Juanita "Toni" Eklund
Mar 17, 2018
Juanita Mae Eklund, 89, of Clay Center, died Saturday, March 17, 2018 at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center, Kansas.Juanita “Toni” Mae (Antoine) Eklund was born June 8, 1928, in Sedalia, Missouri. Her parents were Julius and Marie (Ashbrook) (Salley) Antoine. Toni was graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri; and then attended McPherson Christian College in...
Dick Cole
Mar 14, 2018
Dick Norman Cole died March 14, 2018 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, Kansas. Dick was born January 6, 1929 in Alma, Nebraska, the son of George and Judith (Bailey) Cole. Dick was raised in Curtis and Stockville, Nebraska. He married Willa Del Haskins on April 8, 1955 in Wichita. Dick served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War....
Barbara Roberts
Mar 9, 2018
Barbara Marie Roberts, 79 died March 9, 2018 in Leonardville, KS. She was born on February 9, 1939, the daughter of Vernon and Gladys (Eckel) Cunningham. Barbara was raised near Wakefield. She married Orville Roberts on October 17, 1955. Barbara held many titles and worked for the Sunflower Café, Plum’s Photography, JC Penny, Hutchinson Mayrath, Presbyterian Manor, TG&Y, and Bluestem...
Noel E. "Jiggs" Carlson
Mar 8, 2018
Noel was born on March 29, 1934 in Clay Center, the son of David and Jennie (Cowing)Carlson. Noel grew up in Clay Center, graduating from CCCHS in 1953. He served in the USMC, from 1953-1955 and 1957-1960, during the Korean War. When he returned to Clay Center, he went to work for KDOT as a truck driver until his retirement...
John Palmateer
Mar 8, 2018
John Dwight Palmateer, 85, died March 8, 2018 in Manhattan, KS. He was born on October 24, 1932 in Clay County, KS, the son of Robert Daniel and Agnes (Heigele) Palmateer. John was raised in the Longford community and graduated from Longford High School in 1950. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. John attended Kansas...
Benny Siebold
Mar 8, 2018
Benjamin "Benny" Siebold, 87 died March 8, 2018. He was born on May 2, 1930, the son of Louis and Rachel (Moore) Siebold. Benny was raised in the Green community and attended Elder School. Benny married Nelda Avery on August 19, 1956. They made their home in Clay County where Benny spent his time farming, as well as working as...
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...
