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Marian Holiwell

Marian Holiwell

Oct 2, 2012

Marian J. Holiwell, 87, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at the Mercy Regional Health Center. Marian Baker was born on April 10, 1925 in Manhattan, the daughter of the late Ernest and Helen (Keele) Baker. She attended the local schools and graduated from Manhattan High in 1943, also attending Kansas State University for child care. It...

Terri Jean Gregg

Terri Jean Gregg

Sep 16, 2012

Terri Jean Gregg, 56, of Manhattan, passed away in her home, Sunday, September 16, 2012. Terri was born in Kansas City, Kansas on April 15, 1956, a daughter of Betty Barbara (Paxton) Cramer and the late Roger Ray Cramer. She grew up in Kansas City area, and attended the local schools, graduated from Washington High School in 1974. Received...

Mabel A. King

Mabel A. King

Sep 8, 2012

Mabel Alberta King , 99, passed away Saturday, September 8, at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. She was born northeast of Green, Kansas, in the Mayday community. She was the daughter of the late Ludwig F. Kaump and Fredarica Harris-Berger Kaump. Mabel attended the Star School until her family moved to the farmstead east of Riley, Kansas. There, she attended...

James Anthony Johnson

James Anthony Johnson

Sep 7, 2012

James Anthony Johnson, 26, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, September 7th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. James Johnson was born in Corona, California on June 11, 1986, the son of Diane Gilstrap-deRodriguez, of Colorado Springs and John Johnson, of Manhattan. He loved to fish, was a former Junior Lions Club member in Garden City. James is also survived by...

Yvonne "Patty" Taylor

Yvonne "Patty" Taylor

Sep 6, 2012

Yvonne Patricia 'Patty' Taylor, 74, of Manhattan, passed away at her home on Thursday, September 6th. She worked with Big Lakes Development for 34 years as a work services employee. Yvonne Taylor was born on May 24, 1938 in Manhattan, the daughter of the late Thomas and Edith (Montgomery) Taylor. Patty loved to sing, dance and socialize with family...

Luise White

Luise White

Aug 30, 2012

Luise Frieda Dora White, 87, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, August 30th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Luise Frieda Dora Siemuttis was born in Essen, Germany on April 30, 1925, the daughter of the late Jakob Siemuttis and Luise (Schroder) Siemuttis. She attended and graduated from high school in her home town. On July 21, 1952...

Ronald Buchanan

Ronald Buchanan

Aug 27, 2012

Ronald 'Ron' Dale Buchanan Ronald Dale Buchanan, 81, Manhattan, passed away Monday, August 27th, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Ron was born in Manhattan, on June 20, 1931, the son of the late Letta M. (Caleson) and Claude Leroy Buchanan.. He graduated from the Manhattan High School, served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1955 during...

Bob L. Suggs

Bob L. Suggs

Aug 24, 2012

Bob Lee Suggs, 51, of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, August 24th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. Bob was born in Manhattan, on November 29, 1961, a son of Eralene Athene (Fair) Suggs and the late Fernandos Suggs. Bob was a graduate of Manhattan High School in 1980 and attended KSU. He was retired from Flint Hills Foundation of St....

Maurita M. Sesler

Maurita M. Sesler

Aug 10, 2012

Maurita M. Sesler, 84, of Manhattan, passed away Fri., August 10 at the Good Shephard Hospice House after a year's battle with cancer. Born June 24, 1928 to Raymond and Mary Ferguson, and was married to Robert G. Sesler on May 21, 1949, he proceeded her in death on Jan. 15, 1991. Maurita was a stay at home mother...

Ruth Marie Upham-Tyson

Ruth Marie Upham-Tyson

Aug 5, 2012

Manhattan, KS Ruth Marie Upham-Tyson Ruth Marie Upham-Tyson, 88, of Raytown, Missouri, passed away Sunday, August 5th. Ruth M. Brown was born in Geary County, Kansas on January 5, 1924, the daughter of the late Ada M. (Grey) Brown and Joseph A. Brown. She was preceded in death by Dr. Roy Upham, Jack Tyson and her longtime companion Howard...

