Laura B. Powell,93, of Lecompton, passed away Friday, November 18, 2005 at Deer Park Care Home in Meriden.She was born August 20, 1912, in rural Douglas County, the daughter of George Otis and Laura S. Mathers Morriss.She was an avid gardener and homemaker. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.She married Gilbert W. Powell September 9, 1930...

Evelyn Long Seigle, 92, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2005 at Aldersgate Village, where she had resided since 1994.Evelyn was born in Galveston, TX, December 19, 1912, the daughter of Horace Milton Long and Laura Wallace Long. The family lived next in Topeka where Evelyn attended Lowman Hill Grade School, Boswell Junior High, Topeka High School, and Washburn...

Burton H. "Burt" Edson, 91, Topeka, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at an Overland Park Hospital.He was born Oct. 15, 1914 in Shawnee County, the son of Charles L. and Daisy Godwin Edson. He graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1932. He was a member of the former Seabrook United Church of Christ, where he served as a trustee...

Lavonne A. Brandenburg, of Silver Lake, passed away Sunday November 20, 2005.She was born July 31, 1929 in Muskegon, Michigan, the daughter of Victor and Doris Danielson. She grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and graduated from Tech High School. She worked as a homemaker and travel agent in Seattle, Wichita, and Topeka.She married Robert Brandenburg on October 4, 1962...

James Arthur (Jim) Monroe died of a heart attack on November 4, 2005 while on safari in Tanzania and Kenya. Jim was born July 12, 1929, in Clay Center, the son of Noah and Isabel Monroe.He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Wyandotte High School. He attended Park College and Kansas City Junior College before transferring to...

Harry John Devlin, 75, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at a local hospital.Harry was born December 15, 1929 in Topeka, the son of Harry J. and Elizabeth Ann Porubsky Devlin. He attended Topeka parochial schools.Harry served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. He worked for Santa Fe Railroad as a Coach Carpenter in the...

Erma Louise Short Finney, 95, formerly of Chanute, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor where she lived since October of 2004. She was born on August 11, 1910 in her grandparents' home in Chanute, Kansas to Edgar and Edna Hough Short.Louise began school in Coffeyville, Kansas and continued there through third grade. Her family moved...

George Emil Steuber, 78, Burlington, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at Coffey County Hospital.George was born October 1, 1927 in Westphalia, the son of Emil Henry and Anna Behrens Steuber. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.George worked for many years in bridge construction throughout Eastern Kansas.George was a member of the Topeka Chapter of...

Betty Jane Hart, 85, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 14 at Lexington Park Nursing Center.She was born December 29, 1919 in St. Mary's, KS, the daughter of Clarence M. and Mary D. Witter Yocum.She graduated from St. Mary's High School and attended Emporia State Teachers College where she earned her teaching certificate. She was an elementary music and physical...

Nellie M. Collier Duzan, 95, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 14, 2005 at a local care facility. She was born Arpil 14, 1910 in Paris, Illionois, the daughter of Stephen A. and Nora B. Benjamin Collier.She lived in Redmon, Illinois, Mt. Vernon, Indiana and Lincoln, Nebraska before moving to Topeka. She married Everett M. Davis in 1926 in Paris,...

Robert Franklin "Bob" Williams, 82, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. Robert was born on September 26, 1923 in Topeka, the eldest son of Dwight Franklin and Cora Etta Johnson Williams. Robert was graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University. Mr. Williams was employed at Topeka State Hospital for thirteen years, the...

Patricia H. Wilson, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at Rolling Hills Health Center. She was born on September 13, 1911 in Bourbon, MO, the daughter of Fred S. and Ina Turley Hill. She lived most of her life in Topeka. She was a homemaker. She married Harry A. Wilson on September 28, 1938. He preceded...

Lois L. Stewart, 92, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.She was born July 4, 1913 in Boliver, MO, the daughter of Marion A. and Mattie May Blevins Broomfield.After graduating from high school, she attended business college and went to work as a stenographer for the Santa Fe Railroad, retiring after 13 and a half...

Frances C. Nelson, 88, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at a local hospital. She was born August 23, 1917 in Lost Springs, the daughter of Carl A. and Sibyl Lundquist Stromberg.Frances attended Elementary School in Freemount and graduated from Lindsborg High School.She had been a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church since 1954.Frances married Wesley E. Nelson...

Mary LaVon Hedges, 80, Topeka, died November 9, 2005 at Stormont Vail Health Care. LaVon was born November 6, 1925 in Marshall County Kansas to Verne and Freda Winney. She moved to Topeka in 1944 after attending a one-room school in Marshall county and graduating from Marysville High School. She married Eldon Thomas Hedges in Topeka on March 18, 1950....

Thomas Lowell Buckley, 76, died Wed. Nov. 9th, 2005, at Select Specialty Hospital,Topeka, KS.He was born March 16, 1929 in Fairmont, W. VA, the son of Harry D. Buckley and Dorothy V. Childs. After graduation from Fairmont High School, he attended a local college for 2 years and then joined the USCG in Sept. 1948. He was assigned to the...

Frieda Beck, 78, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 7, 2005 at St. Francis Health Center.Frieda was born July 28, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas to Louis and Mary Verderber. She married Lewis L. Beck in 1951 and later settled in Topeka. Frieda retired from Southwestern Bell.She was a devoted wife and mother and was an avid gardener; not to...

Bessie Young-Carver, 57, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, November 5, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born in Preston, Mississipi October 30, 1948. Cremation is planned. She will lie in state from 1:00 pm until 5:00pm Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at the Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Heart Association or to the American...

Ione Y. Grier, 86, of Topeka, passed away Friday, November 4, 2005 at Aldersgate Village.She was born July 8, 1919 in Kenton, Ohio, the daughter of Halsey D. and Esther (Peacock) Youngs.She graduated from Marysville College in Tennessee with a bachelors degree in home econonmics. She then received a masters degree in special education from the University of Kansas. She...

Raymond Dale Mundy, 58, of Carbondale, died Tuesday, November 1, 2005 from injuries sustained in a car pedestrian accident. He was born June 7, 1947 in Burlingame, Kansas, the son of Jesse and Eva (Saffle) Mundy.He was a 1966 graduate of Wichita East High School. He entered the Navy immediately after high school and was stationed aboard the USS Howard...