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