Pauline M. Butler, 85, of Topeka, went to be with the Lord on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005.Pauline was born on December 28, 1919 in Ada, OK., the daughter of Charles M. and Maude White Jackson. She married Dr. Raymond L. Butler on August 2, 1941 in Cleveland, OK. He died in 1990. They moved to Topeka in 1955 after...

Tommy G. Adcock, 52, of Topeka, passed away Easter Sunday, March 27 at Colmery- O'Neil Veteran's Hospital.He was born August 29, 1952 in Ottawa, the son of William H. Adcock and Wynona Adcock Stewart.He attended Ottawa public schools until he decided to enlist in the U.S. Navy. He was honorably discharged after three years of service due to a service...

Leona Hilda Koepke Bauman, 91 of Topeka, died Sunday, March 27, 2005 at Rolling Hills Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 30, 1913 in Hoskins, NE, the daughter of William and Caroline Beagle Koepke.Mrs. Bauman left the farm at age 12 to work in Norfolk, NE, where she was able to complete high school at age 16. She then taught...

Dr. Harry H. Cook, Jr., 92, passed away Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005 at a Topeka nursing home.He was born June 10, 1912 in Haven, Kansas the son of Dr. Harry H. and Nell M. Griffitts Cook.He attended Topeka Public Schools and was a graduate of Washburn University. He was graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, School...

Hazel Mildred Rouse,92, Meriden, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2005 at a Topeka Hospice House.Ms. Rouse was born March 6, 1913 in Meriden, the duaghter of Albert F. and Anna Larson Palmberg.After graduating from Meriden High School, she lived and worked in Salina until moving back to Meriden in 1960, where she worked for the U.S. Postal Service until...

Mrs. Ragsdale was head bookkeeper for the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, State Historical Society and the Masonic Grand Lodge. She retired as proofreader and engrosser for the State Revisor of Statutes. During two years in Japan Mrs. Ragsdale served as president of the Navy Officers Wives Club, made and sold oil paintings, graduated from courses in Chinese cookery and...

Relma Maxine Houston, 80, of Portland, OR., passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2005.She was born October 30, 1924 in Frankfort, KS., the daughter of James P. and Susan B. Tudor Houston.Miss Houston graduated from Washburn Rural High School and attended Prairie Bible Institute in Canada and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in nursing. She worked...

James Phillip Weir, 89, Topeka, died Thursday, March 24, 2005 at a Topeka retirement home.He was born Nov. 18, 1915 in Topeka, the son of James and Minnie Doerner Weir. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1935.Mr. Weir joined Santa Fe Railway in 1937 as a machinist apprentice. He was promoted to machinist in 1941 and the following year...

Lena R. Morford, 78, of Auburn, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on May 26, 1926 in Killdeer, North Dakota, the daughter of George and Christine Geeze Vollmer. She moved to Topeka in 1951and moved to Auburn two years ago. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She married Chester...

Carol Ruth Yazell, 59, Topeka, passed away at a local hospital on Wednesday, March 25, 2005.Carol was born August 25, 1945 in Hannibal, MO, the daughter of Carl and Ruth Monroe Lundberg. She graduated from Palmyra High School in 1963 and Blessing School of Nursing,in Quincy, IL in 1966.She was employed at the Colmery-O'Neil V.A. Medical Center for 27 years...

Lawrence L. Crook, 92, Topeka died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at his home.He was born July 29, 1912 in Allen County, KS, the son of Walter and Bertha Peck Crook.Mr. Crook was co-founder, co-owner, and operator of Lawrence Freight Line and BC&R Storage, from which he retired in 1980. He attended Grace Bible Church.Mr. Crook was preceded in death by...

Nan Rebecca Long, 67, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at her home.She was born Dec. 24, 1937 in Augusta, Georgia, the daughter of William A. and Ludie E. Mims Wade. She graduated from Richmond Academy, Augusta, in 1956.Mrs. Long lived in Wellington from 1958 until coming to Topeka in 1962. She worked as a layout operator for Jostens for...

Emily M. Stevens, 78, of St. Joseph, MO, passed away Monday, March 21 at a St. Joseph hospital.She was born April 6, 1926 in Pleasant Hill, M0., the daughter of Russel C. and Margaret Watson Skidmore.She attended schools in Windsor and Eldon Missouri, and graduated from Jamesport High School in Jamesport,MO. in 1944. She then attended the Chillicothe Business College...

Freda A. Beam, 100, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 23 at Midland Hospice House.She was born March 18, 1905 in Carr Creek Township, Mitchell County, the daughter of Louise K. (Haseltine) and Ralph Leslie Norton.She graduated from Cawker City High School in 1923. After high school, she married R. Howard Beam on June 14, 1925 in Carr Creek, Mitchell...

Marybelle Bass, 89, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born in Atchison, KS the daughter of Floyd W. and Nancy Pitts Draper.She graduated from Topeka High School. Mrs. Bass was a member of West Side Christian Church where she served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Sunday School Department, served as a Sunday School Teacher, C.W.F....

Roberta A. "Bobbe" Clark, 81, Topeka, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born Oct. 19, 1923 in Delia, the daughter of Robert and Almina Redmon Keller, the youngest of ten children. She attended school at Blanden, a one-room school house on the Pottawatomie Indian reservation, west of Mayetta. At the age of nine, the family...

David Lee Gooch, 72, Guthrie, OK. Died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born April 9, 1932 in Chanute, Kansas, son of Norman and Eva Gooch.He spent his early life in the Madison, Kansas area. He graduated from Russell High School, in 1950, Russell, Kansas. He attended Sterling College two years before joining...

Ralph Dean Nolder, 57, Atlanta, Georgia, died Monday, March 14, 2005 in Atlanta.Mr. Nolder was born October 19, 1947 in Topeka, the son of George O. and Helen Newell Nolder. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1965. He received his BS from Washburn University in Topeka and his MEd from Georgia State University. He was a member of Alpha...

Walter Ivan Netson, 87, Topeka, died Friday, March 18, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center.He was born Aug. 9, 1917 in Cleburne, KS the son of William Allen and Ethel Pretz Netson.Walter attended Cleburne Schools in Cleburne, KS. He went to U.S. Army Quartermaster Schools, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth. Walter enlisted in the U.S. Army...

Emmadell Goodall Jones, 81, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, March 17, 2005 at Midland Hospice. She was born May 13, 1923 in Amarillo, TX the daughter of John W. and Nettie McAboy Goodall. She had worked in the truck lines and later as a child care provider. Emmadell was a member of Oakland Christian Church. She was married to Arthur...