OTIS — Ory J. Petersilie, 78, died Dec. 5, 2015, at Locust Grove Village in La Crosse. Born April 19, 1937, in rural Ness County, he was the son of Charles W. and Pearlie Ann (Reynolds) Petersilie. On Jan. 16, 1971, he married Sheila M. Kultgen at Great Bend. She preceded him in death on June 20, 2010. A resident of Rush County for 41 years, moving from Barton County, he worked in the maintenance department at Superior Essex in Hoisington before his retirement.
Mr. Petersilie was a member of the Southwest Kansas Antique Engine and Thresher Association, and a founding member of Otis Old Iron Days in Otis.
Survivors include, three daughters, Suzanne Randa (Dermot), of La Crosse, Angela Petersilie (Derrick Schmitz), of Sparta, Mo., and Le Ann Petersilie of Otis; 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 of Colorado Springs, Colo. 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.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the Janousek Funeral Home in La Crosse, with Pastor Bruce Adamson officiating. Interment will be at St. Ann’s Cemetery in Olmitz. Visitation, with family receiving friends, will be from 10 to 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Rush County EMT’s. Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.

Funeral arrangements provided by
Janousek Funeral Home*
719 Pine
P.O. Box 550
La Crosse, KS. 67548
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Dec. 8, 2015