. Shirley was born September 26, 1940 in Ripley, MS. She married Allen Rudolph Mauney in 1955. He died October 5, 1995. Survivors include sons, Troy Mauney, James Harold Mauney; grandson, Raymond Gene Mauney; and a sister, Betty. She was also preceded in death by...

Basil R. Covey, 95 of Topeka, died Sunday, January 9, 2011.He was born July 1, 1915 at Fowler, KS, the son of James H. and Sadie (Sanders) Covey.He was married to Mabel Cutter-Britton in Lawrence, KS on July 30, 1934. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Max B. Covey; a daughter, Donna (Don) Turner; and a granddaughter, Julie Turner,...

Eileen Speerschneider Heller, 100, of Topeka, passed away Jan. 6, 2011, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She was born Mar. 30, 1910, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Leonard F. and Jennie Newman Speerschneider. Eileen attended Linwood High School in Linwood, KS, and later attended Lawrence Business College. On Mar. 28, 1936, in Lawrence, KS, Eileen married Joseph Heller. He...

Gordon E. Zimmerman, age 84, died in Topeka, Kansas on January 7, 2011. He was born on January 14, 1926 in Joplin, Mo and raised in Baxter Springs, KS, the son of Mildred Gordon Zimmerman and Charles Herbert Zimmerman.Gordon attended Washington University in St. Louis where he met Peggy Jane Sargent; they moved to Topeka and married in 1949. He...

Howard Arden Carder, 86, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2011.He was born June 11, 1924 in Topeka, KS, the son of Arden and Viola (Barrie) Carder. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WW II. He was a graduate of Topeka High School and received a Bachelors Degree in Law from Kansas University. Howard was a...

Robert C. "Bob" Morris, 65, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at a Topeka care facility. He was born January 11, 1945 in Cleveland, OH, the son of Finus C. and Lavelle Rider Morris. He graduated from Raytown High School in Raytown, MO, in 1963 and from Mount San Antonio Junior College in Walnut, CA in 1966....

Harry E. Cooper, Jr., 87, of Topeka, passed away peacefully at home, Sunday, January 2, 2011. Harry was born November 2, 1923, in Topeka, the son of Harry E. Cooper, Sr. and Sarah L. (Benner) Cooper. He graduated from Topeka High School and attended Michigan State University, while serving in the Navy and Army Air Corps. Harry served in the...

Roger L. Pagenkopf, 69, of Topeka, went home to the Lord on Saturday, January 1, 2011. He was born October 30, 1941 in Topeka, the son of Francis L. and Marietta N. (George) Pagenkopf. He graduated from Goddard High School in Wichita in 1959. He served four years in the United States Air Force and was a member of the...

Linda Selbach, 59, of Topeka, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010.Linda Ann Selbach was born August 27, 1951, in Ida Grove, Iowa; daughter of John Junior Harris and Betty Ann (Peters) Edkin. She graduated from Highland Park High School, Topeka, and attended Kaw Area Vocational Technical School.Linda was united in marriage to John J. Selbach on May 30, 1969, at...

Mary Lou Lewis, 82, Auburn, formerly of Harveyville, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2010 at her residence.Mary Lou was born February 10, 1928 in Bogard, MO, the daughter of Aubyn and Mary Ella (Smith) Carter. She graduated from Marceline High School.She married Carol "Sam" Lewis on September 5, 1964 in Marceline, MO. Together they owned an operated Stoffle Meat...

Beverly Jean Adams, 72, of Wakarusa, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2010 at Aldersgate Village. She was born October 9, 1938 in Topeka, the daughter of William A. and Edith T. (Hinkle) Adkins. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1956 and later obtained a BA in Arts from Washburn University in May of 1997. Beverly...