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Class of 1927


HANSON
  Name: HOWARD HANSON

        HOWARD E. HANSON, 94, TOPEKA, DIED MONDAY, JULY 21, 2003, AT WESTWOOD MANOR
        IN TOPEKA. HE WAS BORN JULY 9, 1909, THE SON OF JOSEPH AND ADA MAY RACKNOR
        HANSON. HE GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1927. HE COMPLETED THE
        FARMERS SHORT COURSE AT KANSAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED
        SCIENCE FROM 1931 TO 1933. MR. HANSON WAS A FARMER IN SHAWNEE COUNTY. HE
        RAISED HEREFORD CATTLE. HE ALSO WAS A LICENSED FUR DEALER FOR 32 YEARS. MR.
        HANSON WAS A MEMBER OF WANAMAKER 4-H CLUB WITH CROP AND LIVESTOCK PROJECTS.
        LATER HE WAS A CROP LEADER WITH THE DOVER 4-H CLUB. HE HAD WORKED WITH
        KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO PRODUCE HYBRID SEED CORN. HE SOLD CERTIFIED SEED
        FOR 25 YEARS. HE ATTENDED DOVER FEDERATED CHURCH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
        OAK GRANGE AT MISSION CENTER AND THE SHAWNEE COUNTY FARM BUREAU. HE HAD
        BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE SHAWNEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE IN
        TOPEKA. HE SERVED ON THE DOVER GRADE SCHOOL BOARD AND HAD ATTENDED THE
        DOVER FEDERATED CHURCH SINCE 1989, AND HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF WILLIAMS CHAPEL
        WESLEYAN CHURCH WEST OF DOVER. HE MARRIED JULIA ATWOOD ON MAY 12, 1946,
        NEAR AUBURN. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH ON OCT. 5, 1995. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
        TWO DAUGHTERS, ZELMA GOULD, TOPEKA, AND JUDY SPRIGGS, HOUSTON; A SON, PAUL
        HANSON, OLATHE; AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, CHRISTY, JASON, AND TANYA, ALL IN
        TEXAS, AND KENNY SPRIGGS, LAWRENCE. INTERMENT WAS AT DOVER CEMETERY. TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL.


Class of 1936

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BAINBRIDGE
  Name: ELDEENE MILLER

        ELDEENE O. MILLER, 84, TOPEKA, DIED THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2003, AT A LOCAL
        NURSING HOME. SHE WAS BORN DEC. 22, 1918, IN TOPEKA, THE DAUGHTER OF ELMER
        AND ORPHIA BAINBRIDGE. HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS 3 DAYS OLD. SHE WAS
        REARED BY MINNIE AND WALLIE BAINBRIDGE, HER AUNT AND UNCLE, IN TOPEKA. SHE
        GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1936, WHICH WAS THEN ON THE
        WASHBURN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. SHE WORKED AT GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. IN THE
        ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, THEN MOVED TO THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. SHE RETIRED
        AROUND 1980. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOODYEAR SALARIED RETIREMENT CLUB AND
        THE GOODYEAR HOURLY RETIREMENT CLUB. SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GERMAN
        CLUB IN KANSAS CITY. SHE VOLUNTEERED AT THE VA HOSPITAL. SHE WAS PRECEDED
        IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH RAYMOND MILLER, AND A BROTHER, ELMER
        BAINBRIDGE. BURIAL WAS AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL.


Class of 1939


ENGLER
  Name: LYLE ENGLER

        LYLE ENGLER, 82, ABILENE, DIED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2003, AT A CHAPMAN CARE
        FACILITY. MR. ENGLER AND HIS WIFE FARMED SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA UNTIL MOVING
        TO ABILENE IN 1979. HE ALSO HAD BEEN A NON-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTER FOR MANY
        YEARS. HE WAS BORN FEB. 14, 1921, IN TOPEKA, THE SON OF CHESTER AND NETTIE
        COYLE ENGLER. HE WAS REARED IN TOPEKA AND GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL
        HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939. HE MARRIED BETTY DIETRICH ON DEC. 10, 1941. SHE
        SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, GARREN ENGLER, ABILENE; TWO
        DAUGHTERS, CHERYL WALTHALL, JOPLIN, MO., AND MARLA LANDIS, ABILENE; TWO
        BROTHERS, LARRY ENGLER AND WARREN ENGLER, BOTH OF TOPEKA; NINE
        GRANDCHILDREN; AND 10 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. MR. ENGLER WAS CREMATED. TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL.


Class of 1940


WILSON
  Name: FRANCIS WILSON

        FRANCIS WILSON FRANCIS ORLA WILSON, 83, TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY SUNDAY, JULY
        23, 2006. FRANCIS WAS BORN SEPT. 28, 1922 IN BIG SPRINGS, KS THE SON OF
        CHARLES AND VENA MORRIS WILSON. HE GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH
        SCHOOL. FRANCIS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE NAVY DURING WWII AS A COOK ON
        BOARD SHIP, PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SEABROOK
        CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WHICH HE AND HIS PARENTS AND SONS HELPED TO BUILD. HE
        WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCHS SOFTBALL TEAM FOR 50 YEARS PLAYING WITH AS WELL
        AS COACHING HIS SONS AND GRANDSONS. FRANCIS AND HIS WIFE, BARBARA, OWNED
        AND OPERATED WILSON TURKEY FARM FOR 60 YEARS. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH IN
        2003. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS CHILDREN, LONNA HOUGH, TOPEKA, RAY WILSON,
        LENEXA, CHARLES WILSON, TOPEKA, AND SHERI BARKER, SARASOTA FL; TWO SISTERS,
        CHARLENE W. SMITH, TOLEDO OH AND CONNIE W. FRANKLIN, LEESVILLE TX; NINE
        GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. BURIAL WAS AT WEST LAWN
        MEMORIAL GARDENS. TOEPKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL


Class of 1952


NEWELL
  Name: ARTHUR NEWELL

        ARTHUR E. "BUD" NEWELL, 71, OF LECOMPTON, DIED SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 2005, AT
        A TOPEKA HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN JAN. 9, 1934, IN TOPEKA, THE SON OF ARTHUR
        ROBERT AND JUANITA ELIZABETH LEUENBERGER NEWELL. BUD GRADUATED FROM
        WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE
        PLAYED FOOTBALL. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS STATIONED
        IN GERMANY. BUD RETIRED WITH MORE THAN 35 YEARS AS A DISTRIBUTOR OF MEDICAL
        SUPPLIES FOR ZIMMER. LATER, HE ESTABLISHED SERENTA FARMS SCHOOL OF
        EQUESTRIAN ARTS AND EQUINE-FACILITATED THERAPY PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
        PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE KANSAS
        HORSE COUNCIL AND THE KANSAS HORSE FOUNDATION. HE WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF
        KAW VALLEY CATBACKERS AND INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE BUD AND MARTI
        NEWELL POWERCAT STRENGTH COMPLEX AT KANSAS STAT UNIVERSITY'S WAGNER
        STADIUM. BUD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND A SISTER, ARNITA
        SELDERS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE DAUGHTERS, KIM MERTZ AND HER HUSBAND, JOE,
        RURAL MANHATTAN, COURTNEY CUNNINGHAM AND HER HUSBAND, ROB, TOPEKA, AND SUZY
        ROUSEY AND HER HUSBAND, WAYNE, MATTHEWS, N.C.; A SON, CHRIS NEWELL, AND HIS
        WIFE, KAREN, TOPEKA; A SISTER, JANE ALLEN AND HER HUSBAND, MARVIN,
        LANESVILLE, IND.; AND 13 GRANDCHILDREN. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL


