Bernita E. Olson, aged 78, passed away at 11:30 am on Tuesday, December 20, 2005. She is survived by her two sons, Keith and Dean, and a brother, Richard O. Carleton. Bernita had been suffering with a liver ailment and despite careful attention to diet and medication, her liver finally stopped functioning.She was born in a Swedish community on the...

Louis R. Beaver, 77, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital ER. He was born on September 23, 1928 in Topeka, the son of Lewis J. and Rose Hefner Beaver. He was a life long Topeka resident. He graduated from Capital Catholic High School. He served a five year plumbers apprenticeship. He was employed...

EDITH KATHRYN COPENHAFER, 91, of Topeka, passed away, Sunday, December 18, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Mrs. Copenhafer was a teacher for 47 years including 26 years in Topeka Public Schools. She taught at Lowman Hill Elementary School for 23 years and retired from teaching in 1978. She began her teaching career in Wabaunsee County in 1930 and taught several years...

Ramona Valentine Chiles, 50, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, Dec. 18, at her home after a long illness, surrounded by her family.She was born Feb. 14, 1955 in Topeka, the daughter of Johnie L. and Clara Munoz Grice.Ramona was a 1990 graduate of Washburn University. She taught 5th Grade at Williams Magnet School for the past ten years. She was...

Elmer Marvin Gunckle, 86, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at a local care center.Elmer was born October 14, 1919 in Randolph. He served in the U. S. Air Force, and retired in 1974 with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He later worked for the University of Kansas at Templin Hall, retiring in 1984.Elmer married Carol A. Johnson...

Juanita Elizabeth Stewart, 89, of Carbondale, has gone to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 16, 2005. Juanita was born in Platte City, MO to Oscar and Isa Anderson on January 31, 1916. She moved to Kansas at the age of five and grew up in Jefferson and Jackson Counties. Juanita married David W. Stewart in 1934...

Richard H. Wendland, 64, lifetime resident of Topeka, passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2005 at his home. He was born Dec. 10, 1941 in Topeka, the son of Richard and Hazel Wendland.Mr. Wendland attended Belvour Elementary School, Highland Park High School and Washburn University. He was on the school board of USD 437 Auburn Washburn for 12 years, serving as...

Dr. James D. MankinDr. James D. Mankin, 72 of Topeka, died Saturday, December 17, 2005.Dr. Mankin was born in Harrison, AR to Alan and Delta Wagley Mankin on April 29, 1933.He graduated from Westminster College, Fulton, MO. with a B.A. degree in 1955. He later graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry in 1959. Dr....

Nora Lyon passed from this world on December 18, 2005, surrounded by the love of her sister and friends. Words are inadequate to express how much she will be missed.Nora grew up in West Palm Beach, FL. Her mother was an elementary school teacher and her Father, a college professor. Her parents instilled in Nora and her sister, Carmen, a...

Charles A. "Chuck" PersonsCharles A. "Chuck" Persons, 55, of Topeka, passed away at his home December 15, 2005.Chuck was born in Holton, KS. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served in the Vietnam War after graduating from Soldier High School in 1968. Chuck never knew a stranger. He will be remembered for his quick wit and contagious laughter....

Isabelle R. Campbell Jacobs, 98, died December 12, 2005, at Brewster Place Health Center, in the loving embrace of her family. She was born February 18, 1907, near Jamestown, Kansas, the second of five children born to Donald Alvin Rodgers and Mary Alice Stockton Rodgers. Isabelle graduated from Jamestown High School, and later attended the Kansas City Art Institute and...

Julia Bernice (Dolly) Knight Erwin Anderson, age 92, of Topeka, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at the McCrite Nursing Home where she had been a long-time resident.She was born May 25, 1913 in Logansport, IN the daughter of Harry and Elsie Jackson Knight. Her family moved to Topeka when she was a young child. Dolly married Archie Erwin in 1931,...

Esther B. Crosson Johnson, 90, Tucson, Arizona passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2005 after a short hospitalization with pneumonia.Esther was born December 13, 1914 in Willard, Kansas.She married Lloyd O. Johnson in Topeka on November 9, 1935. He passed away May 3, 2000. They had been residents and farmers in the Wakarusa community most of their lives.Survivors include two...

Mac E . Kreuter, 79, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 15 at Midland Hospice House.He was born January 8, 1926 in McPherson, the son of Earl L and Lola Tipton Kreuter.He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corps. After being discharged, he worked in the Marion National Bank in Marion, KS. He married...

Jolene "Jody" Steuber, 74, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born November 6, 1931 in Nowata County, OK the daughter of Claude and Minnie Folk. She is survived by her husband Arnold Steuber and children: Pam (Mike) Duncan, Terry (Mary) Steuber, Liz (Rob) Ginder, Jenny (Troy) Heinen, Darren (Julie)...

Margaret Gunn, 86, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at her home after a short illness.She was born December 11, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of Thomas and Pearl Hopkins.Margaret was raised and grew up in Reading, Kansas along with her siblings and was a 1936 graduate of Reading High School. She moved to Topeka in 1937 and...

Walter G. Jantzen, 93, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 12 at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center.He was born July 17, 1912 in Inman, Kansas, the son of Herman P. and Agnetha Unruh Jantzen. He graduated from Newton High School and attended Bethel College. Mr. Jantzen worked at the Goerz Flour Mill in Newton while attending Bethel College, and later worked...

Rudy Kramer, 77, Topeka, passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005 at home. Rudy was born April 23, 1928, at Salina, KS, the son of Fred and Reba Kramer.Rudy married Betty D. Lutz on June 7, 1957 at the All Faiths Chapel on the Kansas State University campus. Rudy graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University and...

Stanford A. Sorsveen, 73, of Berryton, joined his wife, Twila for Christmas on Sunday, December 11, 2005. Stan was born May 3, 1932 in Brainerd, MN to Adolph and Edythe Sorsveen. His United States Air Force career brought him to Kansas where he and Twila chose to raise their family. His joys of life were his family, fishing, flying, and...

Don Farmer, Sr., 73, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2005. Surviving family includes his wife Sylvia, one son Don Farmer, Jr. and wife Cheryl, one daughter , Deana Farmer, one sister, Nelita Hawkins, two brothers, Robert and Harrison Farmer, one grandson, Kyle, and his step grandchildren Jacob, Madilynn and Jessica. Cremation is planned. Memorial services will be held...