The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday January 3, 1952 Robert N. Turner, Sr. Robert Nelson Turner, Sr., 86, Route 3, North Topeka, died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edna Ransom, 2251 Topeka. He was born August 31, 1865, in Ontario, Canada, and moved to Kansas when he was three years old. He was a truck gardner most of his life. He was a member of the St. John's AME Church. His wife, Mrs. Clara Stewart Turner, died in 1918. Mr. Turner is survived by three sons, Walter Turner, Route 3, Robert Turner, Topeka, Clay Turner, East Moline, Ill.; two nieces, Mrs. Dana Davis, Route 8, and Mrs. Florist Bowen, Topeka; a nephew, Willie Turner, Detroit, Mich., seven grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.