Obituaries

Rowan Pryor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Betty Jane Richards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...