Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Kenneth "Kenny" Eugene Straub
Jan 7, 2013
Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Straub, 79, of Flush, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at the St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, after being surrounded by his loving family during his final hours. Kenny was born November 29, 1933 on the family farm in rural Flush, Kansas, the son of Isadore A. and Loretta M. (Umscheid) Straub. He attended Flush...
Donald Clayton Edgemon
Jan 5, 2013
Donald Clayton Edgemon, 78, a longtime resident of St. George, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. Donald was born January 13, 1934 in Hastings, Oklahoma, the son of Clifford A. and Bonnie M. (Cline) Edgemon. He attended schools in Comanche, Oklahoma. Following school, he enlisted into the US Army and served in...
Maruja (Mary) Torres
Dec 30, 2012
Maruja (Mary) Bianchini Torres, a resident of Valley Vista in Wamego passed away peacefully and quietly on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Wamego City Hospital. She was 92 years old. Maruja was born in Heredia, Costa Rica on March 13, 1920 to Gonzalo Bianchini and Maria Sanchez Bianchini. She was the oldest of three children. She had 2 younger...
Michael Dee Howard
Dec 22, 2012
Michael “Mike” Dee Howard, 60, a lifetime resident of Louisville, KS, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Deseret Health and Rehab Center of Onaga. Mike was born on December 13, 1952 in Westmoreland, KS, the son of Fred Howard, Jr. and Marjorie (Prockish) Howard. He attended Louisville Grade School and graduated from Wamego High School in 1971. He...
Paul Richard Sickels
Dec 21, 2012
Paul R. Sickels, 68, of Manhattan, KS, passed away Friday, December 21, 2012 at his home. Paul was born May 26, 1944 in Athol, KS, the son of Arthur and Eloise (Carden) Sickels. He attended schools in Beloit, KS. Following school, Paul enlisted into the United States Navy in 1961 and retired from the Navy in 1982 after 21 years...
John William Haefke
Dec 15, 2012
John William Haefke, 78 years of age, of Alma, Kansas died December 15, 2012 at home. He was born September 5, 1934, in Alta Vista, KS, the son of George and Selma (Wolgast) Haefke. He moved to Alma when he was 9. John graduated from Alma High School with the class of 1952. He grew up working in the family...
Alexia Ann Ebert
Dec 4, 2012
Alexia Ann Ebert, 101, of Flush, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas, surrounded by her family. Alexia was born on June 21, 1911 in Blaine, Kansas, the daughter of James F. and Mary W. (Rooney) McCormick. She attended country school before going to Catholic School in Blaine, where the Benedictine Sisters...
Eleanor Ruth Rice
Dec 4, 2012
Eleanor Ruth Rice, 93, of Wamego, Kansas passed away due to respiratory failure Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Wamego City Hospital, in Wamego, Kansas. Eleanor was born April 18, 1919, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of James C. and Lilian (Doty) Woolley. She attended schools in Wichita, graduating from Wichita State University in 1940 and later attending Ball State,...
Betty Jean Brunkow
Nov 19, 2012
Betty Jean Brunkow, 91, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 19, 2012 at her residence. Betty was born July 31, 1921 in Wamego, Kansas the daughter of Harry L. and Mary Pearl (Head) Machin. She attended schools in Wamego, graduating from Wamego High School in 1940. On June 18, 1946, Betty married Leonard “Bud” Brunkow in Wamego. He preceded...
Daniel "Dan" Robert Clark
Nov 18, 2012
Daniel “Dan” Robert Clark, 68, of rural St. George, Kansas, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Stoneybrook Retirement Community in Manhattan, Kansas. Dan was born January 4, 1944, in San Diego, California, the son of Aaron W. and Gladys L. (Mann) Clark. He attended St. George High School before joining the United States Army where he served in...
