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...

Josephine F. "JO" Adams,82, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, September 30, 2004 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. She was born August 2, 1922 in Topeka the daughter of Sam and Rose Calandro. JO was a 1940 graduate of Topeka High School. She worked for the Federal Government at Forbes Air Base almost 10 years. She then worked as a clerk/typist for the...

Rudulf L. Zuniga, 56, of Topeka, died Saturday, October 2, 2004 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Ks. He was born on February 26, 1948 in Topeka, the son of Louis and Lupe Serna Zuniga. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1966. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was employed by Hills Pet Products...

Margaret B. Fisher, 82, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, October 1, 2004 at her home. She was born May 18, 1922 in Murray County, TN, the daughter of Samuel Kessler and Ethel (Floyd) Foster. She was a 1940 graduate Santa Fe High School , Santa Fe, Tennessee. Margaret has resided in Topeka since 1959. She worked as an administrative assistant...

William F. Plummer, 57, of Topeka died Friday, October 1, 2004 at a Topeka hospital from complications due to leukemia. He was born on December 9, 1946 at Manhattan, Kansas the son of Willard and Katherine Cornelisson Plummer. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1964. He came to Topeka in 1965. He was employed as a computer programmer in...

Roy C. Wagaman, 83, Topeka, died Friday, Oct. 1, 2004 at his home. He was born June 6, 1921 in Burlington, KS, the son of Chester and Nellie Haehn Wagaman. Roy has been a Topeka resident since 1946. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and Korea. He was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Moose Lodge,...

Carole E. Roberts, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, October 1, 2004 at Midland Hospice House. She was born in Litchfield, MN the daughter of Lars and Hedvig (Jackson) Almgren. She was a graduate of Litchfield High School and has resided in Topeka since 1947. Carole began her career as a traveling cosmetic sales representative for Richard Hudnut of New York....

Barbara Jo Workman, 58, of Topeka, died Thursday, September 30, 2004 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born September 27, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Carl Joseph and Frankie Greer Workman. She spent many of her early years in St. Louis prior to moving to Topeka in December of 1984. Barbara touched many people's lives....

OBITUARY James Arthur Hamler, Jr., 83, Topeka, a frequent traveler and jazz musician, died on Sunday, September 26, 2004, of complications from a stroke.He was born January 21, 1921 in Marceline, Mo. The son of James Arthur Hamler and Effie Beavers Hamler. He moved to Merriam, Kansas in his youth. He was graduated from the Shawnee Mission Rural High School...

Margie L. Hortenstine, 80, Topeka, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. She was born January 15, 1924 in Norton County Kansas near Logan, the daughter of Verl and Ethel Loughry DuBois. She graduated from Norton High School class of 1940. She was a member of Capital Post 1 Auxillary of the American Legion and Fraternal order of...

John David Couch, 77, of Topeka, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor.Surviving family members include his son Jene Couch, his daughters Cynthia Couch and Cathy Couch, his granddaughters, Jena Couch and Indigo Couch, and his grandson, Jonathan Ziegler. He was predeceased by his twin brother Jene Parker Couch, his parents Ben and Annie Couch of Colony, Kansas,his...

Bernice E. Fisher, 96, of Topeka, died Saturday, September 18, 2004 at a Manhattan, Ks. retirement center. She was born August 4, 1908 at Topeka, the daughter of Arch Leonard and Elizabeth Clara Cramer Cloud. Mrs. Fisher was a gifted musician,artist and was employed at Peeletiers for several years. She was a member of First Christian Church and the Bethany...

Florence Marshall Linton, 95, of Topeka, passed away, Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at a local retirement community. She was born November 7, 1908 in Osage City, KS the daughter of William L. and Nina M. (Clarke) Marshall.Florence graduated from Osage City High School and attended Emporia Teachers College. She graduated from Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing in 1932. She...