The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 5, 1960 A. Lee Smith. A. Lee SMITH, 61, of Kansas City, Kan., died Friday in a Topeka hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1899, in Lawrence. He operated an automobile service station in Kansas City. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Iola. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Maude SMITH of the home; three sons, Albert M. SMITH of Kansas City, Kan.; Kenneth G. SMITH of Kansas City and Terrance D. SMITH of Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.; four daughters, Mrs. Virginia TURNER of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Sharon IVERSON of Kansas City, Kan.; Mrs. Betty F. WARD, 2201 Western, and Mrs. Dorothy HOLT, 1414 Western; four sisters, Mrs. May ROBBINS of Chicago, Mrs. Ordea B. GRAVES of Los Angeles; Mrs. Glady HENRY and Mrs. Marjorie GARDNER, 1803 VanBuren; 11 grandchildren; and one brother, Isaac F. SMITH of Akron, Ohio. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Bowser's Chapel. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery in Kansas City, Kan.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 5, 1960 William Wray Service Monday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Parker Mortuary for William C. WRAY, 80, 2811 Cunningham, who died Thursday at his home. He was born in Taylor County, Aug. 6, 1880, and lived in this community since 1900. He was a former employe of the Union Pacific Railroad in Topeka and Kansas City. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Fireman and Oilers and the Seaman Community Church. Surviving are two sons, Phillip G. WRAY of Phoenix, Ariz., and Orville WRAY of Guam; two daughters, Mrs. Leona RICHARDSON of the home, and Mrs. Freda WHITEBREAD, 1016 W. 4th; 31 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, C.W. WRAY of Pecos, Texas, and C.D. WRAY, 1516 Kansas. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 5, 1960 Fairbanks Service Set On Sunday. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Parker Mortuary for Mrs. Viola B. FAIRBANKS, 67, 1910 Grove, who died here Friday. She was born in Shawnee County, Oct. 23, 1893, and lived here all her life. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a son, James W. Fairbanks, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Farmer of Cleveland, Ohio; three brothers, Roy Frey of Silver Lake, John Frey of Route 2, and William Frey, 1903 Medford; and seven grandchildren. Burial will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday November 4, 1960 Mrs. Milt Rogers. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lyndon Methodist Chruch for Mrs. Milt ROGERS, 87, of Lyndon, who died Wednesday in Kansas City. She was born Aug. 11, 1873, in Ottawa and was a member of the Lyndon community 67 years. She was a member of the Methodist Church of Lyndon. For 60 years she was a member of the Royal Neighbors Lodge. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Charles BELLER, of Kansas City, and Mrs. A.F. HOTCHKISS of Burlingame; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the Shaffer Mortuary of Lyndon from noon today until 10 p.m.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday November 4, 1960 Topeka Woman Dies at Wamego. Funeral will be at 9 a.m. Monday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church at Flush for Mrs. Elizabeth ZOELLER, 76, 230 Topeka, who died Wednesday in a Wamego nursing home. A Rosary will be recited at the Stewart Memorial Chapel at Wamego at 3 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. ZOELLER was born Jan. 15, 1884, in Pottawatomie County and moved to Topeka in 1954. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Viola A. UMSCHIED of the home; one brother, Joe DOLL of Wamego; three grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday November 4, 1960 Topekan, 83, Dies; Rites Set Monday. Harry W. WRIGHT, 83, 717 E. 6th, died Thursday in a local hospital. He was born Jan. 11, 1877, in Indianapolis, Ind., and was a resident of Topeka 22 years. He was retired from the U.S. Army in 1932 after 30 years of service, much of which was spent in the Philippines. He is survived by his widow, violet B., of the home; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Margaret L. SILVERSMITH, 830 N. Jackson, Mrs. Hazel OWENS, Perry; two stepsons, Lewis A. GUFFEY, of the home, Clarence GUFFEY, Orlando, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma READING of Middleton, Calif., and Miss Nellie WRIGHT of Kansas City; and one brother, Roy WRIGHT of Sweet Springs, Mo.; eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday November 4, 1960 Former Topekan Dies in Tulsa. