Obituaries
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...
Dwaine Shorman
Apr 24, 2022
Frederick “Dwaine” Shorman passed to his heavenly choir on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at the age of 91.
Dwaine was born on July 22, 1930, the second son and third child of William Frederick and Lauretta Victoria Sumners Shorman in Morganville, Kansas.
His elementary years were spent at Morganville and Clay Center Schools. He was president of his senior class...
Marjorie (Mapes) Nevitt
Apr 20, 2022
Marjorie A. (Mapes) Nevitt, age 92, passed away at her home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
Marjorie was born November 23, 1929, on the family farm west of Waterville, Kansas. She is the daughter of Arthur V. and Fannie M. (Pomeroy) Mapes.
She graduated from Waterville High School in 1947, then went on to...
Kenneth L. Wanamaker
Apr 20, 2022
Kenneth L. Wanamaker, age 74, of Blue Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at Crestview Nursing Home in Seneca, Kansas.
Ken was born January 6, 1948, in Marysville, to John H. and Beulah A. (Jewell) Wanamaker and was raised in the area by Don & Beulah Nider. He graduated from Valley Heights High School in 1967. After...
Virginia "Jean" White
Apr 5, 2022
Virginia F. “Jean” White, age 73, of Blue Rapids, passed away peacefully at her home with family about her, on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Jean was born April 25, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska. She is the daughter of James and Irene F. (Jarzynka) Whitley.
Jean had worked at Cambridge Place as a Certified Medicine Aide for twenty years, retiring...
Mary Jane Oberhelman
Mar 31, 2022
Mary Jane Oberhelman, age 97 of Riley, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan.
She was born on September 20, 1924 in Barnston, Nebraska, the daughter of Byron and Julia Octavia (Day) Sailors. The Sailors family moved from Nebraska to Leonardville in 1928 attending grade school then moved to Riley in 1937 where she finished...
Wilma Loecker
Mar 25, 2022
Wilma Doris Loecker, age 68 of Manhattan, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022 at her residence. She was born on September 20, 1953, in Manhattan, the daughter of William Woodrow and Doris Mildred (Tuman) Rosell. On October 19, 1984, she married Arlen Joseph Loecker. He survives of the home. Wilma worked most recently at Stonecreek Family Physicians,...
Michael Diederich
Mar 15, 2022
Michael “Mike” L. Diederich, age 74, passed away at Stormont Vail Health Center in Topeka, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
Mike was born in Concordia, on January 22, 1948, to Vernon A. and Evelyn I. (Laird) Diederich. He graduated from Linn High School in 1967. That fall he joined the US Air Force. Then on December 2, 1967, at...
Veryl Rundquist
Mar 9, 2022
Veryl Alan Rundquist, age 100 of Clay Center, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the Clay County Medical Center.
He was born on October 20, 1921 near Lasita, the son of Enoch LaMontegue and Maude Ellen (Wickstrum) Rundquist. He graduated from Clay Center High School
Veryl married Dorthy Fay Lindstrom on June 26, 1944 at her family’s home. They...
Dollie D. Toburen
Mar 9, 2022
Dollie D. Toburen, age 93, of Waterville, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Dollie was born on July 24, 1928, to John and Emma (Butler) Schilling. She graduated from high school in Marysville.
She was married to Donald Toburen on July 3, 1948, for 67 years until his death...
John Sutton
Feb 27, 2022
John Rodney Sutton, age 44 of Topeka, passed away after an extended illness at the UKH St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka.
He was born on February 23, 1978 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Francis and JoAnne Marie (Holten) Sutton.
On August 1, 2000 in Manhattan, he married Marcie Anne Hagenmaier. She survives of the home.
John worked...
Howard P. Miller
Feb 27, 2022
Howard Paul Miller, age 91, of Blue Rapids, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Howard was born March 20, 1930, to (John) Paul Miller and Ruth (Wheat) Miller also of Blue Rapids, Kansas. He grew up on a farm north-west of Blue Rapids where he later raised...
Patricia L. Holly
Feb 26, 2022
On February 26th, 2022, Patricia Lynn Holly, age 73, of Humboldt, Arizona, passed away after a month long battle with Covid-related pneumonia. She went peacefully with her loving family at her side.
Patricia was born the daughter of Jim and Mary Wiggins on September 24th, 1948, in Marysville, KS. She graduated in the Class of 1966 from Marysville High School...
Jason Puett
Feb 26, 2022
Jason Ray Puett, age 49 of Riley, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022, at his home. He was born on August 5, 1972, in Junction City, to the parents of Lester "Butch" Dean and Laura Sharon (Pascarelli) Puett. His wife Michele Chavis-Puett survives of the home. Jason worked as an oven tech at Smithfield Foods in Junction...
Margie Biltoft
Feb 23, 2022
Margie Lou Biltoft, age 71 of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House.
She was born on April 12, 1950 in Ainsworth, Nebraska, the daughter of William and Dorothy (Staal) Little.
Margie started working at a young age in the family cafe in Ainsworth. After she married, she became a homemaker and raised three...
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