Dorothy Elizabeth “Betty” Casto

Services for Dorothy Elizabeth “Betty” Casto, 83, Topeka, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Parker Price Chapel in Topeka. Burial will follow in Meriden Cemetery.Mrs. Casto died Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.She was born March 21, 1923, in Lecompton, the daughter of Theodore Joseph and Alice Elizabeth Polley Sulzen. She graduated from Lecompton High School.Mrs. Casto married Marvin C. Casto on Aug. 31, 1945, in Topeka. He died March 18, 2001. A son, Edward Lee “Bud” Casto, died Sept. 14, 1971; a grandson, Daryl Jay Casto, died Dec. 28, 1997; and a granddaughter, Angela L. Doll, died Sept. 9, 2000. Survivors include two sons, Donald R. Casto, Meriden, and James D. Casto, Topeka; a daughter, LaRita Marie McLain, Euless, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.Friends may call after 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Online condolences may be sent at www.penwellgabel.com.