Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas
Joan Elizabeth Helget
Mar 18, 2013
Joan Elizabeth Helget, 84, of Flush, Kansas, passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. Joan was born September 18, 1928 on the family farm. She was the daughter of August and Mary (Straub) Ridder. She attended school in Flush graduating from Flush High School in 1946. On November 18, 1948, Joan married Leo P....
Mabel Helen Feyh
Mar 16, 2013
Mabel Helen Feyh, 95, of rural Alma, Kansas passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mabel was born March 14, 1918 in Wells Creek, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Christian and Emma (Holz) Breitschwerdt. She grew up in the Wells Creek area and on October 2, 1936 she married Harold...
Donna Due Blackford
Mar 10, 2013
Donna Sue Blackford, 72, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013 at the Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center in Wamego. Donna was born on October 2, 1940 in Stockton, Missouri, the daughter of Lero Obert and Itress “Fern” (Cassell) O’Conner. She grew up in Stockton graduating from Stockton High School in 1958. Donna moved to Wamego in 1977,...
Patricia "Patti" Jeanne Nelson
Feb 28, 2013
Patricia “Patti” Jeanne Nelson, 52, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013 at her home. Patti was born March 14, 1960 in Oceanside, California on the base at Camp Pendleton. She was the daughter of William E. and Mary E. (Whitfield) Nelson. She moved to Wamego in 2007 coming from Michigan. Patti was a jack of all trades...
Everett Lee Fair, Sr.
Feb 17, 2013
Everett Lee Fair, Sr., 91, of Garnett, Kansas formerly of McFarland and Manhattan, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013 at his home. Everett was born March 15, 1921 in Manhattan, Kansas the son of Oliver and Lydia (Spaulding) Fair. He grew up and attended school in Manhattan. On February 4, 1942 Everett married Florence M. Rose, to this union...
Jeanne Louise Mckenzie
Feb 13, 2013
Jeanne L. McKenzie, 54, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. Jeanne was born on June 26, 1958 in Horton, Kansas the daughter of John B. and Alberta “Bert” M. (Moritz) Uhlrich. She graduated from Wamego High School in 1976 and after attending Kansas State University she received an Associate’s...
Russel "Dean" Taylor
Feb 13, 2013
Russel “Dean” Taylor, 91, of Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at the Westy Community Care Home. Dean was born in rural Louisville, Kansas on January 15, 1922, the son of Phillip “Wiley” and Laverne C. (Travis) Taylor. He attended West Union Grade School. On January 2, 1942 Dean married Lois Plummer, they later divorced. On February 11,...
Betty Beryl (Rawson) Daylor
Feb 11, 2013
Betty Beryl (Rawson) Daylor, 91, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Monday, February 11, 2013 at the Wamego City Hospital. Betty was born in Wamego, Kansas on February 1, 1922, the daughter of Leonard J. and Nellie L. (Wreath) Rawson. She attended schools in Wamego and was part of the 1st graduating class out of the new Wamego High School in...
Irene Rose Gehrt
Feb 3, 2013
Irene Rose Gehrt, 82, of Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Westy Community Care Home. Irene was born April 18, 1930 in Morganville, Kansas the daughter of Karl and Rose (Fahrein) Fox. She attended schools in Morganville graduating from Morganville High School in 1948. After high school Irene began working for Southwestern Bell in Topeka, Kansas...
Harold E. Nehring
Jan 29, 2013
Harold E. Nehring, 74, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away on Jan. 29, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. He courageously lost his battle from a rare type of Leukemia. Harold was born in 1938 on the family farmstead in rural Alma, KS and graduated from Alma High School. He entered the U.S. Army in 1955 where...
Dean Leroy Picolet
Jan 28, 2013
Dean Leroy Picolet, 84, of McFarland, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 in rural Belvue, Kansas. Dean was born September 23, 1928, in rural Wamego, Kansas, the son of Loran and Mary “Wilma” (Duncan) Picolet. In 1936 the family moved to Frankfort, Where Dean grew up and lived most of his younger years before residing in McFarland, Kansas. On...
Shirley Mae (Twitty) Higuera
Jan 25, 2013
Shirley Mae (Twitty) Higuera, 71, of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 25, 2013 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan, Kansas. Shirley was born April 2, 1941 in Palestine, Texas, the daughter of Edmond and Maggie (Lusk) Twitty. She attended schools in Texas where she earned a nursing degree as an L.P.N. after high school. She moved to Lawton,...
Patrick "Pat" Carrol Ebert
Jan 17, 2013
Patrick “Pat” Carrol Ebert, 73, of Wamego, KS, passed away Thursday January 17, 2013 at the Westy Community Care Home, Westmoreland, KS. Pat was born December 7, 1939 near Flush, Kansas, the son of Aloysius C. and Alexia A. (McCormick) Ebert. He attended Flush High School graduating in 1957. Pat served in the Army National Guard and was called to...
Karen Deanne Filbert
Jan 17, 2013
Karen Deanne (Buatte) Filbert, 55, of Havensville, KS passed away Jan. 17, 2013 at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, KS. Karen was born in Manhattan, KS on February 17, 1957, the daughter of Larry & Frances Buatte of Manhattan, KS. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1976. Following high school, Karen enlisted into the U.S. Army and served...
Karl Ronald Bechard
Jan 15, 2013
Karl Ronald Bechard, age 70, of rural Emmett, Kansas, passed away January 15, 2013. He was born July 9, 1942, in Pierre, South Dakota, to Alfred and Reita (Boal) Bechard, along with his twin sister Karen (Jim) Gilman. Karl attended school in Pierre and was a 1960 graduate of Presho High School. He attended Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri where...
Wilfred "Ike" Henry Eichman
Jan 10, 2013
Wilfred Henry“Ike” Eichman, 85, a resident of Wamego, Kansas and also recently of Texas, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice House of Manhattan. His entire life, Ike was known for his quick wit and the twinkle in his eye. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. Ike was born in Wamego...
Kenneth "Kenny" Eugene Straub
Jan 7, 2013
Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Straub, 79, of Flush, Kansas, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at the St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, after being surrounded by his loving family during his final hours. Kenny was born November 29, 1933 on the family farm in rural Flush, Kansas, the son of Isadore A. and Loretta M. (Umscheid) Straub. He attended Flush...
Donald Clayton Edgemon
Jan 5, 2013
Donald Clayton Edgemon, 78, a longtime resident of St. George, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. Donald was born January 13, 1934 in Hastings, Oklahoma, the son of Clifford A. and Bonnie M. (Cline) Edgemon. He attended schools in Comanche, Oklahoma. Following school, he enlisted into the US Army and served in...
Maruja (Mary) Torres
Dec 30, 2012
Maruja (Mary) Bianchini Torres, a resident of Valley Vista in Wamego passed away peacefully and quietly on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Wamego City Hospital. She was 92 years old. Maruja was born in Heredia, Costa Rica on March 13, 1920 to Gonzalo Bianchini and Maria Sanchez Bianchini. She was the oldest of three children. She had 2 younger...
Michael Dee Howard
Dec 22, 2012
Michael “Mike” Dee Howard, 60, a lifetime resident of Louisville, KS, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2012 at the Deseret Health and Rehab Center of Onaga. Mike was born on December 13, 1952 in Westmoreland, KS, the son of Fred Howard, Jr. and Marjorie (Prockish) Howard. He attended Louisville Grade School and graduated from Wamego High School in 1971. He...
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