Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Lyle S. "Ike" Rightmeier
Feb 16, 2016
Lyle S. RIghtmeier, of Mankato, Kansas, was born August 30, 1923, on a farm four miles south of Montrose, Kansas, to Lewis and Leta (Clark) Rightmeier, and died Tuesday February 16, 2016, at the Jewell County Immediate Swing Bed, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Lyle was known as “Ike” was one...
Ann Tedrow
Feb 13, 2016
Ann (Tyson) Tedrow was born March 25, 1923 to Noel and Ida (Carr) Tyson at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She passed away February 13, 2016 in Belleville, Kansas. Ann graduated from Cambridge Nebraska High School in 1941, and entered nursing training at Omaha Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, in August of 1941, graduating as an RN in 1944. Ann joined the...
Marlo W. Nansel
Feb 13, 2016
Marlo W. Nansel, age 69, entered into rest on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Kenwood View Nursing Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1946 in Elmore, Minnesota to Raymond and Pearl May (White) Nansel. Marlo attended a specialty school in Owatonia, Minnesota into his teens. Marlo was limited and handicapped in life and he worked as a...
Beth (Ferguson) Tyler
Jan 31, 2016
Beth (Ferguson) Tyler was born into this world June 4, 1925, to John Harold and Leatha (Bashford) Ferguson in Concordia, Kansas. Being born very premature, she was not expected to survive and was not given a middle name because that would be “too much more weight to bear.” Yet, she survived until January 31, 2016, almost reaching the age...
Delmar Garst
Jan 26, 2016
Delmar Garst was born May 17, 1944, in Minneapolis, Kansas to Charles Alfred and Velma Gertrude (Jamison) Garst. He was one of 11 children born to them. He passed away, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 71 years, 7 months, and 9 days. Delmar spent time in the Kansas...
Lois M. (Luckey) Woods
Dec 28, 2015
Lois Maxine (Luckey) Woods obituary Lois Maxine (Luckey) Woods was born on the family farm south of Glen Elder, Kansas, on April 12, 1927. She was the eighth of ten children born to Weldon Wilbur and Florence Pleasant (Deeds) Luckey. She went to meet her Lord and Savior on December 28, 2015. Lois attended Antelope grade school, Glen Elder....
Neolin D. Taylor
Dec 28, 2015
Neolin Drexel Taylor, 85, of Topeka, quietly slipped from this life into a heavenly life with his Lord on December 28, 2015. Neolin was born on October 5, 1930, in Woodston, KS, the son of Lewis and Estella Taylor. He married Opal Conn on July 30, 1950 and they spent 65 happy years together. He is survived by his...
George M. Pfrimmer
Dec 23, 2015
George Murray Pfrimmer was born on Jan. 1, 1940 in San Gabriel, CA to Vernie and George Pfrimmer. George (or “Stub” as he was affectionately nicknamed) grew up in San Gabriel with 3 brothers. George served in the US Air Force and travelled all over Europe during his enlistment. He was discharged in 1961. George married Aurora Arellano on...
Katherine (Keeler) Grimes
Dec 12, 2015
Katherine (Keeler) Grimes of Mankato, Kansas, was born to Roy and Margaret (Chilcott) Keeler on July 31, 1918, in rural Jewell County, Kansas, and went to be with the Lord and Savior on December 13, 2015, at the Jewell County Hospital Intermediate Swing Bed, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 97 years, 4 months, and 12 days. Katherine grew...
Phyllis June Esslinger
Nov 2, 2015
Phyllis June Esslinger was born May 31, 1931 at Densmore, Kansas to Edward Edwin and Helene Mary (Cramer) Luther. She passed away November 2, 2015 at Salina Regional Medical Center at the age of 84 years, 5 months and 2 days. Her parents, Phyllis, her older brother Raymond and two younger sisters, Leta and Mary made their home on...
Kathleen Marie Kramer
Oct 16, 2015
Kathleen Marie (Gunn) Kramer was born June 14, 1921 to William Windsor Gunn and Erma Bernice (Dick) Gunn in Republic County, Kansas, and died October 16, 2015, at Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 94 years. She grew up in the Republic area, on her parent’s farm. Kathleen had four sisters, Bernice Margaret, Marion Elizabeth, Mary Evelyn, and Marjorie...
Joseph Martin "Joey" Zadina
Oct 12, 2015
Joseph “Joey” Martin Zadina was born October 28th, 1992 the youngest child of Marty and Vickie Zadina. Joey went to sing with the choir of angels October 12, 2015 at the young age of 22. Joey was very fortunate to graduate with many of his best friends in the Class of 2011 at Rock Hills High School in Mankato....
Neva Joyce Ernst
Sep 9, 2015
Neva Joyce Ernst, of Mankato passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Jewell County Hospital in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 90 years, 1 months and 15 days. She was born on July 24, 1925 in Courtland, Kansas to Emerald and Jesse (Hutchinson) Mills. Neva greatest regret was not completing high school She left school to help out...
Merlin L. "Jerry" Murray
Sep 4, 2015
Merlin “Jerry” Murray, 90, died Friday, September 4, 2015, at MCHHS in Beloit, KS. Jerry was born August 15, 1925, outside of Webber, KS, to James and Nettie (Diamond) Murray. Jerry has celebrated 69 years of marriage to his high school sweetheart, Marjorie Bangs on May 26, 1946. To this union there were three children. Jerry was a graduate...
Carroll E. Thronson
Aug 12, 2015
Carroll Eugene Thronson was born to John and Myrna (Gleason) Thronson, on October 23, 1934, on a farm in rural Jewell County, Kansas, and died August 12, 2015 at this rural home near Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 19 days. Carroll was raised in rural Jewell County and attended country grades school graduating...
Betty J. "Janie" Hall
Aug 4, 2015
Betty Jane “Janie” Hall Obituary Betty Jane “Janie” (May) Hall was born January 1, 1964, in Belleville, Kansas, to Harold and Betty (Crouch) May. She died August 4, 2015, as a result of injuries she sustained in a car accident near Formoso, Kansas. Janie graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1982, and went on to study nursing at...
Allen Leroy Smith
Jul 27, 2015
Allen Smith, 75, was born September 5, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa to Victor and Fern (Decker) Smith. He passed away Monday, July 27, 2015, at Hilltop Lodge, in Beloit, Kansas, after a valiant struggle with cancer. As a child, his family moved to Hastings, Nebraska, then to Republican City, Nebraska, where he graduated with the class of 1957....
Erma L. Dunstan
Jun 25, 2015
Erma Louise (Snyder) Dunstan was born on April 2, 1924 in Effingham, Kansas. She was the third of ten children born to Irl and Lou Ella (Binkley) Snyder. She passed away on June 25, 2015 at the age of 91 years, 2 months and 23 days at Jewell County Hospital Long term Care / Intermediate Swing Bed, Mankato, Kansas....
Norman Neil Smith
Jun 19, 2015
Norman Neil Smith, age 84, died quietly in his sleep June 19, 2015 in Broomfield, Colorado. Norman was born October 19, 1931 to Thompson Ray Smith and Gladys Maude (Nelson) Smith in Esbon, Kansas. After graduating from Esbon High School, Norman began working for Montgomery Ward in the Denver, Colorado area. He then entered the United States Navy and...
Dona Dean Beam
Jun 1, 2015
Dona Dean Ost-Beam, 87 years of age passed away Monday June 1, 2015 at Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit. Dona was born October 20th, 1927 to Darus and Lily (Colson) Henningsen at their family home north of Ionia in Jewell County, Kansas. She attended country grade school and graduated from Ionia High School in 1946. On May 31st, 1946,...
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