James "Buster" Price
Jun 9, 2015
JAMES “BUSTER” PRICE, 64 died June 9, 2015 at his residence in Clay Center, KS. He was born on May 23, 1951 in Kansas City, KS, the son of Henry and Alice (Brogdon) Price. Buster attended school in Olathe and Montrose, MO. He lived in Missouri, Olathe, Bala and Wakefield before moving to Clay Center in 1990. He married Patsy...
Jimmie Rhodes
Jun 5, 2015
JIMMIE LYNN RHODES, 67 died June 5, 2015 at his residence in Clay Center, KS. He was born on March 15, 1948 in Clay Center, KS, the son of Gene and Iris (Dugan) Rhodes. Jimmie was raised in the Kansas City area. He returned to Clay Center and worked as a welder at Hutchinson Mayrath Manufacturing. Jimmie had a love...
Donald Peterson
Jun 4, 2015
DONALD PETERSON, 56 died June 4, 2015 in Topeka, KS. He was born on November 9, 1958 in Clay Center, KS the son of Marvin and Wilma (Gingles) Peterson. Donald was raised in Clay Center and attended CCCHS. He worked for Hutchinson Mayrath and for Yellowbrick Enterprises as a gunsmith. He is preceded in death by his parents and two...
Alfred Long
Jun 2, 2015
ALFRED LEROY LONG, 86 died June 2, 2015 at the Leonardville Nursing Home in Leonardville, Kansas . He was born on October 7, 1928 in Idana, Kansas, the son of James and Eva (Kubick) Long. Alfred was raised and attended school in the Idana Area. He graduated from Clay Center Communty High School. Alfred farmed with his family in the...
Bonita "Bonnie" Standifer
May 30, 2015
BONITA “BONNIE” STANDIFER, 91 died May 30, 2015 at Linn Community Nursing Home in Linn, KS. She was born on March 12, 1924 in Winfield, KS, the daughter Hugh and Hazel (Lafoon) Sunderland. Bonnie was raised in Winfield. She married Bob Standifer on July 3, 1954. They made their home in Pueblo, CO where she worked as a secretary for...
David George
May 29, 2015
DAVID GEORGE, 66 died May 29, 2015 at his residence in Miltonvale, KS. He was born on March 30, 1949 in Lackawanna, NY, the son of Michael and Lois (McCall) George. David was raised in Buffalo, NY. He graduated from North Collins Central High School in 1968. David served in the US Air Force, serving in the Viet Nam war....
Lon Dean Colton
May 29, 2015
LON D. COLTON, 62 died May 29, 2015 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, KS. He was born on January 29, 1953 in Concordia, KS, the son of James and Delma Jeane (Heald) Colton. Lon was raised in the Miltonvale and Oak Hill areas. He graduated from CCCHS in 1971. Lon attended Cloud County Community College and worked for...
Pera Bauer
May 27, 2015
Pera Bauer, a resident of Austin, Texas, passed away on May 27, 2015. She was 24. Pera was a kind, loving and energetic daughter, sister, cousin aunt and friend. She is survived by her family: mother Judy Leiszler and father Brian Bauer(Clay Center, Kansas; siblings Bridget Bauer (Austin, Texas), Adam and Thao Vo Bauer (Brooklyn, New York);Luke and Brett Bauer...
Jean Reboul
May 23, 2015
JEAN BLAIR REBOUL, 86 died May 23, 2015 at Medicalodge in Clay Center, KS. She was born on June 28, 1928 in Jewel County, KS the daughter of Earl and Pearl (King) Blair. Jean graduated from Mankato High School in 1946. She worked as a secretary for an attorney in Mankato and at an insurance company in Lincoln, NE. Jean...
Montie J Bowen
May 21, 2015
Montie J Bowen died peacefully on the morning of Thursday, May 21 at the Tonganoxie Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born January 14, 1929 in Texhoma, OK; Montie grew up in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, then attended the University of Kansas. He graduated in 1952 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from KU, then served in the Army ('53-'55)...
Gene Webster
May 11, 2015
EDWARD EUGENE "GENE" WEBSTER, 85 died May 11, 2015 at Clay County Medical Center in Clay Center, KS. He was born on October 5, 1929 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Edward Elmer and Nelle (Brown) Webster. Gene married Martha O'Neil on August 3, 1957. He was a registered pharmacist in the Kansas City area until his retirement. Gene...
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...
