Obituaries
Phil Pfeifley
Feb 22, 2022
Phil Edward Pfeifley, age 75 of Riley, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House.
He was born on July 2, 1946 in Clay Center, the son of Edward and Mildred (McCord) Pfeifley. He graduated from Riley County High School.
On December 21, 1990, he married Diane Beswick. She survives of the home.
Phil was a...
Farrel Chartier
Feb 22, 2022
Farrel Gene Chartier, age 85 of Miltonvale, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center.
He was born on February 12, 1937 south of Clyde, the son of Zephern and Dorothy (Cyr) Chartier.
He worked for Farmers Union Co-op grain elevators in Miltonvale & Clay Center for 39 years. He was a longtime member of the...
Willard Johnson
Feb 18, 2022
Willard Andrew Johnson, age 99 of Leonardville, passed away Friday, February 18, 2022 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on August 30, 1922 in Leonardville, the son of Carl Milton and Mabel A. (Berggren) Johnson. On May 15, 1947 at the Assaria Lutheran Church, he married Fern Elizabeth Kendall. She preceded him in death in 2010....
Marjorie Webb
Feb 17, 2022
Marjorie May Webb, age 85 of Riley, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022 at the Clay County Medical Center.
She was born on May 12, 1936 in Chandler, Oklahoma, the daughter of Perry C. and Orah L. (Melson) Myers.
On December 8, 1958, she married Gordon L. Webb. He preceded her in death in 2006.
Marjorie was a receptionist for...
Mary Lou Ellis
Feb 16, 2022
Mary Lou Ellis, age 66 of Riley, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on July 16, 1955, the daughter of Lee Norman and Opal Bernice (Lewis) Kruse. On July 22, 1972 in Cimarron KS, 6 days after her 17th birthday, she married David Lynn Ellis. He preceded...
Carol A. Wells
Feb 11, 2022
Carol A. Wells, age 74, of Marysville, passed away after a short battle with bone and lung cancer on Friday, February 11, 2022, at Cambridge Place in Marysville.
Carol was born on May 2, 1947, in Beatrice, to Paul L. Maguire and Betty J. (Lattimer) Maguire. She married Charles L. Wells on October 31, 1964, at the First Christian Church in...
Eldon Sundgren
Feb 8, 2022
Eldon Eugene Sundgren, age 90 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center.
He was born on October 13, 1931 in Clay Center, the son of Alfred Edward and Emma Adina (Carlson) Sundgren. He attended Walsburg Grade School and graduated from Leonardville High School. Following graduation he joined the U.S. Navy and served...
Shirley Strauss
Feb 5, 2022
Shirley Jane Strauss, age 80 of Riley, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022 at her residence.
She was born on September 4, 1941 in Hays, the daughter of Chancy and Lena (Liggett) Fellers.
On August 9, 1959, she married Richard Otto Strauss. He survives of the home.
Shirley worked for over 25 years at the Riley State...
William C. Hentzler, III
Feb 5, 2022
William Carl Hentzler, III, age 78 of Silver Lake, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022 at UKH St. Francis Medical Center in Topeka.
He was born on April 27, 1943 in Topeka, the son of William C. Jr. and Ethel Anne (Setchell) Hentzler. He married Marilyn Rae Foresman in 2000. She survives of the home.
Bill was a...
Norma Coutermarsh
Jan 27, 2022
Norma Louise Coutermarsh, age 93 of Leonardville, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
She was born on October 4, 1928 in Leonardville, the daughter of Martin Luther and Agnes Cecilia (Nelson) Berggren.
She married Bart Alden Coutermarsh on September 16, 1950. He survives in Leonardville.
Norma was a stenographer for the State...
Theresa Gibson
Jan 26, 2022
Theresa Ann Gibson, age 71, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Wakefield Care and Rehab. She was born on August 17, 1950 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of James and Pauline Nelson.
She married Richard Gibson, Sr. in 1969. They later divorced.
Theresa worked in sales for a few department stores, such as Sears and Wal-Mart.
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Bob Dreith
Jan 25, 2022
Robert Edward Dreith, age 97 of Randolph, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.
He was born on September 17, 1924 in Berthoud, Colorado, the son of Louis and Eva (Breisch) Dreith.
He graduated from Berthoud High School and served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was...
Jon Allen
Jan 25, 2022
Jon Howard Allen, age 77 of Leonardville, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney, Nebraska.
He was born on March 20, 1944 in Manhattan, the son of Archie L. and Regina Margaret (Foveaux) Allen. Following high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed in California.
On September 16, 1972 in...
Shawn Athon
Jan 23, 2022
Shawn Michael Athon, age 54, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.
He was born on March 3, 1967 in Topeka, the son of Daniel Edgar and Rebecca Jean (Scheibe) Athon.
He married Angela Chapman and they had two children together, Matthew and Morgan. They later divorced.
On April 23, 2011, he married...
Geraldine McPherson
Jan 22, 2022
Geraldine (Geri) Kay McPherson died on Jan 21, 2022 at the Stoneybrook Memory Care in Manhattan at the age of 79.
Geri was born in Sioux City, Iowa on Sept 11, 1942 to Edwin and Lois (Kirkpatrick) Canady. The family moved a few times before settling in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. It was there that Geri grew up, attended school,...
Donald Rogers
Jan 21, 2022
Donald Eugene Rogers, age 90 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 at his residence.
He was born on April 12, 1931 in Clay Center, the son of John and Maud (Gooch) Rogers.
Donald was a farmer and mechanic, working on all of his cars and equipment. There wasn’t anything he couldn’t fix.
He is...
Leon Benteman
Jan 21, 2022
Leon Warren Benteman, age 94 of Waterville, passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 at Cambridge Place Assisted Living in Marysville.
He was born on December 25, 1927 in Green, the son of Gustav and Lena (Dahm) Benteman.
He graduated from Randolph Rural High School. After high school he served in the U.S. Army and served for a year in the Korean War. After being...
Mike Blevins
Jan 20, 2022
Michael J. Blevins, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022.
He was born on February 16, 1961 and grew up on the Blevins dairy farm in Riley County, where he developed a lifelong love of caring for livestock, milking cows, and riding horses. At an early age, Mike had an inquisitive mind. Mike was constantly building, creating, and fixing. It...
Delores A. Parker
Jan 20, 2022
Delores A. Parker, age 85, of Waterville, passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Blue Valley Senior Living in Blue Rapids.
Delores was born October 31, 1936, at Barnes, to Milton O. and Amanda W. (Boerger) Behrens. She graduated from Barnes High School in 1954.
On June 3, 1956, she married D.O. Parker at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, south of...
Lyn Toburen
Jan 20, 2022
Lyn Sherwyn Toburen, age 76, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the Collins House of Meadowlark Hills.
He was born August 19, 1945 in Manhattan, the son of Kenneth K. and Hazel (Weber) Toburen.
Lyn grew up on the family farm in the Swede Creek area of northwest Riley County. At that location, he was...
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