Obituaries
Lorie Woodworth Massey
Jun 26, 2022
Lorie Ann (Woodworth) Massey, age 45 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2022 at her residence.
She was born on August 17, 1976 in Manhattan, the daughter of Danny Ray and Lorine Kay (Allen) Woodworth. She graduated from Blue Valley Randolph High School in 1994.
On July 12, 2016 she married Allen Massey, Jr. He survives of the home.
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Lon Silver
Jun 25, 2022
Lon Vincent Silver, 83, of Morganville, KS, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2022, at his residence. His loving wife and three daughters were by his side. He was born on July 11, 1938, in Clay Center, KS, to William Vincent Silver and Sophia Eileen (Malcolm) Silver, the oldest of three children. Lon attended K-State University, where he...
Gregory Free
Jun 20, 2022
Gregory Harmon Free, age 67 of Clay Center, passed away Monday, June 20, 2022 at his residence.
He was born on April 9, 1955 in Emporia, the son of Jesse William and Alma Marie (Chase) Free. He graduated from Junction City High School in 1973.
In his early working years, he lived in Ark City, working at Cessna Aircraft, Hanes...
Helen Miller
Jun 15, 2022
Helen Marie (Eaken) Miller, age 90, of Blue Rapids, Kansas, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Helen was born, March 18, 1932, to Lester and Viola Eaken just outside Richland, Missouri. The Eakens later moved to Blue Rapids when Helen was in High School. It was there she...
LaVona Francis
Jun 11, 2022
LaVona Jean (Bergstrom) Francis, age 85, was welcomed into her eternal home after a courageous battle with cancer. She passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at her home in Manhattan, KS where she was surrounded by family.
She was born on May 15, 1937 to the parents of Walter and Elsie (Reed) Bergstrom. LaVona grew up on her family’s...
Aneta Hagenmaier
Jun 4, 2022
Aneta Mae Hagenmaier, age 83, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan.
She was born on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 on a farm east of Leonardville, the daughter of Harold and Nettie (Remmers) Classon. She was baptized on June 18, 1939 by Pastor William Eldien at the Walsburg Lutheran Church on her Mother’s...
Dean Roe
May 31, 2022
Dean Morris Roe, age 96 of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Via Christi Village in Manhattan.
He was born on November 8, 1925, in New Cambria, the son of William and Olive (Scott) Roe. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 until 1946.
Dean was a switchman for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 35 years. He...
Franklin Cunningham
May 31, 2022
Franklin Eugene Cunningham, age 95 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor.
He was born on March 2, 1927 in Huntington, West Virginia, the son of Milburn and Jane (Greenwood) Cunningham. He was raised in Washington, Indiana where he graduated from high school. He served in both the U.S. Army Infantry, U.S. Army...
Al Visser
May 28, 2022
Albion D. Visser, age 87, of Sidney, passed away on to our heavenly home surrounded by his family on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at Sidney Regional Medical Center.
He was born on May 22, 1935 in Riley, KS to Martha (Sylvester) and Edward Visser. He was the youngest of 8 children. He graduated from Kansas State with an Agriculture Economics...
Melvin Padgett
May 22, 2022
Melvin Darrell Padgett, age 79 of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2022 at his residence.
He was born on November 26, 1942 in Manhattan, the son of Robert L. and Gladys C. (Iseman) Padgett. He graduated from Manhattan High School.
On June 30, 1963, he married Nancy L. Tiemeyer in Clifton. She survives of the home.
Melvin was a...
William McReynolds
May 20, 2022
William H. McReynolds, age 76, of Blue Rapids, passed away Friday, May 20, 2022, at Bryan Medical Center West in Lincoln, Nebraska.
William was born October 15, 1945, in Independence, Missouri, to John and Florence B. (Ipson) McReynolds. He attended Blue Rapids High School. William worked for Pyramid Manufacturing in Onaga and then Travalong Trailers in Waterville, retiring...
Richard "Rick" Thompson
May 18, 2022
Richard C. “Rick” Thompson, age 65, of Omaha, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Rick was born July 31, 1956, in Omaha, to Eugene J. and Iris I. (Fleck) Thompson. He married Deborah D. Claycamp on August 17, 1973, in Omaha. He joined four of his brothers in the...
Helen Wieters
May 16, 2022
Helen Pauline Wieters, age 97 of Randolph, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
She was born on February 1, 1925 at the family farm south of Walsburg, the daughter of John Herbert and Emma Marina (Johnson) Holtman. She was baptized and confirmed in the Walsburg Lutheran Church, attended Walsburg Grade School and graduated from Randolph...
Doris "Dody" Dice
May 14, 2022
Doris M. “Dody” Dice, age 68, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dody was born on December 6, 1953, at Tonganoxie, to Lloyd H. and Meriem W. (Hershey) Zimmerman. She graduated from Perry High School in 1970. On February 15, 1974, she married Eugene S. Dice in...
Shirley Wohler
May 11, 2022
Shirley Irene Wohler, age 86 of Riley passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
She was born on July 31, 1935 in Pawnee City, Nebraska, the daughter of Clyde Edwin and Imo Isabelle (Jones) Rowland.
On December 1, 1951 she married Robert (Bob) Walter Wohler in Pawnee City, Nebraska. He preceded her in death in 1995.
Shirley was a farmwife and...
Margo Braly
May 8, 2022
Margo Donitte Braly, age 60 of Wamego, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House.
She was born on March 12, 1962 at Fort Riley, Kansas, the daughter of Donald Eugene and Margaret Jane (Fisher) Mefford.
On February 12, 1983, she married Richard Dana Braly. He survives of the home.
Margo graduated from Manhattan Area Technical...
Jeanette J. Van Kirk Oentrich
May 6, 2022
Jeanette J. Van Kirk Oentrich, age 92, of Barnes, passed away at the Washington County Hospital in Washington on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Jeanette was born October 25, 1929, on her family’s farm near Greenleaf. She is the daughter of Ralph W. and F. Geveane (Wanamaker) Clark. She graduated from Barnes Rural High School in 1947. She went on...
Alan Keith
May 4, 2022
Alan Palmer Keith, age 84 of Manhattan, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in Kansas City, Kansas after a brief illness and hospitalization. He was born on September 10, 1937 in Glendale, California to Lloyd and Evelyn (VanAllen) Keith. He joked that he was “born in a garage and delivered by a veterinarian,” which wasn’t exactly true, but...
Brenda Kientz
Apr 27, 2022
Brenda K. (Springer) Kientz, age 81, died April 27, 2022 at the Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, Kansas.Brenda Kay Kientz was born on a farm northeast of Riley on February 19, 1941 to Oscar Bennett Springer and Mabel Ruth (Rubart) Springer. She graduated from Riley Rural High School in 1959 and Manhattan Area Vo-Tech in 1978.Brenda married Kenneth Kientz on...
Vickie Burkman
Apr 27, 2022
Vickie Jo Burkman, age 64 of Shawnee, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at her residence. She was born on July 27, 1957 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Leroy Junior and Mary Lena (Beeler) Steele. On May 2, 1981 in Kansas City, Kansas, she married Galen Ray Burkman. He survives of the home. Vickie...
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