Obituaries
Dorothy Marie Johnson
Apr 4, 2013
Dorothy Marie Johnson, age 85 of Olsburg, Kansas, died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland, Kansas. She was born on June 12, 1927 in Cleburne, Kansas, the daughter of Frank Wesley and Grace Marie (Churchill) Novak. She grew up in the Cleburne and Olsburg areas, graduating from Olsburg High School. On June 12, 1945,...
Arlene L. Woellhof
Apr 2, 2013
Arlene L. Woellhof, age 87, of Clay Center, Kansas, died Tuesday April 2, 2013, at the Morton County Care Center in Elkhart, Kansas. She was born in Clay Center, Kansas on October 13, 1925, the daughter of Sam and Ellen (Anderson) Weller. On May 2, 1948, she was married to Oren Woellhof. He preceded her in death on June 25,...
Ruby M. Pollard
Mar 4, 2013
Ruby M. Pollard, age 96 formerly of Junction City, Kansas, died Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Wakefield, Kansas. She was born on November 27, 1916 on her parent’s farm outside of Riley, Kansas, the daughter of Charles T. and Sophia (Riniker) Chapman. She was the last surviving graduate of Riley High School’s class of 1933....
Judith Ann Heikes
Feb 22, 2013
Judith Ann Heikes (Clampitt), of Riley, Kansas, age 70, passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on March 11, 1942 at her parent’s home in Alma, Kansas to James Orin and Sarah (Pio) Clampitt. She married her husband of almost 41 years Leland Fred “Joe” Heikes on December 31,...
Shirley G. Carlson
Feb 7, 2013
Shirley G. Carlson, age 79, of Wichita, Kansas, died Thursday February 7, 2013, at Midwest Homestead of Wichita. She was born in Miami, Oklahoma on September 11, 1933, the daughter of Roy H. and Ruby Lucille (Peckham) Giles. She graduated from NEO A&M College, where she was a Norse Star dancer. On October 26, 1963, in Wichita, Kansas she was...
Wilma Jean Trumpp
Jan 27, 2013
Wilma Jean Trumpp, age 86, of Clay Center, KS, died Sunday January 27, 2013, at Stormont-Vail in Topeka, KS. She was born in her family home in rural Clay Center, KS on December 29, 1926, the daughter of Herman and Anna (Bauer) Friederich. She graduated from Clay County Community High School in 1945. On August 24, 1949 she was married...
Elden E. Klocke
Jan 24, 2013
Elden E. Klocke, age 95, formerly of Clay Center, Kansas, died Thursday January 24, 2013, at the Life Care Center in Andover, Kansas. He was born on February 21, 1917 in Leonardville, Kansas, the son of Fred and Mary (Sand) Klocke. On November 20, 1947, he was married to Marjorie Stitt at Clifton, Kansas. She preceded him in death on...
Elaine R. Bruns
Jan 20, 2013
Elaine R. Bruns 86, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at her residence in Zapata, Texas. Mrs. Bruns was an active member of the United Methodist Church, Eastern Star and the American Legion Auxiliary She is preceded in death by her husband, Calvin E. Bruns and a son-in-law, John Arnold Oetinger. Mrs. Bruns is survived by her children, Kenneth...
Carl Merton Schurle
Jan 5, 2013
Carl Merton Schurle, age 72, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Saturday, January 5, 2013, from injuries sustained in a pedestrian vehicle accident west of Manhattan. He was born on February 11, 1940, at Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Merton and Lucille (Schultz) Schurle. Carl was an auto mechanic. He loved music and taking care of his many pigeons, his goose and...
Maxine Louise Peter
Dec 28, 2012
Maxine Louise Peter, age 91 of Randolph, Kansas passed away peacefully at the Leonardville Nursing Home on Friday, December 28, 2012. She was born January 31, 1921, at the family farm on Otter Creek, the daughter of William and Martha (Weber) Hagenmaier. She attended Prairie Rock School and graduated from Randolph High School in 1938. She married Kenneth Peter on...
Hal Jarvis Kunze
Dec 10, 2012
Hal Jarvis Kunze, age 86, of Randolph, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, at the Mercy Regional Medical Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on July 7, 1926, in Clay Center, Kansas, the son of Eugene and Florence (Jackson) Kunze. He was married on August 5, 1950, to Delores Parry, she preceded him in death on October 13,...
Dave Schwartz
Dec 4, 2012
Dave Schwartz, age 58, of Randolph, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on January 16, 1954, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Jerry and Marlene (Kershaw) Schwartz of Randolph, Kansas. He graduated from Blue Valley USD #384 High School with the Class of 1972. He was a...
Lyle William Hafner
Nov 17, 2012
Lyle William Hafner, age 82, of Clay Center, Kansas, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012, at the Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, Kansas. He was born on December 17, 1929, on the family farm east of Clay Center, Kansas, the son of William and Anna (Schafer) Hafner. Lyle was a lifetime farmer in the Countryside Community and was a member...
Wesley Quinton Esping
Nov 6, 2012
Wesley Quinton Esping, 62, Olsburg, Kansas, died on Nov. 6, 2012. Born February 15th, 1950 to Quinton and Ruth (Bjorling) Esping, he grew up on the family farm near Mariadahl, Kansas. In 1960 the family moved to Leonardville, Kansas, where he spent the rest of his youth. In 1968 he married Coleen Fortner and moved to Manhattan. Wes worked as...
Walter Lee Richards
Nov 5, 2012
Walter Lee Richards, age 78, of Riley, Kansas, passed away Monday, November 5, 2012, at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on June 7, 1934 in Estes Park, Colorado, the son of Eber Lee and Rachel (Lahnert) Richards. Walter served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and served two tours in Vietnam with...
Leon "Poots" Schultes"
Oct 31, 2012
Leon E. “Poots” Schultes age 81, of Randolph, Kansas, passed away Wednesday October 31, 2012, at the Clay Center Medical Center in Clay Center, Kansas. He was born on May 12, 1931, the eighth of eight children to Edward and Ida (Sand) Schultes. Mr Schultes spent his entire life on the family farm in the Rose Hill community north of...
Larry Earl Jones
Oct 30, 2012
Larry Earl Jones Sr., age 72, of Checotah, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at Oklahoma City. He was born on December 25, 1939, at Clay Center, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Irene (McClosky) Jones. He graduated from Riley Rural High School with the Class of 1957. He was commercial contractor and had been a sheet metal worker...
Dolores Mariam Ford
Oct 29, 2012
Dolores Mariam Ford, age 88 of Leonardville, Kansas passed away Monday, October 29, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on December 8, 1923 on the family farm southwest of Leonardville, Kansas, the daughter of John Rudolph and Louisa (Coltharp) Bletscher. She attended Union Country Grade School and graduated from Leonardville Rural High School...
Margaret A. Campbell
Oct 17, 2012
Margaret A. Campbell, age 67, of Fargo, North Dakota died Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at the Eventide Lutheran Home. She was born on August 3, 1945, at El Dorado, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Mary Dixon. She graduated from Leon High School and graduated from Kansas State University in 1969 with a degree in French. Margaret was married on...
Jane E. Gibbs
Oct 13, 2012
Jane E Gibbs, 56 of Olsburg, Kansas passed away October 13, 2012 at the Westy Community Care Home Westmoreland, Kansas. Jane Kemmerer was born August 1, 1956 in Beloit, Kansas to Robert and Patricia Kemmerer of Jewell Kansas. Jane attended Jewell schools and graduated from Jewell High School in 1974. Jane married Rick Gibbs on September 14, 1974 in Jewell...
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