Preston J. Seibold Preston J. Seibold, 81, Topeka, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at a Topeka hospice house. Mr. Seibold was a career military man, serving 35 years in the Army. He served during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. He was awarded two Purple Hearts. He was born Aug. 3, 1921, in Phoenix. He moved to the...

Cecil Herndon Parrett Cecil Herndon Parrett, 84, life-long Topeka resident, died Saturday, June 21, 2003, at a Topeka hospice house. He was born March 8, 1919, in Topeka, the son of Charles Herman and Nellie Lynde Parret. Charles Parrett died before Cecil was born. Nellie married Clay Bacon and together they raised Cecil. He graduated from Topeka High School in...

Isabelle Oliver Montour Isabelle Oliver Montour left this life on Sunday, June 22, 2003, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Isabelle was born in Williamstown, Kansas, to Emmett and Effie Laster. She lived in the Williamstown/Perry area most of her life. She married William "Bing" Oliver in 1931. They had three children. Bing passed away in August 1964. Isabelle married...

Brenda Lee Igercic Brenda Lee Igercic, 46, Topeka, died Friday , June 13, 2003, at a Topeka hospital. She was born March 10, 1957, in Topeka, the daughter of Edward and Gladys W. Stroth Taylor. She graduated from Shawnee Heights High School. Mrs. Igercic worked in special education at Highland Park High School for eight years. She married Steve J....

Mildred Mae Miller Mildred Mae Miller, 94, Topeka, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Midland Hospice House. Mrs. Miller worked for Western Stationary from 1943 to 1946 and American News Company from1946 to 1956. She and her husband farmed in the Courtland area until 1961. She was born Sept. 20, 1908, in Mayetta, the daughter of William E. and Clarrisa...

Marjorie E. Kemp Marjorie E. Kemp, 70, Topeka, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Mrs. Kemp was a Topeka resident most of her life. She was born June 27, 1932, in Coffey, Mo., the daughter of James Ralph and Nona Mays Wells. She married Robert Morris Kemp Jr. on June 13, 1949, in Meridian, Miss....

Bertha E. Sloyer Bertha E. Sloyer, 83, Topeka, died Saturday, May 31, 2003, at a Topeka memory care nursing home. She was born Feb. 14, 1920, in Topeka, the daughter of W.F. and Edna Sheetz Spiker. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1938. Mrs. Sloyer was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Paul s Lutheran Church and...

Olive "Melba" Gideon Olive "Melba" Gideon, 90, formerly of Delia, died Monday, May 26, 2003, in Sacramento, Calif. She was born May 5, 1913, in Elmont, the daughter of John Albert and Annie Steele Currey. She graduated from Seaman High School and attended Capital City Commercial College in Topeka. Mrs. Gideon and her husband operated the Gideon Grocery Store in...

Merle Lewis Gideon Merle Lewis Gideon, 92, formerly of Delia, died May 14, 2003, in Sacramento, Calif. He was born April 18, 1911, on the Potawatomi Reservation, the son of William Franklin and Stella Ann Weeks Gideon. He was raised in Delia by Bruce and Edna Woolpert and graduated from Delia High School. Mr. Gideon worked for Motor Inn Garage...

Larry G. Chapman Larry G. Chapman, 65, Topeka, died Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at a Topeka hospice from complications of Emphysema. He was born Feb. 8, 1938, in Salina, the son of E.O. and Avis Ester Buck Chapman. He graduated from Highland Park High School and Washburn University. Mr. Chapman worked for the city of Topeka for 30 years and...

Dueward Aldean Constant Dueward Aldean Constant, 86, Topeka, died Monday, May 19, 2003, at his home. He was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Grant City, Mo., to Frank and Ethel Wineinger Constant. Mr. Constant farmed in northeast Kansas for 65 years. He married Josephine C. Simecka on July 8, 1937, in Delia. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Marlin...

Betty KnoxElizabeth C. "Betty" Knox, 79, Topeka, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at a Topeka hospital.Mrs. Knox worked at B.B. Meiers and McDonnells Bar and Grill on S.W. 6th for more than 20 years. She also worked in the cafeteria at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center for 11 years before retiring in 1989.She was born Feb. 23, 1924, in Topeka, to...

DilleyWalter "Jerry" J. Dilley, 59, Topeka, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at his home.Mr. Dilley was a boiler technician fireman for the state of Kansas for many years. He also had worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War.He was born Dec. 4, 1943, in Topeka, to Isaac and Emma Leona Dodge...

Sylvia PattonSylvia DeEtta Patton, 77, Topeka, died Sunday, April 27, 2003, at a Topeka hospice house.She was born March 19, 1926, in Brewster, to Jacob Chancey and Eva Andrews Beckner. She lived west of Brewster and attended a one-room school until high school. She was a switchboard operator at Stormont-Vail Hospital for several years. She lived in Topeka since 1970.She...

Rex CloughMERIDEN -- Rex D. Clough, 66, Meriden, died Tuesday, April 22, 2003, in Topeka.Mr. Clough was a truck driver for Bowman Truckline and Holloway Truckline. He also was an automobile mechanic for area companies and a self-employed mechanic. He also served in the Kansas Army National Guard.He was born July 30, 1936, in Howard, to Dale I. and Delene...

Virginia MillardVirginia "Virgie" L. Millard, 73, Topeka, died Monday, April 21, 2003, at a Topeka hospice house.Mrs. Millard was a clerk for the Santa Fe Railway for 30 years before retiring in 1992.She was born Feb. 10, 1930, in Burlingame, to L. Dean and Clara E. Rees Briggs. She moved with her family to Topeka in 1944 and graduated from...

Betty BradenBetty L. Braden, 81, Topeka, died Sunday, April 20, 2003, at a Topeka nursing home.Mrs. Braden worked at the Ramada Inn in Topeka for 25 years. She served as a foster grandparent at Kansas Neurological Institute for more than 35 years.She was born April 29, 1921, in Topeka to Joseph Wheeler and Catherine Taylor Mullin.She married Charles V. Braden...

Betty BradenBetty L. Braden, 81, Topeka, died Sunday, April 20, 2003, at a Topeka nursing home.Mrs. Braden worked at the Ramada Inn Downtown in Topeka for 25 years.She served as a foster grand-parent at Kansas Neurological Institute for more than 35 years.She was born April 29, 1921, in Topeka to Joseph Wheeler and Catherine Taylor Mullin.She married Charles V. Braden...

Clifford SaileClifford J. Saile, 79, Topeka, died Friday, April 18, 2003, at a Topeka hospice house.Mr. Saile was a mechanic for Martin Tractor Co. for 34 years. He retired in 1985. He served as a radar operator in the Army during World War II. He was decorated with the American theater ribbon, Good Conduct medal and World War II Victory...

Vernon DiekhoffVernon R. Diekhoff, 83, formerly of Topeka, died Friday, April 18, 2003, at a Leavenworth hospital.Mr. Diekhoff was a heavy diesel mechanic for the Santa Fe Railway. He was an Army veteran of World War II.He was born Oct. 2, 1919, in Rochester, Minn., to Dirk and Anna Agina Diekhoff. He moved to Topeka from San Bernardino, Calif., in...