Obituaries

Robert John Kohn

Apr 8, 2018

Robert John “Bob” Kohn was born October 25, 1938, in Osborne County, Kansas, to the late Anna Marie (Long) and Nicholas Kohn.  He passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018, at Downs, Kansas, at the age of 79 years.

Bob moved many times growing up as a child. He graduated in 1957, from Esbon High School.  Robert was...

Ella A. Page

Mar 16, 2018

Ella A. Page was the 6 th child born to Walter and Dora Ann (Wakefield) Lee on a small farm south of Booker, Texas, on July 30 th , 1923. She died, Friday, March 16, 2018, at her son’s home in Gadsden, Alabama. Ella graduated high school at Perryton, Texas, in 1940 and attended college to become a teacher....

Gary K Kindler

Mar 1, 2018

Gary Kenneth Kindler was called home on March 1, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 21, 1945 to Harry and Carol (Hoffhines) Kindler of Esbon, Kansas. Gary grew up in the Esbon area and attended Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, and the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

He married Krisann Pietila...

Richard Gail Neilson

Feb 23, 2018

Gail Neilson, the son of Richard D. Neilson and ArLee M. Marshall Neilson was born December 29, 1951 in Beloit, KS.  Gail passed away Friday February 23, 2018 in Glendale, AZ at the age of 66 years, 1 month and 25 days.  Gail was a 1969 graduate of Mankato High School.  He owned and operated the first liquor store...

Virginia Lee Rightmeier

Feb 18, 2018

Virginia Lee Snyder Rightmeier was born January 30, 1931 to Irl and Louella Binkley Snyder, and passed away February 18, 2018, at Jewell County Hospital ISB at the age of 87 years.

She spent the early years of her childhood in the Effingham, KS area, before moving with her family to the Montrose, KS area. She completed...

Marjorie Murray

Jan 21, 2018

Marjorie Murray, 90, died Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma. Marjorie was born September 19, 1927, in Rockford, Nebraska, to Donald and Lucille (Mason) Bangs.

Marjorie celebrated 69 years of marriage to her high school sweetheart, Jerry Murray.  They were united in marriage on May 26, 1946. To this union there were...

Phyllis Marie Gates

Jan 12, 2018

Phyllis Marie Gates, 87, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at Parkside Manor nursing home in Stuart, Nebraska.

She was born November 3, 1930 on a farm near Kensington, Kansas to Phillip and Hulda (Dettmer) Long.  She was married to Boyd Gates on September 24, 1955 in Franklin, Nebraska.  They resided in Mankato, Kansas until Boyd’s...

Karen Kay Fogo

Jan 7, 2018

Karen Kay Fogo was born April 27, 1941 in Jewell County, Kansas.  She passed away at the age of 76 years, on January 7, 2018, at the Mount Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, Kansas.  She was the first of five children born to James Deane and Orpha (Broyles) Fogo Fallis.

Much of her childhood was spent on their...

Shana (Kitchener) Ruthstrom

Dec 10, 2017

Shana Helene Ruthstrom, 69, Mankato, died Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the Jewell County Hospital.

Shana was born on January 8, 1948 on her family farm in Oakhill, Kansas, to Frederick and Eugenia (Chrzanowska) Kitchener. She attended Hammerli and Oakhill Grade Schools and graduated from Longford Rural High School with the class of 1966. She attended Cloud...

Margaret M Colson

Dec 8, 2017

Margaret Marie (Grimes) Colson was born September 7, 1943 in Superior, Nebraska, to Gordon and Katherine (Keeler) Grimes, the younger of two daughters and one of four children.  She died in the Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior on December 8, 2017.   She attended school in Montrose, Esbon and Mankato graduating from Mankato High in 1961.  During her high school...

Mary Meta Butler

Nov 30, 2017

Mary Meta (Sporing) Butler,of Omaha, Nebraska, was born on October 10, 1927, at Stamford, Nebraska to John and Alice Sporing.  She died, Thursday, November 30, 1017, at the Golden Living Center, Franklin, Nebraska, at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 20 days.

She graduated from Stamford High School and attended one year as a student...

Loy Drake

Nov 11, 2017

Loy Eugene Drake

( November 28, 1929 - November 11, 2017 )

Loy Eugene Drake, 87 of Franklin, Nebraska, passed away Saturday November 11, 2017, at the Franklin County Memorial Hospital. Loy was born November 28, 1929 on a farm near Edgar, Nebraska, to Floyd and Nellie Statz Drake. Loy moved as a young boy with...

Curtis W. Terrill

Nov 7, 2017

Curtis W. Terrill was born January 5, 1923, to Everett and Estel (Winslow) Terrill on a farm southwest of Burr Oak.  He died, November 7, 2017, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 94 years.  He graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1941.

Before he had even graduated from high school, he...

James "Jim" Roush

Nov 1, 2017

James “Jim” Roush was born December 31, 1942 in Sacramento, California, to Orval and Florence (Stuart) Roush.  He died November 1, 2017, at the Belleville Health Center, Belleville, Kansas, where he was undergoing therapy.

Jim had served in the United States Armed Forces in the Navy.  He was an over the road truck driver for twenty-four and...

Shirley Reynolds

Oct 28, 2017

Shirley Reynolds of Abilene died Saturday, October 28, 2017, at the Pratt Kansas Rehabilitation and Residence Center.  She was born November 5, 1932 on a farm in Jewell County, Kansas, the daughter of Glenn and Edna (Willson) Kindler.

Shirley grew up in the Esbon community, attended a rural grade school, and was a member of the Westside...

Eunice Arlene Ells

Oct 22, 2017

Eunice Arlene Ells was born to Clarence Ray and Mary Elizabeth (Phillips) Andres, at her parents’ home in Hardy, Nebraska.  She died Saturday, Octoberr 21, 2017, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 83 years, 1 month, and 12 days.

Eunice was the youngest of nine children.  She started High School in Hebron,...

Bobby Ray Murphy

Oct 20, 2017

Bobby Ray (Bob) Murphy, 83, of Mankato, KS died Friday, October 20th, 2017 in Belleville, Kansas.

Bob was born on March 9, 1934 in a farmhouse near Mankato, Kansas.   He was the son of Charles and Helen (Diamond) Murphy, the second child born to this union.   Bob attended Mankato public schools graduating in May of 1952.   Bob...

Phil Conger Rhea

Oct 13, 2017

Philip Rhea age 78, of McCook passed away at his home in McCook, Nebraska, on October 13, 2017.  He was born February 23, 1939, in Rawlins County, near Chadron, Kansas to Herschel and Vera (Jackson) Rhea.   Phil went to school and graduated from Mankato High School in 1957.  He was a good athlete and received a scholarship to play...

Gayle Lavon (Fuller) Molzahn

Sep 11, 2017

Gayle LaVon (Fuller) Molzahn, was born May 17, 1936, in Formoso, Kansas, to Johnson Guy “John” Fuller and Mildred (Ellingson) Fuller Graham, and passed away September 11, 2017, in Kearney, Nebraska, after acquiring the rare disease/syndrome of Gullain-Barre syndrome in July of this year.

Gayle started her early school years in Cody, Wyoming, when her dad was...

Jerry Kendall Vader

Aug 22, 2017

Jerry Vader, of Superior, Nebraska, died Tuesday August 22, 2017, at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior NE.

Jerry was born September 18, 1934, to L.J. and Ernestine (Lyons) Vader in Jewell County, Kansas, at the family farm.

Jerry attended and graduated from the Mankato High School in Mankato Kansas, with the Class of 1953.

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