Margaret Orrick
Margaret Jane Orrick, 92, Topeka, a native and long time resident of Atchison, Kansas, passed away Monday, October 10, 2005, at the Presbyterian Manor in Topeka, Kansas.Margaret was born at 1011 Laramie Street November 7, 1912, the daughter of Samuel K. and Jeanette D. (Thompson) McCrary.Margaret was a long time ecucator in the Atchison Public School System. She left a...
William Milbrett
William Ross Milbrett, 21, Tecumseh, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Midland Hospice Care.Bill was born November 8, 1983 in Mankato, Minnesota, the son of Douglas G. and Margaret (Peggy) Frederick Milbrett. He moved to Tecumseh with his family in 1996.Bill graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 2005 and attended T.A.R.C. Day services. He enjoyed music, visits...
Doris Hastings
Doris L. Hastings, 84, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2005 at a Topeka care facility.She was born February 18, 1921 in Abbeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin and Flossie Holmes Farney.She worked for Boeing Aircraft as a file clerk for 17 years before retiring and moving to Topeka in 1986. She was a member of First Baptist Church...
Brenda Candido
Brenda Hills Candido, 7, of Lawrence, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She was born on May 7, 1998 in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Juraci De Oliveira and Cristina A. Silva Candido. She lived most of her life in Topeka before moving to Lawrence two months ago. She was attending...
Roger Mills
Roger Wayne Mills, 63, Topeka, passed away, Thursday, October 13, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. He was born Aug. 20, 1942 in Florence, South Carolina, the son of Benjamin A. and Gertrude Hewitt Mills.He graduated from McClenaghen High School in Florence, South Carolina in 1960 and Clark Business School in Topeka. He attended Washburn University. Roger served in the U.S....
Mary Gall
Mary E. Gall, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2005 at her home. She was born on October 14, 1928 in Marshfield, MO, the daughter of Floyd Alexander and Ollie Frances Dalrymple Biggers. She came to Topeka in 1957. She was a member of the Wheathearts Square Dancing Club. She was employed by Kroger's Grocery Store in...
Lucy Virginia Anthony
Lucy Virginia Anthony, 92, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.Lucy was born the daughter of John and Mary Gilmer Jones on May 24, 1913 on the family's farm near Oak Grove, Kentucky. She attended small country primary schools near Oak Grove prior to attending and graduating from the Bert High School in Clarksville, Tennessee.She...
Fannie Wisman
Fannie E. Wisman, 90, of Topeka, died Tuesday October 11, 2005 at her home.She was born September 8, 1915 in Topeka, the daughter of Nathan and Ethel Einstein.She was a 1933 graduate of Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. She began her business career at Einstein's when her father became ill in the late 1930's. She operated the business...
Ruby Vandevord
Ruby L. Vandevord, 81, Topeka, died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at the VA Hospital in Topeka.She was born August 17, 1924 in Topeka, the daughter of Cecil and Pearl Hancock Collier. Ruby was a lifelong Topekan.She served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and was a lifetime member of the Post No. 1650 of the VFW.Ruby married John W. Vandevord...
Dr. Jamesmitchell Young
Dr. James Mitchell Young, age 85, died Sunday, October 9, 2005, in Topeka. Jim retired in 1989 from his last position at Washburn University, Vice President and Provost, and he served as a Topeka City Councilman for eight years, 1989-97.Jim was born in Oxford, Kansas, in 1919, to Carl H. and Zella Mitchell Young. He graduated from Oxford High School...
Virginia Innes
Virginia R. Innes, 85, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Lexington Park Nursing Center.She was born May 22, 1920 in rural Reno county, the daughter of William H. and Ruby A. Eisminger Ricksecker.She was a 1938 graduate of Partridge High School, Partridge, KS. She then graduated from Salt Creek Business College in 1940. She was a homemaker...
Walter Painter
Walter G. Painter, 74, of Sabetha, passed away Wednesday, October 5 at the Sabetha Community Hospital.He was born June 12, 1931 in Iowa Point, Kansas, the son of Ernest J. and Alpha M. Cunningham Painter.He was a 1949 graduate of Morrill High School in Morrill, Kansas. After high school, he went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad until 1953,...
Carol Almond
Carol M. Almond, 71, passed away, Saturday, October 8, 2005 at her home. She was born April 27, 1934 in La Plata, Missouri the daughter of Elmer and Faye Mitchell. Carol devoted herself to caring for and raising her family. She enjoyed sharing music, cooking, drawing and traveling with the children near her. She married Johnnie L. Almond December 12,...
Dorothy Raiman
Dorothy Raiman, 87, of Topeka, passed away, Friday, October 7, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born March 20, 1918 in St. Louis, MO the daughter of Walter and Tina Kohlschreiber. Dorothy was a member of Faith Lutheran Church where she served on various guilds. She married Gordon E. Raiman February 10, 1946 in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors...
Lloyd Aubert
Joe Aubert, 68, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, October 6, 2005 in a mowing related accident. He was born November 9, 1936 in Sikeston, Missouri the son of Lloyd and Gail Johnson Aubert. Joe married Barbara Moore February 12, 1967 in Topeka. She survives him. Other survivors include five children, Luke Aubert, Mark Aubert, Debra Gillespie, Jacque Mankin, Rebecca Miller,...
Marjorie Jenkins
Marjorie E. Jenkins, 84, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, October 8 at a local care facility.She was born May 16, 1921 in Neuchatel, Kansas, the daughter of Leroy C. and Gertrude G. Bonjour Keeney.She was a 1939 graduate of Onaga High School. She graduated from the Stewart Beauty Academy in 1940 and was a beautician for many years in Salina...
Hannah Hook
Hannah Ellen Hulsopple Hook, 96, of Silver Lake, passed away Wednesday, October 5 at a Topeka hospital.She was born March 10, 1909 in a farmhouse near Scranton, the daughter of Edward E. and Isabella Isaacs Hulsopple.In 1927, she graduated from Scranton High School, passed the teacher's examination, and began teaching at a one room school near Scranton. She later attended...
Dean Rabe
Dean W. Rabe, 89, passed away Monday, October 3 at his home in Lenexa, Kansas.Dean was born June 18, 1916 in Topeka, the son of Amos H. and Mamie Thorne Rabe.He spent the majority of his life in Topeka where he graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. Dean served as a pilot instructor with the Civil Air...
Ruby Thaete
Ruby M. Thaete Ruby M. Thaete, 91, Topeka, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born July 23, 1914 in Bloomington, NE., the oldest of ten children of John and Anna Petersen Hogeland. She graduated from Bloomington H.S. in 1932. She married Hilbert R. Thaete on April 18, 1943. They lived in Belleville, KS...
Marguerite Peters
Marguerite Peters, 80, of Topeka, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at her home surrounded by her daughter and granddaughters.Maggie was born May 21, 1925 in Parsons, the daughter of Ben and Minnie Meeks Leslie. She graduated from Parsons High School in 1943. She married Jim Platter in 1943. They were owners of Platter's Photography studio in Parsons....
