David Wohler
Mar 7, 2018
David Bruce Wohler, 79, died March 7, 2018. He was born on November 19, 1938, the son of Eldon and Vilas (Coonrod) Wohler. David was raised in Barnes and graduated from Barnes High School in 1956. He made his home in Clay Center and worked at Fullington’s Lumber Co., Farmer’s CO-OP, Linn Post and Pipe, Shopko, Gibson’s and drove a...
Sharon Reed
Mar 3, 2018
Sharon Sue Reed, 80 died March 3, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on January 17, 1938 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Lemuel and Esther (Roether) Ferguson. Sharon was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1956. She married Gary Reed on January 18, 1957. Sharon attended Stewards Beauty school and worked as a...
Merton Bletscher
Feb 17, 2018
Merton George Bletscher, age 97 of Leonardville, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Leonardville Nursing Home. He was born September 1, 1920 in Clay Center, the son of John and Louisa (Coltharp) Bletscher. He was raised on the family farm three miles west of Leonardville and graduated from Leonardville Rural High School. On March 10, 1971, he was...
Audrey James
Feb 17, 2018
Audrey Jean James, 82, died on February 17, 2018, in Clay Center. She was born April 23, 1935, in Geronimo, Oklahoma, the oldest of three children born to Ed and Pansy Tenopir. She graduated from Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1953 and met the love of her life, Leo James, a Kansas farm boy, at a roller rink...
Jack James, Jr.
Feb 17, 2018
Jack James, Jr. , 56 died February 17, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on October 27, 1961 in Enid, OK, the son of Jack James, Sr. and Wilma McKibben. Jack was raised in Blackwell and Enid, OK. He worked in oil fields and owned a tree service. He was preceded in death by his parents and a...
John Walker
Feb 7, 2018
John A. Walker, 66 died February 7, 2018. He was born on March 27, 1951, the son of Don and Anna Marie (Lohrmeyer) Walker. John was raised in Idana, KS and graduated from CCCHS in 1969. He served in the US Navy during the Viet Nam War. John made his home in California and worked as a pipefitter and plumber....
Dana Hayes
Feb 3, 2018
Dana (Reed) Hayes, 64, of Wakefield, died February 3, 2018 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. She was born June 28, 1953 in Clay Center to Clayton and Betty (Phelps) Reed of Oak Hill. She attended grade school in Oak Hill and high school in Longford and Clay Center. On January 23, 1971 she married Ted Hayes of...
Kenneth Kondratieff
Feb 3, 2018
Kenneth Kondratieff, 68 died February 3, 2018. He was born on October 16, 1949, the son of Igor and Anna Mae (Carnahan) Kondratieff. Ken was raised in Marin County, CA. He served in the US Navy during the Viet Nam war. Ken worked as an electrician in California for many years. In 2004, he retired and moved to Clay Center....
Francis "Frank" Mcclenahan
Feb 3, 2018
Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home, 918 7th St, Clay Center, KS 67432 785-632-3113 785-632-3114 Fax www.nsrfh.com nsrfh@sbcglobal.net DATELINE: Topeka, Kansas NAME: Francis “Frank” Gwin McClenahan AGE: 88 Date of Death: February 3, 2018 Place of Death: Rolling Hills Rehab and Health in Topeka, KS Date of Birth: December 28, 1929 Place of Birth: Morganville, Kansas Parents: Bio Information and memberships: Francis “Frank”...
Bernard Cyre
Feb 2, 2018
Bernard Dean Cyre, 83 passed peacefully at his home in Clay Center, KS on February 2, 2018. He was born on February 11, 1934 in St. Joe, KS, the son of George and Georgianna (Charbonneau) Cyre. Bernard married Loretta Dallen on February 16, 1954 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clifton, KS. He was a current member of the SS...
Jean Garner
Jan 28, 2018
Jean Robertson Garner, 88, died, Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center, Kansas. Jean Helen Astell was born March 17, 1929 at Busse Hospital in Sterling, Colorado to Clayton A. Astell and Helen Hamilton Astell. She attended Franklin Elementary School, Sexton Jr. High and Logan County High School, graduating in 1947. Mrs. Garner attended...
Ed Broden
Jan 25, 2018
William Edward "Ed" Broden, 90 died January 25, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on December 5, 1927 in Morganville, KS, the son of William and Ella (Klintberg) Broden. Ed was raised in the Morganville community. He married Florine Ingrum on February 13, 1949. Ed farmed and ran the township road grader before they moved to Glen Elder....
Donis White
Jan 19, 2018
Donis D. White died January 19, 2018. She was born August 29, 1932, to Forrest and Lila Grooms, Vining, KS. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, James C, and brother Don. Survivors include a daughter, Cindy McAtee and husband Lew, of Ellsworth, a son, Mike and wife Kathy, of Salina, and daughter Barb Thompson and...
Brandon Koch
Jan 17, 2018
Brandon Allen Koch passed away on January 17, 2018 at the age of 33 years. Brandon's greatest joy in life was his children: Gavin, Gabrielle, Gracie, and Griffin. He raised them together with his wife of more than a decade, Lisa, in Baldwin City, Kansas and back in his home community of Clifton, Kansas, surrounded by their family. Brandon was...
Violet Blomberg
Jan 16, 2018
Violet Blomberg, 92, died January 16, 2018 in Leonardville, KS. She was born on April 10, 1925 in Clay County, KS, the daughter of Franklin and Anna (Nemnich) Beals. Violet graduated from Miltonvale High School. She took normal training and taught 3 years in one room schools. Violet was a homemaker and also worked for Clay Center Presbyterian Manor for...
Luella Van Scoyoc
Jan 14, 2018
Hattie Luella Van Scoyoc, 92, passed away on Sunday, January 14th, 2018. She was born May 20, 1925 to Orville and Hattie Marie (Benjamin) May in Clay Center, KS. Luella was raised in the Clay Center community and graduated from Clay Center High School in 1943. She married Dan Sipp on September 16, 1943. They had a son Terry Sipp....
Billy Jackson
Jan 13, 2018
Billy was born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin to Herald and Maria (Ruddick) Jackson. His step-dad Fred Albricht became an influence in Billy's life later on. Billy served in the US Navy following high school. His ship helped retrieve one of the Apollo capsules after re-entry. Billy married Laurie MacDonald on July 30, 2002. They made their home in Miltonvale. Billy was...
Martha Benson
Jan 10, 2018
Martha L. Benson, 84, died Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor. Martha Louise Benson was born in Wichita, Kansas on August 6, 1933 to Joseph and Mattie (Morehead) Watson. She graduated from Wichita North High School in 1951. Martha attended KSU and received a Bachelor’s of Art degree in History and Political Science in 1955. She...
Frank Sweet
Jan 8, 2018
Frank A. Sweet, 76 died January 8, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on July 1, 1941 the son of Heustde and Evelyn (Jackson) Sweet. Frank was raised in Clay County. He worked as a truck driver for many years and loved to be on the road. Frank also enjoyed going fishing and gardening. He would travel to...
Suzanne Thompson
Jan 5, 2018
Suzanne Thompson, 82, died January 5, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. Sher was born on December 18, 1935 in Bloom Township the daughter of Joseph R. and Marjorie I. (Lippe) Regnier. Suzanne was raised in Bloom Township in Clay County, Kansas. She was a graduate of Clay Center High School in 1953. She married “Gene” Thompson on January 9, 1955....