Class of 1953

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BROWN
  Name: GARY BROWN

        GARY R. BROWN, 69, TOPEKA, DIED TUESDAY, AUG. 31, 2004 AT HIS HOME FROM
        COMPLICATIONS OF EMPHYSEMA. GARY WAS BORN APRIL 19, 1935, IN TOPEKA, TO C.
        ROY AND HELEN E. BROWN. GARY GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN
        1953. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE WAS EMPLOYED FROM 1953 UNTIL 1956 AT MOSBY-MACK
        MOTOR CO. IN 1956 HE ENTERED A PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS WITH HIS FATHER, WHICH
        WAS NAMED BROWN'S SUPER SERVICE. HE LATER BECAME SOLE OWNER AND RETIRED IN
        2000. GARY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF WHITE LAKES OPTIMIST CLUB AND CAPITAL
        POST NO. 1 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. GARY ALSO ENJOYED TRAVELING AND CAMPING
        AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOOD SAM CLUB AND LATER THE NEWMAR KOUNTRY KLUB. HE
        MARRIED SHIRLEY M. REED. THEY DIVORCED. SHE SURVIVES. HE LATER MARRIED
        JOYCE M. BECKER OF TOPEKA. SHE SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS
        BY HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, KEITH L. BROWN AND KENT L. BROWN, BOTH OF TOPEKA; A
        STEPDAUGHTER, TAMMY JO GELLER, DESMOINES, IOWA; TWO BROTHERS, LARRY D.
        BROWN, LEAWOOD, AND JERRY L. BROWN, SALT LAKE CITY; TWO GRANDSONS; ONE
        GRANDAUGHTER; AND THREE STEPGRANDDAUGHTERS. BURIAL WAS AT THE MISSION
        CENTER CEMETERY. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL 9/2/04


Class of 1955

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EDSON
  Name: DONALD EDSON



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HOOD
  Name: PATRICIA DEL HERRO



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LOGAN
  Name: SANDRA WEAVER



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WILLIAMS
  Name: MARGARET PATTERSON




Class of 1956

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LUELLEN
  Name: LARRY LUELLEN

        LAWRENCE (LARRY) LEE LUELLEN WENT TO BE WITH HIS LORD ON EASTER SUNDAY
        APRIL 8, 2007 AT MIDLAND HOSPICE. HE WAS BORN JUNE 21, 1937 IN SOLDIER, KS,
        THE SON OF GARLAND AND ETHEL (OWENS) LUELLEN. LARRY GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN
        RURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1956 AND MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, DARLENE
        ZOOK, ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1956. HE WORKED FOR SANTA FE RAILROAD AS A SHEET
        METAL WORKER AND RETIRED AS A PIPE FITTER FROM GOODYEAR TIRE. LARRY AND
        DARLENE TRAVELED IN THEIR RV DURING RETIREMENT, SEARCHING FOR ANTIQUES AND
        GOOD SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC. LARRY WAS QUICK TO LAUGH AND HAD A GREAT SENSE
        OF HUMOR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF NORTHERN HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH AND AN HONORARY
        MEMBER OF SPIRES CHAPEL IN ROGERSVILLE, TN. THE JOY OF HIS LIFE WAS HIS
        FAMILY. HE LOVED THE LORD, GOSPEL MUSIC, CAMPING WITH FRIENDS, MONDAY NIGHT
        BIBLE STUDY AT THE TOWNSENDS, MAKING CANDY AND GOODIES FOR FRIENDS AND
        FAMILY, AND HIS BELOVED BULLDOG, BOWSIE. BEFORE HIS HEALTH DECLINED, HE WAS
        AN AVID BICYCLIST. HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER. LARRY
        WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND A BROTHER, BOBBIE. HE IS SURVIVED
        BY HIS WIFE DARLENE, AND THEIR CHILDREN: DEBBI WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND JIM,
        TOPEKA, GREGG LUELLEN AND WIFE GRETCHEN, SPRING, TX, STACI LUELLEN OF
        TOPEKA, AND HIS SISTER, MAXINE MERRITT AND HUSBAND ED, TOPEKA.
        GRANDCHILDREN ARE CASEY FRISBY, SARAH YEAGER, RACHEL JORGENSEN, ERIN
        WILLIAMS, GARETT AND DARSEY LUELLEN. BURIAL WAS AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.
        PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON 4/10/2007


Class of 1957

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FOX
  Name: JANET KERNS

        JANET M. KERNS  JANET M. KERNS, 66, OF AUBURN, PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY, JULY
        12, 2006 AT A TOPEKA HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN OCTOBER 10 1939, IN OSKALOOSA,
        THE DAUGHTER OF HOLLAND AND EVELYN VENDEL FOX. SHE WAS A 1957 GRADUATE OF
        WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS A TEACHER AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
        LAKESHORE LEARNING CENTER FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. SHE MARRIED KENNETH
        D. KERNS ON DECEMBER 1, 1957 IN TOPEKA. HE SURVIVES. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN
        DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE FIVE SONS, MICHAEL D. OF
        TOPEKA, TERRY J. OF WICHITA, DANNY J. OF SILVER LAKE, JEFFRY S. OF AUBURN
        AND JOEY A. KERNS OF PORTLAND, OR; HER MOTHER, EVELYN FOX OF TOPEKA; A
        SISTER, VICKI CORWIN OF TOPEKA; A BROTHER, GARY FOX OF DALLAS, TX; FOUR
        GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. MRS. KERNS WILL LIE IN STATE
        AFTER 2:00 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 AT PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL WHERE
        THE FAMILY WILL GREET FRIENDS FROM 6:30 TO 8:00 PM THAT EVENING. BURIAL WAS
        AT MISSION CENTER CEMETERY. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON 7/15/2006.


Class of 1960

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CONROY
  Name: DON CONROY



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HUHS
  Name: JUDY GRIGGS



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MCMASTER
  Name: ROD MCMASTER

        ROD MCMASTER, 64, OF TOPEKA, SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2006,
        WHILE OFFICIATING A FOOTBALL GAME. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 24, 1942 IN TOPEKA,
        THE SON OF DELBERT AND JESSIE MCMASTER. ROD WAS RAISED IN PAULINE AND
        GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. HE WAS A 1964 GRADUATE
        OF EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED DEGREES IN PHYSICAL
        EDUCATION, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BUSINESS. ROD HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER
        WITH STATE FARM INSURANCE AS A CLAIMS SPECIALIST FOR OVER 35 YEARS. HE
        MANAGED AUTO CLAIM SERVICES IN TOPEKA AND SERVED ON THE NATIONAL
        CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS TEAM UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1999. ROD WAS PASSIONATE
        ABOUT DEVELOPING AND MENTORING YOUNG ATHLETES. THIS WAS HIS 44TH YEAR OF
        OFFICIATING YOUTH AND COLLEGIATE SPORTS. HE WORKED FOR THE BIG 12 AND THE
        NFL. HE ALSO SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS COACHING HIS SONS' BASEBALL TEAMS. HE
        MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART JUNE MCCLURE ON AUGUST 31, 1963.
        SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE JUNE, THEIR TWO SONS, TROY AND HIS WIFE SHELLY,
        TYLER AND HIS WIFE KATE, AND GRANDCHILDREN, THE LOVES OF HIS LIFE, TRENT,
        COURTNEY, CASSIDY AND KARSYN. IN ADDITION, HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
        SISTER-IN-LAW AND HER HUSBAND, SUSAN AND DAN BAILEY AND THEIR CHILDREN
        ANDREW AND LARA. BURIAL Was AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY. PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON 9/30/2006.

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WILLIAMS
  Name: DON WILLIAMS

        LARRY LONGHOFER OFTEN TELLS PEOPLE HOW WASHBURN RURAL ACTUALLY HAD TWO HEAD
        COACHES DURING ITS 1982 MARCH TO THE BOY'S STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
        DON WILLIAMS WAS MORE THAN JUST AN ASSISTANT COACH, RECALLED LONGHOFER, THE
        JUNIOR BLUES' HEAD COACH AT THE TIME. THAT BECAME EVEN MORE OBVIOUS WHEN
        WILLIAMS WON HIS OWN STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AS COACH OF THE JUNIOR
        BLUES THREE YEARS LATER. WILLIAMS, WHO PLAYED ON RURAL'S 1960 STATE
        CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND TAUGHT AT THE SCHOOL FOR 32 YEARS, DIED FRIDAY AFTER
        A LONG FIGHT WITH CANCER. HE WAS ONLY FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM HIS 61ST
        BIRTHDAY.  "ONLY A COACH CAN APPRECIATE HOW MUCH A LOYAL AND TRUSTED
        ASSISTANT CAN MEAN TO A TEAM," LONGHOFFER SAID OF WILLIAMS. "HE JUST MADE
        THE WHOLE PROCESS A LOT MORE FUN. HE HANDLED ALL OUR DEFENSIVE SCHEMES, AND
        THERE WERE GAMES WE WON NOT JUST BECAUSE WE HAD BETTER PLAYERS, BUT BECAUSE
        WE HAD A BETTER GAME PLAN. "ALL OF US NEED SOMEONE WE CAN GET AN HONEST
        ANSWER FROM, TO TELL US THINGS WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO HEAR," LONGHOFER ADDED.
        "DON WAS THAT WAY FOR ME AND FOR HIS PLAYERS. HE WAS ALWAYS UPFRONT WITH
        ALL OF US." WILLIAMS SPENT 12 YEARS AS LONGHOFER'S ASSISTANT, AND THE
        JUNIOR BLUES PLAYED IN THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN THAT TIME. HE
        SERVED FOUR YEARS HAS RURAL'S HEAD COACH AND IN 1985 RETURNED THE CLASS 5A
        STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TO THE SCHOOL. HE ALSO RECORDED ON THIRD-PLACE FINISH.
        IN 1985 HE WAS NAMED THE 5A STATE COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS BASKET
        BALL COACHES ASSOCIATION AND CITY COACH OF THE YEAR BY THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL.
        WILLIAMS ALSO SERVED AS THE SCHOOL'S GOLF COACH FOR 23 YEARS, AND HIS 1997
        TEAM WON THE CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES FOR
        20 YEARS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR 12, WILLIAMS RETIRED IN 2002. HE WAS
        INDUCTED INTO THE SCHOOL'S HALL OF FAME EARLIER THIS YEAR. TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL.


Class of 1961

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BERBERICH
  Name: LEONARD BERBERICH



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COOPER
  Name: LYNN COOPER



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DOERSCHLAG
  Name: JURL DOERSCHLAG



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GERDES
  Name: KAREN AKERSTROM

        KAREN K. AKERSTROM, 66, PASSED AWAY, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2010 AT MIDLAND
        HOSPICE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AFTER A COUREGOUS BATTLE WITH
        LEUKEMIA. KAREN WAS BORN JUNE 15, 1943 IN HORTON, KS. SHE GRADUATED FROM
        WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961. KAREN MARRIED LARRY G. AKERSTROM ON
        JUNE 25, 1961 AT ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHE MANAGED MEADOW LANES
        BOWL FOR MANY YEARS AND ALSO WORKED RIGHT ALONGSIDE HER HUSBAND AND SON IN
        THEIR BUSINESS, SUPERIOR CARPET AND CONSTRUCTION. KAREN BELONGED TO THE
        MOOSE LODGE AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. SHE ENJOYED HER FRIDAY NIGHT COUPLES
        GOLF, HER TUESDAY LADIES GOLF GROUP, HER BRIDGE GROUP, AND SHE BOWLED IN
        MANY LEAGUES. KAREN WAS PROUD TO BE THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL AT VALEO. SURVIVORS
        INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, LARRY; SON, BRENT AKERSTROM (TERRY); DAUGHTER, TAMMY
        FREED (CURT); BROTHER, WAYNE GERDES; TWIN SISTER, CAROLE NEWELL;
        GRANDCHILDREN, DON, AMBER, SCOTT, AND ANGELA AKERSTROM, JORDAN AND JARED
        FREED; GREAT GRANDAUGHTER, ARANA AKERSTROM AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS;
        STEP FATHER, GENE GRBINSON. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER AND
        FATHER, CARL GERDES AND HELEN GERDES ROBINSON; NEPHEW BRYAN JOHNSON;
        IN-LAWS, JOHN AND LOLA AKERSTROM. BURIAL WAS AT TOPEKA CEMETERY TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL. MAY 9, 2010

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GLORVIGEN
  Name: LLOYD GLORVIGEN



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HARRISON
  Name: JIM HARRISON



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HOLLIDAY
  Name: BENNIE HOLLIDAY



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MILES
  Name: DAVID MILES



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ROSS
  Name: KATHRYN ANDERSON

        KATHRYN KATHY ANDERSON, 65, OF TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME OF NATURAL
        CAUSES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008. KATHY WAS BORN JULY 17, 1943 IN ROCKFORD,
        ILLINOIS THE DAUGHTER OF DONALD AND ELSIE SMALL ROSS. SHE SPENT THE
        MAJORITY OF HER LIFE IN TOPEKA GRADUATING FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL
        IN 1961. SHE ATTENDED EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. SHE
        HAD ATTENDED FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ABWA. SHE HAD
        WORKED FOR VICTORY LIFE INSURANCE AND H&R BLOCK. KATHY WAS CURRENTLY
        EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF KANSAS SRS WORKING IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS. SHE WAS
        PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER MOTHER, ELSIE ROSS,
        TOPEKA; ONE SISTER, KANDY LEHMANN, TOPEKA; ONE BROTHER, KIM ROSS, HOLTON,
        KS; ELEVEN NIECES AND NEPHEWS, 20 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND THREE
        GREAT-GREAT NIECES. INTERMENT IS AT THE ZION LUTHERAN CEMETERY, EVEREST,
        KANSAS.

