Gary M. Boman, 46, Topeka, passed away Monday, Feb. 20, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital.He was born Jan. 9, 1960 in Wichita, the son of Charles and Jean Boman. He moved with his family to Topeka in 1966. Gary graduated from Topeka Lutheran School in 1974, and Topeka High School in 1978. He attended St. John's University, Winfield and Washburn...

Clyde Dean Cohagen, 62, passed away Monday, February 20, 2006 at his residence in Topeka. Clyde was born June 20, 1943 in Rust Texas, the only son of Clyde and Marvelle McCagrin Cohagen. Clyde grew up in Arp Texas, where he graduated from High School, and later attended Tyler Community College in Tyler, TX. While living in Texas, Clyde was...

Russell Nick Olliso Sr., 79, went to be with his Lord and wife, Thursday, February 16, 2006 from residence. Mr. Olliso was born in Topeka on August 17, 1926 to Samuel A. and Rosa Sasso Olliso, the 12th of a family of 13, and grew up in the Topeka area. Mr. Olliso was a veteran of WWII, serving in the...

Ronald A. Payne, 73, Berryton, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Ronald was born on October 25, 1932 in Topeka, the son of Arthur W. and Bessie Fay Payne. He spent his youth in Topeka, and graduated from Topeka High School. Ronald served his country as a Corporal in the Army, and was stationed...

Ellen Pearl Roberts, 86, of Topeka, passed away, Monday, February 13, 2006 at her home. She was born May 12, 1919 in Topeka, the daughter of Lewis F. and Zella F. (Janes) Wilson. Mrs. Roberts worked as an elevator operator at the Mills Building several years. Ellen was a member of the East Topeka United Methodist Church. She married Z....

Alvin J. May, 78, Topeka, KS died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at Fairlawn Heights Nursing Home.He was born March 25, 1927, in Tegarden, OK the son of Albert and Thelma 'Lenz' May.Alvin was in the U.S. Navy and Army Reserve. He worked for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. After that he was a General Construction worker. He married Mary Ann...

Marjorie E. Iwig, 83, passed away, Sunday, February 12, 2006, at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. She was born on December 30, 1922, the daughter of Arthur and Ruth Stover Dister. Living in the Topeka area her entire life, she grew up on a farm located on the fertile bottoms of North Topeka. She graduated from Seaman High School in...

Laura M. Hogle, 88, of Topeka, passed away Thursday February 9, 2006 under the loving care of Heart of America Hospice and Lexington Park Nursing Center. She was born October 14, 1917, the only daughter of James Lemen and Ethel Brownlee Lemen. She married Ernest C. Williams in Kansas City, MO in June of 1935. They were divorced in 1952....

Mike (Miguel) M. Almaguer, 86, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2006. Mike was born September 29, 1919 in Topeka, son of Juan and Cipriana Almaguer. He attended Topeka Public Schools. He served in the United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946 and was stationed in Burma, India. During his time of service, he was...

Jo Ann Stevenson, 60, of Berryton, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2006 at a Topeka hospital. She was born on December 22, 1945 in Topeka, the daughter of John and Betty McCarter Meek. She graduated from Highland Park High School in 1963. Jo was employed by American Home Life Insurance Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and then was employed...

Olive M. Schutz, 83, passed away January 24, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston- Salem NC after a short illness. Born August 21, 1922, in Wakarusa, the daughter of Horace A. and Dessie Irene Jordan, Olive lived her life in the Wakarusa and Berryton area until 2000. After the passing of her husband of 58 years, Earl L. Schutz,...

Linda Russell CornelisonLinda Cornelison, age 57 of Topeka died Sunday surrounded by family and friends at a Topeka Hospital following an extended illness. Linda and her husband Jerry lived in Ozawkie for 18 years prior to moving to Topeka in 2004. At her request, her body has been cremated. The family will have a private inurnment at the Crowley cemetery...

Joan StichJoan Louise (Dowdin) Stodden Stich, 67, Topeka, Kansas, passed away, January 17, 2006 in Topeka. She was last employed by USD 501 as a Bus Para-Professional. Joan was born October 13, 1938 in Yuba City, CA, the daughter of Robert Ellis and Eva Belle (Collins) Dowdin, both preceding her in death. Survivors include a brother, Robert Lewis Dowdin, Atlanta,...

Robert J. "Fats" Fairchild, Sr, 81, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at Aldersgate Village with family members by his side, after a long illness.Fats served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was involved in battles in Okinawa and Luzon. He was an auto refinisher and had worked at various car dealerships in Topeka....

Margaret "Toots" Kearney, 88, passed away January 15, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born October 5, 1917 in Garnett, the daughter of Jim and Bertha Kibby. Margaret and her parents moved to Topeka when she was at an early age. She attended schools in the Topeka area. Margaret married Everett L. Kearney in 1936 at Oskaloosa....

Andre Leon Baker Jr., 23, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 in Topeka. He is survived by his mother, father, sister, two brothers, grandparents and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Andre will lie in state from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday...

Sharif M. Munn, Sr., 25, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at a Topeka hospital emergency room. He was born on April 6, 1980 in Topeka, the son of Lorenzo and Valandia L. Munn Latimore. He graduated from Highland Park High School in 1998 and was attending Washburn University. Survivors include his father, Lorenzo Latimore of Columbia,...

Emily C. "Babe" Tilton, 96, Topeka, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 at a Topeka care center.She was born Jan. 18, 1909 in Chapman, the youngest of seven children born to Herman and Wilhamina "Minnie" Staatz."Babe", as she was known to all her friends, owned and operated Babe's Beauty Nook at 604 South Kansas Ave. for many years.She married Kenneth Tilton...

Clarence "Tuffy" Kellogg, 83, of Topeka, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. "Tuffy" was born on December 15, 1922 in Glasco, the son Leonard and Jessie Kellogg. He lived in Oregon for the first nine years of his life. He had two brothers, Larry and Ken, both deceased and a sister, Evelyn Benson...

Thomas H. Lambert, 81 died at his home January 5, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Lambert was born January 22, 1924 in Ringold, Oklahoma. He was the son of John and lone Lambert. He moved to Texas with his family when he was four years old. Mr. Lambert served in the South Pacific during WWll. He served in the...