Mar 28, 2015

LaVonne M. Pierce, 81, formerly of Saint George, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 28th, at the Kiowa Manor District Hospital, Kiowa Kansas LaVonne was born in Red Oak, Iowa on October 28, 1933, the daughter of the late Sam and Wilma (Sederburg) Carlsward. She was a graduate of the Red Oak, Iowa high school and attended business college. On...

Mar 12, 2015

Diana ' Kay' (Whittlesey) Ring of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015, peacefully, at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. Diana was born in Winfield, on December 10, 1945, she is the daughter of Donald Whittlesey and Gwendolin (Dozer) Whittlesey, of Manhattan. Diana graduated high school in Lawrence in 1964, she received a Bachelor's Degree in Home Economics and Fine...

Mar 10, 2015

Obituary John Pershing Brown, 93, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 10th in his home. The son of Josiah Brown and Catharine Brannick LaFontaine Brown, John was born on November 3rd, 1921 in Wamego, Kansas. John graduated from Wamego High School in 1940, and was president of his freshman class. He spent three and a half years in...

Feb 27, 2015

John Wendelin Smithhisler, 87, of Manhattan since 2003, passed away Friday, February 27th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was a retired District Conservationist and a Resource and Soil Conservationist for the US Dept. of Agriculture until his retirement in 1986. John was born in Anthony, Kansas on July 14, 1927, the son of the late Mary Lidwina...

Feb 20, 2015

Lee William Dalrymple, 52, was born July 27, 1962 at the Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He passed away on Fri., February 20, 2015 at the Onaga Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, Esther Mae and Lt Col. Lester Roy Dalrymple; a sister, Daniela (Nia) Dalrymple; and one nephew, Joshua Dalrymple. Surviving are...

Feb 15, 2015

Robert W. Smail, 88, died at his home in Manhattan, KS on February 15, 2015. Bob was born in Aberdeen, SD to Leola (LaSalle) and William C. Smail. He attended local schools, graduating from Aberdeen’s Central High School in 1945. In high school, he played the tuba and sousaphone in the band and was on the football and basketball...

Feb 12, 2015

Dorothy Jane Starbuck Block, 94, was born in Lincoln, Kansas on November 7, 1920 to Marie (Colden) and Harold Robert Starbuck. Her grandparents were Lorena and Clinton Colden, and Rebecca and Edward Macey Starbuck. She died on February 12, 2015 at Via Christi Village Manhattan. While a senior in high school, Dorothy was pianist for many musical activities, President...

Feb 10, 2015

Jesse A. Tafoya, 69, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, February 10th, at Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan. Jesse was born in Dos Palos, Calif. on August 29, 1945. The son of the late Jesse Tafoya and Paula E. (Estrada) Tafoya of Dos Palos, Calif. Jesse graduated from Dos Palos High School, Calif. He and Nancy Nihizer were married in...

Feb 7, 2015

Jan 26, 2015

Terry ('Sparky') Andrew Schlegel, 61, of Manhattan, passed away Monday, January 26th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Terry was born in Manhattan, on July 19, 1953, the son of Marjorie Frances (Noll) Schlegel and the late William A. Schlegel. He was a graduate of Luckey High School in 1971 and Manhattan Area Vocational Technical School, a...

Jan 18, 2015

Robert Charles Patterson Robert Charles Patterson — “Bob” to all who knew and loved him — passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at his home in Manhattan. He was 67. He was born far from his beloved plains in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents Jean Wedeman and Robert Archibald Patterson on December 11, 1947. Soon after Bob’s birth the...

Jan 18, 2015

Robert E. 'Bob' Yount Robert Eugene 'Bob' Yount, 85, of Waterville, Kansas, passed away, Sunday, January 18th, at Blue Valley Senior Living, Blue Rapids. Robert was born in Muncie, Kansas on January 1, 1930, the son of the late Martha (Allen) Eakes and Henry Allen Yount. He retired from the U.S. Navy for nine years and the Air Force...

Jan 16, 2015

Mary Florine 'Flo' (James) Olds, 100, of Manhattan, KS, formerly of Arkansas City, KS passed away Friday, January 16, 2015, at the Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, KS. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. January 21, 2015, at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery, Winfield, KS. Friends may greet the...

Jan 16, 2015

Geraldine Elaine 'Gerry' Walton, 77, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, January 16th, at Good Shepherd Hospice House. Gerry was born in Manhattan, on July 10, 1937, a daughter of the late Helen Joy (Keele) and Ernest G. Baker. Geraldine 'Gerry' Baker Walton served 34 years as a librarian at Manhattan Public Library in Manhattan, Kansas. For more than half...

Jan 14, 2015

Robin Elaine Smith Robin Elaine Smith, 57, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at Mercy Regional Health Center. Robin was born in Topeka, Kansas on October 3, 1957, a daughter of Barbara Ann (Smith) Hall, of Manhattan, Kansas and the late John Boatwright. She was the General Manager of the Hampton Inn in Manhattan from 1993-1998...

Jan 14, 2015

Allen Glen “Bim” Bigsby, 68, a lifelong resident of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, January 14th, 2015. Allen was born in Manhattan, on May 16, 1946, the son of the late Rufus Allen 'Bun' and Gloria Jeanne (Rhyno) Bigsby. Bim was a graduate of Manhattan High School in 1964. He was a standout athlete at Manhattan high school where he...

Jan 9, 2015

Sharon Jean Wright, 78 of Manhattan, KS, passed away Friday, January 9th, 2015, at Good Shepherd Hospice House after a long battle with cancer. Sharon Jean Hastings was born in Coffeyville, KS, on May 25, 1936, to Glen F. and Helen F. (Spendifft) Hastings. She was united in marriage to Don L. Robertson of Fredonia, KS, on September 3,...

Jan 7, 2015

Ruth L. Watts Ruth Lucille Watts, 98, of Manhattan, KS, passed away the evening of Wednesday, January 7th, at her daughters residence in Salina, KS. Ruth was born in Naples, OK on February 19, 1916, the daughter of the late Elmer Ellsworth and Marguerite G. (Evans) Kell. She was a graduate of Chickasha, OK High School and was a...

Dec 21, 2014

Paul Eugene Ehm, 83, of Manhattan, passed away Sunday morning, December 21st, in Overland Park, KS. Paul Eugene Ehm was born in rural Junction City, on May 5, 1931, the son of the late Paul A. Ehm and Katherine M. (Keating) Ehm. He was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Manhattan (Manhattan Catholic Schools) in 1950, after graduation...

Nov 9, 2014

Bob Hertzel, 66, passed away on November 9, 2014 at Good Shepherd Home and Hospice in Manhattan surrounded by family and friends. Robert, 'Bob' Hertzel was born on October 5th 1948 in Beatrice, NE to Arthur and Dorothy (Fletcher) Hertzel. His early years were spent in Beatrice on his grandparent's farm, playing with his sister and cousins, hunting and...