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STEVICK
  Name: JAMES STEVICK



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TUGGLE
  Name: DONNA TUGGLE




Class of 1962

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AUMAN
  Name: RICTOR AUMAN



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CRITES
  Name: GEORGE CRITES



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DOERSCHLAG
  Name: BETTY DOERSCHLAG



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DUNCAN
  Name: JIM DUNCAN



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HAWKS
  Name: TOM HAWKS



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HOVEY
  Name: GAYLE HOVEY



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HOWELL
  Name: CHARLES (CHUCK) HOWELL

        ST. CHARLES, MO. - CHARLES EMERSON "CHUCK" HOWELL, 61, ST. CHARLES, MO.,
        FORMERLY OF ANKENY, IOWA, DIED PEACEFULLY SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2005, AT
        BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS. WIDOWED SINCE 1984, HE WAS THE HUSBAND
        OF THE LATE JOHNANN CATHERINE MCKITTRICK HOWELL. HE WAS BORN IN DEMING,
        N.M., THE SON OF BETTY EMERSON HOWELL AND THE LATE CHARLES EDWIN HOWELL. HE
        GREW UP IN TOPEKA AND GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL. HE
        ATTENDED CHURCH COLLEGE OF HAWAII AND EMPORIA STATE IN KANSAS. FROM KANSAS
        HIS CAREER TOOK HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO ANKENY, IOWA, WHERE HE LIVED FOR MANY
        YEARS BAFORE MOVING TO ST. CHARLES. CHUCK IS SURVIVIED BY HIS MOTHER, BETTY
        EMERSON HOWELL, ESTES PARK, CO.; A BROTHER, BOB HOWELL AND HIS WIFE, DIANE,
        ESTES PARK, CO.; A SISTER, SALLY AUSTIN RAY AND HER HUSBAND, JERRY, OLATHE,
        KAN.; TWO CHILCREN, CATHERINE LOUISE HOWELL, ALTOONA, IOWA, AND CHARLES
        EDWIN HOWELL AND TINA, CUMMING, IOWA; GRANDCHILDREN, COLTON CHARLES HOWELL,
        HALEY LYNN HOWELL AND DYLAN EDWARD STEIL; NIECES AND NEPHEWS; AND A
        LONGTIME FRIEND, DARLENE SPAFFORD, ST. CHARLES. BURIAL WAS AT
        PENWELL-GABEL'S MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY IN TOPEKA. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
        6/15/2005

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JOHNSTON
  Name: TED JOHNSTON



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MCELHANON
  Name: WARREN MCELHANON



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VINCENT
  Name: DARRELL VINCENT




Class of 1963

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BILLINGSLEY
  Name: LEONARD BILLINGSLEY



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CALL
  Name: FRANCES CALL



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CASEBIER
  Name: RICHARD CASEBIER



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CLUGSTON
  Name: MICHELE KELLEY



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SANSCHAGRIN
  Name: TOMMY SANSCHAGRIN




Class of 1964

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BOGAN
  Name: PEGGY SWANSON

        THE FOLLOWING IS FROM KAREN FRITTS ON 4/8/2009 (CLASS OF 1964): JUST A NOTE
        TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT PEGGY BOGAN SWANSON PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING ABOUT
        6:00 IN A COLUMBUS OHIO HOSPITAL. SHE PASSED PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP. SHE
        WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING TO TOPEKA FOR THIS SUMMER'S REUNION.

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CEARLEY
  Name: KEITH CEARLEY

        H. KEITH CEARLEY, JR., 62, A RESIDENT OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS PASSED AWAY
        ON MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009 AT THE HOME OF HIS SISTER, MARILYN MATHIS AND
        HUSBAND BILL IN DOYLESTOWN, PA. HE WAS BORN ON MAY 3, 1946 IN LITTLE ROCK,
        ARKANSAS AND WAS A BELOVED SON, FATHER, BROTHER AND FRIEND. HE GRADUATED
        FROM WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
        MANAGEMENT AND BEGAN HIS CAREER AS THE YOUNGEST INNKEEPER IN THE HISTORY OF
        THE HOLIDAY INN HOTELS. HE PURCHASED HIS FIRST BONANZA RESTAURANT IN
        FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS IN 1972 AND BUILT THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS INTO A
        MULTI-STATE ORGANIZATION. IN 1976, HE FULFILLED A LIFELONG DREAM AND OPENED
        THE OLD POST OFFICE RESTAURANT. THE RESTORATION OF THE OLD POST OFFICE,
        WHICH WAS PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC PLACES, WAS A MAJOR
        FORCE IN REJUVENATING DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE AND BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF
        THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. HE WAS AN AVID FAN AND FINANCIAL SUPPORTER OF THE
        UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS LOCAL
        YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER FRANCES AMBORT CEARLEY
        OF DALLAS, TX, SON SEAN AND GRANDDAUGHTER ANNA OF SEATTLE, WA, SON CHAD OF
        FAYETTEVILLE, AR, BROTHER DON, OF COLLEGE STATION, TX, AND  SISTER, MARILYN
        MATHIS, OF DOYLESTOWN, PA. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE CONDUCTED BY MEMORIAL
        GARDENS OF SHERIDAN WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. ON MAY 11TH AT GRAPEVINE
        CEMETERY IN GRAPEVINE, ARKANSAS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN CELEBRATION OF
        KEITH'S LIFE WILL BE HELD AT MOORE'S CHAPEL IN FAYETTEVILLE ON TUESDAY, MAY
        12, AT 10:00 A.M. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CONTRIBUTIONS IN HIS NAME CAN BE MADE
        TO CROSSROADS HOSPICE, 300 LAKESIDE DRIVE SUITE 120, HORSHAM, PA 19044.

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CHALMERS
  Name: ROB CHALMERS

        ROBERT EARL CHALMERS, 62 OF SCOTTSDALE, AZ., PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY, JULY
        3, 2008 AT THE HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY'S SHERMAN HOME IN PHOENIX. HE WAS
        COMFORTED AT HIS BEDSIDE BY HIS WIFE, SON AND CLOSE FRIENDS. ROB WAS BORN
        ON FEBRUARY 6, 1946 IN EVERETT,  WA, THE SON OF DONALD AND LEONA CHALMERS
        OF TOPEKA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE RITA, MOTHER LEONA AND SON
        BRETT AND WIFE STACY AND GRANDCHILDREN COLE AND RILEY. A GRADUATE OF
        WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, ROB SERVED 31
        YEARS AS A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT, RETIRING IN 2002 FROM THE U.S.
        POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE. HIS INVESTIGATIVE WORK INCLUDED ASSIGNMENTS IN
        SALT LAKE CITY, DENVER AND WASHINGTON. INERMENT WAS AT THE LYNDON CEMETERY.
        PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON 7/15/2008.

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ECKHART
  Name: GREGG ECKHART



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FINNERTY
  Name: WILLIAM FINNERTY

