Local Obituaries for Osawatomie, & Surrounding Areas

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,...

Oct 6, 2020

Patricia Ann Hodgkinson, age 78, was a longtime resident of Osawatomie, Kansas. She passed away at home on October 6, 2020 after a battle with cancer.  Pat was born February 2, 1942 in Pratt, Kansas and was the daughter of Iris (Burgin) Wilt and Otto Marshall Wilt.  She grew up in the Coats, Kansas area, and graduated from Sawyer...

Oct 4, 2020

Richard Allen Morton, 78, passed away October 4, 2020 at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.

Richard was born on April 29, 1942 to George Francis Morton and Eldora Mae (Stabler) Morton in Eads, Colorado. Richard was the youngest child and had three older brothers and two older sisters.

Richard grew up and went...

Oct 3, 2020

Clifford Lee Howard age 72 of LaCygne, KS died Saturday October 3, 2020 at his home.

Cliff was born August 20, 1948 in Walla Walla, WA. He was the eldest of three children born to Clifford Marion and Elma Lee (Hazelton) Howard. Cliff grew up in Garland, KS where he attended elementary school and attended Fort Scott...

Sep 22, 2020

Memorials: Medlin Scholarship send c/o Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box 430 Osawatomie, KS 66064

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Colonel Walter “Walt” James Medlin, 93, Paola, Kansas passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at home with family.

Walt was born on February 25, 1927, in Seymour, Missouri to Pierce James and Edith (Bennett) Medlin. He grew up...

Sep 22, 2020

Robert Steven Newth passed September 22, 2020 leaving behind wife of 36 years Nancy Newth, three daughters Sarah King Newth, Kim Snyder and Shannon Smith. His daughter Stephanie Newth passed in 2017. Also leaving behind 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. He will be cremated and there are no service planned at this time.

Sep 14, 2020

Memorials: Kansas School for the Deaf

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Gary Eugene Mayhew age 78 of Fontana, KS died Monday September 14, 2020 at Olathe Medical Center.

Gary was born December 28, 1941 in Parsons, Kansas. He was the fourth child out of seven born to Willard Mayhew and Dorothy (Boettcher) Mayhew. He married on April...

Sep 10, 2020

Memorials: American Heart Association send c/o Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box 430 Osawatomie, KS 66064

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Alice Irene Emery age 82 of Paola, KS died Thursday September 10, 2020 at Olathe Medical Center.

Alice was born February 22, 1938 in South Missouri. She was the fourth of six children born to Ray &...

Sep 7, 2020

Memorial: Miami County Cancer Foundation

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Patsy Ann Coffey was born August 26, 1947 and passed away September 7, 2020 at 73 years of age.

Patsy married Dwaine Ritch which ended in divorce and later married John "Fred" Coffey on October 11, 1984.

Patsy worked in the housekeeping field her entire...

Sep 4, 2020

Memorials: Avalon Hospice or Miami County Diabetes Support Group send c/o Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box 430 Osawatomie, KS 66064

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Peggy Louise (Taylor) Coddington age 75 of Emporia, KS, died September 4, 2020 in the home of her son, Justin Coddington.

Peggy was born August 28, 1945 in the Somerset Community of...