Obituaries
Steven E. Springer
Dec 7, 2013
Steven E. Springer, age 55 of Riley, Kansas, died Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the home of his mother in Randolph, Kansas. He was born on August 6, 1958, the son of Eldon and Alyce (Wohler) Springer. Steve had worked at Moorman’s Feed in Manhattan for several years and had been a welder working for several different welding shops. He...
Kenneth M. Lovelace
Dec 5, 2013
Kenneth M. Lovelace, age 79 of North Miami, Florida, died Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the North Miami Angel Gardens. He was born on August 23, 1934, the son of York and Gertrude (Grubb) Lovelace. Kenneth had farmed north of Randolph and for many years had followed the harvest with his own custom harvest crew. He later moved to China...
Gladys Elaine Olson
Nov 29, 2013
Gladys Elaine Olson, age 88 of Manhattan, Kansas, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on November 30, 1924, at Cleburne, Kansas, the daughter of David and Bertha (Johnson) Gustafson. She graduated from Cleburne High School in 1942 and Bethany College in 1949. She taught at Luther Academy and College in...
Arlene Ulrich-Kaump
Nov 24, 2013
Arlene Ulrich-Kaump, age 84 of Manhattan, Kansas, our beloved sister, sister-in-law, and aunt to many nieces and nephews, lost the battle with multiple melonoma and amyloidosis and entered the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Sunday morning, November 24, 2013 at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. She was born on September 1, 1929, the daughter of Clifford Merrill...
Elizabeth Ann Reed
Nov 20, 2013
Elizabeth Ann Reed, age 71 of Riley, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on June 2, 1942, in Rolla, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Joseph and Anna Mae (Fleming) Keller. She was married on September 24, 1960 at Clay Center, Kansas, to Clyde Reed. He preceded her in...
Evelyn Ruth Williams
Nov 13, 2013
Evelyn Ruth Williams, age of 94, formerly of Bala and Leonardville, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on September 29, 1919, at Alida, Kansas, the daughter of William B. and Hulda (Bohnenblust) Sprecher. On April 29, 1940, she was married to Frank T. Williams. He preceded her in death on...
General Johnson
Oct 12, 2013
General “GB” Johnson, age 65 of Wakefield, Kansas, died Saturday, October 12, 2013 at his residence. He was born on January 3, 1948 in Cartersville, Georgia, the son of Raymond Bill and Myrtle Ruth (Darley) Johnson. GB owned and operated Johnson’s Portable Toilet Service. He served 24 years in the U.S. Army and retired as Sargent First Class. While in...
Dorothy Jean Johnson
Oct 12, 2013
Dorothy Jean Johnson, age 78 of Riley, Kansas, died Saturday, October 12, 2013, at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on February 1, 1935, on the family farm east of Riley, Kansas, the daughter of Oren and Grace (Jahnke) Morris. Dorothy drove a school bus for the Riley County School District. She was a member of the Riley Presbyterian...
Ward Wilson Seaman
Oct 8, 2013
Ward Wilson Seaman, age 96 of Riley, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on January 15, 1917 in Mattoon, Illinois, the son of Vernon LeRoy and Grace (Wilson) Seaman. On July 4, 1936, at Mattoon, Illinois, he was united in marriage to Helen May Shriver. She preceded him in death on October...
Jerry Lynn Rood
Oct 6, 2013
Jerry Lynn Rood, age 61 of Leonardville, Kansas, died Sunday, October 6, 2013, at his residence. He was born on October 17, 1951, in Lincoln, Kansas, the son of Frank Nelson and Edna Marie (Meier) Rood. He graduated from Riley County High School in 1969. After high school he worked in construction and then managed COOP’s in Leonardville, Solomon, Greensburg...
Harold Eugene Nibarger
Sep 22, 2013
Harold Eugene Nibarger, age 83 of Manhattan, Kansas, died Sunday, September 22, 2013, at the Robert J. Dole VAMC Hospice Unit in Wichita, Kansas. He was born on October 14, 1929, in Virgil, Kansas, the son of Wayne and Elva (Cunningham) Nibarger. He was married to Ernestine Dehlinger on November 26, 1952, in Wichita, Kansas. She preceded him in death...
Anna V. Larson
Sep 21, 2013
Anna V. Larson, age 100, of Prairie Village, Kansas, formerly of Green and Clay Center, Kansas, died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village, Kansas. She was born on March 24, 1913 at Clay Center, Kansas, the daughter of George and Antonia (Spacek) Lippert. She was married to J. Harold Larson on February 14, 1938, he preceded...
Charles L. Peterson
Sep 15, 2013
Charles L. Peterson, age 70 of Junction City, Kansas, died Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Colmery O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on April 18, 1943 in Geary County, Kansas, the son of Willard Peterson and Ruby Pollard. He retired from the life insurance industry and volunteered with Meals on Wheels at the Junction City Senior...
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...
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....
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...
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