Obituaries
Joanna Rockwell
Sep 12, 2013
Joanna (Rapp) Rockwell, age 87 of Manhattan, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at the Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, Kansas. She was born to the late Edward and Lucy (Ramey) Rapp on September 30, 1925 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She graduated from Siloam Springs High School in 1943 and Kansas City General Hospital School of Nursing in 1948....
Betty Jane Kleiner
Sep 12, 2013
Betty Jane Kleiner, age 88 of Manhattan, Kansas, died Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on April 26, 1925, at Upland, Kansas, the daughter of Roland and Ester Lydia (Gfeller) Hill. She graduated from Chapman High School and Kansas State University. She was married to Earl Kleiner on November 27, 1946. He...
Elver L. Richter
Sep 2, 2013
Elver L. Richter age 87 of Leonardville, Kansas, died Monday, September 2, 2013 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on September 30, 1925 on the family farm in rural Riley County, Kansas, the son of Herbert and Mary (Holle) Richter. On April 12, 1948 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church he was married to Margaret...
Michael Brice Oberhelman
Sep 1, 2013
Michael Brice Oberhelman, age 47 of Kansas City, Missouri, died Sunday, September 1, 2013, at the St. Luke’s North Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on April 1, 1966, in Abilene, Kansas, the son of Bobby Brice and Mary Jane (Sailors) Oberhelman. Michael was a computer administrator at Fort Leavenworth with the United States Department of Defense. He...
Sean Michael Lesperance
Aug 19, 2013
 Sean Michael Lesperance, age 37 of Riley, Kansas, died Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on July 19, 1976 at Salina, Kansas, the beloved son of Michael Paul and Margaret Jane (Fate) Lesperance. Sean was a caring and generous person. As a young child, he loved spending time on...
Harold Eugene Henry
Aug 7, 2013
Harold Eugene “Gene” Henry, age 75 of Randolph, Kansas, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at Autumn Hills in Riley, Kansas. He was born on October 2, 1937, near Leonardville, Kansas, the son of Leslie Thomas and Eleanor Selma (Rosell) Henry. Gene grew up on farms in rural Leonardville and Randolph and graduated from Randolph High School in 1955. He purchased...
Clifford T. Gordon
Aug 2, 2013
Clifford T. “Buster” Gordon, Jr., age 79, of Junction City, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. He was born on July 14, 1934 in Wakefield, Kansas, the son of Clifford T. and Ivy (Sickles) Gordon. He taught school in the Concordia and Osborne school systems for seven years before coming to...
Wilbur D. Buckley
Jul 25, 2013
Rev. Wilbur D. Buckley, age 87 of Clay Center, Kansas, died Thursday, July 25, 2013 at his home. He was born on May 19, 1926 in Concordia, Kansas, the son of Robert M. and Mary (Dinsmore) Buckley. On August 19, 1947 in Ames, Kansas, he was married to Hazel Florence Furrer. She preceded him in death on October 21, 2011....
Elinor M. Woellhof
Jul 24, 2013
Elinor M. Woellhof, age 83 of Miltonvale, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at her home. She was born on July 27, 1929 in Charles City, Iowa, the daughter of Walter H. and Ida V. (Folmer) Titus. Elinor had a wonderful childhood as a preacher’s daughter. She played the violin in the school orchestra and later learned to play the...
Louis E. Hargrave
Jun 30, 2013
Louis E. Hargrave, age 82 of Randolph, Kansas died Sunday, June 30, 2013 at the Blue Valley Senior Living Center in Blue Rapids, Kansas. He was born on May 30, 1931 on the family farm near Leonardville, Kansas, the son of Eldon and Edith (Pollman) Hargrave. On June 3, 1951 he was married to Norma M. Pate at the Garrison...
Donald R. Carlson
Jun 15, 2013
Donald R. Carlson, age 63 of Manhattan, Kansas died Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on October 31, 1949 in Westmoreland, Kansas, the son of Elvin Leroy and Barbara LaVerna (Linder) Carlson. Don washed windows professionally for businesses around Manhattan and was a member of the Worldwide Church of God. He...
Mary Frances Heeth
Jun 12, 2013
Mary Frances Heeth, age 77 of Manhattan, Kansas died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on April 24, 1936 in Johnson County, Kentucky, the daughter of Quince and Lessie (LeMaster) Trimble. Mary was a homemaker. She enjoyed playing solitaire, rummy, yahtzee and bingo, cooking and baking and watching western and classic...
Sylvia E
Jun 2, 2013
Sylvia E. (Oman) Nelson, age 67 of Manhattan, Kansas died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on December 2, 1945 at Walsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Howard A. and Caroline A. (Ruthstrom) Oman. Sylvia worked at Wal-Mart for 17 years in many different capacities and retired in 2002. It was the...
Pamela L. Marsch
May 8, 2013
Pamela L. (Larson) Marsch, age 50, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 from complications of a stroke, at the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. She was born on May 9, 1962 in Manhattan, Kansas, the daughter of Verlyn Dean and Paula Lou (Phillips) Larson. She graduated from high school in Dover, Delaware and Kansas State University with...
Marvin LeRoy Hook
May 3, 2013
Marvin LeRoy Hook, age 92 of Manhattan, Kansas died Friday, May 3, 2013 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on April 5, 1921 on the family farm north of Dysart, Iowa, the son of Ira and Jenny Hook. On December 31, 1947, he was married to Jeanette Feuerbach. She preceded in in death on...
A. Grant Sump
Apr 24, 2013
A. Grant Sump, age 91 of Clay Center, Kansas died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, Kansas. He was born on January 4, 1922 on the family farm outside of Green, Kansas, the son of Albert and Maude (Gilchrist) Sump. On December 1, 1952 in Darlington, Indiana, he was married to Betty Jean Richter. She...
Benjamin Alfred Baxter
Apr 21, 2013
Benjamin Alfred Baxter, age 86 of Clay Center, Kansas died Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Wakefield, Kansas. He was born on February 5, 1927 in Clay Center, Kansas, the son of Alfred and Bernice (Hemphill) Baxter. On February 5, 1946, he was married to Margaret Hedlund. She preceded him in death in 2009. He farmed...
Donald Wayne Zimmer
Apr 20, 2013
Donald Wayne Zimmer, age 85 of Waterville, Kansas, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born at Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, on August 22, 1927, the son of Fred and Ethel (Gemmell) Zimmer. On November 16, 1947, he was married to Connie J. Sutherland. They lived in Lincoln, Nebraska where Don worked...
June Louise Chapman
Apr 20, 2013
June Louise Chapman, age 87, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Saturday April 20, 2013, at the Stormont Vail Medical Center in Topeka. She was born at Scottsville, Kansas, on June 6, 1925, the daughter of Loris and Vurble (Ridenour) Underhill. She was married on July 1, 1978, to Lewis E. Chapman. June was a homemaker and had worked at KSU, Bayer...
Jordin Marie Johnson
Apr 16, 2013
Jordin Marie Johnson, age 11 of Riley, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on June 21, 2001 in Manhattan, Kansas. Jordin loved swimming, balloons, swinging, music and so many other things. The person she loved most was her dad! She is survived by her parents, Ted Johnson...
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