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home for Orle Vance KRAUS, 56, a former Topekan, who died Thursday at his home in Tulsa, Okla. He was a sales manager for the Schrivner-Stevens Grocery Co. of Tulsa. He was born at St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8, 1914. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mildred KRAUS of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Janis BENTON of Topeka; and three sisters, Mrs. Grace BOWLES of Warsaw, Ill., Mrs. Coralie MYERS of Kirksville, Mo., and Mrs. Peggy PASKO of Los Angeles. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday November 4, 1960 Topekan 60 Years, John WEEKES Dies. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel for John Clarence WEEKES, 79, 2631 Kentucky, who died in a hospital here Thursday morning. Graveside services will be conducted in Memorial Park Cemetery by Siloam Lodge No. 225, AF&AM. Mr. Weekes was born in Wabaunsee County, April 10, 1881. He lived here more than 60 years and retired from the Santa Fe Railway in 1948. He was a member of the Highland Park Methodist Church, Siloam Lodge, Topeka Consistory, Scottish Rite bodies and Arab Shrine. Suriving are his widow, Mrs. Kate WEEKES of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel BRUCE, 1131 Plass, and Mrs. Ruby BENSON of Denver; a brother, Howard WEEKES, 2416 Beverly Court; two sisters, Mrs. Hazel LINEBERGER of Harveyville, Kans., and Mrs. Eunice FITCH of Springfield, Mo.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Joseph Gardner. Joseph GARDNER, 55, boiler fireman at the Forbes Air Force Base, died unexpectedly Friday morning in his boiler room at the base from a heart attack. He was born February 3, 1896, in Richland and was a lifelong resident of that community. He engaged in farming until nine years ago when he became a fireman at the air base. He was a member of the Richland Evagnelical-United Brethren Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Gardner of the home; a son, Francis Gardner of the home; and a sister, Mrs. Walter Tevis, Route 8. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Richland Evangelical-United Brethren Church, with burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Mrs. Agatha Sachs. Mrs. Agatha B. SACHS, 76, died Friday morning at her home, 233 Monroe. She was born August 5, 1875, in Dundock, Ireland, and moved to Topeka from Seneca in 1928. She was a member of the Church of the Assumption. She is survived by her husband, Anton J. Sachs, of the home; a son, Carl Sachs, Topeka; a brother, Thomas Wynne, Ireland, and two grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Charles A. Hale. Charles A. HALE, former Topekan, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nelson H. Aus in Kansas City, Mo. He was a banker in Yates Center, Kan., for many years and afterward was in the real estate business in Topeka. He was a member of the Men's Fellowship Class of Topeka. Besides his daughter, he is survived by a son, H.A. Hale, Milwaukee, Wis., and a granddaughter, Mrs. Lester Rose, Kansas City, Mo. The funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 William Helfer. William HELFER, 71, of 412 1/2 Kansas Avenune, died Friday in a Topeka hospital after a long illness. He was born May 24, 1880, in Platte County, Mo., and had been a resident of Topeka for 25 years. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frances Bishop, Topeka; five sons, Jess Helfer, Portland, Ore.; Ivan Helfer, Topeka; Ralph Helfer, St. Joseph, Mo.; Paul Helfer, Pacific Peach, Wash., and John Helfer, Holton; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Mrs. Jennie Shaffer. Mrs. Jennie C. SHAFFER, 85, died Friday at the Methodis Home for the Aged. She came to Topeka in 1947 from Osawatomie to enter the home. Her husband William P. Shaffer, died in 1946. She is survived by a brother, J. R. Craecroft, Emporia; a nephew, W.H. Crawecroft, Kansas City, Mo., and a niece, Mrs. Harry Newton, Emporia. The funeral will be at Mulvane Chapel, Methodist Home, at 2 p.m. Sunday wtih burial in Osawatomie.