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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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 (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...
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, 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 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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Reverend Robert B. Litzenberger, Jr., of Windsor, California, was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, on March 20, 1938, to Robert B. and Florence (Scott) Litzenberger, Sr. He passed away on August 18, 2017, at the age of 79.
Robert had a younger brother, Charles, and the family lived in the coal – mining town of Wilkes –Barre, Pennsylvania. ...
Camelia (Cam) Cochran Gates of Republic, Kansas, was born November 15, 1929, on a farm north of Esbon, Kansas, to John W. and Letha (Parker) Cochran and departed this life on July 28, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society, Superior, Nebraska. Cam attended Burr Oak High School, Burr Oak, Kansas, and graduated with the class of 1947. She completed...
Mark R. Underwood, Mankato, Kansas On February 19, 1953 in Beloit Kansas, Delbert and Wilma Underwood welcomed a new son, Mark Ray Underwood. He and his two older brothers, Oren and Gene, were raised on the family farm in Otego KS. He graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1972 and went on to study at NCK technical school...
Luzella Mae (Gutscher) Williams of Beloit, Kansas, the daughter of Olive (Lamb) and Walter Gutscher, was born September 17, 1927, northeast of Burr Oak, Kansas, on a farm in Jewell County. She departed this life on Thursday, July 6, 2017, at the Mitchell County Hospital Residents Care Center, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 89 years, 10 months, and...
Rickey Alex Anderson, of Formoso, Kansas, was born to Jack and Betty (Barnickle) Anderson on May 22, 1956, in Winfield, Kansas. He passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2017, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 61 years, 1 month, and 10 days. He attended Winfield High School. He moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, in...
Jacque Colleen Frost, of Beloit, Kansas, was born March 27, 1945, at Concordia, Kansas, to Claude and Flora Lucille (Jones) Frost. She died Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas. Jacque was a special needs person and lived at the OCCK homes in Beloit. She worked in the Sheltered Workshops for OCCK. Jacque enjoyed music...
Donald Dean Snyder, of Mankato, Kansas, was born January 10, 1933, on a farm in Atchison County, Kansas. He was the son of Irl and Lou Ella (Binkley) Snyder. Donald died Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 84 years, 5 months, and 17 days. He spent the first 8 years...
James D. Dickinson was called to home to our Lord and Savior on Monday, June 5, 2017, at the age of 87, with his wife at his side. Jim was the only child born to Charles and Edith Dickinson on January 27, 1930. After graduating from Beloit High, Jim attended Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, for 2 years, and graduated...
Peggy Darlene (Malsbury) Vader died Sunday April 23, 2017, at her home in Superior, Nebraska. Peggy was born September 16, 1937 to Theo and Ila (Mills) Malsbury in Kackley, Kansas, at the family farmstead. Peggy attended and graduated from Mankato, Kansas with the class of 1956. Peggy was united in marriage with Jerry Vader on September 30, 1956. To...
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