The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday July 9, 1939 Mrs. Gertrude Carpenter. Mrs. Gertrude L. CARPENTER, 30, of Route 6, died Friday night in a Topeka hospital. She was born January 16, 1909, in Valparaiso, Ind., and had been a resident of Topeka for fourteen years. She was an active member of the Seaman Community Church. She is survived by her husband, Raymond CARPENTER, of the home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence HANSFORD, Topeka; and a brother, Curtis HANSFORD, Topeka. Funeral services will be held at the Seaman Community Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home of her parents on Route 4 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday.