The Topeka Daily Capital Friday March 30, 1951 Mrs. R. Williamson. Mrs. Rebecca Ellen WILLIAMSON, 89, widow of the late Rev. L.W. Williamson, died Thursday afternon at her home, 1024 Clay. She was born July 10, 1861, in Peoria, Ill., and had been a resident of Topeka 49 years. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H.B. HAWTHORNE of West Mineral, Kan., and Mrs. Glen M. WEBB of Independence, Kan.; five sons, A.R. Williamson of Route 9; Thomas W., Walker, and James E. Williamson all of Topeka, and Frank Williamson of Omaha, Neb.; 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday March 30, 1951 Mrs. G. Musgrave. Mrs. Gerturde MUSGRAVE, former Topekan, died Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John F. FLYNN, in Oroville, Calif. She was the widow of the late Charles A. Musgrave, who was Rock Island dispatcher at McFarland for many years. He died October 12, 1935. She made her home in Topeka many years before moving to Oroville a year ago to make her home with her daughter. Besides her daughter, she is survived by four grandchildren; a brother, Thomas ELVIDGE, of St. Louis, Mo.; and a sister, Mrs. Nina CALHOUN, of Sioux City, Iowa.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday March 30, 1951 Pvt. Lee Roy Barnes. The body of Pvt. Lee Roy BARNES, 22, who was killed September 26, in Korea arrived Thursday at Holton. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in that city and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct a military service at the grave at Holton Cemetery. Private Barnes arrived in Korea in July. His body was among the first 600 bodies of men killed in Korea to be returned to the United States. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Christina Barnes of Circleville; a three-months-old son, Lee Roy Barnes, Circleville; his father, J. A. Barnes of Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred CROW, Dumas, Tex.; Mrs. Helen WILSON, LaHabra, Calif., and Mrs. Edith WALTERS, Roosevelt, Okla.; and two brothers, T.J. and Carl Barnes both of Meriden.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday March 30, 1951 Dana L. Anderson. Dana L. ANDERSON, 57, died Thursday night in his apartment at the Boys' Industrial School. He was born September 27, 11893, in Erie, Kan., and for the past 12 years has been employed at the school as home supervisor of the Friendship Cottage. He came to Topeka form Fredonia, where he was associated with the Baker Motor Co. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Golden Rule Lodge No. 90, A.F.&A.M., and was a past-commander of the Fredonia American Legion Post and was a member of the Forty and Eight of Topeka. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elva Anderson of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Richard FUNK, Topeka; and two grandchildren, Rickey and Amalee Funk, both of Topeka.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday March 30, 1951 Mrs. May Dugan Mrs. May DUGAN, 81, native Kansan, died Thursday morning in a Topeka hospital. She was born May 30, 1869, in Garrison, Kan., and owned and operated a rooming house in Manhattan for many years. She moved to Topeka 15 years ago. She was a member of the Women's Relief Corps, Rebekah Lodge and the Grange at Manhattan, the Daughters of Union Veterans, Thid Presbyterian Church and Ladies of the GAR, of Topeka. She is survived by a son, J.W. WOODS, Broughton, Kan.; four brothers, George HARPER, Stockdale, Kan.; Ed Harper, Randolph, Kan.; Frank Harper, Kansas City, Mo., and Bert Harper of California, six grandchildren, eight greart-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Funeral services and interment will be in Manhattan.

The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 29, 1951 Mrs. Leota B. French. Mrs. Leota Belle FRENCH, 80, widow of the late Emmett O. French, died Wednesday afternoon at ther home in Rossville. She was born March 27, 1871, in Laurel County, Ky., and had been a resident of Rossville 25 years. She was a member of the Rossville Christian Church. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Orville BARNES, Dodge City; Mrs. Roy COOK, Redlands, Calif.; Mrs. R.W. KELSEY, and Mrs. H.D. CHAPMAN, both of Kansas City, Mo.; four sons, Wiliam French, Follett, Texas; Alfred and Howard French, both of Rossville; and Leslie French, Minneapolis, Minn., 15 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Catherine BERRY, Portland, Ore., and a brother, James BLANKENSHIP, Bonner Springs.

The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 29, 1951 Albert W. Smith. Albert W. SMITH, 85 of 638 Carnahan, died Wednesday night in a Topeka hospital. He was born June 19, 1865, in Pittsburg, Pa. and had made his home in Topeka since 1889. He was a retired Santa Fe machinist. He is survived by a son, Harvey L. LATSHAW, Topeka and a granddaughter, Miss Stephanie Latshaw, Topeka.

