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Cheryl Blanken

Cheryl Blanken

Jul 2, 2016

Cheryl Blanken, 78 died July 2, 2016 in Riley, KS. She was born on July 2, 1938 in Mankato, KS, the daughter of Ted and Esther (McCurdy) Hodges. Cheryl was raised in the Mankato community and graduated from Mankato High School in 1956. She married Ben Blanken on February 13, 1960. They made their home and raised their family in...

Zelda Jackson

Zelda Jackson

Jun 29, 2016

Zelda J. Jackson-Stewart of Clay Center, Kansas passed away on Wednesday June 29, 2016 in Manhattan, Kansas. Zelda was born in Wichita, Kansas to Mastin and Judy Jackson on September 24,1961. She was married to Rick Stewart on July 29, 2010 in Omaha, Nebraska. Zelda Stewart is preceded in death by her parents Mastin and Judy Jackson, her brothers Bud...

Donald Bureman

Donald Bureman

Jun 28, 2016

Donald Bureman, 98 died June 28, 2016 in Beloit, KS. He was born on March 2, 1918 in Buckner, Missouri, the son of Emil and Ethel (Holton) Bureman. Don was raised in the Buckner, MO community. He served in the US Army Air Corps. Don married Lucille Craig on May 29, 1947. He was working in the Maintenance Department at...

Cathy Haney

Cathy Haney

Jun 21, 2016

Mary Catherine “Cathy” Haney, 75 died June 21, 2016 in Salina, KS. She was born on July 4, 1940 in Broughton, Kansas, the daughter of Joe and Josephine (Scheinkoenig) Haney. Cathy was raised in the Broughton area and graduated from CCCHS in 1958. She attended Floral School in Denver, Cloud County Community College and Kansas State University. Cathy was a...

Daryl Cox

Daryl Cox

Jun 13, 2016

Daryl Burton Cox, 86, Clifton, died June 13, 2016 in Lenexa, Ks. following a brief and courageous battle with lymphoma. Daryl was born on March 16, 1930 to George and Emilie Cox in Clifton, Kansas. Except for his years in the Navy, Daryl spent his entire life in Clifton. He is preceded in death by his parents and by an...

Leah Ramsey

Leah Ramsey

Jun 10, 2016

Leah L. (Chaffee) Hollen Ramsey, 71, of Clay Center, Kansas, formerly of Salina and Leonardville, Kansas, died Friday, June 10, 2016, after fighting the disease ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) with strength and grace for over a year. Leah was born on November 30, 1944, in Clay Center, Kansas, to Robert Miner and LaVern Edith (Hahn) Chaffee. She grew up in...

Lloyd Nemnich

Lloyd Nemnich

Jun 7, 2016

Lloyd Nemnich, 96 of Clay Center, died June 7, 2016 at Medicalodge in Clay Center. He was born March 15, 1920 in Clay Center, the son of Meryl and Edna (Roenigk) Nemnich. Lloyd was raised in Bloom township and graduated from CCCHS in 1937. He served in the US Army during WWII where her received the Purple Heart and Bronze...

Myrtle Willms

Myrtle Willms

Jun 6, 2016

Myrtle Lorrain Willms, 86 years died June 6, 2016 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on November 21, 1929 in Patrick, Arkansas. The daughter of Minor Stacy and Lillie Burwell. Myrtle was raised in Patrick and Rogers, AR areas. She moved to Clay Center in 1954 and married Wilber Killman. They later divorced. Myrtle owned Jiffy-Inn Restaurant for 17...

Twila Rose

Twila Rose

Jun 5, 2016

Twila Rose, 72 died June 5, 2016 at the Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center, KS. She was born on January 30, 1944, in Fairbury, Nebraska to Howard and Mary Jane (Murkey) Rose. Twila was raised in McPherson and Clay Center. She graduated from CCCHS in 1963. She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 sisters and a...

Lawrence Crawford

Lawrence Crawford

Jun 5, 2016

Lawrence M. Crawford, 93 years died June 5, 2016 in Winfield, KS. He was born on December 3, 1922 in Lincoln, Kansas. The son of George Crawford and Lottie Bergman. Lawrence moved to Clay Center with his family when he was 8. He farmed, hunted and trapped to earn a living before serving in the US Army during WWII. Lawrence...

