Blanche Marie Myers, 85, of St. Clairsville, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, January 29th, 2005 at the East Ohio Regional Medical Center in Martins Ferry, Ohio. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on January 30th, 1919 to John William & Mary Eliza (nae Mannell) Summers.Blanche worked for Hallmark Cards as an inspector/supervisor in the late 1940's and early 1950's. She...

Arthur E. "Bud" Newell, 71, Lecompton, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. He was born Jan. 9, 1934 in Topeka, the son of Arthur Robert and Juanita Elizabeth Leuenberger Newell.Bud graduated from Washburn Rural High School and attended Kansas State University where he played football. He served his country in the U.S. Army and was stationed in...

Lona M. Oyler, 70, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, January 29, 2005 at her home. She was born at Home, Kansas July 24, 1934 the daughter of Ferdinand and Clara Unger. She graduated from Marysville High School, Washburn University and the University of Kansas.Lona worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Topeka State Hospital, Memorial Hospital and retired from the Menninger...

Lester G. Damme, 72, of Topeka, passed away Thursday January 27, 2005 at his home.He was born December 31, 1932 near Hoyt, KS, the son of Erwin and Lillie Zeller Damme.He graduated from Hoyt High School in 1950. He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, retiring after 42 years of service. He was a former member of the Shawnee...

Robert Eugene Kaul, 66, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at a local hospital.Mr. Kaul was born December 9, 1938 in Topeka, the son of Eugene and Velma Jaobson Kaul. Upon graduation from Topeka High School, he began working for Dale Sharp Motors as a mechanic. He joined the Kansas National Guard in 1959. He was a...

Lela Hildebrandt, 76, Topeka, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005 at her home she was born July 18, 1928 in Rockport, MO the daughter of Leet and Elsie Watkins Bowden. Lela retired from Jostens Printing and Publishing after 20 years of service. Lela was a member of the Restoration Branch of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. She was preceded...

Betty L. Cogswell, 91, Topeka died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005 at a local nursing facility. She was born Apr. 2, 1913 in Jersey City, NJ. She graduated from Seaman High School. She was a past Worthy Matron of the Meriden Chapter #399 of Order of Eastern Star and a past District Aide. Betty was employed by the Federal Government in...

V. Beth Stratmann, 76, of Topeka, died Saturday, January 22, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on September 30, 1928 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Arthur L. and Estelle Carpenter Summer. Beth graduated from Baylor University with a degree in nursing and worked in that field prior to meeting and marrying the love of her life Bert...

Raymond L. "Mac" McDaniel, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2005.He was born in Yates Center, KS on June 20, 1928, the son of Oscar L. and Bessie G. Williams McDaniel. Mr. McDaniel worked for Southwestern Bell in Hutchinson, Independence and Topeka and retired in 1986 after 38 years of service.He married Marjorie Lee Steele on June...

Mary Thomas Brown, 82, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2005.Mrs. Brown was born February 25, 1922 in Sullivan County, Missouri, the daughter of John Samuel and Wilma Lucille Triplett Thomas. She grew up on a farm near Harris, MO. and attended Business college in Chilicothe, MO.She worked for Pratt & Whitney during WWII and had been an...

Mary Thomas Brown, 82, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2005.Mrs. Brown was born February 25, 1922 in Sullivan County, Missouri, the daughter of John Samuel and Wilma Lucille Triplett Thomas. She grew up on a farm near Harris, MO. and attended Business college in Chilicothe, MO.She worked for Pratt & Whitney during WWII and had been an...

ROBERT WARREN HESSRobert W. Hess, 86, of Topeka died January 19, 2005 at a Topeka nursing home. He was born on November 11, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska to John Raymond and Verna Burdette Hess. Mr. Hess graduated from Topeka High School in 1937 and attended Kansas University in Lawrence. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was...

Evan L. Davis, 91, of Topeka, died Monday, January 17, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on April 12, 1913 in Emporia, Ks., the son of Ivor E. and Elizabeth Jones Davis. He graduated from Topeka High School and obtained an Architecture Degree from Kansas State University. He was a major donor to Kansas State Univeristy and the...

Emmett E. Green, 81, Topeka passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005 at his home. He was born Nov. 12, 1923 in Topeka the son of Jasper W. and Anna M. Walters Green. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years and was a veteran of World War II. He was headquartered at the Norfolk Naval Base in Norfolk, VA....

Doyle T. Sumner, 81, passed away in his home on January 13, 2005, after a lengthy illness. Doyle was born on August 29, 1923 in Vona, Colorado where he lived with his parents, Dee and Luiza Randolph Sumner, brother Lee and sister Velma until the family moved to Burr Oak, Kansas when he was small. He graduated from Burr Oak...

Betty J. Stitt Elder, 88, of Topeka, died Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born on August 17, 1916 in Topeka, the daughter of Byron F. and Dale F. Isreal Stitt. She graduated from Highland Park High School. She was employed by Crosby Brothers. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She was active with...

Robert Lewis Morris, Sr., 78, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully of heart failure at a Topeka hospital on Jan. 11, 2005. He was born Sept. 28, 1926 in Little Rock Ark., the son of Benjamin and Lucille Roberts Morris. He had lived in Kansas City, MO since 1946, when he graduated from Missouri School for the Deaf. He...

Joseph L. Gross, 83, Topeka died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005 at a local hospital. He was born Oct. 14, 1921 in Burnsville, Miss. the son of Thomas and Miriam Ford Gross. He married Dorothy L. Mitchell May 10, 1942 in Las Vegas, NV, she died March 31, 1996. Joseph enlisted in the Army in 1938 and retired in 1965. He...

Alice Porter, 94, of Goff, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2004 at a Topeka Hospice House.She was born July 31, 1910 in the Wetmore community, the daughter of Dawson and Matilda McRoberts Hall. She lived in the Wetmore and Goff communities her entire life.She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter , two brothers and six sisters. Survivors...

Eugene F. Hill, 80, of Topeka, died Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at his residence. He was born on October 16, 1924 in Topeka, the son of Ernest and Frances Getty Hill Olson. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Frank Olson. He graduated from Topeka High School. He was employed in the construction field as a carpenter and Southwestern...