Carol Kay Welch, loving daughter and only child of the late Frank Harold and Evelyn Jane Welch, passed away the morning of January 23, 2007 in Moberly, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. Private burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. The family will greet friends one half...

Johnnie Lee Wright, 63, Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at a local hospital.Johnnie was born September 27, 1943 in Wichita, the son of Jacob C. and Reva (Reaka) Wright. He attended Pleasant Valley elementary, Junior High and Wichita North High School through his junior year in Wichita before moving to Missouri and completing high school in Willow...

Anabel Miriam Robinson, 93, of Topeka, passed away January 18, 2007 at the Midland Hospice House. Anabel was born October 3, 1913 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Susan (Mercer) Boatright. She was named after two aunts, Anna and Belle, and the family physician, Dr. Miriam Swift. Anabel's older brothers, Earl and Vance Boatright, preceded her in death....

Virginia Lee Young, 76, of Topeka, died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at her home with her beloved cats, Josie, Missy, Charley, and one grandcat, Penny Lane. She was born December 20, 1930 in Crete, NE, the daughter of Butch and Laura Stahn. She graduated from Junction City High School in 1948. Virginia married Richard "Pooley" Young on June 3rd, 1950....

Terry Harris, 86, of Topeka, died Thursday, January 18, 2007 at her home. Ms. Harris was born on April 7, 1920, in Lawrence, the daughter of Earl J. and Frata F. Harris. She was a 1937 graduate of Ottawa High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in vocal music at the University of Kansas in 1941. During World War II,...

Mary "Boots" Meisenheimer, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at a Topeka retirement center. She was born on April 14, 1915 in Collierstown, VA, the daughter of S.B. and Allie C. Moore Hannah. She moved to Florence, AZ in 1928 and attended the University of Arizona where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta...

Darrell Murphy, 53, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at his home. He was born June 29, 1953 in Great Bend, the son of Delbert and Lena (Rowe) Murphy. He married Faye Howland in 1976 in Topeka. They later divorced. Darrell was an employed of McFarland's Restaurant for 36 years as an outstanding employee, serving in multiple capacities...

Dal H. Lowrey, 56, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, January 18, 2007 at a local hospital. He was born February 8, 1950 in Topeka the son of Raymond H. and Marjorie Grace Lowrey.Dal graduated from Highland Park High School and Washburn University with a BA in Communications. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union...

William Dean Gangel, 51, Lawrence, passed away on Sunday, Janury 14, 2007.William was born January 18, 1955 in Topeka, the son of Leo L. and Acsa Isabel (Luthey) Gangel. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelors and Master's Degrees in Guitar Performance and had been working on his PhD at North Texas University.He was head of the Guitar...

Johanna Maria Weber Brown, 82, Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 15. 2007 at a local hospital.Johanna was born January 31, 1924 in Konstance, Germany.She moved to the United States in 1957.She was a homemaker.Survivors include a daughter, Wendy Brown, Topeka; son, Don Brown, Saltillo, Texas; grandson, Jonathan Brown, Richmond, Virginia; brother, Adolph Weber, Germany and a sister, Caroline Wueschner,...

Donna White, 73, Topeka, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007 at her home.She was born August 9, 1933 in Chanute, KS, the daughter of Virgil M. and Ruth L. O'Neal White. She graduated from Iola High School in the top ten of her class in 1951. She lived most of her life in Iola and Topeka, with brief periods in Chanute...

Mark Loren Morris, Jr., D.V.M.Dr. Mark Loren Morris, Jr. died Sunday, January 14, 2007 at his home in Topeka, KS. A service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, January 19 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 600 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS.Dr. Morris was born February 3, 1934 in New Brunswick, NJ to Dr....

James Wesley Young was born in Limon, Colorado, on March 21, 1914, in the Methodist Church parsonage. He died in Richland WA, on January 10. 2007, at the age of 92. As a child he lived in many small towns in southwest Kansas as his father was a pastor. While still in high school, he moved to Colony. KS, to...

MARGARET H. ANDERSON, 91, died Thursday, January 11, 2007, at Brewster Health Center, Topeka, Kansas. Margaret was born in Amarillo, Texas, January 16, 1915 to Grover Sanders and Laura Jones-Sanders. She graduated from Wellington, Kansas, High School and moved to Topeka, Kansas to work at the Santa Fe Railroad offices, where she met her future husband, Eugene "Gene" Anderson. Margaret...

Walter Louis Van Vleck passed away Sunday, January 14, 2007 at Stormont Vail Hospital. Walt was born March 16, 1913 in Rossville, KS, the son of Walter Van Vleck and Bessie Gutshall Van Vleck. He graduated from Rossville High School and received his bachelor's degree from Kansas Business College. He married Ila McClamma on September 25, 1945 in Kodiak, AS....

Gilbert Willis Roduner, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at the Colmery O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He was born on February 26, 1927 in Mitchell, SD, the son of William G. and Otillie Kost Roduner. He attended Wolf Creek and Huelburn Grade Schools near Freeman, SD and Freeman High School. He enlisted in the...

Lois Eileen Ogle, 71, Topeka, Kansas, passed away January 13, 2007. Lois was born on June 29, 1935 in Erie, Kansas, to Joe Lowe and Martha Lowe Collison. She moved to Chanute, Kansas in 1949 and graduated from Chanute High School in 1953. After moving to Topeka, Lois married John Ogle on October 16, 1954. John passed away on March...

Arthur Dana Robb, 86, of Bella Vista, Arkansas died Saturday, January 13, 2007 at the Highlands Healthcare Center, Bella Vista, Arkansas. Arthur was born March 5, 1920 in Wakarusa, Kansas to Arthur F. and Sarah Robb. Art was a graduate of Topeka High School and attended Kansas State University. He moved from the family farm in 2000, to Bella Vista,...

Margaret "Joan" Cowan, 74, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, January 11, 2007. She was born June 16, 1932 in Melvern, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd and Margaret Stevens. She was raised in Carbondale, Kansas, and graduated from Carbondale Rural High School in 1951. She worked for Central Duplicating, State of Kansas, and retired in 1994. She was also a 50...

Shirley Wellborn Norris, 80, Topeka died January 9, 2007 at her home. Shirley was born October 16, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas to Rankin and Marjorie Buffon Wellborn. Shirley graduated from Lyndon High School. She attended Kansas University where she was a leader in many organizations, including President of Mortar Board, and first President of the Associated Women Students. After twenty-five...