-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Louis Hague Ronald Louis Hague, 69, of Topeka, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at his residence. He was born Jan. 13, 1935, in Byesville, Ohio, to Thomas M. and Bertha Elizabeth Harriett Hague. Ron graduated from New Concord High School in Ohio. He was a member of the Marines and the Air Force, serving in Korea and Vietnam...

Wanda N. Tjelmeland Wanda N. Tjelmeland, 67, Topeka, died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004. She was born in Story County, Iowa, on May 28, 1937, to Weston and Nettie Olson of McCallsburg, Iowa. Wanda married Marion Tjelmeland on Jan. 23, 1960. He survives. Other survivors include two sons, Kyle Tjelmeland and Kirk Tjelmeland, both of Topeka; one brother, Wayne Olson, San...

Winifred T. Hartman Winifred T. Hartman, 80, Topeka, Thursday, died Aug. 26, 2004, at St. Francis Health Center, Topeka. She was born Feb. 24, 1924, at Macclesfield, England, the daughter of Peter and Mary Lee Potts. She lived in Clay Center before moving to Topeka in October 1955. She was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church. She worked as a...

Margaret Ann Corwin, 85, Topeka, died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2004 at Stormont-Vail Health Center E.R.She was born Jan. 11, 1919 in Wymore, NE the daughter of Frank and Anna Roberts.Margaret was a member of Bethel Community Church, Bethel Community Club and Widow Widowers. She was an avid Bingo player. She worked for Hallmark Card Company over 20 years before retiring.She...

E. Frank Sewell, 96, Topeka, KS died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004 at Midland Hospice House.He was born October 31, 1907 in Carroll County, Georgia the son of Joel I. and Hattie M. Morris Sewell. He attended schools in Carrolton, GA. Mr. Sewell was an electrician and electrical inspector for over 60 years. He married Margaret E. Mannen on July 10,...

Mary Jo Robertson Mary Jo Robertson, 87, Topeka, died Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at her home. Mary Jo was born Aug. 18, 1917, southeast of Valley Falls, the daughter of Henry and Grace Campbell Shermer. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1934. Mary Jo s upbringing on the family farm helped her to excel in her passion, home...

Irene M. Matthes Irene M. Matthes, 87, Topeka, died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born April 3, 1917, in St. Paul, Minn., to Mathias and Mary Grace Cook Stoffels. She married Albert Rapp in 1935. Seven children were born to that union. A later marriage to Harold Matthes resulted in moving to Faribault,...

Lillian Pobrislo Keller Lillian Pobrislo Keller, 89, of Topeka, passed away at Brewster Place on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004. She was born February 24, 1915 in Rossville to Czech parents Vincent and Mary Cerny Pobrislo. She was married to Philip W. Keller on June 2, 1943 in Topeka. He survives. At the age of 12, she had to help her...

Rose Ann Engel, 85, Topeka died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004 at her home.Rose was born November 9, 1918 in Wherum, PA the daughter of Phillip and Mary Skida Yendzik.She married Ralph W. Engel November 13, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland, he died July 29, 1997.She is also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers John and Steve Yendzik, two sisters,...

Elta Ferne Doty Bausch passed away of August 10, 2004.She currently resided at the Lexington Park Acute Care facility in Topeka. She was born on September 21, 1918, to Goldie Pearle White Doty and William Wilson Doty of Yates Center, Kansas. In 1926 the family moved to Hoyt, where she entered the Hoyt school system, graduating from Hoyt High School...

Beatrice Mae "Bea" Dahl MANHATTAN - Mrs. Beatrice Mae "Bea" Dahl, 77, Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004, at Stonybrook Retirement Community in Manhattan. Mrs. Dahl was born March 4, 1927, at Deep Water, Mo., the daughter of Loren Dana and Gladys Dee Rayburn Simmons. Mrs. Dahl was a school teacher and had taught at Cawker City and Ellsworth...

Gordon East SCRANTON - Gordon East, 82, of Boise, Idaho, formerly of Scranton, Kan., died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004, in the Boise Veterans Administration Hospital. He was born on July 29, 1922, at Lancaster, Ky., to Lilburn and Margaret Carrol East. He met Martha Gaines and they married at Goodland, Kan., on Dec. 23, 1943. He drove a truck for...

Donald F. "Fred" Flowers Donald F. "Fred" Flowers,75, Topeka, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, at Midland Hospice House, Topeka. He was born Oct. 2, 1928, at Hoyt, the son of Ress T. and Nettie B. Michael Flowers. He lived in Topeka most of his life. He was a carman with Union Pacific Railroad for 46 years. He served in the...

Cecil E. Lister Cecil E. Lister, 87, LaFayette, Ga., formerly of Topeka, died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, in LaFayette, Ga. He was born Sept. 1, 1916, in Westmoreland, the son of Hugh H. and Marie A. Valentine Lister. Mr. Lister retired from the Army at the rank of master sergeant after serving for 23 years. He was a corrections officer...

Constance Jo Wennihan-Dagosta Constance Jo Wennihan-Dagosta, 49, Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Topeka, died Saturday, July 31, 2004, at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Dallas. She was born Aug. 21, 1954, in Topeka, to Ivan Dale and Rena Elaine May Willard. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Washburn University. She worked for Southwestern Bell for 18 years...

Howard William Klinefelter Howard William Klinefelter, 85, died of cancer Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, in Topeka. Mr. Klinefelter retired in 1973 as chief engineer of the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center. He later was director of operations at Taylor University in Upland, Ind. He served four years in the Army during World War II. He was born Oct. 29, 1918, in...

Dorothy F. Fidler Dorothy F. Fidler, 81, Topeka, died Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, at her home. Dorothy was born March 1, 1923, in Topeka, the daughter of Charles Alvin and Ethel M. Bundy Price. She was a member of Family of God Church. Dorothy married Jess L. Fidler on June 20, 1967, in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death...

Dorothy F. Fidler Dorothy F. Fidler, 81, Topeka, died Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, at her home. Dorothy was born March 1, 1923, in Topeka, the daughter of Charles Alvin and Ethel M. Bundy Price. She was a member of Family of God Church. Dorothy married Jess L. Fidler on June 20, 1967, in Miami, Okla. He preceded her in death...

Emma A. Smith Emma A. Smith, 88, Topeka, formerly of Alta Vista, died Saturday, July 24, 2004. She was born on Oct. 24, 1915, in Whitewater, Mo., the daughter of John William and Alma Dorothea Reineke Schuette. Mrs. Smith lived in Alta Vista before moving to Topeka in 2001. She was a member of the Emanuel Methodist Church in Alta...

David Albert Andrade David Albert Andrade, 53, Topeka, died Thursday, July 22, 2004, in Topeka. He was born Feb. 8, 1951, at San Bernardino, Calif., the son of Albert Fred Eastman and Mavis Anne Reeves. He had lived in Topeka for 13 years. Mr. Andrade was an electrician for Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad. He was a member of IBEW, Local...