James Francis Wamego, Sr.

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Obituary- Wamego, Sr., James F.

James F. Wamego Sr.
ROSSVILLE – James Francis Wamego Sr., 74, Rossville, died Friday, July 19, at a Topeka hospital.

Mr. Wamego was a warehouseman for Santa Fe Industries 22 years before he retired.

He was born April 2, 1911, at Mayetta, the son of Jo Wabskie and Mary Shopteese Wamego. He lived in Mayetta until he moved to Rossville 30 years ago.

Mr. Wamego was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church west of Mayetta and Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.

He was married to Edith E. Thompson Dec. 13, 1930. She died Nov. 16, 1973.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Vandewiele, Topeka; two sons, Algernon Wamego and James Wamego Jr., both of Mayetta; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Kitchkommie and Mrs. Margaret Jessette, both of Topeka; a brother, Lewis Wabskie, Arkansas City; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier’s Catholic Church in Mayetta. Burial will be in Ship Shee Cemetery, west of Mayetta. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.