Ora J. Hornbeck, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2005 at a Topeka care facility. He was born on June 3, 1929 in El Dorado Springs, MO, the son of Ora and Mina Lovins Hornbeck. He graduated from El Dorado Springs High School and attended business college. He was an Army veteran. He resided in Topeka since...

Robben Lay Shaw, 46, Topeka, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 at a Topeka Hospital after a long illness.Robben was born June 24, 1959 in Brunswick, GA, the daughter of James C. and Barbara A. Bennett Lay, Sr.She had been employed at Frito Lay for 21 years and was a member of B.C.T. & G.M. Union, Local 219. She was a...

OBITUARY: Linvel D. Lakey Linvel D. Lakey, 85, passed away, Sat., Nov. 26, 2005, at a Topeka nursing home. He had lived in Kansas City, MO before moving to Topeka in 2001. He is survived by his nieces: Mary Gehrt of Topeka, Florence Lakey and Wilma Hotson both of Sedalia, MO. He is also surved by his great-nephews: Steven Hall...

Evelyn K. (Price) Hein, 86, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2005.She was born December 26, 1918 in Topeka, the daughter of John B. and May Reed Price. Her grandparents were John B. Price, Sr. and Emma Price , and Colonel and Mrs. George Washington Reed. Col. Reed owned The Topeka Blade, later named The Topeka State Journal. Mrs....

Sgt. Dominic (Nick) Joseph Sacco, 32, Ft. Riley, was killed Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Taji, Iraq.Nick was born November 26, 1972 in Albany, NY, the son of William and Diane Ramandi Sacco. He graduated from Albany High School in 1991.He enlisted in the U.S. Army on March 14, 1996. Nick was currently serving his second tour of duty in...

Laura B. Powell,93, of Lecompton, passed away Friday, November 18, 2005 at Deer Park Care Home in Meriden.She was born August 20, 1912, in rural Douglas County, the daughter of George Otis and Laura S. Mathers Morriss.She was an avid gardener and homemaker. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.She married Gilbert W. Powell September 9, 1930...

Evelyn Long Seigle, 92, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2005 at Aldersgate Village, where she had resided since 1994.Evelyn was born in Galveston, TX, December 19, 1912, the daughter of Horace Milton Long and Laura Wallace Long. The family lived next in Topeka where Evelyn attended Lowman Hill Grade School, Boswell Junior High, Topeka High School, and Washburn...

Burton H. "Burt" Edson, 91, Topeka, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at an Overland Park Hospital.He was born Oct. 15, 1914 in Shawnee County, the son of Charles L. and Daisy Godwin Edson. He graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1932. He was a member of the former Seabrook United Church of Christ, where he served as a trustee...

Lavonne A. Brandenburg, of Silver Lake, passed away Sunday November 20, 2005.She was born July 31, 1929 in Muskegon, Michigan, the daughter of Victor and Doris Danielson. She grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and graduated from Tech High School. She worked as a homemaker and travel agent in Seattle, Wichita, and Topeka.She married Robert Brandenburg on October 4, 1962...

James Arthur (Jim) Monroe died of a heart attack on November 4, 2005 while on safari in Tanzania and Kenya. Jim was born July 12, 1929, in Clay Center, the son of Noah and Isabel Monroe.He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Wyandotte High School. He attended Park College and Kansas City Junior College before transferring to...

Harry John Devlin, 75, Topeka, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at a local hospital.Harry was born December 15, 1929 in Topeka, the son of Harry J. and Elizabeth Ann Porubsky Devlin. He attended Topeka parochial schools.Harry served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. He worked for Santa Fe Railroad as a Coach Carpenter in the...

Erma Louise Short Finney, 95, formerly of Chanute, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor where she lived since October of 2004. She was born on August 11, 1910 in her grandparents' home in Chanute, Kansas to Edgar and Edna Hough Short.Louise began school in Coffeyville, Kansas and continued there through third grade. Her family moved...

George Emil Steuber, 78, Burlington, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at Coffey County Hospital.George was born October 1, 1927 in Westphalia, the son of Emil Henry and Anna Behrens Steuber. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.George worked for many years in bridge construction throughout Eastern Kansas.George was a member of the Topeka Chapter of...

Betty Jane Hart, 85, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 14 at Lexington Park Nursing Center.She was born December 29, 1919 in St. Mary's, KS, the daughter of Clarence M. and Mary D. Witter Yocum.She graduated from St. Mary's High School and attended Emporia State Teachers College where she earned her teaching certificate. She was an elementary music and physical...

Nellie M. Collier Duzan, 95, of Topeka, passed away Monday, November 14, 2005 at a local care facility. She was born Arpil 14, 1910 in Paris, Illionois, the daughter of Stephen A. and Nora B. Benjamin Collier.She lived in Redmon, Illinois, Mt. Vernon, Indiana and Lincoln, Nebraska before moving to Topeka. She married Everett M. Davis in 1926 in Paris,...

Robert Franklin "Bob" Williams, 82, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. Robert was born on September 26, 1923 in Topeka, the eldest son of Dwight Franklin and Cora Etta Johnson Williams. Robert was graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University. Mr. Williams was employed at Topeka State Hospital for thirteen years, the...

Patricia H. Wilson, 94, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at Rolling Hills Health Center. She was born on September 13, 1911 in Bourbon, MO, the daughter of Fred S. and Ina Turley Hill. She lived most of her life in Topeka. She was a homemaker. She married Harry A. Wilson on September 28, 1938. He preceded...

Lois L. Stewart, 92, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.She was born July 4, 1913 in Boliver, MO, the daughter of Marion A. and Mattie May Blevins Broomfield.After graduating from high school, she attended business college and went to work as a stenographer for the Santa Fe Railroad, retiring after 13 and a half...

Frances C. Nelson, 88, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at a local hospital. She was born August 23, 1917 in Lost Springs, the daughter of Carl A. and Sibyl Lundquist Stromberg.Frances attended Elementary School in Freemount and graduated from Lindsborg High School.She had been a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church since 1954.Frances married Wesley E. Nelson...

Mary LaVon Hedges, 80, Topeka, died November 9, 2005 at Stormont Vail Health Care. LaVon was born November 6, 1925 in Marshall County Kansas to Verne and Freda Winney. She moved to Topeka in 1944 after attending a one-room school in Marshall county and graduating from Marysville High School. She married Eldon Thomas Hedges in Topeka on March 18, 1950....