April 14, 2006
  The ADVOCATE
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 10, No. 27
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 5, Column 2:
  
  "Leah E. Womelsdorf
  1909-2006
  Funeral services for Leah E. Womelsdorf, 96, are Friday, April 14, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. at
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel in Colony with Pastor Steve Bubna officiating. 
  Interment is in Welda Cemetery.  Mrs. Womelsdorf died Saturday night, April 8, at
  Chanute Health Care Center, Chanute, KS.
  Leah E. Womelsdorf was born May 20, 1909, at Council Grove, the daughter of James
  and Mary (Raider) Allen.
  She and Henry Webster Womelsdorf were married March 1, 1928, at Cottonwood Falls. 
  He preceded her in death on May 4, 1987.  Leah and Henry owned and operated a store
  and filling station in Xenia and Mildred.
  She enjoyed life to the fullest, spending it with her husband, children, and grandchildren. 
  She had many friends and she enjoyed playing pitch, fishing, and gardening.
  Mrs. Womelsdorf was also preceded in death by her sons, Henry Womelsdorf (an infant)
  and Daniel Womelsdorf on July 23, 1995; her grandson, Leland Hicks in 1989; and her
  parents, James and Mary Allen.
  Leah is survived by her son, Charles Dean Womelsdorf of Chanute; her daughters, Dixie
  Ramsey of Colony and Patricia Kay Womelsdorf of Pineville, MO; 20 grandchildren, 51
  great-grandchildren, and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
  The family suggests memorials be made to Colony Community Church Benevolent
  Funds.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements."
  
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  "Dorsey Berdean Bromell
  1916-2006
  Graveside funeral services and interment for Dorsey Berdean Bromell, 90, Paola,
  formerly of Osawatomie, were Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at Osawatomie Cemetery. 
  Mrs. Bromell died Sunday, April 9, at the Miami County Medical Center, Paola.
  Berdean Bromell was born March 26, 1916, at Paola to George and Ollie Rebecca
  (Hough) Emery.  She was the oldest of four children.  She attended school in Paola and
  Osawatomie.
  She worked at the Sunflower Powder Plant during World War II.  She worked at Meeks
  Drug Store in Osawatomie in the later 1940's and 1950's.
  Berdean and Leroy Robert Bromell were married on April 16, 1949, at Olpe.  They made
  their home near Osawatomie for 34 years and had lived on a farm south of Osawatomie
  for 34 years where she helped with the farming.  He husband died June 24, 1996.
  In August of 1996 she bought a home in Paola and lived there approximately one year
  before failing health caused her to enter Country Club Estates where she lived for six and
  one half years.  She then moved to Vintage Park in Osawatomie and lived there a year
  and a half before moving to North Point Skilled Nursing Center at Paola for the last three
  months.
  Mrs. Bromell was also preceded in death by her parents, George and Ollie Emery; and
  her brother, Don Emery.
  Berdean is survived by her brother, Doug Emery and his wife, Alice, of Paola; her sister,
  Betty Spencer of Greeley; and four nephews.
  The family suggests memorials be made to First Christian Church in Paola or Plum
  Creek Methodist Church in Osawatomie."
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon