Obituaries

John Everett Briggs

Nov 13, 2018

John Everett Briggs, of Mankato, Kansas, was born to Floyd and Anna (Heater) Neeper Briggs on April 8, 1943, at Mankato, Kansas.  He died November 13, 2018 at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 75 years, 7 months, and 5 days.

John was educated at the Mankato Public Schools and he enlisted in...

Martha Marie (Melby) Martin

Nov 6, 2018

Martha Marie (Melby) Martin, was born August 12, 1934, at Scandia, Kansas, to Elmer Julius and Bernice (Hanson) Melby.  She died November 6, 2018, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 84 years, 2 months, and 23 days.

Martha was baptized on November 11, 1934, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Norway, Kansas....

Virginia Ann (Lewis) Roe

Nov 5, 2018

Virginia Ann (Lewis) Roe, 87, of rural Jewell County passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born August 10, 1931 in rural Morgan County, Colorado at the farm south of Brush.  Her parents were Theodore Edwin Lewis and Geanell Ernestine McClelland who were ahead of the times by meeting their spouse in college. It was...

Rose Z. M. Freisner

Nov 3, 2018

Rose Zella Margaret (Catt) Freisner, of Esbon, Kansas, was born to John and Gertrude (Bowker) Catt on September 20, 1944 at East Lyne, Missouri.  She died November 3, 2018 at Burlington, Kansas, at the age of 74 years, 1 month, and 13 days.

She was married and later divorced William Oelke, and Ralph Freisner.  She raised three...

Bradley Neal Ost

Oct 11, 2018

Bradley Neal Ost of Mankato, Kansas passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018 at the age of 62, with his family by his side at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.

Brad was born in Red Cloud, Nebraska December 30, 1955.  He was one of four children born to Milford and Anne (Siemon) Ost, Mankato, Kansas.

He...

Robert Jacob "Bob" Switzer

Oct 10, 2018

Robert Jacob “Bob” Switzer was born May 21, 1930 on the family farm in Lovewell, Kansas to Jacob Henry and Lara Frankamp Switzer. He passed away in Mankato, Kansas on October 10, 2018 at the Jewell County Hospital.

Bob graduated from Superior High School in 1948 where he would ride his bicycle 4 1/2 miles each way...

Sandra Kay Elkins

Oct 9, 2018

Sandra “Kay” (Berry) Elkins, age 78, of Mankato, Kansas, left her physical body to be with her Lord on October 9, 2018, after years of struggle with various health problems and a final battle with congestive heart failure.

Kay was born in Scandia, Kansas, on July 30, 1940, the daughter of Clara Buer Berry and Emery Berry....

David Carroll Pettit

Oct 6, 2018

David Carroll Pettit was born on October 4, 1942, on the farm in Jewell County, Kansas, to Irvin and Ellis (Lentfer) Pettit.  David passed away on October 6, 2018, at the age of 76 years, and 2 days.

His first eight years of school were at the Oak Creek School in Harrison Township.  Dave graduated from Burr...

Donald J. Wright

Oct 3, 2018

The family is taking the cremated remains back to Colorado for interment in a National Cemetery.

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Gale Lynn Belden

Oct 2, 2018

Gale Lynn Belden was the oldest son of Harold and Eleanor (McCorkle) Belden.  He was born at the hospital at Red Cloud, Nebraska.  He had one younger brother, David.

Gale attended grade school and high school at Burr Oak, Kansas.  After high school, he attended Kansas State University, with two scholarships.  He lived in the Maitland E....

Mac B Diehl

Oct 1, 2018

Mac B. Diehl was born the second of three children to Donald Diehl and Lonnie (Lewis) Diehl Buckley in Red Cloud, Nebraska on July 6, 1952 .  He passed away at the age of 66 on October 1, 2018 at Otego, Kansas. Mac was a lifelong resident of Northbranch and Burr Oak, Kansas communities.  He received his grade school...

Edith L. Love

Sep 17, 2018

Edith Leola (Applegarth) Love was born April 30, 1933 in rural Washington County, Kansas. She died September 17th, 2018 in her Home at Summer Vista Assisted Living in Pensacola, Florida. She was 85-years-old.

Edith was one of 14 children born to John and Ruby (Boston) Applegarth. Edith loved telling the stories of her childhood adventures from growing...

Don Walker

Sep 2, 2018

Don was the only child born to Russell & Frances Walker on May 6, 1927. He departed this life on September 2, 2018, at Mitchell County Hospital.

Don grew up southwest of Mankato where his grandparents homesteaded in a dug out. He attended Liberty Country School and graduated from Mankato High School with the class of 1945....

Wilma Eaton

Aug 30, 2018

Wilma A. Eaton, age 98 of Fairbury, Nebraska, formerly of Mankato, Kansas, died August 30, 2018.  She was born September 14, 1919, at Jansen, Nebraska to Fred and Anna (Scholle) Siebe.  Wilma married Vernon L. Eaton on February 1, 1939 and lived in Fairbury, Nebraska.  They had five children while living there.

Wilma moved with her family...

Jason Matthew Carlin, Sr.

Jul 26, 2018

Jason Matthew Carlin Sr., 44, met his lord and savior on Thursday July 26, 2018. He was born on February 19, 1974 in San Jose CA to his mother Kerry Carlin, Dad David Carlin and father Chuck Kaletta.

Jason was loving, caring, strong, fun man that made sure his family had what they needed. Jason liked to...

Richard L. Diamond

Jun 5, 2018

Richard L. Diamond, son of Edwin and Lucille (Lake) Diamond, was born on August 15, 1931, near Mankato, Kansas.  He departed this life June 5, 2018, at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior, Nebraska.

Richard spent his early years at Steuben Grade School and then graduated from Mankato High School in 1949; he attended his beloved alma mater,...

Doyle L. "Mick" Michael

Jun 1, 2018

Doyle "Mick" L. Michael

Doyle "Mick" Michael, 87, of Mankato, Kansas, died Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Jewell County Hospital in Mankato, Kansas. He was born on February 1, 1931, in Lake Andes, South Dakota, to Gilbert and Icel (Ritter) Michael (Haegert). He graduated from Esbon High School in Esbon, Kansas, in 1949 and attended Fort...

Alice Joan Ost

Apr 21, 2018

Alice Joan Ost was born in Jewell, KS on December 24, 1928 to Bess Pearl Meeker (Ford) and Clarence Pearle Meeker. She graduated from Mankato High School in 1946. On August 8, 1948 she married Darrell Dean Ost in the parsonage of Harmony United Methodist church in Mankato. Over the years they traveled with the Air Force and lived...

Kenneth Garman

Apr 12, 2018

Kenneth Ray Garman

Feb 16, 1953 – April 12, 2018

Kenneth Ray Garman, age 65, of Burr Oak, died Thursday, April 12 th 2018 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis Missouri, surrounded by his loving family.

Ken was born February 16, 1953 in Concordia, KS along with his twin brother Daniel Lloyd...

Lucretia (Enyeart) Smith

Apr 9, 2018

GLADSTONE, Mo. — Lucretia (Enyeart) Smith, 73, passed away April 9, 2018, at her home. She was born Oct. 20, 1944, to Rev. Earl and Bernice Enyeart in Ionia. The family moved often, but Green, Kan., was an important part of her formative years. She graduated from Haven High School and Grace School of Nursing, Hutchinson. She spent most...