Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Wamego and Alma, KS and surrounding areas

Esther Mae Parry

Esther Mae Parry

Sep 30, 2011

Esther Mae Grounds Parry, 89, of Westmoreland, KS, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2011 at the Westy Community Care Home. She was born on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1922 near Wakefield, KS, the youngest child of Joseph and Nettie (Sharp) Grounds. Esther graduated from Wakefield High School in 1940. She married John Elden Parry on February 12, 1941 in Wakefield....

Esther Viola Karman

Esther Viola Karman

Sep 27, 2011

Esther V. Karman, 99, of Wamego, KS, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at the Westy Community Care Home. Esther was born November 19, 1911 in Junction City, KS the daughter of Albert J. Snell and Addie (Laird) Snell. She attended a rural grade school south of Junction City. She married Clarence E. “Jack” Karman on December 11, 1929 in...

Catherine "Kay" A. Sultzer

Catherine "Kay" A. Sultzer

Sep 23, 2011

Catherine ”Kay” Alma Sultzer, 83, of Wamego, Kansas passed away peacefully September 23, 2011 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born July 11, 1928 to Francis T. and Florence E (Preble) Bradley in Leavenworth, Kansas. She had four siblings preceding her in death; Thomas, Francis, Mary (Smith), and Leo Bradley. Kay...

Arlene Theresa Unterberger

Arlene Theresa Unterberger

Sep 18, 2011

Arlene Theresa Unterberger, 98, of rural St. George and Wamego areas, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Via Christi Village, Manhattan, Kansas. Arlene was born October 14, 1912, in Ratone, New Mexico, while her parents were with a threshing crew. She was the youngest daughter of Alfred and Caroline Vogl. She grew up in Wamego and attended schools in...

George Joseph Muckenthaler

George Joseph Muckenthaler

Sep 18, 2011

George Joseph Muckenthaler, 87, of Kettering, Ohio, and formerly of the McFarland, Kansas area, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 in Ohio. George was born August 18, 1924, in McFarland, KS, the son of Louis and Clara (Stork) Muckenthaler. He grew up in Paxico, KS. After high school George served in the 11th Army Division, 491 Battalion, B Battery during...

Harold L. Niedfeldt

Harold L. Niedfeldt

Sep 17, 2011

Harold L. Niedfeldt, 70, of McFarland, KS, formerly of the Wells Creek community, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. Harold was born May 16, 1941 in Wamego, KS the son of Emil D. and Mae Irene (Rickstrew) Niedfeldt. He attended the Wells Creek District 34 grade school and graduated from Wamego High School in...

June Martin Sain

June Martin Sain

Sep 15, 2011

June (Martin) Sain, 86, of Wamego, KS, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2011 with her family by her side in Wamego. June (Martin) Sain was born June 21, 1925, in Union City, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Floyd and Elsa (Matthes) Martin, and the sister of Bill Martin. In 1956, June married John Paul Sain of Union City,...

Beverly "Bev" Mae Culbertson

Beverly "Bev" Mae Culbertson

Sep 11, 2011

Beverly “Bev” Mae Culbertson, 77, of rural Wamego, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011 at her home. Bev was born December 26, 1933 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Walter R. and Oma N. (Hubbard) Dockins. She attended school at Ashland Bottoms before attending grade school and high school in Wamego, graduating in 1951. On July 4, 1951 she...

Edna Mae Peddicord

Edna Mae Peddicord

Sep 9, 2011

Edna Mae Peddicord, 93, a longtime resident of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Friday, September 9, 2011 at her home at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan. Edna Mae was born November 16, 1917 in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Alex and Hilma (Olander) Hederstedt. She attended schools in Salina, graduating from Salina Washington High School in 1935. She then attended Brown Mackie School...

John "Tom" Thomas Elder

John "Tom" Thomas Elder

Sep 5, 2011

John “Tom” Elder, 84, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2011 at Valley Vista Good Samaritan Center, Wamego, Kansas. Tom was born on a farm near Havensville, Kansas on October 21, 1926. He was the only son of Charles and Eva Elder. The family lived in Cloverport, Kentucky during Tom’s early years before returning to Kansas. Tom attended grade school...

