Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Laverna Gracia Mizner
Oct 8, 2009
Laverna Gracia (Reed) Mizner was born on February 22, 1925, at Haigler, Nebraska. She was always very proud of this birthday, as it was the same birthday of our first United States President. She seemed to have a bonding with George. She departed this earth on October 8, 2009, at the age of 84 years. Laverna told us stories...
Charlotte Murray
Sep 10, 2009
Josephine Charlotte Murray, 90, Mankato, Kansas, entered into her heavenly home September 10, 2009. She died at her home in Mankato following a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born December 3, 1918, at Jewell, Kansas, the second child born to John Charles Fullerton and Celinda Jeannette (Elyea) Fullerton. Charlotte attended country schools, graduating from Montrose High School....
James Edward Hills
Sep 6, 2009
James Edward Hills passed away Sunday, September 6, 2009, at the age of 64, due to complications from a fall. He was born October 18, 1944, in Superior, Nebraska, to Vivian Arthur Hills and Mildred (Heineke) Hills of Mankato, Kansas. James is survived by his wife, Eleanor F. Hills of Albuquerque, New Mexico; three children, Brian and wife, Kelly...
Edna Fogo
Aug 28, 2009
Edna Mae (Spooner) Fogo, Burr Oak, Kansas, was born August 9, 1914, at Hewitt, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles Fredrick and Esther (Lown) Spooner, died August 28, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-term Care Unit, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 95 years, and 19 days. As a child, the family moved to the Sandhills of Nebraska, near...
Terry D Williams
Aug 18, 2009
The first born of twin boys, Terry Dean Williams was born on January 6, 1949, to Orville and Luzella (Gutscher) Williams in Superior, Nebraska. He grew up on the farm near Burr Oak, Kansas, where he attended school. Terry graduated from Burr Oak High School, with the class of 1969. Following graduation, he went into the United States Army....
Jack R Blair
Aug 17, 2009
Jack Ray Blair, 76, died Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, and will be sadly missed by his wife of 56 years, children, grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. He was born November 25, 1932 in El Dorado, Kansas to Neven B. and Dorothy Mae (Taton) Blair and was one of seven children....
Sarah Elizabeth Mohler
Aug 6, 2009
Sarah Elizabeth Mohler was born on June 21, 1925, in Huron, Tennessee, to Ambrose and Flossie (Stewart) Maness, and died August 6, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 84 years, 1 month, and 15 days. She grew up on the family farm. After attending Business College in Knoxville, Tennessee, she went to work...
James J Park
Aug 3, 2009
James Jay Park was born in Belleville, Kansas, on October 10, 1964 to Dale and Louise (Kirkbride) Park. He passed into heaven on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the age of 44 after many years of illness, pain and time in hospitals and the Hilltop Lodge in Beloit. Jamie was the ‘little’ brother of Laura McClure, Osborne, Kansas, and...
Forrest L Dempsey
Jul 24, 2009
Forrest Lee Dempsey, (Formoso, Kansas), son of Franklin and Ethel (Sturtevant) Dempsey, was born August 4, 1920, on the family farm in section 36 of Washington Township, Jewell County, Kansas, and died July 24, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital Long-term Care, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 88 years. He was the 7th child born into his family....
Frances "Cleo" Wilson
Jul 15, 2009
Frances Cleo (Collins) Wilson, 101, died July 15, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-term Care Unit, Mankato, Kansas. Cleo was born March 10, 1908, at Garden City, Kansas, to John G. and Frances Catherine (Zimmer) Collins. Cleo received her schooling in Randall, Kansas, graduating in 1926. She attended and graduated in 1932, from Emporia State Teachers College. On...
George R Kramer
Jul 5, 2009
George R. Kramer, 92, beloved father, husband, grandfather and great grandfather, died July 5, 2009 at Kingswood Senior Living Community. He was born in Mankato, Kansas on July 22, 1916, the older of two sons of George Rowan and Katherine Emily Kramer. After elementary and high school in Mankato, he attended Kansas State University where he received bachelor’s and...
Doris Eileen Bartley
Jul 2, 2009
Doris Eileen (Miller) Bartley (Esbon, Kansas) was born January 21, 1921, in Turkey Creek Township, Mitchell County, Kansas, and departed this life July 2, 2009, at the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems after battling Alzheimer’s disease since 1990. She was the daughter of John Frederick and Fannie Belle (Brown) Miller. Because she grew up during the depression, the family...
Vernon D. Terrill
Jun 24, 2009
Vernon Terrill, was born May 25, 1920, at the Winslow farm near Otego, Kansas, to Everett and Estel (Winslow) Terrill, and died June 24, 2009, at Mary Lanning Hospital, in Hastings, Nebraska, at the age of 89 years, and 29 days. He graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1938. After graduating from high school, Vernon farmed for a...
Arthur J. Cockroft
Jun 20, 2009
Arthur Joe Cockroft was born July 15, 1913, on a farm west of Burr Oak, Kansas, to William Arthur and Mamie Goldie (Olena) Cockroft. He died in Beloit, Kansas at the Long-term Care Center on June 20, 2009, not too many days short of his 96th birthday. Arthur was married to Mary Lorine Broyles on August 9, 1939. They...
Richard K. Russell
May 22, 2009
Richard K. Russell the first child of Elmer and Zelma Russell, was born January 10, 1933, in Stafford, Kansas, and died at his home in Mankato, Kansas, on May 22, 2009, at the age of 76 years, 4 months, and 12 days. As a child, Richard attended Center View School and Antrim School in Rural Stafford County. In 1951,...
Mark Allen Blew
May 5, 2009
Mark Allen Blew, the son of Merle and Jean (Garman) Blew, was born on May 10, 1957, in Pittsburg, Kansas, and died Tuesday, May 5, 2009, after a short illness in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 51 years, 11 months, and 25 days. Mark graduated from Mankato High School in 1975. He entered the United States Army on...
N. Rebecca "Becky" Countryman
Apr 29, 2009
Nana Rebecca Countryman was born to Marvin and Nana Beale on May 28, 1949, at the Mitchell County Hospital, in Beloit, Kansas. She passed away in her sleep to be with Jesus Christ and the love of her life, Dale, on April 29, 2009, at the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems. She lived with her family in Jewell County,...
Helen M. Kramer
Apr 24, 2009
Helen M. Kramer, 89, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother died April 24, 2009 at Kingswood Senior Living Center. She was born in Halstead, KS on October 10, 1919, the second daughter of Florence and Charles Lohmeyer. After schooling in Halstead, she attended Bethel College, Newton, KS and then Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS where she received...
Jerald "Jerry" Dean Vosberg
Apr 17, 2009
Jerald D. "Jerry" Vosberg of Mankato, Kansas, was born March 22, 1939, to Earl and Lillian (Bare) Vosberg, at Salina, Kansas, and died April 17, 2009, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 70 years, and 25 days. He served in the United States Marine Corp and was discharged with medical disability. After he was...
Diana Le Dethloff
Apr 4, 2009
Diana Le (Ost) Dethloff, was born March 16, 1952, in Concordia, Kansas, to Arden and Marcella Ost, and passed away April 4, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas, at the age of 57 years. Diana grew up on the family farm south of Burr Oak. A 1970, graduate of Burr Oak High School, Diana attended Kansas Wesleyan...
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