Robert Doyle

Robert Doyle

Aug 4, 2012

Robert Lee Doyle, 85, of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, August 4th, 2012, at Via Christi Village. Robert Lee Doyle was born in Winnsboro, Louisiana on December 3, 1926, a son of the late Katie Lee (Swayzer) and Lawyer Doyle. He was raised and attended school in Louisiana. In 1966, Robert moved to Manhattan where he met Doris Marie Powell....

Laura Pickett

Laura Pickett

Jul 31, 2012

Laura Ellen Pickett, 61, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, July 31st, in Manhattan. Laura Bradford was born in Manhattan, on May 12, 1951, the daughter of the late Rosanna Ruth (Leiver) Bradford and Charley Jackson Bradford, Sr. She worked as a shirt presser for Stickel's Dry Cleaning & Laundry in Manhattan, was a driver for Bell Taxi, a house...

Nicholas Nechols

Nicholas Nechols

Jul 27, 2012

Nicholas Daniel Nechols (Nick) passed away on July 27, 2012 at the age of 84. He was born December 23, 1927 in Stratford, Connecticut, he was the second youngest of nine brothers and sisters. His father and mother were Italian immigrants. Nick grew up loving horses and was able to pursue that passion during his military service, working in...

Philip Kirmser

Philip Kirmser

Jul 26, 2012

Philip G. Kirmser, 92, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community. Dr. Kirmser's family provided the following information. Philip was born on Dec.17, 1919 in St. Paul, Minn. to Philip and Helen Kirmser. His father, Philip, was a Master Chef, trained in Europe, who owned and operated Kirmser's Restaurant, located on the West Side of...

Shirley E. Green

Shirley E. Green

Jul 24, 2012

Shirley E Green, 84, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, July 24th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. She was a Realtor in Manhattan for many years. Shirley Tucker was born in Delta, Colorado on January 11, 1928, the daughter of the late Vestal L (Deffenbaugh) and Rodney H Tucker. She graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelors Degree in...

Carrie Louise Mohr

Carrie Louise Mohr

Jul 18, 2012

Carrie Mohr, 83 years, died July 18th at Meadowlark Hills Bramlage House, Manhattan, Kansas, with her loving husband Bob of 60 years was by her side. She was preceded in death by her parents David and Agnes Olson, and her brothers Arthur and David. Survivors include sons Robert, his wife Elaine of Manhattan, Kansas, granddaughter Amelia of Omaha, Nebraska;...

Virginia "Jima" Danielson

Virginia "Jima" Danielson

Jul 12, 2012

Virginia 'Jima' Danielson, 92, a Manhattan resident since 1946, passed away Thursday, July 12th, at Stoneybrook Retirement Community. She was retired from civil service at Ft. Riley. Kathryn Virginia Lynch was born in Honolulu, on January 14, 1920, the daughter of the late Lindon Lamar and Genevieve Day (Springstun) Lynch. She graduated from the Punahou School, Honolulu, HI, and...

Eugene D. Gering

Eugene D. Gering

Jul 12, 2012

Eugene D. Gering, 90, of Manhattan, passed Thursday, July 12th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was a retired mail carrier for the US Postal Service in Manhattan. Eugene Gering was born in Asherville, KS on July 23, 1921, the son of the late Jake and Lyla (Darrough) Gering. On June 25, 1950 at First United Methodist Church...

Carroll Lee Long

Carroll Lee Long

Jul 11, 2012

Carroll Lee Long, Sr., 73, of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, July 11th, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan. Carroll was born in Minneapolis, Kansas on November 5, 1938, a son of the late Alma Fanny (Bailey) and Kenneth Glen Long. He was former owner of A1 Fix All Manhattan. He enjoyed gardening, jigsaw puzzles, fishing, and yard work;...

Bobby Joe Claar

Bobby Joe Claar

Jul 7, 2012

Bobby went home to his Lord Jesus Friday, July 7, 2012 at Kansas University Hospital. Bob Claar was born in Garden City, Kansas on April 19, 1954 the son of Twila (Duncan) and Ralph Claar of Deerfield, Kansas. He graduated from high school in Deerfield, Kansas in 1972, and in 1975 he graduated from the Kansas Technical Institute (currently...

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