Obituaries

Sep 5, 2013

Mable Lovilla Marihugh, Esbon, Kansas, first child of John H. and Sarah Adilla Fenner Phillips, was born on a farm in the West Branch community south of Esbon, Kansas, August 28, 1910. She passed away at Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas on September 5, 2013 at the age of 103 years and 8 days. Mable attended West Branch Country...

Sep 3, 2013

Vesta Geraldine Beam was born June 19, 1918, at Esbon, Kansas, to Will and Rose (Morrow) Beam, and died Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at the age of 95 years, 2 months, and 14 days. Vesta attended school in Esbon, graduating from Esbon High School in 1936, as valedictorian. She attended York College, in York, Nebraska for two years and...

Aug 27, 2013

Sheila A. Shoemaker was born July 25, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas, to George and Iva (Kindler) McCary, and died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, after a battle with cancer, at the age of 70 years, 1 month and 2 days. Sheila was educated in the Esbon School. She was married to Robert “Bob”...

Aug 19, 2013

Gay Maureen (Westbrook) Anderson, 77, of Mankato, Kansas, was born on July 20, 1936, in McPherson to Ben and Thelma (Merrick) Westbrook, and went to be with the Lord on August 19, 2013, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas. Gay graduated from Canton High School and Bethany College with degree in Bachelor of Arts in 1958. She was...

Aug 14, 2013

Patricia B. Christie, 75, the youngest daughter of John and Edith (Hose) Blankenship went to be with her heavenly father on August 14, 2013, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas. She was born March 16, 1938, in Burbank, California. On December 8, 1954, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pat married Norman B. Christie, Jr. Three children were born to...

Jul 30, 2013

Debra Ann (Neilson) Fogo, 57, from Panama City Beach, Florida passed away on July 30th, 2013 in Panama City, Florida after battling many illnesses. Through this she showed the spirit of a pioneer woman. She was born on September 20th, 1955 in Beloit, Kansas, to Murlin and Marlene (Shunkwiler) Neilson. She grew up in Mankato, Kansas and lived in...

Jul 19, 2013

Larry G. Hood, was born to Edwin and Zelma Pauline (Strader) Hood on August 30, 1962, at Charleston, Illinois, and died July 19, 2013, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, after a short illness at the age of 50 years. Larry attended school at the New Castle Elementary School in New Castle, Colorado and high school at Rifle...

Jul 17, 2013

Marjorie Louise (May) Tremblay passed away at the Salina Regional Health Center on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, following a brief illness. She was 83 years old. Marjorie was born on March 30, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts to Alexander and Flora (Webber) May and grew up in the Jamaica Plain suburb. Upon high school graduation, she took a secretarial job...

Jul 10, 2013

Howard McCune Hughes passed away at Scottish Rite Park on July 10, 2013. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday July 14, 2013 at Scottish Rite Park Penthouse. Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Balch Cemetery , Formoso , KS

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Jul 6, 2013

Roland Dale Devers was born to Dale and Ophelia “Dutch” Devers on July 18, 1931 at Columbus, Indiana and died on July 6, 2013, at his home in Esbon, Kansas, at the age of 81 years. Roland graduated high school and served in the Indiana National Guard. He met and married Ramona Juanita (Arnold) Devers Denny, Later he married...

Jun 23, 2013

Glenn Eugene Andreasen was born to Ernest and Mabel (Peterson) Andreasen, at home, on January 8, 1932, and died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 81 years, 5 months, and 15 days. He started to school at Nora, Nebraska, and graduated from Superior High School. He married Betty Nelsen on...

Jun 4, 2013

Rex Dale Kennedy, age 82, of Mankato, Kansas, passed away Tuesday June 4, 2013 in Jewell County Hospital Mankato, Kansas. He was born March 16, 1931, in Imperial, Nebraska to Forest and Goldie (Gibbs) Kennedy. On January 2, 1955, he was united in marriage to Doris Ann Thronson, who survives. Preceding him in death were his parents, sisters June...

May 11, 2013

Gary Clark Cosand, Burr Oak, Kansas, was born December 27, 1939, at La Junta, Colorado, to George and Iris (Calahan) Cosand, and he died May 11, 2013, at his home in Burr Oak, Kansas, at the age of 73 years, 4 months, and 14 days. Gary graduated from Burr Oak High School. He then married his high school sweetheart,...

May 5, 2013

Glenda Rae (Garton) Balty Milan, Illinois Glenda Rae Balty, 79, was born on November 30, 1933, in Formoso, Kansas to Raymond and Geneva (Shanks) Garton and was released from her earthly body on Sunday, May 5, 2013, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was a graduate of Miltonvale Wesleyan High School. She married Donald Balty on April 19,...

Apr 27, 2013

Wilma Marie (Lagergren) Underwood was born January 27, 1915, at her parents, William and Mary (Wellman) Lagergren, home in Cawker City, Kansas, and departed this life, April 27, 2013, at Hilltop Lodge, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 98 years and 3 months. While growing up north of Mankato, she attended grade school for 8 years at Beaumont District...

Mar 26, 2013

Lillian Eleanor Wolfe was born September 21, 1917, on a farm near Cuba, Kansas, to Joseph W. and Frances (Lojka) Houdek, and she went home to be with her heavenly father on March 26, 2013, at the Mount Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, Kansas, at the age of 95 years, 6 months, and 5 days. Lillian attended school at Kunkel...

Mar 23, 2013

Mildred Ena (Ellington) Fuller Graham was born October 23, 1913 in Powhattan, Kansas to Eva (Higbee) and Ainer Ellingson. After her father died when she was three years old, Eva and Mildred moved to Formoso, Kansas where her Grandparents Higbee lived. Mildred married John Fuller on June 11, 1931 in Belleville, Kansas. They had two daughters, Gayle & Joan....

Jan 30, 2013

Annabelle (Kinsey) Keeler, 93 of Belleville, Kansas, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. She was born Oct. 13, 1919 at Montrose, Kansas, to Fred and Anna Belle (Rogers) Kinsey. She attended Montrose Schools and Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. Ann married Donald S. Keeler on December 10, 1937 in Smith Center, Kansas. To this marriage five children were born. She...

Jan 25, 2013

Lorna Mae McMillan was born July 6, 1938, on a farm near Burr Oak, Kansas, to Ivan and Helen (Davis) McMillan. Lorna departed this life January 25, 2013, at her home in Beloit, Kansas. Lorna is preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Merle McMillan; and a sister, Audrey Hamilton. Although blind and handicapped at birth, she attended...

Jan 8, 2013

Jerry Lynn Spooner, 64, of Mankato, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. He was born Feb. 25, 1948, in Concordia, the son of Lee Melton and Lucille (Loomis) Spooner. Survivors include his mother, Lucille Spooner; and his brother, Jimmy (Pam) Spooner, of Jamul, Calif. He was preceded in death by his father, Lee Spooner. There are no services planned at...