Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas

Norma Jean Yonning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Julia "Louise" Mccoy

Julia "Louise" Mccoy

Jun 28, 2011

Julia “Louise” McCoy, 86, formerly of the Wamego area, and later St. Marys, KS, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the Westmoreland Community Care Home. Louise was born January 23, 1925 in Wamego, KS, the daughter of Walter A. and Cora L. (Knitter) Regnier. She attended Broderick Rural Grade School north of Wamego, and graduated from Westmoreland High School...

Mildred Bernice Julien Andrick

Mildred Bernice Julien Andrick

Jun 26, 2011

Mildred Bernice (Julien) Andrick, 102, of Sun City, Arizona and formerly of Wamego, Kansas, passed away June 26, 2011 in Sun City. Private family inurnment services will be held graveside at the Wamego City Cemetery at 10:30 Saturday, September 3, 2011.

Karla Jean Richter

Karla Jean Richter

Jun 24, 2011

Karla Jean Richter, 51, of St. George, Kansas passed away Friday, June 24, 2011 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kansas. Karla was born July 15, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Eldon and LeAnne (Schmidt) Janssen. She attended schools in Wamego, graduating from Wamego High School in 1977, before attending Kansas State University and...

Judith "Judy" Jacqueline Peddicord

Judith "Judy" Jacqueline Peddicord

Jun 15, 2011

Judy Peddicord, 85, of Wamego, Kansas died June 15, 2011 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born May 28, 1926 to Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cazier in Wamego, Kansas. She attended local schools, graduating from Wamego High School in 1944. She attended Kansas State University for two years where she was a member of the Tri...

Vern Raymond Harrison

Vern Raymond Harrison

Jun 13, 2011

Vern R. Harrison, 91, of Louisville, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 13, 2011 at Wamego City Hospital of Wamego. Vern was born June 22, 1919 in Belvue, Kansas, the son of Fredrick J. and Ethelda (Shehi) Harrison. He attended Louisville Grade and High Schools. Following school, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps for several years, during which time he...

Wayne Lee White

Wayne Lee White

Jun 9, 2011

Wayne Lee White, 59, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan, Kansas. Wayne was born in Sanford, Maine, on November 21, 1951, the son of Hayes and Anna (Bobchic) White. Wayne grew up and attended schools in Sanford, graduating from Sanford High School in 1969 before enlisting in the United States Army....

Amanda Helen (Meyer) Brase

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

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

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

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...