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Ruth E. Callahan

Ruth E. Callahan

Ruth E. Callahan, 92, Topeka, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2008 at Clare Bridge of Topeka.Ruth was born October 22, 1915 in Goff, Kansas the daughter of John Sherman and Hettie Edith (Barnes) Sourk. She graduated from Goff Rural High School in 1933 and then attended and graduated from Cosmetology school in Topeka.She worked as a hairdresser at the...

Lewis Pressgrove

Lewis Pressgrove

Lewis R. Pressgrove, 80, of Tecumseh, passed away on Sunday, August 24. 2008 at his home. He was born on March 1, 1928 in Tecumseh, the son of Ben L. and Irma L. Engelke Pressgrove. He lived his entire life in the Tecumseh community. He attended Tecumseh North Elementary School, Hayden High School. He was an Army veteran, serving in...

Dolores D. Rasdall

Dolores D. Rasdall

Dolores D. Rasdall, 75, Topeka, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 at Midland Hospice House.She was born May 13, 1933 in Downs, the daughter of Corrine A. Nunn Burger-Luthi.She came to Topeka in 1957. Dolores worked in the grocery business for 23 years as office manager for Dibbles. She later worked as a paraprofessional for...

Charlene Jackson

Charlene Jackson

Charlene M. Jackson, 72, passed away Thurs., Sept. 25, 2008. Charlene was born March 5, 1936 to Leslie and Beulah Jackson, the youngest of thirteen children. She graduated from Atchison High School and moved to Topeka in 1950.Charlene was previously employed with KNI. She was a member of Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church and was a member of Laura Thurston Temple...

Elizabeth Habiger

Elizabeth Habiger

Elizabeth "Joan" Habiger, 77, Topeka, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at a local hospital.Joan was born October 23, 1930 in Baldwin City, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Newland) Williams. She graduated from Ottawa High School in 1949.Joan married Anthony Habiger on September 3, 1949 in Ottawa. He survives. Other survivors include daughters, Rebecca Magee, Sandra (Orville) Myers,...

Roland C. Stephan

Roland C. Stephan

Lt. Roland Curtis "Steve" Stephan, 81, a resident of the Rossville and Willard area, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 at the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center.He was born Aug. 3, 1927 in Nortonville, the son of Harvey Lee and Hazel Pauline Curtis Stephan. He had lived in the Rossville/Willard area since 1972.Steve served in the US Navy for 27 years before...

Virgil O. Much

Virgil O. Much

Virgil O. Much, 89, Topeka, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at Eventide Convalescent Center. He was born July 9, 1919 in Stillwater, OK, the son of Otto L. and Inis Leona Barnes Much. He had resided in Topeka most of his life. Virgil was a WW 2 veteran of the US Army Air Corps. Mr. Much was retired from Southwestern...

Beverly Waggener

Beverly Waggener

Beverly J. Waggener, 78, of Topeka, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008. She was born May 22, 1930 in Sibley, Iowa, the daughter of Paul and Marjorie Bramblett. Beverly grew up in Spirit Lake, IA where she graduated high school. In 1952 she received her Bachelors in Music Education from Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, IA Beverly taught music...

Richardo Delatore

Richardo Delatore

Richardo "Rick" Delatore 57 years young was born the son of Salvatore and Marjorie Harvey Delatore on July 28, 1951 in Deadwood, SD. He died September 4, 2008 at his home in Topeka. Rick attended Topeka high school and was a graduate of WashburnUniversity with a Bachelors Degree in Social Work. Rick was a decorated Navy veteran. At the time...

Mina Reece

Mina Reece

Mina Jane Reece was born on April 8, 1918, in Topeka, Kansas to Ernest J. Jordan Sr. and Ella (Childs) Jordan. She had four sisters, Ruth Jordan Powers, Lena Jordan Gay, Edna Jordan, Louise Jordan Miller and a brother, Ernest J. Jordan Jr. whom all preceded her in death.She was a graduate of Topeka High School and was an employee...

