Obituaries
Judith McClain
Mar 28, 2017
Judith Elaine McClain, age 75 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on February 3, 1942 in Junction City, the daughter of Ray W. and Alice Eleanor (Sautter) McClain. Judith was a member of the Junction City Eagle’s Auxiliary and enjoyed playing seven card poker, bingo and watching the...
Beatrice Campbell
Mar 28, 2017
Beatrice Louise Campbell, age 96 of Riley, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on September 28, 1920 in Hill City, Kansas, the daughter of Addison Ross and Mattie Bell (Gilliland) Blackford. On July 4, 1940, she was married to George A. Campbell in Hill City. They moved to Riley in...
Phillip Parry
Mar 18, 2017
Phillip M. Parry, age 86 of Topeka and formerly of Riley, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Stormont Vail Healthcare in Topeka. Phil was born on December 29, 1930 in rural Riley County near Bala, Kansas to Edward Parry and Letha M. Myers. He grew up working on the family farm with his parents and his sister, Bernice (Parry)...
Eileen Ella Stone
Mar 15, 2017
Eileen Ella Stone, age 91 of Leonardville, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on January 8, 1926 in Clay Center, the daughter of Walter and Ella (Larson) Peterson. On December 3, 1948 in Leonardville, she was married to Chester Stone. He preceded her in death in 2016. Eileen was a homemaker who...
Dorothy M. Peterson
Mar 6, 2017
Dorothy Mae Peterson, age 91 of Riley, passed away Monday, March 6, 2017 at her residence. She was born on September 26, 1925 on a farm near Toronto, Kansas, the daughter of of Carl August and Hedvig Charlotte (Toburen) Schreiber. On December 12, 1948, she was married to Warren W. Peterson. He preceded her in death in 1998. Dorothy was...
Gladys L. Schurle
Mar 2, 2017
Gladys L. Schurle, age 98, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on November 25, 1918 at Keats, the daughter of Henry and Lydia (Oberhelman) Funk. She attended Silver Creek Grade School and Keats High School. She gained her Registered Nurse License at Park View Hospital. She worked for area hospitals in Wamego...
Harold Warren Burgman
Feb 28, 2017
Harold Warren “Sprug” Burgman, age 95 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the Stoneybrook Retirement Community in Manhattan. He was born on July 2, 1921 in Randolph, the son of Oscar and Anna (Daniels) Burgman. He graduated from Randolph High School in 1939 and was a cook in the U.S. Army from 1942-1946. On August 15, 1946...
Larry E. Robinson
Feb 28, 2017
Larry E. Robinson, age 77 of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on April 14, 1939 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the son of Charles F. and Myrtle (Claussen) Robinson. On September 3, 1961 at Walsburg Lutheran Church, he was married to Linda Lee Miller. She survives of the home....
Betty L. Winter
Feb 18, 2017
Betty L. Winter, age 90 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. She was born on July 29, 1926 on a farm near Riley, the daughter of Clinton Taylor and Alice L. (Busher) Scott. On January 8, 1947, she was married to Robert Phalen. He preceded her in death in 1980. Two daughters...
Mary Louise Beck
Feb 12, 2017
Mary Louise Beck, age 68 of Clay Center, passed away Sunday February 12, 2017 at the Salina Regional Health Center. She was born on June 12, 1948 in Hays, the daughter of Marvin and Lorraine (Giebler) Dreiling. She attended Clay Center Community High School during her freshman and sophomore years and finished her high school career at TMP-Marian High School...
Peggy Manges
Feb 11, 2017
Peggy Marie Manges, age 63 of Riley, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at her home. She was born on July 11, 1953 in Frankfort, the daughter of Franklin and Twila Mae (Schreiner) Davis. On June 14, 1981, she was married to William L. Manges. He survives of the home. Peggy was an LPN at the Linn Nursing Home. She...
Josephine Carol Wolf
Feb 11, 2017
Josephine Carol (Parry) Wolf, age 68 of Enterprise, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. She was born on January 11, 1949 in Clay Center, the daughter of Albert and Louise H. (Van Hove) Parry. She was a social worker by trade with a tender heart for children and families in need who worked tirelessly to...
Ralph Edward Larson
Jan 31, 2017
Ralph Edward Larson, age 81 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka. He was born on October 12, 1935 at Riley, the son of Carl Oscar Emanuel and Clara Minnie (Layher) Larson. He graduated from Riley High School. In high school, he finished third in the state in the mile run....
Galen Parry
Jan 19, 2017
Galen Lee Parry, age 83 of Green, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the Clay County Medical Center. He was born on August 13, 1933 in Riley, the son of Arthur Lee and Edna (Larson) Parry. He graduated from Riley County High School in 1951. He married Anna Jean Girard on October 10, 1955. They later divorced. He then...
Fred D. Wohler
Jan 9, 2017
Frederick “Fred” Dale Wohler, age 88 of Leonardville, passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on January 7, 1929 on the farm near Leonardville, the son of Laurin V. and Stella E. (Hageman) Wohler. He graduated from Randolph Rural High School. On September 29, 1957 at the Keats United Methodist Church,...
Wilma Jean Lund
Jan 4, 2017
Wilma Jean Lund, age 91 of Clay Center, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Medicalodge of Clay Center. She was born on March 27, 1925 in the Hayes Township, north of Clay Center, the daughter of William Bryan and Mary Ann (Simnitt) Evans. On March 27, 1943 in Salina, she was married to Lester LeRoy Lund. They later divorced....
Raymond Peter
Dec 31, 2016
Raymond Leslie Peter, age 91 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born in Manhattan on May 31, 1925, the son of George Leslie and Laura M. (Ostergard) Peter. He graduated from Keats High School and farmed with his father until 1951 and then went to work for Boeing in...
Vance Richter
Dec 30, 2016
Vance Richter, age 84 of Green, passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on the family farm at rural Mayday on October 28, 1932, the son of Elmer Lawrence and Gladys Dorothy (Anderson) Richter. He graduated from Green High School in 1950. On October 12, 1956 he was married to Andrea...
Eric D. Johnson
Dec 23, 2016
Eric D. Johnson, age 47 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, December 23, 2016 at his residence. He was born on January 28, 1969 in Clay Center, the son of Leo and Virginia (Corman) Johnson. He graduated from Clay County High School in 1987 and completed his studies in auto mechanics in 1988 at Beloit Vo-Tech. He worked for Norm...
Barbara L. Byarlay
Dec 22, 2016
Barbara Byarlay, age 85 of Randolph, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on October 25, 1931, the daughter of LeRoy and Mae (Dudley) Hagenmaier. She graduated from Randolph High School in 1949. On May 25, 1953 at the St. John Lutheran Church in Winkler, she was married to Philip Stanley Byarlay. He...
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