Obituaries
LeRoy Bohnenblust
Nov 26, 2019
LeRoy Kent Bohnenblust, age 89, of Riley, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.
He was born near Leonardville on September 15, 1930, the son of Ezra and Alta (Sand) Bohnenblust. He attended schools at Union and Leonardville and graduated from Leonardville Rural High School in 1948.
On June 17, 1951, he married his...
Clifford William Tilley
Nov 22, 2019
Clifford William Tilley, age 55, passed away November 22, 2019, at his home in Topeka.
He was born in Marysville, on August 7, 1964.
Cliff graduated from Valley Heights High School in 1982.
He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served in Operation Desert Storm. After serving nine years he went back to his hometown of...
Virginia Perkins
Nov 21, 2019
Virginia Lee Perkins, age 93 of Kansas City, Missouri and formerly of Riley, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the New Mark Care Center in Kansas City.
She was born on February 16, 1926 in Riley, the daughter of Walter and Edith (Culley) Baer. She graduated from Riley Rural High School.
On December 27, 1953, she married Paul Jack Perkins in...
Kaye Blodgett
Nov 19, 2019
Kaye Jeanne Specht Blodgett, age 79 of Keats, passed away peacefully with her two children by her side on November 19, 2019 from complications from a brain aneurysm at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
She was born on August 23, 1940 in Leonardville, the daughter of Paul and Myrtle (Simnitt) Specht. On September 10, 1961 she married the love...
Wendy Greeley
Nov 18, 2019
Wendy Dawn Greeley, born September 27, 1970 in Staten Island, New York, passed away peacefully in her sleep and entered the Golden Gates of our Lord on November 18, 2019, in Riley, Kansas.
Wendy Dawn graduated from Brick Memorial High School in Brick, New Jersey, a small town that borders the Atlantic Ocean. While there, she excelled in soccer and gymnastics,...
Joann M. Harding
Nov 16, 2019
Joann M. Harding, age 77, of Waterville, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Cambridge Place Nursing Home in Marysville.
Joann was born September 22, 1942, at Barnes, to Wallace W. and Alice M. (Sturgon) Dalrymple.
She graduated from Barnes High School in 1960.
Joann had been married to Richard A. Prout and later to Tom Harding.
Joann...
Forrest Johnson
Nov 6, 2019
Forrest Carl Johnson, age 88 of Leonardville, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 in the Wroten House at Meadowlark Hills.
He was born on November 25, 1930 at Randolph, the son of Otto and Winifred (Maxell) Johnson. He served in the United States Army.
Forrest was a farmer and a Vermeer Baler dealer. He loved going to Sweden to see his...
Donald Renner
Nov 3, 2019
Donald Lee Renner, age 85 of Manhattan, passed through Heaven’s gates on November 3, 2019 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
He was born on November 17, 1933 in Riley, the son of Orley and Gladys (Heller) Renner. He graduated from Leonardville High School in 1951.
He was a member of the Fairview Presbyterian Church, a charter member of Leonardville Lions Club and...
Warren Blodgett
Nov 2, 2019
Warren Eldon Blodgett, age 81 of Keats, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit.
He was born on April 4, 1938 in Manhattan, the son of Max Ardean and Grace Irene (Beck) Blodgett. He graduated from Keats High School.
On September 10, 1961 in Manhattan, he was married to Kaye Jeanne Specht. She survives of the...
Marian L. Busey
Oct 31, 2019
Marian L. Busey, age 88, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Marian was born July 29, 1931, at Irving, to Elmer W. and Jeanie L. (Blass) Walker.
She graduated from Marysville High School in 1949.
On November 21, 1952, she married Earl H. Busey, Sr., at Bentonville,...
Reva Grater
Oct 30, 2019
Reva Jane Grater, age 86 of Clay Center, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
She was born on January 21, 1933 in Riley, the daughter of Virgil and Eva (Nelson) Wohler.
On May 27, 1951 in Manhattan, she was married to Arnold F. Grater. He preceded her in death on June 4,...
Irma Christenson
Oct 18, 2019
Irma Louise Christenson, age 96, passed away Friday, October 18, 2019 at Valley View Senior Life in Junction City.
She was born on April 25, 1923 in Clay Center, the daughter of Oscar Cornelius and Edith Louise (Lawson) Christenson.
Irma was a secretary for the Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by her brother Raymond O. Christenson, his wife Caryl, son Steven and daughters Saundra...
Ernest Sharp
Oct 18, 2019
Ernest Sharp, age 96 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, October 18, 2019 at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor.
He was born on March 23, 1923 in Riley, the son of William Elgin and Rose Mary (Walno) Sharp.
On February 2, 1945, he was married to Irene May Dunn in Idana. She survives of Clay Center.
Ernest was proud to...
Stanley J. "Duke" Busch
Oct 17, 2019
Stanley J. “Duke” Busch, age 68, of Valley City, North Dakota, formerly of Blue Rapids, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas.
Stan was born June 19, 1951, at Marysville, Kansas, to Harvey L. and Norma M. (Maendele) Busch.
He graduated from Marysville High School in 1969.
He had worked...
Wayne E. Claycamp
Oct 15, 2019
Wayne E. Claycamp, age 86, of Omaha, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Hillcrest Shadow Lake nursing home in Papillion, Nebraska.
Wayne was born February 8, 1933, at Havensville, Kansas to Frederick G. and Millie I. (Garrett) Claycamp.
He graduated from Blue Rapids High School in Blue Rapids, Kansas.
He married (Clara) Mae Singleton on June 20,...
Lorene Visser
Oct 12, 2019
Lorene Evelyn Visser, age 102, of Riley, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
She was the born on August 11, 1917, the second child of Ludwig and Ida Erickson Lund. Lorene grew up with her four brothers and one sister on the farm her grandfather had homesteaded near Lasita in northern Riley County. She attended...
Wanda Llewelyn
Oct 11, 2019
Wanda Fern Llewelyn, age 92 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center.
She was born on March 29, 1927 in Leonardville, the daughter of Rudolph Richard and Leda Anna (Harvey) Lindstrom.
On April 3, 1947, she was married to Vaughan Calvin Llewelyn. He survives of Clay Center. Wanda was mainly a homemaker, but did...
Jewell A. Wagoner
Sep 30, 2019
Jewell A. Wagoner, age 97, formerly of Blue Rapids, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2019, at her daughter’s home in McAllen, Texas.
Jewell was born March 30, 1922, at Clyde, Kansas to Charles P. and Margaret J. (Fetzer) Gillespie.
She graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1940.
On June 11, 1947, she married Isic C. “Pete” Wagoner,...
Paul Doughty
Sep 25, 2019
On September 25, bright and early, Paul E. Doughty, led his old pony from the barn mounted up and trotted off across the prairie one last time.
Paul was born December 3, 1956 to Aggie and Roy Doughty in Newton, Kansas. He would be the second of four boys. Since his father was in the Navy, the family spent his...
Gail Hoffman
Sep 21, 2019
Gail Eugene Hoffman, age 77 of Spring City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at his residence.
He was born on October 10, 1941 in Broughton, the son of Kenneth Delmar and Regina Helena (Wenzel) Hoffman.
On August 3, 1968, he was married to JoAnn Prewitt. She preceded him in death.
Gail received his Bachelor’s Degree from Pittsburgh State University and his...
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