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....
Kenneth Johnson
Jan 5, 2018
Kenneth Johnson, 90 died January 5, 2018 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on June 22, 1927 in Idana, KS, the son of William Edward and Clara Jennie (Rea) Johnson. Kenneth was raised in the Miltonvale area. He graduated from CCCHS. Kenneth served in the US Army during the Korean War. He farmed near Miltonvale until his retirement in...
John "Jack" Foster
Jan 4, 2018
John "Jack" Foster passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the age of 88. Jack was born March 8, 1929 to Joe and Mildred (Henkel) Foster in Topeka Kansas. Jack was raised in Concordia, Missouri. He later moved to Nortonville, Ks where he graduated high school. He was a veteran of the Air Force, serving at Scott Air Force Base...
Michael Bergstrom
Jan 1, 2018
Michael Ray Bergstrom, 72 died January 1, 2018 in Linn, KS. He was born on December 18, 1945 in Clay Center, KS, the son of Leonard and Louella (Mabie) Bergstrom. Michael was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1964. He enjoyed working on puzzles in his free time. Michael is preceded in death by his parents. Survivors:...
Connie Griffiths
Dec 31, 2017
Connie was born September 24, 1943 in Clay Center, the daughter of Fredrick and Bernice (Hornbostel) Rieger. Connie was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1961. She attended Kansas State University. Connie married Jon Griffiths on April 14, 1967. She held several jobs at the Clay County Medical Center, retiring from medical records. Jon preceded her in...
Jo Ray
Dec 29, 2017
Jo Hannah Ray, 76 died December 29, 2017 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on November 21, 1941 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Earl and Rhea (Woodside) Griffiths. Jo was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1959. She worked at Hutchinson/Mayrath Manufacturing for 45 years. Jo married Bobby Ray on December 26, 1993. She...
Ray Reed
Dec 25, 2017
Stephen Ray Reed, 87 died December 25, 2017 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on February 5, 1930 in Clay County, KS, the son of Josiah and Lavina (McNeal) Reed. Ray attended Mt. Vernon Country School and graduated in 1948 from CCCHS. He married Rose Anne Thomas on October 18, 1953. Ray farmed in Clay County his entire life....
Bradley Finson
Dec 23, 2017
Bradley Alan Finson, born on December 29, 1959, passed away at his home in Clay Center, Kansas on December 23, 2017. Brad attended Kansas State University where he received a Bachelor's and Master’s in Fine Arts and continued on to receive his Doctorate in Art History Studies from the University of Oklahoma. He is survived by his four children and...
Erma Beaver
Dec 22, 2017
Erma was born June 14, 1938 in Blue Rapids, the daughter of William and Delia (King) Worthington. She grew up in Blue Rapids and graduated from Irving High School in 1956. She attended Crum’s Beauty College in Manhattan and worked as a beautician in Junction City. Erma married Bobby Mack Beaver on March 13, 1959 and he preceded her in...
Larry Rule
Dec 14, 2017
Larry was born February 21, 1959 in Norton, KS the son of Raymond Rule and Maxine Turner. He Grew up in Norton and Craig, Colorado. He was a firefighter for the City of Clay Center for 16 years. Larry also worked for Griggs Electric and Wardcraft Homes. He is preceded in death by his father and a brother, Delbert Rule....
James "Jim" Waggoner
Dec 12, 2017
James “Jim Bob” Waggoner Jr., 73, died December 12, 2017 in Manhattan, KS. He was born on May 25, 1944 in Lawrence, Kansas. The son of James, Sr. and Eva (Brecheisen) Waggoner. Jim was raised in Lawrence, KS and graduated from Lawrence High School. He attended the University of Kansas before joining the Navy Air Reserves. Jim married Dianne Frahm...
Norma I. Urban
Dec 3, 2017
Norma I. Urban died December 3, 2017 in Linn, Kansas. She was born May 21, 1931 in Breman, Kansas to Carl and Marie (Schotte) Holle. Norma married Clifford Urban on December 21, 1962. She worked as the activity director at the Leisure Center in Clay Center for many years. Clifford preceded her in death on October 2, 2004. Norma was...
Larry Bender
Nov 28, 2017
Larry Bender, 77 died November 28, 2017. He was born on April 8, 1940, the son of LeRoy and Alice (Savage) Bender. Larry was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1959 and attended Emporia State University. Larry was an ordained minister and served congregations throughout Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors: Sister: Jane...
Pearl Marie Woellhof
Nov 22, 2017
Pearl was born to Eddie and Leona (Charbonneau) Chaput in Cloud County, Kansas, where she was raised and attended a rural school. She worked as a nanny until her marriage to Donald “Butch” Woellhof on August 1, 1936. To this union two children were born. They farmed in the Morganville area until retiring in 1982. In 2000 they moved to...
David Hauck
Nov 19, 2017
David Grew up in Miltonvale and graduated from Miltonvale High School. He attended Kansas State University. David worked for Twin Valley Telephone in Miltonvale, owned and operated his own telephone company in Florida, worked for Hinkles and McCoy in California and was currently working as a fiber optic cable engineer for Adesta G4S. He married Sharon Gamble and they later...
