Junction City — Junction City philanthropist Dorothy Hill Bramlage, who also strongly supported Kansas State University athletics, has died.
Bramlage, 90, died Saturday morning.
She and her late husband, Fred C. Bramlage, played a leading role in shaping the future of Junction City.
Her late husband also served as national chairman for construction of the 13,000-seat basketball coliseum at K-State, which now bears his name.
The Dorothy Bramlage Public Library in Junction City was built from donations by Fred Bramlage, who asked that the building be named for his wife.
Shortly after her husband's death, Mrs. Bramlage donated land to the city for Bramlage Park, and the Bramlage Foundation has continued to support the park.
Other donations from the Bramlages include land for a YMCA, and buildings currently housing the Geary County Historical Society, a VFW post and a senior citizens' housing project.
Mrs. Bramlage was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a son, Paul. She is survived by a son, F. Robert Bramlage of Manhattan; a daughter, Dorothy Willcoxon of Joplin, Mo.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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