Ben E. Gerber
Mr. Ben E. Gerber, 72, of Topeka, passed away Saturday April 24, 2004, at Midland Hospice House. He was born April 2, 1932, in Driftwood, OK, the son of John Edward and Eva May Stevens Gerber.Ben was activated to the U.S. Army following his graduation from Kansas State University, and served in Germany for two years. His wife and daughter...
Loretta Rahmeier
Loretta Ann Rahmeier, 58, of Topeka passed away April 25, 2004 at her home. She was born June 21, 1945 in Topeka, the daughter of Edward F. and Anna M. Chelson Rahmeier. She graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. She lived in Topeka all her life.Miss Rahmeier worked for Security Benefit Life Group for 33 years before...
Margie Bryan
Margie Ethlyn Bryan , 84, of Topeka died Friday, April 23 at Midland Hospice House.She was born Margie Ethlyn Casteel on January 6, 1920 in Princeton, Mo, the youngest of three children of Maude and Edmund Casteel. As a three year old, she moved with her family to Columbia, Missouri where she attended high school and was a valedictorian of...
Michael Lee Scheer
Michael Lee Scheer 60, passed away April 24, 2004 at his home. He was born January 15,1944 in Kansas City, Mo the son the late Paul and Maxine Scheer. Michael served in the US Army from 1964 to 1966. He worked as a draftsman and was a pilot for CSSCP program at the VA hospitals. Michael is survived by his...
Ronald Hodgins
Ronald T. Hodgins, 72, of Topeka passed away Thursday, April 22, 2004 in a local hospital. He was born on Oct. 22, 1931 in Oconto Falls, WI the son of Lionel and Joyce Gallager Hodgins.Ron served in the U. S. Air Force for 26 years and retired at the rank of C/MSGT. As a second career Ron workedat Colmery-O'Neil V....
Francis Brown
Mr. Francis V. Brown, 70, of Topeka passed away Friday, April 23, 2004 at Midland Hospice. He was born on Sept. 1, 1933 in Burlington, KS the son of Merle and Marie Thompson Brown. Francis graduated from Burlington High School in 1952; he then enlisted into the Army National Guard. He served his country for over 20 years and was...
Clifford Collman
Clifford Marvin Collman, 75, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, April 22, 2004 at Plaza West Care Center. He was born August 24, 1928 in Kendall County, IL the son of Olney and Elsie (Jacobs) Collman. Clifford was employed as a carman with the Burlington Northern Railroad 30 years. He had worked at the Eola and Cicero repair tracks in Illinois....
Lorene Wood
Lorene F. Wood, 79, of Topeka, passed away, Tuesday, April 20, 2004.She was born May 22, 1924 in Carroll County, MS the daughter of Gibb and Clara Bell (Day) Farrish. She was a longtime employee at the Colmery-O'Neil V.A. Hospital, Topeka. She was preceded in death by her husband Cleveland Blair Wood, her son Cleveland Blair Wood, Jr., and her...
George Robert Gammell Jr.
George Robert Gammell, JR70, of Topeka, died of natural causes April 18, 2004, at Topeka Health Care Nursing Home where he resided. George was born October 10, 1933 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the son of George Robert and Dorothy Katheryn Ryherd Gammell. George attended Chase County Community High School where he was active in a variety of sports and extra-curricular...
Forrest Gooch
Forrest E. Gooch of Ballwin, Missouri, died April 17, 2004. He was 71. Mr. Gooch worked for Dupont for 35 years. He started with Dupont in 1958 at the Topeka cellophane plant as a control mechanic, and transferred to St. Louis in 1984 as a Senior Service Representative in the Medical Products Department. He retired in 1993. He served in...
Frank Paulson
Frank G. Paulson, 84, Topeka, died Thursday, April 15, 2004 at a Topeka Presbyterian Manor.He was born December 11, 1919, in Newton, Kansas to Charles and Blanche Paulson.He married Dorothy Ward on January 31, 1946, in Ottawa, Kansas. She preceded him in death.He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church. He also volunteered at the YWCA. He was...
Rosabelle F. Jehlik
Rosabelle F. (Zarker) Jehlik, 79, Topeka died on April 16, 2004 at the Midland Hospice House after suffering a stroke on April 5, 2004. She was born February 3, 1925 in Britton, Oklahoma, the daughter fo Louie and Susie Willetta Schies. She moved to the Carthage, Missouri area at the age of eight and graduted from high school and business...
James Crisp
James H. (Jim) Crisp, 68, of Topeka, died Sunday, April 11, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. Jim was in the Air Force for twenty two years . He served in Germany, North Africa, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. He was a photographer until obtaining a degree in Photo Grafting. He became an instructor in Photo Mapping at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He...
Maria E. Anderson
Maria E. Anderson 83, Topeka, passed away April 14, 2004 in Topeka. Cremation is planned. Maria is survived by: Earnestine Bennett, Katharine Campbell, Lulu Shepard, Leona Zapata, Bobbie Zapata, Starr Broyles, John Broyles III, DeWayne Anderson, Jenaro Zapata. and a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren. She preceded in death by a daughter Carol Lee Kay Walwyn, son, Harold Lee...
Florence Allen
FLORENCE A. ALLEN, 90, OF TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2004 AT ALDERSGATE VILLAGE, TOPEKA SHE WAS BORN DECEMBER 20, 1913. LYNCH TOWNSHIP IN TEXAS COUNTY MISSOURI THE DAUGHTER OF WALTER JUDSON ROUSE AND SARAH EMMA (GARRETT) ROUSE. FLORENCE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS MARRIED TO THOMAS JACKSON ALLEN . HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH....
Paula Mcclure
Paula Nadine Maus McClure, 72, Topeka, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2004, at her home.She was born June 28, 1931, in Shawnee County, Kansas to John Harvey and Cleo Mae Franklin Maus. She graduated from Rossville Rural High School in 1948 and attended Clark's School of Business. She began her career with the Santa Fe Railway's Telegraph Department in September...
Crisp James
James H. (Jim) Crisp, 68, of Topeka, died Sunday, April 11, 2004 at a Topeka hospital. Jim was in the Air Force for twenty two years . He served in Germany, North Africa, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. He was a photographer until obtaining a degree in Photo Grafting. He became an instructor in Photo Mapping at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He...
Lloyd Letcher, Sr.
DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL TOPEKA, KANSAS1. Full Name: Lloyd Letcher, Sr. Age: 74 Years Sex: Male2. Current address: Of Topeka3. Date of death: Friday , April 9, 2004 4 Place of death: His residence 6. Date of birth: March 26, 1930 Place of birth: Leavenworth, Ks. 6.b. Parents: Spencer and Bertha Patterson Letcher7. Background: Mr. Letcher...
Ruby Oberhelman
Ruby Ann Storbeck Oberhelman, 94, Topeka, died Wednesday,April 7, 2004 at Midland Hospice. She was born Aug. 11, 1909 in Vassar, Kansas to Robert F. and Pearl Mae Kraft Storbeck.The family moved to Atchison, Ks. where Ruby started grade school.Then they moved back to Vassar, Ks. where she graduatedfrom Vassar Grade school and Lyndon High School in 1927.She moved to...
