OBITUARIES

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...
Carmen Chavez
Sep 11, 2014
CARMEN CHAVEZ Carmen Chavez, 80, of Osage City, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was born August 10, 1934 in Howard, Kansas, the daughter of Enrique and Josefina (Fabian) Gallardo. She graduated from Howard High School in 1952. She married Primo Gonzales Chavez on April 2, 1955 at Moline, Kansas. Carmen had worked for...
Harvey "Dale" Standiferd
Sep 4, 2014
Harvey "Dale" Standiferd, 59, of Lebo, passed away, Thursday, September 4, 2014 at his home after recently having surgery. Dale was born December 12, 1954 in Emporia, the son of Harvey "Bud" and Jo Rosine Standiferd. Dale grew up in the Olivet community and attended school there until it closed, then transferred to Lebo and graduated with the Class of...
Dudley Dean Harlan
Sep 3, 2014
Dudley Dean Harlan, 96, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014. He was born December 7, 1917 in Madison, Kansas the son of Lee and Eva Miller Harlan. He attended grade school in Madison and graduated from Madison High School. Dudley was joined in marriage to Madeline Pearl Jeck on September 19, 1942 at the Maydale Catholic Church southeast of Olpe....
Kenneth Shelby Smith
Aug 31, 2014
Kenneth S. Smith, 89 of Excelsior Springs died August 31, 2014 at home. He was born in Albany, MO on May 17, 1925, the son of Orval F. and Lina M. Smith. He graduated from Albany High School and Chillicothe Business College. He married Betty J. Keeney in 1951. (Divorced) She preceded him in death in 2003. He married Awilda...
Isabelle Irene Bruce
Aug 29, 2014
Isabelle Irene Bruce, 87, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at Peterson Nursing Home in Osage City. She was born on September 13, 1926 in Burlington, Kansas the daughter of William and Pearl Irene McGhann Germann. Isabelle was a graduate of New Strawn High School. She was joined in marriage to Woodrow "Woody" Bruce on October, 12, 1946 in Cottonwood...
Winifred E. Beck
Aug 27, 2014
Winifred E. Beck, 86, passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Newman Hospital in Emporia, Kansas. She was born February 19, 1928 in Manhattan, Kansas the daughter of George F. and Alice O. Griffiee Taylor. Winifred attended Manhattan High School and graduated as a member of the Class of 1946. She lived most of her life in Manhattan until moving...
Braysen Lee Butter
Aug 25, 2014
Braysen Lee Butter, 9, passed away Monday afternoon August 25, 2014 in Strong City. He was born August 17, 2005 in Emporia, Kansas the son of Thomas Lee and Jessica Amelia Meyer Butter. Braysen attended Madison Elementary School where he was a member of the fourthgrade class. He will be forever loved by his parents, Jessica Amelia Butter of Madison...

Doris Ellen Clark
Aug 24, 2014
Doris Ellen Clark, 83, of Madison, passed away early Sunday August 24, 2014 at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born November 8, 1930 in Montpelier, Ohio the daughter of Lowell A. and Mabel M. Cox Millard. Doris attended Montgomery High School in Montgomery, Michigan and graduated with the class of 1948. She worked...

Dean Lewis "Jock" Beckman
Aug 10, 2014
Dean L. "Jock" Beckman, 68, passed away early Sunday, August 10, 2014 at his home in Overbrook. He was born September 6, 1945 in Odell, Nebraska the son of Roy and Irma Holle Beckman. Jock grew up in Marysville, Kansas and joined the United States Navy when he was only seventeen. He proudly served aboard the USS Kitty Hawk until...
Jenel L. Harper
Jul 25, 2014
Jenel L. Harper, 79, of Lebo, Kansas passed away late Friday, July 25, 2014 at Sunset Manor in Waverly. Jenel LaLanne Harper was born on January 8, 1935 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the youngest child of Clarence E. and Josephine Ash LaLanne. She attended Lagrange High School in Lake Charles and graduated in 1952. Jenel was introduced to Leonard Harper...

Ruth Alexander
Jul 12, 2014
RUTH ALEXANDER Ruth Alexander, 104, our amazing Mother, Grandmother, and Aunt of Madison went home to Jesus, Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.��She still had a clear mind and kind heart. She was born December 17, 1909 in Reed Springs, Missouri, the daughter of William Wallace and Mary Green (Williams) Abbey. Ruth was joined in marriage...

Wilford Dean Crouch
Jul 9, 2014
WILFORD CROUCHER OSAGE CITY -- Wilford Dean Croucher, 78, of Osage City, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014, south of Osage City. Wilford was born August 2, 1935 in Burlingame, the son of William Earl and Ethel V. (Davis) Croucher. He worked for Carl and Earl Meyer for the majority of his life. He is survived by his sister, Evelyn Edelen...
Ted Davis
Jul 4, 2014
Ted Davis, of Osage City, Kansas passed away on July 4, 2014 at the Eastridge Nursing Facility in Centralia, Kansas. Ted was the only child of Lawrence and Madge Hurle Davis of rural Osage City. He was born on May 1, 1923 and lived in the home he was born in on the Davis farm until 2003 when he and...
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