Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Paul N. Stevenson
Dec 4, 2009
***SERVICES HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER*** Funeral Services are rescheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday December 11th with visitation one hour prior to services beginning at 1:00 p.m. Wamego- Paul N. Stevenson, 90, formerly of St. George, passed away Friday evening December 4, 2009 at Wamego City Hospital. He had been a resident of Wamego for 3 years. Prior...
Wilma Jean "Dolly" Ireland
Nov 30, 2009
Wilma J. ”Dolly” Ireland, 80, passed away November 30, 2009 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Dolly was born in Alma, Kansas on March 16, 1929 to Frank A. and Olga (Dieball) Heustis. She attended and graduated from Alma High School. On November 11, 1976 she married Lawrence O. Ireland. She lived 13 years in the Dwight area and moved...
Richard Lee Smith
Nov 28, 2009
Richard L. Smith, 53, of Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. Richard was born on April 1, 1956 in Great Bend, Kansas, the son of Mike L. and Iva Jean (Woody) Smith. He attended grade school and high school in Pratt, Kansas. On August 3, 1992, he was united in marriage...
Fred E. Johnson
Nov 27, 2009
Fred Eugene Johnson, 54, formerly of Wamego, passed away Friday November 27, 2009 in Manhattan, Kansas. Fred was born February 20, 1955 in Wamego, Kansas the son of Johnie and Alma (Salzer) Johnson. He graduated from Wamego High School in 1973 and later attended and graduated from The University of Kansas in 1995. In February 1978 he married Tanya E....
Terry Lee Newman
Nov 20, 2009
Terry L. Newman, 49, of Westmoreland passed away unexpectedly Friday November 20, 2009 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. Terry was born January 28, 1960 in Joplin, Missouri the son of Jack and Carol (Stapp) Newman. He graduated from Independence High School in 1978. He then proudly served his country with the United States Army for two years....
Wesley "Ed" Church
Nov 20, 2009
Wesley Edwin “Ed” Church, of Wamego, passed away Friday November 20, 2009 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center. He had been a resident there for three years. Wesley was born July 31, 1916 in Oak Grove, Missouri. Wesley accomplished many feats in his life including serving as a Baptist Missionary on an Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona for five years...
Lavina M Cutright
Nov 4, 2009
Lavina M. Cutright Lavina M. Cutright, 91, longtime resident of Wamego, passed away Wednesday November 4, 2009 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born on the family farm near Rock Creek May 21, 1918 the daughter of Earl J. and Mae (Craige) Koenig. She received her elementary education from Rock Creek and later graduated from Wamego...
Donna L. Finnern
Nov 4, 2009
OBITUARY Donna L. Roeder Finnern, 83, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away at Wamego City Hospital, Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Donna was born October 18, 1926 in Norton, KS, the daughter of Russel R. and Mamie Belle (Conarty) Chase. She attended schools in Norton and graduated from Norton High School in 1945. On April 18, 1947, she married...
Minerva Elizabeth Fairchild
Oct 27, 2009
Minerva E. Fairchild, 89, died Tuesday October 27, 2009 at Westmoreland Community Care Home. Born on February 7, 1920 in Dwight, Kansas, she was the daughter of Ross and Lillian (Strom) Worden. On March 17, 1938, she married Raymond Fairchild in Westmoreland, Kansas. Raymond preceded her in death on September 11, 1999 after 61 years of marriage. Minerva was well...
Barbara Ann Noles
Oct 21, 2009
Barbara Ann Noles, 51, of Alma, KS, died October 21, 2009 at Alma Manor. Barbara was born December 26, 1957 in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Mildred Maxine (O’Neal) Bevers and James Thomas Bevers, Sr. She attended and later graduated from Duncanville High School. On September 20, 1997 Barbara was united in marriage to Stephen L. Noles in Ft. Riley,...
Hilda Gertrude Kuhn
Oct 17, 2009
Hilda G. Kuhn, 98, Cedar Park, TX passed from this world on October 17, 2009. She was born December 26, 1910 in Belvue, Kansas, the daughter of William Henry and Katie Del Brown Bowman. In 1929 Hilda graduated from Louisville High School and earned a Kansas Normal-Training Teacher’s Certificate. She taught for a brief period in rural Pottawatomie County. She...
Francis E. Woods
Oct 13, 2009
Francis E. Woods, 87, of Manhattan, KS, passed away in Manhattan, Tuesday evening with four generations of his family by his side. Francis was born on April 10, 1922 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Bert E. and Eva M. (Janish) Woods. His father passed away when he was in the 9th grade and Francis stepped up to help...
Lewis E. Schumacher
Sep 26, 2009
Lewis Elbert Schumacher, 88, a former long time resident of Wamego, KS passed away September 26, 2009, in Tampa, Florida. He was born in Wamego on June 27, 1921, the son of May Yoos and Lee Schumacher. Lewis grew up on farms in the Louisville area and attended schools there, graduating from Wamego High School in 1939. He enlisted in...
Roberta M. Wilson
Sep 20, 2009
Roberta Marie Wilson, 86, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away following a short illness, Sunday, September 20, 2009 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. She was born June 14, 1923 at her rural family home near Smith Center, Kansas, the daughter of Roy E. and Mabel N. (Bennett) Kaup. She attended a one room rural school in...
Willie "Bud" Wege
Sep 20, 2009
Olsburg- Willie A. “Bud” Wege, 94, lifetime resident of Olsburg died Sunday September 20th, 2009 at Westmoreland Community Care Home. Born on February 13, 1915 at home in Olsburg he was the son of William and Rose (Curl) Wege. Bud was a farmer in the Olsburg Community his entire life. He loved quarter horses and work horses. He was a...
Mabel (Thowe) Grieshaber
Sep 16, 2009
Wamego- Mabel (Thowe)Grieshaber, 94, formerly of Belvue, died September 16th at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Mabel was born April 14, 1915 near Alma, Kansas the daughter of Peter and Anna (Ringel) Thowe. She grew up in the Hinerville community north of Alma. She graduated from Alma High School and later attended Emporia State Teacher’s College and obtained...
Milton J. Stuewe
Sep 15, 2009
Milton J. Stuewe, Sr., 87, of Alma, KS died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at a Topeka hospital. He was born October 15, 1921 on the family farm south of Alma, the son of Gustav and Dorthea Thowe Stuewe. He attended his early schooling at District 45 Alma, KS, and St. John Lutheran School, and later graduated from Alma High School...
Florence Pauline Brunner
Sep 7, 2009
Florence Pauline Brunner, 95, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009 in Manhattan, Kansas, just two months before her 96th birthday. Florence was born November 7, 1913 in Paxico, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Otilla (Hund) Muchenthaler. Florence attended Sacred Heart Grade School, Paxico High School, graduating in 1930, and graduated from St. Francis...
James "Jim" Kolde
Sep 1, 2009
James “Jim” Kolde, 65, of Wamego died Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Born on October 11, 1943 in Paxico, Kansas, he was the son of Raymond “Doc” and Leola E. (Hesse) Kolde. He attended Newbury and St. Mary’s Grade Schools and later graduated from St. Mary’s High School...
Opal Elaine Kemnitz
Aug 21, 2009
Opal E. Kemnitz, 80, of rural Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 21, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Health Care of Topeka. Opal was born on her family farm near Westmoreland on July 6, 1929, the daughter of Lloyd E. and Violet F. (Morford) Whearty. She attended the Sales rural grade school and graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1947. She married...
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