Margery Palm, 90, of Topeka, passed away, Monday, December 31, 2007 at Plaza West Care Center. She was born July 3, 1917 at Goff, Kansas the eldest daughter of Thomas Eugene and Mary Pretz Springer. Marge was a 1935 graduate of Goff High School. Along with her husband, she was a longtime member of First Southern Baptist Church where she...

Oren E. Potter, Sr., 83, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at a local hospital.Oren was born May 4, 1924 in Joshua, Texas, the son of Percy and Minnie (Seal) Potter. He grew up in the Joshua and Brandon, Texas area.He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked for 38 years for Santa Fe...

Phyllis Jean Greenberg, 79, of Topeka passed away Friday, December 28, 2007, at Midland Hospice Care. Phyllis had COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) which caused her to be home-bound in recent years.She was born on June 26, 1928 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of William Hall and Elsie (Rezac) Lynde.Phyllis was a member of the Hope Lutheran Church. She was...

Mildred I. Enochs, 92, of Osage City, KS passed away, Monday, December 24, 2007 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Mildred was born on October 21, 1915 in Longton, Kansas the daughter of Floyd and Ethel Jones. She lived most of her life in the Silver Lake, Dover and Osage City areas. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Osage...

James N. Kinder, Jr., 86, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Aldersgate Village.James was born on January 2, 1921 in Rantoul, KS the son of James Nolan, Sr. and Margaret (Weinstein) Kinder. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1940.James served in the U.S. Army as a Teletype Operator in Europe during WWII from 1942-1946.James married Helen...

Ernestine Elizabeth Nowlan, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2007 at her home. She was born on June 8, 1915 in Goff, KS, the daughter of Armour and Minnie Hall Lynde. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1933 and married William Burdette Nowlan on May 27, 1936. They were married for 70 years. Ernestine worked...

Helen Katherine Lockhart Egy died on Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Brewster Place in Topeka. Born in Eskridge, Kansas on July 12, 1915, Helen was the daughter of Wabaunsee County ranchers Robert Joseph Lockhart and Grace Tomlinson Lockhart. Helen graduated from Eskridge High School and attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1937....

Ruth Elizabeth Lyne Ruth Elizabeth Lyne, 85, formerly of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 16th in Arlington, Texas. Ruth was born June 4, 1922 in Hazelton, Kansas, the youngest daughter of Raymond Carl and Lillian Frances (George) Spicer. She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Ruth and Mark Lyne were married August 7, 1943 in Wichita,...

Charles Leonard "Punkin" Alford, 86, Topeka, died Saturday, December 22 at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center. He was born August 16, 1921 in Sedan, the son of Charles Wynton and Myrtle "Myrta" Mae Prichard Alford and graduated from Sedan High School in 1940. Punkin proudly served in the US Army 65th Engineer Combat Battalion during WW II. He was awarded...

Lois Ann Mackwiz, 74, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, December 19, 2007 with her family at her side. She was born February 28, 1933 in Edgerton, Kansas the daughter of Alexander and Maude Fruit Thoms. Lois was preceded in death by three sisters Evelyn Haney, Lucille Thoms and Ada Pearce. She is survived by her twin sister JoAnne Thoms, and...

Ethel W. Holroyd, 88, Topeka, died Friday, December 21, 2007 at Manor Care Nursing Home.She was born Feb. 15, 1919 in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Maurice E., Sr. and Attie Zimmerman Utt. She was raised in Hewins, Kansas, and graduated from Cedar Vale High School. Ethel worked at Barnett's Grocery Store, as a nurse's aide at Sedan City...

Chester J. Park, 74, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2007. Chester was born December 12, 1933 in Greenleaf, the son of Chester R. and Mildred Park. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1951 to 1983, retiring at the rank of Gunnery Sergeant, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Survivors include a sister: Cheryl...

James Howard Jones, 66, Topeka, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Lexington Park Nursing Facility. He was born January 15, 1941 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Russell and Velma Eaton Jones. He had lived in Topeka since 1960.Jim graduated from Fairbury, Nebraska High School and attended Washburn University. He was a member of Crestview United Methodist Church.He worked...

Jean Lou Ripley Abernathy Hall, 86, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at a Topeka hospital. She was born August 24, 1921, to John Wilbur Fiske Ripley and Dorothy Louise Wahle Ripley of Potwin Place, Topeka, Kansas. John Ripley was an owner and manager of the family laundry and dry cleaners, Ripley's, and active in Topeka community affairs. Jean was proud...

Marlin E. McCabe, 86, Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Midland Hospice House.Marlin was born November 9, 1921 in Corning, the son of Harry and Ethel (Tietz) McCabe. He worked for Jayhawk Lumber and Capital Concrete for many years, retiring in 1973.Marlin married Sandra Mustoe on June 13, 1957. She survives of the home. Other survivors include...

Josephine Wedoff (95) of Garden Grove, Ca died November 25, 2007.She was born in Zybach, TX to Fred and Carolyn Zybach on November 12, 1912. Josephine was married to Grant Wedoff October 20, 1934 in Topeka,KS. Josephine was preceded in death by her parents, and sisters Francis and Alice. Josephine is survived by her husband Grant and many cousins, nieces...

ALICE M. (OMAN) SWANAlice M. Oman Swan died on December 16, 2007, at the Cherryvale Care Center in Cherryvale, Kansas, after a prolonged illness. She was born July 25, 1922 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert Carl and Jennie Nelson Youngblom. Mrs. Swan was a graduate of Topeka High School and attended Stricklers' Business College in Topeka. She was...

Brenda Moszeter, Hoyt, KS, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Stormont-Vail.Brenda was the Director of Nursing at Eventide Convalescent Center and spent her life caring for others.She was a wonderful wife, mother, sister, and daughter who will be so dearly missed by all her family and friends.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19 at Penwell-Gabel...

Raegan Lynn Reimer, 3, Topeka, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the University of Kansas Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born July 3, 2004 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of Brady and Jennifer Reimer. Our little princess Raegan is survived by Brady and Jennifer, her parents; Skyler, her brother; Grandparents, Karen and Steve Sumner; John...

Martin "Marty" Palm, 93, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Plaza West Care Center.He was born August 25, 1914 in Coldwater, Kansas the eldest son of John William and Alice Winter Palm. Mr. Palm received his Bachelors Degree and subsequently his Masters Degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1938 and served as President of his professional...