Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Janice Lee Diepenbrock
Nov 9, 2021
Janice Lee Diepenbrock, 85, of Alma, Kansas, died Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at her home. She was a long-time resident of the community.
Jan was born on August 19, 1936, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of John and Marian (McChesney) Fernstrom. She grew up in North Topeka and attended local grade schools. Jan graduated from Topeka High School in 1954....
Judi Ann Schmidt
Nov 8, 2021
Judith Ann Bunner Schmidt
Judi Schmidt, 71, of Wamego, KS passed away at Wamego City Hospital, in Wamego, Kansas on November 8, 2021. She was born December 2, 1949 in Parkersburg, West Virginia the daughter of Dale H. and Edith E. (Hescht) Bunner.
She graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1967 and then worked in Washington, D.C. from 1967 thru...
Martha Ann Parry
Nov 7, 2021
Martha Ann Parry, 78, of Alma, Kansas, formerly of Benton, Kansas, died Sunday, November 7, 2021 in her home.
Born March 13, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas, Martha was the daughter of Walter and Alma Phares Duncan. She was united in marriage to Robert E. Parry on August 28, 1965 at Naval Air Station Barber's Point, Hawaii. He preceded her in...
Lynn Marie Cox
Nov 6, 2021
Lynn Marie Cox, 70, of Wamego, Kansas, died Saturday, November 6, 2021, at Stormont-Vail Medical Center in Topeka, due to complications from a long battle with diabetes. She had been a member of the community since 1982
Lynn was born on April 3, 1951, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of William and Ethel Schaaf Way. She attended local grade schools...
Douglas Dell Gardner
Nov 3, 2021
Douglas Dell Gardner, 50, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
Born November 29, 1970, in Topeka, Kansas, Douglas was the son of Dennis and Vicki (Teter) Gardner. He married Jamie Hupe in 1997, in Manhattan, Kansas.
Douglas attended Topeka West High School graduating in 1989. In 1994, he started working at Torgeson...
Dorothy "Dody" Berg
Nov 3, 2021
Dorothy Mae “Dody” Berg (63) of Westmoreland, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She was a life-long resident of the area. Dody was born on June 5, 1958, in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Chester and Dorothy Turner Plummer. She attended local grade schools and graduated from Wamego High School in 1976. She then...
Mary Ann Moege
Nov 3, 2021
Mary Ann Moege, 88, of Alma, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 in Alma Manor Nursing Home. She was a long-time member of the community. Born January 27, 1933, in rural Riley County, Kansas, Mary was the daughter of Charles Bean and Anna Grunewald Bean. Mary worked at the Knotty Pine Restaurant in Alma for a number of years....
Norma Jean Storms
Oct 22, 2021
NORMA JEAN STORMS
Norma Jean Storms, 92, passed away on Friday (October 22, 2021) at the Good Samaritan Society–Valley Vista, in Wamego, Kansas.
Norma was born to Fred and Lillian Daughters on April 11, 1929 at the Bull Creek Township homestead of her paternal grandparents, Frank and Katherine Daughters. Norma was the first of eight children.
Norma attended grade school...
Duane Larson
Oct 19, 2021
Byron Duane Larson, 74, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at his home. He was a long-time resident of the area.
Duane was born on August 3, 1947, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the son of Clarence and Mildred (Samuelson) Larson. He attended local grade schools and graduated in 1965 from Randolph High School.
Duane worked his entire adult life...
Bonnie Sue Moorman
Oct 18, 2021
BONNIE S. MOORMAN
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to those that love God, who have been called according to His purpose".
Bonnie S. Moorman, 54, of Manhattan, KS passed away very unexpectedly at her home on October 18th, 2021.
Bonnie was born in Washington, Kansas on March 10th, 1967 to Holger and Marilyn...
Ruth Ethington
Oct 6, 2021
Ruth L. Ethington, 87, formerly of Eudora, Wamego and Emporia, KS. passed away October 6, 2021 in Wichita, KS. She had resided at Larksfield Place Care Facility in Wichita since April of 2018.
