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LAWRENCE — Kimberly Jean Heuer, formerly of Melvern, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, at her home in Lawrence. She was 37. She was born April 7, 1980, at Lawrence, the daughter of David and Stella Franks Heuer. She lived most of her life in the Melvern and Quenemo communities before moving to Lawrence.She attended school at Hawthorne Elementary in Ottawa, Springfield School in Michigan City, Ind., and graduated in 1999 from Marias des Cygnes Valley High School, Melvern. In the last few years she has been sick and battled health and medical conditions. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Michigan City.She is survived by a son, Joseph Heuer, Melvern; her parents, David and Stella Heuer, Melvern; three sisters, Michelle Stroud, Olathe, Alicia Syens, Lebo, and Nevada Forrer, Topeka; seven nieces; and five nephews.Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Sept. 2 at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon. The family will receive friends one half hour prior to services at the chapel. Inurnment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Pomona. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kim Heuer Memorial Fund, for final expenses and sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. (Osage County Herald-Chronicle)

Aug. 14, 2017EMPORIA — Wilda “Marie” Hill, Melvern, died Monday, August 14, 2017, at Presbyterian Manor-Jones Health Center, Emporia. She was 97.She was born Nov. 8, 1919, on a farm near Melvern, the daughter of Walter and Elsie Patterson White. She lived most of her life in and around Melvern until moving to a retirement facility in Emporia, in 2006.She married Dave Hill July 16, 1938, and they were married for nearly 70 years. He passed away Feb. 24, 2008.She taught in one room schools throughout Osage County in her early years, did substitute teaching in later years, became the head cook at Melvern schools, clerked at both grocery stores in Melvern and helped with the farming operation.Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; four siblings, Wayne White, Lydia Cooke, Marvin “Jack” White and Norma Green.She is survived by two daughters, Jeanie Lawhorn and husband, Jim, Eudora, and Davonne Lowry and husband, Tom, Emporia; a grandson, Chad Lawhorn and wife, Kristine, Eudora; a granddaughter, Kelsi Coble and husband, Tanner, Olathe; three great-grandchildren, Colby Lawhorn, Olivia Lawhorn and Carter Coble; a sister-in-law, Sandy White, Emporia; and many nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Aug. 18 at Melvern United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Melvern Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 17 at Feltner Funeral Home, Lyndon. Memorial contributions may be made to Melvern PRIDE and sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Online condolences may be expressed at feltnerfuneralhome.com. (Osage County Herald-Chronicle)