Melby Mortuary Obituaries
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,...
Vera A. Frost
May 4, 2015
Vera Agusta Phillips Frost, Esbon, Kansas, fourth child of John Harold and Sarah Adilla (Fenner) Phillips, was born on a farm in the Westbranch community south of Esbon on August 1, 1921. She passed away at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, on May 4, 2015, at the age of 93 years, 8 months and 3 days. Vera attended...
Dennis Edward Clark
Apr 26, 2015
Dennis Edward Clark of Burr Oak, Kansas passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Dennis was born on October 29, 1952 in Beloit, Kansas to Edward L. and Lucile M. (Keller) Clark. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward L. Clark. Dennis grew up on a farm south of Esbon and attended Dentonia and Esbon schools,...
Rick Lehrling
Mar 18, 2015
Rick Lehrling was born in Caldwell, Kansas, on December 25, 1953, to Thomas and Colleen Wirtz Lehrling. The first decade of his life, Rick lived on a farm in Oklahoma and remained a life-long loyal Sooner. Rick had one brother, Gary Merrit and wife Eunice, and three sisters, Carolyn Sandell, Pam LaGasse and husband Jimmy Stansbury, and Lynette Alexander...
Newell E. Alexander
Mar 8, 2015
Newell Alexander, 85, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Bryan LGH-East, Lincoln, Nebraska. The son of Elmer and Florence (Silsby) Alexander, he was born on October 12, 1929, in Limestone Township, Jewell County, Kansas, on the land which was homesteaded by his grandparents, Dick and Alice Alexander. Newell was united in marriage to Doris Sloan on January 14, 1951...
Ralph Wayne Hooton
Feb 26, 2015
Ralph Wayne Hooton was born on March 27, 1930 in Stafford County, Kansas to Floyd and Frances (Ferguson) Hooton and passed away on February 26th, 2015. Ralph attended Zenith Elementary and Stafford High School and the family relocated to Jewell County where he graduated from Esbon High School in 1948. After high school he was drafted into the United...
Cecil Lee Roy Hillman
Feb 20, 2015
Cecil Lee Roy Hillman was born November 5,1924, in Mitchell County southeast of Beloit, KS, to Alva Hillman and Cora (Delp) Hillman, and passed away February 20, 2015, at Mitchell County Hospital “Long-term Care Unit” in Beloit. He was preceded in death by: his folks; a sister, Esther Critchfield; wife, Marvalee; two sons, Morris and Earl Hillman; two great-grandchildren,...
Richard "Rich" R. Roush
Feb 19, 2015
Richard “Rich” R. Roush, 44, Formoso, Kansas, beloved son, father, brother, uncle and friend, died on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, Kansas, from complications due to a sudden illness. Rich was born May 14, 1970, in Grand Island, Nebraska and was a longtime resident of Formoso and Courtland. He worked at Wal-Mart in Concordia,...
Sophie Ann Anderson
Feb 19, 2015
Sophie Ann Anderson of Formoso, Kansas, was born July 11, 1942, to James and Genevieve (Saleem) Hashberger, in Fall River, Massachusetts, and died February 19, 2015, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 72 years, 7 months, and 8 days. Sophie attended school and the Common Wealth Community College in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was...
Delvis D. "Butch" Mahaffy
Feb 19, 2015
Delvis D. “Butch” Mahaffy, of Derby, Kansas obituary Butch Mahaffy, age 65, formerly of Mankato, Kansas, died February 19, 2015, at the Veteran’s Hospital Hospice Center, Wichita, Kansas. Butch was born June 3, 1949, at Mankato, Kansas, to Donald and Edith Mahaffy. He served 4 years in the United States Army and 4 years in the Navy. On July...
Marvin Lee Nelson
Jan 31, 2015
Marvin Lee Nelson, of Mankato, Kansas, son of John and Hilda (Anderson) Nelson was born on the family farm, one mile south of Courtland, on March 31, 1925. He was the youngest of eight children. Marvin was baptized and confirmed in the Ada Lutheran Church, rural Courtland. He attended Courtland Grade and High School and graduated in 1943. He...
Vernon Dean Thronson
Jan 26, 2015
Vernon Thronson Vernon Dean Thronson, 78, Tempe, Arizona, died Monday, January 26, 2015. He was born January 13, 1937 in Mankato, Kansas, the son of John and Myrna(Gleason) Thronson. Vernon was raised in Jewell County and attended country grade school graduating from Mankato High School in 1955. Shortly after graduating Vernon joined the United States Navy. Most of his...
Donna M Meier
Jan 3, 2015
Donna Marie (Briggs) Meier passed away at the age of 70 on Saturday, January 3, 2015, in her home after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loved-ones. She was born July 12, 1944, in Mankato, Kansas, to Floyd M. and Anna M. (Heater) Briggs. She married LeRoy Meier on December 8, 1963. Donna was preceded in death...
Gail Fenner Colson
Nov 25, 2014
Gail Fenner Colson was a wonderful husband, father, grandpap, great grandpap, postmaster, farmer, poet, friend, and Christian. Gail loved God. In the summer of 1947 he was baptized into Christ in White Rock Creek by Don Hines. He attended the EUB church in Esbon and then Dentonia Church of Christ where he served as Elder from 1973 until 1998....
Eugene Clark "Gene" Johnson
Nov 18, 2014
Eugene Clark "Gene" Johnson, Blair, Nebraska, was born December 17, 1929, on a farm in Esbon, Kansas, to Robert and Naomi (McCoy) Johnson. He died peacefully at home with his family at his side on November 18, 2014, at the age of 84 years. Gene attended a country school and graduated from Esbon High School in 1947. Eugene married...
Wanda Howard
Nov 14, 2014
Wanda Howard was born on December 14, 1933, in Garden City, Kansas, and passed away on November 14, 2014, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 80 years and 11 months. At the age of 3, she moved with her parents to Beloit, Kansas area. She married Forrest Howard on June 15, 1952 and moved...
Constanza "Connie" Smith
Oct 15, 2014
Constanze (Lazzarotto) Smith, the daughter of Anna (Defolco) and Costa Lazzarotto, was born November 21, 1932, in Mount Pleasant, New York. Later her father would move the family to Seattle, Washington. She died October 15, 2014, at Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 81 years, 10 months, and 24 days. On August 31, 1951, Connie (as she is known...
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