Elizabeth Marshall Horton, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at Aldersgate Village.She was born March 23, 1921 in Wichita, the daughter of George H. and Clara Weston Carpenter Marshall. Liz spent her early childhood in Augusta, where her father was Superintendent of Schools. Her father accepted a position as Superintendent of Schools in Ottawa, where she...

Howard Spencer Adams, 63, of Topeka, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, September 8, 2005.He was born October 22, 1941 in Marceline, MO, the son of Spencer and Frances Porter Adams. Howard was active in scouting and Demolay and the Masonic Lodge. Howard worked as a Special Agent for Santa Fe Railroad for 25 years and later worked in...

Violet L. Wallace, 70, of Carbondale, passed away Tuesday, September 6 at her home after an extended illness.She was born December 25, 1934 in Topeka, the daughter of Roy M. and Marie E. Clark Peavler.She was a 1952 graduate of Highland Park High School. She worked at various jobs and retired from Josten's Printing and Publishing after 25 years of...

Audra F. Bartels, 74, Topeka, passed away, Monday, September 5, 2005 at St. Francis Health Center. She was born March 2, 1931 in Paola, KS, the daughter of George and Katherine Sherman Gillogly. Audra graduated from Paola High School in 1949. She was a homemaker. In her later years she volunteered for the Stephen Ministries, and Sight Savers. Audra was...

Wyatt Michael Wood, 4 weeks, of Fort Riley, KS, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2005 at Stormont -Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born on August 8, 2005 in Topeka, the son of David Michael and Sara Elizabeth Burger Wood. Survivors include his parents, David and Sara Wood of Fort Riley, one sister, Macey, one brother, Gabriel, grandparents,...

Doreen Stanley, 64, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born September 19, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Clair Erpenbach. After moving from California to Kansas, Doreen was office manager at InterHab and human resource manager at Maximus before her early retirement. She was actively involved with Phi Tau Omega sorority...

Arnold Paul Silverman ObituaryTuesday September 6th 2005 Topeka, KansasArnold Paul Silverman passed away quietly and without pain this morning at 10:30 AM after several bouts of pneumonia at Plaza West Regional Medical Center in Topeka Kansas. Arnold was born November 1911 to Jacob and Dora Silverman in Roxbury Massachusetts. He attended Devotion School in Brookline. He was graduated from Brookline...

Patricia J. "Pat" Gilbert, 58, of Tecumseh, unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2005 working in the yard she loved of the home she adored. She was born on December 6, 1946 in rural Woodbine, the daughter of George L. and Sophia Sader Riffel. She was baptized and confirmed at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Shady Brook, KS. Pat...

Linda Marie Hood, 53, of Topeka, passed on Saturday, September 3 at her home after her long, courageous battle with cancer.She was born February, 2, 1952 in Topeka, the biological daughter of Ruth Watkins and Leroy Gardenhire, however, she was raised in Lincoln, NE. by Walter and Helen Gill.She graduated with an associates degree in Business Administration from a business...

Gladis Joy Hunter, 96, Topeka, died Monday, September 5, 2005 at Aldersgate Village.Gladis Joy was born February 20, 1909 in Luray, KS, the daughter of Frank Leslie and Etta May Clark Joy. She attended elementary and high school in Luray, KS., graduating in 1926. SHe attended Emporia State College and Fort Hays State College, receiving her degree in 1965.Mrs. Hunter...

Faye L. Patch, 92, Topeka, passed away, Monday, September 5th at McCrite Plaza. She was born in Meriden, July 2, 1913, the daughter of Shell and Lillie Cook. She was preceded in death by 6 brothers and 4 sisters. She is survived by her husband Dean and son Gary Dean and wife Marlyn of Seminole, Florida, and two grandsons, Mark...

Edna M. Burroughs, 87, of Topeka, passed away, Monday, September 05, 2005, at her home. She was born January 24, 1918 in Concordia, Missouri the daughter of Andrew and Emilie Gieseke. From 1934-1940 she was employed in Kansas City, MO and Saint Louis, MO. She was a lifelong active helper and co-worker as a pastor's wife, for 65 years. She...

Edward J. Purdy was greeted in Heaven by his wife, Joan on September 3, 2005. Ed was born on July 21, 1924 in Topeka the son of James and Bertha Foster Purdy. Ed was an Army veteran and served in WWII as a marksman rifleman. He was employed as a bricklayer for Jayhawk Masonry for many years before retiring in...

Relda M. Stites, 75, of Silver Lake, passed away Tuesday, August 30 at Stormont Vail Regional Health Center.She was born October 29, 1929 at Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Earl M. Smith and Mary Catherine Leer Smith.She was a graduate of Hershey Jr.-Sr. High School and attended Hershey Jr. College, both in Hershey, PA.She was a...

Roberta May Wilson Daniel, 89, formerly of Topeka, passed away Friday, August 26, 2005 at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.She was born August 30, 1915 in Altoona, Kansas, the daughter of Seward E. Wilson, Sr., and Mary L. Canty Wilson.Mrs. Daniel graduated from the College of Emporia with a BS degree in education, and from Emporia State University...

Carroll D. Thomson, 80, of Topeka, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. He was born Sept. 7, 1924 in Gatesville, TX, the son of Samuel D. and Eunice Vituria Logan Thomson. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II. He was in the Naval reserve after World War II. He retired from USD 501 in 1986. He was...

Death NoticeHazel Louise Brooks, 89 of Topeka, died Thursday, August 2 5, 2 005 at McCrites Health Care Center. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, November 4, 19 15, daughter of Samuel Perry and Florence May Chapman Jacobs. She went all eight grades to Rural Sharon Dist. No. 9 School, North of Burlingame and graduated from Burlingame High School in...

Jane M. Hergenreter, 89, of Topeka died Thursday, August 25, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born Dec. 12, 1915 in Topeka, the daughter of George and Katharine McDermott. She married William Hergenreter. He died March 5, 1998. She was survived by her close friends. A mermorial service will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 at St....

Downer M. Tyler, 87, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2005. He was born June 19, 1918 in Kirwin, the son of James M. and Nelle Hull Tyler. He had lived in Topeka since 1974.Mr. Tyler was a rural carrier for the U.S. Postal Service before he retired in 1979, with 30 years of government service. He previously...

Rev. Robert Brown Craig, 87, Lee's Summit, Missouri, died Monday, August 22, 2005 at his home.He was born Nov. 20, 1917 in Miami, Oklahoma, the son of Fred H. and Eva Brown Craig. He discerned his call early in like, preaching to the cows and chickens on his father's farm between Haviland and Lewis, Kansas.His devout grandmother, Rosa Mardock Brown,...