James Phillip Weir, 89, Topeka, died Thursday, March 24, 2005 at a Topeka retirement home.He was born Nov. 18, 1915 in Topeka, the son of James and Minnie Doerner Weir. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1935.Mr. Weir joined Santa Fe Railway in 1937 as a machinist apprentice. He was promoted to machinist in 1941 and the following year...

Lena R. Morford, 78, of Auburn, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on May 26, 1926 in Killdeer, North Dakota, the daughter of George and Christine Geeze Vollmer. She moved to Topeka in 1951and moved to Auburn two years ago. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She married Chester...

Carol Ruth Yazell, 59, Topeka, passed away at a local hospital on Wednesday, March 25, 2005.Carol was born August 25, 1945 in Hannibal, MO, the daughter of Carl and Ruth Monroe Lundberg. She graduated from Palmyra High School in 1963 and Blessing School of Nursing,in Quincy, IL in 1966.She was employed at the Colmery-O'Neil V.A. Medical Center for 27 years...

Lawrence L. Crook, 92, Topeka died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at his home.He was born July 29, 1912 in Allen County, KS, the son of Walter and Bertha Peck Crook.Mr. Crook was co-founder, co-owner, and operator of Lawrence Freight Line and BC&R Storage, from which he retired in 1980. He attended Grace Bible Church.Mr. Crook was preceded in death by...

Nan Rebecca Long, 67, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at her home.She was born Dec. 24, 1937 in Augusta, Georgia, the daughter of William A. and Ludie E. Mims Wade. She graduated from Richmond Academy, Augusta, in 1956.Mrs. Long lived in Wellington from 1958 until coming to Topeka in 1962. She worked as a layout operator for Jostens for...

Emily M. Stevens, 78, of St. Joseph, MO, passed away Monday, March 21 at a St. Joseph hospital.She was born April 6, 1926 in Pleasant Hill, M0., the daughter of Russel C. and Margaret Watson Skidmore.She attended schools in Windsor and Eldon Missouri, and graduated from Jamesport High School in Jamesport,MO. in 1944. She then attended the Chillicothe Business College...

Freda A. Beam, 100, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 23 at Midland Hospice House.She was born March 18, 1905 in Carr Creek Township, Mitchell County, the daughter of Louise K. (Haseltine) and Ralph Leslie Norton.She graduated from Cawker City High School in 1923. After high school, she married R. Howard Beam on June 14, 1925 in Carr Creek, Mitchell...

Marybelle Bass, 89, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born in Atchison, KS the daughter of Floyd W. and Nancy Pitts Draper.She graduated from Topeka High School. Mrs. Bass was a member of West Side Christian Church where she served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Sunday School Department, served as a Sunday School Teacher, C.W.F....

Roberta A. "Bobbe" Clark, 81, Topeka, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born Oct. 19, 1923 in Delia, the daughter of Robert and Almina Redmon Keller, the youngest of ten children. She attended school at Blanden, a one-room school house on the Pottawatomie Indian reservation, west of Mayetta. At the age of nine, the family...

David Lee Gooch, 72, Guthrie, OK. Died Thursday, March 17, 2005, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. He was born April 9, 1932 in Chanute, Kansas, son of Norman and Eva Gooch.He spent his early life in the Madison, Kansas area. He graduated from Russell High School, in 1950, Russell, Kansas. He attended Sterling College two years before joining...

Ralph Dean Nolder, 57, Atlanta, Georgia, died Monday, March 14, 2005 in Atlanta.Mr. Nolder was born October 19, 1947 in Topeka, the son of George O. and Helen Newell Nolder. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1965. He received his BS from Washburn University in Topeka and his MEd from Georgia State University. He was a member of Alpha...

Walter Ivan Netson, 87, Topeka, died Friday, March 18, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center.He was born Aug. 9, 1917 in Cleburne, KS the son of William Allen and Ethel Pretz Netson.Walter attended Cleburne Schools in Cleburne, KS. He went to U.S. Army Quartermaster Schools, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth. Walter enlisted in the U.S. Army...

Emmadell Goodall Jones, 81, of Topeka, passed away, Thursday, March 17, 2005 at Midland Hospice. She was born May 13, 1923 in Amarillo, TX the daughter of John W. and Nettie McAboy Goodall. She had worked in the truck lines and later as a child care provider. Emmadell was a member of Oakland Christian Church. She was married to Arthur...

Ruth D. Gleason, 93, of Topeka, died, Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at Brewster Place. She was born August 20, 1911 in Scranton, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Emily Buttler Dangerfield. Ruth has resided in Topeka since 1917. She was a 1933 graduate of Washburn University. Ruth had been employed as a librarian with the Kansas State Historical Society. She...

Robert James Way, 80, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at a local hospice house.Mr. Way was born October 6, 1924 in Elmdale, Kansas, the son of James Walter and Agusta Elizabeth Dicker Way. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for over 30 years and retired in 1988.He was an elder and an active member of...

Patricia L. Blackman, 48, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, March 16 at Midland Hospice House.She was born December 11, 1956 in Topeka, the daughter of Duane and Inez Hamilton.She graduated from Topeka West High School in 1974. She attended Kaw Valley Vocational/ Technical School and Washburn University. She was a dedicated employee of Prudential Insurance for 26 years. She then...

Aleda Henrietta Anderson, 95, Topeka, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2005 at the Peggy Kelly House. Mrs. Anderson was born March 1, 1910 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Anton Peter Marius Sorensen and Henrietta Hansini Brillo Sorensen. She was the youngest of two brothers and four sisters.She graduated from Maccochaque grade school and Rosedale HS and worked...

Gerald K. Barker, 90, Topeka, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.He was born April 20, 1914 in Ottawa, KS, the only son of Guy K. and Sarah Ann Butterton Barker. He graduated from Ottawa High School, where he was an all-state basketball player. He then graduated from Ottawa University, receiving all-state basketball and football recognition. In 1988,...

Walter W. McFarland, 82, of Topeka, passed away suddenly, Monday, March 14, 2005 at his home. He was born October 30, 1922 in Coblenz, Germany the son of E.W. and Barbara Wagner McFarland. He graduated from Topeka High School in 1941 then immediately left for military service in the United States Army. He married Doris G. Patterson in 1943. After...

Roy A. Stane, 92, Topeka passed away, Saturday,March 12 at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born May 12, 1912 in El Paso, TX the son of Roy and Villa Ardoin Stane.In the early 1940's, Roy went to work for the A.T.& S.F. Railroad and before coming to Topeka was promoted to Construction Engineer for the West Coast lines....