Sadie Waupoose 1934-2016
Sadie Mae Waupoose (Sha-no-qua), 81, Topeka, died Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center.
She was born July 8, 1934 in Keshena, Wisc., the daughter, Fred Wayne and Susie Notinokey Spoone. She received an associate’s degree in secretarial science at Haskell Junior College in Lawrence.
Ms. Waupoose had worked for various casinos in Kansas and Wisconsin.
She was a member of the Menominee Tribe in Keshena, Wisc.
Survivors include six daughters, Anna Heath, Hayward, Wisc., Louise Varga and Sonja Petonquot, both of Appleton, Wisc., Vanessa Stone, Green Bay, Wisc., and Victoria Stone and Hope Waupoose, both of Topeka; a son, Albert J. Waupoose III, Topeka; a sister, Rhoda Mae Cadue, Horton, KS; 19 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Monday morning at Mitchell Cemetery on the Potawatomi Reservation.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sadie Mae Waupoose Memorial Fund, to be designated later and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
