Stanley A. Stalter, long-time Topeka elementary school principal and active volunteer for many community services, died September 10 at Brewster Place Health Center. He was 93.A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. September 14 at First Christian Church, 1880 Gage Blvd., in Topeka. Inurnment will follow at Delavan Cemetery, Delavan, Kans.The son of Christian and Grace Atwood Stalter,...

Harlan E. Peterson, 78, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 10 at a local hospital.He was born October 3, 1926, in Topeka, the son of Valentine and Meddie Clark Peterson.Harlan was a 1944 graduate of Dover High School. After high school, he enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged in 1952 with the rank of Sergeant. He then went...

Dr. Paul B. Freeburg, Ph.D, 28, of Boston, MA., passed away unexpectedly at his home September 9, 2005.He was born October 24, 1976 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Stan and Janelle M. Strong Freeburg.He was a 1995 graduate of East High School. He graduated from Mid America Nazarene University in 1999. He then attended the University of Kansas...

Letitia Frost Staebler, 90, lifelong Topekan, passed away, Saturday, September 10, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center. She was born May 23, 1915 in Topeka, the daughter of Russell Edward and Gladys Scott Frost. Letitia was a graduate of Topeka High School and Washburn University with a BFA degree. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and First...

Martha Thaxton Burman, 74, of Topeka, passed away, Friday September 9, 2005 at her home. Martha was born April 20, 1931 in Cadiz, Kentucky the daughter of Rayburn and Elizabeth Russell. She was a 1949 graduate of Great Bend High School. She had attended Kansas State University. While at KSU, she majored in music and was a member of Alpha...

Kenneth L. Harding was born in Kansas City, KS on December 20, 1923 to Riley and Mildred (nee Crossley) Harding. He graduated from Argentine High School in 1941 and attended Kansas University. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 and served as a 1st Class Petty Officer in the Pacific Theatre where he was a sub-hunting Gunner on a...

Frederick P. Reynolds, Sr., 81, loving husband and father, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 after his battle with acute leukemia.He was born March 17, 1924 in Minneapolis, MN, the son of the late Jack and Winifred Reynolds. He is the brother of Jean Thompson, Boulder, CO, and the late John Reynolds.Fred grew up in Minneapolis, MN and graduated from...

Elizabeth Marshall Horton, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at Aldersgate Village.She was born March 23, 1921 in Wichita, the daughter of George H. and Clara Weston Carpenter Marshall. Liz spent her early childhood in Augusta, where her father was Superintendent of Schools. Her father accepted a position as Superintendent of Schools in Ottawa, where she...

Howard Spencer Adams, 63, of Topeka, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, September 8, 2005.He was born October 22, 1941 in Marceline, MO, the son of Spencer and Frances Porter Adams. Howard was active in scouting and Demolay and the Masonic Lodge. Howard worked as a Special Agent for Santa Fe Railroad for 25 years and later worked in...

Violet L. Wallace, 70, of Carbondale, passed away Tuesday, September 6 at her home after an extended illness.She was born December 25, 1934 in Topeka, the daughter of Roy M. and Marie E. Clark Peavler.She was a 1952 graduate of Highland Park High School. She worked at various jobs and retired from Josten's Printing and Publishing after 25 years of...

Audra F. Bartels, 74, Topeka, passed away, Monday, September 5, 2005 at St. Francis Health Center. She was born March 2, 1931 in Paola, KS, the daughter of George and Katherine Sherman Gillogly. Audra graduated from Paola High School in 1949. She was a homemaker. In her later years she volunteered for the Stephen Ministries, and Sight Savers. Audra was...

Wyatt Michael Wood, 4 weeks, of Fort Riley, KS, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2005 at Stormont -Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born on August 8, 2005 in Topeka, the son of David Michael and Sara Elizabeth Burger Wood. Survivors include his parents, David and Sara Wood of Fort Riley, one sister, Macey, one brother, Gabriel, grandparents,...

Doreen Stanley, 64, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born September 19, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Clair Erpenbach. After moving from California to Kansas, Doreen was office manager at InterHab and human resource manager at Maximus before her early retirement. She was actively involved with Phi Tau Omega sorority...

Arnold Paul Silverman ObituaryTuesday September 6th 2005 Topeka, KansasArnold Paul Silverman passed away quietly and without pain this morning at 10:30 AM after several bouts of pneumonia at Plaza West Regional Medical Center in Topeka Kansas. Arnold was born November 1911 to Jacob and Dora Silverman in Roxbury Massachusetts. He attended Devotion School in Brookline. He was graduated from Brookline...

Patricia J. "Pat" Gilbert, 58, of Tecumseh, unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2005 working in the yard she loved of the home she adored. She was born on December 6, 1946 in rural Woodbine, the daughter of George L. and Sophia Sader Riffel. She was baptized and confirmed at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Shady Brook, KS. Pat...

Linda Marie Hood, 53, of Topeka, passed on Saturday, September 3 at her home after her long, courageous battle with cancer.She was born February, 2, 1952 in Topeka, the biological daughter of Ruth Watkins and Leroy Gardenhire, however, she was raised in Lincoln, NE. by Walter and Helen Gill.She graduated with an associates degree in Business Administration from a business...

Gladis Joy Hunter, 96, Topeka, died Monday, September 5, 2005 at Aldersgate Village.Gladis Joy was born February 20, 1909 in Luray, KS, the daughter of Frank Leslie and Etta May Clark Joy. She attended elementary and high school in Luray, KS., graduating in 1926. SHe attended Emporia State College and Fort Hays State College, receiving her degree in 1965.Mrs. Hunter...

Faye L. Patch, 92, Topeka, passed away, Monday, September 5th at McCrite Plaza. She was born in Meriden, July 2, 1913, the daughter of Shell and Lillie Cook. She was preceded in death by 6 brothers and 4 sisters. She is survived by her husband Dean and son Gary Dean and wife Marlyn of Seminole, Florida, and two grandsons, Mark...

Edna M. Burroughs, 87, of Topeka, passed away, Monday, September 05, 2005, at her home. She was born January 24, 1918 in Concordia, Missouri the daughter of Andrew and Emilie Gieseke. From 1934-1940 she was employed in Kansas City, MO and Saint Louis, MO. She was a lifelong active helper and co-worker as a pastor's wife, for 65 years. She...

Edward J. Purdy was greeted in Heaven by his wife, Joan on September 3, 2005. Ed was born on July 21, 1924 in Topeka the son of James and Bertha Foster Purdy. Ed was an Army veteran and served in WWII as a marksman rifleman. He was employed as a bricklayer for Jayhawk Masonry for many years before retiring in...