Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Osawatomie, & Surrounding Areas
Donna Louise Floeck
Jul 9, 2011
DONNA LOUISE (RICE) FLOECK Donna Louise (Rice) Floeck, age 71, of rural Paola, Kansas (Hillsdale area), died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at her home. She had battled kidney cancer for several months. Donna was born April 19, 1940, in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was the only child of Don Carlos Bell and Lorna Lillian Louise (Lorch) Bell. Her parents...
Beverly Jean Hart
Jul 4, 2011
BEVERLY JEAN HART Beverly Jean Hart, age 69 of Paola, Kansas, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Beverly was born January 10, 1942 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was the older of two children born to Woodrow Grady and Mattie Belle (Benett) Robinson. She graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1959...
Marjorie Jeanell Mccarty
Jun 30, 2011
Marjorie JeaNell McCarty 91 yrs. old of Mount Ida, Ar. passed away on June 30, 2011, she was born on November 2, 1919 in Osawatomie, KS. to Parvin and Mary Waller Reed. Mrs. McCarty has lived in Osawatomie, KS area until 1996 when she moved to Mt. Ida, Arkansas to be near family. She was a Farmers Wife, 4-H...
Wilbur Lee Culbertson
Jun 27, 2011
WILBUR LEE CULBERTSON Wilbur Lee Culbertson, age 80, of rural Osawatomie, Kansas, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at his home after an extended illness. Wilbur was born February 8, 1931 to Carl David and Goldie May (Garren) Culbertson at Fontana, Kansas. He attended country schools and the Pleasanton High School, Pleasanton, Kansas. He enlisted in the United States Marine...
Joseph Leon Cullor
Jun 22, 2011
JOSEPH LEON CULLOR Joseph Leon Cullor, age 70 of Butler, Missouri, formerly of Drexel, Mo. died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Medical Lodge Nursing Home in Butler, Mo. Joe was born March 12, 1941 at Unionville, Missouri. He was the third of seven children born to Gilbert L. and Mary Ruth (Bishop) Cullor. He graduated from high school...
Erma Hampton
Jun 20, 2011
ERMA HAMPTON Erma Hampton, age 91, of rural LaCygne, Kansas, died Monday, June 20, 2011 at the Richmond Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond, Kansas. Erma was born June 18, 1920 in LaCygne, KS. She was the seventh of ten children of Jesse and Coral May (Shattuck) Crisler. She attended the Fairview Country School and graduated from Parker...
James "Jim" Thurlow Chitwood
Jun 17, 2011
James T. “Jim” Chitwood James Thurlow “Jim” Chitwood, age 92 of Osawatomie, Kansas died Friday, June 17, 2011 at Country Club Estates in Paola, Kansas Jim was born September 17, 1919 in Guion, Arkansas. He was the oldest of six children of William Otis and Mamie Lillian (French) Chitwood. He attended school in Missouri and started working for the...
James Leroy Hunsperger
Jun 15, 2011
JAMES L. “JIM” HUNSPERGER James LeRoy “Jim” Hunsperger, age 77, of Osawatomie, Kansas died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Spring Hill, Kansas. Jim was born January 28, 1934 in Osawatomie, Kansas. He was the third of five children of Orville Biehm and Ethel Lenora (Hastings) Hunsperger. He attended the Osawatomie Schools and graduated from...
James Gale Byard
Jun 4, 2011
James Gale “Bud” Byard, age 81 of rural Osawatomie, Kansas died Saturday, June 4, 2011 to the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. James was born March 16, 1930 in Kansas City Kansas. He was the younger of two children of James Milton and Gallilea May (Zink) Byard. The family moved to Missouri where James attended schools in the...
Madeline Iona Herman
May 31, 2011
MADELINE IONA HERMAN Madeline Iona Herman, age 8 years, 10 months and 14 days, of Gardner, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Madeline was born July 17, 2002 in Merriam, Kansas. She was the youngest of three children born to Carl Max “Sonny” Herman III and Shera Jean (Smith) Herman....
