John Eugene Lutz
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...
Edith Valeta Soash
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...
Harold Warner
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,...
Bessie Ann Day
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...
George E. Morgan
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...
Donald A. Havenstein
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...
Oliver "O.C." Weaver
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...
Lula Marie Poe
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,...
Maritza M. Cedeño
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.
Virginia "Ginny" Phelps
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,...
Alice Elizabeth Jones
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...
Nelva Mae Wilcox
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...
Robert "Bob" Smith
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,...
Richard Luther Allen
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)...
Sandra Snoke
Jan 6, 2012
Sandra Snoke, 66, of Manhattan, passed away at 9:30am, Friday, January 6th, 2012 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan. Sandra Peters was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 9, 1945, a daughter of the late Mary Helen (Holmquist) and Robert Louis Peters. She was a graduate of Oakland High School, Oakland, Nebraska in 1964 and received a bachelors...
Edward L. Polley
Jan 3, 2012
Edward L. Polley, 91, of Manhattan died January 3, at Mercy Regional Medical Center with his loved ones by his side. He was born on Dec. 25, 1920 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Amos and Signa (Sampson) Polley. He was preceded in death by 4 brothers, Dick, Delman, Amos and Albert. Ed proudly served in World War...
Frederick C. Beverly
Jan 1, 2012
Frederick Charles Beverly was born in Manhattan, Kansas on May 7, 1990 to Frederick Erick Beverly and Clara Bolton Thompson. He attended Manhattan schools and graduated with the Class of 2008 from Manhattan High School. Frederick was a mild-mannered young man who enjoyed sports and motorcycle riding. He was also a musician (drummer) and used his talent in church...
Pauline Josephine Bushey
Dec 28, 2011
Pauline Josephine Burlie Bushey, 99, of Manhattan died on Dec. 28, 2011 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Pauline, a beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, was born on September 11, 1912 in Bluff City, Kansas, to Charles and Mary (Mraz) Burlie. She and her family moved to Anthony, Kansas in 1918 where she attended grade school...
Virginia Carolyn Kobett
Dec 24, 2011
Virginia Carolyn Knauer Kobett, 91, of Manhattan, passed away, Saturday, December 24th, at home surrounded by her loving family. Virginia was born in Barnard, Kansas on February 14, 1920, the daughter of the late Bill and Leitha (Eddy) Knauer. She graduated in 1939 from the Barnard High School, Barnard, Kansas and then enrolled at Kansas State Agriculture College, now...
Rose Mary Arceneaux
Dec 10, 2011
Rosemary Arceneaux, 83, Manhattan, Kansas passed away Saturday, December 10th, at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan. Rosemary was born in Maurice, Louisianaon June 2, 1928, a daughter of the late Felicia (Dalcour) and Remick Stevenson. She worked for 15 years for Artex Company, was a member of Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Manhattan, and loved playing cards and...
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