Obituaries

Aug. 14, 1956 – Dec. 25, 2017

TOPEKA — Terry Lee Holder, Osage City, died Dec. 25, 2017, at a Topeka hospital. He was 61.

Services were Jan. 2 at Osage City Library community room, Osage City.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka.

June 24, 1931 – Jan. 2, 2018

OSAGE CITY — Ronald Harold Fredrickson passed away peacefully at home Jan. 2, 2018, following a sudden brief illness. He was surrounded by family and loved ones facing the east window overlooking the farm. He was 86.

He was born June 24, 1931, at home on the family farm west of Osage City, the son of Harold and Olive Anderson Fredrickson. He was baptized and confirmed at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Osage City.

Sept. 3, 1944 – Dec. 29, 2017

TOPEKA — Harold “Ed” Poertner, Osage City, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, near Topeka. He was 73.

He was born Sept. 3, 1944, at Wamego, the son of Maxwell and Marie Baggs Carley. He was adopted and raised by Fred and Mabel Burkdoll Poertner.

He grew up around the Vassar and Lyndon communities. He lived in Emporia from 1967 to 2011 and has lived southeast of Osage City since then.

June 18, 1932 – Dec. 18, 2017

INDEPENDENCE, MO. — Twila Lou Fowler, Emporia, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, at Rosewood Health Center, Independence, Mo. She was 85.

She was born June 18, 1932, in rural Osage City, the daughter of John and Gladys Bloomquist Wills.

She married Raymond Fowler April 8, 1956, at Osage City. He died Sept. 26, 2009, at Topeka.