Obituaries
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...
Jerry Schwartz
Dec 7, 2015
Jerry Schwartz, age 83 of Randolph, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 7, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on June 17, 1932 in Clay Center, the son of Dale and Marjorie Elizabeth (Stafford) Schwartz. He graduated from Randolph High School. On April 8, 1951 at the Garrison Methodist Church, he was married to Marlene Kershaw. She...
Golda L. Wilson
Dec 5, 2015
Golda Louise Wilson, age 94 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Stoneybrook Retirment Community. She was born on March 13, 1921 in Manhattan, the daughter of James and Anna (Vogelsang) Fitzpatrick. She graduated from Randolph High School in 1938. On March 13, 1941 in Waterville, she was married to Loren T. Wilson. He preceded her in death...
Harold Vincent Smith
Nov 27, 2015
Harold Vincent “H.V.” “Smitty” Smith, age 90, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2015 at his home in Olsburg, Kansas. He was born on February 14, 1925 in Wetmore, Kansas, the son of Harold Orvil and Zena LaVerne (Sutherland) Smith. Following graduation from high school, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Evelyn Westling on...
B. Arlene Peterson
Nov 21, 2015
B. Arlene Peterson, age 86 of Manhattan, died peacefully surrounded by her family Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital. She was born on May 11, 1929 in Sabetha, the youngest of ten children of Sylvan and Bertha (Wegman) Aeschliman. On October 14, 1951, she was married to Raymond Peterson. He preceded her in death on April 16,...
Neola Bruns
Nov 18, 2015
Neola B. Bruns, age 85, of Papillion, Nebraska and formerly of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Victoria Gardens in Bellevue, Nebraska. She was born on February 1, 1930 in Stockdale, the daughter of Royal B. and Mary Ellen (Henton) Springer. On November 6, 1949, she married Donald Bruns and they were happily married for 56 years until...
Harold Braun
Nov 9, 2015
Harold Albert Braun, age 82 of Clay Center, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at his home. He was born on December 30, 1932 in Eustis, Nebraska, the son of Albert Fred and Martha Christina (Rieker) Braun. On April 27, 1958, he was married to Velma Stuenkel at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Palmer. She preceded him in death...
Dale Weisner
Nov 9, 2015
Dale Eugene Weisner, age 75 of Riley, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital. He was born on February 19, 1940 in Junction City, the son of Francis and Frances (Lynn) Weisner. He attended school in Wakefield and received his GED while serving in the U.S. Air Force, where his job was plane maintenance. He was married...
Joyce Swanger
Nov 7, 2015
Joyce Carol Joann Swanger, age 82 of Leonardville, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on January 10, 1933 in the Bala Township in Riley County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Mamie (Dugan) Swenson. On June 14, 1964 in Manhattan, she was married to Horace Swanger. He preceded her in death...
Michael W. Rowley
Nov 7, 2015
Michael William Rowley, age 63 of St. George, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on November 13, 1951 in Manhattan, the son of Joseph Jo and Madeline Florine (Debus) Rowley. He was a construction superintendent for BHS Construction and enjoyed prospecting for gold, fishing, hunting, traveling to Isla Mujeres,...
Madeline F. Rowley
Oct 23, 2015
Madeline Florine Rowley, age 93, formerly of Manhattan, Kansas passed away at the Leonardville Nursing Home on Friday, October 23, 2015. She was born on July 13, 1922 in Riley, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Goldie (Mugler) Debus. She attended grade school in Riley and graduated with the class of 1940 from Riley Rural High School. Following graduation, Madeline...
Doris Springer
Oct 20, 2015
Doris Imogene Springer, age 82 of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Via Christi Village in Manhattan. She was born on her family farm west of Clay Center on October 9, 1933, the daughter of Guy William and Ethel May (Chayer) Fyfe. She spent her younger years on a farm near Oak Hill and graduated from Clay County...
Verna Alice Wiard
Oct 6, 2015
Verna Alice Wiard, age 93 of Manhattan, Kansas, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on November 17, 1921 in Leonardville, Kansas, the daughter of Herbert C. and Mary V. (Hanson) Johnson. On May 14, 1942, she was married to Herman R. Wiard at Leonardville, Kansas. He preceded her in death on...
Madilyn Mall
Oct 5, 2015
Madilyn “Madie” Rose Mall, age 6 of Riley, passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 in Manhattan. She was born on September 1, 2009 in Manhattan, the daughter of Josh Mall and Mandy Schooler. Madie was in kindergarten at Riley County Grade School and brought positivity and laughter to any room she entered. She enjoyed everything about life, and made even...
Ernest F. Grater
Sep 30, 2015
Ernest F. Grater, age 95 of Leonardville, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on September 26, 1920 in Northern Riley County, Kansas, the son of Friedrich and Caroline (Weidner) Grater. On September 26, 1941, he was married to Marjorie Jean (Blaske). She survives at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was a cattleman...