Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Ru Hsin Mo
May 9, 2007
Ru Hsin Mo, 83, of Wamego, KS, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at Wamego City Hospital. He was born on July 1, 1923, in Xinhui, Guangdong Province, China, the son of Mo Wen Giong and Lau Lin Fong. He was a resident of Wamego for about 30 years. Ru Hsin received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Kansas State University and...
Carol Rae Schultz
May 8, 2007
Alma-Carol R. Schultz, 69, a lifelong resident of the Alma, KS area, passed away Tuesday May 8, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was born August 19, 1937 in McFarland, KS, the daughter of Eugene H. and Anna Gnadt Muckenthaler. Carol attended Mcfarland and Alma Lutheran Grade Schools and Alma High School. On November 2, 1952, she married...
Bill Byron Woodruff
May 4, 2007
Wamego-William “Bill” B. Woodruff, 82, passed away Friday May 4, 2007 at his residence. Born on September 12, 1924, in Clyde Kansas, he was the son of Charles and Myra (Christian) Woodruff. He attended schools in St. George and later graduated from St. George High School in 1942. Bill was a lifelong farmer in the Wamego/St. George area and was...
William Edward Bradford
May 3, 2007
William (Bill) Edward Bradford, 83, died on Thursday, May 3 at his home. He was born on December 23, 1923 in McLouth, Kansas, the son of Walter and Alberta (Stout) Bradford. He was the youngest of three children. Bill graduated form McLouth High School in 1940 and attended the University of Kansas until October of 1942, when he entered the...
Glenn Max Hosler
May 2, 2007
Glenn “Max” Hosler, 87, lifetime resident of Wamego, passed away Wednesday May 2, at Wamego City Hospital. Born on January 14, 1920 in Keats, Kansas, he was the son of Glenn and Myrtle (Johnson) Hosler. Max attended Wamego schools and graduated from Wamego High School in 1938. On June 2, 1940, Max married Annamary Moore. He then enlisted with the...
Harold A. Reigle
Apr 21, 2007
Harold A. Reigle, 86, a resident of Wamego, Ks, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2007 at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland, Ks. He had lived in Wamego since 1964. Harold was born March 30, 1921 in Hermitage, New York, the son of Rev. Frank A. Reigle and Rev. Amy McDillon Reigle. He graduated from high school in Alexander,...
Henry Dale Pooler
Apr 17, 2007
Henry “Dale” Pooler, 87, of Overland Park, formerly of Wamego, passed away early Tuesday morning April 17, 2007 at the Overland Park Manor. Dale was born August 12, 1919 the son of Henry and Caroline (Cain) Pooler in Abilene, Kansas, where he later graduated and joined the United States Army. After serving eighteen months, Dale hopped a train to Arkansas...
Charles Edward Struble
Apr 17, 2007
Charles E. Struble, 90, of St. Mary’s, formerly of Belvue, passed away early Tuesday morning April 17, 2007 at St. Mary’s Manor. Charles was born July 29, 1916 the son of Elmo and Mary (Gibbons) Struble in Belvue, Kansas. After his schooling he served with the United States Army. He returned to Kansas after his discharge and continued to farm...
Dennis Lee Songs
Apr 11, 2007
Dennis Lee Songs, 51, formerly of Wamego, KS joined the Lord’s Choir of Angels on April 11, 2007, passing away at Stoneybrook Retirement Community in Manhattan. Dennis was the seventh child born to Chester Raymond and Bernadine Ella (Niedfeldt) Songs on December 20, 1955. Dennis was born with Downs Syndrome. He was typical of all Downs syndrome children in that...
Alice Sophia Lamar
Apr 9, 2007
Alma-Alice Sophia LaMar, 98, passed away Monday April 9, 2007 at the Alma Manor. Alice was born November 30, 1908 the daughter of Conrad and Marie (Buntte) Mathies on a farm north of McFarland. She attended school in McFarland. Alice was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in McFarland. On June 8, 1929, Alice was united in marriage to...