        BILL FINNERTY DIED SUDDENLY IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT SUNDAY, NOV. 9, 2003.
        BILL WAS BORN APRIL 5, 1946, IN OGDEN, UTAH, THE SON OF WILLIAM JOSEPH
        FINNERTY II AND ALBERTHA ANN (CLARK) FINNERTY. BEING FROM AN AIR FORCE
        FAMILY, BILL LIVED IN MANY PLACES WHILE HE WAS GROWING UP, INCLUDING NEW
        YORK, ALABAMA, NEBRASKA, TEXAS, AND MOROCCO, WHICH WOULD CERTINLY EXPLAIN
        HIS LOVE FOR TRAVEL. HE GRADUATED WITH DEGREES FROM BOTH KANSAS STATE
        UNIVERSITY IN BIOLOGY AND COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY IN BUSINESS. BILL MET
        HIS WIVE PAT GERARDY, WHILE IN COLLEGE, AND THEY MARRIED IN AUGUST OF 1969.
        THEY MOVED TO FORT COLLINS IN 1971 AND THERE RAISED THEIR DAUGHTER, JILL.
        BILL WORKED FOR THE USDA AS AN AUDITOR FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS. ALTHOUGH
        TRAVELING FOR WORK MEANT THAT HE WAS AWAY FROM THE FAMILY, BILL ESPECIALLY
        ENJOYED WORKING IN WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW ORLEANS, AND NEW YORK, WHERE ON
        OCCASION, PAT WAS ABLE TO GO WITH HIM AND SPEND TIME SIGHTSEEING. BILL WAS
        A WONDERFUL, PATIENT AND PROUD FATHER. HE AND JILL WERE VERY CLOSE. BILL
        LOVED HUMOR AND HAD AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH THAT GAVE ALL HIS FAMILY AND
        FRIENDS GREAT JOY. HE WAS SINCERE, HONEST AND A DOWN-TO-EARTH KIND OF GUY.
        TAKING ROAD TRIPS WITH HIS WIFE, PAT, VISITING SMALL TOWNS, DINING WITH THE
        LOCALS AND SEARCHING FOR ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES PROVIDED MANY WONDERFUL
        MEMORIES. MAINE IN THE FALL; THE WEST COAST IN THE WINTER; UTAH IN THE
        SPRING; AND YELLOWSTONE IN THE SUMMER WERE SOME OF HIS FAVORITE PLACES.
        BILL WAS SPONTANEOUS. AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, HE AND PAT WOULD PICK UP JILL,
        BRYAN AND THE GRANDKIDS FOR A NIGHT OF CAMPING AND GAZING AT THE STARS
        TOGETHER. BILL WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN SPORTS, PLAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
        LATER AS A FAN ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTING HIS LOCAL TEAMS. HIS
        GRANDCHILDREN, GAVIN AND PAYTON, MEANT THE WORLD TO HIM. BILL IS SURVIVED
        BY HIS WIFE, PAT, OF FORT COLLINS; HIS DAUGHTER, JILL, HER HUSBAND, BRYAN
        DEVLIN, AND GRANDCHILDREN GAVIN AND PAYTON OF EATON.

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KOELLING
  Name: LARRY KOELLING

        SURF CITY, NC -- LARRY ALLEN KOELLING, 59, OF SURF CITY, DIED SUNDAY,
        SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 AT ONSLOW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN JACKSONVILLE, NC. AT HIS
        REQUEST, THERE WILL BE NO MEMORIAL SERVICES. LARRY WORKED FOR GOODYEAR TIRE
        CO. FOR 32 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING AND FULFILLING HIS DREAM OF LIVING AT AND
        ENJOYING THE BEACH AND OCEAN IN SURF CITY, NC. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
        HIS FATHER, HARRY KOELLING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, KAREN KOELLING; ONE
        DAUGHTER, HEATHER SMITH OF BERRYTON, KS; HIS MOTHER, MARLETA MOORE OF
        MURPHY, NC; ONE BROTHER, JOE KOELLING OF MURPHY, NC; ONE GRANDDAUGHTER,
        KOELL SMITH OF BERRYTON, KS; ONE GRANDSON, STEELE SMITH OF BERRYTON, KS;
        TWO STEP-DAUGHTERS, STEPHENY AMBROSE AND HER SON, MAX, OF TOPEKA, KS AND
        KRISTY DROEGEMEIER AND HER DAUGHTER, KATELYN, OF BURLINGAME, KS. INSTEAD OF
        SENDING FLOWERS, LARRY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED YOU TO REMEMBER HIM WITH
        HAPPINESS AND SHARING WITH YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE
        BY JONES FUNERAL HOME, HOLLY RIDGE, N.C. PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL FROM 9/20/2006 - 9/24/2006

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MELLIES
  Name: DONALD MELLIES

        FROM LYLA ACCARDI: WRHS ALUMS, I JUST RECEIVED THIS FROM A DEAR FRIEND WHO
        KNOWS THAT I KNOW DON MELLIES, WRHS 1964. DON HAD SEVERE ELEPISY ALL HIS
        LIFE, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAD MANY HEART PROBLEMS. THE TOPEKA PAPER DID A
        STORY ABOUT DON AND HIS COMPANION DOG A FEW YEARS AGO. DON HAD LIVED AT
        DRURY PLACE FOR NINE YEARS. DON HAD MADE MANY INTERNET FRIENDS OVER THE
        YEARS, AND WE HAD STAYED IN TOUCH FOR THE PAST 15 OR SO YEARS TOO. DON WAS
        A NICE MAN. PS I DID CONFIRM THIS WITH THE MGR AT DRURY PLACE. THE
        FOLLOWING IS A NOTE RECEIVED BY LYLA: MY MOTHER JUST TOLD ME THAT DON (YOUR
        CLASSMATE?) WHO LIVED AND WORKED AT DRURY PLACE WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS
        APARTMENT SUNDAY MORNING. HE HAD BEEN OUT OF THE APARTMENT EARLIER AND
        TAKEN HIS DOG JACK OUTSIDE. THE DOG, A DARLING DACHSHUND WHO WAS A TRAINED
        COMPANION DOG FOR SOMEONE WITH DON'S MEDICAL PROBLEM, STARTED BARKING
        FURIOUSLY MIDMORNING AND THEY WENT RIGHT IN AND FOUND DON. THOUGHT YOU
        MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW THIS.

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MUTUAL
  Name: CANDY MUTUAL



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OMAN
  Name: BRADLEY OMAN

        BRADLEY E. “BRAD” OMAN, 63, OF ALTAMONT, KANSAS, PASSED AWAY WITH HIS
        FAMILY BY HIS SIDE AT 10:45 P.M., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010, AFTER A SHORT
        BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS BORN MAY 8, 1946, IN TOPEKA, KS, TO VINCENT AND
        ALICE (YOUNGBLOM) OMAN. IN 1964, HE GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH
        SCHOOL IN TOPEKA, KS. HE RECEIVED A BS IN WOOD TECHNOLOGY FROM PITTSBURG
        STATE UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURG, KS, IN 1972. BRAD WAS MARRIED TO JULIE HESS ON
        AUGUST 26, 1967. THE COUPLE LIVED IN PITTSBURG BEFORE MOVING TO ALTAMONT IN
        1968 WHERE THEY HAVE SINCE LIVED. FROM 1967 TO 1971, HE SERVED IN THE U.S.
        NAVY ABOARD THE USS CORAL SEA AIRCRAFT CARRIER CV-43 AND WAS A LIFETIME
        MEMBER OF THE VFW. FOLLOWING HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE NAVY, BRAD WORKED FOR
        BOB DIVINE IN PARSONS AND THEN TAUGHT BUILDING AND TRADES AT LCHS IN
        ALTAMONT FROM 1973 TO 1976. AFTER TEACHING, HE STARTED OMAN CONSTRUCTION
        COMPANY BUILDING HOUSES AND DOING REMODELING, RETIRING IN 2007. HE WAS VERY
        INVOLVED IN ORGANIZING THE ALTAMONT JAYCEES. LATER HE JOINED THE MASONIC
        LODGE IN ALTAMONT. BRAD WAS ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO HIS FAMILY, PARTICULARLY
        HIS THREE GRANDCHILDREN WHO HE WAS VERY PROUD OF. HE ENJOYED HUNTING,
        FISHING AND CAMPING THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. HE LOVED TO BE OUTDOORS AND WAS AN
        AVID BIRD WATCHER. PLANTING A GARDEN WAS THE FIRST THING HE DID IN THE
        SPRING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE JULIE, TWO DAUGHTERS, JENNIFER RUSSELL
        AND HUSBAND, RAY, OF PITTSBURG, KS; AND JANA INGRAM AND HUSBAND, RYAN, OF
        CHENEY, KS; THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TATUM, KINSLEE AND BRODY INGRAM; AND HIS
        BROTHER, BRENT OMAN, AND WIFE, TWILLA, OF HOUSTON, TX . HE WAS PRECEDED IN
        DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, VINCENT AND ALICE, AND STEPFATHER, MELVIN SWAN.
        BURIAL WAS IN MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY IN ALTAMONT.

