Maxine Freiheit
May 11, 2015
MAXINE FREIHEIT, 100 died May 11, 2015 at Holiday Resort in Salina, KS. She was born on October 2, 1914 in Clay County, KS, the daughter of Clarence and Grace (Wilson) Woodhams. Maxine attended Miltonvale Wesleyan College and Indiana Wesleyan College. She married Floyd Freiheit on July 12, 1939 at the Bethany Chapel and he preceded her in death on...
Maxine Geist
May 9, 2015
MAXINE B. GEIST, died May 9, 2015 in Clyde, KS. She was born on December 8, 1918 in Miltonvale, KS, the daughter of Jack and Elsie (Cyr) Reynolds. Maxine was raised in Miltonvale and graduated from Miltonvale High School. She married Elmo Geist in 1937. They made their home in Miltonvale. Elmo preceded her in death on March 24, 1982....
Mike Wawrzyniak
May 9, 2015
CASIMER MICHAEL “MIKE” WAWRZYNIAK, 43 died May 9, 2015 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on December 11, 1971 in South Bend, IN, the son of C. Michael, Sr. and Roxanne (Purucker) Wawrzyniak. Mike was raised in South Bend, Indiana. He married Rosaura Duran on June 6, 2000 and she survives of the home in Clay Center. They moved...
Sharon Smith
May 7, 2015
Sharon (Liby) Smith was born on October 7, 1945 to Glenn and Mary (Clark) Liby at the Clay County Hospital. Sharon was the second of four children born to Glenn and Mary, however Sharon was the only one to survive birth. Sharon’s two brothers and one sister were all born still, Alfred (1944),Charles (1949), Linda(1951). Sharon grew up on Maple...
Gene Martin
May 5, 2015
GENE F MARTIN, 86 died May 5, 2015 at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, KS. He was born on September 2, 1928 in Clay Center, KS the son of A. Harold and Miriam (Tannehill) Martin. Gene was raised in Union township. He attended Hannibal country school and graduated from CCCHS in 1946. Gene married Marilyn Heikes on September 5, 1948. They...
Roy Hartner
May 4, 2015
Roy William Hartner of Loveland died Monday, May 4, 2015 after a short illness. He was 89. From tornadoes and runaway horses on the plains of Kansas, to roiling storms in the Pacific in the final days of World War II and a career at Colorado’s Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, Roy lived a quintessentially American life, both ordinary and...
Tyler Pendergast
Apr 25, 2015
Tyler J. Pendergast, 24, born and raised in Kansas City, MO, died April 25, 2015, in the woods of his dad’s home in Lawrence, KS. He was born April 19, 1991, to Robert and Lana (Mall) Pendergast. Spending much of his younger years in Parkville, MO, Tyler played baseball, loved Dragon Ball Z, jumped on the trampoline, and played with...
Helen Myers
Apr 21, 2015
HELEN MYERS, 95 died April 21, 2015 at Valley View Senior Life in Junction City, KS. She was born on September 7, 1919 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Benjamin and Josephine (Sherbert) Nye. Helen was raised in the Bethany community until she moved to Wakefield with her family in 1927. She graduated from Wakefield High School in 1938....
Bonnie Sarff
Apr 19, 2015
BONNIE SARFF, 83 died April 19, 2015 in Clay Center, KS. She was born on August 19, 1931 in Strandquist, MN, the daughter of James and Mildred (Rasmussen) O'Conner. Bonnie cooked at Low Places and worked at Hutchinson Mayrath Manufacturing. She is preceded in death by her husband, Nyle, her parents and a son, Brian Howe Survivors: Daughter: Sheri and...
Wayne Fisher
Apr 15, 2015
Wayne L. Fisher, 96, died April 15, 2015, at Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center, Kansas. Mr. Fisher was born May 17, 1918, in Clay County, the son of E.D. and Carrie Belle (Hahn) Fisher. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II from August 1942 until 1945 alongside his twin brother, Blaine, in the North Africa and...
