Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Arthur (Art) Edward Bluthardt
Jan 30, 2008
Arthur (Art) Edward Bluthardt, 83, of Frankfort, Kansas and formerly of Flush, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He was born May 4, 1924 in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Edward Jacob and Margaret Marie (Bechtel) Bluthardt of Flush, Kansas. He attended rural schools near Emmett, Kansas, served in the C.C.C.’s as...
Richard James Kemnitz
Jan 29, 2008
Richard James Kemnitz, 82, resident of rural Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Tuesday January 29, 2008 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Born on March 16, 1925, in Manhattan, Kansas, he was the son of George J. and Lenora M. (Thompson) Kemnitz. He attended school at Walnut Grove, Eugene Field, and Manhattan High School. He was a farmer and stockman...
Elaine Ann Simmer
Jan 27, 2008
Elaine Ann Simmer, 76, of Wamego, KS passed away Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Elaine was born the daughter of Arthur E. and Clara (O’Keefe) Junod on January 21, 1932, in rural Nemaha County north of Onaga, KS. She graduated from Centralia High School in 1949. On August 9, 1951, she married Robert J....
Dorothy Gayle Foster
Jan 17, 2008
Dorothy Gayle Foster, 80, of Manhattan died on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at St. Joseph’s Village in Manhattan. She was born on February 25, 1927, at Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of Charles and Helen (Miller) Warren. Mrs. Foster graduated from high school in Cleveland, Ohio. She moved to the Manhattan area in 1966. Dorothy married Harold Edwin Foster on June...
Reva Laverne Stratton
Jan 17, 2008
Reva LaVerne Stratton, 93, lifetime resident of Louisville, Kansas passed away Thursday morning January 17, 2008 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Born on May 23, 1914 in Louisville, she was the daughter of Clifford and Leita (Richey) Taylor. She attended Louisville schools and graduated from Louisville High School in 1931. On April 28, 1936, she married Owen...
Rose Marie Wahl
Jan 15, 2008
Rose Marie Wahl, 85, of Westmoreland, passed away on January 15, 2008 at Westmoreland Community Care Home. She was born on July 7, 1922 in Stachy-Sumava, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Vaclav and Ruza (Wenceslous) Voldrich. Rose attended and graduated from school in Czechoslovakia. In June 1947, at the age of 24, she came to the United States on the Queen...
Meridith Rightmire
Jan 11, 2008
Meridith Rightmire, formerly of Wamego, KS, died January 11, 2008 in James, Oklahoma. Services are pending and will be announced later.
John W. Arnold
Jan 7, 2008
Sun City, Arizona- Kansas native, John Wilson "J.W." Arnold, 93, died January 7, 2008 at Royal Oaks Health Care Center in Sun City, AZ. He was born in Westmoreland, KS August 31, 1914, the only child of Robert L. and Nelle S. Arnold. He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Delta Julien Arnold and half-siblings, Joe...
Crawford Wiley Taylor
Dec 31, 2007
Crawford Wiley “Slats” Taylor, 87, of Westmoreland, Ks, passed away Monday, December 31, 2007 at the Westmoreland Community Care Home. He was born in Louisville, Ks, May 5, 1920, the fourth child of seven, born to P. Wiley and Leverne (Travis) Taylor. He attended schools at the West Union Grade School south of Westmoreland and the Westmoreland High School. He...
Walter Carroll Siebert
Dec 27, 2007
Walter “Walt” C. Siebert, 82, resident of Wamego, died at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas Thursday, December 27, 2007. He was born on November 21, 1925 in Flush, Kansas, the son of Peter A. and Addie Isabelle (Umscheid) Siebert. Walter attended school in the Flush community and graduated from Flush High School in 1943. He served with the...
