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Betty Nelson

Betty Nelson

Jan 10, 2020

Betty R. Nelson, 80, passed away January 10, 2020 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, Kansas.  She was born Sept. 24, 1939 to Lewis and Irene (Breeden) Wright in Palastine, Arkansas.  She married Tom Nelson on October 14, 1989. She was a member of the Clay Center Wesleyan Church and worked as a seamstress for Scott Specialty. Betty was a...

Mike Mcmahan

Mike Mcmahan

Jan 3, 2020

Mike McMahan was born July 4, 1957 in Clay Center, KS to Ned and Charlene (Haake) McMahan. He died January 3, 2020 in Clay Center, KS. Mike graduated from CCCHS in 1975. He married Gale Wietharn on March 19, 1977. Mike farmed in the Clay County area and was a member of S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. What...

Eileen F. Regier

Eileen F. Regier

Jan 3, 2020

Eileen F. Regier was born to Glenn and Irene (Keazer) Hoover on July 11, 1925 in Marion, Kansas. Eileen was raised in Marion, KS and graduated from Marion High School in 1942 at the age of 16. After graduation Eileen worked at the Marion County Extension Office several years during World War II saving money for college. She attended...

Clifford Clark

Clifford Clark

Jan 2, 2020

Clifford Wayne Clark started his life on October 5, 1953 at the Naval Base in Phoenix Arizona. His childhood was spent in California at the home on Lucien Way in Hayward and later moving to Castro Valley. He started school when he was 4 years old. He attended John Muir in Hayward and High School at Castro Valley High....

Gladys Shivers

Gladys Shivers

Jan 2, 2020

Gladys Ruth Shivers 93,died Thursday January 2, 2020 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, KS. She was born September 8, 1926 near Longford, Kansas to Fred and Nettie (Iseli) Bletscher. She grew up in the Industry area and graduated from Dickinson County High School in Chapman, Kansas in 1944. On April 30, 1950 Gladys married Forrest Shivers. Until 1968 Gladys...

Cary Laflin

Cary Laflin

Dec 30, 2019

Cary R. Laflin, 77 died December 30, 2019 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on November 23, 1942 in Broughton, KS, the son of Nolan and Dora Lou (Harris) Laflin. Cary was raised in the Broughton community and was a graduate of CCCHS class of 1960. He married Joyce Dammann on June 24, 1966. Cary worked for Forkner’s,...

Marsha Sue Davies

Marsha Sue Davies

Dec 30, 2019

Marsha Sue Carlson Davies was born February 9, 1948 in Clay Center, Kansas to Marshall and Darlene (Sutter) Carlson, She passed away December 30, 2019 in Wichita, Kansas at the age of 71.

She graduated from CCCHS with the class of 1966.  She married Jim Davies on January 15, 1967 in Clay Center and in a few...

Edith Lebo

Edith Lebo

Dec 27, 2019

Edith Mary Lebo, 94, died December 27, 2019, in Clay Center, Kansas. She was born to Frank and Anna (Krehlik) Brablec in Dickinson, North Dakota. Edith was the last surviving of the eleven Brablec children. In April 1953, she married Paul Alan Lebo of Medora, North Dakota. Paul and Edith had four children. Throughout her life Edith enjoyed family,...

Warrene Blake

Warrene Blake

Dec 24, 2019

Warrene Blake 73 died December 24, 2019 at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center, Kansas. She was born on September 27, 1946 in Clay Center, the daughter of Warren and Doris (Wickstrum) Bigler. Warrene was raised in Clay Center and was a graduate of the CCCHS class of 1964. She married Bruce Blake on June 12, 1966...

Mark Edward Lane

Mark Edward Lane

Dec 22, 2019

Mark Edward Lane, 62, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Clay Center. He was born December 10, 1957, in Beloit. He was the son of John “Blackie” and Allene Lane, and was a 1976 graduate of CCCHS. He attended Hutchinson Community College where he ran track, and received his Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Emporia State...

Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee

Dec 19, 2019

Barbara Ann Lee died December 19, 2019 at the age of 80 in Salina, Kansas. She was born January 23, 1939 in Clay Center, Kansas to Joseph and Merle (Braden) Specht. Barbara was raised in Clay Center. She married Delbert “Sunny” Lee on June 6, 1956. They made their home in many places while Delbert served in the US...

Wayne Wright

Wayne Wright

Dec 19, 2019

Wayne Wright 65 died December 19, 2019 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on February 13, 1954 in Clay Center, the son of Ellsworth E.J. and Eloise (Byarley) Wright. Wayne was raised in Clay Center and was a graduate of the CCCHS class of 1972. He did cement work with his father, E.J. after graduation. Wayne married Mary...

Donald Frazier

Donald Frazier

Dec 18, 2019

Donald L Frazier 94 died December 18, 2019 in Leonardville, KS. He was born on December 14, 1925 in Idana, KS, the son of Enos and Jessie (Ogden) Frazier. Donald was raised in the Idana community and was a graduate from CCCHS in 1944. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Following the war, he worked at Fullington...

Berneta Ruth Scott

Berneta Ruth Scott

Dec 18, 2019

Berneta Ruth Scott, 88 died December 18, 2019 in Manhattan, KS. She was born on November 29, 1931 in Clyde, KS, the daughter of Roland and Ethel (Good) Chartier. Berneta was born and raised in Clyde, Kansas. She was the salutatorian for the Clyde High School class of 1949. Berneta married Hal Blair Scott on May 15, 1952. She...

Allene Lane

Allene Lane

Dec 11, 2019

O LOVING GOD

O loving God, we send our mother home to you, Home to a place of everlasting love, To join there with the angel choirs and blessed saints, And to behold Your glorious holy face.

Receive her soul and let eternal light shine, Eternal light forever on her soul So she may be,...

Ronald Wayne Tillett

Ronald Wayne Tillett

Nov 29, 2019

Ronald Wayne Tillett, 80, passed away November 29, 2019 in Burleson, Texas after a valiant battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis and COPD. Ronald (Ronnie) was born March 1, 1939 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina to Charles Weymouth Tillett, Jr. and Birdie (Godfrey-Pritchard) Tillett. Ron met Debora (Debbie Bauer) Tillett at the Pentagon, and they married June 6, 1970 in Elizabeth City,...

Orival Linder

Orival Linder

Nov 28, 2019

Orival W. Linder, 89 died November 28, 2019 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on December 3, 1929 in Texas County, OK, the son of Roy and Cora (Hobbs) Linder. Orival was raised in western Kansas, spending time in Tribune, Nashville, Langdon and Turon. After graduating from Turon High School, he attended Hutchinson Junior College where he played...

Norman F Wendte

Norman F Wendte

Nov 23, 2019

Norman Wendte, 96 died November 23, 2019 at the Linn Community Nursing Home in Linn, KS. He was born on May 17, 1923 in Clay Center, the son of Fred and Anna (Keller) Wendte. Norman was raised in the Palmer community. He married Norma Dankenbring on October 8, 1950. They farmed in the Palmer area and Norman worked for...

Viola Blackwood

Viola Blackwood

Nov 21, 2019

Viola Blackwood, 99 died November 21, 2019 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on December 7, 1919 in Clay Center, the daughter of Calvin and Caroline (Taddiken) Lippe. Viola was raised near the Morganville Community. She attended Tabor country school and graduated from Clay Center High School. Viola married Francis Blackwood on August 28, 1940. They made their...

Dolores F. Fulton

Dolores F. Fulton

Nov 17, 2019

Dolores Fulton, 97 died November 17, 2019 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on January 28, 1922 in Clay Center, the daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Misner) Reed. She was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS. She moved to California where she worked as a Nurses Aide. She married Daniel Zamora, I and they later divorced. She...

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