Josephine V. Turney, of Kansas City, MO., passed away Wednesday, May 4 at her home.She was born in Randolph, KS., the daughter of Edward and Ida Sand Schultes.She graduated from Randolph High School. Following graduation, she moved to Topeka and worked for the Creamery Restaurant. During World War II, she lived in Portland, OR and Seattle WA. She and her...

Kenneth C. Maggard, 64, of Topeka, passed away, Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at the Toepka V.A. Hospital. He was born March 13, 1941 in Winslow, Arkansas the son of Emmanuel and Clara Wise Maggard. Kenneth was a veteran serving in the U.S. Navy where he was an aircraft mechanic. He worked as a LPN and CNA at many nursing homes...

Imogene Harding, 77, Topeka passed away Friday, May 6, 2005 at her home. She was born in Kansas City, KS on April 6, 1928 to Elmer and Pauline Durham. She graduated from Wyandotte High School and attended Kansas City Kansas Community College.She married Kenneth Harding on November 27, 1946 he survives. She owned and operated the Gladstone Fine Arts Dance...

Herbert S. Davies, 90, Topeka, died Thursday, May 5, 2005 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. He was born Sept. 6, 1914 in Winchester, Kansas the son of Edwin and Pearl Smith Davies.Herb was a member of Topeka Reformed Presbyterian Church. Herb graduated from Kansas State University in 1937.He served during World War II in U.S. Navy. He owned and operated Davies...

Lavina Mae Goering was born January 30, 1928 on a farm near Moundridge, McPherson County, Kansas, the youngest of nine children born to Henry H. and Marie Schmidt Ediger. She attended Lake Shore Grade School near Inman, Kansas. She was baptized upon the confession of her faith into membership in the Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church on May 29, 1944. She graduated...

Mary Lucille "Granny" Hudson, 87, of Topeka, passed away Monday, May 2 in Topeka.She was born August 26, 1917 in Alma, the daughter of William and Ramona Senogles.She married Lloyd D. Hudson on February 13, 1939 in Miami County, MO. He preceded her in death in 1977. She wsa also preceded in death by a son Gary Lee Hudson in...

Gerdine LaVeda Seeley, 96, of Topeka, passed away, Sunday, May 1, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. She had been a resident at Brewster Place Retirement Community. She was born February 22, 1909 at Oblong, Illinois, the daughter of Howard A. and Florence E. Reese Young.Gerdine was a graduate of El Dorado High School. She had attended El Dorado Junior...

Edna Ann Engel, 95, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2005 at a local care home.Edna was born July 1, 1909 in Randall, the daughter of Edward and Lydia Dobbins Bodding. She graduated from Randall High School and attended Kansas State University. She worked for the Auburn Washburn Unified School District as the Food Service Director, retiring in 1973.She...

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...