Nov. 13, 1926 – May 31, 2018

TOPEKA — Alice Jane McMurdo, Topeka, died Thursday, May 31, 2018, at Brewster Place. She was 91.

She was born Nov. 13, 1926, at Grand River, Iowa, the daughter of Orville C. and Sylvia Esther Davidson Bland.

She was a secretary for Bankers Life and Casualty Company for 25 years. She and her husband enjoyed camping.

She married Glenn E. "Red" McMurdo July 27, 1957, at Topeka. He preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1997.

Jan. 27, 1915 – May 25, 2018

OVERBROOK — Eleanor Leon Phelon Smith, Scranton, died Friday, May 25, 2018, at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook. She was 103.

She was born Jan. 27, 1915, the daughter of Clyde Roy and Olive Elizabeth Thompson Phelon.

Before her marriage, she worked as a childcare provider, telephone operator and schoolteacher.

She married Walter J. Smith Sept. 3,1938. He preceded her in death in 2008.

March 8, 1959 – April 21, 2018

TOPEKA — Michael John Hatton died April 21, 2018, at Topeka. He was 59.

He was born March 8, 1959. He graduated in 1977 from Taft High School, Lincoln City, Ore.

March 4, 1944 – May 29, 2018

TOPEA — Reverend Suellen G. Wood died Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at Brewster Place, Topeka. She was 74.

Suellen Georgann Hoffmeister was born March 4, 1944, at Barrington, Ill., the daughter of Helen Euson Hoffmeister and Walter William Hoffmeister.

Her parents divorced in 1949. She and her mother went to live with Helen’s mother Kathleen. Her mom found love again in Robert Nixon Gray and they were married Dec. 23, 1955.

Nov. 13, 1935 – May 25, 2018

TOPEKA — George E. “Shorty” Sanders, Vassar, died Friday, May 25, 2018, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was 82.

A memorial visitation will be held 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 30 at Dengel and Son Mortuary. A small memorial will be said at the beginning of the visitation.

Dengel and Son Mortuary, Ottawa, assisted the family.