Asa Thomas Roberts, 90. Topeka, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2005 at a local Hospice house.Asa was born September 26, 1914 in Horton, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Reardon Roberts. He was one of eight children.He worked at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita and moved to Topeka in 1940 where he began working for the Gas Service Company. Asa...

Susanne Everett, 87, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2005 at a Raymore, Missouri care facility. She has resided in Topeka for 86 years before moving to Raymore in December of 2003. She was born on November 25, 1917 in Topeka, the daughter of Frank and Maude Burdge Smith. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1935 and...

Norma Anne Elliott, 72, Topeka, died of cancer on April 28, 2005. She was born to Eilert and Hedwig (Hattie) Eilers Bargen on September 27, 1932 on her parent's farm in rural Nebraska near Nora. She and her three brothers and three sisters grew up in a home full of German culture and a great deal of love, laughter, and...

Richard (Dick) Hastings Finney, 80, Topeka, passed away at his home on April 27, 2005.Dick was born October 6, 1924 in Topeka, the son of Roy A. and Ina G. Stewart Finney. After gradutating from Topeka High School in 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for 3 years. Dick graduated from the University of Kansas School of...

James S. Brown, 84, Topeka, died April 19, 2005 in Topeka.He was born April 26, 1920 in Wichita, the only son of Lloyd S. and Cora E. Smith Brown. James graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1938 and attended Hutchinson Junior College and Kansas State University. He was called to federal service in December 1940 and served in the Army...

Mildred D. Ward, 86, Arlington, TX, formerly of Topeka, passed away Saturday, April 23 at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Ft. Worth.She was born August 7, 1918 in Netawaka, the third of four daughters of Claude and Iva Sauers McKellips.Mildred worked at the Methodist Home as an aide and later transferred to Eventide Convalescent Center. She did volunteer work...

Orene "Renie" Madonna Carroll Edmonds, 70, of Topeka died April 25, 2005 at her home after a long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). She was born Feb. 12, 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Oren and Peggy Carroll. She graduated from Argentine High School and the University of Kansas with a degree in education where she was...

Lawrence J. Gudenkauf, 77, retired carpenter, of Andover, died Saturday April 23, 2005.Survivors include three sons; Ronald of Douglass, Donald of Dewey, OK., and Brian of Delaware, OK; three daughters; Connie Close of San Diego, CA, Teresa Flowers of Wichita, and Marygrace McGovern of Andover; brothers Richard of Topeka and David of Meriden, KS; a sister, Cecelia Peterson of Topeka;...

Ralph Cohen, 89, of Topeka, passed away Saturday April 23 at a Topeka hospital.He was born June 14, 1915 in Topeka, the son of David and Rebecca Cohen.He graduated from Topeka High School. After high school, he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed in England during WWII. He then worked in the family business, the Kaw Valley Produce...

Mary Lee Maddux, 82, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, April 22, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born October 20, 1922 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma the daughter of Thomas Lee and Clara Barton McKibbon Miller.She graduated from Topeka High School where she was part of the Madrigals. Mary Lee graduated from the University of Kansas with a business degree. She was...

Mary Angie Puckkee Earwood, 71, of Topeka, passed away Friday, April 22 at a local hospital.She was born January 10, 1934 in Mayetta, the daughter of Jim Puckkee and Margaret Wabski.She worked at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center as a medical equipment technician, retiring after many years of service.She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.She was preceded in...

Suellen Freundorfer passed away April 20th, 2005 following complications from surgery.She was born February 15, 1947 in Atchison, Kansas, daughter to Floyd and Betty Sappington.She was married to Roman Freundorfer on November 30th, 1968. Their marriage lasted 33 years. Her husband Roman preceded her in death on October 8th, 2002. She is survived by two children, Roman and Elizabeth Freundorfer...

Harold Wayne Crowe, 94, of Topeka, passed away Tuesday, April 19 at a local hospital. Harold married Elizabeth Bull. They were divorced. He later married Hazel Tucker. She preceded him in death in November, 1968.Survivors include three daughters; Charlotte Cline and Mary Jane Artzer, both of Topeka and Martha Preston of Salina; a brother, Glen Crow of Topeka; seven grandchildren...

Maria Barajas, 92, Topeka died Sunday, April 17, 2005 at St. Francis Health Center. She was born Aug. 12, 1912 in Guadalajara, Mexico the daughter of Marcelino and Petra Hernandez Martinez.She was a member of the Alter Society of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She volunteered for the Mexican Fiesta for several years in the 1960's and 1970's.Maria married...

Drennan E. Davis, 72, Topeka, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2005 at his home after a long battle with cancer.Drennan was born September 14, 1932 in Jacksonville, IL, the son of Charles Wayne and Willa Iona Kerley Davis. He graduated from Rushville Illinois High School in 1951. Upon graduation, he entered the United States Air Force and served for...

Nancy Kathleen Ryan, 55, of Ozawkie, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on January 20, 1950 in New York City, New York, the daughter of Edward and Yvette Tessier Litwin. She moved to So. Cal. as a young child and resided there until moving to Ozawkie in 2004. She was a member...

Jack W. Miller, 74, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at a local hospital. Jack was born May 20, 1930 in Hawarden, IA, the son of David and Myrtle Ruble Miller. Upon graduation, Jack entered the United States Air Force and served 4 years.Jack worked for E. I. DuPont in Tecumseh for 30 years, retiring in 1985. He...

Wilbur Eugene Hunter, 91, Topeka, died Friday, April 15, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital.Wilbur was born April 24, 1913 in Denton, KS, the son of John Blair and Ida Mable Hennigh Hunter. He graduated from Howard High School in 1932 and from the Kansas State Agricultural College in 1937. He served with the United States Army Air Corps during World...

Gerda M. Bessey, 82, of Topeka, formerly of Pacific Grove, CA, passed away Thursday, April 14 at Midland Hospice House.She was born June 16, 1922 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the daughter of Frederick and Sophia Raedler.She was a long time owner of an art supply store and gallery in San Jose, CA. She was an accomplished potter. Cremation is planned. No...

Robert Stanley Anderson passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas. He was born October 1, l918, to Marguerita Robinson Anderson and Clifford Stanley Anderson in Ripon, California. He graduated from high school in Sparks, Nevada. Bob was inducted into the Air Corps in l941. He served in the United States Air Force at Moffatt Field,...