TOPEKA – Carol Ann (Sobkoviak) Brady, 73, of Topeka, passed away Jan. 28, 2015, at Midland Hospice House. She was born March 3, 1941, at St. Cloud, Minn., to Joseph and Irene Schulte Sobkoviak, the youngest of four girls.

Carol graduated from St. Mary’s Cathedral High School, where she participated in an all-girls drum-and-bugle corp. After graduation, she joined the workforce.

Carol married W. Ben Brady Jr., of Hartford, Kan.

She worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield and retired in 2002 after 28 years. Carol was a car enthusiast and was the editor of the Topeka Region National Antique Auto Club of America (AACA) newsletter.

EMPORIA – Eleanor Louise Hutchinson Powell, 78, of Emporia, passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. Eleanor was born Feb. 9, 1936, in rural Burlington, the daughter of Samuel A. and Marian H. Baxter Hutchinson. “Sis”, as she was known, attended Swamp College Grade School near Old Strawn, and later graduated from Strawn High School with the class of 1954.

She went to work at Hallmark Cards, in Emporia, and later worked at Crawford Manufacturing in Emporia.

TOPEKA – Judith K. Nottestad, 75, Topeka, passed away Jan. 26, 2015, at Midland Hospice, Topeka. Judy was raised in Topeka and lived here most of her life except for eight years when she lived in Wisconsin.

She worked at the Menninger Foundation for 12 years and at Brewster Place more than 10 years. She loved music, to dance, and be with her family. Her life was her kids.

OVERBROOK – Ben F. Winans, 80, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, near Osage City. He was born on Aug. 9, 1934, in Topeka, Kan., the son of Frank and Helen Hallowell Winans.

Ben was raised and lived around Scranton before moving south of Overbrook in 1965.

He had been a farmer and stockman for many years, and had been a rural mail carrier out of Scranton since 1986. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve for several years.

TOPEKA – Nadine A. Hammond, 87, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the Midland Hospice House, in Topeka. She was born Oct. 20, 1927, at the Barnes Hospital in Osage City, the daughter of Carl Swen and Aline Louise Vialle Bergquist.

Nadine graduated from Osage City High School in 1944. She worked at J.C. Penney and the Kansas State Highway Department, both in Topeka, and retired from Hallmark Cards in Osage City.

Nadine was married to John F. Hammond on Jan. 25, 1947.