Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Lyman "Cloyde" Welter
May 19, 2012
Lyman “Cloyde” Welter, 88, a lifetime resident of the Wamego, Kansas area, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Westy Community Care Home. Cloyde was born April 24, 1924 on the family farm near Flush, Kansas, the son of Edward and Elsie (Tibbetts) Welter. He attended King rural grade school and graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1943. He...
Thomas Robert Lintz
May 19, 2012
Thomas Robert Lintz, 54, of Hiawatha, Kansas and formerly of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012. Tom was born on June 4, 1957 in Manhattan, Kansas the son of Clarence “Junior” Robert Lintz, Jr. and Barbara Lee (Trivett) Lintz. His family operated Trivett’s Grocery Store in Wamego for many years until moving to Hiawatha in 1965, where they...
John Edward Howard
May 19, 2012
John Edward Howard, 66, of rural St. George, Kansas passed away at his home on Saturday, May 19, 2012. John was born February 15, 1946 in Dallas, Texas, the son of William E. and Mary H. (Jones) Howard. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1968 with a BA in English. He worked for most of his career at KSU in...
Henry Joseph Sunnenberg
May 15, 2012
Henry Joseph Sunnenberg, 67, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at his residence in Wamego. Henry was born February 20, 1945, in Axtell, Kansas the son of Harry F. and Elizabeth W. (Thomas) Sunnenberg. He attended schools in Baileyville and Seneca, graduating from St. Peter & Paul High School in 1963. After high school Henry worked at...
Elmer L. Brazzle
May 10, 2012
Elmer L. Brazzle, 81, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Stormont-Vail Healthcare in Topeka, Kansas. Elmer was born November 30, 1930 in Junction City, Kansas to Walter M. and Georgetta (Johnston) Brazzle. He grew up and attended schools in the Louisville and Wamego areas. Elmer joined the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After...
Patricia "Patty" Louise Carroll
May 4, 2012
Patricia “Patty” L. Carroll, 61, of rural Wamego, KS, passed away at her home following her battle with cancer on Friday, May 04, 2012. Patty was born September 11, 1950 in Superior, NE the daughter of Harold A. and Glennis (Loomis) Braddock. She attended schools in Randolph, KS and graduated from Randolph Rural High School in 1968. Patty worked for...
Alice L. Shumaker
May 4, 2012
Alice L. Shumaker, 59, of Alma, KS passed away Friday, May 4, 2012 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center of Wamego, where she had been a resident for the last two years. Alice was born November 19, 1952 in Wamego, KS the daughter of Edward M. and Dorothy (Hall) Shumaker. She attended Alma Grade School and graduated from Alma High...
Lawrence "Larry" Dale Duncan
May 2, 2012
Lawrence “Larry” Dale Duncan, 74, of Barnett, Missouri passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Care Center, in Versailles, MO. Larry was born on August 5, 1937 in rural St. George, Kansas the son of Floyd Nathan and Helen Marie (Harrell) Duncan. He grew up in the St. George area graduating from St. George High School in...
Walter "June" C. Brazzle
Apr 30, 2012
Walter “June” C. Brazzle, 86, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Monday, April 30 , 2012 at Stormont-Vail Healthcare in Topeka following a long illness. Walter was born March 30, 1926 in Junction City, Kansas to Walter M. and Georgetta (Johnston) Brazzle. He grew up and attended schools in the Junction City and Wamego areas. He enlisted into the U.S. Army...
Gregory "Greg" Eugene Becker
Apr 30, 2012
Gregory “Greg” Eugene Becker, 59, of rural Alma, Kansas, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 at his home due to illness. Greg was born December 4, 1952, in Eureka, Kansas, the son of Howard Eugene and Phyllis Phryne (Peacock) Becker. He grew up in Eureka graduating from Eureka High School in 1971. After high school Greg was drafted into the...
Mary Alice (O'Dell) Brown
Apr 26, 2012
Mary Alice (O’Dell) Brown, 80, of Alma, Kansas, passed away, Thursday April 26, 2012 at Stormont-Vail HealthCare, in Topeka, Kansas. Mary was born October 9, 1931, in Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Lee K. and Alice T. (Weilmana) O’Dell. She attended schools in Red Oak. In 1964, Mary and her children moved to McFarland, Kansas. On January 7, 1968,...
Julia Coen Schmidt
Apr 13, 2012
Julia C. Schmidt, 91, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Friday, April 2012, at the Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Julia was born May 7, 1920, in New York, NY, the daughter of Matthew J. and Mary A. (Creed) Coen. She attended schools in New York, graduating from St. Jean Baptiste High School in 1938. On October 20, 1945,...
Jerry H. Defoor
Apr 10, 2012
Jerry Howard DeFoor, 65, of rural Olsburg, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at his home due to a farming equipment accident. Jerry was born January 26, 1947, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the son of Charlie Howard and Jeraldine Mae (Hammack) DeFoor. He grew up and attended schools in Muskogee, graduating from Muskogee Central High School in 1965. After high...
Patricia "Patty" Rose Johnson
Apr 8, 2012
Patricia (Patty) Rose Johnson, 72, of Wamego, Kansas passed away suddenly on Easter Sunday April 8, 2012 at Carrollton Baylor Hospital, in Carrollton, Texas while visiting her son and his family. Patty was born in Wamego Kansas on July 19th, 1939, the daughter of Paul and Marjorie Siebert. She attended St. Bernard’s Catholic School through 8th Grade and was a...
Viola "Jean" Bliss
Apr 7, 2012
Viola “Jean” Bliss, 87, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Jean was born January 8, 1925, in Kansas City, Kansas, the only child of William E. and Josephine (Buckingham) Fountain. She attended schools in Kansas City, graduating from Wyandotte High in 1943. On March 6, 1944, in Kansas...
Roy Edgar Palenske
Apr 3, 2012
Roy Edgar Palenske, 93, of Alma, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center, in Topeka, Kansas. Roy was born September 9, 1918 on the family farm at Kuenzli Creek, near McFarland, Kansas. He was the eldest son of Henry William and Sophia (Herren) Palenske. On March 27, 1941, Roy married Edna Louise Laging in...
Clarence W. Saffell
Mar 25, 2012
Clarence W. Saffell, 79, of Lathrop, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 in Cameron, Missouri. Clarence was born June 3, 1932 in Blockton, Iowa, one of five children, of Louis C. and Nellie (Cannoble) Saffell. Clarence graduated from Maryville High School and attended N.W. Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri.. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the...
Iris E. (Hanson) Schmitz
Mar 25, 2012
Iris E. (Hanson) Schmitz, 89, of Alma, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Alma Manor, in Alma, Kansas. Iris was born November 6, 1922 in rural Marshall County near Schroyer, the daughter of Hans P. and Blanche R. (Griffee) Hanson. She attended schools in Marysville and Manhattan before graduating from Wamego High School. On December 24, 1942...
Bonnie Beth (Stewart) Smith
Mar 21, 2012
Bonnie Beth (Stewart) Smith, 83, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. Bonnie was born March 7, 1929 in Morganville, Kansas the daughter of Vernon M. and Verona F. (Lakin) Stewart. She attended schools in McDowell Creek, Chapman and Wamego. Bonnie was united in marriage to Dick Smith on October...
Ruth Regina (Lintz) Seiwald
Mar 18, 2012
Ruth Regina (Lintz) Seiwald, 95, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012, at home with her husband Gilbert by her side. Ruth was born January 3, 1917 on the family farm outside Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Alex and Regina (Repp) Lintz. She attended schools and lived in Pottawatomie County all her lifetime. Ruth married Gilbert Seiwald on...
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