Rosalie Mae (Mcclaran) Ridgeway

ROSALIE MAE (MCCLARAN) RIDGEWAY, 86, TOPEKA, KS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY ON SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025, AT ALDERSGATE VILLAGE. SHE WAS BORN MAY 7, 1938, IN DALTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, THE DAUGHTER OF LEROY AND MARY ELIZABETH (MESIGH) McCLARAN.

ALTHOUGH BORN IN SOUTH DAKOTA, SHE LIVED IN EFFINGHAM, KS, DURING HER EARLY CHILDHOOD. SHE MOVED TO TOPEKA, KS IN 1943. SHE ALSO LIVED IN SALINA, KS, BATON ROUGE, LA, AND BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA DURING HER LIFETIME.

SHE GRADUATED FROM TOPEKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1956. SHE WAS MARRIED TO VERN C. RIDGEWAY ON JUNE 15, 1956 IN TOPEKA, KS AND ENJOYED 55 YEARS OF HAPPY MARRIAGE. HE DIED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2011. ROSALIE AND VERN RAISED ONE SON, CHRISTOPHER LEROY RIDGEWAY. HE DIED OF CYCTIC FIBROSIS ON JULY 27, 1972. ROSIE WAS A MEMBER OF OAKLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

ROSALIE WAS THE FAMILY HISTORIAN AND ENJOYED GENEALOGY RESEARCH. SHE ALSO LOVED GOING TO GARAGE SALES AND COLLECTING ANTIQUES.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; AND A BROTHER, PAUL E. McCLARAN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER COUSINS BARABARA AUSTIN, DALLAS, TX, AND THEDA ONOFRIETTI, ARLINGTON, TX. ALSO, SURVIVING ARE HER IN-LAWS: ROY D. (ARCEILE) RIDGEWAY, TRACY D. (GLENDA) RIDGEWAY, AND JANEL (MICHAEL) STADLER.

CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE, AND AT HER REQUEST, PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD.

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE OAKLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2810 NE THOMAS AVE., TOPEKA, KS 66616.