Ory J. Petersilie, 78, Otis, Kansas, died Saturday, December 5, 2015, at Locust Grove Village, La Crosse, Kansas.
Mr. Petersilie was born April 19, 1937, in rural Ness County, Kansas, the son of Charles W. and Pearlie Ann (Reynolds) Petersilie. He was a resident of Rush County, Kansas, for 41 years, moving there from Barton County, Kansas. He worked in the maintenance department at Superior Essex, Hoisington, Kansas, before his retirement.
He was a member of the Southwest Kansas Antique Engine and Thresher Association, and a founding member of Otis Old Iron Days, Otis, Kansas.
On January 16, 1971, he married Sheila M. Kultgen at Great Bend, Kansas. She preceded him in death June 20, 2010.
Survivors include: three daughters, Suzanne Randa (Dermot), La Crosse, Kansas, Angela Petersilie (Derrick Schmitz), Sparta, Missouri, and Le Ann Petersilie, Otis, Kansas; four grandchildren, James “Jamie” Bunting, Michael Resseguie, Jordan Schmitz, Mason Schmitz; three great grandchildren, Ewan Bunting, Amelia Bunting, and Everton Steadman III; and one sister, Wanda LaBonte, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, Richard Kirby Petersilie; three brothers, Charles Petersilie, Floyd Petersilie, and Art Petersilie; and five sisters, Ida Wennick, Edith Dewberry, Dana Rees, Arlene Riegle, and Barbara Schumacher.
Visitation will be Wednesday, December 9, 2015, from 10:00 A.M. to 10:50 A.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with the family receiving friends from 10:00 A.M. to 10:50 A.M.
Funeral service will be Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 11:00 A.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with Pastor Bruce Adamson officiating. Interment will be in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Olmitz, Kansas.
Memorials are suggested to the Rush County EMTs.
Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.
Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.