Obituaries
Betty Jane Richards
Mar 27, 2016
Betty Jane Richards, age 80, of Riley, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on September 3, 1935 on the family farm outside of Elm Creek, Nebraska, the daughter of Edward Marion and Bertha Jane (Pflaum) Becker. She was a homemaker and military wife and traveled the world with her husband on...
Ruby P. Andersen
Mar 24, 2016
Our adored Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother Ruby Pauline Andersen, who entered eternal life on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Her spirit is carried on by her surviving four children, 21 grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and surviving brothers and sister. We are blessed to have been touched by Ruby's love and generosity during her 86 years. Ruby was born on March...
Verona Schuermann
Mar 6, 2016
Verona Schuermann, age 61 of Manhattan, Kansas passed away on Sunday,March 6 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. She was born on January 17, 1955 in Fort Riley Kansas to Vernon and Ramona Zeller of Keats. During her childhood her family worked for the Seventh Day Adventist church and lived in various locations. She attended and graduated high...
Delores Jensen
Mar 3, 2016
Delores Carnello Jensen, age 83 of Riley, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at her home. She was born on August 27, 1932 in Dwight, Kansas, the daughter of Donald and Lola (Deines) Howell. Delores was an antique collector and owned Dee’s Antiques in Riley. She was a licensed antique appraiser and enjoyed rock hunting, fishing, garage sales, casinos, Ebay...
Margaret L. Richter
Feb 28, 2016
Margaret Lucille Richter, age 93, of Leonardville, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on November 14, 1922 on the family farm near Randolph, the daughter of Bismark and Mabel (Gustafson) Haller. On April 12, 1948 at St. Peter Lutheran Church she was married to Elver L. Richter. He preceded her in death...
Janice Kirkpatrick
Feb 25, 2016
Janice Faye (Fosha) Kirkpatrick age 82 of Denver, Colorado quietly passed away at her home on Thursday, February 25, 2016. She was born on September 15, 1933, the daughter of Leo and Lena (Renz) Fosha. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1951. Her pre-nursing education was at Kansas State University where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta...
Ruth Chestnut
Feb 17, 2016
Ruth Ruby Chestnut, age 86 of Mission, Kansas and formerly of Clay Center, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Garden Terrace of Overland Park. She was born on November 14, 1929 on her family farm outside of Green, the daughter of David M. and Clara (Reiker) Heilman. On June 4, 1955, she was married to Donald Dean Chestnut at...
Butch Walquist
Feb 9, 2016
Warren E. “Butch” Walquist, age 70 of Clay Center, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on July 27, 1945 in Clay Center, the son of Warren Edward and Opal Lorraine (Gilbert) Walquist. He graduated from Clay Center Community High School in 1963. On April 25, 1964 in Clay Center,...
Marjorie L. Scardina
Feb 3, 2016
Marjorie Louise Scardina, age 86 of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. She was born on July 11, 1929 on the family farm at Randolph, the daughter of Frederick and Esther (Swanson) Hillstrom. She graduated from Randolph Rural High School and received an associates degree from Brown Mackie College in Salina. On May...
Patrick L. Gibbs
Jan 31, 2016
Patrick Lee Gibbs, 86, of Olsburg, Kansas, went home to glory on Sunday, January 31, 2016, at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on November 25, 1929, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the son of the late William Marshall and Edith Veryl (Pearson) Gibbs. He was preceded in death by three brothers, William (Bill), Jack, and Jerry. Pat was...
Derek Buell
Jan 28, 2016
Derek Lee Buell, age 44 of Westmoreland, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his home. He was born on January 24, 1972 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Clinton Otis and Shari Lynn (Shafer) Buell. He graduated from Blue Valley Randolph High School in 1991. On June 11, 2005 in Olsburg, he was married to Valerie Kay Miller. She...
Gene Williams
Jan 18, 2016
Rolland Eugene “Gene” Williams, 87, died peacefully at his home in Riley, Kansas on January 18, 2016. He was born July 12, 1928 to Rolland and Louise (Staten) Williams at Riley. Gene grew up on one of the Pottorf farms south of Riley. He attended St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ogden, where he took his catechism and was a young...
Harold Eugene Storer
Jan 10, 2016
Harold Eugene Storer, age 67 of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Stormont-Vail in Topeka. He was born on June 6, 1948 in Salina, the son of Clifton Eric and Gladys Pauline (Woolley) Storer. On August 16, 1969 at Walsburg Lutheran Church, he was married to Sheri Ann Berggren. She survives of the home. Harold received his Bachelor’s...
Beverly Ann Norman
Jan 9, 2016
Beverly Ann Norman, age 58 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. She was born on January 24, 1957 in Manhattan, the daughter of Mervin LeRoy and Peggy Jean (Peterson) Norman. She worked for 24 years at Parker Hannifan. She was a member of the V.F.W. and Eagles Lodge and was an excellent...
Dale M. Wohler
Jan 5, 2016
Dale Malcolm Wohler, age 95 of Randolph, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Via Christi Hospital. He was born on July 1, 1920 at Winkler, Kansas, the son of Arthur and Dora (Baird) Wohler. On June 30, 1941 he was married to Margie Peter at her family’s home on Fancy Creek Road, west of Randolph. She survives of the...
Cloyde F. Hunter
Jan 4, 2016
Cloyde Francis Hunter, age 86 of Clay Center, passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Medicalodge of Clay Center. He was born on March 12, 1929 in Irving, Kansas, the son of Ezra Z. and Rose M. (Novak) Hunter. On June 18, 1953, he was married to Mary Alice Pogue. She preceded him in death on June 23, 1988. He...
Imogene Wolfe
Dec 22, 2015
Imogene Wolfe, age 84, formerly of Riley, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the Overland Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on January 8, 1931 in Bremen, Kansas, the daughter of Francis W. and Grace I. (Vogler) Stettnisch. On June 5, 1949, she was married to Wayne L. Davis in Barnes. He preceded her in death in...
Richard Lee Rutherford
Dec 15, 2015
Richard Lee Rutherford, age 74 of Morganville, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on August 31, 1941 in Clay Center, the son of Richard (Dick) and Carolee (Whitmarsh) Rutherford. He spent some of his youth in and around Clay Center, but the family moved to Wichita where he attended school. At age...
Gyle Springer
Dec 12, 2015
Gyle D. “Bud” Springer, age 84 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on the farm near Garrison, Kansas on February 25, 1931, the son of Carrol and Lillian Bell (Anderson) Springer. On January 18, 1951 on a farm near Brewster, Kansas, he was married to Doris Imogene Fyfe....
Jerry Leopold
Dec 11, 2015
Jerry Lee “Doc” Leopold, age 62 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015 at Medicalodge of Clay Center. He was born on December 29, 1952 in Colby, the son of Dale Mellville and Linnie Irene (Gilbert) Leopold. Doc was an optometrist in McPherson and volunteered at McPherson Hospital Auxillary and was on the Board of Directors for Multi...
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