Donald Wabskie 1955-2017
Donald “Junie” Wabskie Jr., 61, Topeka, died Monday, March 20, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
He was born Aug. 12, 1955, in Topeka, the son of Donald and Marjorie (Shopteese) Wabskie. He was a graduate of Kaw Area Vocational Technical School.
Mr. Wabskie worked for Prairie Band Casino.
He was a tribal member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
Survivors include five siblings, Ray Lee Wabskie, Topeka, Gary Wabskie and wife Sabrina, Mayetta, Donna Vega and husband Francisco, Topeka, and Carol LaMonte and Diane Arnold, both of Russell. He was preceded in death by a sister, Luella Ann Wabskie, on Nov. 16, 2016; and his parents, Donald Wabskie, on April 25, 2003, and Marjorie Wabskie, on Nov. 30, 2005.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shipshee Cemetery on the Potawatomi reservation. Mr. Wabskie will lie in state on Friday at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home in Topeka, where family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 S.W. Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS 66603.
