Marie Runyan, Osage City
1926 - 2008
Marie Runyan of Osage City died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, at the Olathe Medical Center. She was 81.
Mrs. Runyan was the Osage City branch manager of American Savings before she retired. She also assisted her husband, Leonard Runyan, with his State Farm Insurance Agency.
The daughter of Henry and Louise Vialle Cellier, she was born March 4, 1926, at Osage City. She married Leonard Runyan on Nov. 29, 1947. They lived in Osage City for most of their lives, except for a brief time in Trenton, Mo. He died earlier.
Mrs. Runyan is survived by one daughter, Denise Mersmann of Olathe; two sons, Mark Runyan of Overland Park and Kent Runyan of Columbia, Mo.; one sister, Carmen Stevens of Overland Park; and five grandchildren. One sister; two brothers; and a granddaughter, Caroline Mersmann, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Osage City. Burial will be in Osage City Cemetery. Friends may call from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today at the VanArsdale Funeral Chapel in Osage City.
Memorial contributions to the Leukemia Society of America or the Caroline Mersmann Memorial Library in care of the Church of the Resurrection at Leawood may be sent in care of the funeral home, 107 N. Sixth St., Osage City, KS 66523.