Robert "Bob" Scott Burgess
Nov 2, 2012
Robert “Bob” Scott Burgess, 87, of rural Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at Golden Acres in Onaga, Kansas. Bob was born in Union Township in Pottawatomie County, Kansas on October 19, 1925. He was the son of Thomas and Mabel (Scott) Burgess. He attended Wamego High School graduating in 1942. In 1946 he married Betty Sturm. From...
Alice M. Rhodeman
Oct 18, 2012
Alice M. Rhodeman, 63, of Salina, Kansas passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center, in Salina. Alice was born on January 31, 1949, in Speedville, Florida, the daughter of Sewell and Florence (Donley) Proctor. She graduated from Bradford County High School in 1967, before enlisting into the United States Army. She served in the military...
Orland Lee Rosell
Oct 14, 2012
Orland Lee Rosell, 76, a longtime resident of Wamego, KS, passed away Sunday morning, October 14, 2012 at the Westmoreland Community Care Home. Orland was born February 5, 1936, at his home in Rural Riley County, Kansas, the son of Roland Edward Rosell and Edith Amelia (Pickett) Rosell. He attended school in Randolph, KS, and graduated from Randolph High School...
Norma R. Brooks
Oct 12, 2012
Norma R. Brooks, 83, of Silver Lake, KS, passed away, Friday, October 12, 2012 at Aldersgate Village, in Topeka, KS. Norma was born on January 22, 1929, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Frank and Grace (Sutton) Dinkle. She attended schools in Topeka graduating from Topeka High School. On November 22, 1947, Norma was united in marriage to George Brooks,...
Larry Dean Holz
Oct 10, 2012
Larry Dean Holz, 47, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. Larry was born on June 20, 1965 in Wamego, KS the son of Clyde William and Dolores Ann (Breymeyer) Holz. He grew up in Wamego graduating from Wamego High School in 1983. After high school Larry attended Kansas State University,...
Timothy "Tim" Joseph Eckstein
Oct 6, 2012
Timothy “Tim” Joseph Eckstein, 57, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012 at his home. Tim was born in Marysville, Kansas on March 27, 1955, the son of George and Wanda (Wymore) Eckstein. He attended schools in Marysville and later attended Tennessee Temple and Chattanooga St, earning a machinist degree. Tim enlisted into the Air Force for four...
Jeanie Noreen Simon
Oct 4, 2012
Jeanie Noreen Simon, 72, of Paxico, Kansas formerly of the McFarland area passed away Thursday, October 4, 2012 at Midland Hospice Care, Topeka, Kansas. Jeanie was born on March 24, 1940 in Covina, California the daughter of Virgil and Lula Horton. She grew up in California before moving to the McFarland area in 1988. Jeanie was a homemaker. She married...
Cecilia Marie (Weixelman) Muckenthaler
Sep 29, 2012
Cecilia Marie (Weixelman) Muckenthaler, 84, of Kettering, Ohio, and formerly of the Wamego, Kansas area, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 in Ohio. Cecilia was born September 15, 1928, in Louisville, KS, the daughter of Antone and Marie (Eckert) Weixelman. She grew up in Louisville, Flush and Wamego, KS. After high school she obtained her Nursing degree at The Saint...
Joyce Eileen Scritchfield
Sep 21, 2012
Joyce Eileen Scritchfield, 89, rural St. George, passed on September 21 at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, KS. She was born October 13, 1922, in Norfolk, Nebraska to Eli P. and Stella L. Pinet. As a young child she lived in Frankfort where she attended Frankfort Elementary School. Her family moved to a farm in Keats, KS where she...
Leah Olga Mast
Sep 14, 2012
Leah Olga Mast, 99, of Carlotta, California, formerly of Belvue, Kansas passed away Friday, September 14, 2012 in Fortuna, California. Leah was born in Wabaunsee County, Kansas on January 28, 1913, the last of the seven children of William and Minnie Uhlrig. Minnie died when Leah was only 10, leaving her with a melancholy that remained with her for the...
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