Shirley Ann McCarter Mrs. Shirley Ann McCarter, 68, Topeka, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, at her home in Topeka. She was born May 27, 1935, in Topeka, the daughter of James Edward and Lena Haynes Creech. She attended Topeka High School. She was a Topeka resident all her life. She was a member of the Topeka Jawhawk Club. She married...

Pauline Amelia Swank Pauline Amelia Swank, 92, Topeka, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, at a Topeka hospital. Mrs. Swank worked at Stormont-Vail Hospital from 1949 to 1957 and was a nurses assistant at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center from 1957 to 1975. She was a foster parent for the Kansas Childrens Service League in the early 1940s for several years....

Josephine A. Scully PERRY ~ Josephine A. Scully, 70, Perry, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2003, at her home. She was born May 12, 1933, in Lawrence, the daughter of Walter and Katherine Hooper Tornedon. A resident of Perry for 43 years, she worked for Hamm Quarries as a scale operator and dispatcher for 15 years before retiring. She was a...

Sherman F. "Fred" Robinson Sherman F. "Fred" Robinson, 62, Topeka, died Friday, Oct. 3, 2003, at his home. Mr. Robinson was an over-the-road truck driver for more than 30 years. He earlier had been a paint contractor for about 10 years. he was born Aug. 10, 1941, in Clay Center, the son of Floyd Earl and Frances Imogene Willhof Robinson....

Cleone M. Kraus-Renyer SILVER LAKE ~ Cleone M. Kraus-Renyer, 91, Silver Lake, died Friday, Oct. 3, at Rossville Valley Manor, Rossville. She was born April 25, 1912, in Nortonville, the daughter of Lloyd and Mabel Teare Rife. She lived in Nortonville until moving to Topeka in 1918. She moved to Silver Lake in 1973. She was a clerk in the...

Thomas Wheeler Thomas Wheeler, 81, Topeka, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003, at his home. Mr. Wheeler worked for Hamm Inc. as an equipment operator for 30 years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Germany and central Europe. He was decorated with the American theatre ribbon, European-African-Middle Eastern theatre ribbon with two bronze stars, World War...

Thomas Wheeler Thomas Wheeler, 81, Topeka, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003, at his home. Mr. Wheeler worked for Hamm Inc. as an equipment operator for 30 years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Germany and central Europe. He was decorated with the American theatre ribbon, European-African-Middle Eastern theatre ribbon with two bronze stars, World War...

Lila Mae Janosik Lila Mae Janosik, 68, Topeka, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, at Midland Hospice. She was born Dec. 3, 1934, in Tecumseh, Neb., the daughter of Wilson Leroy and Lila Vina Walker Ratliff. Mrs. Janosik was a member of Light of the World Christian Center. She married Albert E. Janosik on June 9, 1955, in Topeka. He died...

Samuel Roy Mize NORTONVILLE ~ Samuel Roy Mize, 10 months, Nortonville, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2003, at Stormont-Vail Health Care, Topeka. He was born Nov. 11, 2002, in Topeka, the son of Brian and Nicole (Mooradian) Mize. Preceding him in death were his grandparents, Tom and Ann OShea, and a great-grandfather, Albert Sieve. Surviving are his parents, of Nortonville; a...

Neola Nadine Cutright Neola Nadine Cutright, 75, Topeka, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, at a Topeka hospital. She was born March 14, 1928, in Pottawatomie County, the daughter of Russell B. and Pearl M. Horton Cutright. She lived most her life in Topeka. Committal services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Rochester Cemetery. Ms. Cutright will lie in state...

Phyllis R. Horsley Phyllis R. Horsley, 66, Topeka, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003, at a local nursing home. She was born Oct. 2, 1936, at Chillicothe, Mo., the daughter of Fay Leroy and Marie K. Reid Williams. She was reared and attended schools in Chillicothe, where she resided for 42 years. She moved to Topeka in 1988. She was an...

Betty R. Sackrider Mrs. Betty R. Sackrider, 78, Topeka, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, at a Topeka nursing home. Mrs. Sackrider was a homemaker. She was born March 18, 1925, in Havensville, to Mel and Bertha Nichols Sumner. She graduated from Soldier High School. She was a member of Wamego VFW Auxiliary, where she was past president. She was a...

Edna C. Bardsley Edna C. Bardsley, 96, Topeka, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, at her home. She was born Nov. 11, 1906, in Randolph, to Emil and Emma Schoonhoven Anderson. She attended Randolph schools. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She married Jesse E. Bardsley on April 10, 1934, in Topeka. He died on Dec. 29, 1989. She...

Donald Lee Hendricks Donald Lee Hendricks, 70, Topeka, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003, in Topeka. He was born Oct. 5, 1932, in Bloomington, Ind., to Herbert and Mildred P. Lawson Hendricks. He was formerly of Joplin, Mo., and had recently moved to Topeka. He married Loretta M. "Rita" Lake on April 18, 1954, in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include...

Virginia P. Miles Virginia P. Miles, 80, Topeka, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at St. Francis Health Center ER. She was born May 23, 1923, in Gridley, to James C. and Virginia Mae Zinn Dennison. She had resided in Topeka most of her life. She married Earl "Floyd" Miles on April 6, 1946, in Kansas City. He died in 1982....

C. Vernon George C. Vernon George, 68, Topeka, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. He was born July 11, 1935, in Freedom, Mo., to Emile H. and Alice Marie Jones George. Mr. George graduated from Everest High School the class of 1953. He worked as a tower operator for DuPont/Flexel for 35 years before...

Reese H. Canaday Reese H. Canaday, 80, Topeka, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at Midland Hospice. He was born July 27, 1923, in Centerville, the son of Louis Wood and Iva Belle Sheets Canaday. He was a marine during World War II, serving in several South Pacific Campaigns and was decorated for Valor at Iwo Jima, receiving the Silver Star...

Lois "Louise" Ingram Lois "Louise" Ingram, 94, Topeka, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2003, at her daughter s home in Topeka. She was born Feb. 25, 1909, in Kingman County, the daughter of John Isaac and Cassie Florence Bradshaw Starkey. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1927. She moved to Topeka in 1930. Mrs. Ingram was a 65-year member of...

Russel F. "The Beautiful One" Mayfield Russel F. "The Beautiful One" Mayfield , 85, Topeka, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, in Topeka. He was born April 25, 1918, in Mountain Grove, Mo., to Fred and Ora Ellen Walker Mayfield. He lived in Fredonia before moving to Topeka in 1946. Mr. Mayfield Graduated in 1935 from Waxahachi Bible College in Texas....

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hazel M. Vilander Mrs. Hazel M. Vilander, 77, Topeka, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, at a Topeka, nursing home. She was born May 6, 1926, at Wakefield, the daughter of Ellis and Myrtle Heath Male. She was reared in Wakefield, attended Clay Center High School and graduated from Dover High School in Dover. Mrs. Vilander was a homemaker, an...