Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
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...
Deena Kay Davis
Sep 13, 2021
Deena Kay Davis, 68, of Westmoreland, Kansas, formerly of Pratt, died Monday, September 13, 2021, at the Wellsprings Center in Westmoreland. Deena was born on June 24, 1953, in Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Jerry and Jean (Schroeder) Davis. She attended grade schools in Pratt and graduated from Pratt High School in 1971. She then attended Pratt Community College studying...
Rodney Joe Huston
Sep 11, 2021
Rodney Joe Huston, 60, of St. George, KS passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021. He was a long time resident of the area.
Rodney was born to Larry and Norma Mathews Huston on July 26, 1961 in Ottawa, KS. He moved around a lot as a child and attended schools in Missouri and the Wamego area.
He was united...
Norma Lee Louk
Sep 8, 2021
Norma Lee Louk, 86, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday (September 8, 2021) at the Home of the Flint Hills in St. George, Kansas.
Born July 19, 1935 in Nebraska, Norma was the daughter of William E. and Goldie Keck Fletcher. She was married to Richard Dean Scebold who preceded her in death. She married Alve Wesley...
John Mcreynolds
Sep 8, 2021
JOHN McREYNOLDS John McReynolds, 74, of Manhattan, passed away at 8:00 pm Wednesday (September 8, 2021) at Good Samaritan Society in Wamego. Born May 22,1947 in Blue Rapids, Kansas, John was the son of John and Florence Bessie Ipson McReynolds. John worked in construction and was employed at Bayer Construction Company for 34 years. He loved the outdoors and was...
Velma M Martin
Sep 7, 2021
Velma Marie Martin, 87, of St. George, KS, passed away at Ascension Via Christi, in Manhattan, Kansas, Tuesday, September 7, 2021. She was born on September 17, 1933, in Eudora, Kansas, the daughter of Francis Emerald Bryant and Ruth Marie Zimmerli Bryant. She married Aubrey Martin on July 28, 1950, in Lakeview, Kansas; he preceded her in death in 2008....
Damie Jo Shade
Sep 6, 2021
Damie Joe Shade, 90, of Wamego KS, passed away in St Clair Shores, Michigan, Monday, September 6th 2021. She was born on February 26th, 1931 in Westmoreland, KS. She was the daughter of Amos B Regnier and Eva Maude Klingensmith.
She married Wayne Shade on September 18th, 1948, he preceded her death in 2000.
Damie worked as a hairdresser in...
Jayson Patrick Ebert
Sep 5, 2021
Jayson Patrick Ebert, 21, of Wamego, Kansas, died Sunday, September 5, 2021, at his home.
Jayson was born January 25, 2000 to James Edmund Ebert II and Jennifer Lynn (Weixelman) Ebert in Manhattan, Kansas. Jayson is a brother to Jacob Eichem, Justin Ebert, and Jessica Ebert. Jayson’s childhood in Wamego was filled with tournaments every weekend, basketball practices hours away,...
Evelyn Marie Pageler
Sep 3, 2021
Evelyn Marie Pageler, 73, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Wamego, died Friday, September 3, 2021, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
Evelyn was born on April 3, 1948, in Liberal, Kansas, the daughter of James and Mary (Chase) Hiner, Jr. She graduated from Wamego High School in 1966, and married Dennis Pageler on July 30, 1967, in Belvue. He survives...
Betty Mae Hodgins
Sep 2, 2021
Betty Mae Hodgins, 88, of Westmoreland, Kansas, died at her home on Thursday, September 2, 2021. She had been a member of the community for twenty years.
Betty was born on May 5, 1933, in Wamego, the daughter of Loren and Mary (Duncan) Picolet. She was raised in Frankfort and graduated from Frankfort High School.
Betty married Harvey Ogden and...
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