Below is a copy of his obit that appeared in TCJ 1/24/85 p30
Vernon L. “Tubby” Braden, 38, 415 Locust, was found dead early Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center.
Dr. Roman Hiszczyhnskyj, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said Mr. Braden died of a heart attack.
Mr. Braden was a corrections officer at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center the past eight years. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and later served in the Army National Guard.
He was born July 27, 1946, at Topeka, the son of Charles Vernon and Betty L. Mullin Braden, and lived in Topeka all his life.
Mr. Braden was a member of Wednesday Morning Bowling League at Meadow Lanes.
He was married to Catherine V. Guffey on May 28, 1983, at Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Dawn Braden, Topeka; two sons, Ryan Christopher Braden and Christopher James Braden, both of Topeka; his mother, Mrs. Betty Braden, Topeka; and three brothers, Ronald Eugene Braden and Thomas Junior Braden, both of Topeka, and William Henry Braden, Soldier, Ky.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tibbits-Griffin Highland Chapel. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. Mr. Braden will lie in state from 8 p.m. today until service time at the chapel.
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Grandmother - Rosetta (Ireland) Smith (Deceased 1973)
F.A.G. #96213332
Brother - Ronnie Braden (Deceased 2007) F.A.G. #19135513
Son - Christopher James Braden (Deceased) F.A.G. #16234242
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Flowers left for Vernon Braden
Tubby...Remembering you today and stopping by to say hi to you, your Dad and Mom, I just linked you all up as family members together forever. Love from me to you
- deetsdon
Added: Oct. 12, 2012
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January 21, 2015 NOTE: Tubby was listed originally as his final resting place in Mount Hope Cemetery ... in error and now corrected to Topeka Cemetery. 'deesdon' family member
Vernon L. “Tubby” Braden, 38, 415 Locust, was found dead early Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center.
Dr. Roman Hiszczyhnskyj, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said Mr. Braden died of a heart attack.
Mr. Braden was a corrections officer at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center the past eight years. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and later served in the Army National Guard.
He was born July 27, 1946, at Topeka, the son of Charles Vernon and Betty L. Mullin Braden, and lived in Topeka all his life.
Mr. Braden was a member of Wednesday Morning Bowling League at Meadow Lanes.
He was married to Catherine V. Guffey on May 28, 1983, at Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Dawn Braden, Topeka; two sons, Ryan Christopher Braden and Christopher James Braden, both of Topeka; his mother, Mrs. Betty Braden, Topeka; and three brothers, Ronald Eugene Braden and Thomas Junior Braden, both of Topeka, and William Henry Braden, Soldier, Ky.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tibbits-Griffin Highland Chapel. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. Mr. Braden will lie in state from 8 p.m. today until service time at the chapel.
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Grandmother - Rosetta (Ireland) Smith (Deceased 1973)
F.A.G. #96213332
Brother - Ronnie Braden (Deceased 2007) F.A.G. #19135513
Son - Christopher James Braden (Deceased) F.A.G. #16234242
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Flowers left for Vernon Braden
Tubby...Remembering you today and stopping by to say hi to you, your Dad and Mom, I just linked you all up as family members together forever. Love from me to you
- deetsdon
Added: Oct. 12, 2012
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January 21, 2015 NOTE: Tubby was listed originally as his final resting place in Mount Hope Cemetery ... in error and now corrected to Topeka Cemetery. 'deesdon' family member
Below is a copy of his obit that appeared in TCJ 1/24/85 p30
Vernon L. “Tubby” Braden, 38, 415 Locust, was found dead early Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center.
Dr. Roman Hiszczyhnskyj, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said Mr. Braden died of a heart attack.
Mr. Braden was a corrections officer at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center the past eight years. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and later served in the Army National Guard.
He was born July 27, 1946, at Topeka, the son of Charles Vernon and Betty L. Mullin Braden, and lived in Topeka all his life.
Mr. Braden was a member of Wednesday Morning Bowling League at Meadow Lanes.
He was married to Catherine V. Guffey on May 28, 1983, at Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Dawn Braden, Topeka; two sons, Ryan Christopher Braden and Christopher James Braden, both of Topeka; his mother, Mrs. Betty Braden, Topeka; and three brothers, Ronald Eugene Braden and Thomas Junior Braden, both of Topeka, and William Henry Braden, Soldier, Ky.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tibbits-Griffin Highland Chapel. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. Mr. Braden will lie in state from 8 p.m. today until service time at the chapel.
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Grandmother - Rosetta (Ireland) Smith (Deceased 1973)
F.A.G. #96213332
Brother - Ronnie Braden (Deceased 2007) F.A.G. #19135513
Son - Christopher James Braden (Deceased) F.A.G. #16234242
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Flowers left for Vernon Braden
Tubby...Remembering you today and stopping by to say hi to you, your Dad and Mom, I just linked you all up as family members together forever. Love from me to you
- deetsdon
Added: Oct. 12, 2012
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January 21, 2015 NOTE: Tubby was listed originally as his final resting place in Mount Hope Cemetery ... in error and now corrected to Topeka Cemetery. 'deesdon' family member
Vernon L. “Tubby” Braden, 38, 415 Locust, was found dead early Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center.
Dr. Roman Hiszczyhnskyj, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said Mr. Braden died of a heart attack.
Mr. Braden was a corrections officer at Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center the past eight years. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and later served in the Army National Guard.
He was born July 27, 1946, at Topeka, the son of Charles Vernon and Betty L. Mullin Braden, and lived in Topeka all his life.
Mr. Braden was a member of Wednesday Morning Bowling League at Meadow Lanes.
He was married to Catherine V. Guffey on May 28, 1983, at Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Kimberly Dawn Braden, Topeka; two sons, Ryan Christopher Braden and Christopher James Braden, both of Topeka; his mother, Mrs. Betty Braden, Topeka; and three brothers, Ronald Eugene Braden and Thomas Junior Braden, both of Topeka, and William Henry Braden, Soldier, Ky.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tibbits-Griffin Highland Chapel. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery. Mr. Braden will lie in state from 8 p.m. today until service time at the chapel.
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Grandmother - Rosetta (Ireland) Smith (Deceased 1973)
F.A.G. #96213332
Brother - Ronnie Braden (Deceased 2007) F.A.G. #19135513
Son - Christopher James Braden (Deceased) F.A.G. #16234242
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Flowers left for Vernon Braden
Tubby...Remembering you today and stopping by to say hi to you, your Dad and Mom, I just linked you all up as family members together forever. Love from me to you
- deetsdon
Added: Oct. 12, 2012
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January 21, 2015 NOTE: Tubby was listed originally as his final resting place in Mount Hope Cemetery ... in error and now corrected to Topeka Cemetery. 'deesdon' family member
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