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RANKIN
  Name: JOHN RANKIN



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SALLEY
  Name: EILEEN SALLEY

        SPOKANE, WASHINGTON ~ EILEEN SALLEY, 57, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, PASSED AWAY
        SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2003. EILEEN WAS A 1964 GRADUATED OF WASHBURN RURAL
        HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS BORN JANUARY 13, 1946, IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. SHE WAS
        MARRIED TO JIM FIORITO IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, IN 2003. HE SURVIVES. OTHER
        SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON IN HOUSTON, TEXAS; HER MOTHER, MRS. DOROTHY
        DESHONG, FLORIDA; A BROTHER, BILL DESHONG, SPOKANE; HER SISTER, KATHY, AT
        THE TIME SERVING ON A NAVEL SHIP IN THE PERSIAN GULF; AND TWO
        GRANDCHILDREN. MEMORIAL SERVICES WERE HELD IN SPOKANE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
        28, 2003. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL 9/30/2003

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THRASHER
  Name: RONNIE THRASHER



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WILLOUGHBY
  Name: MARTINA (MARTI) MILLER

        MARTINA M. MILLER, 63, OF TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009 AT
        HER HOME. SHE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 15, 1945 IN MUNICH, GERMANY THE DAUGHTER
        OF IMFRIED AND MARTINA (WIMMER) WOEHRL. MARTINA WAS EMPLOYED AT JOANN
        FABRICS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS BEFORE SHE RETIRED. IT WAS AT JOANNS SHE WAS
        ABLE TO SHARE HER LOVE OF SEWING WITH OTHERS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED GARDENING
        AND CATS. SHE WAS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH. MARTINA WAS MARRIED TO JOHN
        P. MILLER ON OCTOBER 6, 1964 IN AUBURN. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON
        DECEMBER 19, 2002. SURVIVORS INCLUDE; TWO BROTHERS, GERHART WOEHRL OF
        MUNICH, GERMANY AND HARTMUT FRED WOEHRL OF GRANITE CITY, IL, ONE SISTER,
        HELGARD KEMNITZER OF MUNICH, GERMANY AND THREE NIECES, CHRISTINE FAIRCHILD
        OF ST. LOUIS, MO, MELISSA CLEVENSTINE OF ST. LOUIS, MO AND SANDY ROBERTSON
        OF TAMPA BAY, FL. THREE GREAT NIECES ALSO SURVIVE. MARTINA WAS CREMATED. AT
        HER REQUEST NO SERVICES WILL BE HELD. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO
        THE HELPING HANDS HUMANE SOCIETY AND SENT IN CARE OF THE BRENNAN-MATHENA
        FUNERAL HOME, 800 SW 6TH AVE., TOPEKA, KS 66603.


Class of 1965

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CAVINESS
  Name: KATHLEEN RUEDIGER



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CONROY
  Name: RONALD CONROY



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COOK
  Name: GORDON COOK



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HEATHER
  Name: GEORGE HEATHER

        GEORGE E. HEATHER, 60, FORMERLY OF TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST
        9, 2007 AT A LAWRENCE, KS HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 21, 1946 IN
        BOONVILLE, MO, THE SON OF ROY E. AND GENEVA L. SIECKMANN HEATHER. HE
        ATTENDED WASHBURN RURAL AND TOPEKA WEST HIGH SCHOOLS. GEORGE WAS A MARINE
        VETERAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE DAUGHTER, DOVIAN WHITTAKER OF CARBONDALE,
        ONE SON, JONATHAN E. HEATHER OF OLATHE, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS,
        GAIL BABB OF TOPEKA AND JUDY LUBENESKY OF BATH, PA. GEORGE WAS PRECEDED IN
        DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, JIM HEATHER AND ONE SISTER, BECKY WARTA. MEMORIAL
        SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007 AT NEWCOMER
        FAMILY FUNERAL HOME. CREMATION IS PLANNED. PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON 8/17/2007

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MOREHEAD
  Name: ILA MOREHEAD

        ILA DIED FROM CANCER IN 2003

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RANKIN
  Name: SCOTT RANKIN




Class of 1966

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HINDSLEY
  Name: JONE HARRIS



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RHONE
  Name: TIMOTHY RHONE



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STONE
  Name: KEN STONE



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TOMSON
  Name: JOHN TOMSON

        LENEXA- JOHN S. TOMSON, 60, OF LENEXA, KANSAS, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 12,
        2008, AT MEDICALODGES OF GARDNER. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE AT 10:00 AM
        MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2008, AT SHAWNEE CENTER CEMETERY, WAKARUSA, KS.
        SURVIVORS INCLUDE 2 BROTHERS, JAMES G. TOMSON III AND HIS WIFE CHERYL AND
        THOMAS K. TOMSON, ALL OF LENEXA, KS. JOHN GRADUATED FROM ST. JOHN'S
        MILITARY SCHOOL IN SALINA, KS, WITH HONORS AND FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH
        SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM. HE WAS A
        MEMBER OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. JOHN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
        WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA FRATERNITY AND PLAYED ON THE KU
        BASKETBALL TEAM.


Class of 1967

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DOMME
  Name: CHARLES DOMME



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VANDYKE
  Name: BRUCE VANDYKE

        BRUCE E. "BEETLE" VANDYKE BRUCE E. "BEETLE" VANDYKE, 58, OF TOPEKA, PASSED
        AWAY ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2007 AT MIDLAND HOSPICE HOUSE IN TOPEKA. HE WAS
        BORN ON FEBRUARY 6, 1949 IN RURAL VALLEY, PENN., THE SON OF WARREN C. AND
        MARGUERITE C. DOWDY VANDYKE. HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN TOPEKA. HE WAS AN
        ARMY VETERAN AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE KANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE.
        BEETLE WAS EMPLOYED BY ALLIS CHALMERS AND LATER BECAME A LETTER CARRIER FOR
        THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR 25 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING. BEETLE MARRIED
        DEBORAH L. HAYBARKER ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1974 IN TOPEKA. SHE SURVIVES. OTHER
        SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO DAUGHTERS, NICOLE E. VANDYKE AND JACQUELYN S. VANDYKE
        BOTH OF TOPEKA, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, ANDREW, ARYONNA, GEIVONNII AND KOBI,
        HIS MOTHER, MARGUERITE C. "PEGGY" VANDYKE BROWN OF TOPEKA, TWO BROTHERS,
        JOSEPH S. VANDYKE AND MICHAEL C. VANDYKE AND WIFE, DONNA ALL OF TOPEKA AND
        SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 1:00 P.M. THURSDAY AT
        PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL. CREMATION WILL FOLLOW AND PRIVATE INURNMENT
        WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE. PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON
        12/4/2007.


