Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Eugene "Bud" A. Zoeller
Mar 1, 2010
Eugene “Bud” Anthony Zoeller, 78, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Monday, March 1, 2010 at Wamego City Hospital. He was born May 24, 1931 in Wamego, Kansas, the son of Albinius “Biny” and Victoria (Weixelman) Zoeller. He attended school in Flush. He entered the Army in January, 1953 and was discharged in December, 1954 with a rank of Corporal. On...
Daney L. Riniker
Feb 20, 2010
Daney L. Riniker, 76, of Louisville, Kansas passed away Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Mercy Health Center of Manhattan. He was born November 10, 1933 in Keats, Kansas, the son of Robert and Ona (Brimer) Riniker. He attended schools in Riley and Wamego. On November 19, 1955, he married Betty L. Colson. The two of them have resided in Louisville...
Edward Joseph Leonard
Feb 18, 2010
Edward Joseph Leonard, 79, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Stormont-Vail Health Care in Topeka. Ed was born July 3, 1930 on his family farm near Wabaunsee, KS, the son of Edward J. Leonard, Jr. and Bertha Blanche Vilven Leonard. He attended grade school at Wabaunsee and graduated from Wamego High School in 1949. During school...
Virgil A. Bell
Jan 29, 2010
Virgil Andrew Bell, 97, a longtime resident of McFarland, Kansas and Wabaunsee County, passed away Friday, January 29, 2009 in Wamego, Kansas. Virgil was born January 7, 1913 at his family home near Eskridge, Kansas, the son of William and Maude (Boyles) Bell. Virgil attended a rural grade school near Dover, KS, and began working as a farmer and a...
Owen Charles Stratton
Jan 20, 2010
Owen Charles Stratton, 97, a lifelong resident of Louisville, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center of Wamego. Owen was born December 25, 1912 north of Louisville, the son of Charles M. and Ida Ann (Hall) Stratton. He attended the White Chapel grade school near Laclede and graduated in 1931 from Louisville High School....
Wallace Dean Vilven
Jan 8, 2010
Wallace D. Vilven, 89, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away January 8, 2010 at Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Wallace Dean Vilven was born in Wamego, KS, to Leland and Velma (Kastner) Vilven, September 22, 1920. Wallace graduated from Wamego High School in 1938. He then attended Dodd Business School in Topeka and Kansas...
Lorna Eugena Campbell
Jan 7, 2010
Lorna Eugena Campbell, 89, lifetime resident of Wamego, passed away Thursday January 7th, 2010. Born on February 28, 1920 in the Pleasant Run Community of Pottawatomie County, she was the daughter of Lester R. and Effie (Woodcock) Campbell. She attended and graduated from Manhattan High School. Lorna worked as a babysitter for many years prior to working as a clerk...
Thomas Rex Foltz
Dec 26, 2009
Thomas Rex Foltz, 62, of rural Wamego, Kansas, passed away at his home Saturday, December 26, 2009 following a short illness. Tom was born January 21, 1947 in Wamego, Kansas, the son of Rex B. and Florence Marie (Eagan) Foltz. He attended Wamego schools and graduated from Wamego High School in 1965. He also attended Emporia State University for two...
Loretta Ruth Stewart
Dec 24, 2009
Loretta Ruth Stewart, 81, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 in Wamego. Loretta was born October 16, 1928, in Wamego, where she lived most of her life. She was the daughter of Anthony and Zue (McCormick) Tauer. She attended Fairview Dist. 41 Grade School and St. George High School. She was a 49 year member of the...
Harry Russell Shortt
Dec 20, 2009
Harry R. Shortt, 80, of rural Belvue, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Harry was born on his family’s farm near Belvue, Kansas on September 3, 1929, the son of James C. and Bonita Belle (Russell) Short. He graduated from Wamego High School and then enlisted into the United States Coast Guard....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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