Obituaries

Sep 17, 2018

Edith Leola (Applegarth) Love was born April 30, 1933 in rural Washington County, Kansas. She died September 17th, 2018 in her Home at Summer Vista Assisted Living in Pensacola, Florida. She was 85-years-old.

Edith was one of 14 children born to John and Ruby (Boston) Applegarth. Edith loved telling the stories of her childhood adventures from growing...

Sep 2, 2018

Don was the only child born to Russell & Frances Walker on May 6, 1927. He departed this life on September 2, 2018, at Mitchell County Hospital.

Don grew up southwest of Mankato where his grandparents homesteaded in a dug out. He attended Liberty Country School and graduated from Mankato High School with the class of 1945....

Aug 30, 2018

Wilma A. Eaton, age 98 of Fairbury, Nebraska, formerly of Mankato, Kansas, died August 30, 2018.  She was born September 14, 1919, at Jansen, Nebraska to Fred and Anna (Scholle) Siebe.  Wilma married Vernon L. Eaton on February 1, 1939 and lived in Fairbury, Nebraska.  They had five children while living there.

Wilma moved with her family...

Jul 26, 2018

Jason Matthew Carlin Sr., 44, met his lord and savior on Thursday July 26, 2018. He was born on February 19, 1974 in San Jose CA to his mother Kerry Carlin, Dad David Carlin and father Chuck Kaletta.

Jason was loving, caring, strong, fun man that made sure his family had what they needed. Jason liked to...

Jun 5, 2018

Richard L. Diamond, son of Edwin and Lucille (Lake) Diamond, was born on August 15, 1931, near Mankato, Kansas.  He departed this life June 5, 2018, at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior, Nebraska.

Richard spent his early years at Steuben Grade School and then graduated from Mankato High School in 1949; he attended his beloved alma mater,...

Jun 1, 2018

Doyle "Mick" L. Michael

Doyle "Mick" Michael, 87, of Mankato, Kansas, died Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Jewell County Hospital in Mankato, Kansas. He was born on February 1, 1931, in Lake Andes, South Dakota, to Gilbert and Icel (Ritter) Michael (Haegert). He graduated from Esbon High School in Esbon, Kansas, in 1949 and attended Fort...

Apr 21, 2018

Alice Joan Ost was born in Jewell, KS on December 24, 1928 to Bess Pearl Meeker (Ford) and Clarence Pearle Meeker. She graduated from Mankato High School in 1946. On August 8, 1948 she married Darrell Dean Ost in the parsonage of Harmony United Methodist church in Mankato. Over the years they traveled with the Air Force and lived...

Apr 12, 2018

Kenneth Ray Garman

Feb 16, 1953 – April 12, 2018

Kenneth Ray Garman, age 65, of Burr Oak, died Thursday, April 12 th 2018 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis Missouri, surrounded by his loving family.

Ken was born February 16, 1953 in Concordia, KS along with his twin brother Daniel Lloyd...

Apr 9, 2018

GLADSTONE, Mo. — Lucretia (Enyeart) Smith, 73, passed away April 9, 2018, at her home. She was born Oct. 20, 1944, to Rev. Earl and Bernice Enyeart in Ionia. The family moved often, but Green, Kan., was an important part of her formative years. She graduated from Haven High School and Grace School of Nursing, Hutchinson. She spent most...

Apr 8, 2018

Robert John “Bob” Kohn was born October 25, 1938, in Osborne County, Kansas, to the late Anna Marie (Long) and Nicholas Kohn.  He passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018, at Downs, Kansas, at the age of 79 years.

Bob moved many times growing up as a child. He graduated in 1957, from Esbon High School.  Robert was...

Mar 16, 2018

Ella A. Page was the 6 th child born to Walter and Dora Ann (Wakefield) Lee on a small farm south of Booker, Texas, on July 30 th , 1923. She died, Friday, March 16, 2018, at her son’s home in Gadsden, Alabama. Ella graduated high school at Perryton, Texas, in 1940 and attended college to become a teacher....

Mar 1, 2018

Gary Kenneth Kindler was called home on March 1, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 21, 1945 to Harry and Carol (Hoffhines) Kindler of Esbon, Kansas. Gary grew up in the Esbon area and attended Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, and the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

He married Krisann Pietila...

Feb 23, 2018

Gail Neilson, the son of Richard D. Neilson and ArLee M. Marshall Neilson was born December 29, 1951 in Beloit, KS.  Gail passed away Friday February 23, 2018 in Glendale, AZ at the age of 66 years, 1 month and 25 days.  Gail was a 1969 graduate of Mankato High School.  He owned and operated the first liquor store...

Feb 18, 2018

Virginia Lee Snyder Rightmeier was born January 30, 1931 to Irl and Louella Binkley Snyder, and passed away February 18, 2018, at Jewell County Hospital ISB at the age of 87 years.

She spent the early years of her childhood in the Effingham, KS area, before moving with her family to the Montrose, KS area. She completed...

Jan 21, 2018

Marjorie Murray, 90, died Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Grove Nursing Center in Grove, Oklahoma. Marjorie was born September 19, 1927, in Rockford, Nebraska, to Donald and Lucille (Mason) Bangs.

Marjorie celebrated 69 years of marriage to her high school sweetheart, Jerry Murray.  They were united in marriage on May 26, 1946. To this union there were...

Jan 12, 2018

Phyllis Marie Gates, 87, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at Parkside Manor nursing home in Stuart, Nebraska.

She was born November 3, 1930 on a farm near Kensington, Kansas to Phillip and Hulda (Dettmer) Long.  She was married to Boyd Gates on September 24, 1955 in Franklin, Nebraska.  They resided in Mankato, Kansas until Boyd’s...

Jan 7, 2018

Karen Kay Fogo was born April 27, 1941 in Jewell County, Kansas.  She passed away at the age of 76 years, on January 7, 2018, at the Mount Joseph Senior Village, Concordia, Kansas.  She was the first of five children born to James Deane and Orpha (Broyles) Fogo Fallis.

Much of her childhood was spent on their...

Dec 10, 2017

Shana Helene Ruthstrom, 69, Mankato, died Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the Jewell County Hospital.

Shana was born on January 8, 1948 on her family farm in Oakhill, Kansas, to Frederick and Eugenia (Chrzanowska) Kitchener. She attended Hammerli and Oakhill Grade Schools and graduated from Longford Rural High School with the class of 1966. She attended Cloud...

Dec 8, 2017

Margaret Marie (Grimes) Colson was born September 7, 1943 in Superior, Nebraska, to Gordon and Katherine (Keeler) Grimes, the younger of two daughters and one of four children.  She died in the Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior on December 8, 2017.   She attended school in Montrose, Esbon and Mankato graduating from Mankato High in 1961.  During her high school...

Nov 30, 2017

Mary Meta (Sporing) Butler,of Omaha, Nebraska, was born on October 10, 1927, at Stamford, Nebraska to John and Alice Sporing.  She died, Thursday, November 30, 1017, at the Golden Living Center, Franklin, Nebraska, at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 20 days.

She graduated from Stamford High School and attended one year as a student...