Local Obituaries for Osawatomie, & Surrounding Areas

Dec 18, 2020

Barbara Ann Schweiger, 79, of rural Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly Friday, December 18, 2020 at her home. She was born August 3, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the oldest of 4 children born to Leo and Margaret (Yuhas, Brancato) Yurchak.

Barbara grew up in the Kansas City area. She graduated from Bishop Ward High...

Dec 13, 2020

Carolyn Ann Czepcinski age 71 died Sunday December 13, 2020 at her home.

Carolyn was born October 4, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan. She was born to Stanley and Elvira (Bezwinski) Haremski. Carolyn grew up in Michigan were she attended school.

After high school, Carolyn travelled for a few years and then settled back in Michigan....

Dec 12, 2020

Cremation

No Formal Services are planned at this time.

Burial of Ashes at Sunny Slope Cemetery in Blue Mound, KS

Dec 8, 2020

Larry Raymond Rhoades age 76 of Louisburg, KS died Tuesday December 8, 2020 at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City.

Larry was born August 20, 1944 in Paola, KS. He was the second of three children born to Harold Raymond and Katherine Lorene (Johnson) Rhoades. He grew up in Hillsdale and graduated from Spring Hill High School...

Dec 4, 2020

Glenna Rae Burton age 81 of Osawatomie, KS died Friday December 4, 2020 at her home.

Glenna was born November 11, 1939 in Appleton City, MO. She was the only child born to Glenn D. and Hazel E. (Winters) Ethridge.

On June 20, 1958 Glenna was united in marriage to Ronald “Jack” Burton at the...

Nov 30, 2020

Memorials are to the funeral home to help pay for funeral arrangements

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Larry Robert Lee, 53, avid hunter, fisherman, motorcycle enthusiast, Kansas City Chiefs fan and beloved husband, father, grandpa, son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, passed peacefully at home in his sleep, November 30, 2020.

Larry was born October 23, 1967...

Nov 27, 2020

Johnny Joshua “Jay” Kimes II age 73 of Long Beach, CA died Friday November 27, 2020 at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Jay was born February 4, 1947 in Minneapolis, MN. He was the eldest of four children born to Johnny Joshua I and Frances (Logan) Kimes. Jay grew up in Torrance, California. Graduating from West...

Nov 27, 2020

Frances Elaine Phillips Hays was born in Greenwood County, Kansas, near Virgil on March 30, 1932, the third daughter of William R. and Mabel Young Phillips.  She died November 27, 2020, in Osawatomie, Kansas.  She attended elementary school in Virgil and Madison and high school in Virgil, where she graduated in 1950 as Valedictorian.  She attended Emporia State Teachers...

Nov 22, 2020

Memorials: St. Philip Neri Catholic Church or Breast Cancer Research

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Helen Gertrude Roseberry, 86, passed away on November 22, 2020, at North Point Skilled Nursing Center in Paola, KS.

Helen was born on July 30, 1934, in Bucyrus, KS.  She was the fourth child of William J. Seuferling & Minnie E. Phillips...

Nov 18, 2020

Memorials are to The St. Jude Children's Hospital

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Betty Lee (Troxel) Smith age 95 of Osawatomie, KS died Wednesday November 18, 2020 at her home.

Betty was born November 7, 1925 to Arlie Martin & Lillie Estes Stevenson Troxel. She grew up in Osawatomie and graduated with the Osawatomie High School class...

Nov 8, 2020

Memorials: Miami County Cancer Foundation or Dad's Drivers

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Leroy F. Stecklein age 70 of Osawatomie, KS died Sunday November 8, 2020 at KU Medical Center.

Leroy was born July 23, 1950 in Hays, Kansas. He was the eighth of nine children born to Joseph C. and Catherine (Wasinger) Stecklein. He grew up...

Oct 31, 2020

Memorials: Good Shepherds Hospice

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Dorothy Lee Phillips age 100 of Paola, KS died Saturday October 31, 2020 at Richmond Health Care and Rehab.

Dorothy was born December 23, 1919 in Kansas City, KS. She was the third of five children born to Bud and Edna (Plaisted) Roberts. Dorothy grew up in Osawatomie...

Oct 28, 2020

Celebration of life will be held at the Lane Tavern on Nov. 6th starting at 6:00.

Larry Lee Lang age 69 of Lane, KS died Wednesday October 28, 2020 at his home.

Larry was born December 13, 1950 in Paola, Kansas. He was the second of 5 children born to Robert Keith and Alice Joyce...

Oct 22, 2020

Memorials are to Children's Mercy or the Elves of Christmas Present ( http://elvesofchristmaspresent.org/donateonline.php )

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Andrew Joseph Hoaglan age 22 of Kansas City, Missouri died Thursday, October 22, 2020 at his home surrounded by family, after a valiant fight against cancer.

Andrew was born October 15, 1998 in Kansas City, Missouri. The youngest...

Oct 20, 2020

Walter Lee Anderson Sr. was born on June 20, 1954 to Lillie Mae Drayton and Samuel Anderson in Helena, Arkansas. He departed this life on October 20, 2020 in Olathe, KS at the Olathe Hospice House.

He attended Central High School in Helena, Arkansas and was a graduate of the Class of 1973.  After high school Walter...

Oct 14, 2020

Frederick Earl “Fred” Bland age 65 of Parker, KS died Wednesday October 14, 2020 at his home.

Fred was born December 11, 1954 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was the second of six children born to Frederick Thomas and Bonney Rose (Fleming) Bland. He grew up in Linn county attending school in the Prairie View School district....

Oct 13, 2020

Memorials: Crossroads Hospice or Friends of Mentally Ill

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Gertrude A (Jacobs) Vess, 93 died at Anthology of Olathe on October 13, 2020.

She was born in Osawatomie on October 28, 1926. She was a 1944 graduate of Osawatomie High School where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Harry Robert (Bob)...

Oct 11, 2020

Memorials will be designated at a later time.

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Clifford C Diehm Jr, age 82 Osawatomie, KS passed away October 11, 2020 at Olathe Medical Center Olathe, KS.

Clifford was born June 17th, 1938 at his rural family home, Osawatomie, KS. He was the third child born to Clifford Charles Diehm Sr. and...

Oct 11, 2020

Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project or St. Joseph Indian School of South Dakota

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Jane Doudna Amos, 82, of Parsons, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 11, 2020. Jane was born on November 16, 1937 in Mound City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Oliver...

Oct 8, 2020

Rickey Ray Giles Sr age 69 of Pleasanton, KS died Thursday October 8, 2020 at Medical Lodge of Fort Scott.

Rickey was born March 30, 1951 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was one of four children born to Raymond Edward and Grace Lucille (Wise) Giles. He graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1969.

In 1970,...