Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Audrey Ruth Young
Dec 27, 2007
Audrey Ruth Keller-Young was the eldest daughter of Henry and Maude-Bassett Keller. She was born on April 11, 1925 at the family homestead in Jewell County, Kansas. Audrey grew up in the Odessa area, attended Lebanon High School and graduated in 1943. After graduating, Audrey taught school in southern Jewell County for a short time. In 1945, she moved...
Arlee Mae Neilson
Nov 20, 2007
ArLee M. Neilson was born December 11, 1920, in rural Burr Oak, Kansas, to George E. and Lula Mae (Walden) Marshall, and died November 20, 2007, at the Memorial Home, Moundridge, Kansas, at the age of 86 years, 10 months, and 9 days. She grew up on the family farm and attended rural grade schools. The family moved to...
Geraldine May Walker
Nov 17, 2007
Geraldine May (Groves) Walker was born September 8, 1917, at Jamestown, Kansas, to Clarence and Bertha May (Davis) Groves and she died, November 17, 2007, at the Jewell County Hospital, Long-term Care, at the age of 90 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Her family moved to Mankato before Geraldine started school in Mankato. They moved into the house...
Darleen L. Sobers
Oct 3, 2007
Darleen L. Sobers was one of three children, born December 16, 1920, on a farm near Webber, Kansas, to Dean Mifflin and Wilma Mercy (Neilson) Smith, and died October 3, 2007, at the Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska, at the age of 86 years, 9 months, and 27 days. Darleen attended school and was a graduate of Webber...
Marcus A. Benson
Sep 25, 2007
Marcus A. Benson was born July 27, 1940, to Carl Marcus and H. Maxine (Christensen) Benson, at Scandia, Kansas, and died September 25, 2007, at the Carl T. Hayden Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 67 years, 1 month, and 28 days. Marcus was baptized and confirmed in the Our Saviors Lutheran Church at Norway, Kansas....
Hattie Amy Lucas
Aug 26, 2007
Hattie Amy (Roe) Lucas was born December 7, 1909, in Harrison Township, Jewell, County, Kansas, to Elmer and Josie Roe, and died August 26, 2007, in Salem Oregon, at the age of 97 years, 9 months, and 19 days. She graduated from Burr High School in 1927 and Kansas State Teacher College of Emporia in 1929. Hattie married Howard...
Connie Jo Lilly
Aug 24, 2007
Connie Jo Lilly was born April 16, 1962, and shared that special day with her son, as it was his birthday, at Red Cloud, Nebraska, to Gerald Dale and Janeen Jo (Hayward) Lorence, and died August 24, 2007, at the Via Christie Medical Center, St. Francis, Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 45 years, 4 months, and 8 days....
Doris Lee Kitts
Aug 12, 2007
Doris Lee Kitts, daughter of Martin A. and Bessie J. (Clark) Johnson, was born September 6, 1922, near Formoso, Kansas, and passed away at Jewell County Long-term Care, Mankato, Kansas, on August 12, 2007, at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 6 days. She was united in marriage to Billie O. Kitts, on October 20, 1945. To...
Patricia Ann Mcfarlane
Jul 21, 2007
Patricia Ann McFarlane Patrricia McFarlane, 64, Formoso, died July 21 at her home. She was a homemaker. She was born Patricia Ann Huber, January 25, 1943, at Fort Riley, daughter of Kenneth L. Sr. and Madalene L. (Weir) Huber. Patricia bowled for many years on a local bowling team. Her hobbies included knitting, sewing, reading, watching movies, scanning and...
Leonard Angelo Countryman
Jul 13, 2007
Leonard Angelo Countryman Leonard A. Countryman was the fifth child born to John Elmer and Gertrude (Kincheloe) Countryman, on August 27, 1915. He grew up on the family farm five miles south, one mile east, and ½ mile south of Esbon, Kansas. He attended Westbranch School. Leonard was born in the midst of WWI and he thankfully avoided the...
Fern F. Pair
Jul 2, 2007
Fern Florine (Reed) Pair was born to Willard Richard and Millie (Freestead) Reed on February 13, 1924, on the family farm north of Randall, Kansas. She was the sixth of eleven children born to this union. Fern departed this life on Monday, July 2, 2007, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Long-term Care, at the age of 83 years, 4...
George T. Balch
May 25, 2007
George Theron Balch was born September 12, 1921, in Washington Township, Jewell County, Kansas, on Grandfather Nelson’s homestead near Montrose. He passed from this life on May 25, 2007, at the Mitchell County Health System Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 13 days. George was the son of Theron “Jim” and Agnes (Nelson)...
Jonathan P. Havens Goodman
May 17, 2007
Jonathan P. Havens was born October 14, 1962, at El Centro, California, to Peter Garcia, Jr. and Gail (Fowlkes) Havens, and died May 17, 2007, at his home in Burr Oak, Kansas, at the age of 44 years, 7 months, and 3 days. Jon lived in El Centro, California, and graduated from High School. While living in California, he...
Alma Louise Tyler
May 2, 2007
Alma Louise Tyler was born March 26, 1915, to Johan Fredrich and Eva Marquaretta (Blehm) Wassemiller, at their homestead south of Monument, Kansas, in Logan County. She died May 2, 2007 at the Mitchell County Health System Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, 1 month, and 6 days. Alma attended both grade and high schools at...
Phillip Gale Howard
May 2, 2007
Phillip Gale Howard was born November 13, 1953 to Forrest and Wanda Howard in Beloit, KS. He passed away on May 2, 2007 at the age of 53. He graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1972. On December 28, 1975 he married Trela Rafferty and to this union was born two children, Wesley and Stefanie. They made their...
Martha Marie Morris
May 2, 2007
Martha Marie Morris was born at the family farm in Section 2, Ionia Township, Jewell County Kansas, on December 6, 1921, the youngest of eight children born to Carl and Oleanna Jensen Thronson. Marie was confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church on July 28, 1935, and graduated from Mankato High School in 1939. On June 2, 1939, she married...
Richard Lee Gates
Apr 22, 2007
Richard Lee “Rich” Gates was born August 20, 1929, near Burr Oak, Kansas, the only child of John C. and Elta (VanMeter) Gates, and died April 22, 2007, at his home at the age of 77 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Richard attended Burr Oak Grade School, graduating from Burr Oak High School and attended Kansas Wesleyan University,...
William James Fullerton
Apr 3, 2007
William James Fullerton was born September 28, 1979, in Belleville, Kansas. He was the younger of two children born to David L. Fullerton and Mary S. (Jensen) Fullerton and he died April 3, 2007, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 27 years, 6 months, and 6 days. William completed all of his...
Chester Albert Hanson
Mar 16, 2007
Chester Albert Hanson, son of Chris and Addie (Hart) Hanson, was born September 9, 1914, on his father’s farm east of Randall, Kansas, and passed away on March 16, 2007, at the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 92 years. Chet lived the majority of his life in Jewell County, Kansas. His childhood was...
Geneva Grace Garman
Mar 6, 2007
Geneva Grace (Stanton) Garman was born October 29, 1910, at Miltonvale, Kansas, to Ray and Ada (Neill) Stanton, and died March 6, 2007, at the Jewell County Hospital, Long-term Care, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 7 days. She graduated from Burr Oak High School in 1928, and attended Kansas State University to get...
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