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Mrs. G.P. Randall. Mrs. G.P. RANDALL, 88, long-time resident of Clay Center, died November 7, at the home of her son, Wayne P. Randall, in Osage City. Born in England, she came to Kansas with her parents in 1870. She made her home in Junction City and Wakefield before moving to Clay Center. She taught school in the Clay County rural school and in Clay Center for a number of years. For more than 36 years, she was a teacher for the Menninger Bible Classes. She and Mrs. Menninger were girlhood chums. She is survived by two sons, Wayne P. Randall, president of the Citizens State Bank of Osage City, and G.W. Randall, Eureka Springs, Ark. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Baptist Church in Clay Center.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Francis C. McClain. Frances Campbell McCLAIN, 89, of 407 Ward, died late Thursday night in a Topeka hospital. He was born September 8, 1861, in Platte County, Mo., and moved to Topeka from Sabetha to make his home with his daugther, Mrs. Mabel Clelland. His wife died April 24, 1948. Besides his daughter, he is survived by two grandchildren, Mrs. Dwight Glenn and Walter Clelland, both of Topeka; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Hoskinson, Cement, okla., and a borther, E.D. McCLAIN, Los Angeles. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary, with Parker's Mortuary in charge. Burial will be in Oneida, Kan.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Mrs. Mayme Roeder. Mrs. Mayme ROEDER, 62, of 423 Polk, died Friday in a Topeka hospital. She was born July 3, 1889, in Seneca, Kan., and moved to Axtell when she was married to the late Dr. H.W. Roeder in 1915. She had made her home in Topeka since 1942. Her husband died in 1937. She was a member of the Church of the Assumption. She is survived by a son, Paul R. Roeder, Topeka; two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Adam, Topeka, and Mrs. T.M. Whitley, Welllington; and a brother, Harry Koblitz, Leavenworth.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Mrs. Emma Gardner. Mrs. Emma K. GARDNER, 90, widow of Isaac P. Gardner, died Friday morning at her home, 1113 Monroe. She had lived in Topeka since 1901 and was a member of the Church of the Brethren. Her husband died in 1923. She is survived by a son, Isaac C. Gardner, Topeka; nine daughters, Mrs. Kate Freeman, Miss Nellie B. Gardner, and Mrs. Geraldine Foster all of Topeka; Mrs. Rachel Joy, Edmonds, Wash.; Mrs. Hazel Brackman, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Verna Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Bessie Preble, Maywood, Calif.; Mrs. Delpha Blomgren, Denver, Colo.; and Mrs. Josephine Pollakoff, El Paso, Texas; 24 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary, with burial in Rochester Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Elmer G. Bennett. Elmer G. BENNETT, 67, Topeka barber, died Friday morning in a Topeka hospital. He was born March 16, 1884, in Culver, Kan., and moved to Topeka from Osage City eight years ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence E. Bennett of the home, 2056 Clay; four sons, Forest D. Bennett, Beatrice, Neb.; Charles L. Bennett, Portland, Ore.; E. David and Robert D. Bennett, both of Topeka; three daughters, Mrs. Irvin Pope, Union, Colo.; Mrs. Floyd Tefft, Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs.Louis Stonequist, Topeka; 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Osage City Methodist Church, with burial in Osage City Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday November 10, 1951 Rent Control Official Dies of Heart Attack. Don Ward SEALE, 42, field representative of the Office of Rent Stablization, died unexpectedly Friday morning after suffering a fatal heart attack at his hotel. He arrived from Chicago Wednesday to assist in setting up a federal rent control office in Topeka. He had complained of not feeling well Thursday night. He had been associated with the federal rent control setup for six years, first at Dallas, and later at Denver, where he maintained a home. He was transferred to the regional office at Chicago two weeks ago. Mr. Seale is survived by his wife and two children in Denver. The body will be taken to Denver for funeral services and burial.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday November 9, 1951 Mrs. Annie Nelson. Mrs. Annie V. NELSON, 1107 Monroe, died in a Topeka hospital Thursday after an illness of several months. Mrs. Nelson was a lifelong resident of Topeka. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She is survived by four sisters; Mrs. Amanda GROVE, Tulsa; Mrs. Betty BEACHLEY, 130 West Dudley; Mrs. Ellen BATES, 1013 Topeka Boulevard, and Alma PECK, Tecumseh, and a niece, Miss Ethel NELSON of the home.