Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
June Martin Sain
Sep 15, 2011
June (Martin) Sain, 86, of Wamego, KS, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2011 with her family by her side in Wamego. June (Martin) Sain was born June 21, 1925, in Union City, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Floyd and Elsa (Matthes) Martin, and the sister of Bill Martin. In 1956, June married John Paul Sain of Union City,...
Beverly "Bev" Mae Culbertson
Sep 11, 2011
Beverly “Bev” Mae Culbertson, 77, of rural Wamego, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011 at her home. Bev was born December 26, 1933 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Walter R. and Oma N. (Hubbard) Dockins. She attended school at Ashland Bottoms before attending grade school and high school in Wamego, graduating in 1951. On July 4, 1951 she...
Edna Mae Peddicord
Sep 9, 2011
Edna Mae Peddicord, 93, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011 at her home at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan. Edna Mae was born November 16, 1917 in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Alex and Hilma (Olander) Hederstedt. She attended schools in Salina, graduating from Salina Washington High School in 1935. She then attended Brown Mackie School...
John "Tom" Thomas Elder
Sep 5, 2011
John “Tom” Elder, 84, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2011 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center, Wamego, Kansas. Tom was born on a farm near Havensville, Kansas on October 21, 1926. He was the only son of Charles and Eva Elder. The family lived in Cloverport, Kentucky during Tom’s early years before returning to Kansas. Tom attended grade school...
Deborah "Deb" Kay Reves
Sep 1, 2011
Deborah “Deb” K. Reves, 58, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Thursday, September 1, 2011 at The Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, after her battle with cancer. Deb was born on December 1, 1952 in Marysville, Kansas the daughter of Harold L. and Lucille B. (Meyer) Roever. She attended Manhattan High School graduating in 1971. On June 21, 1975, she...
Dolores "Dee" L. Sebree-Buettgenbach
Aug 15, 2011
Dolores “Dee” L. Sebree-Buettgenbach, 57, of rural Wamego, KS, went to be with the Lord Monday, August 15, 2011following her courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. Dee was born January 8, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of James and Virginia Benjamin. She attended schools in Ohio and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1972. She arrived in Kansas in...
Beverly Sandra Wege
Aug 13, 2011
Beverly Sandra Wege, 64, of the Wheaton and Westmoreland, Kansas areas passed away Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Stoneybrook Retirement Community, in Manhattan, Kansas. Beverly was born on July 16, 1947, in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Cora Mae (Force) Wege. She grew up on the family farm in rural Wheaton, Kansas and lived there most of her...
Frances Judith Kent
Aug 13, 2011
Frances Judith Kent, 62, passed away at her residence on August 13, 2011, St. George, KS. Frances was born to Dr. Elias H. Porter and Julie Abraham on July 16, 1949 in Chicago IL. The Family moved to California where Frances received her primary education and also received her AA in business from Santa Monica Community College. She was a...
Marjorie Theodora Zabel
Aug 12, 2011
Marjorie Theodora Zabel, 92, a lifetime resident of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 12, 2011 at the Westy Community Care Home. She was born on April 1, 1919 at Westmoreland, Kansas, to Franklin Theodore and Mary Alice (Duncan) Siddens. Marjorie married Herbert C. Zabel (also of Westmoreland) on May 20, 1942 in Westmoreland. He preceded her in death in...
Chong Suk Vanover
Aug 10, 2011
Chong Suk Vanover, 63, of Manhattan, Kansas passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. Chong was born on December 22, 1947, in South Korea. In 1988, Chong married Victor Vanover in Junction City, Kansas, he survives. Chong came to Junction City, Kansas in 1976 from South Korea, before moving to Manhattan, Kansas in 1994....
Norma Jean Yonning
Aug 7, 2011
Norma Jean Yonning, 84, of the Wamego, Kansas area, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Westy Community Care Home, Westmoreland, Kansas. Norma was born December 31, 1926 on the family farm near Louisville, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford C. and Margaret C. (Schumacher) Julien. She attended grade school in Louisville, and graduated from Wamego High School in 1945. On...
Debra "Jo" Herrman
Aug 2, 2011
Debra “Jo” Herrman, 60, of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at her home south of Westmoreland, following her courageous battle with cancer. Debra “Jo” Herrman was born June 15, 1951, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the only child to Alfred and Charlotte (Hale) Siebert. Alfred and Charlotte later divorced and her mother then remarried Richard Echavez. Jo’s stepfather was...
Ronald "Ron" Wayne Reed
Jul 25, 2011
Ronald “Ron” Wayne Reed, 52, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Monday, July 25, 2011 at his home in Wamego. Ron was born on May 15, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas the son of Charles R. and Ruth A. (Gladow) Reed. He attended schools in Manhattan, KS before graduating from North Central Kansas Technical College in Beloit, KS with a degree in...
John "Spike" Harshbarger
Jul 23, 2011
John Day “Spike” Harshbarger, age 76, died July 23, 2011 at his home in Wamego, Kansas, after a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. He was born March 31, 1935 at his grandparent’s home three miles north of Amorita, Oklahoma near the Kansas/Oklahoma border. His parents were Alfred F. Harshbarger and Helen (Marsh) Harshbarger. Spike attended many schools as...
Robert "Buck" E. Bronaugh
Jul 18, 2011
R. E. “Buck” Bronaugh, 82, passed away Monday, July 18, 2011 at Stormont-Vail HealthCare in Topeka following surgery. He was born September 26, 1928, in Silver Lake, Kansas, to Lester T. and Esther (Look) Bronaugh. Buck spent most of his life in the Maple Hill and Paxico areas attending Maple Hill Schools and graduating from Maple Hill High School in...
Robert (Bob) Rex Rogers
Jul 14, 2011
Robert (Bob) Rogers, formerly of Wamego, KS, passed away after a short illness July 14, 2011 in San Angelo TX. He was born on Feb 2, 1920 in Kansas City, MO. He was 91 years young. His parents were William C. Rogers and Evelyn M. Christian, originally of Clyde KS. He has one brother, The Honorable Richard D. Rogers, of...
Barbara Rafferty (Tillman) Butts
Jul 11, 2011
Barbara Rafferty (Tillman) Butts, 73, of Wamego, KS, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center of Wamego. Barbara was born April 15, 1938 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Austin D. and Josephine (Olliso) Tillman. She attended grade schools in Topeka and graduated from Topeka High School in 1956. She married Richard L. Rafferty on...
Joseph "Joe" Henry Straub
Jul 8, 2011
Joseph “Joe” H. Straub, 84, of Belvue, KS, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011 at the Wamego City Hospital. Joe was born May 28, 1927 in Wamego, KS, the son of Theodore “Ted” and Margaret (Brockish) Straub. He attended Rural Dist. 82 Grade School and graduated from Wamego High School in 1945. Following school, he worked on his family farm...
Ronald "Ron" John Winterman
Jul 6, 2011
Ronald “Ron” John Winterman, 42, formerly of the Wamego area, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 as the result of injuries sustained during an automobile accident, outside of Greeley, KS. Ron was born April 3, 1969 in Leavenworth, KS. He was the son of John T. and Dorothy E. Winterman. Ron lived in the Wamego and Kansas City areas for...
Elizabeth "Betty" J. Lawless
Jul 1, 2011
Elizabeth “Betty” J. Lawless, 80, of Wamego, KS, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011 at Good Shepherd Hospice House of Manhattan. Betty was born September 27, 1930 in Plattsburg, MO, the daughter of Dennis and Mary Ellen (Golden) O’Connor. She graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, NE in 1948 and graduated from Creighton University in 1953 with a BS...
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