Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
George P. Barker
Aug 18, 2009
St. George: George P. Barker, 64, of rural St. George, KS, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Health Care in Topeka. He was born December 27, 1944 in Chanute, KS, the son of George and Loas (McCoy) Barker. He graduated from Chanute High School in 1962, and attended Neosho County Community College. In 1963, George married Linda Matlock....
Evelyn F. Schmidt
Aug 5, 2009
Wamego- Evelyn Schmidt, 86, of Wamego died Wednesday August 5, 2009 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Born on November 11, 1922 in Marysville, Kansas, she was the daughter of Henry and Mabel (Cooper) Marquardt. Evelyn graduated from Marysville High School in 1940. On October 13, 1942, she married Sylvester Schmidt. The couple lived in Marysville, Kansas City,...
Ireta Delapp
Aug 3, 2009
Ireta (Buchanan) DeLapp, 94, of Westmorelan, died Monday August 3, 2009, at Westmoreland Community Care Home. Ireta was born on August 10, 1914 to Ola and Moyne Siddens. When Ireta was 7 days old, her parents died so she and her sisters were raised by her grandparents Lute and Viola Siddens. Ireta attended grade school at the District 77 Church...
Margaret (Gnadt) Senne
Aug 3, 2009
Margaret A. (Gnadt) Senne, 89, departed this earth with the gift of eternal life on Monday August 5th, 2009. Margaret Augusta (Gnadt) Senne recieved the gift of life on December 18, 1919 at the home of her parents, in Kuenzli Creek, in rural Alma. She was the third of five children born to Fred W and Martha (Heideman) Gnadt. Margaret...
Leo Peddicord
Aug 2, 2009
Leo Dale Peddicord, 87, died August 2, 2009, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Mr. Peddicord was born November 26, 1921 to Robert R. and Nettie Peddicord in Belvue, Kansas. He graduated from Wamego High School and worked at an aircraft factory in California a short time before returning to work on the family farm, where he remained as a...
Susanne Ross
Jul 21, 2009
Susanne Ross, 77, of Alma, died Tuesday, July 21st, 2009, at Mercy Regional Health Center with her family by her side. Susanne was born on June 16, 1932 in Ludwigshaven (A-Rh) Germany. She was the daughter of Christian and Barbara (Kimmell) Ochs. She was raised on the family farm until her home was bombed out during WWII. She spent most...
John D. Sizemore
Jul 19, 2009
John D. Sizemore, 50, Formerly from the Wamego, Kansas area, passed away July 19, 2009 at Baltimore, MD. Private graveside services will be held August 1, 2009 in Wamego City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family in care of the Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego, KS P.O. Box 48, 66547.
James "Shooz" Schuman
Jul 15, 2009
James “Shooz” Schuman, 52, of Wamego, died unexpectedly July 15, 2009 while working in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Born on July 15, 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia, he was the son of Charles Dale and Mary Elizabeth (Hanson) Schuman. He attended St. Matthews Catholic Grade School and later graduated from Highland Park High School. He married Joyce Moore in 1987 and the couple...
Leo Hargrave
Jul 11, 2009
Charles "Leo" Hargrave, 87, died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at his home in Laclede, Kansas. Leo was a man of many talents honed from a humble upbringing during the Great Depression and WW II. Born to Nellie Belle Blue Murrow and Victor Louis Hargrave in Denver on September 11, 1921, Leo remarked, “I may be small, but I’m wound tight.”...
Edith Tibbetts Hamblin
Jul 3, 2009
Edith Tibbetts Hamblin, 88 passed away Friday, July 3rd at her home in Denton, Texas. She was born April 7, 1921 in Westmoreland, Kansas to Lee and Catherine Tibbetts. Edie was an LVN nurse and retired from Parkway Hospital in Houston where she worked for 20 years. She was very well thought of by her co-workers. The doctors and nurses...
Frances Louise Palenske
Jun 14, 2009
Frances Louise Palenske, 86, of Wamego, KS and formerly of Alma, KS, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center of Wamego. Frances was born November 6, 1922 on her family farm near Wamego, the daughter of Louis L and Bessie C. (Snodgrass) Lonsinger. She attended rural grade school at the Rock School, east of...
Floyd Franklin Huntzinger
Jun 14, 2009
Floyd F. Huntzinger, 62, of Wamego, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on December 26, 1946 the son of Franklin and Dorothy (Barker) Huntzinger. His family moved to Ogden in 1951. He moved to Wamego after graduating from Manhattan High School in 1964. Floyd served in the National...
Donal Carl Erikson
Jun 9, 2009
Donal Carl Erikson, 78, a lifelong resident of the Alma, KS area, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Alma Manor. He was born January 28, 1931 in the Kuenzli Creek Community east of Alma, the son of Carl John and Hulda (Hafenstein) Erikson. Donal attended area rural grade schools and graduated from Alma High School in 1949. He...
Cedelia Fern Mcdonald
Jun 7, 2009
Lifelong Stockton resident, Fern McDonald, passed away at the age of 87, Sunday, June 7, 2009 at St. Mary’s Nursing Home, St. Mary’s, Kansas. Fern was born April 10, 1922 the daughter of Carl and Elizabeth (Reed) Falk in Durango, Colorado. She was a graduate of Stockton High School. Fern was a member of Business and Professional Women (BPW) for...
James "Jim" D. Simmer
Jun 6, 2009
James “Jim” D. Simmer, 66, a lifelong resident of Wamego, KS, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Jim was born in Wamego, Kansas on July 11, 1942, the son of Frank J. and Cecelia F. (Umscheid) Simmer. He attended Wamego Grade School and Wamego High School. On October 16, 1965, he married Lena M....
Margene L. Pageler
May 15, 2009
Margene L. Pageler, 85, of Wamego, died Friday afternoon, May 15th, 2009, at Vintage Park. Margene was born February 12, 1924 in McFarland, Kansas, the daughter of George and Alvina (Schweir) Armbrust. Margene attended school in McFarland and Wamego and spent most of her life in this area. Margene met and fell in love with her husband Harry Walter Pageler,...
William "Bill" G. Trimmell
May 7, 2009
William “Bill” Glenn Trimmell, 90, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Stormont-Vail Health Center of Topeka. Bill was born February 6, 1919 in Altoona, Kansas, the son of Ernest L and Maggie (Steenhoek) Trimmell. At an early age, he moved to Elk County, near Longton, Kansas. There, he attended a rural grade school, Hartford, and Longton...
Donald L. Roudybush
Apr 29, 2009
Donald L. Roudybush, 87, of Manhattan, died Wednesday, April 29th, 2009, at his home with his family by his side. Born on October 31, 1921 in Washington, Kansas he was the son of Ollie Eldora and Christopher Columbus Roudybush. On April 21, 1941 he married Betty Jean McNeill in Onaga. He then was baptized in Deluth, Kansas prior to being...
Lewis L. Reiners
Apr 29, 2009
Lewis Lee Reiners, 79, of Wamego, KS and a lifetime resident of the Paxico, KS community, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at the Wamego City Hospital. Lewis was born December 3, 1929 on his family’s farm north of Paxico, the son of John and Rose M. (Martens) Reiners. He attended Paxico rural schools and worked on the family farm...
John E. Parry
Apr 18, 2009
John Elden Parry, 92, of Westmoreland, KS, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the Wamego City Hospital. He was born February 2, 1917, in a farm house in western Riley County, near Wakefield, KS. He was one of 7 children born to John David Parry and Ellen Beatrice (Myers) Parry. John attended Prairie Grove and Myersdale Grade Schools in...
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