Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Barbara Ann Glover
Feb 8, 2011
Barbara Ann “Bobby Ann” Glover, 63, of St. George, Kansas, passed away following a long battle with cancer on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at her home in St. George, Kansas. Barbara was born on November 30, 1947 in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Benjamin and Wanda (Swick) Walker. She obtained her GED from Manhattan, Kansas before graduating from Washburn University,...
John "J. E." Edwin Schmitz
Feb 1, 2011
John “J. E.” Schmitz, 63, a lifetime resident of Alma, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at his home in Alma. J. E. was born on July 20, 1947 in Manhattan, KS the son of Arnold and Iris (Hansen) Schmitz. He graduated from Alma High School in 1965. J. E. married Linda Haller, on June 19, 1971, they later...
Charles "Lloyd" Banks
Jan 27, 2011
Charles “Lloyd” Banks, 93, of Wamego, KS, passed away January 27, 2011 at the Westmoreland Community Care Home. Lloyd was born August 30, 1917 near Belvue, KS to his parents, Charles H. and Jennie Helm Banks. He graduated from Wamego High School in 1937. On March 30, 1944, he married Ruth Zabel at the First United Methodist Church in Topeka,...
Lyle Eldred Webster
Jan 19, 2011
Lyle Webster of Fostoria peacefully passed away at the age of 87 on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at the Wamego City Hospital. He was born November 11, 1923 north of Fostoria, Kansas to Cleo and Bertha Shehi Webster. He graduated from Cleburne in 1941. After graduation, he worked at Lockheed Airplane Plant in California, then returned home to farm and...
Kathrine Mildred "May" Kurtz
Jan 14, 2011
Kathrine Mildred “May” Kurtz, 93, of Wamego, formerly of Blaine, KS, passed away Friday, January 14, 2011 at The Good Shepherd Hospice House, in Manhattan, KS. Mildred May was born September 26, 1917 in Bigelow, Kansas, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Dignam) Ensley. She attended Rural School #32 near Bigelow then rural school near Blue Rapids. On September 27, 1939 she...
Ida Mae Tingley
Jan 6, 2011
Ida Mae Tingley, 89, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away in Joplin, Missouri on Thursday, January 6, 2011. Ida was born June 30, 1921 in rural Putnam County, Missouri the daughter of Orrin and Minnie Martha Ellen (Myers) Harrington. She attended the Unionville, Missouri schools. On July 9, 1936 in Unionville, Missouri, Ida was united in marriage to...
June Maxine (Markley) Maring
Dec 29, 2010
June Maxine (Markley) Maring, 89, of Wamego passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan, Kansas. June was born June 28, 1921 in Waldo, Kansas, the daughter of A.L. “Roy” and Thelma (Cooper) Markley. She graduated from Luray High School and Fort Hays State University with a teaching certificate. She married William “Bill” Maring on...
Evelyn Dorothy Keller
Dec 25, 2010
Evelyn Dorothy Keller, 85, a lifelong resident of the Westmoreland, KS area passed away Saturday, December 25, 2010 at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland. Evelyn was born December 24, 1925 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Rubert and Agnes (Forsberg) Westling. She attended schools in Olsburg, KS, graduating from Olsburg High School in 1944. She lived mostly...
Patricia Louise Schoenfield
Dec 22, 2010
Patricia L. Schoenfield, 59, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. Among survivors is her daughter Jennifer Seitz and her husband Rev, Bill Seitz of Wamego. Services are pending and will be announced at a later date.
Donis "Donnie" M. Curtis
Dec 21, 2010
Donis “Donnie” McKeeman Curtis, 89, of Wamego, Kansas, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at Good Samaritan Society-Valley Vista, Wamego, Kansas. She was born January 3, 1921, in Manhattan, KS, to Warren and Bess McKeeman. Donnie attended Manhattan schools and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1939. She graduated in 1940 from Sacred Heart Academy, a business school formerly in Manhattan....
Jeffrey A. Myers
Dec 20, 2010
Jeffrey Alan Myers, 47, of Manhattan, Kansas passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan after a 26 year long struggle with multiple sclerosis. Jeff was born May 21, 1963 in Ulysses Kansas, the son of Harvey and Wilma Myers. He attended Ulysses schools, graduating from Ulysses High School in 1981. He attended Emporia State...
Charles L. Herman
Dec 19, 2010
Charles L. Herman, 88, of Emporia, KS and a longtime resident of Alma, KS, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010 at the Newman Memorial Hospital in Emporia. Charles was born May 19, 1922 in Alma, KS, the son of Fred and Mary A. Schubert Herrmann. He attended Alma schools and graduated from Alma High School in 1940. He served in...
Fae M. Taggart
Dec 19, 2010
Fae Maurine Taggart, 96, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center of Wamego. Fae was born August 30, 1914 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Anton and Clara (Boynton) Anderson. Her family later moved to Topeka, KS, where she graduated from Seaman High School. On February 6, 1936, she married Paul...
Elizabeth "Liz" Louise Kern
Dec 16, 2010
Elizabeth “Liz” L. Kern, 62, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away late Thursday, December 16, 2010 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. Liz was born October 11, 1948 in Higginsville, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest W. and Margaret A. (Marcks) Tempel. She attended Higginsville schools, graduating from Higginsville High School in 1966. She also attended Central Missouri State College in...
Faith Nichole Bogart
Nov 27, 2010
Miss Faith Nichole Bogart, stillborn baby of Kurt Dean and Christina Nichole Bogart, all of Abilene, KS, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan, KS. She is survived by her parents Kurt and Christina and her grandparents, Bradley and Kathleen Bulk of Wamego, KS. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Gary Earl and...
Henry Frederick Grieshaber
Nov 15, 2010
Henry Frederick Grieshaber, 103, a lifetime resident of the Wells Creek Community, passed away Monday, November 15, 2010 at Homestead Assisted Living, Topeka, KS. He was born April 13, 1907, to William J. and Caroline V. (Treiber) Grieshaber in rural Wabaunsee County, in the Wells Creek Community. He attended and was confirmed at Wells Creek Emanuel UCC as a youth...
Harmon L. Orsborn
Nov 15, 2010
Harmon L. Orsborn, 87, passed away Nov. 15, 2010, in Sacramento, California. Harmon was born in Wamego, Kansas, on June 21, 1923, to Lawrence and Charlotte Orsborn. He joins his parents, sister Iris, and brother Lloyd. He leaves behind his brother Merle, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He also leaves behind an extended family he discovered while researching his...
Michelle A. Tebbutt
Nov 11, 2010
Michelle A. Tebbutt, 44, of St. George, KS passed away Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Stormont-Vail HealthCare, in Topeka, KS, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Michelle was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Denver. Colorado while she was still a toddler. There she attended elementary school and graduated from Northglenn High School. Michelle moved to St....
Ona Jean (Drury) Dickerson
Nov 10, 2010
Ona Jean (Drury) Dickerson, 87, formerly of Wamego, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at Wheat State Manor, Whitewater, KS. Ona was born April 22, 1923, in Wamego, Kansas to Fred L. and Lillie B. Drury. She attended grade school in Wabaunsee and Paxico, Kansas, and graduated from Paxico High School in 1940. After High School Ona attended Dodds School...
Charlotte M. Prockish
Nov 7, 2010
Charlotte M. (Hunt) Prockish, 76, of Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Sunday, November 7, 2010 at Wamego City Hospital. She was born March 4, 1934 in Twin Mounds, Kansas, south of Olsburg, on the family farm. Charlotte was the daughter of Charles and Emily (Robinson) Hunt. She moved to Westmoreland in 1946, where she graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1952....
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