Lula Vogel Evans, 95, Topeka, died February 6, 2010 at McCrite Retirement Community. She was born July 6, 1914 at Stuttgart, Kansas, the daughter of John and Margaret (Veeh) Vogel. She graduated from Phillipsburg High School, and then traveled to Topeka to attend nurses training.Mrs. Evans was a graduate of the Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing in the class...

Norma M. Wilden, 81, Topeka, formerly of Hastings, Nebraska, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.Norma was born January 20, 1929 in Wymore, Nebraska to Delbert and Anna Morris. Norma was the fourth of seven children. Her parents, her sisters Ione and Audrey, and her brothers Richard, Dean and Gary preceded her in death. One surviving brother, Robert Morris, resides...

Ledeff White, 84, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at his home in Topeka, Kansas after a long illness under hospice care. Ledeff was born August 16, 1925 in Highland, Arkansas to the union of Ollie White and Annie Mae Conway. He served in the Navy on the USS Cascade as a First Steward on "The Bunker Hill First Class"....

Lois Jean Jackson, 81 years young, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, January 29, 2010. She was a Topeka native and worked 49 years for the state of Kansas, beginning her years of service at Topeka State Hospital and ending at Kansas Neurological Institute. She was born February 8, 1928 to Thelma Marie and Perry Arthur Woolridge. She...

Lois Faye Bisel, 92, of Topeka, passed away Jan. 22, 2010. She was born Jan. 17, 1918 in Auburn, Ks., the daughter of George and Mary Elizabeth Bass. Lois married Marvin Albert Bisel on Nov. 15, 1942, and the couple remained married 65 years.Lois worked at Morrells meat packing plant in Topeka before starting her family. She later operated a...

Charles Robert "Jack" Maxwell, 88, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Westwood Manor. He was born on May 1, 1921 in Topeka, Kansas to Charles B. and Elsie (Knauber) Maxwell. Jack was a graduate of Topeka High School. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving during WWII where he earned a purple heart for wounds received...

Freeman A. Meely Sr., 38, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at his home. He was born September 9, 1971, at Lawton Oklahoma, the son of Allen William Meely and Beatrice Lizzie (Proctor) Meely. Freeman was raised in Oklahoma, and moved to Topeka in 1997. He married Kimberly K. Lake on February 23, 2000. She survives. He...

Morley Westfall Greis, 90, of Topeka, died Sunday January 17, 2010 at Aldersgate Village. She was born April 9, 1919, in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of George and Emma Westfall. She married Thurman O. Greis on June 21, 1941 in St. Louis. She is survived by her husband; sons, David T. Greis of Kansas City, MO, Barry Greis and...

Belinda Marie Lewis, 49, of Topeka, sun went down on Saturday, January 16, 2010. She was born on August 22, 1960 in Paola, the daughter of James Roland and Beverly Dillard Lewis. Survivors include her children, Maya Brown, Jason Wright, two grandchildren, Solomon and Selena Brown, her father, her fiance, Robert Coats, her siblings, Brenda Holbert, James Mandell Lewis, her...

John E. McElroy III, husband, father, brother, uncle, friend, public servant, and cop died a second time on Friday, January 15, 2010. This time, he won't be coming back. John died a couple of years ago of a sudden cardiac event. Later, eyes twinkling, he would tell family and friends he'd died but was "rejected" and "sent back."John retired early...

Willis Leon Beller, MD, 95, passed away on January 15, 2010 at his home in Topeka. Dr. Beller was born February 26, 1914 in Russell, Kansas, the youngest son and middle child of Willis David Beller and Mary Stella Newcomer Beller. He married Rose Olivia Riblet in 1940. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend and neighbor....

Reta L. Britt, 84, of Topeka, formerly of Junction City, KS passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at her home. She was born on November 16, 1925 in San Diego, CA, to Ralph F. and Marie L. Leyva Carrier. Reta married Woodrow W. Rainwater. They were blessed with six children, Kenneth J. Rainwater, Reta L. Rainwater, Robert A. Rainwater,...

Wallace Richard Czyzewski, age 88, of Topeka, Kansas (formally of Southbridge, MA) passed away December 30, 2009. He was born on October 17, 1921 in Southbridge, MA to Frank and Stephania Czyzewski. He is survived by his wife Jane, daughter, Mare, and husband John Rockefeller, son, Rick, and wife Cathy Czyzewski, grandchildren Cory and Shayne Czyzewski, Nick, Luke, and Molly...

Larry W. Magill, Jr., 61, of Topeka, Kansas passed away January 6, 2010, under the care of Midland Hospice. Larry was born on November 30, 1948, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Larry W. Magill and Marjorie M. (Holm) Magill Haub. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Economics in 1970 and served in the Kansas...

Pauline Penney, beloved sister, aunt, and friend, died peacefully at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, KS on Jan. 6, 2010. She was born in Gainesville, AR to William Albert and Dora (Walker) Penney on Jan. 13, 1921. She attended school at Oak Grove. Upon the death of her mother, she moved to Ohio to seek employment. She later returned to Gainesville...

Ralph E. Liggett, 84, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2010 at a Topeka care facility. He was born on March 28, 1925 in Melvern, KS, the son of Jason T. and Vera G. Place Liggett. He was a Navy veteran of WWII. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after many years of service. Ralph was an...

Bill was born on 28 Sept 1945 in Mena, Arkansas and was raised in central California before joining the Army and being stationed in Germany. After his discharge he began a long career in Telecommunications which ultimately brought him to Topeka in the late nineties. He passed away December 11th of this year of natural causes in his home. He...

Eugene D. Preston, 75, of Topeka, died Sat. January 2, 2010 at Topeka Community Health Care Center. He was born November 7, 1934 in Lockwood, MO, the son of Irvin Isaac and Muriel Etlena Preston. Eugene attended Greenfield High School in Greenfield, MO. He served in the US Navy for 4 years, serving in post Korean War. After his military...

George E. Robbins, 87, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was born on November 9, 1922 in Duke, MO, the son of Thomas and Maudie Robbins. He was an Army veteran. George married Dorothy Mae Taylor on June 7, 1946 in Rolla, MO. She preceded him in death on August...

Jeffrey Silverman, 58, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2010 after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer.Jeff was born in Massachusetts and has resided in Kansas the past 23 years.He had worked at Payless Shoe Source and currently had his own import business.Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Mary Lou, and sons, Dustin and T.J.; and brother,...