Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Marjorie Rose Machin
Aug 23, 2008
Marjorie Rose Machin, 89, of Wamego, KS passed away Saturday, August 23, 2008 at the Wamego City Hospital following a short illness. Marjorie was born on February 24, 1919 the daughter of George M. and Lillian (Bingman) Shea, on her family farm in the Rock Creek area near Flush, KS. She attended Gasser Rural School near her childhood home. She...
Genevieve A. Grutzmacher
Aug 17, 2008
Westmoreland- Genevieve A. Grutzmacher, 90, died Sunday morning August 17th, 2008 at Wamego City Hospital. Genevieve was born on October 29, 1917 at home in rural Westmoreland the daughter of Henry G. and Emma (Blume) Lelievre. She attended West Union Grade School and walked 1 ¼ mile each way everyday. She graduated from Westmoreland Rural High School in 1936. She...
Edward R. "Junie" Theel, Jr.
Aug 9, 2008
Edward R. “Junie” Theel, Jr., 89, of McFarland, KS, passed away at his home Saturday, August 9, 2008. He had been a lifelong resident of the area. He was born June 11, 1919 in McFarland, the son of Edward and Lenna (TenEyck) Theel. He graduated from Alma High School in 1938. On June 27, 1948, he married Inez Mathies at...
Oliver Paul Kernodle Jr.
Jul 22, 2008
Oliver “Paul” Kernodle Jr., 70, owner of Flying J Ranch in Wabaunsee County, passed away Tuesday July 22, 2008 at his residence in Grandview. He was born September 27, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Oliver Paul Sr. and Ella R. (Grooms) Kernodle. Paul attended William Jewell College and later graduated from The University of Missouri in Columbia...
Hazel E. Kelsey
Jul 21, 2008
Hazel E. Kelsey, 91, of Wamego, KS, passed away Monday, July 21 at St. Marys Manor. She had lived in Wamego since 1953. Hazel was born December 21, 1916 in Cedardale, OK, the daughter of George and Mary (Dennis) Botts. She attended schools in Cedardale before moving to Kansas as a teenager. Hazel married Archie Kearns in Manhattan, KS in...
Mary Belle Shepherd
Jul 13, 2008
Mary Belle Shepherd, 91, of Havensville, passed away Sunday July 13, 2008 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born on May 18, 1917 in Deepwater, Missouri, the daughter of John and Alice (Demaree) Teter. Mary moved to Kansas in 1930 and attended the rural Havensville Schools. On February 26, 1938, she married Ernest Paul Shepherd in...
Doris May Hand
Jul 9, 2008
Doris May Hand, 81, lost her nine year battle with cancer Wednesday July 9, 2008 at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka. She was born August 31, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland the daughter of George T. and Elizabeth (VanGorder) Meddleton. She attended schools in Baltimore and soon after married Kenneth Taylor. To this union, two children were born, Kenneth Jr....
Claude Lee Pearcy
Jun 28, 2008
Claude Lee Pearcy, 83, formerly of the Wamego area, passed away Saturday June 28, 2008 at Golden Living Center in Cottonwood Falls. He was born on November 30, 1924 in Stevens County, Kansas the son of Roy and Haddie Mae (Holloway) Pearcy. He attended schools in Liberal, Kansas and soon joined the United States Army and served in the Korean...
Angela M. Coffman
Jun 20, 2008
Angela Coffman, 93, formerly of Wamego, passed away Friday June 20, 2008 at her daughter’s home in Lees Summit, Missouri. Born on January 31, 1915, in Kahler, Russia, she was the daughter of Andrew and Anna Marie Bellinder. Her family immigrated to Wamego from Russia in July 1923. On May 16, 1940, she married Paul “Joe” Coffman. Together the couple...
Genevieve Florence Cease-Rhodeman
Jun 15, 2008
Genevieve Cease-Rhodeman, 89, formerly of the Wamego area, passed away Sunday June 15, 2008 at St. Joseph’s Village in Manhattan. She was born March 22, 1919 in New York, New York, the daughter of Gustav and Florence (Stansfield) Stilwell. She was confirmed in the Catholic Church on February 26, 1933 in Eatontown, New Jersey. In May 1941 Genevieve married Carl...
