Melby Mortuary Obituaries
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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