Robert L. "Bob" Purkey, 83, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Lexington Park Nursing Facility in Topeka. He was born on July 16, 1923 near Granola, KS, the son of Jess and Mae Dean Purkey. Bob was an Army veteran of WWII. He was employed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 38 years before retiring...

Wilson H. Jones, 86, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at a local hospital following a short illness.Wilson was born June 5, 1921 in Deep Water, NJ., the son of James H. and Mabel (Steele) Jones. After graduation from high school in 1939, Wilson enlisted in the U.S. Army. He became a pilot in the U.S. Army Air...

Claud Watkins, 78, Topeka, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at Homestead Assisted Living, Topeka. He was born September 20, 1928 in Bancroft, Kansas the son of Harvey Edward and Edna Mae Gorrel Watkins. Claud attended school in Bancroft and Soldier, Kansas. He served as a Howitzer Artillery Gunner in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953 during the Korean Conflict and was...

Mary K. "Katie" Wilson, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2007 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on March 8, 1931 in Topeka, the fifth child of Charles A. and Mary Murphy Hoover. She was a life-long Topeka resident. She graduated from Hayden High School in 1949 and attended Clark's Business School. She was employed by...

Mary Morrow Fergus Judge, 88, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Midland Hospice, Topeka, Kansas. She had suffered a stroke on June 9, 2007. She was born April 6, 1919 on the family farm in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Hugh and Sarah Morrow Fergus. She attended country school in Slippery Rock and graduated from Slippery Rock High...

Marceline Jackson, 66,of Topeka, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2007. She was born on November 12, 1940 in Topeka, daughter of Luther and Charlene Robinson, Sr. She was active in the Army Reserves in the early seventies. She was a retired nurse from the Topeka area. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, her aunt and uncle;...

VELMA EDITH DAUNERTOPEKA- Velma Edith Dauner, 89, passed away on Friday, June 15, 2007 in Topeka Kansas. She was born October 29, 1917 at Isabel, Kansas, the daughter of John J. and Minnie Miller Dye. She attended school at Isabel and Sawyer, Kansas. She married Everett E. Dauner on January 22, 1936 in Wichita, Kansas.Mrs.Dauner was a 4-H clothing instructor...

George Leslie Harvell, 91, of Topeka, passed away Friday, June 15, 2007 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Irene V. Harvell; his children, Juanice G. Rodriguez and husband, Joe of Topeka, sons, C. Ray Harvell and wife, Joan of Wichita, KS, and Ronnie Joe Harvell of Wichita, KS; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. He was...

Herman F. Dale, 88, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 7, 1918 in Fairview, KS, the son of C. Fred and Melda Diller Dale.He graduated from Fairview High School in 1937, and then attended Clark's Business School. Herman served in the 65th Infantry during World War II. After returning...

Emmett Everett Harder, 92, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, formerly of Topeka, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Arkansas. He was born on December 23, 1914 in Fredonia, Kansas, son of Roy E and Ruby Clary Harder. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with Army Transportation Corps in the European Theater...

Donald Dean Lewis, 68, Topeka, died Monday, June 4, 2007.He was born September 5, 1938 in Topeka, the son of Donald A. and Fern (Lester) Lewis. Survivors include his mother, three children, six grandchildren, four great grandchildren and two brothers.No services are scheduled. Penwell-Gabel Mid Town chapel is assisting the family with arrangements

Jeanne Beauchamp, 86, Topeka, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2007 at a local hospital.Jeanne was born June 30, 1920 in Topeka, the daughter of Herbert and Gertrude (Morgan) Mack. She married Paul Beauchamp on July 23, 1942 in Pensacola, Florida. She studied Fashion Illustration at the Kansas City Art Institute. She was a Fashion Illustrator for Crosby Brothers and...

Chester R. "Chet" Anderson, 82, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday June 12, 2007 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born December 31, 1924 in Clements, Kansas the son of Arch F. and Alice Marie Martin Anderson.Chet was a brick and stone mason. He owned and operated his own masonry contracting company many years. He was a member of Brick Layers Local...

John William Heller was born October 6, 1915 in Peterton, Kansas to Parmer Clark Heller and Jennie Johns Heller. He passed away at Midland Hospice Care on June 10, 2007. He was a service and sales representative for General Electric Co. X-Ray Dept. for 35 years. He spent 3 ½ years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He...

Edith Grace Kintner Schroer, age 73, passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2007 at home. She was born in Frankfort, Kansas on July 6, 1933 to Willard Keith and Grace McClelland Kintner. Ede lived in Frankfort until 1950, when she moved to Topeka. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1951, and went on to graduate from Stormont-Vail School of...

Thomas West Jones, 65, Topeka, died Saturday, June 9, 2007 at his home from complications of Inclusion Body Myositis.Tom was born Feb. 11, 1942 in St. Louis, MO, the son of Robert McKittrick Jones II and Anne Fitz-Gerald Jones. He attended The Country Day School of St. Louis, and Rumsey Hall and The Kent School, both in Connecticut, and graduated...

Albert E. "Burt" Mason, 58, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, June 10, 2007 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born on March 19, 1949 in Topeka, the son of Elbert Edward and Jovita Obregon Mason. He attended Assumption School where he served as an alter boy and Topeka High School. He was employed by the Union Pacific...

Marlin Eugene "Nick" Nickerson, 82, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center.He was born June 12, 1924 in Clay Center, the son of Burt and Lura Nickerson. He spent his childhood years in Concordia.He married Melvina Louis Rickard on March 22, 1942. On June 8, 1943, he was inducted into military service, serving...

Donald H. Hutt, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at a Topeka care facility. He was born on August 22, 1930 in Wichita, the son of Joseph William and Eunice E. Jones Hutt. Donald graduated from Wichita North High School. He was an Army veteran. He attended Washburn University. He resided in Los Angeles, California for...

Bradford Neal Spencer, age 57, of Sunrise Beach, Missouri and formerly of Topeka, Kansas, died on June 4, 2007 at Lake Ozark, Missouri. Brad, the son of Godfrey Melville "Bud" and Muriel Jean "Becky" Spencer, was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas. Brad graduated from Topeka West High School in 1967. He achieved the ranking of Eagle Scout in the...