Mary Mcginnis

Mary Mcginnis

Mary Catherine McGinnis, 81, of Topeka, passed away Sept. 20, 2008 at Midland Hospice House. She was born Aug. 8, 1927 in Elkins, West Virginia to Thomas William and Leona Mae (Rohrbaugh) Monahan. Mary married Claire L. McGinnis in 1952. He preceded her in death Dec. 22, 1978. She was also preceded in death by a brother Thomas F. Monahan....

Richard Martin

Richard Martin

Richard R. Martin, 98, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at a Topeka retirement community. He was born on August 20, 1910 in Tecumseh, MO, the son of Thomas O. and Bertha R. Garrett Martin. He was a grade school teacher, teaching 21 years in Missouri and 21 years in Kansas. Richard resided in Bloom, KS and...

Dorothy Christensen

Dorothy Christensen

Dorothy "Dot" Alice Christensen, 98, passed peacefully on Friday, September 5, 2008, at a Topeka retirement community. Dorothy was born September 27, 1909, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Claud and Alice Cox. She was married in 1935 to Marion M. Christensen. Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband and her son, Robert A. Christensen. She is survived by her grandchildren,...

G. Paul Belt

G. Paul Belt

G. Paul Belt, 58, Berryton, KS, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 following a sudden illness.He was born Jan. 11, 1950 in Norton, Kansas, the son of B.W. "Bill" and Amy Nell Drullinger Belt. He graduated from Norton High School and from Ft. Hays State University with a degree in microbiology.Paul worked at the Kansas Department of Health & Environment as...

Margaret Ewing

Margaret Ewing

Margaret E. Ewing, 79, Tecumseh, passed away Sun., Sept. 14, 2008.Margaret was born in Topeka, KS on Dec. 29, 1928, the last of four daughters born to John and Nellie (Peck) Frakes.She was a graduate of Highland Park High School and received an Associates Degree from Washburn University.Margaret married Merlin "Shorty" Ewing on Dec. 24, 1947. He preceded her in...

Timothy Kent Brady

Timothy Kent Brady

Timothy Kent Brady, 48, Overbrook, passed away Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 due to natural causes.He was born Oct. 7, 1959 in Topeka, the son of William (Bill) and Lu Mayer Brady. Tim graduated from Topeka West High School in 1977.He worked for Frito-Lay in many different positions for 27 years, and for the past year and a half, he drove...

Elbridge Bell

Elbridge Bell

Lt. Col. Elbridge "Jiggs" Bell, (Ret.) Elbridge "Jiggs" Bell, 83, of Topeka passed away, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Bell served in the U.S. Air Force 31 years, retiring as a Lt. Col. in 1973. He was a decorated veteran of WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Lt. Col. Bell was a command pilot and civil...

Paul Charles Porter

Paul Charles Porter

Paul Charles Porter, 58, of Topeka, passsed away on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at a Topeka hospital. He was born on Sunday, November 12, 1949 in Chicago, IL. Paul, known as "PCP", was born into the world known he would have to live in until he took his last breath. Paul was the fourth child born to the union of...

Alvin L. Swallow

Alvin L. Swallow

Alvin L. Swallow, 76, of Lawrence, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at a Lawrence retirement center. He was born on August 3, 1932 in Lawrence, the son of Vern and Esther Unger Swallow. He graduated from Berryton High School in 1951. Alvin was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He was employed by the Santa Fe...

Edna Wade

Edna Wade

Edna Mae Wade, 68, Carbondale, passed away Wed., Aug. 27, 2008, at Midland Hospice House.She was born on March 13, 1940, in Topeka, the daughter of Floyd and Marguerite Coffman.Edna married Robert G. Wade in Topeka on May 7, 1956. He survives.She was a loving wife of 52 years; mother, grandmother and great-grandmother!She enjoyed the outdoors; fishing, camping, boating; the...

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