Nola Yvonne Dillon
Jun 9, 2008
Westmoreland- Nola Yvonne Dillon, 84, formerly of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away June 9, 2008 at Wamego City Hospital. She was born on August 6, 1923 in Jewell County, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Gealie (Mosier) Blaylock. Nola graduated from Mankato High School in 1941. On October 17, 1947, she married Ardean Dillon in Hebron Nebraska. They shared 60 years...
Veldon Dewayne Fleming
Jun 6, 2008
St. George- Veldon D. Fleming, 77, died at the Topeka Veterans Hospital on June 6, 2008. Born of January 14, 1931 on the family farm in St. George, he was the son of Earl and Alice (Nordgren) Fleming. Veldon proudly served his country with the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. After being honorably discharged, he came back to...
Landon Christopher Ault
Jun 5, 2008
Landon Christopher Ault was born into heaven on June 5, 2008 at 6:06 a.m. Landon is survived by: His mommy, Amanda Ault; his grandparents Bruce and Teresa Ault; and his great grandparents Janice Goehring and Waulnita Ault. Private Interment will be held. Memorials may be made to the Landon Ault memorial fund and left in care of Stewart Funeral Home...
Beverly Ann Burgess-Loukota
Jun 1, 2008
Rogers, Ark.-Beverly Ann Burgess Loukota, 72, of Rogers, Arkansas died Sunday, June 1st in Bentonville. She was born June 3, 1935 in Wamego, KS to Alfred and Dorothy (Bowman) Burgess. Beverly was a devoted mother of five children. She was a former CSM at the Wal-Mart in Bentonville. Beverly moved to Rogers in June 1983 from Gulf Breeze, Florida. She...
Rosalie Ruth Borgendale
May 13, 2008
Rosalie “Rosie” Borgendale, 80, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at her home. Rosie was born February 24, 1928 in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob I. and Anna M. (Peters) Schroeder. She graduated from Newton High School in 1946 and started nursing school in 1949, graduating as a R.N. in 1952 from St. Francis School of...
Dorothy Elizabeth Kratzer
May 10, 2008
Alma- Dorothy E. Kratzer, 87, lifetime resident of Alma passed away Saturday May 10, 2008 at Alma Manor. Born on July 3, 1920, in Alma, she was the daughter of August and Marie (Palenske) Kratzer. She attended and graduated from Wabaunsee High School and later attended Concordia Teacher’s College and obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She then became a...
Bobby Dean Crosson
May 9, 2008
Lieutenant Commander Bobby Dean Crosson, USN, Ret., age 73, died May 9, 2008, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, KS. He was born on November 3, 1934 in Dighton, KS. the fourth child of Lee and Blanche (Gatten) Crosson. He graduated from Dighton High School in 1952 and joined the US Navy. He retired after having served in Naval...
Virginia Aline Knecht
May 8, 2008
Virginia Aline Knecht, 93, formerly of Wamego, Kansas, died May 8, 2008 at the Frasier Meadows Health Care Center in Boulder, CO. Virginia was born January 3, 1915 the third of four children, to Thomas Arthur and Pansy (LaBrue) Case on the family farm north of Nickerson, KS. She received her Bachelors Degree in Education from Kansas State University, her...
Ava Rae Boeckman
May 7, 2008
Junction City- Ava Rae Boeckman, 3 months old, went to be with Jesus on May 7, 2008. She was born on January 31, 2008 at Truman Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Nathan and Amy (Hall) Boeckman. Ava was born with a heart defect and fought bravely for three months. She was baptized at Children’s Mercy Hospital in...
Esther A. Flak
May 1, 2008
St. George- Esther A. Flak, 87, passed away peacefully at her home near St. George, Kansas on May 1st, 2008. Born on January 31, 1921, in Bryant, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of Jesse and Belle (Jones) Leadingham. On December 24, 1938, she married Walter Flak in Antigo, Wisconsin. Walter preceded her in death in 1978 after sharing 40 years...
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