Mary Hay
Apr 14, 2015
Mary Marcella Hay, age 96, passed away on April 14, 2015, at the Medicalodges in Clay Center. She was born September 19, 1918 in Logan, Kansas to Harry and Laura (Leighty) Rickard. She grew up with five brothers and three sisters in Logan. After graduating from Logan High School in 1936, Mary moved to Clay Center where she met Frederick...
Leo Chapman
Apr 10, 2015
Leo Ramey Chapman, 95, died peacefully April 10th at Clay Center Medicalodge. Leo was born June 4, 1919 to Chris and O'Tillie (Dietrich) Chapman. He attended Hannibal Grade School and graduated from Clay Center High School. He attended Kansas State University for 2 years where he earned a letter in wrestling. He married Irene Elizabeth McCully on October 19, 1940....
Ailene Mall
Apr 10, 2015
AILENE ROSE MALL, 87 died April 10, 2015 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, KS. She was born on April 18, 1927 in Clay Center, KS, the daughter of Harry and Ella (Egdorf) Steward. Ailene was raised in Clay Center and graduated from CCCHS in 1944. She married Floyd Mall on March 27, 1948 and the couple made their home...
Janet Long
Apr 6, 2015
JANET KAY LONG, 67 died April 6, 2015 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, KS. She was born on May 30, 1947 in Clay Center, KS. The daughter of Norman and Ernestine (Rundle) Sump. Janet grew up in the Green Community and graduated from CCCHS in 1965. She attended Brown Mackie College. She worked for the Kansas Insurance Department...
Lois Chapman
Apr 4, 2015
LOIS A. CHAPMAN, 96 died April 4, 2015 at Park Villa Nursing Home in Clyde, KS. She was born on August 29, 1918 in Miltonvlae, KS, the daughter of William and Irene (King) Millard. Lois married W. Emerson Chapman on September 5, 1942. They made their home in Massachusetts, New York, Indiana and Kansas serving the churches where Emerson was...
Larry Savener
Apr 1, 2015
LARRY SAVENER, 80 died April 1, 2015 in Clay Center, KS. He was born on September 24, 1934 in Clay Center, KS. The son of Laurence and Elsie (Carlson) Savener. Larry was raised in Clay County and graduated from CCCHS in 1952. He married Joyce Nemnich on January 8, 1954. They farmed in the Bloom Township until they moved to...
Vona Curtis
Mar 31, 2015
VONA CURTIS, 91 died March 31, 2015 at Presbyterian Manor in Salina, KS. She was born on December 21, 1923 in Clay, County . The daughter of Leon and Isa (Beadleston) Warner. Vona grew up in Clay County and graduated from Longford Rural High School. She attended from normal training and taught country schools. She was a member of the...
Charles "Chuck" Losey
Mar 27, 2015
CHARLES S. LOSEY, JR., 88 died March 27, 2015 at his residence in Clay Center, Kansas . He was born on October 29, 1926 in Clay Center, Kansas . The son of Charles and Pauline (Petermeyer) Losey, Sr.. Chuck graduated from CCCHS in 1944. He served in the US Army during WWII. He worked for Brewer Motor Company in Manhattan...
Beulah Shroyer
Mar 26, 2015
Beulah Shroyer, 95, of Miltonvale, died peacefully March 26, 2015. She was born December 22, 1919 in Ames to Emile and Ida (Bertrand) Lagasse. She was married to Ted Robertson in 1939. To this union was born a daughter and son. She later married George Shroyer. Beulah loved to cook and enjoyed having her family around her for meals and...
Gilmer Bouley
Mar 24, 2015
GILMER E. BOULEY, 79 died March 24, 2015 at Park Villa Nursing Home in Clyde, KS. He was born on February 3, 1936 in Clifton, KS. The son of Ed and Ida (Bowmaker) Bouley. Gilmer married Shirley Affleck on July 7, 1962 and she survives of the home. He worked as a mechanic for D&G Garage and was a mechanic...
