Melinda Kay Martin Hickerson, 56, of Lawrence, formerly of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, December 14, 2005. Melinda was born September 26, 1949 in Enid, Oklahoma the daughter of Col. W.D. "Pete" and Virginia "Peggy" Shepherd Martin. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Education from Washburn University, Topeka, then received her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and her Master of...

Duane I. Parr, 84, of Rossville, passed away, Monday, January 9, 2006 at his home. He was born October 2, 1921 the son of Ray and Edna Immenschuh Parr. Mr. Parr graduated from Rossville High School and attended Kansas State University. He was employed by the Santa Fe offices in Topeka as a young man before beginning a lifelong career...

Michael J. "Mike" Gerety, 61, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at his home. He was born on August 8, 1944 in Topeka, the son of John H. and Marie C. Arvidson Gerety. He graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. Mike was a pipefitter for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for 35 years before...

William Andrew Bullard Senior of Topeka, died at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center early on Sunday morning, January 8, 2006. His family was with him at the last. Catholic Funeral Mass will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 312 NE Freeman at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2006Born on January 3, 1919 in Talalah, Oklahoma, Bill was the...

Fred Herschel Breedlove, 71, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at the VA hospital.He was born in Kansas City, Kansas on August 13, 1934 and grew up in the Kansas City area. Fred moved to Topeka in 1998. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Teamsters Local 41 for much...

James Clemont Canole, 80, of Topeka, passed away Saturday morning, January 7, 2006 at his home. Jim was born September 25, 1925 in Marshall, Missouri, the youngest son of John Thomas and Lottie Mae Holiday Canole.Jim received most of his elementary schooling in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Northeast High School in 1942. He then attended Central Missouri Teacher's...

Marvin H. "Pud" Robinson, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on May 17, 1921 in Eskridge, the son of Carl W. and Ethel Huitt Robinson. Marvin graduated from Topeka High School in 1939 and attended Strickler Business College. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He was a printer...

Ruby Olive Warren Hall, 90, of Topeka, died Thursday, January 5, 2006 in her apartment at Alterra Clare Bridge Cottage. Ruby was born June 18, 1915 in Osage City, KS to Adelbert Ray Warren and Golden Hannah Groves.She attended grade school at Hickory Creek Grade School in Coffey County. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1932. She attended college...

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,...