Carter Eugene Bailey
Dec 25, 2007
Carter Eugene Bailey, 79, of Westmoreland, KS, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2007 at the Westmoreland Community Care Home. Carter was born on October 30, 1928 in Caruthersville, MO, the son of Claude and Lorene (Carter) Bailey. He attended grade school in Caruthersville, and graduated from McKinley High School in St. Louis, MO in 1947. Following high school, he enlisted...
Luetta Mae Wapp
Dec 24, 2007
LuEtta M. Wapp, 79, of Topeka, formerly a longtime resident of Frankfort and Marysville, KS, passed away Monday, December 24, 2007 at Stormont-Vail Health Care in Topeka. LuEtta was born December 3, 1928 on her family’s farm near Olsburg, KS, the daughter of John Frank Manthe and Elsie (Kastner) Manthe. She attended schools in Fostoria, KS and graduated from Fostoria...
Elna (Hawkinson) Moore
Dec 10, 2007
Westmoreland- Elna Hawkinson Moore, 89, of Westmoreland, KS passed away Monday, December 10, 2007 at the Wamego City Hospital. She had been a resident of Westmoreland since 1945. Elna was born July 25, 1918 at Springside, Kansas in Pottawatomie County. She was the daughter of John Alfred and Lily (Williams) Hawkinson. She graduated from Cleburne Rural High School in 1936,...
Hallie Osburn
Dec 7, 2007
Wamego- Hallie Osburn, 104, passed away peacefully Friday morning December 7, 2007 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Hallie was born on April 20, 1903 in a two room rock house in Dickinson County, Kansas to Harvey and Villettie (Perkins) Osburn. She was the last of four brothers and two sisters. Hallie spent her life in care of...
Robert William Butler
Dec 5, 2007
WAMEGO- Robert W. Butler, 81, of Wamego, KS and formerly of Ulysses, KS, passed away December 5, 2007, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. He had been a resident of Wamego since 2005. Robert was born on February 14, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Julian M. and Abigail (Crane) Butler. Following school, he enlisted in the...
Janet Larson Robinson
Nov 24, 2007
Janet (Larson) Robinson, 74, of Topeka, formerly of Wamego, died Saturday morning November 24th, due to a car accident in Kansas City. Born on February 21, 1933, in Wamego, she was the daughter of Neville T. and Marion (Kraft) Larson. She attended schools in Wamego and graduated from Wamego High School in 1951. She then went on to obtain her...
Elmer H. Piel
Nov 22, 2007
Elmer Henry Piel, 86, died Thursday evening November 22 at Wamego City Hospital. Born on March 23, 1921, at home on a farm in rural Wabaunsee County, he was the son of Henry W. and Amanda A (Kinsing) Piel. He attended school in District 54 in northern Wabaunsee County. He worked and farmed for his father until 1955 when he...
Clyde "Pete" Peterson
Nov 19, 2007
Clyde W. “Pete” Peterson, 89, passed away November 19th at Wamego City Hospital. Born on October 2, 1918 in Junction City, Kansas, he was the son of Elmer N. and Mae (Bryant) Peterson. He attended Junction City Schools and graduated from Junction City High School. Pete served his country in the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge....
Benjamin Dean Gordon
Nov 16, 2007
Benjamin Dean Gordon, 75, formerly of Wamego, passed away November 16 at Colmery -O’Neil Medical Center in Topeka. Ben was born on January 12, 1932 in rural Pottawatomie County to James and Helen (Burgess) Gordon. He attended Wamego schools and graduated from Wamego High School. He was married and later divorced. Ben served in the United States Army during the...
Isabelle Rose Gruis
Nov 10, 2007
Isabelle Rose Gruis was born into the arms of Jesus on November 10, 2007 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. Isabelle’s parents are Tim and Elizabeth Dawn (Kinzel) Gruis of Westmoreland, Kansas. Her grandparents are Mike and Rosalie Kinzel of Claflin, Kansas, and Ron and Betty Gruis of Rock Rapids, Iowa. Her aunts and uncles are Ann and...
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