Deaths and funerals

Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Oct 3, 2004 by Capital-Journal

Dr. Richard M. 'Dick' Brede

JUNCTION CITY --- Dr. Richard M. "Dick" Brede, 64, Junction City, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2004, in Manhattan after a battle with lung cancer.

He was born in Spokane, Wash., in 1940, to Milton and Katerine Brede. Dick had three passions that wove throughout his entire life: baseball, teaching and fishing. All the relationships he formed with others reflected these loves.

Dick attended Grant High School in Portland, Ore., where his baseball pitching record still holds. During his college years, Dick excelled in both athletics and academics, pitching for the University of Oregon's baseball team while earning his BA and MA degrees. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he went on to earn his doctorate at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He specialized in gang studies, working closely with the police department in Chicago in the 1960s. Dick taught sociology, criminal justice and juvenile delinquency at Kansas State University in Manhattan for 28 years.

While at Kansas State, he worked with several police departments, forming long-lasting bonds and friendships with members of those agencies. After retirement, Dick found immense satisfaction working in the education of troubled youth in Junction City. He was able to relate to them, never giving up on the potential he saw within them. He also was developing a criminal justice program for the University of Upper Iowa's extension program at Fort Riley.

While his children were young, summers revolved around baseball and softball games. Good conversations came from a game of catch. Later in life, Dick spent summers in Canada where he respectively sought after a venerable, old muskie who lives in Eagle Lake. Many friendships were formed with local fisherman during those summers. Dick was a storyteller, a philosopher and a lover of good jokes. He made an impact on all who knew him and he will be greatly missed by all those who enjoyed his stories.

He leaves behind his wife, Frances Lee Howe, Junction City; his children, Barbara, and her husband, Kenny, David, and his wife, Monica, and Katrina; a grandson, Logan Brede; grandchildren, Penny Fredericks, Monica Fredericks, Alex Howe and Phillip Howe; a sister, Kathleen Brede; favorite cousins, Julie and Lee Fish; and Margaret Brede, mother of his children. He also leaves many lifelong friends, colleagues and students, several with whom he remained in contact.

If you listen closely, Dad, the wheels of the train still call, "Yakima Kanuck."

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 804 N. Jefferson, Junction City.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dorothy Bramlage Library, 230 W. 7th St., Junction City, Kan. 66441, or to Kansas State University Scholarship Fund, and sent in care of Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel, P.O. Box 826, Junction City, Kan. 66441. To leave a special message for the family, visit www.penwellgabel.com.

Willa Deanne Mills Eyestone

MANHATTAN --- Willa Deanne Mills Eyestone, 76, Manhattan, passed away Friday, Oct. 1, 2004, at her home after an extended illness.

She was born in Lansing on Sept. 18, 1928, the daughter of William Carl Mills and Helen Lambert Mills.

She graduated from Lansing High School in 1946 and attended Kansas State University for two years.

She was united in marriage to Merle L. Eyestone on June 26, 1948, at Lansing. She had been a resident of Manhattan since 1963.

In 1975 she returned to her studies at Kansas State and received her bachelor of science degree in home economics in 1978. She was a member of Clovia 4-H Scholarship House while in college and later served as an alum adviser for 10 years.

Willa was primarily a homemaker, which included the raising of four children. She did work outside the home for seven years as a research assistant in the Grain Science Department at KSU, and two years at Manhattan Public Library.

She served as the community 4-H Club leader for the Lee Hilltoppers Club for 15 years. She was active in women's groups at the First United Methodist Church, belonged to the Konza Prairie Quilt Guild, Stardusters Extension Homemakers Unit and AAUW. She was also a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Merle, of the home; three sons, Keith Eyestone, Manhattan, Daniel Eyestone, and his wife, Debbie, Great Bend, and Richard Eyestone, and his wife, Jane, and their two daughters, Caitlin and Sydney, Junction City; a daughter, Gail Eyestone, Manhattan; a sister, Emma Jeanne Liggett, Crystal River, Fla.; and a brother, Lambert Mills, also of Crystal River.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan, with the Rev. Jim Reed officiating. Burial will follow in Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan.

The family of Mrs. Eyestone will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas 4-H Foundation for the Clovia Scholarship House, or to the First United Methodist Church Foundation, and left in care of the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, Manhattan. Online condolences may be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.