Deborah "Deb" Kay Reves

Deborah "Deb" Kay Reves

Sep 1, 2011

Deborah “Deb” K. Reves, 58, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Thursday, September 1, 2011 at The Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, after her battle with cancer. Deb was born on December 1, 1952 in Marysville, Kansas the daughter of Harold L. and Lucille B. (Meyer) Roever. She attended Manhattan High School graduating in 1971. On June 21, 1975, she...

Dolores "Dee" L. Sebree-Buettgenbach

Dolores "Dee" L. Sebree-Buettgenbach

Aug 15, 2011

Dolores “Dee” L. Sebree-Buettgenbach, 57, of rural Wamego, KS, went to be with the Lord Monday, August 15, 2011following her courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. Dee was born January 8, 1954 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of James and Virginia Benjamin. She attended schools in Ohio and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1972. She arrived in Kansas in...

Beverly Sandra Wege

Beverly Sandra Wege

Aug 13, 2011

Beverly Sandra Wege, 64, of the Wheaton and Westmoreland, Kansas areas passed away Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Stoneybrook Retirement Community, in Manhattan, Kansas. Beverly was born on July 16, 1947, in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Cora Mae (Force) Wege. She grew up on the family farm in rural Wheaton, Kansas and lived there most of her...

Frances Judith Kent

Frances Judith Kent

Aug 13, 2011

Frances Judith Kent, 62, passed away at her residence on August 13, 2011, St. George, KS. Frances was born to Dr. Elias H. Porter and Julie Abraham on July 16, 1949 in Chicago IL. The Family moved to California where Frances received her primary education and also received her AA in business from Santa Monica Community College. She was a...

Marjorie Theodora Zabel

Marjorie Theodora Zabel

Aug 12, 2011

Marjorie Theodora Zabel, 92, a lifetime resident of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 12, 2011 at the Westy Community Care Home. She was born on April 1, 1919 at Westmoreland, Kansas, to Franklin Theodore and Mary Alice (Duncan) Siddens. Marjorie married Herbert C. Zabel (also of Westmoreland) on May 20, 1942 in Westmoreland. He preceded her in death in...

Chong Suk Vanover

Chong Suk Vanover

Aug 10, 2011

Chong Suk Vanover, 63, of Manhattan, Kansas passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. Chong was born on December 22, 1947, in South Korea. In 1988, Chong married Victor Vanover in Junction City, Kansas, he survives. Chong came to Junction City, Kansas in 1976 from South Korea, before moving to Manhattan, Kansas in 1994....

Norma Jean Yonning

Norma Jean Yonning

Aug 7, 2011

Norma Jean Yonning, 84, of the Wamego, Kansas area, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Westy Community Care Home, Westmoreland, Kansas. Norma was born December 31, 1926 on the family farm near Louisville, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford C. and Margaret C. (Schumacher) Julien. She attended grade school in Louisville, and graduated from Wamego High School in 1945. On...

Debra "Jo" Herrman

Debra "Jo" Herrman

Aug 2, 2011

Debra “Jo” Herrman, 60, of Westmoreland, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at her home south of Westmoreland, following her courageous battle with cancer. Debra “Jo” Herrman was born June 15, 1951, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the only child to Alfred and Charlotte (Hale) Siebert. Alfred and Charlotte later divorced and her mother then remarried Richard Echavez. Jo’s stepfather was...

Ronald "Ron" Wayne Reed

Ronald "Ron" Wayne Reed

Jul 25, 2011

Ronald “Ron” Wayne Reed, 52, of Wamego, Kansas passed away Monday, July 25, 2011 at his home in Wamego. Ron was born on May 15, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas the son of Charles R. and Ruth A. (Gladow) Reed. He attended schools in Manhattan, KS before graduating from North Central Kansas Technical College in Beloit, KS with a degree in...

John "Spike" Harshbarger

John "Spike" Harshbarger

Jul 23, 2011

John Day “Spike” Harshbarger, age 76, died July 23, 2011 at his home in Wamego, Kansas, after a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma. He was born March 31, 1935 at his grandparent’s home three miles north of Amorita, Oklahoma near the Kansas/Oklahoma border. His parents were Alfred F. Harshbarger and Helen (Marsh) Harshbarger. Spike attended many schools as...