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    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Margaret FAYETTE
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 18, 1966 Margaret Fayette. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Assembly of God Church at Lyndon for Mrs. Margaret J. FAYETTE, 92, Lyndon, who died Monday in a Topeka hospital. She was born Jan. 17, 1874 near Holton and lived in Washington state many years. She lived in Topeka before moving to Lyndon in 1964. She was member of the Assembly of God Church at Lyndon. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Edith G. DAMM, Lyndon, Mrs. Bertha B. HOWARD, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Phoebe m. GUILFORD, Santa Ana, Calif. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. Shaffer Mortuary at Lyndon is in charge of arrangements.

    01/20/2008 11:04:52
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Mrs. Julia Van GAMPOLARD
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 18, 1966 J. Van Gampolard Dies Here at 88. Mrs. Julia Van GAMPOLARD, 88, 1026 N. Kansas, died Monday in a Topeka hospital. She was born Sept. 22, 1877 at Tescott in Ottawa County and had lived in Topeka 50 years. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church. Her husband, Peter Van Gampolard, died in October 1960. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Alvaretta HARRIS, Wichita; a brother, Joe DISNEY, 3206 Colorado; a sister, Mrs. Susie HELFRICH, 228 Courtland; six grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    01/20/2008 11:00:13
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: O. Amel OLSON
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 18, 1966 O. Amel Olson Dies at 91; Rites Pending. Osage City.--Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stotler Mission Church west of here for O. Amel OLSON, 91, who died Sunday at his home here. He was born April 7, 1874 at Galesburg, Ill., and had lived in the Osage City community more than 70 years. He was a member of the Stotler Mission Church. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Paul BARD, Osage City; a sister, Mrs. Julia ANDERSON, Osage City; a half-brother, Victor LUNDGREN, Salina; a step-brother, Enoch LUNDGREN, Osage City; two grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Rapp Cemetery west of Osage City. McElfresh and Son Mortuary at Osage City is in charge of arrangements.

    01/20/2008 10:56:11
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Mrs. Lilliam ZIEGENBEIN
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 18,1966 L. Ziegenbein Is Dead at 76. Osage City.--Mrs. Lillian M. ZIEGENBEIN, 76, died Monday at her home here. She was born Sept. 7, 1889 at Burlingame and had lived at Osage City more than 65 years. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Order of Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, World War I Veterans Auxiliary and the Sorosis Club, all at Osage City. Her husband, H.L. Ziegenbein, of the home, survives. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Osage City Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Osage City Cemetery. Mrs. Ziegenbein will lie in state from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. McElfresh and Son Mortuary at Osage City is in charge of arrangements.

    01/20/2008 10:52:03
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Nelle GRAHAM
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 18, 1966 Nelle Graham. Osage City.--Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church here for Nelle B. GRAHAM, 74, Los Angeles, Calif., who died Sunday at Los Angeles after a short illness. She was born April 8, 1891 at Osage City and spent most of her life in Osage City community. She was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Mary LAVEY and Mrs. Frances LOHOFF, both of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Kathleen MARTIN, Corpus Christi, Tex., and Mrs. Teresa TOWLE, 331 Courtland, Topeka; and a brother, E.M. GRAHAM, Los Angeles, Calif. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at Osage City. Miss Graham will lie in state Thursday at McElfresh and Son Mortuary at Osage City where parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

    01/20/2008 10:48:20
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: J.L. SEYLER
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday January 17, 1966 J.L. Seyler Dies at 62; Rites Set. Joseph Louis SEYLER, 62, 2214 Seabrook, died shortly after arrival at a Topeka hospital Sunday. He had an apparent heart ailment. He was born Nov. 8, 1903 at Wellesville in Franklin County and spent most of his life in Topeka. He had been an appraiser for the Federal Housing Administration the past four years. Earlier he was owner and operator of the Seyler Construction Company. He was a member of the Methodist Church, Siloam Masonic Lodge No. 225, AF&AM, Topeka Consistory and Scottish Rite bodies. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Murial Seyler, of the home; a son, Joseph L. Seyler Jr., Ottawa; a stepdaughter, Debbie ARD, at home; and a grandson. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coughlin Funeral Home at Wellsville. Cremation will follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund.

    01/17/2008 09:28:39
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: George RICE
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Monday January 17, 1966 George Rice, 87, of Meriden Dies. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Meriden Evangelical United Brethren Church for George C. RICE, 87, Meriden, who died Saturday in a Topeka hospital. He underwent surgery earlier this month and later suffered a heart attack. He was born Jan. 19, 1878 at Grantville and spent most of his life in the Grantville and Meriden communities. He was a farmer. He and his wife, Ella, were married Jan. 14, 1914. A son, Clarence Rice, died in 1944, in France, during World War II. Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Shirley Rice, Horton, and Norris Rice, Meriden; two daughters, Mrs. Grace PARKS, Port Richey, Fla., and Mrs. Edna FANNING, Meriden; and 10 grandchildren. Burial will be in Grantville Cemetery. Mr. Rice will lie in state until noon Tuesday at Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home.

