OBITUARIES
Perry Arthur Criqui
Apr 8, 2015
Perry Arthur Criqui, 73, of Lebo, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the Newman Regional Hospital in Emporia. He was born November 16, 1941 in Melvern, Kansas the son of Clarence Fred and Maggie Mae Greenfield Criqui. Perry spent the younger years of his life in the Olivet area. As a young man he worked at several construction projects...
Eilene Joann Friend
Apr 3, 2015
�� Eilene JoAnn Friend, 67, of Neosho Rapids, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at the Richmond Care Center in Richmond, Kansas. She was born October 26, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence and Norma Schade Hinrichs. Eilene attended and graduated from Emporia High School with the Class of 1965. In the years following high school, Eilene worked...
Donna Ione Jeck
Apr 1, 2015
��Donna Ione Jeck, 92, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Holiday Resort. She was born January 30, 1923 in Madison, Kansas the daughter of Harry and Mamie Clopton Derbyshire. As a child the family moved to Boulder, Colorado where Donna attended grade school. Donna returned to Madison and attending Madison High School and graduated with the Class of 1941....
Dale A. Truelove
Mar 24, 2015
��Dale A. Truelove, 80, Lake of the Ozarks, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Presbyterian Manor in Emporia. ��He was born May 24, 1934 in Hartford, Kansas the son of George Frederick and Mary Viola Kammerzell Truelove. Dale attended Burlington High School and graduated with the Class of 1954. He had proudly served in the Kansas National Guard...
Luvena Holland
Mar 23, 2015
��Luvena Holland, 70, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at her home near Madison. Luvena (Nibarger) Holland was born December 1st, 1944 in Marysville, California the daughter of Donald and Martha Wade Nibarger. She grew up in the Virgil/Hamilton area where she graduated in 1962. She went on to attend cosmetology school at Vernon's in Wichita. Luvena worked as a...
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Ott Haas
Mar 16, 2015
��Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Ott Haas was born September 29, 1925 , to John W. and Clara Riggenbach Ott at Lamont, Kansas. ��She died March 16, 2015 at her home, on the same quarter section of land in which she was born. ��She graduated from Lamont High School in 1943, and attended Kansas State Teachers College. During World War II, she...
Larry L. Holliday
Mar 16, 2015
LARRY "DOC" HOLLIDAY OSAGE CITY -- Larry "Doc" Holliday, 73 , formerly of Vassar, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at his home in Burlington, Kansas. Larry Lynn Holliday was born September 11, 1941 in Cherryvale, Kansas, son of Harold and Fae (Whitcomb) Holliday. He attended school at Cherryvale and graduated high school in 1959. He married Mary Joleen Newland...
Delmar W. Hafenstein
Mar 15, 2015
DELMAR W. HAFENSTEIN OSAGE CITY -- Delmar W. Hafenstein, 86, of Osage City, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Peterson Nursing Home in Osage City. Delmar Walter Hafenstein was born on January 8, 1929 in Alma, Kansas, the son of Julius A. and Amelia (Grunewald) Hafenstein. He grew up in Alma, Kansas started working for farmers at the age...
Helen Louise Leeburg
Mar 6, 2015
HELEN LOUISE LEEBURG OSAGE CITY -- Helen Louise Leeburg, 88, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 at Osage Nursing Center in Osage City, Kansas. Helen Louise was born March 31, 1926 in Osage City, the daughter of Harold Ellsworth and Lillian (Benton) Lyon. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1944. Helen Louise Lyon married Harold Gordon Leeburg on...
Dennis Farnsworth
Mar 6, 2015
��Dennis Eugene Farnsworth, passed away March 6, 2015 at Midland Care in Topeka, Kansas. Dennis was born August 31, 1973 in Independence, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and Betty (Dozier) Farnsworth. Dennis joined the Army on January 12, 1992 and proudly served his country as both regular Army and National Guard. His service took him to 5 different countries. Dennis...
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...
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