Obituaries

May 18, 2014

Eugene Douglas Proctor, 86 years of age, of Mankato, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014. He was born on February 27, 1928 in Webber to Clarence and Thelma Marie (Knapp) Proctor. Gene graduated from Mankato High School. He then served his country in the United States Army in Korea from 1946 to 1948 receiving the Army of Occupation Medal. Gene...

May 10, 2014

Marjorie Viola (Jones) David, was born in Home City, Kansas, August 15, 1921, the daughter of Clyde and Elizabeth (Wolf) Jones, and passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Family Health and Rehabilitation Center, Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, 8 months, and 7 days. After spending her first ten years in Home City, her family...

Apr 11, 2014

Eldon Dean Buster was born April 16th 1926 to Verda (Morris) and Ernest Buster on a farm outside of Burr Oak Kansas. He departed from this life on April 11 at the Jewell County Hospital at 87 years 11 months and 24 days. He attended school in Burr Oak, Kansas, through his junior year and then transferred to Mankato...

Apr 11, 2014

Donald Everett (Bud) Siemon, 86, Mankato, was born October 5, 1927, to Everett Edward and Myrtle Padden (Ridge) Siemon in Mankato. He was their second child. He had an older sister, Avis Marie, and later 2 younger sisters, Anne Arlene and Anita Lorraine. Bud left us to return to his Heavenly Father on April 11 th , 2014, at...

Apr 2, 2014

Obituary for Glenn E. Marihugh

Glenn E Marihugh, Esbon, Kansas, son of Walter Lee and Mable Lovilla (Phillips) Marihugh, was born on the family farm in Odessa Township, south of Esbon, Kansas on January 6, 1935. He was baptized at the Dentonia Church of Christ as a young boy...

Mar 30, 2014

H. Maxine Benson

Maxine Benson of Mankato, Kansas, was born on April 17, 1920 to Homer and Mabel Christensen in Concordia, Kansas, and died March 30, 2014, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 93 years.

Maxine attended rural grade schools, and graduated from Norway, Kansas, High School in 1938.

Mar 28, 2014

Mary E. Kriley of Esbon, Kansas, died Friday, March 28, 2014, at 8:30 p.m. She was 94.

Mary Elizabeth (Flavin) Kriley was born December 15, 1919, to John and Elizabeth (Heinen) Flavin, at their farm home north of Cawker City, Kansas. She grew up on the farm and attended a country school for the first three years...

Mar 20, 2014

Etta JoAnn Badger of Mankato, Kansas, was born on a farm southwest of Mankato, Kansas on December 7, 1933. She died on March 20, 2014 at the age of 80. JoAnn was the fourth child in a family of five children. She attended rural schools and later graduated from Mankato High School in 1951.

JoAnn married Roland...

Mar 7, 2014

Esther Elaine Ortman, 81, of Mankato, Kansas, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-Term Care facility. She was born on January 18, 1933, on the Ahrens family farm north of Mankato, Kansas, to Florence (Ahrens) and Arthur Thompson. Esther attended school in Hardy, Nebraska, graduating from Hardy High School in 1950. After high...

Mar 6, 2014

Lynette B. (Hansen) Koester of Mankato, Kansas, was born May 31, 1947, at Fairbury, Nebraska to Enos Emil and Ruth Lillie (Sykes) Hansen, and departed this life, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 66 years, 9 months, and 5 days. Lynette was baptized on July 11, 1947, at the Bethany...

Mar 3, 2014

Donnie Gene Topliff was born December 26, 1934, to Clarence E. and Marguerite (Parker) Topliff at Jewell, Kansas, and died Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 79 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Donn went to Sweet Home School and Jewell High School. He graduated from Jewell High School, in...

Feb 9, 2014

Dennis L. Roesti, of Burr Oak, Kansas, was born February 2, 1938, in Bashaw, Alberta, Canada, and past away, February 9, 2014, at the age of 76 years at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas. He was born to Vincent A. and Opal Ona (Callahan) Roesti. Dennis was a graduate from Burr Oak High School, in 1956. He served...

Jan 8, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Modlin was born February 6, 1923, at Springhill, Kansas, to William B. and Susie (Miller) Morton, and died Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-term Care, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 90 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Mary had attended schools in Junction City, Horton, Ransom, Glasco, and graduated from Burr Oak...

Dec 7, 2013

David Herbert Marhenke born November 4, 1940, at Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska, and died Dec 7, 2013, Belleville Health Care, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 73 years. He leaves to mourn brothers - Robert (Bob) Lincoln, Nebraska and Carl Tekamah, Nebraska, a nephew and several nieces. Preceded in death by his parents Walter and Mary (Corey) Marhenke, his...

Nov 3, 2013

Dorothy L. Fearing, 95, of Cumberland, Rhode Island died, Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in the Mount St. Rita Health Center, with her family by her side. Glenn Clemons Fearing, 94, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, at the Mount St. Rita Health Center. They were married for 71 years. Dorothy was born on October 13, 1917, in Harveyville, Kansas, to...

Oct 26, 2013

Pauline Lucille Reiter , 94 years of age, of Mankato passed away Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Jewell County Hospital, Long-term Care Unit in Mankato, Kansas.. She was born on March 25, 1919 in Jewell, Kansas to Albert and Elsie Bell (LaRue) Abram. Pauline was a graduate of Jewell High School and Emporia State Teacher College. She spent many...

Oct 17, 2013

Milo W. Matousek March 26, 1921 – October 17, 2013 Milo W. Matousek, 92, of Mankato, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Mankato Long Term Care. He was born on March 26, 1921 to John and Hattie (Hajny) Matousek on the family farm. He attended Prairie Hill School through the 8th grade and later graduated from Esbon High...

Oct 9, 2013

Clarence "Cookie" "Buck" Beck, 92, of Mankato, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at Republic Co. Hospital. He was born on July 1, 1921 to Edward and Alice (Bartos) Beck. He grew up in Wilber, Ne, where he was known as Cookie, and for a lifetime held onto his Czech roots. He graduated High School in 1939. He served...

Sep 11, 2013

Gary Lee Douglas, 61 years of age, of Mankato, Kansas, passed away after a short illness, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska . He was born on September 7, 1952 in Beloit, Kansas to Melvin and Virginia (Shoemaker) Douglas. Gary was a graduate of North Central Kansas Technical College, in Beloit, Kansas in Auto...

Sep 5, 2013

Harvey G. Melby, 77 years of age, of Belleville, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Republic County Hospital in Belleville. He was born on December 30, 1935 near Scandia to Elmer and Bernice (Hanson) Melby. Harvey graduated from Scandia High School in 1953. He married Betty Thompson on January 8,...