W. Edward Haake Jr.

Private inurnment services for W. Edward Haake Jr., 59, Lawrence, will be in Aubrey Township Cemetery.Mr. Haake died Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Topeka.He was born Dec. 12, 1948, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Walter E. Sr. and Mary Louise Stubbs Haake. He received a business degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.Mr. Haake served in the U.S. Army in the Green Berets during the Vietnam War. He worked for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Topeka.He married Patricia O’Donnell on Feb. 27, 1971, in Independence, Mo. She survives, of the home.Other survivors include a daughter, Michelle L. Haake, Kansas City, Mo.; two sons, Matthew and wife Nga, Topeka, and Marshall and wife Rebecca, Lawrence; and two grandsons, Ethan and Evan Haake.Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka is in charge of arrangements.