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John Jasson Haynes

John Jasson Haynes

Jan 4, 2013

John Jasson Haynes was born May 30, 1969, at Artesia , California, and died January 4, 2012, at Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 43 years, 7 Months, and 4 days. He was born to John Wayne and Caroline Loraine (Stutsman) Haynes. He was a high school graduate, and a welder employed with AGCO Corporation, Sunflower Manufacturing of Beloit,...

Fielden Glenn Figgins

Fielden Glenn Figgins

Dec 23, 2012

Fielden Glenn Figgins was born October 20, 1935, on a farm northwest of Burr Oak, Kansas, to Cecil Russell and Gladys Irene (Bisbee) Figgins. Glenn departed this life on December 23, 2012, at the Brodstone Memorial Hospital, Superior, Nebraska, at the age of 77 years, 2 months, and 3 days. He was married to Phyllis Giger. To this union...

Vyonda Nadine Welch

Vyonda Nadine Welch

Dec 21, 2012

Vyonda Nadine Welch, 71, of Jewell, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 21, 2012, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas. She was born May 9, 1941, to Paul and Vera Phillips Frost. Vyonda as an Air Force wife, travelled extensively throughout the world with her husband Larry during his twenty one years of service....

Dorothy L. Fearing

Dorothy L. Fearing

Dec 11, 2012

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...

Sherry L. Leaf

Sherry L. Leaf

Dec 1, 2012

Sherry L. Leaf of Wellington, Kansas, passed away December 01, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. Sherry was born to Buck (Clarence) and Flossie (Florence) Beck on February 28, 1953, in Concordia, Kansas. She attended and graduated from Mankato High School and after graduation attended Cloud County Community College where she met her husband of 40 years, Mike...

Gene Johnson

Gene Johnson

Nov 17, 2012

Gene Johnson, 91, died Saturday afternoon, November 17, 2012. His passing was peaceful, and he was surrounded by the family he loved. Gene was born five miles east of Mankato, KS, on August 16, 1921, to Ray Johnson and Nettie (Smith) Johnson. He grew up on the family farm north of Mankato, attended country schools, and graduated from Mankato...

Audrey L. Hamilton

Audrey L. Hamilton

Nov 1, 2012

Audrey Lois Hamilton was born March 3, 1934, on a farm near Burr Oak, Kansas, to Ivan and Helen McMillan. Audrey departed this life November 1, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. Audrey is preceded in death by her parents and brother Merle McMillan. Audrey graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1952. On July 3,...

Bertus Charles Diamond

Bertus Charles Diamond

Oct 19, 2012

Bertus Charles Diamond was born September 20, 1928 and passed away at Bryan Lincoln Heart Institute on October 19, 2012. Bert was born to Edwin and Lucille (Lake) Diamond on a farm east of Mankato, Kansas. Except for a short period when his family lived in Tacoma, Washington, Bert lived his entire life in Jewell County. He attended Red...

Edith Arlene Fearing

Edith Arlene Fearing

Oct 15, 2012

Arlene Fearing of Newberry died at home Monday, October 15, 2012. She was 86. Arlene was born in Jewell County, Kansas, and moved to Newberry from Clermont, Florida 10 years ago. She was a retired real estate broker. She also worked as a purchasing agent for Konsler Steel and as a postal clerk. She was a Methodist. Survivors include...

Glenn Hamilton Cederberg

Glenn Hamilton Cederberg

Aug 29, 2012

Glenn Hamilton Cederberg, age 93, of Osceola, Nebraska, passed away August 29, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola. Glenn was born May 2, 1919 to Carl Oscar and Bertha June (Hamilton) Cederberg in Mankato, KS. After graduating from high school, he went on to receive Masters Degree in Teaching and Guidance Counseling from UNL. He taught school...

John E Johnson

John E Johnson

Aug 20, 2012

John E. Johnson was born to Ralph O. and Zelma E. (Truitt) Johnson, on November 21, 1932, on the farm in Sinclair Township, rural Formoso, Kansas, and died, Monday, August 20, 2012, at his home near Formoso, at the age of 79 years, and 9 months. John was a graduate of Courtland High School and attended one year at...

