Obituaries

June Barnes

June Barnes

Sep 9, 2014

June Barnes, age 71 of Randolph, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. She was born on June 1, 1943, at Randolph, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest Homer and Thelma Mae (Furry) Boles. She worked as a school cook for the Blue Valley Randolph school district for 17 years, retiring in 2009. She loved...

Frederick Muriel Doza

Frederick Muriel Doza

Aug 24, 2014

Frederick Muriel Doza, age 84 of Leonardville, KS died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, KS. He was a resident of the Leonardville Nursing Home and was a long time member of the Leonardville community since 1969. He was a charter member of the Leonardville Lions Club and a member of American Legion Post...

Steven Jordan Farnsworth

Steven Jordan Farnsworth

Aug 4, 2014

Steven Edward Jordan Farnsworth, 32 of Riley, died Monday, August 4, 2014 as the result of an automobile accident. He was born on January 12, 1982 at Petersburg, VA, the son of Steven Nelson and Nancy Carol (Stinnett) Farnsworth. He worked for INDAM, Asplundh, TNT Enterprises and most recently was a welder for Titan Trailers. He was a 2000 graduate...

Fern Elaine Hageman

Fern Elaine Hageman

Aug 3, 2014

Fern Elaine Hageman, 83 of Leonardville, died Sunday, August 3, 2014 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on May 12, 1931 at Leonardville, the daughter of Herman Arthur and Ethel Ramona (Wickstrum) Bammes. On August 20, 1950 at the Leonardville EUB Church, she was married to Harlen James Hageman. He survives of the home. She was a homemaker...

Herman R. Wiard

Herman R. Wiard

Jul 29, 2014

Herman R. Wiard, age 93 of Manhattan, Kansas, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. He was born on October 25, 1920 in rural Riley County, near Manhattan, the son of Herman Earl and Mary (Crider) Wiard. On May 14, 1942, he was married to Verna Alice Johnson at Leonardville, Kansas. She survives of...

Malakai Rowland-Van Horn

Malakai Rowland-Van Horn

Jul 25, 2014

Malakai Isaac Dean Rowland-Van Horn, age 23 of Clay Center, KS, died Friday, July 25, 2014 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. He was born on October 13, 1990 at Fort Riley, KS. On June 4, 2011 at Clay Center, he was married to Diamond Lou. She survives of the home. He was a CNA at the...

Marion Elaine Lund

Marion Elaine Lund

Jul 25, 2014

Marion Elaine Lund, 84 of Clay Center, KS, passed peacefully through the gates of Heaven surrounded by her family on Friday, July 25, 2014 at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center. She was born on October 9, 1930 at Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Edward E. and Mary (Jonsson) Naslund. She grew up in the Garfield area,...

Florence Ruth Johnston Hadin

Florence Ruth Johnston Hadin

Jul 14, 2014

Florence Ruth Johnston Hadin, age 93 of Leonardville, Kansas, died July 14, 2014 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on August 23, 1920 at the family farm in rural Riley County, where she was raised throughout her childhood, the second child of Henry and Alma (Weinert) Nanninga. Florence graduated from Leonardville High School in 1938 and then attended...

Wayne R. Haller

Wayne R. Haller

Jun 10, 2014

Wayne R. Haller, age 87 of Manhattan and formerly of Leonardville, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on January 4, 1927 on a farm south of Randolph, the son of Court and Maude Elizabeth (Gustafson) Haller. He attended Heller Grade School, Prairie Rock Grade School and Randolph High School. He...

Warren G. Rickson

Warren G. Rickson

Jun 2, 2014

Warren George Rickson was born July 6th, 1924 to George and Ellen (Blomquist) Rickson in his parent’s farm house near the Rose Hill School located north of Old Randolph, Kansas. As a youth he lived at various locations in northern Riley County. During that time he grew up with his sisters Imogene, Eilene, Ila Mae and Yvonne. While attending Randolph...