Wayne Edward Diediker
May 31, 2011
WAYNE EDWARD “HAMBONE” DIEDIKER Wayne Edward “Hambone” Diediker, age 91 of Osawatomie, Kansas, died May 31, 2011 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. Wayne was born August 10, 1919 in rural Osawatomie. He was the second of three children born to Willis Elijah and Nellie Edith (Hays) Diediker. He attended the Osawatomie schools and graduated in the...
Charles Elvin Light
May 31, 2011
CHARLES ELVIN “CHUCK” LIGHT Charles Elvin “Chuck” Light, age 42, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011in a train-pedestrian accident in Osawatomie. Chuck was born February 26, 1969 in Paola, Kansas. He is the son of Claude Emmert and Kathleen Kay (Spears) Light. He attended school in both Parker, Kansas and later in Hawaii. He married Karri May...
Richard Alan Vess
May 28, 2011
Richard Alan “Dick” Vess, age 66, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the Louisburg Health Care Center in Louisburg, Kansas. Dick was born September 7, 1944 in Osawatomie, Kansas. He was the oldest of 5 children of Harry Robert “Bob” Vess and Gertrude Amelia (Jacobs) Vess. . He attended the Osawatomie schools. He was a former...
Phyllis Ann Helm
May 19, 2011
Phyllis Ann Helm Phyllis Ann Helm, age 77 of Osawatomie, Kansas died Thursday May 19, 2011 at Life Care Center in Osawatomie. Phyllis was born June 2, 1933 in Emporia, Kansas. She was the younger of two children of Theodore Madison Curtis and Ruby Tennessee (Bruce) Curtis. She attended schools in Emporia, Ks, Paola, Ks and New Franklin Missouri....
Dustin Eugene Eaks
May 16, 2011
Dustin Eugene Eaks Dustin Eugene Eaks, age 28, of Osawatomie, Kansas died Monday May 16, 2011 from injuries from a motorcycle accident. Dustin was born May 11, 1983 in Pueblo, Colorado. He is the oldest of 4 boys born to Kent Eugene and Jill Elaine (Wrinkle) Eaks. The family moved to Osawatomie when Dustin was four years old. He...
Michael O'Dell Mcmechan
May 15, 2011
Michael O’Dell “Mackin” McMechan, age 55 of Lane, Kansas died May 15, 2011 at the Cancer Center of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma after an extended illness with pancreatic cancer. Mike was born July 1, 1955 in Olathe Kansas. He was one of a set of twins born to William Jennings and Bonnie Alice (Ross) McMechan. The family lived in...
Adam Layne Kleitz
May 8, 2011
ADAM LAYNE KLEITZ Adam Layne Kleitz, age 24 of Kansas City, Missouri, died Sunday, May 8, 2011 in a one car automobile accident in Prairie Village, Kansas. Adam was born September 20, 1986 in Olathe Kansas. He was the first of two children of Darren Layne and Carol Elaine (Patterson) Kleitz. Adam attended grade school at Central Heights and...
Patrica Ann Mason
Apr 22, 2011
Patricia Ann (Buchanan) Mason, in Osawatomie also known as Patty Buchanan, age 67, of Apple Valley, California, passed away Friday April 22, 2011 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Riverside, CA. She died from complications of COPD. Pat was born in Paola, Kansas on August 17, 1943. She was the younger of two children of John Harold and Gladys Price...
Ernest Leroy Jones
Nov 7, 2010
Ernest Leroy Jones, age 94, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died November 7, 2010 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie. Ernest was born November 1, 1916 at Beagle, Kansas. He was the only child born to John Fredrick and Altha (Rookstool) Jones. He attended grade school at Mound Creek and graduated from Osawatomie High School with the Class of 1933....
Verna Lynne Barnett
Oct 12, 2010
Verna Lynne Barnett, age 97, of Osawatomie, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at the Life Care Center, Osawatomie. Verna Lynne was born July 31, 1913 at Neodesha, Kansas. She was the only child born to Ira Jonathan Frazier and Lillian (Smith) Frazier. Her father died when she was 4 years old in an explosion at the Union Tankline...
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