Elsie E. Brown Mrs. Elsie E. Brown, 97, Topeka, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003, at McCrite Plaza. She was born March 16, 1906, near Hoyt, the daughter of James and Victoria Jensen Kinnaird. She graduated from Hoyt High School in 1923 and received a teachers certificate from Emporia State Teachers College. Mrs. Brown began her career as a school teacher...

Elmira Vivian Wooderson Elmira Vivian Wooderson, 76, Topeka, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at her home. Mrs. Wooderson was a comptroller of Associated Locksmiths of America until retiring in 2000. She was born Jan. 15, 1927, in Marion, N.D., the daughter of Minius and Anna Jensen Anderson. She graduated from Marion High School in Marion, N.D., and attended and graduated...

Virginia L. Williams Virginia L. Williams, 91, Topeka, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, at a Topeka nursing home. Mrs. Williams had worked at Pelletiers, Stormont-Val and she retired from Falleys. She was born Aug. 12, 1912, in Trinidad, Colo., the daughter of Earl T. and Mary Helen Brooks Platt. She moved to Topeka in 1926 and graduated from Topeka High...

William R. "Bill" Mawdsley Sr. William R. "Bill" Mawdsley Sr., 77, Topeka, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, in Topeka. He was born June 11, 1926, in Everest, the son of Thomas E. and Nettie M. Blacketer Mawdsley. He attended Atchison schools. He worked at Individual Mausoleum Co., Atchison. Then he moved to Topeka, where he worked at Sullivan Cleaners for...

Loretta Josephine Johnson Loretta Josephine Johnson, 58, Osage City, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, at a Topeka hospital. She was regional manager for Recreation Resource Management of America for eight years. She was born Oct. 3, 1945, in Topeka, the daughter of Clyde Harry and Mabel Ruth Hayes Stonebraker. She graduated from Seaman High School. She attended Trinity Baptist Church...

Clara M. Hartzell Clara M. Hartzell, 100, Topeka, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003, at a Topeka nursing home. She was born Jan. 13, 1903, in Topeka, the daughter of Clarence E. and Lizzie Sickenger Simpson. She was a lifelong Topeka resident. Mrs. Hartzell was a member of Seaman Congregational Church of Christ and participated in activities at Papans Landing Senior...

Georgia M. "Sally" Cann Georgia "Sally" M. Cann, 88, Topeka, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, at her home. She was born Oct. 13, 1915, in Scranton, the daughter of William E. and Edith Anne Nelson York. Mrs. Cann was a homemaker. She married William John Cann Sr. on July 15, 1937, in Topeka. He died Nov. 6, 1991. Mrs. Cann...

William R. "Bill" Mawdsley Sr. William R. "Bill" Mawdsley Sr., 77, Topeka, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, in Topeka. He was born June 11, 1926, in Everest, the son of Thomas E. and Nettie M. Blacketer Mawdsley. He attended Atchison schools. He worked at Individual Mausoleum Co., Atchison. Then he moved to Topeka, where he worked at Sullivan Cleaners for...

Lua Elizabeth Buening Lua Elizabeth Buening, 85, Topeka, died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, at Plaza West Regional Health Center, Topeka. She was born Oct. 18, 1918, in Lawrence, the daughter of Dr. Edward and Edith Lua (McCammon) Bumgardner. She lived in Valley Falls from 1954 to 1970, in Arvada, Colo., from 1970 to 1991, and has been a Topeka resident...

David Michael Puff Memorial services for David Michael Puff, 54, Topeka, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Parker-Price Mortuary. Graveside services will be in Prairie Home Cemetery immediately following the service. Mr. Puff died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, while at home with his loved ones. He was born May 24, 1949, in Topeka, the son of Charles "Dick" Puff...

Eulala E. Stark Eulala E. Stark, 88, Topeka, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at a Topeka hospital. She was born July 26, 1915, in Lynchburg, Mo., to Jess and Lona Carter Barton. Mrs. Stark had lived in Excelsior Springs, Mo., before moving to Topeka. She worked as a bookkeeper and buyer for Dolgins in North Kansas City, Mo. She was...

Wilma A. Sams Wilma A. Sams, 93, Topeka, died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, in Topeka. She was born Jan. 28, 1910, in Topeka, the daughter of Albert and Veronica Allendorf Artzer. Mrs. Sams was a lifelong Topeka resident. She worked for Beatrice Creamery for many years. She was a member of Assumption Catholic Church and Daughters of Isabella. She was...

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...