OBITUARIES
Charles Martel Schroeder
Mar 4, 2015
Charles Martel Schroeder, 86, of Osage City died on March 4, 2015. Charles was born on a farm near Atwood, Kansas on April 12, 1928. He was one of the eleven children born to Charles F. and Margaret M. Schroeder. He graduated from Atwood High School in 1946, but had to bypass a wrestling scholarship to Colorado State University due...
Verleen E. Degraff
Mar 4, 2015
�� Verleen E. DeGraff entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. ��She was born December 4, 1931 in Eskridge, Kansas the daughter of Ralph M. and Velma E. Thomas Richards. Verleen had worked at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka for several years, retiring in 1991. She was joined in marriage to Donald E. DeGraff on July 22,...
Isabel T. Martin
Mar 3, 2015
�� Isabel T. Martin, 81, of Eskridge, passed away Tuesday evening at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. ��She was born November 29, 1933 in Bolivar, Missouri, the daughter of Edward and Vica Gann Hufford. ��Isabel attended Springfield High School in Springfield, Missouri, graduating with the Class of 1951. ��She was joined in marriage to Jackie Ross Martin on April 4,...
Ada M. Dill
Mar 2, 2015
Ada M. Dill, ��92, passed away Monday, March 2. 2015 at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. She was born August 7, 1922 on the family farm at Neosho Rapids, Kansas the daughter of Charles N. and Anna Horton St. Bonnett. She shared this moment in time with her identical twin sister Alta. �� Ada attended and graduated from Neosho Rapids...
Ruby Walliser
Mar 2, 2015
RUBY M. WALLISER HARTFORD-- Ruby M. Walliser, 94, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015, at Holiday Resort in Emporia.. Ruby Mae was born October 12, 1920 in Bethany, Missouri, the daughter of Myrtle (Lauderbach) Webb. She graduated from Neosho Rapids High School in 1939. She received a teaching certificate from Kansas Normal School and a bachelors in education from Kansas...
Emma Behrens
Mar 1, 2015
Emma Behrens, 91, passed away late Sunday evening at the Flint Hills Care Center in Emporia. She was born July 22, 1923 in Alta Vista, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Anna Ash Neumeyer. As a young lady Emma worked as a switchboard operator for the Chalk Central Telephone Office. Emma was joined in marriage to Frank Behrens in 1943....
Virginia Ryan
Feb 27, 2015
VIRGINIA M. RYAN OSAGE CITY -- Virginia M. Ryan, 91, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015 at Vintage Park at Osage City, Kansas. Virginia Mae Fry was born August 28, 1923 in Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas A. and Anna E. (Eisenbart) Fry. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1941. It was in school, that she...
Golda Mae Standiferd Freund
Feb 25, 2015
Golda Mae Standiferd Freund, 89 of Lebo, passed away Wednesday evening at the Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. She was born April 13, 1925 in Gage, Oklahoma the daughter of Hugh and Golda Nine Casey. Golda attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1942. Golda was married to Raymond Standiferd in 1942. They later divorced. She later married...
Roy "Levern" Love
Feb 11, 2015
Roy "Levern" Love, 92, passed away late Wednesday evening at the St. Luke Living Center in Marion, Kansas. Levern was born on May 21, 1922 on the family farm near Neosho Rapids, the son of Roy and Alice Pearson Love. He attended Neosho Rapids High School and graduated with the Class of 1940. The following summer he moved to Wichita...
Leonard "Buck" Laney
Jan 29, 2015
OSAGE CITY- Leonard A."Buck" Laney, 80, of Moline, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover, Kansas. Leonard Alfred "Buck" Laney was born November 22, 1934 in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Ira Oscar and Marion Edith Laney. He married Juanita Jean Quetermous on March 2, 1959 in Shawneetown, Illinois. They moved to Osage...
Evelyn Pearl Crouch
Jan 29, 2015
Evelyn Pearl Crouch, 97, passed away, Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Holiday Resort. She was born, January 12, 1918 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Fred E. and Lizzie A. Miller Lincoln. Evelyn attended Saffordville High School and graduated with the Class of 1935. She was joined in marriage to William Crouch on October 12, 1935 in Burlington, Kansas. Evelyn...
Eleanor Louise Hutchinson Powell
Jan 25, 2015
Eleanor Louise "Hutchinson" Powell, 78 of Emporia passed away Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Eleanor was born February 9, 1936 in rural Burlington, the daughter of Samuel A. and Marian H. Baxter Hutchinson. "Sis" as she was known attended Swamp College Grade School near Old Strawn and later graduated from Strawn High School with the Class...
Maxine B. Ratcliff
Jan 24, 2015
Maxine B. Ratcliff, 88, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Eureka Nursing Center. She was born July 29, 1926 in Burlington, Kansas the daughter of John L.. and Margaret Jane Sinclair Kerby. She attended the Line Grade School and later Madison High School. Maxine was joined in marriage to Jack Ratcliff on February 7, 1946 in Emporia. They...
Theresa A. Cozad
Jan 22, 2015
Theresa A. Cozad, 89, of Osage City, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Osage Nursing Center in Osage City. Theresa was born October 31, 1925 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Anthony J. and Agnes M. (Hellmer) Burenheide. She graduated from St. Joseph (Olpe) High School. She was married and divorced. Later married C.W. Cozad on July 25, 1959....
Charles Lee Armstrong
Jan 21, 2015
Charles Lee "Charlie" Armstrong, 80, passed away, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at his home in Madison. He was born on April 30, 1934 in Howard, Kansas the son of Russell and Geneva McIlvain Armstrong. Charlie graduated from Madison High school with the Class of 1952. He began working at the local Ford dealership in Madison before joining the United States...
Patricia Ann Leighty Davis
Jan 15, 2015
Patricia Ann (Leighty) Davis, of Osage City, Kansas passed away on January 15, 2015 at the Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia, Kansas. Pat was one of six children of Ed and Stella (Jones) Leighty of Osage City, Kansas. She was born on March 17, 1923 in the Osage City Hospital. She was taught to play the piano by her older...
Vivian F. Luthi
Jan 12, 2015
Vivian F. Luthi, a long-time resident of the Lamont-Madison area, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at the Olathe Hospice House. She was born three and a half miles south of Mayfield, Kansas on June 30, 1928, at the farm home of her parents, William Russell and Kathryn Mae Ross Armstrong. As children, Vivian and her twin sister Virginia took...
Doris E. Freund
Jan 10, 2015
Doris Freund, 91, passed away early Saturday morning at the Sunset Manor in Waverly. She was born April 8, 1923 in Waverly, the daughter of Earl J. and Ella A. Huseman Bennett. Doris attended Burlington High School and graduated with the Class of 1941. She furthered her education by receiving a teaching certificate from the Kansas State Teachers College in...
Daniel "Danny" Noble
Jan 7, 2015
Please run the following obit in your paper. DANIEL NOBLE OSAGE CITY -- Daniel Noble, 61, of Osage City, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Daniel J. Noble was born on October 23, 1953 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of Charles Berton and Rose Kathryn (Getsinger) Noble, Sr.. Graduated from Osage City High School in...
Kem Duncan Hatfield
Jan 2, 2015
Kem Duncan Hatfield, 56, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at his home in Osage City. He was born on April 15, 1958, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, the son of George and Judy Duncan Hatfield. He grew up in Excelsior Springs, and as a young man, was plant manager at the Morton Concrete Block Company in Lawrence. Kem later owned...
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