Obituaries
Lisa Stevenson
Dec 8, 2024
Lisa Lynn Stevenson, age 53, formerly of Waterville, passed away December 8, 2024.
She was born on January 13, 1971, in Marysville. She graduated from Marysville High School and Manhattan Area Technical College with a Nursing Degree.
Lisa was a very compassionate, nurturing person, which made her an excellent registered nurse at Smoky Hill Health and Rehabilitation. Her personality and light-heartedness were...
Janice (Hohman) Pfeifer
Dec 7, 2024
Janice Marie (Hohman) Pfeifer, age 82 of Topeka, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2024.
She was born on March 24, 1942, in Waterville, the daughter of Floyd Russell and Ruth Vernelle (Anderson) Hohman. She graduated from Riley County High School in 1960.
She married Fred Rightmeier on June 4, 1961, and they had four children: Dawn, Jon, Eric and Erin. They later...
Barbara Coleman
Nov 27, 2024
Barbara Lynne (Simon) Coleman, age 78 of Clay Center, died Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on July 13, 1946, in Manhattan, the daughter of Lynn and Pearl Simon.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Eugene Coleman; her parents; her grandparents; a brother, and other relatives.
She is survived by her daughter, Melissa...
A.G. McLean
Nov 24, 2024
A.G. McLean IV, age 61 of Fostoria, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2024.
He was born on March 10, 1963, in Manhattan, the son of Amery Gale, III and Rita Gaye (Adams) McLean. He graduated from Blue Valley High School and NCK Tech in Farm Mechanics.
On March 19, 1994, in Riley, he married Dana Danelle VanSickle.
A.G.’s first love was farming. He...
Steven Weis
Nov 19, 2024
Steven Kent Weis, age 58 of Wamego, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan.
He was born on January 5, 1966, in Junction City, the son of Lawrence Eugene and Gwendolyn Elaine (Witcher) McCurry. He graduated from Riley County High School in 1984. He participated in all sports in middle school and high school...
Dorothy Lindquist
Nov 17, 2024
Dorothy J. Lindquist, age 97, of Waterville, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Hanover Hospital Nursing Home.
Dorothy was born April 27, 1927, in Barnes, to Ernest and Nancy (Bolejack) Clark. She attended Banner School, then Barnes High School, graduating in 1945. Dorothy went on to graduate from Kansas State University with a BSN degree in Elementary Education. Dorothy...
Beverly Miller
Nov 14, 2024
Beverly Joyce Miller, age 85, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at Foundation Park with her children by her side.
Born on November 23, 1938, in Junction City, Kansas, to Albert and Louise (Dahlstrom) Puck, Bev grew up in the Wakefield and Milford communities. She graduated from Milford High School and Brown Mackie...
Donnie "Don" Wilkinson
Nov 10, 2024
Donnie “Don” Ray Wilkinson, age 72, of Hanover, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.
Donnie “Don” Ray Wilkinson was born June 4, 1952 in Marysville, Kansas to Carolyn L. (Ware) Wilkinson and Donald W. Wilkinson of Hanover, Kansas.
Don lost his mother Carolyn when he was five years old. His grandparents Ray and...
Arlo Richter
Nov 10, 2024
Arlo D. Richter, age 93, of Barnes, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington.
Arlo was born April 16, 1931, on the family farm north of Green, to Alvin H. and Bertha M. (Steenbock) Richter. He graduated from Barnes High School in 1949. He was a farmer and a stockman working on the family...
Bob Bishop
Nov 9, 2024
Robert John “Bob” Bishop, age 60 of Manhattan, died November 9, 2024, while vacationing in El Salvador.
He was born on December 19, 1963, in Elgin, Illinois, the son of Derry and Elaine Bishop. In 1969, they moved to Oberlin, Kansas, where he grew up along with his three siblings, and attended Decatur County High School.
In 1988, he moved to Manhattan,...
