Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
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...
Alice Lula Wille Rischer
Nov 7, 2007
Alice L. Rischer, 94, of the Wamego and Belvue, Kansas area, passed away late Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland, KS. Alice was born on the family farm near the Wells Creek area in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph and Amanda (Buchmeier) Bahner. She attended grade school near Wells Creek and attended...
Luella Beth Simmons
Nov 2, 2007
Luella Beth “Betty” Simmons, 95, of Wamego, KS, passed away Friday evening November 2, 2007 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born on January 2, 1912, in Allen, Kansas, the daughter of Harry W. and Elma L. (Conrad) Leavell. On September 1, 1928, Betty married Merle D. Simmons in Emporia, Kansas. Merle preceded her in death...
Idell Elizabeth Woods
Oct 30, 2007
Idell E. Woods, 81, formerly of Keyes, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Tuesday October 30, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Idell was born on December 16, 1925 in Beaver, Oklahoma the daughter of Robert and Florence (Cables) Huddleston. Idell attended school in Pueblo Colorado and later graduated from Centennial High School in Pueblo. On May 25, 1945 she...
Dale Anthony Ebert
Oct 21, 2007
Dale Anthony Ebert, 58, of rural Wamego, KS, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2007, following his illness with cancer. He was born on July 12, 1949 in Manhattan, KS, the son of Clyde J. and “Jerry” Geraldine (Dekat) Ebert. He attended grade school and three years of high school in Flush, KS, and his final year of high school at...
Ronald E. Noe
Oct 20, 2007
WAMEGO- Ronald E.” Ron” Noe, 52, of Wamego, KS, lost his battle with cancer on Saturday October 20th, 2007 at Wamego City Hospital. Ron was born on August 27, 1955 in Dayton, Ohio, the son of June (Hicks) and Grover C. Noe. His family returned to Kansas and he attended and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1974. He had...
Hazel E. Lundberg
Oct 20, 2007
Hazel E. Lundberg, 77, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away peacefully at Mercy Regional Hospital on October 20, 2007. Cremation has been effected and inurnment will be private.
Ruby L. Simpson
Oct 18, 2007
Ruby “Marjorie” Simpson, 88, formerly of Wamego, KS, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Kansas City, MO. Born on April 5, 1919 in Louisville, Kansas, she was the daughter of Nellie (Trotter) and Samuel Nelson Huey. Marge graduated from Wamego High School in 1937 and lived all of her life in the Wamego and Louisville areas. On January...
Robert Laurie Linton
Oct 17, 2007
Robert Laurie Linton, 92, passed away Thursday October 17th, 2007 at St. Mary’s Manor. He was born on January 11, 1915 in Jamestown, Kansas, the son of George W. and Oda Dell (Smith) Linton. Most of the family moved to Oregon in 1925 and he attended school in Portland and graduated at Willamina High in 1932. Bob worked in the...
Grace Virginia Morris
Oct 16, 2007
WAMEGO- Grace Virginia Morris, 84, of the Wamego and Louisville, KS area, died early Tuesday, October16, 2007 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born on February 10, 1923 in Manhattan, KS, the daughter of Orville C. Creviston, Sr. and Hallie L. (Cinnamon) Creviston. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1940. On June 7, 1941, Grace...
Louise Rose Rogge
Oct 14, 2007
Wamego- Louise Rose Rogge, 88, formerly of Wamego, Kansas, died Sunday October 14, 2007, at Aldersgate Village of Topeka, where she had resided since November of 1999. She was born June 1, 1919, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Anthony and Mary (Skrypi) Nowakowski. She attended grade school in Scranton and also graduated from Scranton Technical High School in 1936....
Grace Sullivan
Oct 14, 2007
Manhattan- Grace (Scritchfield) Sullivan, 77, of Manhattan, Kansas and formerly of Westmoreland, Kansas, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday morning October 14, 2007. She was being cared for by her daughter Pam and the staff at Homecare Hospice. Grace was born March 24, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Silvia Scritchfield and Loren Herbert Whan...
Evelyn D. Arehart
Oct 14, 2007
St. George- Evelyn D. Arehart, 80, of Rural St. George, Kansas, died October 14, 2007, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. She was born May 5, 1922, in Kansas City, MO. She was adopted in infancy by Cliff Drake and LeVanchie Maude (Eggleston) Drake of Memphis, MO. She attended high school in Memphis, MO. On June 1, 1947, Evelyn...
Glen Leo Lamb
Oct 14, 2007
PAXICO- Glen Leo Lamb, 87, of Paxico, KS and formerly of Wamego and Westmoreland, KS, died Sunday, October 14, 2007 at his home. Glen was born in Herrington, KS, on August 12, 1920, the son of James C. and Maude (Cowman) Lamb. He graduated from Lost Springs, Kansas high school in the class of 1938, and was a member of...
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