    01/17/2008 09:23:29
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Dollie WADLEY
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday January 16, 1966 Dollie Wadley. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ted Tibbitts Mortuary for Mrs. Dollie WADLEY, 78, 502 Liberty, who died Friday at a Topeka nursing home. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. She was born August 6, 1887 in Topeka and spent most of her life in Topeka. Survivors include her husband, John W. Wadley, of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth RAGSDALE, 805 Winfield, Mrs. Dorothy BARNGROVE, 1902 Illinois, and Mrs. Francis BROWER, 1234 Kansas; two sons, Carol E. Wadley, Route 1, and Jack Wadley, Wilmington, Calif.; a brother, Ed. Keller, Boulder, Colo.; a sister, Glady JOHNSON, Longmont, Colo.; 15 garndchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

    01/17/2008 09:14:13
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Guy WEIMER
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday January 16, 1966 Guy Weimer. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ted Tibbitts Mortuary for Guy B. WEIMER, Route 2, Richland, who died Friday at a nursing home at Great Bend. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. He was born Sept. 13, 1880 in Douglas County and spent most of his life in the Twin Mound community in Douglas County. He was a retired farmer and stockman. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ruth WILSON, Sant Monica, Calif.; a son, Ralph Weimer, Alamorgodo, N.M.; a sister, Mabel Weimer, Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers, Merle Weimer, Kansas City, Mo.; and Floyd Weimer, San Francisco, Calif.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

    01/17/2008 09:10:30
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Raymond G. ADDISON
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday January 16, 1966 Raymond G. Addison. Nortonville.--Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Warren Funeral Home here for Raymond G. ADDISON, 73, rural Nortonville, who died Friday in a Winchester hospital after a short illness. He was born August 13, 1892 at Atchison. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Scottish Rite and Mount Zion Msasonic Lodge, No. 266, of Nortonville. Survivors include six cousins, Theodore KING, 236 Courtland, Grace KOONTZ, Atchison, Lloyd HATFIELD, Valley Falls, Mrs. J. P. OWEN, Fresno, Calif., Claude CONKEY, Newton and Jessie CONKEY, Shawnee-Mission. Mount Zion Masonic Lodge No. 266 of Nortonville will conduct graveside services at Nortonville Cemetery.

    01/14/2008 02:20:00
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Francis WESLEY
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday January 15, 1966 Francis Wesley. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary, for Francis L. WESLEY, 47, 729 Poplar, who died Friday in a Topeka hospital. He suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage Wednesday. He was born Aug. 7, 1918, at Soldier and had lived in Topeka since 1946. He was a psychiatric nursing assistant at the Topeka VA Hospital where he had been employed the past 20 years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose in Topeka. A daughter, Sandra L. Wesley, died June 30, 1965. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Arlene M. Wesley of the home; a son, Steven L. Welsey, of the home; his mother, Mrs. Mae Wesley, Havensville; three brothers, Lester Wesley and Walter Wesley, both of Soldier, and Elmer Wesley, Vancouver, Wash.; and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel TALLEY, Midwest City, Okla., and Mrs. Alberta LANGLEY, Stockton. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at America City Cemetery near Havensville. Mr. Wesley will lie in the mortuary until time of services.

    01/14/2008 02:16:05
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Marriage Licenses: Topeka; January 15,1966
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday January 15, 1966 Marriage Licenses. Richard L. SKINNER, Topeka, and A. Lorraine ROLLINS, Topeka. Philip E. GALLOWAY, Boston, Mass., and Norma J. GLENN, Topeka. Brent A. LATTA, Topeka, and P. Dianne CLARK, Dodge City. Dale D. MILLENBRUCH, Topeka, and Helen M. KELMIG, Topeka. (Could be Keimig.) Warren L. MARLOW, Topeka, and Zandra S. HANSFORD, Topeka. Loren H. ROSSON, Jr., Topeka, and Elizabeth HANLE, Topeka. (Coule be Hanie.) Dale J. SCHMITT, Shawnee, and Robyn L. O'NEAL, Wichita. Cleo D. HUBBELL, Topeka, and Betty J. SCHWARTZ, Topeka.

    01/14/2008 02:09:03
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Nora A. LONG
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Nora A. Long Dies Following Brief Illness. Mrs. Nora Alice LONG, 82, died Thursday at her home, 408 Burr, after a brief illness. She was born Nov. 3, 1883, at Council Grove, and had been a Topekan 47 years, coming here from Wichita. She was member of Pentecostal Tabernacle. Survivors include her husband, William C. Long, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Lula RUDOLPH, 409 Burr, and Mrs. Nora SHEPARD, 716 Madison; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Carmen HUTCHERSON, 1829 E. 6th, and Mrs. Dorothy LINDER, 406 N. Ohio; three sons, Henry SALTER, 409 Burr, Rollie Salter of California, and Dale LONG, Route 7, Topeka; two stepsons, Raymond Long, Eudora, Kan., and Ralph LONG, Lakewood, Calif.; five grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Rose CALDWELL, Tyler, Tex.; and one brother, Louis EASTWOOD, Emporia, Kan. Services will be announced by Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home.

