Obituaries
Don Hohman
Feb 20, 2024
Don Ray Hohman, age 85 of Green, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the Wakefield Care and Rehab Center.
He was born on December 26, 1938, in Randolph, the son of Floyd Russell and Ruth Vernelle (Anderson) Hohman. He graduated from Randolph High School and then served in the United States Army.
On August 7, 1960, he married Marcine Fern Stienbruck....
Hosea Harkness
Feb 19, 2024
Hosea Snyder Harkness passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024, at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on March 11, 1933 in Clay Center, Kansas, to Charles A. and Alice Harkness. Hosea grew up on the family farm near Greenleaf, Kansas, and graduated from Greenleaf High School in 1951.
Hosea attended Kansas State University for two years before entering...
Kevin Robel
Feb 18, 2024
Kevin Ray Robel, age 52 of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
He was born on February 18, 1972, in Manhattan, the son of Raydon and Barbara (Swinney) Robel. He graduated from Riley County High School and Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design.
Kevin was a design perfectionist...
Benjamin Berger
Feb 17, 2024
Benjamin Berger, age 43, of Barnes, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024.
Ben was born May 8, 1980, in Manhattan to Delvin L. and Elaine J. (Blaske) Berger. He graduated from Valley Heights High School in 1998. He was married to Holly D. Behrens on April 28, 2012, in Marysville.
Ben worked as a Conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad, and...
Betty Fritz
Feb 17, 2024
Betty Marie Fritz, age 97 of Leonardville, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
She was born on September 8, 1926, on the family farm near Green, the daughter of William and Antonia (Biegert) Friederich.
On June 24, 1947, she married Charles Nanninga. They had five children: Charlotte, Kathy, Don, Ron, and Carroll. He preceded her in death...
Terry Baker
Feb 16, 2024
Terry Brew Baker, age 77, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2024, at his home in Blue Rapids.
Terry was born on January 21, 1947 in Marysville, KS to Betty Ruth (Jewell) Walsh and R.J. Baker. His dad was Wayne Talbot and his stepfather was Bob Walsh. He graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1965, then...
Eileen Hageman
Feb 10, 2024
Eileen Wilma Hageman, age 96, of Riley, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, KS surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born April 6, 1927, on the family farm near Leonardville, the daughter of Lucas D. and Lena J. (Potts) Buss. She graduated from Leonardville Rural High School in 1945 and taught in...
Dean Richard
Feb 6, 2024
Raymond Dean Richard, age 84, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2024, at Community Memorial Hospital, Marysville. Dean was born in Concordia, Kansas, to Frances (Snyder) Richard and Raymond Richard on June 22, 1939.
After attending Concordia public schools, Dean joined the United States Navy where he served as a radio operator on various Navy cruisers and could still tap out...
Daniel Woellhof
Feb 4, 2024
Daniel Oren Woellhof, age 69 of Lakin, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2024, at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
He was born on June 30, 1954, in Clay Center, the son of Oren Lynn and Arlene (Weller) Woellhof.
Dan grew up in Clay Center and attended Clay Center Community High School and later earned a Master's degree from Pittsburg...
Tom Nichols
Jan 28, 2024
Thomas William “Tom” Nichols, age 86 of Leonardville, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2024, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
He was born on April 26, 1937, the son of Ross Eugene and Evelyn Ann (Wertzburger) Nichols.
On November 9, 1957, he married Sylda Ann Randall in Wamego, Kansas.
Tom worked at KP&L as a gas service foreman for 37 years. After retirement, he...
Kerry Christensen
Jan 27, 2024
Kerry Lee Christensen, age 69 of Clay Center, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2024, at his home.
He was born on June 20, 1954, in Clay Center, the son of Robert Leon and Evelyn Ruth (Johnson) Christensen.
On October 8, 1977, he married Alice JoAnn Hannan at the Clay Center United Methodist Church.
Kerry was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He devoted...
Doris Bishop
Jan 26, 2024
Doris Bishop, age 90, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2024, at Community Memorial Heath Care in Marysville.
Doris was born December 4, 1933, on the family farm southwest of Waterville. She is the daughter of Henry E. and Florence M. (Rosebaugh) Gordon. She married Donald E. Bishop in 1950, he passed away in 1987.
She worked for...
Ray Lykins
Jan 26, 2024
Ray Richard Lykins, age 76 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, January 26, 2024, at the Advena Living Center of Clay Center.
He was born on April 23, 1947, in Clay Center, the son of Lynden Leroy and Edna Margaret (Riechers) Lykins. He graduated from Blue Valley Rural High School at Randolph with the class of 1965. Ray was...
Francis Sweeney Megenity
Jan 17, 2024
Francis “Sweeney” Megenity, age 93, of Barnes, passed away at Blue Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Blue Rapids on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.
Sweeney was born October 3, 1930 to Carl Bernard and Zelma (Jackson) Megenity. Sweeney was born in the home of his Megenity grandparents in Effingham, KS. The family lived in Effingham until 1942, when Sweeney was 12...
Nancy Bohnenblust
Jan 16, 2024
Nancy Lee Bohnenblust, age 86 of Riley, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at her home.
She was born on April 4, 1937, in Jewell, Kansas, the daughter of LeRoy and Hazel (Owen) Foulke. She grew up on her parents' farm north of Jewell and was a 1955 graduate of Jewell High School. She then attended college at Brown Mackie...
Leora Simnitt
Jan 13, 2024
Leora Jean Simnitt, age 94 of Green, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center.
She was born on December 2, 1929, in Clay Center, the daughter of Clinton and Leottia (Sanneman) Gridley.
On May 7, 1950, she married Myron Leroy Simnitt at her parent’s farm outside of Green. He preceded her in death in 2017.
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Kermit Sundgren
Jan 13, 2024
Kermit Edward Sundgren, age 90 of Leonardville, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
He was born on May 20, 1933, in the Fancy Creek Township in northern Riley County, the son of Alfred Edward and Emma Adina (Carlson) Sundgren.
On July 22, 1956, he married Jessie Carroll at the Walsburg Lutheran Church.
Kermit was a...
Ella Oentrich
Jan 12, 2024
Ella Faye Oentrich, age 66, of Barnes, passed away at her home on Friday, January 12, 2024.
Ella was born November 9, 1957, at Washington County Hospital to Marvin L. and Verna J. (Henry) Oentrich. She graduated from Linn High School in 1975. Her education continued at Cloud County Community College where she was a member of the women’s...
Shirley Jensen
Jan 11, 2024
Shirley Lee Jensen, 89, of Waterville, Kansas passed away at Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice in Manhattan on January 11, 2024, after her battle with cancer.
Shirley was born in Concord, Massachusetts to William A. and Helen Lee Wilkie, June 20, 1934. She graduated from Concord High School, Concord, MA in 1952 and later from Chandler School for Women in Boston....
Trudy L. Rieth
Dec 30, 2023
Trudy L. Rieth, age 71, of Washington, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington.
Trudy was born August 6, 1952, in Washington, to Fred and Edna (Bennett) Perkins. She graduated from Washington High School in 1970, then from Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina in 1972. She married Arnold Rieth on...
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