Mariwilla "Billie" Lumb

Mariwilla "Billie" Lumb

Jun 1, 2016

Mariwilla Lumb, known as "Bill" or "Billie" to her family and friends, passed away on June 1, 2016 at the Valley View Nursing Home in Junction City, Kansas. She was 84. Billie was the eighth of nine children born to Rose Peach Budden and Fredrick Clarence Myers. She grew up in Wakefield and graduated from Wakefield High School in 1950....

Betty Jackson

Betty Jackson

May 30, 2016

Betty Jackson, 88 died May 30, 2016 in Clifton, KS. She was born on April 15, 1928 in Concordia, Kansas, the daughter of Emmett Labes and Eva Bachtell. Betty graduate from Clyde High School. She married Donald Jackson on June 23, 1947 and he preceded her in death. She farmed with her husband before moving to Clifton in 1986. Betty...

Lucile Vanek

Lucile Vanek

May 29, 2016

Lucile Marie Vanek, 96, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, May 29, 2016. Lucile was born to Edward and Lillie Kaump on July 6, 1919 in Riley County, Kansas. She attended Center Hill school through the eighth grade. She attended Randolph High School where she graduated in 1937. During high school Lucile played on the basketball team. She continued...

Mabel Wanamaker

Mabel Wanamaker

May 15, 2016

Mabel Wanamaker, 95,died Sunday May 15, 2016. She was born April 29, 1921 the daughter of Peter Larson and Frankie Tyler. Mabel was raised in Barnes, KS and graduated from Barnes High School. She married Max Henderson in 1939, they made their home in Barnes before he preceded her in death. She married Rayburn Stunkel in 1949 and they made...

Donna Mae Fuller

Donna Mae Fuller

May 14, 2016

Donna Mae Fuller, 73 died May 14, 2016 in Morganville, KS. She was born on November 20, 1942 in San Diego, California, the daughter of Donald and Gracie Mae (Rollins) Stone. Donna was born and raised in San Diego, CA. She worked as a grocery store checker for many years. After moving to Clay Center, Donna worked in the laundry...

Betty J Carlson

Betty J Carlson

May 13, 2016

Betty Jane Carlson, 70, died May 13, 2016 in Kansas City, KS. She was born on February 22, 1946 in Junction City, KS, the daughter of Arthur and Faye (Black) Greenwood. Betty was raised near the Chapman community. She graduated from Chapman High School and attended Brown-Mackie Business College in Salina. Betty married Robert G. Carlson on February 27, 1966....

Ronald Coash

Ronald Coash

May 11, 2016

Ronald "Ron" Coash, 76, died Wednesday May 1 1, 2016 at his Clay Center home after battling recurrent bouts of lymphoma. Ron was born May 15, 1939 in Clifton, Kansas, to Russell and Hazel (Scouten)Coash. He graduated from Clifton High School in 1958, and attended Emporia State College for two years. He then served in the US Army from 1961...

Paul Reed

Paul Reed

May 10, 2016

Paul Richard Reed, 89 died May 10, 2016 at in Clay Center, KS. He was born on December 9, 1926 in Clay Center, KS, the son of George Reed and Ida Miller. Paul graduated from Wakefield High School in 1945. He served in the US Army during WWII. Paul married Marian Schuette on July 18, 1950. He worked for Swift...

Myrtle Baxter

Myrtle Baxter

May 8, 2016

Myrtle C Baxter, 87 died May 8, 2016 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, KS. She was born on August 8, 1928 in Clay County, Kansas, the daughter of Wesley Blomberg and Cecilia Nelson. Myrtle married J. Allen Baxter on April 9, 1950. She worked as a janitor at the Broughton School and cleaned housed in Clay Center for several years....

Virginia Cameron

Virginia Cameron

May 7, 2016

Virginia Cameron, 85 died May 7, 2016 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, KS. She was born on June 24, 1930 in Riley County, Kansas. The daughter of Thomas Jones and Irene McCloskey. Virginia was raised in Riley County and graduated from CCCHS. She married Gene Cameron on April 12, 1950. They made their home in Clay Center. Virginia worked at...

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