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Gail Reed Lewis
Jan 1, 2020
Gail Reed Lewis, 78, of Osage City, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at Vintage Park in Osage City.He was born July 6, 1941 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Chester and Mildred Reed Lewis. Gail grew up on the family farm near Barclay and attended Barclay Grade School. He went on to attend Osage City High School and graduated...
Zane L. Wilson
Dec 27, 2019
Zane L. Wilson, Lampe, MO, son of Jesse and Denzil (Tannehill) Wilson, was born March 14, 1946 in El Dorado, KS and departed this life on December 27, 2019 at the age of 73. Zane had been a resident of the area for three years, moving here from Coolidge, AZ where he met his very best friend and partner, Juanita...
Vereta Mae Peters
Dec 19, 2019
Vereta M. Peters, 94, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Sunset Manor in Waverly. She was born August 11, 1925 in Eskridge, Kansas the daughter of Ralph M. and Velma E. Thomas Richards. Vereta lived on a farm near Eskridge until moving to Topeka in 1940. Vereta was joined in marriage to Richard L. Peters on January 4, 1943...
Ladonna J. Knight
Dec 18, 2019
Ladonna Joan Knight, 84 of rural Lebo, passed away, Wednesday December 18, 2019 at Sunset Manor in Waverly. She was born January 7, 1935 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of Harvey G. and Ruby V. Spielman Combes. Ladonna attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1952. On June 15, of that same year she married the love...
Donald Dean "Red" Sutherland
Dec 17, 2019
Donald Dean "Red" Sutherland of LeRoy, Kansas died Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at his home. He was 83. "Red" was born February 2nd, 1936 at Neosho Falls, Kansas to T. N. "Ted" and Marjorie Wright Sutherland. He grew up on the farm, attending LeRoy schools. He participated in football, basketball, choir, and held the office of class president, and graduated...
Jon Chris Strunk
Dec 10, 2019
Jon Chris Strunk, 69, of Neosho Rapids, KS, passed away December 10 in his home. He leaves his wife, Susan, and sons Chase (Trisha) Lawrence, KS and Shawn, Kansas City, KS. He was preceded in death by his father, Melvin Strunk, and his mother, Marie Strunk of Abilene, KS. Also surviving are his sister Judy Bowser (Tom), Olathe, KS., and...
Kenneth G. Thomas
Dec 9, 2019
Kenneth G. Thomas, 84 of Hartford, passed away Monday, December 9, 2019 after a short stay at the Life Care Center in Burlington.He was born July 3, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Walter and Margaret Gardner Thomas. Kenneth attended Hartford High School and graduated with the Class of 1953. Following high school, Kenneth attended Kansas State University and...
Richard Charles "Dick" Lindbloom
Nov 30, 2019
Richard Charles “Dick” Lindbloom, 81, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2019 at his home south west of Osage City. He was born April 7, 1938 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Wilford C. and Eileen Pearson Lindbloom. Dick attended Osage City High School and graduated with the Class of 1956. Following high school he worked on the family farm west...
Roy "Bob" Sanders
Nov 29, 2019
Roy Robert Sanders, 87, passed away Friday November 29, 2019 at the Chase County Care & Rehabilitation Center in Cottonwood Falls. He was born June 23, 1932 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Glenn Hunt and Agnes Neiman. Bob attended school in Emporia and lived in the Emporia area until moving to Eureka in the 1970’s. He lived briefly in...
Melvin Leroy Croucher
Nov 23, 2019
Melvin L. Croucher, 92, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Clarehouse Hospice in Tulsa, Oklahoma Melvin Leroy Croucher was born March 28, 1927 in Osage City, the son of Fred and Mabel (Plackett) Croucher. He graduated from Osage City High School. After high school, he proudly served with United State Navy. He was joined in marriage to Pauline...
Charles Edwin Shaw
Nov 18, 2019
Charles Edwin Shaw, 90, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society in Olathe. Charles Edwin was born February 10, 1929 in Shell City, Missouri, the son of William T. and Ruby Pearl (Majors) Shaw. Charles was joined in marriage to Evelyn Margaret Pronier on May 6, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Kansas. He was a handy man in...
Reba Jean Barnett
Nov 13, 2019
Reba Jean Barnett, 96, of Reading, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Emporia Place. She was born June 16, 1923 in Lebo, Kansas the daughter of Robert Althouse and Gladys Antrim Spatz. Jean was raised in the Lebo community and graduated from Lebo High School with the Class of 1941. She furthered her education at Strickler’s Business College in...
Marian I. Crabtree
Nov 8, 2019
Marian Irene Crabtree, 87, passed away Friday, November 8, 2019 at Stormont-Vail Health Care in Topeka. She was born March 18, 1932 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Howard and Irene Kussman French. Marian attend Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1950. Marian was joined in marriage to Donald Eugene Crabtree on July 4, 1961 at Grace...
Frank James Austin
Nov 6, 2019
Frank J. Austin, 74, of Elgin, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at his son’s home in Osage City. Frank James Austin was born October 29, 1945 in Greensville, North Carolina, the son of George L. and Ada A. (Arnold) Austin. He proudly retired from U.S. Army after approximately 21 years of service. After military career, he was a...
Edward Lee Hearn
Oct 28, 2019
Edward Lee Hearn, 88, long time resident of Great Bend, passed away Monday, October 28, 2019 in Burlington, Kansas. He was born May 25,1931 in Kingman, Kansas the son of Clarence and Ruby Cheatum Hearn. Edward attended Kingman High School and graduated with the Class of 1949. He joined the United States Navy on July 29, 1950 and proudly served...
Dona May "Mazie" Briggs
Oct 20, 2019
Dona May “Mazie” Briggs, 73, passed away early Sunday, October 20, 2019 at her home in Iola. She was born May 11, 1946 in Eureka, Kansas the daughter of Cecil and Gladys Sherman Williams. Mazie attended Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. On August 14, 1965 she married the love of her life, Anthony Dean Briggs...
Charles Douglas Hall
Oct 19, 2019
Charles Douglas “Charlie” Hall, 66 of Olivet, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. He was born March 10, 1953 in Eureka, Kansas the son of Charles Willis and Alpha Celona Butler Hall. Charlie attended Eureka High School and graduated with the Class of 1971. He would go on to earn a Biology...
Marilyn Louise Leeds
Oct 16, 2019
Marilyn L. Leeds, 81, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the Sunflower Care Home in Emporia. Marilyn Louise Weaver was born December 11, 1937 in Emporia, the daughter of Donald H. and Margret (Martin) Weaver. She graduated from Emporia High School in 1955 and then Kansas State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in...
Lucy M. Wagner
Oct 11, 2019
Lucy M. Wagner, 89, passed away Friday, October 11, 2019 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. She was born December 10, 1929 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Emil and Velma Todd Storrer. Lucy attended Lamont High School and graduated with the Class of 1947. Following high school Lucy worked at different companies as a typist eventually moving to Washington D.C....
Judith Kay Tomlinson
Oct 4, 2019
Judith Kay Tomlinson, 79, of Osage City, passed away Friday, October 4, 2019 at the Osage Nursing Center. She was born on December 9, 1939 in Osage City, Kansas the daughter of Robert L. Sr. and Mildred E. Moore Tomlinson. Judy was raised in Osage City and at the age of thirteen moved to the Parsons Training Center. At the...
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