Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
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...
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...
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