Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
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...
Kenneth "Hank" Bowen
Feb 15, 2007
Kenneth “Hank” Bowen, 83, of Wabaunsee, passed away February 15, 2007 at his home. He was born on February 4, 1924, on a farm in Brown County, Ohio. Hank was the son of Floyd and Anabel (Bare) Bowen. He was the fourth born of eight children in the Bowen family. Hank graduated from Mount Orab High School in Ohio in...
Joanne I. Johnson
Feb 12, 2007
Joanne I. Johnson, 68, of Wamego, passed away February 12, 2007 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. She was born February 21, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph and Iva (Mitcham) Napoletano. Joanne attended school in Detroit, Michigan and married Robert H. Johnson Sr. on March 12, 1960. He later preceded her in death on October...
Wallace R. Carley
Feb 8, 2007
Wallace R. Carley Wallace R. Carley, 83, of rural St. George, Ks, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007 from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born August 12, 1923 near Louisville, Ks, the son of Richard and Vivian Younge Carley. He graduated from Wamego High School in 1941. He lived in Louisville until 1973, Wamego, Ks from 1973 until...
Lana Gail Woodyard
Feb 7, 2007
Services and obituary information is pending and will be announced later.
Neill William Buie
Feb 4, 2007
Neill W. Buie, 75, of Wamego, passed away February 4, 2007 at his residence. He was born November 24, 1931 in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Daniel H. and Thelma Rose (Newman) Buie. Neill graduated from Abilene High school in 1950. He later graduated for the University of Kansas with a degree in Business Administration. While at K.U., he was...
Harold Albert Tanner
Feb 4, 2007
Harold A. Tanner, 90, of Westmoreland, KS, died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Westmoreland Community Care Home. Born on December 27, 1916 in Laclede,Ks., he was the son of Clarence A. and Clara McKowan Tanner. He attended Tannerville Country School, and then went to work on his family’s farm. He married Virginia Ilene Kellsy on Oct. 9, 1940 in Manhattan,...
Gerald Lynn Nutter
Feb 3, 2007
St. George-Jerry Nutter, 52, died Saturday February 3, 2007 at his residence in St. George. Born on August 21, 1952, in Rawlins, Wyoming, he was the son of Jack and Dorothy (Winkley) Nutter. On April 5, 1974 Jerry entered the United States Air Force. He proudly served his country for sixteen years until retiring from the military in 1990. On...
Aillun Glen Vance
Jan 31, 2007
Wamego-Aillun Glen Vance, 78, of Wamego, KS, died January 31, 2007 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Born on May 22, 1928, in Arkansas, he was the son of William and Eva (Bray) Vance. On October 3, 1950, he entered into the United States Army and proudly served for two years. On October 11, 1957, Aillun married Melissa Katherine...
Frances Pearl Palenske
Jan 30, 2007
Wamego-Frances P. Palenske, 90, formerly a lifelong resident of Alma, died January 30, 2007 at Wamego City Hospital. She had been a resident at Gran Villas in Wamego since 2002. Born on February 9, 1916, in Alma, she was the daughter of Oscar and Ida (Moege) Zeckser. She graduated from Alma high school in 1934 and later married Paul Palenske...
Helen Katherine Deweese
Jan 28, 2007
Manhattan- Helen Katherine DeWeese, 89, a long time resident of Topeka died Sunday, January 28, 2007 in Manhattan, Kansas. The daughter of Robert McKinley and Angeline Mary Schiltz Flanagan, she was born April 27, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri and was the oldest of eleven children. She attended several schools in the United States and Canada. During her senior year...
Elaine Lucille Robinson
Jan 20, 2007
Westmoreland-Elaine (Bonner) Robinson, 68, died January 20, 2007 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Louisville, KS. Born at home on August 6, 1938, in Rulo, Nebraska, she was the daughter of Carl and Wilma (Guilliams) Bachman. On February 7, 1955 she married Louis Bonner. The couple later divorced. Elaine was a member of the Westmoreland Christian Church...
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