George C. Walton, Sr., 71, of Topeka, passed away, Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. He was born January 6, 1936 in Birmingham, Alabama the son of Luther and Ethel Tolbert Walton. Mr. Walton was an Army Veteran and resided in Topeka over 50 years. George worked for Langley Recycling 34 years. He was a member of...

Lt. Col. John W. "Bill" Briery, USAF (Ret) passed away at home on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007. A lifelong Topeka resident, John was born in Topeka on May 31st, 1924. He graduated from Topeka High in 1942 and then enlisted in the U S Army Air Corp in March, 1943. After his return from active duty, he attended both Washburn...

Judith "Judy" K. Hay, 64, of Wakarusa, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2007 at her home. She was born on April 30, 1942 in Topeka, the daughter of Clayton and Jackie T. Burke Powers. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1960. She was employed by Jostens Yearbook Company for 28 years before retiring in 2002. Judy married...

Willie Mae Jordan, 64, formerly of Topeka, passed away on Friday, February 23, 2007 at a Columbia, MO hospital. She was born on October 18, 1942 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the daughter of Willie and Tennie Lee Spriggs Purnell. She had resided in Topeka since 1983 before moving to Columbia in 2004. Survivors include her children, Maxine McCoy-Hamilton (AD), Timothy Townsend...

Orville James Rule, 78, Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at his residence.Orville was born November 24, 1928 in Lawrence, the son of Tom and Irene (Corbin) Rule. He worked as a crane operator at a sand plant in Lawrence and operated Rule's Blacksmith and Welding in Overbrook and Topeka since 1971, and recently retired due to health...

Dorothy F. Farrell, 87, of Topeka, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2007 at Brewster Place in Topeka. She was born on November 4, 1919 in Valley Falls, the daughter of Raymond J. and Helen Smith Haslett. She graduated from Topeka High School. Dorothy had lived in South Dakota from 1956 before returning to Topeka in 1986 where she had...

Leslie R. Bergin, 55, of Topeka, Kansas passed away, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at Midland Hospice House. He is survived by his three children, Lucas Bergin, Kathleen Irish, and Kristen Bergin, three brothers, Steven, Jeffrey, and Jonathan Bergin and one grandchild. Leslie worked for the Topeka Rescue Mission and was a member of Covenant Baptist Church. Memorial services will be...

Clara Alice Kingen, 91, Overbrook, formerly of Russell, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2007.She was born January 17, 1916, the daughter of Jess W. and Mary Rose Hummel.Clara was a graduate of Brown Mackey School of Salina. She worked most of her life for Chet Roberts in the oil business. She loved the Lord, her family, natures beauty and...

Joseph A. Bruce, 79, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at his home. He was born on December 31, 1927 in Topeka, the son of Lloyd R. and Lorena Walker Bruce, Sr.. He was a life long Topeka resident. He was employed as an adjustor for the State of Kansas. He attended Shiloh Baptist Church. Joseph married...

Miriam L. Steves, 96, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2007 at her home. She was born on September 1, 1910 in Galveston, TX, the daughter of Horace and Laura Stanford Long. She lived most of her life in Topeka. She was a homemaker for most of her life before she and her husband opened Steves Type Shop...

Margaret L. Gray, 86September 7, 1920Of Topeka and born and raised in Anthony, KansasShe lived during her childhood in nearby Freeport, KS.She passed away at the Plaza West Regional Nursing Home in Topeka, Kansas on January 31, 2007 after a brief stay. She had been in St. Francis Hospital since January 1, 2007 from having suffered a fall. She was...

Kathleen Ellen McClellan, 74, Topeka, KS, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 at Aldersgate Village.She was born Oct. 14, 1932 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of William Shephard and Elsie Kelly Therrien. She graduated from Madison High School, Madison Heights, MI, and received an Associate Degree from Oakland Community College, Oakland, MI in 1983.Mrs. McClellan was employed as a technical writer...

Robert W. Schaffer, 63, of Tecumseh, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2007 at his residence. He was born on October 13, 1943 in Wichita, the son of Phillip D. and Bertha Herl Schaffer. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Robert married Edwina "Nina" Tillery on September 13,...

Vinnie Lena Bulmer, 85, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at a Topeka care facility. She was born on September 5, 1921 in Wagner, OK, the daughter of James F. and Minnie L. Edwards Stockwell. She resided in Topeka since 1940. She was the head cook for Highland Villa Nursing Home. She was a member of East...

Melanie S. Moss, 39, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2007 in Lincoln, ILL. She was born February 28, 1967, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Blaine and Lois Moss and grew up in the Berryton area.She graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in 1985, and attended Kaw Valley Vocational –Technical School. Melanie was a member of the...

Choice B. Young, 67, of Topeka, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on August 25, 1939 in Marvell, Arkansas, the daughter of Willie O. and Rosetta Ford Young. She moved to Topeka in 1964. She was a member of True Vine Missionary Baptist Church. Choice married Edward Mitchell. He preceded...

Harriet "Betty" Johnson Wallace, 92, of Topeka, passed away sunday, January 21, 2007 at Atria Hearthstone where she had been living for the last five months. She was born August 14, 1914 at Wamego, KS, the daughter of Raymond W. amd Harriet St. John Johnson. She grew up in Wamego and later lived on a farm east of Tecumseh.Betty attended...

Ernest S. Bud Horton, 83, Topeka, died January 11, 2007 at his home. He was born May 18, 1923, in Portland, Oregon to Halbert G. Horton and Lura E. Horton. Bud came to Topeka in 1929 along with his older brother and sister, Hal and Betty, who preceded him in death. Bud attended schools in Topeka and elsewhere and graduated...

Kyle Freeman, infant son of Staci Freeman and John Reeder passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2007.Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2007 at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery.Newcomer Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.NewcomerFamily.com

A sparkling light came into our hearts and brightened our lives. Ryan Madison Ferrer, 4 months old, was born 28 August 2006 in Topeka, daughter of Eric C. and Michelle (Cannon) Ferrer. Now she is in heaven as a bright star sharing her smile with all the angels.Ryan passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2007.Survivors include her parents; and grandparents,...