    01/10/2008 12:55:13
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Bettie A. KIRK
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Bettie A. Kirk. Mrs. Bettie A. KIRK, 86, formerly of 1191 Garfield, died Wednesday at the Methodist Home, 1135 College, following a long illness. Mrs. Kirk was born May 15, 1879 in Larue County, Ky. She was a member of the Lowman Methodist Church in Topeka. She is survived by a son, Glen Kirk, Maywood, Ill., and a daughter, Mrs. Pauline WALKER, Leavenworth, Kan. Services will be announced by Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home.

    01/10/2008 12:49:56
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Rebecca ROUSE
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Rebecca Rouse. Holton.--Services for Mrs. Rebecca C. ROUSE, 89, Holton, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Funeral Home here with burial in Holton Cemetery. She died Wednesday night in a hospital here. Mrs. Rouse lived in the Soldier community many years before moving to Holton two years ago. She was born July 25, 1876, in Lee County, Va. Survivors include two daughters, Miss Grace Rouse and Miss Hazel Rouse, both of the home; three sons, Hobart Rouse, Holton, Sam Rouse, Circleville, and John Rouse, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

    01/10/2008 12:47:13
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Dr. W.H. SCHOEWE
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Dr. W.H. Schoewe. Lawrence.--Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Saturday for Dr. Walter H. SCHOEWE, emirtus associat professor of geology at the University of Kansas and the Kansas Geological Survey. Dr. Schoewe, who also was editor of the Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, a quarterly died Tuesday, three days before his 75th birthday.

    01/10/2008 12:43:45
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Sidney JEFFRIES
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Sidney Jeffries. Hoyt.--Sidney P. JEFFRIES, 84, Hoyt, died in a Sabetha nursing home Wednesday. Born near Linn Creek, Mo., July 25, 1881, he had lived in the Hoyt community the past 30 years. Mr. Jeffries was a carpenter and construction worker here. He was a member of the Hoyt Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, O. C. Jeffries, San Bernardino, Calif.; four brothers, John Jeffries, Sapulpa, Okla., Ernest Jeffries, Hoyt, Claude Jeffries, Shiatook, Okla., and Hans Jeffries, Tulsa, Okla.; and five sisters, Mrs. Alice EDWARDS, Eldon, Mo., Mrs. Susie CONNER, Seminole, Okla., Mrs. Walksie CARROLL, Rodondo Beach, Calif., Mrs. Maude FISHER, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Norma JONES, Osage Beach, Mo. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, with graveside services at 2 p.m. Monday at Eldon, Mo.

    01/10/2008 12:41:14
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary: Leona REGENOLD
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Lenoa Regenold. Osage City.--Services for Mrs. Leona REGENOLD, 49, Osage City, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Osage City Presbyterian Church with burial in the cemetery here. She died Thursday at her home after a long illness. A native of Osage City, she was born July 5, 1916, and had lived here all her life. She was active in Girl Scout work until she became ill. Survivors include her husband, Louis Regenold, of the home; her father, Martin Walquist, Osage City; and a brother, Harvey Walquist, Lyndon. McElfresh and Son Mortuary, Osage City, is in charge of arrangements.

    01/10/2008 12:36:33
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary;Eva E. WILLCUTS
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Eva E. Willcuts Dies Here at 65. Mrs. Eva E. WILLCUTS, 429 Taylor, a Topekan 65 years, died Thursday in a local nursing home. She was 90. She was the retired owner of Willcuts Horseradish Co., a firm located at 124 Kansas Ave. for many years. Born Oct. 11, 1875, in Pittsburgh, Pa., she was a member of Unity Truth Center, Beulah Chapter, No. 34, Order of the Eastern Star, Sertoma Club, and was an honorary member of the Business and Professional Women's Club in Topeka. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Lucille DOUGLAS, 429 Taylor, and three grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions in memory of Mrs. Willcuts may be made to the Heart Fund. (Note: Obviously the headline for her obituary is wrong.)

    01/10/2008 12:33:34
    1. [KSSHAWNE] Obituary; Minnie ATCHISON
    2. Jim Laird
    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Friday January 14, 1966 Minnie Atchison Overbrook.--Mrs. Minnie ATCHISON, 77, died Thursday at her home in Overbrook. Born near Richmond, Jan. 19, 1888, she lived there until 1943, when she moved to Lucas. She came to Overbrook in 1955. Survivors include her husband, Ray, of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Ila WEAVER, 1428 Polk, Topeka; three brothers, H.L. GAULT and R.S. Gault, both of Richmond, and Ross Gault, Wellsville; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Overbrook Methodist Church with burial in Richmond Cemetery, south of Ottawa. Baker Funeral Home, Overbrook, is in charge of arrangements.

    01/10/2008 12:29:26