The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 19, 1951 Robert James Best. Robert James BEST, retired employee of John Morrell & Co., died Wednesday at his home, 633 Lake. He was born Dec. 9, 1875, in Beaver Falls, Pa., and came to Kansas with his parents when he was 18-months-old. The family settled in Scranton. Later he moved to Dover and the to St. Marys where he was city marshal in 1916 and 1917. He had made his home in Topeka 27 years. He was an employee of John Morrell & Co. for 25 years. He was a member of the Church of the Assumption and the Knights of Columbus Council No. 534. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Best of the home; four sons, Robert A., William V. and James R. Best of Topeka and Leo J. Best, Palo Alto, Calif., eight daughters, Mrs. Sophia EVANS, Mrs. Catherine BERBERICK, Mrs. Marguerite ETZEL, Mrs. Mildred REES, Mrs. Irene DONNELLY, Mrs. Rozella APPLEHANZ, all of Topeka; Miss Rita BEST of the home and Mrs. Regina KENT, Norton; three brothers, John and George Best, Topeka, and Tom Best, Eskridge; three sisters, Mrs. Millie SAGE, Maple Hill, Mrs. Daisy CALDWELL, Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Edna LIVINGSTON, Lynnwood, Calif., 52 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Thurday March 29, 1951 Mrs. Grace F. Dean. Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Freeman DEAN, widow of the late John S. Dean, will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. Dr. Ray C. Jones, pastor of the First Congregational Church, will officiate. Pallbearers will be Carl HOUSEWORTH, John SHUART and Stephen HALL, all of Topeka; John BALLARD, Kansas City, Mo.; William L. TONSLEY, Jr., Great Bend, and John S. DEAN, III., Chicago, all grandsons. Interment will be in Topeka Cemetery. Mrs. Dean, who died late Tuesday night at her home, 2220 West 17th, was born in Kansas City and was a Topeka resident for many years. She was a member of the First Congregational Church, Louvre Art Club and of the board of Ingleside Home. For years she has given an annual prize for the best painting by a local artist in memory of her niece, Miss Elizabeth ROBINSON, who was an art student at Washburn University at the time of her death. She was married to Frederick W. FREEMAN, Topeka banker in 1887. Mr. Freeman died in June, 1928. She was married to the late Col. John S. Dean, Topeka lawyer, who died in 1937. Surviving are six step-children, Mrs. W.C. BALL, Webb City, Mo.; Mrs. Paul W. BILLINGS, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Dean ALT, Lawrence; W. Laird DEAN, John S. DEAN, Jr.; and Morris Dean, all of Topeka; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. John H. ROBINSON, Nantucket, Mass., and a brother, Frank WAUGH, Sonora, Calif.

