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Raymond Lira
Aug 18, 2021
Raymond Lira, 84, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook. Raymond Lira was born September 13, 1936 in Osage City, the son of Marcos Lira and Eleuteria Aguirre. He graduated from Osage City High School in 1955. He was a life-long Osage City resident. He was joined in marriage to Mary Cisneros on June 15,...
Archie Roland Larison
Aug 16, 2021
Archie Roland Larison was born in Windsor, Missouri on January 4, 1920 to Walter and Elsie Hewitt Larison and passed away on August 16, 2021. Archie was the 6th of 7 siblings: Wilber Larison, Doris Larison Whitehair, Irene Larison Gilmore, Velma Larison, Fred Larison, and Margaret (Marge) Larison. Archie joined the Missouri National Guard at the age of 18. Prior...
Raymond R. Beasterfeld
Aug 11, 2021
Raymond R. Beasterfeld, 85, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at his home. Raymond Ray Beasterfeld was born April 8, 1936 in rural Pottawatomie County, Kansas, the son of Lydia L. Steege. Ray was joined in marriage to Peggy A. Teter on January 21, 1967 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was an avid John Deere farmer and had worked for Didde...
Arthur Ray Watts
Aug 10, 2021
Arthur Ray Watts, 76, of Virgil, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born July 26, 1945 in Quincy, Kansas the son of Arthur Marion and Anna Mariam Crouch Watts.. Arthur grew up in Greenwood County and at the age of 18 he began working for Pat Sherman in the...
Kathy Ann Price
Aug 9, 2021
Kathy A. Price, 60, passed away Monday, August 9, 2021 at Stormont Vail Regional Health in Topeka. Kathy Ann Price was born August 5, 1961 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Melvin Leroy and Dolores Ann (Orgeron) Price. She was joined in marriage to Stephen Vandruff on July 7, 2001 in Leavenworth, Kansas. They made their home on a...
Patricia Alice Archer Cripps
Aug 4, 2021
Patricia Alice Archer Cripps, 81, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at her home in Cottonwood Falls. She was born March 17, 1940 in Strong City, Kansas the daughter of James and Allene Graham Brown. Patricia attended Strong City High School and graduated with the Class of 1958. She has lived most of her life in Kansas, including Wamego,...
Robert "Bob" D. Glenn
Aug 3, 2021
Robert “Bob” D. Glenn, 88, of Lebo, KS, in the company of his wife and comfort of their home, passed away August 3, 2021. Bob was born on June 8, 1933 in Grey County, KS to Oscar Lee and Della Marie (Tremaine) Glenn. On June 4, 1955, he was joined in marriage to Carolyn Jane Davis at her parents’ home...
Janice Kay George
Aug 2, 2021
Janice Kay George, 77, passed away early Monday morning at her home in Hartford. She was born February 21, 1944 in Beloit, Kansas the daughter of Glenn and Arline Yost Steinshouer. Janice attended Downs High School where she graduated with the Class of 1962. Janice married the love of her life, James I. George on September 19, 1965 in Cawker...
Susan Lynn Springeman
Jul 30, 2021
Susan Lynn Springeman, 70, of Burlington, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. She was born April 1, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Tony and Maxine Dennison Sherrill. Susan attended high school in Miami, Florida where she graduated in 1969. Susan married Michael Springeman on November 8, 1984 in Burlington, Kansas....
James L. Abendroth
Jul 26, 2021
James L. “Jim” Abendroth, 76, passed away Monday, July 26, 2021 at the University of Kansas Health-St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. James Louis Abendroth was born December 4, 1944 in Larned, Kansas, the son of Melvern and Laurene Agnus (Peters) Abendroth. He graduated from Gridley Rural High School in 1963. After attending college at Emporia State and Kansas State University,...
Donald Martin Horton
Jul 11, 2021
Donald M. Horton, 87, formerly of Emporia, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021 at HCA Houston Healthcare- Clear Lake in Webster, Texas. Donald Martin Horton was born January 10, 1934 in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of Elmer Martin and Marie Beatrice (Carter) Horton. He served in the United States Navy. Don was joined in marriage to Sylvia Susan Percell on...
Brian Alan Kelley
Jul 6, 2021
Brian Alan Kelley, 68, passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at the Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman, Arizona. He was born November 24,1952 in Council Grove, Kansas the son of Jerry and Irene Blankley Kelley. Brian attended Hartford High School and graduated with the Class of 1970. He later attended Allen County Community College. As a teenager, Brian learned...
Deborah Ann Wylie
Jul 5, 2021
Deborah Ann Wylie, 69, passed away Monday, July 5, 2021 at her home in Lebo. She was born December 17, 1951 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of Owen and Lola Maxine Foust Steele. When she was five years old she was adopted by Clayton and Vonnie Martin. Deborah was raised in Emporia and graduated from Emporia High School in 1969....
Jerry Pete Shelton
Jun 24, 2021
Jerry Pete Shelton age 85 of Shell Knob, Missouri, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri from Covid. Jerry was born June 13,1936 in LeRoy, Kansas the son of John Douglas and Freda Stokes. On June 5, 1960 in Osage City, Kansas he was united in marriage to Bonnie Sue Brock. They had no children....
Betty Mae Schrader
Jun 21, 2021
Betty M. Schrader, 86, passed away Monday, June 21, 2021 at her son’s home in Osage City Betty Mae Speakman was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on January 5, 1935 to Luther Merle and Helen Lucille (Pantzer) Speakman. She was raised from the age of 3 years old by her maternal grandmother, Hattie Pantzer, in Burlington, Colorado until the age...
Richard Dean Jackson
Jun 20, 2021
Richard Jackson, 72, of Lyndon, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2021 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. He was born on December 8, 1948 in Emporia, the son of Fred A. “Fritz” and Elaine Gladys (Hallowell) Jackson. He graduated from Osage City High School in 1966. After that, Richard was drafted to the United States Army. Although he was technically...
Doris F. O'Connor
Jun 11, 2021
Doris F. O’Connor, one-hundred years of Hartford, Ks., passed away peacefully at her home of 73 years on June 11, 2021. She was born in New Orleans, LA, November 21, 1920 to Wm. Thomas and Grace Finnegan. She worked as a post mistress in Whistler, AL and enjoyed the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay. She met the love of...
Edwin Clyde Mueller, Sr.
Jun 7, 2021
Edwin C. Mueller, Sr., passed away Monday, June 7, 2021 at his daughter’s home in Osage City surrounded by family. Edwin Clyde Mueller, Sr. was born July 25, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John E. and Gertrude (Sunagel) Mueller. He left high school to join the United States Air Force. He was joined in marriage to Ilene Kay...
Lawrence E. Parks
Jun 3, 2021
Lawrence Edwin Parks, rural Miller, passed away peacefully in his sleep Thursday, June 3, 2021. Lawrence was born April 4, 1930, to George and Ellen Holmes Parks in Miller, KS. He graduated from Miller High School in 1948 and married his high school sweetheart, Shirley N. Parks, March 26, 1950. They were married in the house where they lived together...
Charles Wayne Bloomfield
May 18, 2021
Charles Wayne “Charlie” Bloomfield, 59, of rural Eskridge, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. He was born October 20, 1961 in Topeka, the son of L. Wayne and Gladys (Markin) Bloomfield. He graduated from Mission Valley High School in 1979. Charlie lived his entire life around Eskridge. Charlie was joined in marriage to Amelia...
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