Melby Mortuary Obituaries
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...
Billy Delbert Rudolph
Mar 23, 2009
Billy Delbert Rudolph, the son of Floyd and Freda (Lehmann) Rudolph, was born September 22, 1936. His sudden departure from this life was on March 23, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital at the age of 72 years, 6 months, and 1 day. He was born on a farm south of Cedar, Kansas. When he was a baby the...
Max Neal Field
Mar 20, 2009
Max N. Field, 74, retired Sedgwick County Bureau director, passed away March 20, 2009, at Homestead Health Center, Wichita. Max was born January 19, 1935 to Clarence and Marjorie (Clemons) Field in Burr Oak, KS. Max was a very proud graduate of the Class of '53 from Planeview High School. Until his illness, Max enjoyed going to the Friday...
Karl Van Hesser
Mar 16, 2009
Karl Van Hesser was born October 21, 1954, at Superior, Nebraska, to Norman Neal and Telva Ruth (Shellhase) Hesser, and suddenly passed away on March 16, 2009, at his home in Osborne, Kansas, at the age of 54 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Karl grew up in Mankato, and after graduation, he served three years in the Army....
Melodee Ann Thompson
Mar 10, 2009
Melodee Ann Thompson was born August 12, 1957, to Charles “Bud” and Ilene (VanMeter) Thompson. She left this life on March 10, 2009, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas, at the age of 51 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Melodee was a graduate of Mankato High School in the class of 1975. She went on to...
Bernice June Corrick
Mar 9, 2009
Bernice June (Fielder) Corrick was born at DeWitt, Nebraska, to Fredrick and Lila (Carre) Fielder, on December 28, 1930, and passed away on March 9, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 78 years, 2 months, and 11 days. She attended first grade at DeWitt and the remaining 11 years at Esbon, Kansas,...
Curtis Wayne Cure
Mar 3, 2009
Curtis W. Cure was born September 12, 1938, at Crosby County, Texas, to Horace D. and Jewell (House) Cure and died March 3, 2009, at his home in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 70 years, 6 months, and 21 days. He married Mary Frances and they were later divorces. He lived most of his life in California, and...
Bethel Delise Laflen
Feb 28, 2009
Bethel Delise “Beth” Laflen was born July 1, 1936, at Mankato, Kansas, to Gerald and Waunda (Fiero) Stout, and died February 28, 2009 at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 72 years and 7 months. Beth was educated in the Mankato Public Schools. She was a L.P.N. and worked in Salina, and at the Jewell...
Frederick William Julius (Fritz) Ahlman
Feb 20, 2009
Frederick William Julius (Fritz) Ahlman, was born November 26, 1918, at Pierce, Nebraska, to Emil and Anna (Rabe) Ahlman, and died February 20, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 90 years. Fritz was a World War II Army Veteran serving in New Guinea and the Southern Philippines. He married Helen Marie Pokett on...
Dale E Rothchild
Jan 24, 2009
Dale Eugene Rothchild was born on November 1, 1925, in the family home, rural Montrose, Kansas, to Emmett and Olive Ruth (Stansbury) Rothchild, and died January 24, 2009, at his home in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 83 years, 2 months, and 23 days after a long illness. Dale attended grades 1st thru 8th at the Rose Hill...
Donald Eugene Balty
Jan 8, 2009
Donald Eugene Balty was carefully transferred from the loving hands of his family into the arms of his heavenly Father at 10 AM on January 8, 2009, at his home in Milan, Ill. He was 71 years old. The Balty family invites friends and family to visitation at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island, Ill., on Sunday,...
Shirley Ann Minear
Jan 3, 2009
Shirley Ann Minear was born October 17, 1937, in Beloit, Kansas, to Frank and Thelma (Burns) Folsom, and died Saturday, January 3, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 71 years, 2 months, and 16 days. Shirley devoted most of her life to caring for the sick and injured, as a Registered Nurse. She...
Eugene Leeroy Morris
Dec 29, 2008
Eugene LeeRoy “Mo” Morris, son of Cleo and Twila (Figgins) Morris, was born May 17, 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri. Mo went to be with the Lord December 29,2008, at University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 46 years, 7 months and 12 days. He graduated in 1980 from Burr Oak High School. Mo enjoyed playing football,...
Terry Lee Howell
Dec 5, 2008
Terry Lee Howell was born March 6, 1951, at Hastings, Nebraska, to Paul J. and Eloise (Schultz) Howell. He died December 5, 2008, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, after a long battle with cancer. Terry always kept his diploma from Kindergarten at Guide Rock, Nebraska, where he started his education. He attended Burr Oak Grade School and...
Merna B. Keeler
Dec 3, 2008
Merna B. Keeler, 78, Mankato, died Dec. 3 at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born Jan. 26, 1930, in Jewell County, Kansas, near Ionia. Her parents were Glenn and Ida Miles Wright. She attended rural schools and graduated in 1948 from Ionia High School. On June 1, 1948, she married Nelson Keeler in Hays. He preceded...
Jewell Jones Sweet
Nov 24, 2008
Jewell Jones “Shorty” Sweet was born January 19, 1919, near Mankato, Kansas, to Albert Holmes and Cyrene (Jones) Sweet. He was born with a handicap, Jewell was a deaf mute. He was a life long resident of Jewell County, and learned math at Fairview Country School, east of Formoso. He was an accomplished farmer stockman, who never raised wheat...
Earl Dean Leonard
Nov 22, 2008
Earl Dean Leonard was born on June 12, 1933, in Jewell County, Kansas, the only son of the late Chester Earl and Dorothy Jane (Lange) Leonard. Dean passed away at the Overland Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Overland Park, Kansas, on November 22, 2008. Dean attended the Mankato schools and graduated from Mankato High School in 1951. Dean...
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