The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 29, 1951 Mrs. Emma R. Morrison Dies After Long Illness. Mrs. Emma Read MORRISON, 81, died Wednesday at her home, 1414 Buchanan, following an illness of seven months. She was born November 17, 1869, in Toronto, Canada, and has been a resident of Topeka for the past 45 years. She married the late Dr. Thomas Scott Morrison, a Topeka dentist, June 7, 1895. Dr. Morrison died in 1925 in DeLand, Fla. Mrs. Morrison was a meber of the Central Congregational Church, a matron of Beulah Chapter 24, OES, past state president of American War Mothers, past-president of the Topeka chapter of White Shrine, Toltec Rite and the Woman's Club. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ray E. DEANE, of the home, Mrs. A. Price JONES, Des Moines, a son, Maj. Read W. Morrison, station at Munich, Germany, a sister Mrs. W.A. ALDEN, Los Angeles, and a brother, W.B. READ, Los Angeles, and six grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday March 29, 1951 Ezra C. Ray. Ezra C. RAY, 68, of Osage City, died Wednesday morning in a Topeka hospital. He was born June 14, 1882, in Otterville, Mo., and moved to Leavenworth in 1897. He had been a resident of Osage City 22 years, moving there from Colby. He was retired farmer and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Leonora DAUM, Route 8, and Mrs. Victoria BARRETT, Graystone Park, N.J.; a brother, D. Ray, Osage City, and two nieces.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 James Curry. James CURRY, 88, resident of Shawnee County more than 60 years, died Tuesday night in a Topeka hospital. His home was at 615 Monroe. he was born Sept. 22, 1862, in Monroe County, Mich., and was a retired Santa Fe employe. In later years, he operated a smokehouse on Quincy Street. He was a member of the Church of the Assumption. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Curry of the home; four sons, Maurice, Thomas and Edward Curry, all of Topeka, and Charles Curry, Des Plaines, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. James POLLOCK, Mrs. Walt KENNEDY and Mrs. Anthony BURKE, all of Topeka; two brothers, Frank and Albert Curry, both of Topeka; a sister, Miss Grace Curry, Topeka, 19 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Oscar H. Gibbons. Oscar H. GIBBONS, 68, died Monday night at his home, 1016 Monroe. He was born March 21, 1883, in Slater, Mo., and had been a resident of Topeka most of his life. He was a Rock Island employee for 20 years, retiring in 1944. He was a member of the Church of the Assumption and the Knights of Columbus Council No. 534. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Gibbons of the home; two sons, John and Lee Gibbons, Omaha, Neb., and a sister, Mrs. Margaret BAUER, Pocatella, Ida.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Kathleen Shannon. Kathleen Margaret SHANNON, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John SHANNON, of 7 University Place, died Tuesday morning at the home of her parents. She was born Oct. 14, 1946, in Dubuque, Iowa. Besides her parents, she is survived by a brother, John Patrick Shannon of the home; her grandparents, Mrs. Rose Shannon, Galena, Ill.; Mrs. Frank E. BERNARD, San Francisco, Calif., and A.C. O'BYRNE, Topeka; and a great-grandmother, Mrs. James O'Byrne, Topeka.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Miss Grace Slusser. Miss Grace SLUSSER, 44, died Tuesday afternoon at her home on Route 1, Richland. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mr. Clarence B. Slusser, of the home; five sisters, Mrs. Thelma MAUST of Tpoeka; Mrs. Marie HILL, of Lawrence, Mrs. Fay GLENN of Lecompton; Mrs. Pearl KRAFT of Richland; and Mrs. Hazel WILLIAMS of San Antonio, Texas; and a brother, Ivan Slusser of Richland.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Claude C. Douglas. Claude C. DOUGLASS, 71, of Holton, died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital. A veteran of World War I, Douglass had been a deputy sheriff for years in Jackson County. He suffered a heart attack last week and was brought to a hospital in Topeka Sunday. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alta Douglass, of Holton and a son, C.C. Douglass, Jr., of Wichita. (Note: Douglas and Douglass typed as printed.)

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Mrs. Helen Blacker. Mrs. Helen Mary BLACKER, 58, of 2909 Topeka, died Tuesday morning in a Topeka hospital. She was born October 5, 1892, in Topeka and was a lifelong resident of this city. She is survived by her husband, Edward E. Blacker, of the home; a sister, Mrs. Louis CHAROWHAS, Tuscon, Ariz., a brother, Edward SCHMIDT, Topeka; three nieces, Mrs. Stella WILKINS, Clarkston, Wash.; Mrs. Helen M. DRESCHER, Tucson, Ariz.; and Mrs. Dolores REASER, Topeka; and two nephews, William P. Charowhas, San Diego, Calif., and Pete Charowhas, Tucson, Ariz.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Mrs. Lottie Godsey. Mrs. Lottie GODSEY, 57, died Tuesday morning at her home in Netawaka. She made her home in that community 39 years. She is survived by her husband, Patton Godsey fo the home; two daughters, Mrs. Winifred MAJORS, Wichita, and Miss Vera Godsey, Topeka; three sons, Milford Godsey, Waterville, Wayne Godsey, Wichita and Harvey Godsey, Netawaka; and three brothers, Arch CULLINS, Holton; Albert Cullins, Soldier; and Marsh Cullins, Washington State.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Miss Angie C. Ticknor. Miss Angie C. TICKNOR, died Tuesday afternoon at her home, 1520 East Sixth. She was born near Cameron, Mo., and had made her home in Topeka most of her life. She was a former employee of the Emahizer-Spielman Furniture Co. She was a member of the Third Christian Church and a well known social worker in East Topeka. She is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Ruth LONGSTAFF and Mrs. Thelma TAYLOR, both of Topeka; and two nephews, Kenneth TICKNOR and Elul STITT, both of Topeka.

The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Mrs. Grace Dean Dies At Her Home. Mrs. Grace Freeman DEAN, widow of the late Col. John S. Dean, died at her home, 2220 West 17th, late Tuesday night. She had been ill since last November. Mrs. Dean was a prominent member of Topeka society and patron of the arts. Before her marriage to Colonel Daen, she was the widow of the late Frederick W. FREEMAN, prominent Topeka banker. Surviving Mrs. Dean are a sister, Mrs. John H. ROBINSON, Nantucket, Mass., and six step-children.