May 9, 2012

Virginia Susan Gamble, 66, of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, May 9th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Virginia Susan Escobar was born in Manhattan, on November 26, 1945, the daughter of the late Susie (Negrete) Escobar and Joseph Domingo Escobar. She grew up in Manhattan, and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1963. Jeanie was united in...

Apr 27, 2012

Vanessa Joselyn 'Nessa' Townley, 55, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, April 27th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan Vanessa Bockleman was born in Buzzard Bay, Massachusetts, on November 13, 1956, the daughter of Virginia (Wucher) Bockelman and late Fritz Bockelman. She was 'Nessa' to most and Momma to all. Nessa was a wise, kind, beautiful, loving woman...

Apr 26, 2012

Apr 20, 2012

James Dennis 'Denny' Michael Patrick Riordan, 73, died April 20th at the Good Shepherd Home after a short illness. Mr. Riordan was born July 6th, 1938, in Lynn, Massachusetts. An active and adventurous young man, he once crewed in a test cruise of an America's Cup boat and joined the running of the bulls in Spain. After graduating from...

Apr 17, 2012

Jimmie Lawrence 'Okie' Goodmiller, 73, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Jimmie Goodmiller was born in Norman, Oklahoma on December 18, 1938. He was the son of the late Mary Lucy (Bay) Goodmiller and James Malcom Goodmiller. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth 'Betty' Ann Compton on August...

Mar 23, 2012

Donald Allan Kesinger, 73, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, March 23rd, at the Mercy Regional Health Center. Don was born in White Hall, Illinois on June 17, 1938, the son of the late Velma (Hayes) and Merrill Kesinger. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Beth Naylor on Nov. 16, 1996 in Amarillo, Texas and she survives of the...

Mar 16, 2012

John Eugene Lutz, 69, Hays, passed away March 16, at Hays Medical Center, after a brief illness. He was born October 1, 1942, in Manhattan, Kansas, the youngest son of William and Lorena (Prestwood) Lutz. He lived and was schooled in Manhattan in the Hunter's Island community until the 1951 flood took the family farm. At that time the...

Mar 15, 2012

Soash, Edith V., 91, passed away on March 15, 2012 in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born September 25, 1920 near Alton, Kansas to Carl and Marian (Reynolds) LaRue. She married Charles 'Ike' Soash in 1947. Soon after, they purchased a farm near Mankato, Kansas. Edith helped on the farm and later worked as a dental assistant. She was preceded...

Mar 15, 2012

Harold Warner, 80, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, March 15th, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was a retired fire chief with the fire department at Ft. Riley. Harold was born in Arlington, Kansas on July 26, 1931, the son of the late Ruth (Crose) Warner and Raymond Warner. He was united in marriage on Sept. 12,...

Mar 14, 2012

Bessie Ann Day, 62, Wamego, died Wednesday, Mar. 14, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Bessie was born in Lyons, Kansas on Sept. 21, 1949, the daughter of the late Anna Marie (Geist) Hawkins and Robert Melville Hawkins. Bessie Hawkins was united in marriage to James Day in June of 1976, they had 3 children and were later...

Mar 13, 2012

George Edward Morgan, 56, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, March 13th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was a self employeed carpenter. George was born in Manhattan, on June 24, 1955, the son of Berna Jean (Jackson) Morgan and Willard Grant Morgan. George attended the Manhattan schools growing up. Survivors include a daughter, Sekia J. Royall, wife of...

Mar 12, 2012

Donald August Havenstein, 83, of Manhattan, passed away Monday, March 12th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. He owned Havenstein Antiques and Furniture Refinishing in Manhattan since 1968. Don was born in Alta Vista, on May 21, 1928, the son of the late Helen (Snodgrass) and August Henry Havenstein. On Aug. 14, 1948 in Yuma, Arizona he married Leona Mae...

Feb 21, 2012

Oliver Cornelius Weaver Jr., a retired professor of philosophy and religion at Birmingham-Southern College whose courses were viewed as a benchmark in the education and intellectual life of many students over five decades, died Feb. 21 at the age of 97. A graduate of BSC, Weaver co-authored the centennial history of the Methodist school in 1957, served as dean...

Feb 21, 2012

Lula Marie Poe, 80, of Manhattan, passed away on Tuesday, February 21st, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Lula Marie Madison was born April 30, 1931 in Newbern, Alabama the eldest of fourteen to the late Carrie (Norfleet) and Tommie Madison, Sr. She was united in marriage to Renzie M. Poe, Jr. in Newbern, Alabama on January 26,...

Feb 14, 2012

The family will receive friends prior to the services at 9:00 am, Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home & Cremation.

Feb 8, 2012

Virginia L. 'Ginny' Phelps, 62, of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, February 8th, in Topeka. Virginia Marie Lankenau was born in Washington, DC, on April 6, 1949, a daughter of the late Anita Byrne and Richard N. Lankenau. As a youth she traveled the world with her parents in the Dipolomatic Corps. On Sept. 4, 1982 in Albuquerque, New Mexico,...

Jan 27, 2012

Alice Elizabeth Jones Alice Elizabeth Jones, 97, of Manhattan, died Friday, January 27th, at Good Shepherd Hospice House. Alice Elizabeth Steiner was born in Lafayette, Indiana on February 15, 1914, the daughter of the late Barbara (Steill) and Louis Steiner. She was a homemaker and a secretary for the America Farm Research Association with the Indiana Farm Bureau from...

Jan 26, 2012

Nelva May Wilcox Nelva May Wilcox, 93, of Manhattan, passed away on Thursday, January 26th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. She was retired from the USDA Grain Marketing Research Center after 25 years of service. She also had worked for the Comptroller's office at Kansas State University and with the Manhattan Credit Bureau. Nelva May Harris was born in...

Jan 15, 2012

Robert E. 'Bob' Smith Robert Earl Smith, 70, of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, January 15th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. He was retired from the U.S. Army, as a SFC (E7) in 1985, where he was an engineer in construction. After his retirement he became a truck driver for Keim Transportation of Sabetha, KS. Bob was born in Floresville,...

Jan 8, 2012

Richard Luther Allen, Jr., 72, of Manhattan, died Sunday, January 8th, at Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He was retired from the City of Manhattan after 13 years, and Kansas State University after 18 years as a truck driver. Richard Allen was born in Washington D.C., on June 18, 1939, the son of the late Tessie Lee (Scott)...