Lorraine Oman
Nov 4, 2024
Lorraine Grace Oman, age 92 of Leonardville, passed away Monday, November 4, 2024, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
She was born on June 20, 1932, on the family farm near Stockdale, the daughter of Leonard and Virgie (Busher) Walstrom. She graduated from Leonardville Rural High School.
She married Loren D. Oman on December 2, 1951, at the Walsburg Lutheran Church. He preceded...
Sharon Steenson
Oct 28, 2024
Sharon K. Steenson, age 83, of Waterville, passed away surrounded by family on Monday, October 28, 2024, at Community Memorial Health Care in Marysville.
Sharon was born on July 6, 1941, in Oketo, to Casper E. and Grace (Sperry) Burger. She graduated from Waterville High School in 1959. On September 3, 1960, she married Melvin J. Steenson at the Methodist Church...
Bonnie Hanson
Oct 21, 2024
Bonnie Jean Hanson, age 83, passed away Monday, October 21, 2024, at the Baldwin Healthcare and Rehab Center in Baldwin City.
She was born on January 28, 1941, in Salina, the daughter of Willard and Fern (Miller) Burkman.
On June 1, 1958, in Salem, Missouri, she married Kenneth Leroy Hanson. He preceded her in death in 2022.
Bonnie was a homemaker who loved...
Bobby Bulk
Oct 20, 2024
Bobby Carl Bulk, age 85, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2024, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
He was born on October 25, 1938, in Cleburne, the son of Carl Lavern and Naomia Mable (Gassert) Bulk.
On July 12, 1959, he married Sherrie Ann Rundle in Bala. She preceded him in death in 2020.
Bobby drove a propane truck for Farmer’s Union COOP and...
Sherilyn Barnes
Oct 20, 2024
Sherilyn Marcelle Barnes, age 83, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at Wellsprings of Westmoreland.
She was born on November 30, 1940, in Barnes, Kansas to Virgil and Lila (Goodman) Specht. She graduated from Barnes High School and Crum’s Beauty College in 1959.
She married Warren Harper on December 22, 1963. They had one son, Brent Harper, and later divorced in...
Raymond Hass
Oct 19, 2024
Raymond Paul Hass, of Blue Rapids, died October 19, 2024 at Community Memorial Healthcare. Ray was born January 5, 1945 in Jamestown, North Dakota, to Paul and Tillie (Stroh) Hass.
He is survived by his wife Susan (Musil) of the home, daughters Kimberly Deurwaarder (Dan) of Battle Ground, Washington, and Mandi Hass (Jeff) of Napa, California. He had two grandchildren Jacob...
Valerie Wickstrum
Oct 9, 2024
Valerie Lynne Wickstrum, age 78 of Leonardville, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Topeka.
She was born on December 4, 1945, in Bogue, Kansas, the daughter of Rollie and Dorthy (Berry) Keener. She graduated from Riley County High School in 1964 and never missed a class reunion until her health...
Rosemarie Gurney
Oct 7, 2024
Rosemarie Gurney, age 91 of Clay Center, died Monday, October 7, 2024, at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center.
She was born on December 2, 1932, the daughter of Dexter and Hazel (Crout) Weir in Clay Center. She graduated from CCCHS in 1950.
She married Clarence (Chuck) Gurney on June 3, 1951, in Clay Center.
Rosemarie had advance schooling in Manhattan...
Harold Johnson
Oct 4, 2024
Harold Herman Johnson, age 95, passed away Friday, October 4, 2024, at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
He was born on June 25, 1929, at the family farm between Riley and Leonardville, the son of Garrett and Effie Johnson. He served in the U.S. Army for two years and spent eighteen months in Germany.
He married Dorothy Jean Morris on October 2, 1959,...
Carrol Whisnant
Oct 2, 2024
Carrol James Whisnant, Jr. of Manhattan, Kansas, died on October 2, 2024, at the age of 93. The youngest child and only son of Alda Sarah (Conrow) and Carrol James Whisnant, Sr. Jim or “Whiz,” as his friends called him and Junior as he was known by his family, was born in Manhattan, Kansas on March 9, 1931.
Jim attended Kansas...
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