Clara R. Noble
Apr 5, 2007
Clara R. Noble, 73, of Paola, formerly of Alma passed away peacefully at Olathe Medical Center Thursday April 5, 2007. Born on February 17, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas, she was the daughter of Roy and Nellie (Rininger) McHaley. She attended schools in Wichita and later met the love of her life, Teddy Noble. The couple married on Christmas Day 1952...
Mildred Viola Deedrick
Mar 23, 2007
Colorado- Mildred V. Deedrick, 95, died Friday March 23, 2007 at her home in Durango, Colorado. Born on March 5, 1912, in Wamego, Kansas, she was the daughter of Edgar and Lenora (Ott) Forrester. She attended Wamego schools and later graduated from Kansas State University with a teaching degree. On January 18, 1942, she married Archie Deedrick in Topeka, Kansas....
Jean Marie Prockish
Mar 20, 2007
Jean Marie (Bates) Prockish, 74, died Tuesday, March 20, 2007 after a short illness. She was born on July 15, 1932, to Lloyd and Della (Botts) Bates in Wamego. She graduated from Wamego High School in 1950. On June 6, 1951, she was united in marriage to Eugene Prockish at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Wamego. They shared over 55...
Julie Louise Eichem
Mar 18, 2007
Julie Louis “Applegate” Eichem, 67, of Wamego, passed away on March 18, 2007 at her home following an extended illness. She was born on May 18, 1939, at Genn Hospital in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Hugh Fredrick and Lena Margaret (Ault) Applegate. She attended school in Wamego. Mrs. Eichem worked for twenty-seven years at the Riley County Public Works...
James Virgil Brown
Mar 15, 2007
James Virgil Brown, 73, of Manhattan, passed away early Thursday morning March 15, 2007 at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. He was born on December 12, 1933 in Shawnee, Kansas, the son of David and Flauda (McEndree) Brown. James served his country in the United States Army in 1954. He was preceded in death by his son David Sharp....
Galen Dean Blenn
Mar 14, 2007
Galen Dean Blenn, 74, a lifelong resident of Westmoreland, Ks., died Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at Mercy Health Center of Manhattan. Galen was born March 21, 1932 in Westmoreland, the son of William Edward and Erma Mae (Gordon) Blenn. He attended school in Westmoreland and graduated from Westmoreland High School. He also served his country in the U.S. Army during...
Forrest John Waterbury
Mar 14, 2007
Spec. Forrest John Waterbury Wamego – Army Specialist Forrest John Waterbury, 25, of Wamego, was killed in action on March 14, 2007, in the Ambar province west of Baghdad, Iraq. Spec. Waterbury was born on May 30, 1981, in Longmont, Colorado, the son of Steve and Barbara (Parker) Waterbury. The family moved to Texas where he graduated from BF Terry...
Helen W. Beerhalter
Mar 6, 2007
Helen W. Beerhalter, 83, of Wamego, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening March 6, 2007 at Wamego City Hospital with her family by her side. She was born November 25, 1923, in Wamego the daughter of Charles F. and Myrtle Rose (Hebrew) Beerhalter. She attended Wamego schools and graduated from Wamego High School, later becoming the secretary there for a number...
Clarence Henry Herrs
Mar 4, 2007
Clarence Henry Herrs, 81, of Westmoreland, formerly of Marysville, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning March 4, 2007 at Westmoreland Community Care Home. He was born and raised in Linn, Kansas, the son of George and Marie (Flomer) Herrs. He attended school at Immanuel Lutheran School, and Dupree. He later worked for numerous relatives and businesses in and around the...
Ethel May Kohler
Mar 4, 2007
Ethel M. Kohler, 95, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born March 29, 1911, north of Louisville, Ks. the daughter of Samuel and Mary Elizabeth (Kaye) Griffith. She attended schools in Emporia and Wamego. Ethel spent all of her life in the Wamego and Louisville communities, except...
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