OBITUARIES
Charlene M. Johnson
Dec 5, 2014
Charlene M. Johnson, 61, passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at her home in Reading. She was born May 14, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Albert Sr. and Dorothy Wamser Bowers. Charlene was raised in the Kansas City, Missouri area. She went on to graduate from Basic High School in Henderson, Nevada where she lived and raised...
Virgil Edgene Wamser
Dec 5, 2014
Virgil Edgene Wamser, 69, passed away Friday, December 5, 2014 at his home in Neosho Rapids, Kansas. He was born March 1, 1945 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Albert Virgil and Wilma Hayes Wamser. Edgene attended Emporia High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. He was joined in marriage to Donna Crawford on May 5, 1967 in...
Wayne D. Schrader, Jr.
Nov 30, 2014
WAYNE DALE SCHRADER, JR. OSAGE CITY- Wayne Dale Schrader, Jr., 61, died Sunday, November 30, 2014 at his home in Osage City. He was born January 26, 1953 in Spokane, Washington, the son of Wayne D. and Betty M. (Speakman) Schrader. He graduated from Osage City High School in 1971, he was active in football. In high school, he worked...
Harold "Gene" Horst
Nov 16, 2014
Harold "Gene" Horst, 86, passed away early Sunday November 16, 2014 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born August 11, 1928 in Emporia, Kansas the son of John and Margaret Anderson Horst. Gene attended rural grade school near Madison and went on to attend Madison High School. Gene spent his entire life in the Madison area where...
Bill Estes
Nov 15, 2014
Bill Estes, 86, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014 at his home south of Osage City. He was born Billy Dale Estes on May 29, 1928 near Admire, Kansas, the son of Frank and Florence Lewis Estes. Bill attended Admire High School and graduated with the Class of 1945. Bill was inducted into the United States Army on November 28,...
Doris Elaine Pugh Cheever
Nov 11, 2014
Doris Elaine Pugh Cheever, 91, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Newman Hospital in Emporia. Doris Elaine Pugh Cheever the daughter of Homer Pugh and Joanna Sherman Pugh was born March 4, 1923 in Quincy Township, Greenwood County, Kansas. She grew up in the Hamilton and Quincy area and moved to Madison in 1950. She graduated from Quincy High...
Susan Marie Singleton
Nov 11, 2014
Susan Marie Singleton, 58, passed away early Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at the Kansas City Hospice House. She was born December 3, 1956 in Emporia, Kansas the daughter of Robert E. and Gertrude M. Osman Gould. Susan attended Lebo High School and graduated with the Class of 1974. Susan proudly served her country by joining the United States Navy in...
Mary Joan Fry
Nov 2, 2014
MARY JOAN FRY OSAGE CITY -- Mary Joan Fry, 92, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Vintage Park at Osage City, Kansas. Mary Joan Fry was born August 25, 1922 in Yates Center, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas A. and Anna E. (Eisenbart) Fry. She graduated from Yates Center High School in 1941 and attended the University of Oklahoma....
Shawn Dewayne Telfer
Nov 1, 2014
Shawn D. Telfer, 45, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014 in Newton, Kansas. He was born January 4, 1969 in El Dorado, Kansas the son of Mark and Paula Wilkerson Telfer. Shawn attended Circle High School in Towanda, Kansas. Shawn was joined in marriage to Stacy Crouch on August 31 1991 in Emporia, Kansas. He worked at IBP in Emporia...
Edith "Lorena" Croucher
Oct 24, 2014
Edith "Lorena" Croucher, 93, of the Peterton area north of Osage City, passed away at her home, Friday, October 24, 2014. Edith was born February 18, 1921 northeast of Burlingame, Kansas the daughter of Gillio and Edith Vandevord Succi. As a young girl she attended school at Pleasant Valley School #37. She was joined in marriage to Dannie M. Croucher...
Twyla Lorea Damron
Oct 20, 2014
Twyla Lorea Damron, 61, of Virgil, passed away Monday, October 20, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita. She was born September 8, 1953 in Yates Center, Kansas the daughter of Bert and Doris Maley Watts. She lived in the Virgil, Hamilton and Quincy areas her entire life. Twyla earned her LPN from Flint Hills Technical College in 1994....
Kevin Ray Hinrichs
Oct 17, 2014
KEVIN HINRICHS EMPORIA-- Kevin Ray Hinrichs, 36, passed away, Friday, October 17, 2014 at his home in Emporia. He was born May 23, 1978 in Emporia, the son of Michael Marvin and Louise Joyce (Viles) Hinrichs. He graduated from Emporia High School in 1996. Kevin was a member of the Emporia Express Special Olympics Group and had won many medals...
Rosline Fellman
Oct 2, 2014
Rosline Robert Fellman, 94, of Osage City, KS passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, October 2, 2014 in Stillwater, OK with her family at her side. Services have been entrusted to the care of Vanarsdale Funeral Home in Osage City, KS. A parish rosary will be held at 7pm on Monday, October 6, 2014 at St Patrick's Catholic Church...
Earl Ross
Oct 1, 2014
Earl D. Ross, 83, of Osage City, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka. Earl Duane Ross was born July 12, 1931 in Rural Harveyville, the son of Edman and Evelyn (Wetzel) Ross. He graduated from Haveryville High School.. Earl served in the United States Army serving in the Korean Conflict from 1953 to 1955...
Ernie Albin
Oct 1, 2014
Ernest B. Albin, 84, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Holiday Resort in Emporia. He was born June 19, 1930 in Emporia, the son of Charles Henry and Susie Edna Mast Albin. Ernie joined the United States Army in 1947 at the age of 17 where he served as a map maker. He completed his G.E.D. In April 1949...
Ellen Elizabeth Sergeant
Sep 29, 2014
Ellen Elizabeth Sergeant, 85, of Lebo passed away early Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Sunset Manor in Waverly. She was born June 5, 1929 in Wolf Lake, Illinois, the daughter of Raymond Charles and Lena Mildred Markert Schaefer. Ellen grew up in Wolf Lake and graduated from Wolf Lake High School with the Class of 1947. Ellen was forever...
James "Jimmie" D. Hoffine
Sep 29, 2014
James "Jimmie" D. Hoffine, 71, of Madison, passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Eureka Nursing Center. He was born January 7, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Clause Leroy and Orpha Dell Taber Hoffine. Jimmie attended Valley Center High school and graduated with the Class of 1961. At the age of twelve he began working at the...
Wilma Anges Carlson
Sep 21, 2014
Wilma A. Carlson, 84, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. Wilma Agnes Hasty was born November 21, 1929 in Red Cloud, Nebraska., the daughter of William Franklin and Stella L. (Lane) Hasty. She married Robert Lee Carlson, Sr. on December 14, 1948 in Lyndon, Kansas. Wilma was a homemaker the majority of her life. She...
Ruth Mcnabb
Sep 17, 2014
Ruth Edna (DeWeese) McNabb, 89, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 in Topeka. She was born on October 21, 1924 at Paola, Kansas, the daughter of Earl and Edith (Mickelson) DeWeese. Ruth was united in marriage to Charles E. McNabb on September 11, 1944 at Portsmouth, Virginia. He preceded her in death on August 7, 1992. God blessed their marriage...
Paul L. Trueblood
Sep 13, 2014
Paul L. Trueblood, 71, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 at his home in Barclay. He was born February 7, 1943 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Claude and Ellen Marconett Trueblood. Paul attended Osage City High School where he was very active in the FFA program. He went on to graduate with the Class of 1961. Paul served in...
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