Jeffrey S. Williams, 36, Topeka, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center of a brain aneurysm.He was born Aug. 28, 1971 in Topeka, the son of L. Don and Judith A. Williams. He graduated from Topeka West High School in 1990, where he played basketball and golf. He attended Butler County Community College and graduated from Washburn...

Theo LaVonne Kendall Enochs passed away on April 15, 2008 following an extended illness. She was born April 15, 1927 in Topeka, Kansas. She was the only child of Leroy L. Kendall and Edna Wells Kendall. She was the last of 21 grandchildren born to Lawrence Romulus Wells and Margaret Elizabeth West Wells. She was raised in the old City...

Arthur Eugene King, 78, of Topeka, passed away, Monday, April 14, 2008 after a 7 ½ year courageous fight with cancer. He was born in Topeka, KS December 1, 1929 the son of Arthur George and Winnie Viola Fortner King. He attended schools and lived his entire life in Topeka. Arthur served his country from 1946-1947 as part of the...

Louise May (Spencer) Douglas, 74, of Topeka, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at Midland Hospice House. She was born May 21, 1933, in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Raymond and Cordellia Spencer. After her family moved to Topeka in 1946, she graduated from Roosevelt Junior High School and Topeka High School. On July 6, 1951, she married her high school...

Montoy M. Sims, 75, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on August 1, 1932 in Topeka, the daughter of Floyd L. and Naomi J. Price Davis, Sr. She lived most of her life in Topeka. Montoy married Jackie D. Sims on May 1, 1953 in Topeka. He survives....

Lora Alwinnie Canaday, 97, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Stormont-Vail Health Care in Topeka. She was born on March 25, 1911 near Wakarusa, the daughter of Dan Newton and Alwinnie Meyners Morris. She lived her entire life in the Topeka area. She married and divorced Homer W. Sykes. She later married Ron Gibson and Charlie...

Constance Libbey Menninger, 76, died peacefully at home on Sunday, April 13, 2008. She was born November 20, 1931 in Newton, MA, daughter of Henry Alexander and Marian Prince Libbey. After early years in Pittsburg, TX, she grew up in Waban, MA, and graduated from The Winsor School in Boston. In 1953, she received a bachelor's degree in economics from...

Helen Louise Condley, 80, Topeka, passed away Thurs., April 10, 2008 at a local hospital. Helen was born in Topeka, KS on Dec. 26, 1927, the daughter of Richard and Helen (Bradford) Hammer. She graduated from Topeka High in 1945. Helen married Arthur Condley on Aug. 25, 1950. He preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 1992. She was a...

Former Topeka resident, Blanche Marine Floyd, 89, died Saturday, April 12, 2008 in Mansfield, Texas, where she lived with her daughter Sheila. Blanche was a longtime employee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas and lived in Topeka until her retirement.Blanche was born in Ottawa, Kansas, to Patsy and Ira Walker. In the past, Blanche had been a member of...

M. Florine "Flo" (Israel) Adamson, 84, Topeka, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2008 at Rolling Hills Health Center.She was born May 3, 1923 near Overbrook, the daughter of John Wesley and Myrtle (Atchison) Israel. She was one of seven brothers and sisters and was reared on various farms in the Overbook community. Flo graduated from Overbrook Rural High School...

Rose Marie Sulfridge passed away April 2, 2008 at age 74 in her Son's home in Topeka, KS with family by her side.Rose Ennis was born a coal miner's daughter on February 3, 1934 in Alba, Missouri to Isaac J. Ennis and Blanche M. Earl.She was introduced by a girlfriend to fellow teenager Max Merle Windler at a community baseball...

Kathryn F. Offen, 90, passed away on April 10, 2008. Kathryn was a life long Topeka resident who graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University. She was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. She will be remembered for the many years she was associated with her family as a partner at Offens Hardward in Topeka. She was a...

Lolarene (Tiny) Bliss, 85, Topeka, passed away on Thurs., April 3, 2008 at Aldersgate Village.She was born in Topeka, KS on Oct. 20, 1922, the daughter of Claude Emmett and Gertrude Fern (Anderson) Williams.She attended school in Topeka before marrying Stanley W. Monroe, Jr. on Oct. 25, 1942. They had two children, Sharon Kay (Monroe) Chesmore and Michael Stanley Monroe.Lolarene...

Alvina Krohe, 91, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008. She was born on July 13, 1916 in Fairview, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Emma (Lear) Spellmeier. She graduated from Fairview High School in 1933 and worked for many years as a bookkeeper, first at College Hill Tin Shop and later at West Side Plumbing. Alvina was a member of St....

Mildred M. Tompkins, 80, Topeka, passed away on April 7, 2008. She was born on August 31, 1927, the daughter of Howard and Coral Heere; the sister of Shirley I. Godfrey, and Howard Heere, Jr.; and the mother of Susan Chenoweth, all deceased. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, April...

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Clay Edwin Blanton, 80, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Brewster Place Health Center.He was born August 5, 1927 in Norman, Oklahoma. He attended schools throughout Oklahoma and Texas, including High School in Pampa, Texas and the University of Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha under the U.S. Army Bootstrap...

Elsie L. Hundley, 79, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas.Elsie was born in Fairview, Kansas on April 10, 1928, the daughter of Joseph and Irene Meyer.Elsie lived and worked in Hiawatha, Kansas after graduating high school. She met Dewey Hundley in 1946 and married in September 1948. Elsie and Dewey moved to Topeka, Kansas...

Linnie Ann Norsworthy, 65, passed away Saturday, April 5, at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born September 26, 1942 in Kansas City, MO, to Clyde and Kathryn (Woodley) Hicks. On February 14, 1976, she married Stephen E. Norsworthy at First Christian Church in Topeka. He preceded her in death on February 7, 1998. She retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield of...

Frankie Barnett Frankie Josephine Johnston Barnett passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008. She was born December 11, 1918 in Eskridge, Kansas to Flora and Alva Johnston. Frankie was married to Joe Barnett for 53 years and to Barney Gauvin for 1 year. She graduated from a Topeka Area Secretarial School, worked for Wolffe Jewlery and then, for many years, with...

Anna L. Schultz, 85, Topeka, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2008 at Midland Hospice House.She was born on July 9, 1922 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Galen and Verena (Stickle) Schlichter.Anna graduated from Topeka High School and Clarks Business School.Anna married Arnold Dale on August 7, 1942 in Washington, D.C. He preceded her in death in 1978.Anna was...