LYON COUNTY, KANSAS


Obituaries 

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WASSNER, MICHAEL

Michael Wassner died Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at his home, 1009 Union St. He was 43.
Mr. Wassner was a handyman for years and also worked at the Salvation Army in Emporia. During the holiday season, he was a volunteer bell ringer for the Salvation Army.
The son of Samuel H. and Dorothy Lypps Wassner, he was born Oct. 31, 1964, at Fontana, Calif.
Mr. Wassner was a Catholic.
He is survived by his mother of Carlsbad, Calif.; two brothers, John Wassner of Emporia and Victor Wassner of Idaho; five sisters, Helen Oldield of British Columbia, Canada, Mary Villarreal of California, Terri Station of northern California, Joan Garcia of Texas and Christina Wassner of southern California. His father died earlier.
There are no services planned. Mr. Wassner was cremated.
(Emporia Gazette ~ Wednesday ~ 19 December 2007)

WHITE, MILDRED JOSEPHINE

Mildred Josephine White, 84, Basehor, died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, at her daughter's home in Linwood. Funeral services were held Friday at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Basehor with burial following in Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa. Visitation was held prior to the service at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home in Bonner Springs. Mrs. White was born in Olpe, Kan.

She was born Jan. 21, 1921, in Olpe, Kan. She worked as a waitress in the Argentine district of Kansas City, Kan., for many years and was a member of the St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Altar Society in Kansas City, Kan., prior to moving to Basehor in 2002 and becoming a member of the Holy Angels Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry R. White Sr., in 1951; a son, Harry Raymond White Jr., in 1961; a brother, Orville Nuessen, in 1974; and a sister-in-law, Helen Nuessen, in 1989. She is survived by two daughters, Kay and husband, Frank D. Collins, Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.; and Patricia and husband, Robert Mertz, Linwood; a brother, Robert Nuessen, Basehor; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. (The DeSoto Explorer, Aug 18, 2005)