Obituaries

Derek Buell

Derek Buell

Jan 28, 2016

Derek Lee Buell, age 44 of Westmoreland, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at his home. He was born on January 24, 1972 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Clinton Otis and Shari Lynn (Shafer) Buell. He graduated from Blue Valley Randolph High School in 1991. On June 11, 2005 in Olsburg, he was married to Valerie Kay Miller. She...

Gene Williams

Gene Williams

Jan 18, 2016

Rolland Eugene “Gene” Williams, 87, died peacefully at his home in Riley, Kansas on January 18, 2016. He was born July 12, 1928 to Rolland and Louise (Staten) Williams at Riley. Gene grew up on one of the Pottorf farms south of Riley. He attended St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ogden, where he took his catechism and was a young...

Harold Eugene Storer

Harold Eugene Storer

Jan 10, 2016

Harold Eugene Storer, age 67 of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Stormont-Vail in Topeka. He was born on June 6, 1948 in Salina, the son of Clifton Eric and Gladys Pauline (Woolley) Storer. On August 16, 1969 at Walsburg Lutheran Church, he was married to Sheri Ann Berggren. She survives of the home. Harold received his Bachelor’s...

Beverly Ann Norman

Beverly Ann Norman

Jan 9, 2016

Beverly Ann Norman, age 58 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. She was born on January 24, 1957 in Manhattan, the daughter of Mervin LeRoy and Peggy Jean (Peterson) Norman. She worked for 24 years at Parker Hannifan. She was a member of the V.F.W. and Eagles Lodge and was an excellent...

Dale M. Wohler

Dale M. Wohler

Jan 5, 2016

Dale Malcolm Wohler, age 95 of Randolph, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Via Christi Hospital. He was born on July 1, 1920 at Winkler, Kansas, the son of Arthur and Dora (Baird) Wohler. On June 30, 1941 he was married to Margie Peter at her family’s home on Fancy Creek Road, west of Randolph. She survives of the...

Cloyde F. Hunter

Cloyde F. Hunter

Jan 4, 2016

Cloyde Francis Hunter, age 86 of Clay Center, passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at Medicalodge of Clay Center. He was born on March 12, 1929 in Irving, Kansas, the son of Ezra Z. and Rose M. (Novak) Hunter. On June 18, 1953, he was married to Mary Alice Pogue. She preceded him in death on June 23, 1988. He...

Imogene Wolfe

Imogene Wolfe

Dec 22, 2015

Imogene Wolfe, age 84, formerly of Riley, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the Overland Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on January 8, 1931 in Bremen, Kansas, the daughter of Francis W. and Grace I. (Vogler) Stettnisch. On June 5, 1949, she was married to Wayne L. Davis in Barnes. He preceded her in death in...

Richard Lee Rutherford

Richard Lee Rutherford

Dec 15, 2015

Richard Lee Rutherford, age 74 of Morganville, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born on August 31, 1941 in Clay Center, the son of Richard (Dick) and Carolee (Whitmarsh) Rutherford. He spent some of his youth in and around Clay Center, but the family moved to Wichita where he attended school. At age...

Gyle Springer

Gyle Springer

Dec 12, 2015

Gyle D. “Bud” Springer, age 84 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on the farm near Garrison, Kansas on February 25, 1931, the son of Carrol and Lillian Bell (Anderson) Springer. On January 18, 1951 on a farm near Brewster, Kansas, he was married to Doris Imogene Fyfe....

Jerry Leopold

Jerry Leopold

Dec 11, 2015

Jerry Lee “Doc” Leopold, age 62 of Clay Center, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015 at Medicalodge of Clay Center. He was born on December 29, 1952 in Colby, the son of Dale Mellville and Linnie Irene (Gilbert) Leopold. Doc was an optometrist in McPherson and volunteered at McPherson Hospital Auxillary and was on the Board of Directors for Multi...

Jerry Schwartz

Jerry Schwartz

Dec 7, 2015

Jerry Schwartz, age 83 of Randolph, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 7, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born on June 17, 1932 in Clay Center, the son of Dale and Marjorie Elizabeth (Stafford) Schwartz. He graduated from Randolph High School. On April 8, 1951 at the Garrison Methodist Church, he was married to Marlene Kershaw. She...

Golda L. Wilson

Golda L. Wilson

Dec 5, 2015

Golda Louise Wilson, age 94 of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Stoneybrook Retirment Community. She was born on March 13, 1921 in Manhattan, the daughter of James and Anna (Vogelsang) Fitzpatrick. She graduated from Randolph High School in 1938. On March 13, 1941 in Waterville, she was married to Loren T. Wilson. He preceded her in death...

Harold Vincent Smith

Harold Vincent Smith

Nov 27, 2015

Harold Vincent “H.V.” “Smitty” Smith, age 90, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2015 at his home in Olsburg, Kansas. He was born on February 14, 1925 in Wetmore, Kansas, the son of Harold Orvil and Zena LaVerne (Sutherland) Smith. Following graduation from high school, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Evelyn Westling on...

B. Arlene Peterson

B. Arlene Peterson

Nov 21, 2015

B. Arlene Peterson, age 86 of Manhattan, died peacefully surrounded by her family Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Via Christi Hospital. She was born on May 11, 1929 in Sabetha, the youngest of ten children of Sylvan and Bertha (Wegman) Aeschliman. On October 14, 1951, she was married to Raymond Peterson. He preceded her in death on April 16,...

Neola Bruns

Neola Bruns

Nov 18, 2015

Neola B. Bruns, age 85, of Papillion, Nebraska and formerly of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Victoria Gardens in Bellevue, Nebraska. She was born on February 1, 1930 in Stockdale, the daughter of Royal B. and Mary Ellen (Henton) Springer. On November 6, 1949, she married Donald Bruns and they were happily married for 56 years until...

Harold Braun

Harold Braun

Nov 9, 2015

Harold Albert Braun, age 82 of Clay Center, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at his home. He was born on December 30, 1932 in Eustis, Nebraska, the son of Albert Fred and Martha Christina (Rieker) Braun. On April 27, 1958, he was married to Velma Stuenkel at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Palmer. She preceded him in death...

Dale Weisner

Dale Weisner

Nov 9, 2015

Dale Eugene Weisner, age 75 of Riley, passed away Monday, November 9, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital. He was born on February 19, 1940 in Junction City, the son of Francis and Frances (Lynn) Weisner. He attended school in Wakefield and received his GED while serving in the U.S. Air Force, where his job was plane maintenance. He was married...

Joyce Swanger

Joyce Swanger

Nov 7, 2015

Joyce Carol Joann Swanger, age 82 of Leonardville, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. She was born on January 10, 1933 in the Bala Township in Riley County, Kansas, the daughter of Carl and Mamie (Dugan) Swenson. On June 14, 1964 in Manhattan, she was married to Horace Swanger. He preceded her in death...

Michael W. Rowley

Michael W. Rowley

Nov 7, 2015

Michael William Rowley, age 63 of St. George, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was born on November 13, 1951 in Manhattan, the son of Joseph Jo and Madeline Florine (Debus) Rowley. He was a construction superintendent for BHS Construction and enjoyed prospecting for gold, fishing, hunting, traveling to Isla Mujeres,...

Madeline F. Rowley

Madeline F. Rowley

Oct 23, 2015

Madeline Florine Rowley, age 93, formerly of Manhattan, Kansas passed away at the Leonardville Nursing Home on Friday, October 23, 2015. She was born on July 13, 1922 in Riley, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Goldie (Mugler) Debus. She attended grade school in Riley and graduated with the class of 1940 from Riley Rural High School. Following graduation, Madeline...