Fred H. Gades, Jr., 83, of Topeka, died December 25, 2004 at a Topeka retirement center where he has lived since September 1998.He was born in Topeka on September 11, 1921, the son of Fred H. Gades, Sr. and Mildred Heere Gades. He attended Topeka schools and was graduated from Topeka High School in 1939. He attended Kansas University where...

Mrs. Carol J. Keefover Murphy, 87, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at Lexington Park Retirement Center. She was born April 27, 1917 at Oketo, Kansas the daughter of Odis and Ruth Warner Keefover. She had resided in Topeka since 1929. Carol worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company 26 years, before retiring in 1972. She was a member...

Marvin E. Reiman, 85, of Topeka passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at his home.He was born June 4, 1919 in Topeka, the son of Frederick and Emelia Reiman.He graduated from Topeka High School in 1937. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in England during World War II. After the war, he went to work for the Santa...

Helen E. Lunnon, age 86, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 27, 2004, at Aldersgate Village, due to complications of Alzheimer's Disease. She was born on October 3, 1918, in Cambridge, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth and Isabel Brodie. She was married to Robert Lunnon on June 12, 1942, in Des Moines, Iowa. She owned and operated the Southwest Child...

Anne Poland Page, 57, of Topeka died peacefully at her home on Sunday, December 26, 2004, following a long illness.She was born September 29, 1947 in Topeka, to Captain Claude A. and Virginia L. Mote Poland. She graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. She married Stephen R. Page on December 23, 1966, and they lived in Europe...

Mary Anita Stone, 91, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2004 at a local care center.Mrs. Stone was born September 25, 1913 in White City, Kansas, the daughter of Jessie and Edith Keeble. She is survived by three sons; Hugh Russell of Topeka, Bruce Russell of Novato,CA and Michael Robinson of Rohnert Park, CA., 6 grandchildren and 15 great...

Andrew A. (Andy) Mikkelsen, 83, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, December 24, 2004.Mr. Mikkelsen was born January 19, 1921 in Perth Amboy, NJ, the son of Andrew and Winnie Lundevell Mikkelsen. He was a decorated hero of both World War II and the Korean War. While in the military he met Myrtle Crawford and they were wed at Ft....

Lucille Eleanor Ames, 94, of Topeka, passed away at a local care center on Friday, December 24, 2004. Mrs. Ames was born January 22, 1910 in Perth, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Martha Thompson Stover.She was married to Alpha H. Ames Sr. in Caldwell, Kansas on November 25, 1936. He died in October, 1993. Mrs. Ames was a member...

Rita N. Daniel, 73, of Topeka died Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Midland Hospice House.She was born October 5, 1931 in Albany, MO., the daughter of J. Howard and Lorena F. Barnes.Mrs. Daniel was retired from Capitol Federal Savings and was a member of Covenent Baptist Church.She married Guy B. Daniel on June 25, 1994. He survives of the home.Other...

Alice Marie Krumm, 98, of Topeka, passed away at a local retirement community on Tuesday, December 21, 2004.Mrs. Krumm was born July 11, 1906 in Clinton, IA, the daughter of August and Anna Jensen Pape. In 1927 she was united in mariage to Franklin Nelson. A son, Richard was born to this union.Alice and her husband moved to Topeka in...

John V. Friedstrom, 82, Topeka, died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004 at his home.He was born Nov. 9, 1922 in Moline, IL, the son of the Rev. C.R.E and Esther Anderson Friedstrom. His mother died when he was young, and he was raised by his father and step-mother, Edna Friedstrom. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1940, and later attended...

Geneva B. Henry, 81, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Midland Hospice House. She was born April 30, 1923 at Hutchinson, the daughter of Glenn D. and Lorena G. Brown.She attended public schools in the Hutchinson area as well as Hutchinson Jr. College, Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and the University of Kansas, graduating in 1945....

Ernest Monthey, 88, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. He was born October 13, 1916 at Olpe, KS the son of Fred and Ella Monthey. He was a 1934 graduate of Topeka High School and graduate of the Southern Police Institute, Louisville, KY. Mr. Monthey was a military veteran serving in the United States Army...

Arlin Eugene Mannschreck, 65, of the Lecompton area, passed away Friday, December 17, 2004 at a Topeka hospital due to complications from Leukemia.He was born January 31, 1939 in Topeka, the son of Glen E. and Jessie M. Mannschreck.Arlin graduated from Topeka High School in 1959. He was employed by the Kansas Power and Light Company as a lineman for...

Tijuania J. Lara, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at a local hospital.Mrs. Lara was born March 17, 1916 in Oklahoma City, OK. She was an orphan and grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Wheelock Military Academy and Haskall University. She was married to Lidio F. Lara in 1941. He preceeded her in death in...

Ruth Wyvonne Rathke Cott, 76, of Topeka, died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at a Topeka Hospital. She was born August 8, 1928 in Wamego, Kansas, the daugher of David and Lucille Bartee Homewood.She was employed by the Kansas Turnpike Authority for over 20 years, retiring in 1991. She was a longtime resident of Emporia and had worked for OTASCO tire.She...

Frances M. Dugan (Helmlinger) Wellman, 90, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at Aldersgate Village, Topeka. She was born August 18, 1914 at St. George, KS the daughter and the last of the eleven children of Aaron and Nellie Carrington Dugan. She has resided in Topeka since 1947. She was a member of Seabrook United Church of Christ...

William B. Weikal, 82, of Topeka, passed away Monday, December 13,2004.He was born June 21, 1922 in Sedalia, MO, the son of William H. and Edith A. Weikal.He was a naval veteran of World War II and a member of Faith Lutheran ChurchSurvivors include his wife, Luella M. Weikal of Topeka; a sister, Jerri Woods; a son, Alan Weikal; daughters...

Evelyn Lena Stitt Falk, 93, of Topeka, died Friday, December 10, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on April 25, 1911, near Michigan Valley in Osage County, KS. to Austin and Tillie Jensen Stitt. She was graduated from Lyndon High School in 1929 and received BS and MS degrees from Emporia State University and did extended work at...

Anita "Kay" Hill, 65, of Topeka, died Friday, December 10, 2004 at a Tulsa, Oklahoma hosptial. She was born on April 19, 1939 at Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of James and Jean Baber Wilson. She grew up in Cunningham, Kansas and moved to Topeka in 1967. She was employed for several years as a substitute secretary for USD 501. She...