Obituaries
Lester D. Brychta
Feb 9, 2019
Lester D. Brychta, age 86, of Barnes, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at Hanover Hospital in Hanover.
Lester was born May 13, 1932, on the family farm south of Waterville to Albert and Bessie C. (Osner) Brychta.
He married Ila Mae (Eaton) Brun on August 5, 1979 at Washington.
Lester was fond of saying that when he...
Dana Thowe
Feb 7, 2019
Dana Michelle Thowe, age 51 of Topeka, died Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Topeka.
She was born on January 22, 1968 in El Dorado, the daughter of Robert Lee and Nadine Carol (Beck) Thowe. She graduated from Manhattan High School.
Dana was an artisan. She enjoyed making jewelry and arranging flowers. In her early years, she was a part of the Sharon...
Maxine R. Lister
Feb 6, 2019
Maxine R. Lister, age 80, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville.
Maxine was born at Herkimer on September 3, 1938, to Alfred C. and Ramona K. (Wasserman) Pralle. She attended high school at Marysville.
On January 6, 1956, she married Burton O. Lister. They remained together for seventeen years. In 1984 she found...
Phyllis Wickstrum
Jan 29, 2019
Phyllis Arlene Wickstrum, age 94 of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan.
She was born on the family farm around Leonardville on December 24, 1924, the daughter of Elmer and Edna (Moon) Anderson. She graduated from Leonardville High School.
On March 15, 1943 she was married to Lloyd Ervin Wickstrum. He preceded her...
Steven Wege
Jan 19, 2019
Steven D. Wege, age 64 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 at his residence.
He was born on November 17, 1954 in Manhattan, the son of August Frederick and Daisy Iola (Tilton) Wege.
Steve worked in construction doing many things including painting. He loved to fish, ride motorcycles and music, where he played guitar in a local band during his...
Louise Barrett
Jan 4, 2019
Louise F. Barrett, age 89 of Riley, passed away Friday, January 4, 2019 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
She was born on February 2, 1929 in Corning, the daughter of Neil Claude and Florence Irene (Moyer) Kemplay.
On April 6, 1947 in Hiawatha, she was married to George Miller Barrett. He preceded her in death in 2005.
Louise was an LPN at Memorial...
Ruth E. Hohman
Jan 1, 2019
Ruth Elaine (DeWyke) Hohman, age 96 of Randolph, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House.
She was born on February 1, 1922 on the family farm west of Randolph, the daughter of Bruce and Lillian (Vogelsang) DeWyke. She attended the Heller country school and graduated from Randolph Rural High School in 1939.
On April 26,...
Calvin J. King
Dec 31, 2018
Calvin J. King, age 92, of Beatrice, Nebraska, passed away on December 31, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Home in Beatrice, Nebraska.
Calvin was born June 9, 1926, on a farm three and a half miles southwest of Waterville, Kansas, in Marshall County to Grace L. (Roepke) and John T. King. He graduated from Waterville High School in 1944. Soon after...
Shirley Mackender
Dec 24, 2018
Shirley Sue Mackender, age 89 of Clay Center, passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center.
She was born on July 18, 1929 in Clay Center, the daughter of Ellsworth and Susie (Randall) Tiers. Her mother died when she was a baby and she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Della and Plumer Mack.
On July 6,...
Rita 'Suni" Wesche
Dec 24, 2018
Rita 'Suni" Wesche, age 74, of Waterville, passed away on December 24, 2018, at her home after a short illness.
Suni was born October 10, 1944, at Mineral Wells, Texas, to Francis C. and Jewell E. (Virdel) Smith.
She married Alan E. Wesche on September 24, 1981, at Bishopville, Maryland.
Suni had worked as a Dip Tank Operator, coating motor...
Evelyn Carmaleita Woody
Dec 24, 2018
Evelyn Carmaleita Woody, age 87, passed from this world December 24, 2018.
She was born in Malden, Missouri on March 29, 1931, to Hubert and Cleo Blake.
Carmaleita married A.A. Woody March 10, 1951, and together they had six children: Douglas, Carmella, Martha, Sarah, Timothy, and Matthew.
Carmaleita was a homemaker and full time mother as well as helping Woody...
Christine M. Livingston
Dec 21, 2018
Christine M. Livingston, age 80, of Greenleaf, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2018, at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Christine was born August 15, 1938, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Helge E. and Esther E. (Anderson) Pearson.
She married Kenneth L. Livingston on September 9, 1978, at Phelan, California. He passed away in 2012.
After receiving her Bachelors...
Barbara Hanson
Dec 19, 2018
Barbara LaVerna Hanson, age 91, formerly of Randolph, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids, KS.
She was born on the family farm in the Rose Hill community, north of Randolph on March 13, 1927, the daughter of Oscar and Amanda (Bary) Linder. She graduated from Olsburg High School in 1944.
She was married to...
Ron Walter
Dec 16, 2018
Ron Martin Walter, age 60, passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at his residence in Manhattan, Kansas.
Ron was born on December 19, 1957 in Junction City, Kansas to Warren Lyle Walter and Bonita Jean (Gravenstein) Walter. He was raised on the family farm in Riley, Kansas along with his siblings and graduated from Riley County High School in 1976.
Upon...
Kenneth E. "Gene" Cooney, Jr.
Dec 10, 2018
Kenneth E. "Gene" Cooney, Jr. age 67, of Blue Rapids, passed away at Bryan Medical Center, West, in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Monday, December 10, 2018.Gene was born on June 6, 1951, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Mary I. (Hildenbrand) and Kenneth E. Cooney, Sr. He married Susan “Sue” K. Lawrence in 1978 at Pomona, California.He was a carpet layer, he thought...
Roland E. Sperry
Dec 6, 2018
Roland E. Sperry, age 75, of Belle Vista Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018.
He was born in Blue Rapids, KS on Oct. 21, 1943 to the late Glen and Erna Sperry.
Roland graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1961 and then from Kansas State University. He went on to work as a financial manager for Amoco...
Isabella Plemons
Dec 5, 2018
Isabella “Bella” Capri Plemons, age 9 of Riley, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
She was born on June 15, 2009 in Yuma, Arizona.
Bella was a third grader at Riley County Grade School who loved dancing, singing and fashion. She was an outgoing and loving child and enjoyed gymnastics and cheer. She loved being...
Bradley J. "Brad" Worthington
Dec 3, 2018
Bradley J. "Brad" Worthington, age 60, of Waterville, passed away at his home on Monday, December 3, 2018.
Brad was born October 9, 1958, in Enid, Oklahoma to Richard and Dorothy (Hawkinson) Worthington. He was raised by his maternal grandparents Constance and Oliver Hawkinson. Brad graduated from Valley Heights High School in 1977.
He started working for the Union Pacific...
Phyllis E. Livers
Dec 3, 2018
Phyllis E. Livers, 86 of Normal, IL passed away at 9:06 AM, on Monday December 3, 2018 at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, after suffering an unexpected heart attack.
Phyllis was born March 24, 1932 in Waterville, Kansas to G. Howard and Mildred Geneva Ricard Taplin.
She married the love of her life David L. Livers May 20, 1951 in...
Wilma R. Watters
Nov 30, 2018
Wilma R. Watters, age 88, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018, at the Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Wilma was born October 13, 1930, to Charles W. and Alice B. (Burd) Crowder at Seward, Nebraska. She graduated from Blue Rapids High School in 1948.
She married John R. Watters on August 25, 1949, at...
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