Class of 1968

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CADY
  Name: DAVID CADY



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DYKES
  Name: DON DYKES



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GRIST
  Name: LINDA GRIST



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HUHS
  Name: RONALD HUHS

        RONALD EDWARD HUHS, 54, TOPEKA, DIED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2005, AT HIS HOME.
        HE WAS BORN NOV. 9, 1950, IN TOPEKA, THE SON OF IVAN F. AND BERNADENE M.
        BIEGERT HUHS. HE GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED
        WASHBURN UNIVERSITY. HE SERVED IN THE NAVY FROM 1969 TO 1972. FOLLOWING HIS
        DISCHARGE, HE ENTERED THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE IN TOPEKA, AND LATER JOINED
        TWC CONSTRUCTION CO. OF WILLMAR, MINN. HE RETURNED TO TOPEKA IN 2004. IN
        1975 HE MARRIED CYNTHIA F. GREER, WHERE TOGETHER THEY HAD A SON AND TWO
        DAUGHTERS. THEY LATER DIVORCED AND HE MARRIED BONNIE LYN SWITHCH OF
        SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA, ON OCT. 21, 2000, IN MINNESOTA. SHE SURVIVES.
        OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS SON, BENJAMIN JACOB HUHS AND HIS WIFE,
        DANIELLE, HUTCHINSON; TWO DAUGHTERS, JESSICA RENEE HUHS, MIAMI, MO., AND
        KELLI JEAN HUHS, ST. LOUIS; HIS MON=THER, BERNADENE FAQUA, TOPEKA; TWO
        SISTERS, DIANNE MUSSO AND EILEEN BOYD, BOTH OF TOPEKA; AND FOUR
        GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER, JUDITH E. GRIGGS, ON
        MAY 29, 2001. A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT 11 A.M. SATURDAY AT
        PENWELL-GABLE MID TOWN CHAPEL, 1321 S.W. 10TH AVE., TOPEKA.
        TOPEKA-CAPITAL-JOURNAL

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LIVGREN
  Name: LINDA LIVGREN



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MELLIES
  Name: RICHARD MELLIES



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NICKERSON
  Name: SUE HENDRIX



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SMITH
  Name: ANNETTE CONNER

        FROM ANNETTE'S DAUGHTER, MARIE, ANNETTE DIED ON 11/16/86 IN ROSSVILLE,
        KANSAS FROM OVARIAN CANCER.

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TETER
  Name: PAULA TETER

        PAULA A. TETER, 53, WAKARUSA, DIED WEDNESDAY, 2/19/2003, AT A TOPEKA
        HOSPITAL. SHE GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1968. SURVIVORS
        INCLUDE HER MOTHER, VELMA TETER, WAKARUSA; 2 SISTERS, PATRICIA
        RICHARDSOTETERJR.N, DEERING, ALASKA, AND PEGGY BEASTERFIELD, HARVEYVILLE;
        AND A BROTHER, JOHN TETER, JR. , OHIO. SERVICES ARE TO BE AT 1 P.M.
        SATURDAY AT PENWELL-GABEL MID-TOWN CHAPEL. BURIAL WAS AT SHAWNEE CENTER
        CEMETERY AT WAKARUSA. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL


Class of 1969

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BAKER
  Name: LARRY BAKER



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BEHNER
  Name: BOB BEHNER



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COLE
  Name: BELINDA COLE



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RUTHERFORD
  Name: DANNY RUTHERFORD




Class of 1970


COLE
  Name: GARY COLE

        GARY DEAN COLE, 53, TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY MON., JUNE 26, 2006 AT HIS HOME. HE
        WAS BORN OCT. 24, 1952, AT NEODESHA, THE SON OF FRANCIS W. AND CECILE M.
        (HUMMEL) COLE. IN 1953, THE COLE FAMILY MOVED TO TOPEKA, WHERE GARY
        GRADUATED FROM WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL. GARY WORKED AT FALLEYS-FOOD 4
        LESS FOR 16 YEARS; MILLERS PRODUCE; AND ADAMS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
        HIS PARENTS AND A SISTER, BELINDA. SURVIVING ARE A BROTHER: JIMMIE L. OF
        TOPEKA; AND 3 SISTERS: CATHERINE THOMPSON OF WICHITA, CHERYL LINDBURG OF
        TOPEKA, AND JOAN BELL OF WICHITA. INTERMENT WAS AT PENWELL-GABEL CEMETERY
        AND MAUSOLEUM. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON 6/28/2006.


Class of 1980


HOWEY
  Name: JEFF HOWEY




Class of 1984


GLOTZBACH
  Name: RICK GLOTZBACH

        DIED MARCH 30, 2003


Class of 1994

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MURRAY
  Name: CHRISTOPHER MURRAY

        CHRISTOPHER DEAN MURRAY JR., 26, FORMERLY OF TOPEKA, DIED TUESDAY, AUG. 6,
        2002, AT A KANSAS CITY, KAN., HOSPITAL FROM BURNS HE SUFFERED IN AN
        ACCIDENT IN APRIL. MR. MURRAY HAD BEEN A DESIGN ENGINEER FOR INFRA-RED
        TECHNOLOGIES AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE MID-WEST OUTLAW LIGHTNING SPRINTS FOR
        THREE YEARS. HE WAS BORN FEB. 22, 1976, IN TOPEKA, THE SON OF CHRISTOPHER
        DEAN MURRAY AND CAROL DIANE PROBUSKY. HE ATTENDED SEAMAN HIGH SCHOOL AS A
        FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE AND GRADUATED WITH HIGH HONORS FROM WASHBURN RURAL
        HIGH SCHOOL IN 1994. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND
        EARNED THE PRESIDENTIAL ACADEMIC AWARD. HE EARNED A BACKELOR'S DEGREE IN
        MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN 1998, WHERE HE WAS A
        TEAM LEADER FOR THE FABRICATION OF THE FORMULA VEE CAR. HE MOVED TO KANSAS
        CITY, MO., FROM LAWRENCE IN 1998. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS FATHER AND
        STEPMOTHER, CHRISTOPHER DEAN AND GAYLA A. CHANCELLOR MURRAY SR., TOPEKA;
        HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER, CAROL DIANE AND HAL GRAY, TOPEKA; TWO HALF
        BROTHERS, ADAME KANE CHANCELLOR AND SHAWN TYLER GRAY, BOTH OF TOPEKA; TWO
        STEPBROTHERS, JOSHUA WILLIAM AND JARED ANDREW GRAY, BOTH OF KANSAS CITY,
        KAN.; TWO HALF SISTERS, APRIL ANN CHANCELLOR AND ASHLEY LORRAINE GRAY, BOTH
        OF TOPEKA; A STEPSISTER, MARTINA MARIE GRAY, DENVER; GRANDPARENTS, RUTH
        LORRAINE AND EDWARD G. PORUBSKY, PATRICIA LEE MURRAY AND FRANK HENRY
        MURRAY, ALL OF TOPEKA; AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, FRANK AND LORETTA MURRAY,
        TOPEKA. BURIAL WAS AT WEST LAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
        8/11/2002.


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NUSBAUM
  Name: HELEN NUSBAUM

        HELEN C. NUSBAUM, 81, TOPEKA, DIED FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 2002, AT A TOPEKA
        NURSING HOME. MRS. NUSBAUM HAD WORKED AT WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL AND
        RETIRED AS A TITLE I READING AIDE AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ELEMENTARY
        SCHOOL. SHE WAS BORN FEB. 4, 1921, IN DENVER, THE DAUGHTER OF TRUMAN AND
        GOLDIE STRATTON MARN. SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938.
        MRS. NUSBAUM WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF TOPEKA REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHE
        WAS A VOLUNTEER CUB SCOUT DEN MOTHER AND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE COLMERY-O'NEIL
        VA MEDICAL CENTER. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT THE TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY
        PUBLIC LIBRARY. SHE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY TO PHILIP
        BILLARD POST NO. 1650 OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN
        WASHBURN UNIVERSITY WALKERS. SHE MARRIED NED A. NUSBAUM ON AUG. 3, 1940, IN
        ATCHISON. HE SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE SONS, NED A. NUSBAUM
        JR., TOPEKA, PAUL W. NUSBAUM, PLATTE CITY, MO., AND MARK NUSBAUM, LUBBOCK,
        TEXAS; A DAUGHTER, BEVERLY NUSBAUM JOHNSON, SAN RAFAEL, CALIF.; TWO
        BROTHERS, WILBUR MARN, TECUMSEH, AND CHARLES MARN, MARSHALL, MO.; A SISTER,
        SARA CUSTER, TOPEKA; AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN. BURIAL WAS IN MOUNT HOPE
        CEMETERY. TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL OCTOBER 2002


