Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Amanda Helen (Meyer) Brase
Jun 4, 2011
Amanda Helen Brase, 83, a lifelong resident of Alma, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Alma Manor. Amanda was born June 8, 1927 on her family farm near Alma, the daughter of Fred H. and Malinda S. (Steege) Meyer. She attended District 7 Rural Grade School and graduated from Alma High School in 1945. On August 24,...
Kimber Eugene Macht
May 28, 2011
Kimber Eugene Macht, 79, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011 at his home in Topeka. Kimber was born on October 27, 1931 on the family farm in rural Westmoreland, Kansas, the son of Peter E. and Edith L. Macht. He graduated from Wamego Rural High School in 1949 before enlisting and serving in the United States Coast...
Beverly Ann Hiegert
May 25, 2011
Beverly Ann Hiegert, 52, of Louisburg, Kansas, formerly of Paxico, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri following a courageous battle with cancer. Beverly was born on January 5, 1959 in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene E. and Carmen A. (Zeller) Hiegert. She grew up in the Paxico area before attending high...
Gary Lee Deweese
May 7, 2011
Gary Lee Deweese, 60, a lifetime resident of Wamego, Kansas, died Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Wamego City Hospital after a brave battle with cancer. Gary was born January 30, 1951 at Genn Hospital in Wamego, the son of the late Jack T. and Patricia (Riat) Deweese. He attended St. Bernard’s Catholic Grade School, graduated from Wamego High School in...
Vivian "Loraine" (Oppy) Schurr
Apr 27, 2011
Vivian “Loraine” (Oppy) Schurr, 83, of St. George, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan, Kansas. Loraine was born on April 21, 1928 in Minneapolis, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Ivy L. (Kretzmeier) Oppy. She grew up in the Council Grove and Wellington, Kansas areas before graduating from Wellington High School in 1946...
Ignatius "Nates" Emmanuel Umscheid
Apr 23, 2011
Ignatius “Nates” Umscheid, 80, of Wamego and formerly of Flush, KS, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the Wamego City Hospital, Wamego, KS. He was a life-long resident of the area. Nates was born September 1, 1930 in Flush, KS to Phillip Peter and Elizabeth (Gasser) Umscheid. He attended the Catholic school in Flush and graduated from Flush High...
Joan Arlene Whittenburg
Apr 19, 2011
Joan Arlene Whittenburg, 88, a resident of Alma Manor, went home to be with her Lord and her loved ones, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. She was born March 21, 1923 in McFarland, KS the daughter of Halsey and Eva Frances (Cox) Whittenburg. She graduated from Alma High School in May of 1941 before moving to Los Angeles, CA where she...
Lola Maria (Soelter) Pageler
Apr 15, 2011
Lola Marie Pageler, formerly of Wamego, KS, died Friday, April 15, 2011, in Westminster, California, where she had been living for the last several years. She was 95 years old. Lola was born in Wamego, Kansas, on September 7, 1915, to Adolph Soelter and Emma Soelter. She had an older sister, Ione Soelter Balderson, and two younger brothers, Glenn Soelter...
Betty Ann Nixon
Apr 13, 2011
Betty Ann Nixon, 58, of rural Zeandale, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Betty was born on April 7, 1953 in Stafford, Kansas, the daughter of Rolla E. “Dink” and Betty F. (Minks) Durham. She grew up in Turon, Kansas and graduated from Fairfield High School before attending Kansas State University....
Donald B. Weixelman
Apr 10, 2011
Donald Weixelman passed from his loving family into the arms of his Lord on April 10, 2011. Don was born to Antone and Marie Weixelman on August 30, 1932 at the home on a small farm near Louisville, Kansas. He grew up during a time when farms were plowed by horses and planted by hand. By the time he graduated...
Mary Jane Chilcott
Apr 7, 2011
Mary Jane (Lauer) Chilcott, 57, of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the Wamego City Hospital, following her long battle with cancer. Mary Jane was born August 8, 1953 in Manhattan, KS, the daughter of James and Jean (Dekat) Lauer. She was raised in Flush, KS where she attended grade school and graduated from Westmoreland High School....
Clara B. Myers
Mar 25, 2011
Clara B. Myers, 87, of Westmoreland, KS and formerly of Columbus, OH, passed away Friday, March 25 at Golden Living Center of Wakefield, KS. Clara was born April 18, 1923 in Columbus, OH, the daughter of John and Nora Watsewah. She attended schools in Columbus and married Carl J. Ucker in 1939 in Columbus, OH. He preceded her in death...
Esther F. Adams
Mar 23, 2011
Esther F. (Prickett) Adams, 86, of Wamego, Kansas and a longtime resident of rural St. George, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Wamego City Hospital, Wamego, Kansas. Esther was born February 26, 1925 in Wamego, KS, the daughter of Ernest Max Prickett and Marguerite (Welch) Prickett. She grew up in the Belvue community going to elementary school at...
Kristofer "Tyler" Taylor Millan Roark
Mar 18, 2011
Kristofer Taylor Millan Roark “Tyler”, 18, of St. George, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Tyler was born in San Diego, California on December 14, 1992. He was the son of Hans and Donna Tessmann. He lived in St. George the last 7 years coming from San Diego, California. Tyler was...
Loran Henry Martens
Feb 24, 2011
Loran H. Martens, 81, of rural Wabaunsee, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the Wamego City Hospital. Loran was born February 16, 1930, the son of Henry F. and Anna (Schweir) Martens, on his family farm in the Wells Creek community south of Belvue, Kansas. He attended District 54 rural school near Wells Creek before working on the...
Douglas "Doug" S. York
Feb 23, 2011
Doug S. York, 65, of Topeka, formerly of the St. George area passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at St. Francis Health Center, in Topeka, Kansas. Doug was born in Manhattan, Kansas on February 22, 1946, the son of Dudley M. and Gladys F. (Smith) York. He was a resident of the rural Manhattan area attending St. George High School,...
Edward Hauer
Feb 18, 2011
Edward Hauer, 88, of Alma, Kansas passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at Wamego City Hospital, Wamego, Kansas. Edward was born March 2, 1922 in Alma, Kansas, the son of Charles and Marie Hauer. He graduated from Alma High School. After school Edward worked as a farmer and rancher in the Alma and McFarland areas his entire life. Edward was...
Michael "Mike" Jon Bruggen
Feb 17, 2011
Michael “Mike” Bruggen, 52, of Louisville, Kansas passed away Thursday, February 17, 2011 in Topeka, Kansas. Mike was born May 16, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of John and Vonna Bruggen. He attended schools in Topeka and Alma. On January 18, 2003, he married Deb Yonke in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mike lived in Louisville the last four years, where...
(Baby) Angus Chester Smith
Feb 13, 2011
(Baby) Angus Chester Smith, stillborn, of Mike and Andrea Smith, of Olathe, Kansas, went to be with the Lord Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, KS. Private family burial will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at Wabaunsee Township Cemetery, Wabaunsee, Kansas. Services have been entrusted with Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego.
May Louise (Nihart) Line Canipe
Feb 11, 2011
May Louise (Nihart) Line Canipe, 84, a longtime resident of the Wamego, KS area, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 in Topeka, KS where she had been a resident for many years. May Louise was born in Topeka, KS on March 21, 1926, the daughter of Charles Harry and Myrtle May (Ackley) Nihart. She attended grade school in the Belvue...
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