V. Beth Stratmann, 76, of Topeka, died Saturday, January 22, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on September 30, 1928 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Arthur L. and Estelle Carpenter Summer. Beth graduated from Baylor University with a degree in nursing and worked in that field prior to meeting and marrying the love of her life Bert...

Raymond L. "Mac" McDaniel, 76, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2005.He was born in Yates Center, KS on June 20, 1928, the son of Oscar L. and Bessie G. Williams McDaniel. Mr. McDaniel worked for Southwestern Bell in Hutchinson, Independence and Topeka and retired in 1986 after 38 years of service.He married Marjorie Lee Steele on June...

Mary Thomas Brown, 82, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2005.Mrs. Brown was born February 25, 1922 in Sullivan County, Missouri, the daughter of John Samuel and Wilma Lucille Triplett Thomas. She grew up on a farm near Harris, MO. and attended Business college in Chilicothe, MO.She worked for Pratt & Whitney during WWII and had been an...

Mary Thomas Brown, 82, of Topeka passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2005.Mrs. Brown was born February 25, 1922 in Sullivan County, Missouri, the daughter of John Samuel and Wilma Lucille Triplett Thomas. She grew up on a farm near Harris, MO. and attended Business college in Chilicothe, MO.She worked for Pratt & Whitney during WWII and had been an...

ROBERT WARREN HESSRobert W. Hess, 86, of Topeka died January 19, 2005 at a Topeka nursing home. He was born on November 11, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska to John Raymond and Verna Burdette Hess. Mr. Hess graduated from Topeka High School in 1937 and attended Kansas University in Lawrence. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was...

Evan L. Davis, 91, of Topeka, died Monday, January 17, 2005 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on April 12, 1913 in Emporia, Ks., the son of Ivor E. and Elizabeth Jones Davis. He graduated from Topeka High School and obtained an Architecture Degree from Kansas State University. He was a major donor to Kansas State Univeristy and the...

Emmett E. Green, 81, Topeka passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005 at his home. He was born Nov. 12, 1923 in Topeka the son of Jasper W. and Anna M. Walters Green. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years and was a veteran of World War II. He was headquartered at the Norfolk Naval Base in Norfolk, VA....

Doyle T. Sumner, 81, passed away in his home on January 13, 2005, after a lengthy illness. Doyle was born on August 29, 1923 in Vona, Colorado where he lived with his parents, Dee and Luiza Randolph Sumner, brother Lee and sister Velma until the family moved to Burr Oak, Kansas when he was small. He graduated from Burr Oak...

Betty J. Stitt Elder, 88, of Topeka, died Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at Midland Hospice House. She was born on August 17, 1916 in Topeka, the daughter of Byron F. and Dale F. Isreal Stitt. She graduated from Highland Park High School. She was employed by Crosby Brothers. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She was active with...

Robert Lewis Morris, Sr., 78, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully of heart failure at a Topeka hospital on Jan. 11, 2005. He was born Sept. 28, 1926 in Little Rock Ark., the son of Benjamin and Lucille Roberts Morris. He had lived in Kansas City, MO since 1946, when he graduated from Missouri School for the Deaf. He...

Joseph L. Gross, 83, Topeka died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005 at a local hospital. He was born Oct. 14, 1921 in Burnsville, Miss. the son of Thomas and Miriam Ford Gross. He married Dorothy L. Mitchell May 10, 1942 in Las Vegas, NV, she died March 31, 1996. Joseph enlisted in the Army in 1938 and retired in 1965. He...

Alice Porter, 94, of Goff, passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2004 at a Topeka Hospice House.She was born July 31, 1910 in the Wetmore community, the daughter of Dawson and Matilda McRoberts Hall. She lived in the Wetmore and Goff communities her entire life.She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter , two brothers and six sisters. Survivors...

Eugene F. Hill, 80, of Topeka, died Wednesday, January 5, 2005 at his residence. He was born on October 16, 1924 in Topeka, the son of Ernest and Frances Getty Hill Olson. He was raised by his mother and step-father, Frank Olson. He graduated from Topeka High School. He was employed in the construction field as a carpenter and Southwestern...

Pearl J. Engstrom, 85, Topeka, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005 at Plaza West Regional Health Center. She was born July 3, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of James N. and Myrtle M. Barger Lydic. Pearl was a member of University United Methodist Church. She served for over 30 years as a Deputy Sheriff for the Shawnee County Sheriff's Department. She...

Vivian Rogers, 76, of Topeka, formerly of Carbondale, passed away, Wednesday, January 5, 2004 at Lexington Park in Topeka. She was born November 22, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN the daughter of Torbjorn and Martha Blegen Kommedahl. Vivian was an active member of Wanamaker Woods Church of the Nazarene. She was a former member of the Covenant Church in Scranton. She...

Margaret "Peg" Perdue, 81, Topeka, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 at a Topeka retirement center. She was born on November 2, 1923 in Junction City, Kansas the daughter of Frederick Nyle and Florence Nickels Archer. She was raised in Wichita and attended Wichita State University. She graduated cum laude from Wasburn University in Topeka. Mrs. Perdue was a social worker...

Billy D. Lyda, 77, of Topeka, died Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at Manor Care Health Center. He was born on October 10, 1927 in Alanta, Missouri, the son of Orbra Ray and Flossie Clarice Sackett Lyda. Bill joined the Santa Fe Railway in Topeka in 1943. In 1945, he joined the Army/Air Force where he obtained the rank of Corporal...

Dr. David Merle Bryan, 83, of Topeka died on Monday January 3, 2005 after an extended illness.He was born on June 9, 1921 in Peoria, Illinois, the oldest of 9 children of Sibyl and Clifford Bryan. When he was 8 years old, his family returned to their ancestral home in Howell County in south-central Missouri where he grew up on...

Melvina N. Long, 100, Topeka, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 at Stormont-Vail Hospital.She was born April 26, 1904 in Netawaka, the daughter of James Christian and Anna Marie Dorothy Peterson Nelson. She was raised in Netawaka and graduated from Netawaka High School. She came to Topeka with her parents in the mid 1920s.She received a teachers certificate from Emporia State...

Mary M. Reeder, 83, Topeka, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. Mary was born May 14, 1921 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Carlyle R. and Nellie M. Masterson Bell. She was raised in Salina, and came to Topeka in 1957. She was a member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. She was married to Paul Gabler...