STALLARD
  Name: BRYCE STALLARD

        DR. BRYCE D. STALLARD, 79, TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006
        AT MIDLAND HOSPICE HOUSE. BRYCE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 17, 1926 IN TOPEKA, THE
        SON OF HOBART MCKINLEY AND LOTTIE GERTRUDE STALLARD. HE GRADUATED FROM
        LIBERTY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN LAWRENCE IN 1944. BRYCE SERVED IN THE U.S.
        NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE RECEIVED A BACHELORS DEGREE FROM BAKER
        UNIVERSITY IN 1950, AND A MASTERS IN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION FROM THE
        UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN 1960, AND LATER HIS DOCTOR OF EDUCATION FROM
        OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1971. BRYCE TAUGHT MATHEMATICS AND COACHED
        HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND WAS NAMED THE KANSAS STATE
        COACH OF THE YEAR IN 1960 WHEN HIS WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
        TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE SERVED AS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT
        GOODLAND AND OLATHE AND A SUPERINTENDENT IN WICHITA, NORTON, SATANTA,
        OMAHA, NEBRASKA AND FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. HE RETIRED IN 1991. AFTER RETIRING,
        HE CONTINUED TO SUBSTITUTE TEACH IN THE TOPEKA 501 SCHOOL DISTRICT UNTIL
        FEBRUARY 2006. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 400 IN TOPEKA,
        THE LIONS, ROTARY, OPTIMIST AND KIWANIS CLUBS, AND WAS A 32ND DEGREE MASON.
        BRYCE MARRIED LOIS M. JONES ON JUNE 5, 1949 IN FRANKFORT. SHE SURVIVES.
        OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE THEIR CHILDREN; SHERYL MATHIS AND SONDRA BLESSING,
        BOTH OF LAWRENCE, MARK STALLARD, OVERLAND PARK AND PENNY HELMICK, TOPEKA; 7
        GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 BROTHERS; ALVIS STALLARD, TOPEKA AND DAVID STALLARD,
        DERBY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 2 SISTERS; JEAN EVANS AND RUTH STALLARD.
        A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 A.M. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2006 AT
        FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH IN TOPEKA. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE UNDERWOOD
        CEMETERY IN WILLIAMSTOWN. PUBLISHED IN THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ON
        3/3/2006.


TEACHERS

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BEASON
  Name: STEVEN BEASON

        STEVEN B. BEASON, 47, TOPEKA, DIED FRIDAY, AUG. 9, 2002, AT A TOPEKA
        HOSPICE HOUSE. HE HAD AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, ALSO KNOWN AS LOU
        GEHRIG'S DISEASE. MR. BEASON TAUGHT AND COACHED AT QUIVIRA HEIGHTS HIGH
        SCHOOL IN BUSHTON FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN IN WHITTIER, CALIF., FOR TWO
        YEARS HE WAS HEAD COACH OF THE MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AT CALIFORNIA
        POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF., FOR 10 YEARS AND HE HAD
        TAUGHT AND WAS HEAD COACH OF BOY'S BASKETBALL AT WASHBURN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL
        FOR THREE YEARS. HE WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1955, IN SAN DIEGO, THE SON OF STEVE
        CASS AND JOAN MULLEN BEASON. HE WAS REARED IN CALIFORNIA AND EARNED A
        BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL
        SCIENCE AT EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY. HE HAD LIVED IN TOPEKA FOR THE PAST
        FOUR YEARS. HE MARRIED DENISE BEASON ON JUNE 25TH, 1983, IN EMPORIA. SHE
        SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO DAUGHTERS, ASHLEY D. BEASON AND LAURA
        B. BEASON, BOTH AT HOME; HIS FATHER, STEVE CASS BEASON, MANHATTAN; HIS
        MOTHER AND STEPFATHER, JOAN AND WERNER SITZ, CENTERVILLE, VA; AND THREE
        SISTERS, STACE NUNZ, MISSION VIEJO, CALIF., CANDANCE BEASON, LACANADA,
        CALIF., AND PAIGE WESLEY, IN MARYLAND. MR. BEASON WAS CREMATED. TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL  8/11/2002.


COOKSON
  Name: FRANK COOKSON



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JONES
  Name: CAROLYN JONES



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PEEL
  Name: ROBERT (BOB) PEEL

        BOB PEEL, A FORMER FOOTBALL AND TRACK COACH AT WASHBURN RURAL, DIED IN
        JUNEAU, ALASKA, ON JUNE 17 AT THE AGE OF 73 AFTER A BOUT WITH CANCER. PEEL
        COACHED AT RURAL FROM 1954-1965 AND COMPILED A 57-40-1 RECORD AS THE JUNIOR
        BLUES' FOOTBALL COACH. HE HAD A STRETCH OF SEVEN WINNING SEASONS IN EIGHT
        YEARS, INCLUDING TWO PERFECT 9-0 SEASONS.  PEEL WAS ALSO ASSISTANT
        BASKETBALL COACH FOR RURAL'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN 1959-1960. TOPEKA
        CAPITAL-JOURNAL


SLOOP
  Name: BUD SLOOP




STOLL
  Name: CURTIS STOLL




WALLACE
  Name: SHARLYN WALLACE

        SHARLYN TOD WALLACE, AGE 71, OF TOPEKA, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16,
        2009 IN TOPEKA FOLLOWING A STRUGGLE WITH CANCER. SHE WAS BORN JULY 31, 1937
        IN TOPEKA THE DAUGHTER OF ERNEST AND VIRGINIA JENKINS LESSER. AS A CHILD
        SHE LIVED IN THE JAY STREET COMMUNITY OF NORTH TOPEKA WHERE SHE ATTENDED
        LYMAN GRADE SCHOOL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE. AS A STUDENT AT LYMAN SHE
        PLAYED BASKETBALL AND SOFTBALL COUNTY WIDE AS WELL AS PLAYING ON OTHER
        COMMUNITY TEAMS. SHE PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE SANTA FE
        STREAMLINERS AND SOFTBALL FOR THE D-X JUNIORS AND LATER FOR THE OHSE MEATS
        WOMANS TEAM. SHARLYN STARTED HIGH SCHOOL AT SEAMAN. IN HER SENIOR YEAR, SHE
        WAS PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL, EDITOR OF THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER (THE
        CLIPPER) AND GRADUATED AS SALUTATORIAN OF THE CLASS OF 1955. IN THE FALL OF
        1955, SHE ENROLLED AT EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF
        SCIENCE DEGREE IN EDUCATION IN 1959. ON JUNE 21, 1959, SHE MARRIED DANIEL
        LEE WALLACE OF HONGA, MARYLAND. SHE WAS A TEACHER AT WASHBURN RURAL HIGH
        SCHOOL AND JAY SNIVELER JR. HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1965 SHE LEFT TEACHING TO JOIN
        HER HUSBAND IN THEIR PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS, WALLACE PHOTOGRAPHY. INTERMENT
        WILL BE AT THE ROCHESTER CEMETERY.