Obituaries

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...

Myron Peters

Myron Peters

Jan 14, 2015

Myron B. “Pete” Peters, age 65 of Morganville, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at his home. He was born on April 19, 1949 in Pennsylvania, the son of Frank and Amy Peters. Pete was a truck driver who enjoyed going on coast to coast hauls. He was in the U.S. Navy and then the Army and served two...

John William Machin

John William Machin

Jan 10, 2015

John William Machin III, age 74, of Riley, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at his home. He was born on January 6, 1941 in Wamego, Kansas, the son of John William Machin, Jr. and Ruth Elizabeth (Burgess) Machin. On April 13, 1963 he was united in marriage to Janice Grater. She survives of the home. He was a...

Connie J. Zimmer

Connie J. Zimmer

Jan 8, 2015

Connie Joan Zimmer, age 83, of Springfield, Missouri and formerly of Waterville, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. On April 28, 1931 an angel came to earth. Connie Joan Sutherland was born in Aurora, Nebraska to the proud parents of Connie Hale Sutherland, her father after whom she was named, and her mother...

Sadie R. Fraschilla

Sadie R. Fraschilla

Dec 19, 2014

Sadie Rosaria Fraschilla, age 85 of Riley, passed away Friday, December 19, 2014 at her residence. She was born on November 7, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Nunzio and Jennie Cannizzaro. She was married to Guiseppe “Joe” Fraschilla on July 11, 1953 at St. Finbar Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York. He preceded her in death...

Maxine Faye Enoch

Maxine Faye Enoch

Dec 15, 2014

Maxine Faye Enoch, age 95 of Manhattan, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on July 2, 1919 at the Mayday Township in northern Riley County, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Hamilton and Verna (Nelson) Inman. She graduated from Manhattan High School. On November 30, 1941, she was married to Mark Enoch. He...

Charles Edward Meyer

Charles Edward Meyer

Dec 15, 2014

Charles Edward Meyer, age 91, passed away at his home in Manhattan on December 15, 2014. Charlie was born on June 1, 1923 in Leonardville, the eighth of nine children and son of Charles and Minnie (Nelson) Meyer. He spent his formative years in Leonardville and graduated from high school there in 1942. He served in the United States Navy...

Robert C. Buchanan

Robert C. Buchanan

Dec 10, 2014

Robert C. Buchanan, age 83 of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was born on June 20, 1931 in Manhattan, the son of Claude L. and Letta Mae (Caleson) Buchanan. He graduated from Manhattan High School in 1949. He joined the U.S. Air Force after high school and was proud that he...