Arleta "Lee" Barber, 83, Topeka, died Friday, March 10, 2006 at Midland Hospice House.She was born March 2, 1923 in Lebanon, KS, the daughter of B. Owen and Hazel Dunton Boyer. She graduated from Manhattan High School and received a BA in Journalism from Kansas State University. Mrs. Barber was employed with the Menninger Foundation and the Kansas Medical Society.She...

Don Summers, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at a Topeka hosptial. He was born on March 14, 1929 in Arapahoe, NE, the son of Reuel and Edna Shannabarger Summers. Don spent most of his life in Topeka. He was a draftsman for several different engineering firms in Topeka. Don married Delores Jean Drebing on February...

Gerald H. Kopp, 84, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.He was born Aug. 11, 1921 in Topeka, the son of Walter C. and Ethel Hendrickson Kopp. He graduated from Harveyville High School in 1939 and attended Washburn University. He had lived in Topeka since 1946.Mr. Kopp served in the 570th Ambulance Company of the US Army during...

Lynn E. Marquart, 89, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Manor Care Nursing Center.Lynn was born in Dubuque, Iowa July 29, 1916 the son of George and Ina Mae Marquart. He graduated from Dubuque High School and Dubuque University. Mr. Marquart served in the U.S. Amy Air Corps in England and Africa during World War II. After...

Robert Travers Wible, 78, of Topeka, went to be with his Lord on March 7, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.He was born March 14, 1927 in Alliance, NE., the son of Sedric E. and Alta C. Phillips Wible.He graduated from Lincoln High School in Lincoln, NE. in 1944, and attended the University of Nebraska where he was affiliated...

Rafael Pena Macias, 60, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at his home. He was born on May 26, 1945 in Corpus Christi, TX, the son of Rafael M. and Juliana Pena Macias. He resided in Topeka since July of 2004. He was a career Navy veteran, serving 20 years before retiring in December of 1984. He...

Dale L. Smith, 86, of Topeka passed away Sunday, March 5 at a Topeka hospital.He was born August 26, 1919 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Willis M. and Evelyn Burkhart Smith.Mr. Smith entered the Army in December, 1941 and served in Egypt until 1945. He reenlisted in early1946 and continued to serve in the Army Air Corps and...

Robert E. Wright, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2006 at a Topeka care facility. He was born on March 22, 1928 in Coffeyville, the son of Floyd and Mary A. Riggins Wright. He graduated from Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville and obtained a Bachelor's Degree from Pittsburg State University. He was an Army veteran. Survivors...

Early Sunday morning, March 5, 2006, Thelma Irene Buchanan left this world and went to join her husband and partner in eternity, Dale, who passed away in 2001. We know how happy they must be now. He's missed her terribly, as they had been inseparable since they were married in 1939. Their children, Sherry Coughlin and Mike Buchanan, were lucky...

William L. "Bill" Frederikson, 95 , Topeka, died Friday, March 3, 2006 at Rolling Hills Health Center.He was born Dec. 25, 1910 in Bancroft, Kansas, the son of James and Stella Gardner Frederikson. He lived in Garden City from 1932 to 1945, and had lived in Topeka since 1972.Mr. Frederikson worked as a car salesman. He was a CBer and...

Cecile R. Hendricks, 82, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at a local hospital.Cecile was born March 30, 1923 in Manchester, New Hampshire, the daughter of George and Bernadette LeClerc Gamache. She married James H. Hendricks on July 7, 1942 in Dover, Delaware. He survives. Other survivors include daughters; Edith "Bunny" Bolton and husband, Sam, Chattanooga, TN, Shirley...

Robert E. Weller, 59, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on June 29, 1946 in Council Grove, the son of John O. and Rovelia A. Slead Weller. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He resided in Wichita before moving to Topeka in 1998. Robert married Julia A....

Ila May Beeman, 96, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 in Bakersfield, California. She was born on October 13, 1909 in Cuba, Kansas, the daughter of Clara and Linly Haworth. Her three brothers, Creston, Harold, Melvin and her husband Elmer Beeman preceded her in death. Mrs. Beeman was a cheer leader in high school and participated in drama productions....

Robert L. "Bob" Purdy, 73, Meriden, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2006 at his residence.Bob was born August 11, 1932 in Topeka, the son of Jim and Bernice Athon Purdy.He graduated from Highland Park High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Bob was employed by Hopkins Amusement and later worked for American Brands,...

Dorothy J. Rettig, 80, of Topeka passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at a Manhattan care facility. She was born on April 14, 1925 in Burr Oak, the daughter of John J. and Laura A. Swoveland Engel. Dorothy had lived most of her life in Topeka before moving to Manhattan in November of 2000. She graduated from Topeka High...

Ida I. Imparato, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on December 19, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of Louis and Jennie Dunn Kolin. She resided in Philadelphia, PA and Suffolk, VA before moving to Topeka in 2001. She was a member of West Side Christian Church. Ida married...

Dr. Bryce D. Stallard, 79, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at Midland Hospice House.Bryce was born November 17, 1926 in Topeka, the son of Hobart McKinley and Lottie Gertrude Stallard. He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School In Lawrence in 1944. Bryce served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.He received a Bachelors Degree from Baker...

Nancy L. Brooks, 56, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2006. Nancy was born September 6, 1949 in Topeka, daughter of Gaylord and Betty Huske.Suvivors include her mother and step father, Betty and Robert Valyer; two sisters, Karen Jackson and Lori Potts; two brothers, Mark Huske and Tim Huske; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death...

Ethel Marie Mischke, 94, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at Brewster Place Health Center. Her life began June 25, 1911 at Colby, KS in a sod house where her parents homesteaded. She was the tenth of eleven children born to Charles Victor and Luella Frazier Jacobson.Her family moved to Topeka when she was a small child. Following graduation...

Ruth Ellen Rusk, 90, Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at a Topeka hospital.Ruth Ellen was born November 11, 1915 in Brookfield, Missouri, the daughter of Harrel and Neva Pearl Ewing Reynolds. She married John Donald Rusk on February 17, 1934 in Brookfield, MO. Ruth Ellen and her husband owned and operated Rusk's Ideal Resort at the Lake...