Donald L. Diehl

Donald L. Diehl

Aug 5, 2012

Donald L. Diehl was born in Guide Rock, Nebraska, on December 9, 1927 and passed away at the age of 84 at Hilltop Lodge, Beloit, Kansas, on Sunday, August 5, 2012. He was the only child born to Dallas "Pete" and Hazel (Winslow) Diehl of rural Guide Rock, Nebraska. He graduated from Burr Oak, Kansas High School with the...

Rolland W. "Ron" Oliver

Rolland W. "Ron" Oliver

Jun 8, 2012

Rolland W. "Ron” Oliver , 54 years of age, of Burr Oak passed away Friday, June 8, 2012 at his residence in Burr Oak. He was born on April 27, 1958 in Minot, North Dakota to Harold and Charlene (Sebo) Oliver. Ron graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1976. He worked in the oil fields, was a trucker,...

Jerry D. "Zach" Zachary

Jerry D. "Zach" Zachary

May 24, 2012

Jerry Dan Zachary was born to Kenneth Lee and Betty Darlene (Sweet) Zachary at Beloit, Kansas, on May 14, 1951, and died suddenly Thursday, May 24, 2012, at his home in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 61 years, and 10 days. Zach lived on a dairy farm south of Scottsville, Kansas. He attended grade school in Scottsville, and...

Jack Lee Roe

Jack Lee Roe

May 2, 2012

Jack Lee Roe Jack Roe realized his ultimate desire and goal on Wednesday evening, May 2, 1012, when he went to his eternal home prepared for him by Jesus, the Lord and Savior. His departure came after failing health and a short illness at the Jewell County Hospital in Mankato, Kansas. Jack Lee Roe was the second child of...

Beverly Jean Clegg

Beverly Jean Clegg

Mar 31, 2012

Beverly Jean Clegg, 89, of Mankato, Kansas, was born December 15, 1922, on a farm north of Courtland, Kansas, in Republic County, on a snowy December morning to John Carl and Mary Elizabeth Schlutow. Beverly departed this life March 31, 2012, at Brodstone Memorial Hospital, in Superior, Nebraska. Beverly is preceded in death by her parents: sibling sister -...

Norma Jean (Garman) Blew

Norma Jean (Garman) Blew

Mar 10, 2012

Norma Jean Blew, 79, of Mankato, Kansas, died March 10, 2012, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, after an extended illness. Jean, the eldest of five children, was born on August 28, 1932, on the family farm east of Burr Oak, Kansas, to Robert and Helen (Miller) Garman. She attended Fairview Grade School and graduated from Burr Oak...

Jack Loy Higbee

Jack Loy Higbee

Mar 9, 2012

Jack L. Higbee, 78 years of age, of Formoso, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012 at his farm in Formoso. He was born on January 20, 1934, on the family farm near Formoso, Kansas, to Harry and Gladys (Butler) Higbee. Jack was a graduate of Formoso High School in 1952. He married Nancy Reed on August 9, 1959, at...

William "Bill" Leo Peroutek

William "Bill" Leo Peroutek

Mar 7, 2012

William “Bill” Leo Peroutek, 84, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born May 11, 1927 in Jewell County on the family homestead. Bill was the eldest child of Emil “Peck” and Leona (McCarty) Peroutek. He attended Mt. Zion School through the 8th grade and graduated from Esbon High School with...

Gretchen Dumont Blair - Hughes

Gretchen Dumont Blair - Hughes

Feb 15, 2012

Gretchen Dumont Hughes was born January 12, 1929, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to parents Joe D. Dumont and Winnie Dorah Davis Dumont. She died on February 15, 2012 due to complications after surgery. / Gretchen grew up in Capitol Hill with a loving family. She attended Lee Grade School, Capitol Hill Junior High and graduated from Capitol Hill High...

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