Obituaries

Sep 18, 2012

Lois E. Sylvester, age 86, of Clay Center, Kansas, a former resident of Riley, Kansas, died Monday, September 17, 2012, at Medicalodge of Clay Center, Kansas. She was born March 24, 1926, the youngest of nine children, on the family farm east of Riley, Kansas, the daughter of Zephry and Lois (Meek) Noland. She grew up in Riley and Nemaha...

Sep 13, 2012

Darryl Isaacson was born May 13, 1958 at Marysville, Kansas and departed at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas on September 13, 2012. His early years were spent in Cleburne, Kansas. He and his mother, Loretta Isaacson, moved to Lincoln Street in Manhattan, staying with Lorettas’ sister and husband, Virginia and Donald Vathauer. Darryl attended Manhattan schools....

Sep 9, 2012

Jeffrey J. Fronce, age 52, of Manhattan, Kansas, died on Sunday, September 9, 2012, at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, with his family at his side. He had lived the last year at Meadowlark Hills Stolzer House. He was born on April 26, 1960, in Manhattan, the son of Larry and Darlene (West) Fronce. He attended Manhattan schools...

Sep 6, 2012

Karl L. Williams, age 54, of Olsburg, Kansas, died on Thursday, September 6, 2012, at his home in Olsburg. He was born on May 6, 1958, at Niagara Falls, New York, the son of Lee and Joann Williams. He attended Riley County and Blue Valley USD #384 schools. Karl graduated from Blue Valley High School with the Class of 1976....

Aug 24, 2012

Robert F. Hannan, age 85, of Riley, Kansas, died at his home on Friday, August 24, 2012. He was born June 22, 1927, on his grandfathers farm near Ogden, the son of William and Edna (Thorpe) Hannan. He married Bonnie McClenahan on May 13, 1951 at Clay Center, Kansas. She preceded him in death on August 2, 2001. Robert was...

Aug 18, 2012

Kenneth Edwin Peter,age 95, of Randolph, Kansas, passed away peacefully at the Leonardville Nursing Home on Saturday, August 18, 2012. He was born April 13, 1917, on the family farm near Randolph, the son of Edwin and Helen Inskeep Peter. He attended Heller School and later graduated from Randolph High School with the Class of 1935. He married Maxine Hagenmaier...

Aug 7, 2012

Vincent E. Alstatt, 89, of Manhattan, Kansas, a former resident of Riley, Kansas, died Tuesday August 7th, 2012 at Meadowlark Hills Nursing Home. He was born May 4, 1923 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin the first child of the Reverend Eben John and Elsie Alfreda Olson Alstatt. He attended schools in McPherson and Lindsborg. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1941....

Aug 2, 2012

Fern Florence Berggren, age 88, of Leonardville, Kansas, died Thursday, August 2, 2012, at The Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born December 19, 1923, at Randolph, Kansas, the daughter of William and Martha (Weber) Hagenmaier. She was a devoted homemaker and was a longtime member of the Walsburg Lutheran Church. She was married June 15, 1947,...

Aug 2, 2012

James T. Cook, age 97, of Clay Center, Kansas, died Thursday, August 2, 2012, at his home in Clay Center. He was born May 22, 1915, at Robinson, Kansas, the son of Thomas and Iva (Wiggins) Cook. He was a auto mechanic and had worked for Mattingly Motors and Primrose Ford Company before retiring in 1987. He was a member...

Jul 16, 2012

Marjorie Gebhardt Clark, age 97, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a former resident of Junction City, Kansas, passed away peacefully Monday, July 16, 2012, at the Terrace at St. Francis in Milwaukee, Wisconson. She was born March 13, 1915, at Green, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Emma (Alexander) Gebhardt. She graduated from the Green High School in 1933. After graduating from...

Memorial services for Ford Williams and Margaret Joan Williams will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Larson officiating.  Inurnment with Military Honors for Ford will be in the Bala Cemetery.

Margaret Joan Williams died on March 31, 2016 and Ford Carl Williams died on May 6, 2018.

They were married on...

Elsie Irene Anne Schurle, beloved daughter of Jeffrey Alan and Kristin Marie (Nichols) Schurle, was born sleeping on October 3, 2020. She is survived by her parents, Jeff and Kristi Schurle of Manhattan: her siblings, Cody Schurle, Allie Schurle, Tanner Schurle and Logan Schurle: her grandparents, Stan and Betty Schurle of Manhattan and Wayne and Karen Nichols of Manhattan: aunts...

Micheal Webb, age 32 of Riley, passed away in Maryland.

He was born on February 6, 1987 in Clay Center, the son of Joe Bob and Alice Irene (Bolek) Webb. Micheal was an electrician for LRI Energy Solutions.  He enjoyed working out and lifting weights, hunting for arrowheads, shooting guns and was a big movie buff.

He is survived by his wife,...