Perry D. Wasserstein, 70, died Tuesday, January 3, 2006, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. Born March 26, 1935, in Denver, Colorado, Mr. Wasserstein served for 20 years in the US Air Force. His last tour of duty was at Forbes Air Force Base, and he and his family settled in Topeka when he retired from the service. He married...

Rochelle Marie Bodenheimer, 49, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at her home following a long illness.Rochelle was born October 10, 1956 in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of William F. and Patricia M. Grimmig. She was raised in Russell and moved to Topeka during her senior year. She graduated from Topeka West High School in 1974.Rochelle worked as...

Shirley Ann Caplinger, 71, passed away on January 5, 2006 at her home following a long illness. She was the only child of Albert and Lillian Deem Rogers, born on November 18, 1934, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She was a graduate of Parkersburg High School and attended Rosier College and Mountain State University where she served as President of the...

George C. Schrade, 87, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2006.George was born October 29, 1918, son of George and Helen Schrade in Irvington, NJ. After graduating high school in Albany, NY, he attended New York University until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in June 1941. He proudly served in WWII as a Transportation Officer in the...

Charles Richard "Dick" Kirby, 78, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2006.Dick was born June 15, 1927 in Topeka, the son of Charles Nelson and Reba Moore Kirby Gay. He graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Dick was employed by Goodyear for over 30 years and...

Claire Elise Fisher, 18, of Topeka, passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2006 in rural Iowa due to injuries suffered in an auto accident.She was born May 15, 1987 in Topeka, the daughter of Robert and Debra Swenson Fisher.After attending Topeka Collegiate School and graduating from Topeka West High School in 2005, she pursued her interests in child psychology and Spanish...

Rollin C. Smith, 81, of Topeka passed away Friday Dec. 30, 2005 in Topeka.He was born May 10, 1924 in Topeka, the son of Ralph C and Marian Carver Smith.He was a 1941 graduate of Topeka High School. He retired from American Family Insurance as an agent after more than thirty years of service. He was a life member of...

Cora N. Wright, 101, of Topeka, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2005 at Plaza West Regional Care Center.She was born April 23, 1904 in Sailor Springs, IL., the daughter of Torna A. and Otilla Weidner Jones.Cora lived her first 14 years in Sailor Springs, moving to Topeka in1918 to attend Strickler's Business College. Her secretarial career included positions with Wales...

William Schultz died Monday January 2, 2006 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He died from ALS.Mr. Schultz was a resident of Topeka, Kansas since 1948. He worked at the Topeka Veterans Hospital for many years and was a licensed mental Health Technician and a member of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts. His love for helping others...

Thelma Hannah Flanders, 92, of Meriden, passed away, Monday, January 2, 2006.She was born in the Seabrook area of Topeka, January 5, 1913 the daughter of Emory T. and Grace Beary Hannah. She worked in the office for Mr. W. H. Palmer of Palmer News from 1931 until 1936, and in later years she did some temporary work at Southwestern...

Sue A. Tribbey-Foster, 59, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2006 surrounded by her family and friends at her home. She was born on December 2, 1946 in Garden City, the daughter of Harry H. and Elsie F. Becker Garrett. Sue was raised in Sublette and graduated from Sublette High School in 1964 and attended Fort Hays State...

Pauline F. Bradsby, 71, of Topeka passed away Friday, Dec. 30, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.She was born January 1, 1934 in Americus, KS, the daughter of Faye A. and Lula E. Kennison.She was a 1951 graduate of Emporia High School. She and her children followed her husband to many military bases during his career with the U.S. Air Force,...

Alfredo C. Ramirez, 76, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, December 30, 2005. Alfredo was born June 8, 1929 in Pauline, son of Andres and Cipriana Ramirez. He and his wife, Dalila were married for 54 years. Alfredo was a retired member of the Brick Layers Union. He will be deeply missed for he was a good father and grandfather. Survivors...

Gail Ann Mason, 56, of Topeka, passed away Friday, December 30, 2005.Gail was born in Topeka on March 21, 1949, daughter of Ralph E. and Katherina Hudspeth, Jr.. She grew up and attended school at Topeka West High School. Gail was employed by Kmart for 24 years.Surviving: one daughter, Brenda Totman; two sons, Randy and Chris Mason; 9 grandchildren; 2...

Vera Lenora Campbell, 89, went to be with her Lord on January 1, 2006, at Aldersgate Village, Topeka, Kansas, where she had resided since July 27, 2005.Vera was an only child, born January 29, 1916, on a farm near Breckenridge, Oklahoma, to William J. and Edith Romang Rogers. She spent her childhood in Adair and Ponca City, Oklahoma, moving to...

Gerald L. "Jerry" Tolin, 87, of Topeka, passed away on December 31, 2005, at Westwood Manor, Topeka following a long illness with Alzheimer's. He was born at Soldier, KS, April 6, 1918, son of George and Mayme (Cox) Tolin.At the age of two, Gerald and his family moved to a farm near Hoyt, KS, where he grew up. Gerald graduated...

Lila M. Byerley, 80, Topeka, died peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005.She was born Oct. 25, 1925 in Auburn, the daughter of George W. and Ethel Fertig Hoy. She was raised in Auburn, and spent most of her adult life in the Berryton community. Mrs. Byerley worked at the Topeka Supply Depot and later for the federal government for a...

Bonnie Jo Kleinschmidt, 61, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.She was born November 11, 1944 in Hays, KS., the daughter of Lloyd and Norene Carley Davis.She was a 1962 graduate of Plainville Rural High School. She then attended the Brown Mackie College in Salina, KS. She went to work as an office manager for...

Carl E. "Andy" Laird, 83, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Midland Hospice.He was born on February 1, 1922, son of Charles and Reba Pardee Laird. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII in Europe. He retired from the Topeka Police Department and later from BCBS.Carl was married to June and had three children. They divorced....

Mary Frances "Fraf" Gray Davis, 84, Topeka, died Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at a local hospital.She was born January 1, 1921 in Topeka, the daughter of Paul J. and Genevieve Searle Stubbs. She is a grand daughter of former Kansas Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs. She spent her early years in Lawrence and Ottawa, returning to Topeka in 1937. Mary Frances...