Paul Lloyd Stuenkel, Jr. 71, Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008 at his home.He was born July 24, 1937 in Topeka, the son of Paul and Marguerite (Knauer) Stuenkel. He attended Randolph Elementary School, Boswell Junior High School and graduated from Topeka High School in 1955. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Colorado University in Boulder...

Opal Marie Hervey Stuessie, 84, Topeka, died Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Stormont-Vail Medical Center.Mrs. Stuessie was born June 2, 1924 in Manhattan, the oldest daughter of George and Minnie (Haase) Hervey. She married Robert E. Stuessie on September 29, 1961 in Topeka. They lived on a farm in the Berryton area. Both were active members of the Berryton United...

James C. Moore, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 19, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on July 15, 1932 in Clines Island, MO, the son of Jesse and Mildred Avery Moore. He was an Air Force veteran during the Korean War. After returning from the service, he was employed by Duffens Optical for 42 years...

John Bradley Dierksen, 56, Topeka, passed away Friday, December 19, 2008, at St. Francis Hospital. He was born Nov. 13, 1952, in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of John A. and Doris M. Dierksen. .Brad was a U.S. Marine Veteran. He married Ann Phillips in 1978, she preceded him in death. Brad worked as an office assistant "The Printer" for...

Lorin Brunsvold died December 19, 2008 at KU Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Joan, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was a pilot and served in the Army Air force. He worked for United Airlines in San Francisco for 30 years. He served as Past-Master for the Oskaloosa Masonic Lodge. A memorial service will be held in...

Marjorie Kittell Booth, 92, of Topeka, passed away December 18, 2008. Marjorie was born April 14, 1916 in Omaha, NE to Albert G. and Marie (Fenton) Kittell. When Marjorie reached 8th grade her family moved to Topeka, where she graduated from Topeka High School. Following high school, Marjorie earned a BS Degree in Physical Education from Kansas State University and...

Erskine Dale Hughes, 77, of Silver Lake, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008.He was born May 2, 1931 in Huntington, West Virginia, the son of Reginald Odell and Zeria Angeline (Morrison) Hughes. He attended Hite Elementary and Barboursville Junior High School in the Huntington, WV area. At age 19 he was drafted into the Korean Conflict in January 1952. He...

Lester R. Davis, 89, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Pioneer Ridge in Lawrence, KS. He was born November 13, 1919, in Moran, KS, the son of Edwin T. and Dora Anderson Davis. He graduated from Iola High School in 1937. Lester was a Army veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific Theater where he achieved the...

William Warren Bowman, 74, of Hutchinson, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2008 at his home in Springfield, MO. He was born on April 23, 1934 in Great Bend, the son of James and Myrtle Seaman Bowman. He graduated from Garden City High School in 1952 and Garden City Junior College in 1954. He was an Army veteran of the...

Austin "Gus" G. Sexton, of Topeka, KS, son of Austin G. and Helen Shannon Rigney, Sr., adopted son of Thomas G. Sexton, born Sept. 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, died Dec. 15, 2008. Husband of Margaret nee Schneider. Father of Adam (Janel), Boulder, CO and Ellen (Steven Wingenter), Huntsville, AL. Brother of Mary Helen McCarthy (Lawrence) IL, Patricia Hagen (Donald)...

Frank E. Fieger, 80, Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2008 following a long illness.He was born October 31, 1928 in Topeka, the son of Frank and Sina (Emmons) Fieger.He was a graduate of Washburn University and served on the U.S.S. Cowell, a Navy destroyer, during the Korean War. Mr. Fieger retired from the NCIS with 20 years of...

Mary Beth (Hutchison) Linn was born September 13, 1921, in Westphalia,Kansas. Before she was a year old her mother, Bessie (Hartman), died from the flu. But Mary Beth did not lack for love and attention as a toddler. More than one set of relatives wanted to adopt the pretty, vivacious little girl. Mary Beth often acknowledged that at that time...

Raymond E. Olson, 82, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, December 12, 2008.He was born April 28, 1926 in Beattie, Kansas, the son of Dell V. and Gunhild N. (Polson) Olson. He was a United States Army veteran of WW II and awarded the Purple Heart. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.Mr. Olson was...

David E. Kirby, 63, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, December 11, 2008.He was born November 9, 1945 in Junction City, Kansas, the son of George E. and Josephine M. (Newman) Kirby. He enlisted in the United States Navy following high school.He was employed by Menninger's and later for the city of Topeka, retiring in 2003. He attended Community Church in...

Reileigh Doree Ann Fratiello passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. Survivors include her mother, Jinny Pickering, her father, Christopher Fratiello, maternal grandparents Randy Pickering and Kristina Eicholtz, paternal grandparents, Terry Fratiello and Shirley Herren. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. Private inurnment will take place at a...

Col. Norman B. Gates, 76, passed away on Dec. 8, 2008. He was born on Aug. 7, 1932 to Charles and Mary Gates.He married Carol Jester on Aug. 14, 1954 in Chanute, KS. His family included five children, Gwen, Sandy, Brian, Eric and Dana; 6 granddaughters; and 3 great grandsons. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for...

Lois Gaye Trimble, 73, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at a local hospital.Gaye was born February 24, 1935 in Lecompton, the daughter of Gilbert and Marguerite (Kelch) Moon. Gaye had been a cosmetologist in the Topeka area for 51 years and had been the owner of Gayle's Beauty Salon since 1973.Gaye married Kenneth Gayle Trimble on August...

Harry David Hurd, 60, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2008 at Colmery-O'neil VA Medical Center after a short illness. He was born on September 13, 1948 in Council Bluffs, IA, the son of Harry C. and Jacqueline Kelsen. He was a Navy veteran during the Vietnam War era. Following military service, he lived in Topeka. Survivors include...

Bonnie Beulah Howard, 87, of Topeka, died Saturday, December 6, 2008. She was born on May 18, 1921 in Wellington, the only daughter and third of four children of Charles Edward Jackson and Beulah Patterson Jackson. She graduated from Wichita State University and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and then served as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps during...

Muriel Jean (Becky) Spencer, 83, passed away on December 4th, after a short stay at Midland Hospice House. Born in Topeka, KS, on March 19, 1925, she lived her entire life in Topeka. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1943 and from Kansas State University in 1947 with a BS degree in Home Economics. Becky married G.M. (Bud) Spencer...