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Charles Leroy “Sam”
Lutz was born November 21, 1925 in Holton, Jackson County,
Kansas, and died July 8, 2004 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
He is survived by his wife Lois, sons Bruce of Ponca City, OK,
Brad of Pittsburg, PA, Greg of Topeka, daughter Kerrie Roberts
of Topeka, KS, two step-daughters, Virginia Head and Christine Cavender of Topeka, and many grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Sam was laid to rest July 13, 2004 in
the Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka. He had a large extended
family and a life-long accumulation of friends. There was
standing room only at his memorial service in the Mt. Hope
Chapel.
Sam served in the
United States Navy during WW2 (1942-1946) and during the Korean
War (1951-1954). His primary passion was golf, and he continued
to indulge himself—though on a limited schedule in recent
years—until he died. Other main interests were fishing, hunting,
gardening, reading, and his little white dog Sassy.
Sam’s vocation was
barbering, and he was at his barber chair, still working three
days a week, when he died. He had a vast following of loyal
customers, and as he cut back on his work schedule it was only
the oldest customers, and perhaps the most determined, that
ended up on Sam’s appointment list. Family members, wanting Sam
to be prepared when he got to Heaven, put a golf putter, a
package of golf balls, one of his favorite books, and his
barbering kit in his coffin.
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Lindsay Meredith Caputo, daughter of Louis F. Caputo and Lynn
Miller Caputo of Anchorage, Alaska, was married June 18, 2004,
in Anchorage, to Patrick Kelton Dawson, son of Bob and Nancy
Dawson of Anchorage. The couple will make their home in
Englewood, Colorado.
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Charles William Erwin
II, son of Charles and Holly Erwin of Mayfield, Kentucky, and
g-g-g-grandson of Joseph Lafayette Erwin, graduated with honors
May 22, 2004 from Transylvania University in Lexington,
Kentucky. He received a B.A. in Computer Science, and plans to
continue his studies in the doctoral program at the University
of Kentucky.
Transylvania
University is the nation’s sixteenth oldest institution of
higher learning (oldest west of the Alleghenies), and is
consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top
liberal arts colleges in the country.
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