Obituaries

Earl Gene Peterson

Earl Gene Peterson

Apr 28, 2015

Earl Gene Peterson, age 79 of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the St. Francis Health Center in Topeka. He was born on October 9, 1935 on a farm near Lake Lillian, Minnesota, the son of George and Myrtle (Lalim) Peterson. They moved to a farm near Paynesville, Minnesota in 1945 and he graduated from Paynesville High...

Bonita Sprecker Burgman

Bonita Sprecker Burgman

Apr 25, 2015

Bonita Leah Sprecker Burgman, age 86 of Leonardville, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on June 14, 1928 in Randolph, the daughter of Fred and Hattie (Miller) Bulk. On October 13, 1945 in Randolph, she was married to Marvin Sprecker. He preceded her in death on February 9, 2005. She later...

Linda C. Stockwell

Linda C. Stockwell

Apr 22, 2015

Linda Carol Stockwell, age 67 of Riley, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Wakefield. She was born on July 6, 1947 in Enterprise, Alabama, the daughter of Cecil Edward and Dovey Louise (Jones) Gilley. After her father died when she was young, her mother married John Harju. They all preceded her in death....

Bill Shorman

Bill Shorman

Apr 19, 2015

Robert William “Bill” Shorman, age 80 of Green, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on January 10, 1935 in Morganville, Kansas, the son of William Frederick and Lauretta V. (Sumners) Shorman. He graduated from high school in Clay Center. On February 8, 1959, in Washington, Kansas, he was married to Carol...

Betty L. Bubendorf

Betty L. Bubendorf

Apr 18, 2015

Betty Lou Bubendorf, age 89 of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 surrounded by her loving family at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. She was born on September 6, 1925 in Quenemo, Kansas, the daughter of Maurice and Lucille (Jolley) Orr. She attended schools in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Quenemo and graduated from Neosha Rapids. She attended secretarial...

Dwaine L. Mellies

Dwaine L. Mellies

Apr 12, 2015

Dwaine L. Mellies, age 76 of Clay Center, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Clay County Medical Center. He was born on September 15, 1938 in Clay Center, the son of Lawrence and Isabelle (Robinson) Mellies. He grew up in Morganville and graduated from Morganville High School. On June 7, 1959 in Clay Center, he married Glenda...

Joanne Francis Garrett

Joanne Francis Garrett

Mar 23, 2015

Joanne Francis Garrett, age 88 of Clay Center, Kansas, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at Stormont-Vail Healthcare in Topeka. She was born on October 14, 1926 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of John Patrick and Nina (Vanstrom) Brady. Joanne worked as a secretary for Hutchinson Mayrath and as a language transcriber for Literacy and Evangelism International. She was a...

Lyle R. Haller

Lyle R. Haller

Mar 14, 2015

Lyle R. Haller, age 91 of Leonardville, passed away, Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on January 17, 1924 in Randolph, Kansas, the son of Court and Maude Elizabeth (Gustafson) Haller. He was married to Bonna Jean Fosha on December 16, 1945 in Marysville, Kansas. Together they operated the Parallel Country Store northwest of...

Marilyn Faye Baggerly

Marilyn Faye Baggerly

Mar 13, 2015

Marilyn Faye (Osbourn) Baggerly, age 79 of Overland Park, Kansas, went home to be with The Lord on March 13, 2015 at her home. She was born on March 30, 1935, in Randolph, Kansas, the daughter of Claude and Eva (Stone) Osbourn. She was raised in Randolph and graduated from Randolph High School in 1953. She played softball and basketball,...

Lawrence J. Andersen

Lawrence J. Andersen

Feb 27, 2015

Lawrence J. Andersen, age 85 of Randolph, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on November 21, 1929 the son of Wiggo and Frances (Lyons) Andersen. Lawrence grew up in Kansas, but worked for Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois for 45 years. He served in the U.S Army and Navy. He...

Jeanette Alstatt

Jeanette Alstatt

Feb 20, 2015

Jeanette Alstatt, age 93 of Manhattan, a former resident of Riley, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan. She was born on September 11, 1921 in Oakland, Nebraska, the daughter of Carl E. and Esther Helen (Nyquist) Anderson. She got a teaching certificate from Midland College in Fremont, Nebraska and a Bachelor’s degree from...

Joe Ellis

Joe Ellis

Feb 17, 2015

Joe Ellis, age 82, of Leonardville, Kansas and formerly of Manhattan, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on June 22, 1932 in Seligman, Missouri to Jeff and Mary Ellen Ellis. On May 7, 1950 he married his high school sweetheart, Ina Marie. She survives of the home....

M. Dean Goff

M. Dean Goff

Feb 17, 2015

M. Dean Goff, 87, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House, from complications of cancer. Dean was born on September 6, 1927 in Manhattan, the first son of Marvin Albert and Edith Elsie (Russell) Goff. The Goff’s were dairy farmers and life-long residents of Keats, Kansas. Dean worked alongside his parents on...

Steve Hoard

Steve Hoard

Feb 9, 2015

Steven Charles Hoard, age 46 of Randolph, passed away at his home on Monday, February 9, 2015. He was born on February 14, 1968 in Concordia, Kansas, the son of Dennis Charles and Carolyn Mae (Begnoche) Hoard. On February 12, 2000 at the Sedalia Community Church, he was married to Karla Kaye Keener. She survives of the home. Steve was...

Don K. Appleton

Don K. Appleton

Feb 5, 2015

Don K. Appleton, age 78 of Green, Kansas passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center. He was born on February 7, 1936 in Green, Kansas, the son of Charles H. and Lula A. (Whitaker) Appleton. On October 12, 1967, he was married to Dreda Lister Sterrett in Green at his mother’s house....

Marvin W. McClain

Marvin W. McClain

Feb 2, 2015

Marvin Wesley McClain, age 80 of Olsburg, Kansas passed away Monday, February 2, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on October 14, 1934, in Junction City, Kansas, the son of Ray W. and Alice Eleanor (Sautter) McClain and graduated from Junction City High School. On October 3, 1954 in Norton, Kansas, he was married...

Joyce Marie Christensen

Joyce Marie Christensen

Jan 30, 2015

Joyce Marie Christensen, age 74 of Leonardville, Kansas passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on October 25, 1940, in Fenwick, Michigan, the daughter of William C. and Marjorie Grace (Frost) Loper. On August 30, 1959 at Bridal Cave in Camdenton, Missouri, she was married to Jimmie L. Christensen. He survives of the...

Harold Bierbaum

Harold Bierbaum

Jan 20, 2015

Harold Bierbaum, age 93 of Barnes, Kansas passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the Linn Community Nursing Home. He was born on December 27, 1921 on the family farm at Barnes, Kansas, the son of George and Amelia (Hadde) Bierbaum. He was a lifetime farmer in the Barnes community. He also served in the occupation troops for the U.S....

Edward Fosha

Edward Fosha

Jan 17, 2015

Edward Lind Fosha, age 85 of Leonardville, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at the Mercy Regional Health Center. He was born on November 19, 1929 at the family farm north of Riley, the son of Edward Fred and Maline (Lind) Fosha. On November 21, 1954 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Clay Center, he was married to Doris...

Marjorie Faye Whearty

Marjorie Faye Whearty

Jan 17, 2015

Marjorie Faye Whearty, age 88 of Randolph, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 17, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on April 21, 1926 at Randolph, the daughter of August Henry and Lena Kathleena (Wohler) Klocke. She graduated from Barnes High School. On June 18, 1954 she was married to William Whearty. He survives of the home. Marjorie...