Obituaries
Elva Marie Kaspar
Sep 1, 2016
Elva Marie Kaspar, age 92 of Leonardville, passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on June 20, 1924 on a farm near Green, the daughter of James Howard and Lulu Margaret Sofa (Eppler) Noyes. She graduated from Green Rural High School in 1941. On May 2, 1944, she was married to John William...
Ray Madison Bommelaere
Aug 25, 2016
Ray Madison Bommelaere, age 82 of Manhattan, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Stoneybrook Rapid Recovery Unit in Manhattan. He was born on December 20, 1933 in Springer, New Mexico, the son of Romain and Velma (Roberts) Bommelaere. He was married to Mary Louise Samuelson on June 7, 1958 in Albuquerque, New...
Kenneth E. Carson
Aug 21, 2016
Kenneth Eugene Carson, age 91 of Leonardville, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at St. Luke’s South Hospital in Overland Park. He was born on September 12, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska, the oldest son of Walter F. and Ruth (Compton) Carson. At the age of two the family moved to Kansas. His growing up years were spent in Yates Center...
Evelyn June Grooms
Aug 5, 2016
Evelyn June Grooms, age 95 of Ozawkie, passed away Friday, August 5, 2016 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born on December 7, 1920, in the Fancy Creek Township in Riley County, Kansas, the daughter of Fred and Anne Belle (Reed) Dugan. On September 30, 1939, she was married to Loren Johnson. He preceded her in death...
Chester Stone
Aug 2, 2016
Chester D. “Chet” Stone, age 93 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at his home. He was born on January 29, 1923 on the farm outside of Leonardville, the son of John F. and Ruth Lucinda (Condray) Stone. He graduated from Leonardville High School in 1941. Chet was a farmer and enjoyed watching sports, especially his granddaughter’s sporting...
Warren Walter
Jul 25, 2016
Warren Lyle “Beaner” Walter, age 92 of Manhattan, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital. He was born on March 2, 1924 on the family farm east of Riley, the son of Warren Burton and Maude Elizabeth (Quantic) Walter. He graduated from Riley High School. On April 7, 1947, he was married to Bonita J. Gravenstein....
Evelyn A. Davies
Jun 21, 2016
Evelyn Arlene Davies, age 92 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on October 12, 1923 on the family farm outside of Leonardville, the daughter of Elmer and Hulda (Norell) Johnson. She graduated from Leonardville Rural High School in 1941. On April 18, 1945, she was married to Martin F. Davies....
Patricia A. Rooding
Jun 20, 2016
Patricia Ann Rooding, age 77 of Manhattan and formerly of Green, passed away Monday, June 20, 2016 in the Sloan House at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. She was born on September 4, 1938 in Joliet, Illinois, the daughter of Robert Arthur and Bernice Elaine (Booth) Ehrsam. On September 3, 1973, she was married to Eugene Rooding. He preceded...
Ruth Von Elling
Jun 15, 2016
Ruth Ann Von Elling, age 74 of Riley, passed away Wednesday at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on July 23, 1941 in Junction City, the daughter of Robert Leroy and Margaret Doretta (Have) Stillwagon. She was married to Howard Von Elling on April 30, 1962. They later divorced. Ruth was a bookkeeper for various businesses around the...
Merlin Gail Haller
Jun 2, 2016
Merlin Gail Haller, age 59 of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2016 at his residence. He was born on July 28, 1956 in Manhattan, the son of Melvin George and Clema Marguerite (Hunter) Haller, Sr. Merlin was a mechanic and worked for many businesses in Manhattan. He was a member of the Swede Creek United Methodist Church. He was...
Rowan Pryor
Jun 1, 2016
Rowan John Pryor, son of John and Ashley (VanSickle) Pryor of Wamego, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on April 26, 2016 at Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. He is survived by his parents, John and Ashley Pryor of Wamego; his grandparents, Brian and Jeni VanSickle of Riley and...
Adam Dallinga
May 16, 2016
Adam Duane Dallinga, age 36 of Morganville, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born on October 23, 1979 in Abilene, the son of David Duane and Cathy Marie (Jones) Dallinga. He was a talented musician, had many friends and was loved by many. Adam married Joni Anderson in 2004. They later divorced....
Jesse Rowland
May 7, 2016
Jesse William Rowland, age 69 of Marysville, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Frankfort Community Care Home. He was born on December 3, 1946 in Pawnee City, Nebraska, the son of Clyde and Belle (Jones) Rowland. He joined the Marines on March 10, 1966 and served until March 8, 1968 where he left as a Sgt. He received...
Donald Rosenow
May 1, 2016
Donald Dale Rosenow, 81, of Clay Center, passed away from this earth into God’s glory Sunday, May 1, 2016. He was born January 19, 1935 at home and grew up on the farm east of Clay Center in the Ebenezer Community. He was the oldest son of Ivan and Edna (Schurle) Rosenow. He graduated from Clay Center Community High School...
Jenny Lee Kellogg
Apr 28, 2016
Jenny Lee Kellogg, age 69 of Olsburg, passed away Thursday April 28, 2016 in the Honstead House at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. She was born on September 24, 1946 in Dunsmuir, California, the daughter of Melvin and Virginia (Newlan) Derr. She was married to Sammy Lee Kellogg on December 31, 1965 in Aurora, Nebraska. He survives of the...
Evelyn Brice
Apr 19, 2016
Evelyn Mae Brice, age 96, passed away Tuesday April 19, 2016 at Charter House in Rochester, Minnesota. She was born on November 8, 1919 at Lasita, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest Cornelius and Ida Mae (Breese) Erickson. She was married to Robert L. Brice on February 18, 1951 in Manhattan. He preceded her in death in 1968. They lived in...
Mina Glanzer
Apr 7, 2016
Mina Alice Glanzer, age 96, formerly of Riley, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Hickory Pointe Healthcare in Oskaloosa, Kansas. She was born on January 31, 1920 on a farm east of Leonardville, the daughter of Andrew and Edna (McDonald) Hohman. She graduated from Leonardville Rural High School in 1938. She was married to Harold L. Glanzer on December...
G. Darlene Buss
Apr 5, 2016
Georgie Darlene Buss, 91 of Leonardville, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home in the presence of her children. She was born on August 2, 1924, the daughter of George and Gladys Fasse, at the family’s home in rural Dickinson County, Kansas. When she was young the family moved to rural Wakefield where she attended...
Nettie Jean Lund
Apr 1, 2016
Nettie Jean Lund, 89, longtime resident of rural Leonardville and more recently Chanute, Kansas died April 1, 2016 in Chanute, Kansas. Jean was born in rural Clay County, Kansas, November 17, 1926. She was the daughter of George and Mary Caroline (Kaiser) Norris. She attended Clay Center schools, graduating from Clay Center High School with the class of 1944. Jean...
Margaret Joan Williams
Mar 30, 2016
Margaret Joan Williams, age 81 of Leonardville, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on July 1, 1934 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Tom C. and Callie M. (Wheeler) Weisinger. On December 19, 1952, she was married to Ford Carl Williams in San Antonio, Texas. She was a housewife and a member...
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