Claude E. "Doc" Stafford, 77, of Topeka passed away Saturday, March 12 at a local hospital.He was born July 10, 1927 in Topeka, the son of William Edward and Elsie Stafford.He attended Topeka High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps where in his first year he flew 129 combat missions over Europe. He then re-enlisted and was assigned...

Clyde ("Buddy") EddsClyde Harvey ("Buddy") Edds, age 83, passed away March 12, 2005, in Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Edds was a plasterer in the Topeka area for several years, and subsequently became a supervisor for Bob Florence Contractors. Later, he worked as a Civil Inspector for Fluor Engineers, Irvine, California, on jobs in Alaska and Saudi Arabia, and retired from that...

Dorothy S. Byers Smith, 88, of Topeka, died March 10, 2005 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas. She was eleven days shy of her 89th birthday. She had been in failing health since 1990, following the first of three heart attacks and open heart surgery. In February, 2005, she suffered a small stroke, and came to stay at hospice. Her...

Melva R. Lane, 82, of Topeka, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. She was born January 4, 1923 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Hiram Davis and Bertha Rowena Bowman Sturm. Melva was a graduate of Topeka High School and attended Strickler's Business College.She had worked as a medical transcriber retiring from the Colmery-O'Neil Veterans Administration Hospital....

R. Marceil Ferguson, 75, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday March 9 at a local care facility.She was born June 2, 1929 in Valley Falls, the daughter of Raymond and Ruby Cook Henderson.She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1948. She was retired from the State of Kansas Insurance Dept. She married Harvey N. Ferguson on December 19, 1948 in...

Lyle D. Cherry, 70, of Topeka, passed away Monday, March 7 2005 at a local care facility.Lyle was born December 21, 1934 in Luray, KS , the son of Warren and Mary Chrisler Cherry.He graduated from Luray High School in 1952. He attended Fort Hays State University for two years. He moved to Topeka in 1978 and remained there for...

Marguerite H. Minnis Hanlon, 96, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2005 at a local care center.Mrs. Hanlon was born July 11, 1908 in Stafford, KS.She was married to Hubert Hanlon. He preceded her in death in 1970. She was also preceded in death by a son, Richard Hanlon in 1977.A Memorial Service will be on Wednesday, March 9,...

Betty Jo Letourneau Mrs. Betty Jo Letourneau, 68, of Topeka, died Friday evening, March 4, 2005, at Stormont-Vail Hospital Regional Health Care Center in Topeka. She was born Jan. 30, 1937, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of Harold E. and Louise E. Knaup Vaughan. Betty received a bachelor s degree in nursing from Marymount College in Salina. She worked...

Ardith I. Tharp, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2005 at a Topeka care facility. She was born on January 17, 1917 in Marionville, Missouri, the daughter of William A. and Nona Pendleton Stogsdill. She resided in Missouri, Wichita and Emporia until moving to Topeka in 1956. She was co-owner of A&B Bumper Supply. She was a...

Lynda R. Ramsey, 61, Topeka, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 5, 2005.Lynda was born August 6, 1943 in Wichita, the daughter of Claudie A. Morris and Elaine Taylor. She grew up in Chanute.She retired from the State of Kansas after 24 years of service with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Hobbies included quilting, reading ,cooking...

Mary Lee Smith, 78, Topeka passed away at her home on Friday, March 4, 2005.She was born January 26, 1927 in Northern Lyon County, Kansas, the daughter of Franklin Thomas and Maud Higgins Shepherd who were long time residents of Lyon County.Mary attended District 46 Grade School. She graduated from Miller High School in 1945. Upon graduation, Mary and her...

E. Mary McNish, 81, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on March 28, 1923 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles F. and Ada Owens Pomeroy. She was a life-long Topeka resident. She was employed by Hallmark Cards for 25 years before retiring. She was a member of Highland Park United...

Margaret Isolina Peak Wiley passed away with her family by her side at St. Luke's Hospital on Monday, February 28, 2005. She was born in the family home in Topeka on February 14, 1926. She was the only child of Eugene Peak and Lenora Pierce Peak. She married Donald Earl Wiley, of Enumclaw, Washington on August 5, 1948, he survives....

Mary Elizabeth "Sue" Woody, 77, Topeka died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at a local care facility. She was born April 19, 1927 in Oklahoma City, OK ,the daughter of George and Grace Shumate Tharp. Mary graduated from Excelsior Springs High School in 1945. She was a member of Church of Christ at California Acres, Topeka, Kansas.Sue represented the image of...

Juanita J. Davenport, 71, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on December 18, 1933 in Agricola, Kansas, the daughter of Keith and Elizabeth Collins Surbaugh. She lived in Topeka most of her life. She was employed by KNI as a licensed mental health technician. She married Guy M. Davenport on...

Barbara (Bobbie) Jean Knight, 81, Topeka, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2005 at Midland Hospice House.Bobbie was born September 8, 1923 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Claude R. and Emma Veta Rockwell Currence.She was a homemaker as well as having partime work at Capital Federal, Royal Typewriter and Sweda Cash Register. She has been a member of Highland...

Lois A. Dill, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on May 12 1913 in Bellingham, Washington, the daughter of William F. and Susie Anderson Graham. After graduating from Tarkio College in Tarkio, Missouri, she started her teaching career in rural Rice County in a one room school. Later she...

Raymond H. Lowrey, 87, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005 at Midland Hospice House from complications following heart surgery.Mr. Lowrey was born Sept. 30, 1917 in Greenfield, Mo., the son of John T. and Cora Louise Lowrey. He moved with his family to Topeka in 1932.Mr. Lowrey was an electrician from 1952 until his retirement in 1983. He...

Phyllis James, 75, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, February 26 at Midland Hospice House.She was born June 21, 1929 in Ellsworth, the daughter of Daniel Cowie and Louise Hopp.She graduated from Topeka High School and attended Washburn University. She went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone, retiring after thirty five years. She was active in quilting, antiques and gardening. She...

Lyle G. Peek, 52, of Gladstone, MO, passed away, Wednesday, February 23 at the Colmery-O'Niell Veteran's Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas.He was born April 21, 1952 in Torrington, WY, the son of Lyle and Clara Peek.He enlisted in the Army at the age of seventeen and completed his education at the American High School in Frankfurt, West Germany. He was...