Local Obituaries for Osawatomie, & Surrounding Areas

December 19, 2022

Zelores Beth Partridge age 86 of Paola, KS formerly of Osawatomie, KS passed away Monday December 19, 2022 at North Point in Paola.

Zelores was born October 28, 1936 in Hardtner , KS. She was the second of five children born to Orville and Dora Elizabeth ( Moltz ) Adams. She grew up in Osawatomie...

December 19, 2022

Memorials are to the Patty Fouts Memorial Fund.

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Patricia Ann Fouts age 75 of Osawatomie, KS passed away Monday December 19, 2022 at her home.

Patty was born September 30, 1947 in Paola, KS. She was born to William Richard “Bill” and Mildred Louise (Christopher) Hall. She attended a one room school...

December 15, 2022

Memorials are to the Felicia Johns Memorial Fund send c/o Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box 430 Osawatomie, KS 66064

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Felicia Nell Johns age 34 of Osawatomie, KS passed away Thursday December 15, 2022.

Felicia was born August 16, 1988 in Kansas City, MO. She was born to Charles Edward Johns Jr. and...

December 11, 2022

Memorials are to the Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home to help with the cost of services.

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Marilyn Ruth (Dotson) Kittrell of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Sunday December 11, 2022 at North Care Hospice in North Kansas City, Missouri.

Marilyn was born January 23, 1948 in Kansas City, KS. She was one of fourteen...

December 3, 2022

Memorials are to the funeral home to help with cost of service.

Carol Veda Brewer age 77 of Paola, KS died Saturday December 3, 2022 at Olathe Medical Center.

Carol was born May 8, 1945 in LaCygne, KS. She was one of eight born to Elmer James and Fern Opal (Edwards) McClanahan. Carol grew up...

December 1, 2022

Teresa Delynne Purinton-Gates age 60 of Osawatomie, KS died Thursday December 1, 2022 at Louisburg Healthcare and Rehab.

Teresa was born October 19, 1962 in Sedalia, MO. She was the eldest of two born to Burnice Lee and Betty (Lear) Johnston. Teresa grew up in Ft. Osage, Missouri. After high school, she attended Metropolitan Community College and...

November 18, 2022

Ashley Ann Smith, 36 of Osawatomie, Kansas passed away Friday November 18 th 2022 at The University of Kansas Medical Center.

Ashley was born on September 24 th , 1986, in Kansas City, Kansas at Bethany Hospital.  She is the youngest of two born to Anthony Lee Hess and Kimberly Ann Hess.  She was a graduate of...

November 17, 2022

Roger Thomas Smith, age 74, a resident of Osawatomie, Kansas, died on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at the Kansas University Medical Center. Roger was born the son of Charles and Kathryn (Elam) Smith on December 16, 1947, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a 1966 graduate of Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, Missouri and served in the United States...

November 13, 2022

Donna Marie Burkhart age 92 of Osawatomie, KS died Sunday November 13, 2022 at Spring Hill Health & Rehab in Spring Hill, KS.

Donna was born October 1 st , 1930 in Osawatomie, KS. She was the sixth of fourteen born to Kelsey L. and Elsie M. (Metzger) Miller. She grew up in Osawatomie and graduated with...

November 11, 2022

Memorials are to the funeral home to help with cost of services

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Emilee Jean Owens age 70 of Osawatomie, KS died Friday November 11, 2022 at Olathe Medical Center.

Emilee was born September 11, 1952 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the second of three children born to Emil Otto Dewey and...

October 7, 2022

Vernon Lee “Chief” Fennel age 87 of Lane, KS died Friday October 7, 2022 at Lifecare Center of Osawatomie.

Vernon was born November 18, 1934 in Miami, Oklahoma. He was born to Burly Dee and Daisy (Willett) Fennel. He grew up in Oklahoma and moved to Kansas in 1952.

During his working life, Vernon worked...

October 2, 2022

Frances JoNelle (Icenogle) Goodall age 84 of Pahrump, NV passed October 2, 2022 in Pahrump, NV.

JoNelle was born March 28, 1937 in Osawatomie, KS to Charles Otto and Helen Marie Icenogle. Grew up in Osawatomie. Graduated with the Osawatomie High School Class of 1955.

In 1955, JoNelle married Fay “Shorty” Goodall. They moved in...

September 28, 2022

Martha Lou Walker Hoffman, age 91, of Fairway, KS, died Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at Trustwell Living at Mission Springs.

Martha was born October 5, 1931, in Osawatomie, Kansas. She was the only child born to Abraham and Bernice (Mattson) Walker. She graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1949.

After high school, Martha attended Baker...

September 27, 2022

Vivian Conor, age 78 of El Paso, TX, born in Little Rock, Arkansas on July 27, 1944 to Lonnie Gibson & Olden Harris passed the morning of September 27, 2022. In 1951 her mother moved to Osawatomie, Kansas with Vivian and her siblings where she later graduated from Osawatomie High School. She worked many years in healthcare at Osawatomie...

September 24, 2022

Deanna Rae Parsons, 62, of Osawatomie, Kansas Passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Olathe Hospice House with family by her side.

Deanna was born April 15, 1960 in Girard, Kansas, daughter of Robert Dean Parsons and the late Wilma Lou (McColm) Parsons. She grew up in Kansas and graduated from Girard High School. She was...

September 24, 2022

Bonnie Rose Bland age 89 of Parker, KS died Saturday September 24, 2022 at Parkview Heights Living Center in Garnett, KS.

Bonnie was born April 21, 1933, she was the second of nine born to Earl and Nellie (Bishop) Fleming in Amoret, MO. She attended school at Amoret and graduated in 1950.

On October 5...

September 21, 2022

Keith Alan Pride age 36 of Osawatomie, KS passed away Wednesday September 21, 2022.

Keith was born May 4, 1986 in Emporia, KS. He was the youngest child born to William F. and Sharon L. (Jarred) Pride. He attended school in Waverly KS.

In January of 2011, Keith had a daughter with Carrie Jeter of...

September 19, 2022

Curtis L Kennedy, age 63 of Osawatomie, KS died Monday, September 19, 2022 at his home after a brave seven month battle with brain cancer.

Curtis was born May 3, 1959 in Cambridgeshire, England on the US Army Base where his father, Colin E Kennedy Sr was serving. He was the second child born to his father...

September 19, 2022

Judith Evelyn (Greenwood) Totten age 75 of Osawatomie, KS passed away Sunday September 19, 2022.

Judy was born June 19, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born to James Howard Greenwood and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) James. She grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Turner High School.

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September 10, 2022

Ferdinand Charles “Bud” Hermesmeyer age 92, of Osawatomie, Kansas died Saturday, September 10, 2022 at his home.

Bud, as he was known to everyone, was born November 23, 1929 in Groom, Texas. He was the second of six children born to Bernard J. and Beatrice M. (Bohr) Hermesmeyer. Bud and the Hermesmeyer Family moved several times before...