Obituaries
Vance Richter
Dec 30, 2016
Vance Richter, age 84 of Green, passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on the family farm at rural Mayday on October 28, 1932, the son of Elmer Lawrence and Gladys Dorothy (Anderson) Richter. He graduated from Green High School in 1950. On October 12, 1956 he was married to Andrea...
Eric D. Johnson
Dec 23, 2016
Eric D. Johnson, age 47 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, December 23, 2016 at his residence. He was born on January 28, 1969 in Clay Center, the son of Leo and Virginia (Corman) Johnson. He graduated from Clay County High School in 1987 and completed his studies in auto mechanics in 1988 at Beloit Vo-Tech. He worked for Norm...
Barbara L. Byarlay
Dec 22, 2016
Barbara Byarlay, age 85 of Randolph, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on October 25, 1931, the daughter of LeRoy and Mae (Dudley) Hagenmaier. She graduated from Randolph High School in 1949. On May 25, 1953 at the St. John Lutheran Church in Winkler, she was married to Philip Stanley Byarlay. He...
Harold Lee Ray
Dec 7, 2016
Harold Lee Ray, age 76 of Riley, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on October 26, 1940 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the son of Fred and Hattie Lee Ray. On December 31, 1978 in Bel Air, Maryland, he was married to Linda Sue Hutton. She survives of the home. Harold served...
Carol Louise Uhlenhop
Dec 7, 2016
Carol Louise Uhlenhop, age 88 of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at the Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on December 26, 1927 in Bala, Kansas, the daughter of John W. and Minnie B. (Weller) Uhlenhop. She graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor’s degree and the University of Iowa with a Master’s degree....
Andries Slinger, Jr.
Dec 6, 2016
Andries Slinger, Jr., age 82 of Clay Center, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at the Clay County Medical Center. He was born on September 14, 1934 in Amsterdam, Holland, the son of Andries, Jr. and Rijniera Josina (Vanonzen) Slinger. His mother died when he was young and he was raised by his father and step mom, Maartje Visser Slinger....
Martin Alfred Parrott
Dec 3, 2016
Martin Parrott, age 76 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan.
He was born on July 26, 1940 in Guthrie Center, Iowa, the son of Gerald Wayne and Beulah Irene (Christensen) Parrott. Martin lived in Guthrie County the first 13 years of his life. The family moved to Denver, Colorado in 1953. Martin...
William "Bill" Reuben Peterson
Nov 29, 2016
William “Bill” Reuben Peterson, age 84 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on September 20, 1932 at home in Randolph, the son of Carl Reuben and Mary Louise (Allen) Peterson. He graduated from Leonardville High School and then joined the U.S. Navy in 1951. On April 12, 1953 at the...
Roger B. Carlson
Nov 27, 2016
Roger B. Carlson, age 82, of Wichita, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Fountainview Nursing Home in Rose Hill surrounded by family. He was born on March 2, 1934 in Randolph, the son of Elwin and Frances (Isaacson) Carlson. He was in ROTC in high school and joined the Army in 1957. After serving in the Army he graduated...
Margaret C. Turner
Oct 26, 2016
Margaret Cassina Turner, age 94 of Junction City, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at the Geary Community Hospital in Junction City. She was born on December 11, 1921 in Pretty Prairie, the daughter of Edgar John and Mary Agnes (Patton) Seyb. On March 24, 1956, she was married to William Leonard Turner, who preceded her in death in 2009. Margaret...
Elvie Marie Hageman
Oct 26, 2016
Elvie Marie Hageman, age 88 of Leonardville, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on January 3, 1928, in Palmer, the daughter of Wilhelm Fredrich Emil and Sophie Susanna (Tewes) Meier. She was baptized at home soon after her birth. She attended St. John’s Lutheran School for 8 years and was confirmed at...
Donald Everett Norris
Oct 20, 2016
Donald Everett Norris, age 92 of Riley, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on May 16, 1924 in Riley, the son of Edgar A. and Esther Mae (Heikes) Norris and graduated from Riley Rural High School in 1942. On May 20, 1948 in Manhattan, he was married to Lois Irene...
Marjorie Ann Anderson
Oct 17, 2016
Marjorie Ann Anderson, age 92 of Waterville, passed away Monday, October 17, 2016 at the Blue Valley Nursing Home in Blue Rapids. She was born on October 12, 1924 in Randolph, the daughter of August Edward and Nellie Bertha (Johnsmeyer) Richter. She graduated from Randolph High School in 1942. On March 1, 1945 in Randolph, she was married to Leonard...
Danny LaVerne Christensen
Oct 14, 2016
Danny LaVerne Christensen, age 53 of Leonardville, passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 at his home. He was born on January 13, 1963 in Frankfurt, Germany, the son of Jimmie LaVerne and Joyce Marie (Loper) Christensen Danny was a truck driver for United Moving Company for over 20 years. He enjoyed listening to music, watching movies and hunting. He is...
Ronald L. Sweany
Sep 29, 2016
Ronald L. Sweany, 86, of Topeka, died Thursday, September 29, 2016. He was born September 28, 1930, in Green, Kansas, the son of Walter and Myrtle (Rickson) Sweany. He graduated from Green Rural High School and was a U.S. Navy veteran serving during the Korean War. He retired from Goodyear after 37 years of service. He was a member of...
Harlen James Hageman
Sep 28, 2016
Harlen James Hageman, age 88 of Leonardville, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on October 28, 1927 on a farm northeast of Fairview Church, the son of Henry John and Hattie Lydia (Arents) Hageman. On August 20, 1950, he was married to Fern Elaine Bammes at the Leonardville EUB Church. She...
Dolan Paul Rundquist
Sep 26, 2016
Dolan Paul Rundquist, age 87 of Leonardville, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at his residence. He was born on December 13, 1928 in Green, the son of Enock LeMontyGue and Maude Ellen (Wickstrum) Rundquist and graduated from Clay Center High School in 1947. He then graduated from North Park Junior College in Chicago in 1951 and Bethany College in...
Edwin Eugene "Gene" Anderes
Sep 21, 2016
Edwin Eugene “Gene” Anderes, age 67 of Salina, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
He was born on July 8, 1949 in Abilene, the son of Edwin Paul and Jennie Ruth (Rediker) Anderes. He graduated from Chapman High School in 1967.
On November 4, 1972 in Wakeeney, he was married to Margaret Ann Scott. They...
Lloyd Johnson
Sep 21, 2016
Lloyd Oscar Johnson, age 79 of Riley, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at his residence. He was born on December 21, 1936 in Junction City Municipal Hospital, the son of Oscar and Martha (Strauss) Johnson. He was baptized in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Clarks Creek on January 17, 1937 and joined that church on April 2, 1950. He later...
Delores Gene Gillespie
Sep 17, 2016
Delores Gene Gillespie, age 93, of Pacific Junction, IA, died September 17, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. She was born June 17, 1923, in Randolph, the daughter of Oscar and Anna (Daniels) Burgman. She married Clyde Leroy Gillespie on February 6, 1943 in Manhattan after knowing each other for three days. They were blessed with five...