OBITUARIES
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...
Jesse Allen Sage
Dec 31, 2014
Jesse Allen Sage, 40, passed Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his home in Williamsburg, Kansas. He was born on March 17, 1974, the son of Steven Allen and Etta Mae Woods Sage. Jesse married Laura McCullar on February 5, 1999 in Burlington, Kansas. Jesse had previously worked at Stigler Stone in Stigler, Oklahoma as well as Nelson Quarries and R&H...
Celia Tebe
Dec 28, 2014
Celia Tebe, 64, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Eskridge. She was born January 23, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Cecil and Lucille Mason Fewins. She attended Paseo High School and graduated with the Class of 1969. Celia had been living at the Golden Living Center in Eskridge for the past...
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...
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