JoAnn McIntosh

JoAnn McIntosh

May 31, 2014

JoAnn McIntosh, age 66 of Manhattan, Kansas, died Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. She was born on June 28, 1947 at Chadron, Nebraska, the daughter of Leo Henry and Ruth Elizabeth (Reece) Kistler. JoAnn was a library clerk for U.S.D. 383 and worked at Northview Elementary for over 20 years. She was a...

Virginia Janice Crider

Virginia Janice Crider

May 17, 2014

Virginia Janice Crider, age 85 of Topeka, Kansas, died Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on November 28, 1928 in Pocatello, Idaho, the daughter of James Melvin and Mary Valera (Hunt) Heskett. In 1967 she was married to Lawrence Crider. He preceded her in death in 1981. Virginia was a school cook for...

Teddy Charles Ganote

Teddy Charles Ganote

May 16, 2014

Teddy “Ted” Charles Ganote, 69 of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born in Talihina, Oklahoma on May 20, 1944. He graduated from Talihina Senior High School in 1963. He received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Northeastern State University in...

Eugenia Louise Fittell

Eugenia Louise Fittell

May 9, 2014

Eugenia “Gene” Louise Fittell, age 99 of Shawnee, Kansas, died Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Care Haven Home in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on September 4, 1914 at Randolph, Kansas, the daughter of John and Amelia (Kunze) Grob. She attended Monterey Country School and graduated from Randolph Rural High School in 1931. She was secretary to the...

Pansy Elizabeth Shryer

Pansy Elizabeth Shryer

May 2, 2014

Pansy “Pat” Elizabeth Shryer, age 86, formerly of Riley and University Park, died April 26, 2014, at Medicalodge of Clay Center in Clay Center, Kansas. She was born on September 6, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Ben and Pansy (Larabee) Pearce. She attended school in the Kansas City area. Pat retired from the Gates Rubber plant in...

Elaine Mary Lindstrom

Elaine Mary Lindstrom

Apr 27, 2014

Elaine Mary Lindstrom, age 91, of Riley, Kansas, died April 26, 2014, at the Leonardville Nursing Home. She was born on April 19, 1923, on the Greenfield family farm southwest of Leonardville, the daughter of August and Lillian (Greenfield) Trumpp. She was baptized in the Fairview Presbyterian Church on August 3, 1924. She attended the Methodist Church in Stockdale while...

NIlwon Kraushaar

NIlwon Kraushaar

Mar 31, 2014

Nilwon “Nick” Dale Kraushaar, age 84 of Frankfort, Kansas, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Frankfort Community Care Home. He was born on October 24,1929 at St. George, Kansas, the son of Julius Nilwon and Marjorie (Carley) Kraushaar. He graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a MBA. On March 4, 1954, in Riley,...

Donald Leroy Norris

Donald Leroy Norris

Mar 24, 2014

Donald Leroy Norris, age 85 of Manhattan, KS, died Monday, March 24, 2014 at his residence.born on February 6, 1929 in his parent’s home at Randolph, KS, the son of Henry Harvey and Alice Josephine (Peterson) Norris. He attended grade schools in Randolph and Leonardville and graduated from Leonardville Rural High School in 1947. Don played basketball, baseball and football...

Virginia Knopp

Virginia Knopp

Feb 16, 2014

Virginia Knopp, age 64 of Riley, Kansas, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on May 24, 1949 in Orange Port, New York, the daughter of Thomas Joseph and Jean Louella (Nelson) Abbott. On October 22, 1977 she was married to Orville Theodore Knopp. He preceded her in death in...

John William Jahnke

John William Jahnke

Feb 3, 2014

John William “Jack” Jahnke, age 99 of Riley, KS, died Monday, February 3, 2014 at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas. He was born on March 25, 1914 at Leonardville, Kansas, the son of John William and Clara S. (Siebecker) Jahnke. On June 7, 1939 he was married to Opal Emma Morris at her family home. She preceded him in death...