Duane Bulleigh
Jul 22, 2018
Duane L. Bulleigh, 86, of Clay Center, died Sunday, July 22, 2018 at his residence. He was born February 5, 1932 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Jesse and Velma (McNeil) Bulleigh. Duane grew up in the Browndale area and graduated from Miltonvale High School in 1949. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 until 1955. Duane graduated...
Dalta Ritter
Jul 20, 2018
Dalta Ritter 99, died July 20, 2018 at Immanuel Fontenelle Home in Omaha, NE. She was born on October 24, 1918 in Oneida, KS, the daughter of Oral and Lula Irene (Clifton) Bloom. Dalta married Edwin Ritter on November 27, 1941. He preceded her in death on December 12, 1997. Dalta is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Nelson.Graveside services will...
Kathryn Lavine
Jul 2, 2018
Kathy “Kat” Lavine - Harris , 67, died on July 2, 2018 at her home in Clay Center, KS.. She was born on February 25, 1951 in Sacamento, CA. to Melvin and Alta Grace (Dickinson) Lavine. She is preceded in death by Parents, 1 son, 3 brothers and 1 sister Surviving are: Husband: Gary Harris Daughter: Tammy Standridge Daughter: Chandra...
Mary Collette
Jun 26, 2018
Mary Collette, 97 died June 26, 2018 in Salina, KS. She was born on December 1, 1920 in Linton, Indiana, the daughter of Elmer and Edith Tannehill. Mary was raised in Linton, IN. She married Lawrence ”Pete” Collete on December 1, 1943. They made their home in Abilene, TX and Linton, IN. When Pete returned from WWII, they moved to...
Velma Wilder
Jun 23, 2018
Velma Edna Wilder passed away on June 23, 2018 at the Leonardville Nursing Home at the age of 93. Velma was born October 2, 1924 on the family farm that was homesteaded by her Great Grandfather northeast of Green. She was the youngest daughter of Winters and Ethel (Bushell) Hugunin.She graduated from Green High School in 1941. At the age...
Charlotte Stagner
Jun 22, 2018
Charlotte Stagner, 104 died June 22, 2018 in Leonardville, KS. She was born on February 7, 1914 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Arnold and Lela (Peterson) Buchmann. She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Ralph Christensen; second husband, Don Stagner and brother, Ed Buchmann.Survivors:Son: Arnold Christensen, Santa Barbara, CA1 GrandsonMemorial services will be announced at...
Colleen Rhodes
Jun 15, 2018
Colleen Ann Lange was born in Palmer Kansas, attending Linn High School. She married Louis Rhodes in July 1953, becoming a Navy wife. This new adventure took her to Pensacola, Memphis and San Diego before the young couple returned to a farm in Clifton, Kansas with two children - Jeffrey Kent and Randall Alan. Colleen was active with Louis initially...
Forrest Hartner
Jun 14, 2018
Forrest Harold Hartner, 72, died June 14, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. He was born August 17, 1945 in Clay Center, KS, the son of Harold Fred and Floy Marie (Davis) Hartner. Forrest was raised on a farm southwest of Clay Center and graduated from Clay Center Community High School in 1963. Forrest attended Pittsburg State University for a semester...
Waleta Buck
Jun 10, 2018
Waleta Mae Buck, 93, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 in Clay Center. She was born September 29, 1924 on a farm near Broughton to Walter and Emma (Mall) Bushell. She was very close to grandmother Eva Mall and grandfather Jake Mall and lived with them in her early years. She graduated from Clay Center Community High School in 1943.She...
Ned Edward Sortor
Jun 7, 2018
Ned Edward Sortor was born to Fred Aaron and Anna (Tolin) Sortor on Nov. 12, 1925 in Colby, KS. and entered God's Rest on June 7, 2018 at the age of 92. Ned was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1944. He was employed with KDOT from 1944 until his retirement in 1986. On December 24, 1948...
Ruth Browne
Jun 7, 2018
Ruth Theresa Hickert Browne was born on the family farm in New Amelo, Kansas on March 11, 1930; the fourth of John and Mary Hickert’s eleven children. She was baptized at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in New Amelo where she attended grade school and daily Mass. She was a devout Catholic all of her life. She played trombone in the...
George "Les" Mitchell
Jun 3, 2018
Les was born on March 27, 1957 in Clay Center, KS., the son of George, Jr. and Ellen (Bousey) Mitchell. He grew up in Clay County and graduated from CCCHS in 1975. Les worked in Kansas and Minnesota as a machinist, welder and carpenter. He also dabbled in a couple of ventures to include a restaurant and a fish farm....
Doris Dunn
May 26, 2018
Doris was born December 11, 1928 in Bala, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford and Margaret (Peterson) Young. Doris attended the Broughton grade school and graduated from CCCHS in 1946. After high school, she worked at J.C. Penney’s and Sears in the catalog department. She was a bookkeeper for 18 years at Livengood Motors, Siebold Motors, and Livengood Siebold Motors in...
Dan Kane
May 21, 2018
Dan Kane, 64 died May 21, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on July 1, 1953 in Cheverly, MD, the son of William Matthew, Jr. and Shirley (Steves) Kane. Dan was raised in Hays, KS and graduated from Hays High School in 1973. He attended North Central Kansas Vo-Tech. Dan worked as a heavy equipment operator for Alsop...
Henry Falk
May 19, 2018
Henry Falk, 69 died May 19, 2018 in Wichita, KS. He was born on July 7, 1948 in Horton, KS, the son of Vincent and Ruthanna (Laverenz) Falk. Henry worked as a teacher at the US Naval base in Japan. He taught technology and computers along with coaching girls and boys basketball. Henry married Mieko Tomiyama on May 30, 1975....
Donald Van Scoyoc
May 18, 2018
Donald Ira Van Scoyoc passed away at the age of 66 years at Olathe, Kansas on May 18, 2018. He was born September 27, 1951 at Clay Center, Kansas to Rex Ira Van Scoyoc and Martha Elizabeth (Benfer). Don graduated from Longford High School and Kansas State University with a BS degree in Agronomy. On August 18, 1973, he was...
Howard L. Lyon
May 12, 2018
Howard L. Lyon, 83, of Clifton, Kansas, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend to many, passed away at Park Villa Nursing Home on Saturday May 12, 2018. He was born November 20, 1934 in Clifton, Kansas to Howard "Fred" and Caroline Lyon. He joined the Air Force at the end of his Junior year of high school, where...
Orville "Doc" Chartier
May 9, 2018
Orville Lewis Chartier, known to his numerous friends as “Doc,” died May 9, 2018, at the age of 90. He was born on a farm in Colfax Township in Cloud County on Aug. 27, 1927, the first child of Lewis and Blanche Chartier. The family later moved to a farm west of Oak Hill, where Doc grew up. He later...
Stanley Duane Kent
May 8, 2018
Stanley Duane Kent was born on May 2, 1937 to George Raymond Kent and Olga Mae (Miles) Kent in a farm house in rural Clay County. Stanley attended Victor, a one room school house until the eighth grade, and later on in life completed his GED. Stanley was raised on the family farm and stayed there his entire life. He...
Ray Beals
May 5, 2018
Ray D Beals, 79 died May 5, 2018 Beloit , KS. He was born on December 15, 1938 in Lamar, KS, the son of Willis and Laura (Ruetter) Beals. Ray was raised in the Oak Hill community and attended Longford High School. He married Devita Mikkelson on April 6, 1957. Ray worked as a mechanic in Scotts Bluff and Omaha,...