Ruth was the youngest of twelve siblings born to Joe and Dora Bowie in Valley Falls, KS. on July 20, 1934. The family moved to McLouth, KS...
John Lee Habluetzel
Oct 5, 2021
John L. Habluetzel, 85, of Wamego, Kansas passed away at the Good Shepherd Hospice House of Manhattan following a short illness.
He was born on his family farm near Riley, Kansas on January 1, 1936, the son of John M. and Alberta (White) Habluetzel. He had lived in Wamego since moving with his family in 1943. John attended Wamego schools,...
Gerald Ellsworth Peddicord
Oct 3, 2021
Captain Gerald (Jerry) Peddicord, U.S. Navy (retired), age of 102, died Sunday, October 3rd at Grayson Place of Denison, TX. He was born on a Kansas farm November 16, 1918, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Peddicord and married Virginia Harnsberger of Newport News, VA, on March 30, 1944. They had two children, son Craig, and daughter, Cynthia....
Thomas F. "Tom" Watkins
Oct 2, 2021
Thomas F. “Tom” Watkins, 82, of Alma, Kansas, passed away Saturday (October 2, 2021) at K. U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.
Born November 14, 1938, in Alma, Kansas, Tom was the son of Ray and Ruth Zeckser Watkins. He married Kathlyn Sullivan on October 16, 1960, in Alma, Kansas. She preceded him in death in May 1990....
Mildred Nadine Herren
Oct 1, 2021
Mildred Nadine Herren, 93, of Alma, Kansas, died Friday, October 1, 2021, at the Alma Manor. She was a life-long resident of the area.
Mildred was born on November 6, 1927, in McFarland, Kansas, the daughter of Gottlieb Johannes (G.J.) and Sophia Augusta (Gehrt) Mueller. She attended local grade school and graduated from Alma High School.
Mildred married Willis Henry...
Esther Louise Robinson
Sep 28, 2021
Esther Louise Robinson, 86, of Louisville, Kansas, died Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Shawnee, Kansas where she had recently moved to be closer to her daughter. She was a long-time resident of Louisville.
Esther was born on July 20, 1935, in Margie, Minnesota, the daughter of Wesley and Evelyn (Ratzlaff) Jantz. The family moved to Kansas in 1946. She graduated...
Jamie Marie Book
Sep 27, 2021
Jamie Marie Book, 42, of Westmoreland, Kansas, died Monday, September 27, 2021, at her home.
Jamie was born July 21, 1979, in Manhattan, Kansas the daughter of Lonnie Carl Hodges and Linda Denise (Helget) Hodges. Jamie graduated from Rock Creek High School and was a graduate of the class of 1998. Jamie graduated with an associate degree and worked...
Ruth Marie Diepenbrock
Sep 26, 2021
Ruth Marie Diepenbrock, 82, of Alma, Kansas died Sunday, September 26, 2021, at her home. She was a life-long resident of the community. Ruth was born on October 26, 1938, in Alma, the daughter of Clarence and Marie (Sommer) Frank. She attended local schools and graduated in 1956 from Alma High School. Ruth worked for Wabaunsee County for 30 years....
Harriet Eva Woodyard
Sep 20, 2021
Harriet Eva Woodyard, 86, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Monday, September 20, 2021, at her home. She was a long-time resident of the area.
Harriet was born January 31, 1935, in Vermillion, Kansas the daughter, Arthur and Helen (Holland) Baxter. She attended local schools and high school in Blue Rapids.
Harriet was a homemaker and also worked forty years for...
Mary K. Barrett-Willard
Sep 17, 2021
MARY K. BARRETT-WILLARD Mary K. Barrett-Willard, 39, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away at 1:30 p.m. Friday (September 17, 2021) at her home in Topeka. Born April 5, 1982 in Olathe, Kansas, Mary was the daughter of James W. and Carolyn J. (Wilson) McKay. She married Daniel P. Willard on December 28, 2011 in Junction City, Kansas. He survives. An avid...
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