Obituaries

Jan 10, 2021

LaVone Fay Lang age 56, died on January 10, 2021 in Salina, KS. She was born November 10, 1964 in Clay Center, KS to Elmo and Wilma (Fyfe) McNee.  LaVone was born and raised in Clay Center, KS.  She was a graduate of Clay County Community High School.  LaVone met Ron Lang while he was stationed in Fort Riley....

Jan 9, 2021

Marilyn J. Affolter, age 92 of Clay Center, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021, at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor.  She was born on November 23, 1928, at the family farm in Clay County to Arnold and Opal (Cassity) Thornton.

On October 3, 1948, she was married to Don Affolter at the family farm home near Green,...

Jan 8, 2021

Nora Mae Finson passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021 in Clay Center, Kansas.  Nora was born on December 7, 1928, in Iola, Kansas, to Mark Herbert and Iva Madana (Michael) Proctor.  She married Claude LeRoy Finson on April 1, 1949, in Topeka. He preceded her in death.

Nora graduated from Seaman High School in Topeka and...

Jan 4, 2021

William Dean Thurlow, 95 died January 4, 2021 in Clay Center, KS.  He was born on September 10, 1925 in rural Wakefield, KS, the son of John and Caroline (Koerner) Thurlow.  William grew up on the family farm south of Wakefield.  He worked on the farm following high school graduation until he enlisted in the US Army in 1945,...

Jan 3, 2021

Leota Fessenden passed away January 3, 2021 at Wesley Towers in Hutchinson, KS at the age of 99.

She was born on October 28, 1921 in Clifton, KS, the youngest child of Charles and Catherine (Straub) Wurtz.

She married Dale Fessenden on February 14, 1953 in Concordia, KS.  To this union they had two sons,...

Jan 2, 2021

Virginia Belle Marshall Starkweather, age 99, died January 2, 2021 at Eddy Village Green in Cohoes, New York.  She was born in Hennessey, Oklahoma on October 11, 1921, and moved with her family to Clay Center at the age of two.  Her parents were Porter and Ernestine (Mall) Marshall.  She attended Clay Center schools and graduated from CCCHS in...

Dec 31, 2020

Jennice Wright age 78, died December 31, 2020 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on December 26, 1942 in Washington County, KS to Albert and Rosa (Ohlde) Beikmann. Jennice was a graduate of Linn Community High School. She attended Krums Beauty School and worked as a beautician for various beauty shops in Clay Center. Jennice was a member...

Dec 31, 2020

Margaret “Lucile” Jevons, 97, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, Kansas passed away December 31, 2020, at Stoneybrook Assisted Living in Manhattan KS.  Lucile was born on a farm in the Madura area south of Wakefield on April 1, 1923.  She was the daughter of Arthur B. and Edith May Carpenter Luttman.  Lucile is preceded in death by her parents,...

Dec 29, 2020

Russell James age 98, was born January 15th, 1922 in Blaine Township, Clay County, KS, the eldest of 12 children born to Dean and Eva (Chestnut) James.

Russell learned the value of hard work when his father suffered a ruptured appendix and was laid up for a year. Russell completed the 8th grade but didn’t go on...

Dec 28, 2020

Ruth Roberta (Ruhlen) Butterfield, 101, died Dec. 28, 2020 of complications from Covid-19.  Ruth was born May 12, 1919 at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City to Rev. Charles Lester Ruhlen and Edith May (Stafford) Ruhlen.  The family lived in McLouth at the time, and moved to several other small towns in Kansas throughout Ruth’s childhood, as her father was...

Dec 28, 2020

Jay E. Kramer, 95, died December 28, 2020 in Salina.  He was born May 21, 1925 in Clay County, the son of John and Esther (Bruns) Kramer. He grew up in the Longford area and graduated from Longford Rural High School in 1942.  He served in the Army Air Force during WWII.  Jay married Betty Lou Beals on May...

Dec 21, 2020

Winifred Frances Barker age 103, died December 21, 2020 in Clay Center, KS. She was born in LaHarpe, KS on August 9, 1917 to William and Sada (Mapes) McKeever . Winifred attended Allen County Community College for two years. In 1941, she and her husband, Loren, moved to Clay Center where he taught at CCCHS.  Winifred worked...

Dec 17, 2020

Clay Center-

Ellen Kathleen "Kathy" Young passed away peacefully on December 17, 2020, after a valiant, 3 week battle with acute myeloid leukemia.

Kathy was born in Newton, KS on February 3, 1943 to Clem and Margaret White.

Kathy attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS.  This is where she met the love...

Dec 14, 2020

Jay Marcotte, age 59, died December 14, 2020.  He was born to Alfred and Maxine (Rasmussen) Marcotte on October 16, 1961 in Manhattan, KS. Jay was a 1979 graduate of Clay Center Community High School and attended a couple years of Vo-Tech School in Salina, KS. He worked as a millwright for Cromwell in Salina before moving back to...

Dec 13, 2020

Craig L. Law, 63, of Clay Center, KS, died Sunday, December 13.  He was born December 11, 1957 in Des Moines, the son of Edward and Shirley (Starr) Law.  He grew up in the Des Moines/Pleasant Hill, Iowa area, graduating from East High School in Des Moines.  Craig served in the U.S. Navy from 1976-1984.  He returned to Pleasant Hill...

Dec 13, 2020

Harold Loveland, 96 died December 13, 2020 in Clyde, KS.  He was born on May 3, 1924 in Cloud County, KS the son of Guy and Minnie (Motten) Loveland.  Harold was raised in Cloud County.  He attended Manning County School and was a graduate of Miltonvale High School class of 1942.  He married Eloise Bulleigh on August 26, 1951. ...

Dec 12, 2020

Renley John Byrd was born to Horace and Bessie (Smith) Byrd on October 28, 1927 in Lula, Oklahoma. Renley was a graduate of Lula High School. He joined the United States Air Force and served during the Korean War as an aircraft mechanic. Renley married Mary Wheaton on April 19, 1954, she preceded him in death on October 8,...

Dec 11, 2020

Elvis Edward (Ed) Lindley Shannon, 89, Fishers, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 11, 2020.  Ed was born to Roy and Mae (Hanson) Shannon in Lamar, Kansas, September 30, 1931.  On November 22, 1951 he married Clara Jane Sharp.

Ed graduated from Miltonvale High school and attended Central College in McPherson, Kansas.  After graduation Ed began...

Dec 7, 2020

Delores’ life began on September 22, 1930 in Clay Center, Kansas; the daughter of Wilbur and Margaret (Tippin) Nemnich. Delores graduated from Clay Center High School in 1948. Delores was united in marriage to Pat Hemphill on January 2, 1949 in Clay Center. She had a passion for education and went on to graduate from Kansas State University in...

Dec 4, 2020

Betty Ellen Chestnut, 90 died December 4, 2020 at her residence in rural Clay Center, KS.  She was born on May 3, 1930 in Washington Co, KS, the daughter of Joe and Hilda (Moden) Johnson.  Betty was a graduate of the CCCHS class of 1949.  She worked at Elliot’s Drug store and Rex Theater.  Betty married Richard Chestnut on...