Duane A. Touslee, 83, Garden City, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Dec. 8, 2009, at Garden Valley Retirement Village. He was born July 25, 1926, in Levant, KS, the son of S.E. (Rust) and Leona Dryden Touslee. Duane was a 1944 graduate of Colby High School and earned his Bachelor's Degree from Kansas Wesleyan in 1951. He was a...

Otho "Norbert" Greene, Jr., 78, of Topeka, passed away December 7, 2009, at a local hospital. Born in Pike County, Indiana to Aline and Otho Greene on March 9, 1931. Norbert married Jean Emery in 1955. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. He was a carpenter and a member of Local 1445 for 32 years....

Edith H. Weekley, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Midland Hospice Care. She was born on December 29, 1920 in Silver Lake, MO to Roymantus and Theresa Marie (Pridemore) Duvall. On April 25, 1937 she married Edman James Weekley, Sr. in Potosi, MO, he preceded her in death. She retired from American Yearbook Company, later...

Christopher Charles Brown, 43, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 7, 2009.He was born November 3, 1966 in Topeka, the son of Charles F. and Judy A. (DeWitt) Brown. He was employed by Mike Bell, a contractor for Reser's Foods in Topeka.Survivors include his son, Tanner Brown of Topeka; his mother and step-father, Judy and Jerry McMorris of Meriden; a...

Richard C. (Rick) Starkey, 52, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009, at his home, after a courageous five month battle with an aggressive lung cancer. He was born June 9, 1957, the son of J. Wayne and Dora Starkey.Rick was a graduate of Topeka West High School; attended colleges in Alamogordo, N.M. and Emporia, and vocational schools in...

Vesta S. Burbridge, 92, Topeka, formerly of Troy, Kansas, died December 6, 2009, at a local hospital. She was born on December 15, 1916, to Collins and Rena Rapp Schuler, near Wathena, Kansas. Following her graduation, she married Francis Burbridge and they settled in Troy. A homemaker, she was an active member of the Troy United Methodist Church and numerous...

Florence E. Stone, 100, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2009 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on April 28, 1909 in the Coal Creek community north of Onaga, KS, the daughter of Jule Auguste and Alice Angeline Becker Jeanneret. Florence attended College Hill and Edgewood schools. She lived most of her life in Topeka and was...

Michael Lynn Bundy, 47, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at his home. He was born on February 12, 1962 in Topeka, the son of Lawrence N. and Marjorie K. Bahner Bundy. He was preceded in death by his father in December of 1970. Survivors include his mother, Marjorie Bundy of Topeka, two brothers, Larry (Barbara) Bundy...

Sylvester "Sonny" Stadler, 81, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Select Specialty Hospital at St. Francis. He was born on April 1, 1928 in Rossville, the son of Nicholas and Barbara Weler Stadler. He was an Army veteran during the Korean War. Sonny was employed as a car foreman supervisor for the Santa Fe Shops for...

Marianna Grant, 86, Topeka, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Midland Hospice House.She was born August 27, 1923 in Paola, the daughter of Vernon W. and Helen B. (Hoover) Dunaway. Marianna had lived in Topeka since 1953 and worked as a deputy city clerk for the City of Topeka for 30 years before retiring on September 18, 1985.She married Henry...

Lauren Kahler, 16, died November 28, 2009 at her great-grandmother's home in Burlingame, KS.She was born May 10, 1993 to Kraig and Karen (Hetrick) Kahler in Greenville, TX.She attended school in Weatherford, TX until a recent move to Columbia, MO where she was a junior at Rock Bridge High School. She had many friends in Weatherford and Columbia.She enjoyed tennis,...

Emily Kahler, 18, died November 28, 2009 at her great-grandmother's home in Burlingame, KS.She was born April 8, 1991 to Kraig and Karen (Hetrick) Kahler in Colorado Springs, CO.She considered Weatherford, TX her home town, but finished high school at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, MO. She was a freshman at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in St....

Karen Kahler, 44, died November 28, 2009 at her grandmother's home in Burlingame, KS.She was born July 30, 1965 to Paul and Pat (Wight) Hetrick in Topeka, KS.She graduated from Wichita High School South in 1983. She attended Kansas State University where she met Kraig Kahler. The two were married on December 28, 1985. The couple had three children, Emily,...

Mrs. Karen A. Acord, 69, of Topeka, KS passed away December 1, 2009 at the Midland Hospice House. She was born in Topeka on November 8, 1940 to David and Norma Keller. Mrs. Acord graduated from Topeka High School in 1958, and graduated Kansas University Nursing School in 1962. She practiced nursing for her entire 47 year career, the final...

Jesse Casper Miller, 81, of Topeka, Kansas passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009 at a local hospital. Jesse was born in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Edward and Jesse (Hood) Miller. He received his education through the Topeka Public School system. At an early age, he expressed his love for God and attended Antioch Baptist Church. He later in life...

Loris "Maxine" (Howe) Miller, 85, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009. Born August 7, 1924, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Eva Rose (Fry) and William "Bill" Howe. Maxine married George L. Miller on June 3, 1955, in Topeka. He preceded her in death on March 14, 2003.Maxine worked in food service, stationary production, and countless volunteer services....

Richard B. "Dick" Taylor, 94, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 27, 2009, at Midland Hospice House. He was born in Topeka, KS June 8, 1915.He graduated from Highland Park High School. Richard married Dorothy J. Root on May 13, 1939, in Topeka.She survives.After High School he worked at several businesses until the mid 1940's when he went...

Neal A. "Mike" Carl, III, age 66, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2009 at home surrounded by his family. He had lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. The man who could light up a room upon entering will now light the way for those of us left behind. He was born February 2, 1943, the first born son of Neal...

Lorraine Bibb, 90, Topeka, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 at Lexington Park Nursing Center.She was born March 16, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of Otis and Ferol Howard McClenny. She graduated from Topeka High School and was a lifelong resident of Topeka.Lorraine worked for Crosby Brothers Department Store and Bell Telephone Company prior to her marriage.She was a 55 year...

Carrol Woolverton, 80, formerly of Topeka, passed away, Monday, November 23, 2009 at Brookside Retirement center, Overbrook, KS. A memorial ceremony will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday at Crossroads Community Church, Scranton, KS. Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel is assisting with arrangements.