Lyle D. Cherry, 70, of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 7 2005 at a local care facility.Lyle was born December 21, 1934 in Luray, KS , the son of Warren and Mary Chrisler Cherry.He graduated from Luray High School in 1952. He attended Fort Hays State University for two years. He moved to Topeka in 1978 and remained there for...

Marguerite H. Minnis Hanlon, 96, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2005 at a local care center.Mrs. Hanlon was born July 11, 1908 in Stafford, KS.She was married to Hubert Hanlon. He preceded her in death in 1970. She was also preceded in death by a son, Richard Hanlon in 1977.A Memorial Service will be on Wednesday, March 9,...

Betty Jo Letourneau Mrs. Betty Jo Letourneau, 68, of Topeka, died Friday evening, March 4, 2005, at Stormont-Vail Hospital Regional Health Care Center in Topeka. She was born Jan. 30, 1937, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Harold E. and Louise E. Knaup Vaughan. Betty received a bachelor s degree in nursing from Marymount College in Salina. She worked...

Ardith I. Tharp, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2005 at a Topeka care facility. She was born on January 17, 1917 in Marionville, Missouri, the daughter of William A. and Nona Pendleton Stogsdill. She resided in Missouri, Wichita and Emporia until moving to Topeka in 1956. She was co-owner of A&B Bumper Supply. She was a...

Lynda R. Ramsey, 61, Topeka, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 5, 2005.Lynda was born August 6, 1943 in Wichita, the daughter of Claudie A. Morris and Elaine Taylor. She grew up in Chanute.She retired from the State of Kansas after 24 years of service with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Hobbies included quilting, reading ,cooking...

Mary Lee Smith, 78, Topeka passed away at her home on Friday, March 4, 2005.She was born January 26, 1927 in Northern Lyon County, Kansas, the daughter of Franklin Thomas and Maud Higgins Shepherd who were long time residents of Lyon County.Mary attended District 46 Grade School. She graduated from Miller High School in 1945. Upon graduation, Mary and her...

E. Mary McNish, 81, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on March 28, 1923 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles F. and Ada Owens Pomeroy. She was a life-long Topeka resident. She was employed by Hallmark Cards for 25 years before retiring. She was a member of Highland Park United...

Margaret Isolina Peak Wiley passed away with her family by her side at St. Luke's Hospital on Monday, February 28, 2005. She was born in the family home in Topeka on February 14, 1926. She was the only child of Eugene Peak and Lenora Pierce Peak. She married Donald Earl Wiley, of Enumclaw, Washington on August 5, 1948, he survives....

Mary Elizabeth "Sue" Woody, 77, Topeka died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at a local care facility. She was born April 19, 1927 in Oklahoma City, OK ,the daughter of George and Grace Shumate Tharp. Mary graduated from Excelsior Springs High School in 1945. She was a member of Church of Christ at California Acres, Topeka, Kansas.Sue represented the image of...

Juanita J. Davenport, 71, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on December 18, 1933 in Agricola, Kansas, the daughter of Keith and Elizabeth Collins Surbaugh. She lived in Topeka most of her life. She was employed by KNI as a licensed mental health technician. She married Guy M. Davenport on...

Barbara (Bobbie) Jean Knight, 81, Topeka, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.Bobbie was born September 8, 1923 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Claude R. and Emma Veta Rockwell Currence.She was a homemaker as well as having partime work at Capital Federal, Royal Typewriter and Sweda Cash Register. She has been a member of Highland...

Lois A. Dill, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on May 12 1913 in Bellingham, Washington, the daughter of William F. and Susie Anderson Graham. After graduating from Tarkio College in Tarkio, Missouri, she started her teaching career in rural Rice County in a one room school. Later she...

Raymond H. Lowrey, 87, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005 at Midland Hospice House from complications following heart surgery.Mr. Lowrey was born Sept. 30, 1917 in Greenfield, Mo., the son of John T. and Cora Louise Lowrey. He moved with his family to Topeka in 1932.Mr. Lowrey was an electrician from 1952 until his retirement in 1983. He...

Phyllis James, 75, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 26 at Midland Hospice House.She was born June 21, 1929 in Ellsworth, the daughter of Daniel Cowie and Louise Hopp.She graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. She went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone, retiring after thirty five years. She was active in quilting, antiques and gardening. She...

Lyle G. Peek, 52, of Gladstone, MO, passed away, Wednesday, February 23 at the Colmery-O'Niell Veteran's Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas.He was born April 21, 1952 in Torrington, WY, the son of Lyle and Clara Peek.He enlisted in the Army at the age of seventeen and completed his education at the American High School in Frankfurt, West Germany. He was...

Daniel Warren West, 51, Topeka, passed away Monday, Feb. 21, 2005 at a local nursing center, after a long illness. He was born March 17, 1953 in Topeka, the son of Gordon B. and Marjorie E. Simmons West, both of whom preceded him in death.He is survived by two sisters, Marilyn Harrison, Newbern, TN; and Rosalyn A. and husband Mark...

Marie S. Hooper, 90, of Topeka, formerly of Junction City, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at a Topeka hospital.Mrs. Hooper was born September 2, 1914 in Geary County, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Ida Black Edwards and grew up in the McDowell Creek area. She married Amos Hooper in July, 1934. He preceded her in death in...

William Wilson Fitts, 89, Topeka passed away, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. He was born June 16, 1915 in Smithville, Tenn. the son of Tandy Bouge and Altie Mae Trusty Fitts.Wilson graduated from East High School in Akron, OH in 1933. He attended Akron University. He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for 45 years. He...

Phyllis N. Edgar, 85, Topeka, passed away Monday, February 21 at a local care facility. She was born July 23, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of William V. and Gelia O. Messler Underwood.She married Robert L. Edgar on March 23, 1943 in Oakland, CA. They later divorced.Survivors include three sons: Gerald Edgar, Sacramento, CA; William Edgar and Paul Edgar, both...

Ben Haury,19, of Topeka, passed away February 21, 2005. Ben was born May 19, 1985, in Newton, Kansas, the son of David and Rose Wiebe Haury. Ben attended McClure Elementary, French Middle School, and was a 2003 graduate of Topeka West High School.Ben was currently a sophomore at Hesston College, Hesston, Kansas. While at Topeka West Ben participated in band,...