OBITUARY: Mrs. Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Young Mrs. Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Young, 89, Topeka, KS, died Tues., April 25, 2006, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She was born Jan. 5, 1917, at Tollesboro, KY, the daughter of Edwin D. and Isa Lena (Walker) Singleton. Mrs. Young had worked for 25 years as a waitress and cook. She was a former member of...

Willie H. Brown, 61, of Meriden, passed away, Monday, April 24, 2006 at his home. Graveside services with military honors will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 29, 2006 at West Lawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Brown will lie in state after 12:00 noon Friday at the Penwell-Gabel Parker Price Chapel, 245 N.W. Independence Avenue, where the family will greet friends...

Goldie M. Falley, 100, Manhattan, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at her home.She was born in Kenasaw, NE February 11, 1906 the daughter of Frank and Della Currier. Mrs. Falley was a homemaker. She enjoyed making quilts for her family and reading. She was a longtime resident of Manhattan, Kansas.She married Joseph D. Falley in Lincoln, NE January 27, 1921....

OBITUARY: Mr. Myrle Lyman Bush Mr. Myrle Lyman Bush, 74, Topeka, KS, Thurs., April 20, 2006, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. He was born Jan. 28, 1932, at Geddes, SD, the son of Clifford Lyman and Rosie (Janousek) Bush. Myrle was a heavy equipment operator with Teamster Local # 541. He had served in the U.S. Army and was a...

OBITUARY: Mrs. Jennie Frances Hoffer Mrs. Jennie Frances Hoffer, 93, Topeka, died Tues., April 18, 2006, at Westwood Manor. She was born Oct. 9, 1912 at Osawatomie the daughter of Friend R. and Frances J. (Taylor) Mann. Before retiring she was a food service supervisor in the Seaman School District. Jennie was a member of Oakland United Methodist Church; Beulah...

Mary Isabelle Mast, 79, Topeka, passed away on Monday, April 17, 2006 at her residence.Mary was born July 30, 1926 in Perry, the daughter of Walter and Elsie (Abel) Thrower.Survivors include her children; Faye Bryant, Shirley Reece, Sharon Chason, Violet Smith, Sam Kanive, Jr, David Kanive, Frankie Kanive and Linda Alfrey; and numerous grandchildren.Private inurnment will be at a later...

OBITUARY: Earl M. "Buster" Frost Earl M. "Buster" Frost, 78, Topeka died Sat., April 15, 2006. He was born March 20, 1928, at Topeka the son of Earl A. and Madalene V. (Grey) Frost. Buster was a pressman at Adams Business Forms for 44 years and had served as the President of the union there. He was a member of...

OBITUARY: Mrs. Betty Lou Baker Mrs. Betty Lou (Davis) Baker, 72, Topeka, passed away Sat., April 15, 2006, at her home. She was born April 25, 1933, in Lawrence, KS to Roy Edward and Maxine Agnes (Cobb) Davis. She was graduated from Liberty Memorial High School, Lawrence and attended the University of Kansas. She was a member of Highland Park...

OBITUARY: David Vern Pence, Jr. David Vern Pence, Jr., 88, Topeka, died Fri., April 14, 2006, at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. He was born March 20, 1918 at Silver Lake, the son of Grace Myrtle (Frantz) Pence and David Vern Pence, Sr. Mr. Pence was a U.S. Army Air Force Veteran of World War II. He was a farmer and a...

OBITUARY: David Charles James David Charles James, 66, Topeka, died Fri., April 14, 2006, at his home. He was born July 26, 1939, at Libertyboro, PA the son of John Wilbur and Mary (Estochen) James. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol M. James, and a son, Lance K. James. Surviving are 2 daughters: Lori Vega of Topeka...

Lillie Mae "Lillian" Rook HarveyLillian 75, of Topeka, passed away, April 9, 2006 at Plaza West Care Center after a long bout with Leukemia and Diabetes. She was born November 3, 1930 in Colony, Kansas the daughter of Claude B. and Ada Ellen Hensley Rook. Lillian was a graduate of Iola High School and Allen County Junior College. Lillian taught...

Ralph T. Carter, 84, passed away at his home in Topeka, Saturday, April 8. 2006. Ralph was born in the Shorey area of North Topeka, November 19, 1921, the son of Joseph and Sigrid Johnson- Carter. He grew up in North Topeka and attended school in the Seaman School District. Ralph married Echo Ann Kelly on December 24, 1941 in...

Donald E. Woosley, 59, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at a Topeka care facility. He was born on November 14, 1946 in Topeka, the son of Kenneth and Beulah Randal Woosley. He was a life long Topeka resident. He married Ann Parrish in September of 1971. She survives. Other survivors include one step-son, Daniel Parrish and...

Ed Burgess, 55, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at his home. He was born on December 26, 1950 in Topeka, the son of Ralph and Doris I. Dennison Burgess. Ed graduated from Topeka High School in 1969. He was an Army veteran and had been employed by St. Francis Hospital. He was a member of Wood...

OBITUARY: June Marie Mossman June Marie Mossman, 81, of Topeka, KS, died Tuesday at 12:30 a.m., April 4, 2006, at her home. She was born Louise Marie Senter in Kansas City, MO on June 19, 1924. She was adopted immedicately after birth, by Loretta and Felix Eckerle, who changed her name to June Marie Eckerle. She attended Emporia High School....

OBITUARY: Elden L. Fritts Elden L. Fritts, 86, Topeka, joined his wife, Betty, and three brothers in heavenly peace in his sleep on Mon., April 3, 2006, at home in the care of his family after a short illness. He was born Dec. 24, 1919, in Ottawa, KS the son of Jessie and Zona (Lang) Fritts. Elden was a World...

OBITUARY: Mary Alice Spencer Mary Alice Spencer, 82, Topeka, died Fri., March 31, 2006, at her home. She was born Dec. 7, 1923, at Hoyt the daughter of Robert Frank and Cora C. (Laird) Miller. Mary had lived in Calif. from 1947 to 1951, when she moved back to Topeka. She worked as a nurses' aide at the Santa Fe...

OBITUARY: Azella "June" Green Azella "June" Green, 80, Topeka, died Wed., March 29, 2006 at Weslaco, TX. She was born Feb. 15, 1926, at Ionia, KS the daughter of Cassius Vernon and Nolene Elizabeth (Henry) Collie. June retired from Josten's yearbook. She was a member of Seaman Congregational United Church of Christ; Fidelity Chapter # 38, Order of the Eastern...

Carl Levier, 85, Topeka, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2006 at a local care home.Carl was born June 11, 1920 in Mayetta, the son of Peter Oliver Levier and Lucy Pam-Nuck-Muck.Survivors include sisters: Vivian, Rosanne, Geneva, Bernadette, Sharon, Martha, and a brother; Glenn.Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 31, 2006 at the Shipshee Cemetery...

OBITUARY: Morris Elwood Persing Morris Elwood Persing, 84, Meriden, died Sunday, March 26, 2005, at Colmery-O'Neill VAMC. He was born July 13, 1921 at Ozawkie the son of Samuel E. and Bertha (Chatham) Persing. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and was an infantry cannon crewman for the 9th Infantry Division. He was a dairy farmer...