Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Ronald C. Siebert
Mar 24, 2008
Ronald C. Siebert, 87, formerly of Flush, Kansas, died Monday, March 24, 2008 in a hospital in Littleton, Colorado. He was born on December 12, 1920 in Flush, Kansas, the son of Peter A. and Addie Isabelle (Umscheid) Siebert. Ron attended grade school and graduated from high school in Flush, Kansas. He enlisted in the US Army Air Force following...
Donette Marie Stevens
Mar 23, 2008
Donette Marie Stevens, 57, passed away Sunday March 23, 2008 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Born on October 25, 1950, in Ft. Riley, Kansas, she was the daughter of Donald and Laverta (Hafenstein) Mumpower. She was baptized at Wells Creek United Church of Christ. She attended and graduated from Wamego High School in 1968. Donette married Arthur Sellers, they...
John F. Taylor
Mar 22, 2008
John F. Taylor, 89, passed away Saturday March 22, 2008 at Westmoreland Community Care Home. Born on October 20, 1918 in Louisville, Kansas, he was the son of Leverne (Travis) and Wiley Taylor. John was baptized in the Louisville Methodist Church where he was a member for many years. On April 25, 1940 he married Merribel Wahl in Manhattan, Kansas....
Gene L. Dugan
Feb 27, 2008
UPDATE: Gene's family will be holding a memorial service Saturday April 5, 2008 from 7-9:00 p.m. at the Family Worship Center on Highway 24 in Wamego. Come join the family for a sharing of memories. Wamego- Gene L. Dugan, 79, lifetime resident of Pottawatomie County, passed away Wednesday morning February 27, 2008 at his residence in Wamego. Born on November...
Marjorie Smith Demaree
Feb 23, 2008
Marjorie Smith Demaree, 94, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2008. at Hospice House, Kansas City, MO. Marjorie was born on September 6, 1913 in Topeka, KS, The daughter of Lewis and Flora Smith. Marjorie was a graduate of Topeka High School and Washburn University. She married Jay Demaree in October, 1954. Marjorie was a retired Federal Employee of the...
Verna L. Myers
Feb 20, 2008
Alma- Verna L. Myers, 93, beloved mother and grandmother, of Alma, KS, died Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Born on September 1, 1914 in Abilene, KS, she was the daughter of Buena (Lynn) and Avra E. Engle. She graduated from high school in Abilene in 1932. Verna married Howard C. Myers on April 29,...
Barbara L. (Trivett) Lintz
Feb 20, 2008
Barbara L. Lintz, 75, of Seneca, KS and formerly a longtime resident of Wamego, KS, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at Seneca. Barbara was born in Abilene, KS on April 3, 1932, the daughter of Eustace and Helen Louise (Jeffcoat) Trivett. She moved to Wamego in 1934 with her family and graduated from Wamego High School in 1950. On...
Edith Elizabeth Torrey
Jan 31, 2008
Edith E. Torrey, 93, passed away Thursday January 31, 2008 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Born On May 11, 1914 in the St. George Township, she was the daughter of Arthur and Julia (Picolet) Fechter. She attended and graduated from St. George High school in 1932. On February 16, 1942, she married Earl J. Torrey in Colorado...
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...
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