Stephen W. Dibble, 72, of Topeka, died Thursday, October 28. 2004 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on June 27, 1932 in Topeka, the son Ivan W. and Alice M. Lyman Dibble. He graduated from Topeka High School. He attended Arizona State University and graduated from Washburn University on June 6, 1954. He was initiated in Gamma Nu Chapter...

G. Zenobia Lee, 94, of Topeka, passed away, Sunday, October 31, 2004 at Rolling Hills Health Center.She was born November 17, 1909 at Omaha, Nebraska the daughter of Walter D. and Lucy E. Birdsley Corn. Mrs. Lee worked as a switchboard operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 37 years she retired in 1965. She was a member of West...

John W. Tipton, 61, of Topeka died Saturday, October 23, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on September 21, 1943 at Topeka the son of John S. and Edna Ritter Tipton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Stewart Tipton on February 7, 2002 and his parents. He is survived by one cousin, Richard Walker of...

Julius M. (Julio) Kresyman, 65, Topeka, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 at a local nursing home. He was born January 5, 1939 in Fairview, Mo., the son of Joe and Mary A. Borushki Kresyman. He retired from the U.S. Navy as a Chief Petty Officer. He is survived by three daughters; Linda Draper, Alexander, VA; Terry Street, Panama City, FL;...

Dorothy Mae Ackerman age76,Topeka, passed away October 23, 2004 at Aldersgate Village. Dorothy was born in Salina, Ks December 15, 1927 the daughter of Charles and Mabel Bigler. She graduated from Goodland High School and attended Colorado State Teachers College. She married Arthur Frank Ackerman December 29, 1946 in Goodland, KS. She moved to Topeka in 1958. Dorothy was active...

Tom Lee Roduner, 49, Willard died Friday, October 22, 2004 at his home. He was born April 5, 1955 in Topeka, the son of Gilbert and Ingrid Werdermann Roduner. He was a volunteer for Shawnee County Fire District #4. He served as mayor of Willard. He married Lynne M. Johnson Oct. 24, 1976 in Topeka, KS she survives. He is...

Harold L. Clinkenbeard, 94, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2004 at Midland Hospice House. He was born July 21, 1910 in Easton, KS to Robert and Leah Edmonds Clinkenbeard.He graduated from Easton High School in 1928.After high school, he worked for Meadow Gold Dairies in retail sales,retiring in 1972 as sales manager.He was a Past Master of Golden...

J.Bradley Moser, 67, formerly of Topeka, died suddenly Monday, Oct. 18, 2004 at his home in Robertsdale, Alabama.J.B. was born April 5, 1937 in Lenora, Kansas, the son of Ernie and Margaret Hisey Moser.He graduated from Topeka High School in 1955. He married Kay Marlene Storum on April 15, 1957 in Lyndon, and then enlisted in the US Navy serving...

Frieda Belnay, 83, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, October 17, 2004 at a local care facility.She was born Ocober 7, 1921 in Kassel, Germany to Conrad and Anna Dumeier.She graduated from Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, NJ.She married Alex Belnay on October 12, 1940 in Montvale, NJ. He preceded her in death on January 17, 1973.She was active...

Robert H. "Bob" Botts, 82, of Topeka, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 15, 2004 after an eight-month battle with lung cancer. He was born in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of Joseph Henry Botts and Amma Marie Epperson Botts. For 60 years, he was the loving and devoted husband of Ruth Keeton Botts of Topeka, who...

Marvin E. Kessler, 86, Topeka, passed away, Thursday, October 7, 2004 at his home. He will be greatly missed by his wife, family, and friends. Mr. Kessler was born June 1, 1918 in Sac City, IA the son of Frank P. and Edna Simonson Kessler. He married Harriet A. Samways October 14, 1946 in Duluth, MN, she survives. Other survivors...

Max E. Decker, 83, of Topeka, died Monday, October 11, 2004 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. He was born on April 10, 1921 in Manhattan, Ks. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1939. After serving in the Navy during WWII, he was married to Dell Hales. They were later divorced. He was a golf professional at country clubs...

Merton J. Trast, 96, Topeka, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, 2004 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. He was born Oct. 25, 1907 in Elsmore, KS the son of Carl Edward and Anna Kisa Palmer Trast. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelors degree and University of Chicago with his Masters in Social Work. He worked for State and...

Dorothy L. Swenson, 88, of Topeka, died Friday, October 8, 2004 at a local care facility.She was born on November 12,1915 in Freemount, McPherson County, Kansas, the daughter of John and Lavia (Lundquist) Swenson.She graduated from Lindsborg High School.After high school, she worked for the Grant Billingsley Fruit Company in Wichita, KS, from 1937 to 1944. She then worked for...

L. Lorraine Donovan, 84, Topeka, died Thursday. Oct, 7,2004, at Plaza West R H C, where she had been a resident for the last year and a half.Lorraine was born May 16, 1920 in Carthage, Mo, the daughter of Arthur and Lula Sharp Devereaux. She was one of four girls and one boy.Lorraine Devereaux met Ernest Donovan in 1942 and...

Howard I. Marlow, Sr., 85, Topeka, Passed away, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004 at Lexington Park. He was born Aug. 26, 1919 in Ordway, CO the son of Charles and Dora Smith Marlow. He attended North Topeka public schools. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He worked for John Morrell Company and retired in 1981 from OHSE...

Beverlee J. Goodman,77, of Topeka, passed away, Monday, October 4, 2004 at her home. She was born November 14, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa the daughter of Max and Charlotte Solar. Beverlee was a graduate of Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa and attended the University of Nebraska. Prior to her marriage, she worked for DECCA Records in Kansas City,...

John Robert Pile died Oct. 6, 2004 at his home. He was 79. He was born March 21, 1925 at Powersville, MO, the son of Ira Otha and Dora Myrtle Lowry Pile.He attended schools near Ottawa, KS graduated from Centennial High School in Pubelo, CO and from the University of Denver in 1952 with a B.S. in Business Administration. He...

Alice E. Hartman 86, Topeka, passed away, Wednesday Oct. 6, 2003 at Lexington Park. She was born Jan. 11, 1918 near Effingham, KS the daughter of Edwin and Kathleen Whitson Flory.She graduated from Topeka High School. She worked at Munns Medical Supply for 13 years and Pelliters for 27 years she retired in 1983. Alice was a member of Westminster...

Evelyn R. Archibald, 91, of Topeka, died Friday, October 1, 2004 at a Topeka retirement facility. She was born on August 9, 1913 at Silver Lake, Kansas, the daughter of Walter C. and Maude Crandall Jones. She resided in Silver Lake for the first eight years of her life before moving to Topeka where she spent the remainder of her...