Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Doris Dean Stephens
Mar 4, 2017
Doris Dean Stephens age 82 of Mankato, KS died Saturday March 4, 2017 at Jewell County Long Term Care in Mankato, KS. Doris was born May 3, 1934 in the Green Valley Community in Osawatomie, KS. She was the younger of two daughters born to Orin Edward and Bertha Viola (Huck) Bryan. She attended Green Valley School and graduated...
Bruce Snyder
Feb 16, 2017
Bruce E. Snyder, 61, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017. Bruce was born April 14, 1955 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Donna (Palmer) and Duane Snyder. Bruce was a member of First United Methodist Church in Salina. He loved his son and many nieces, and had a passion for Kansas State Wildcats, hats and music. Bruce held ‘tailgating parties’ on...
Florence Marie Lazcano
Jan 3, 2017
Florence Marie (Holdren) Lazcano of Stockton, California, was born September 11, 1924 in Montrose, Kansas. She died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at the age of 92 years of natural causes. Her parents were Robert and Florence Holdren of Montrose. After graduating from Montrose High School, Florence moved to Stockton, California where her brother, Guy lived with his wife, Nellie...
Doris Ann Kennedy
Dec 19, 2016
Doris Ann (Thronson) Kennedy, was born to Clarence and Anna Thronson on May 9, 1929, at home in southern Jewell County, Kansas. She attended country school and graduated from Mankato High School in 1947. After graduation she worked at the courthouse for the county superintendent until her marriage to Rex Kennedy, January 2, 1955. Soon after, she became a...
Patricia L. (Cochran) Bird
Oct 14, 2016
Patricia L. Bird of Esbon, Kansas, was born May 27, 1938, to John and Letha (Parker) Cochran, at Esbon, Kansas, and grew up on the family farm, and died Friday, October 14, 2016, at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas, at the age of 78 years, 4 months, and 17 days. She attended country schools in rural Jewell...
Nicholas M. "Nick" Boden
Oct 9, 2016
Nicholas M. “Nick” Boden was born December 15, 1925 in old Tipton, Kansas, to Mike and Cecilia (Brummer) Boden, and died October 9, 2016, at the Mitchell County Hospital Health System, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 23 days. Nick played in his Dad’s dance band in his younger years. He was in World...
Berneita Marie Mcelroy
Jul 25, 2016
Berneita Marie McElroy was born June 20, 1923 in Jewell, Kansas to Roy Smith and Zelma Lenora Smith. Berneita left this earth at the age of 93, years, 1 month and 5 days on July 25, 2016 in her home in Boaz Alabama surrounded by her family. Berneita graduated from Randall, Kansas Rural High School in 1941. On August...
Maxine K Walker
Jul 14, 2016
Maxine (Walker) Adelstone Switzer was born October 16, 1939, to Edwin and Irene (Vanderplas) Walker in Abilene, Kansas. She passed away in Mankato, Kansas on July 14, 2016, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas. Maxine graduated from Westmoreland High School in 1958. Her professional careers included nursing, photography, and working as a bridal consultant and buyer for a...
Cleo Duane Hiltgen
Jun 5, 2016
Cleo Duane Hiltgen passed away on June 5, 2016 at his home in Mankato, Kansas at the age of 86. Cleo was born November 1, 1929 to Peter and Katherine (McCarthy) Hiltgen at home near Kimeo, KS. Cleo grew up on a farm south of Greenleaf, Kansas. At the age of 3, Cleo was in a farm accident, losing...
Bertha "Vonnie" Yvonne (Purcell) Imler
Apr 30, 2016
Bertha Yvonne (Purcell) Imler was born December 10, 1929 to Burr and Bertha (Miller) Purcell, in Jewell County, Kansas. She died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan, Kansas, at the age of 86 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Bertha was known as Vonnie. She attended Montrose High School, graduating in 1948. She married Glenn Imler on...
David Joseph Kimminau
Apr 17, 2016
David Joseph Kimminau was the 10th child born on January 30, 1949 to William Joseph and Loretta Katherine (Weingardt) Kimminau in Nelson, Nebraska. He was called to the Lord on April 17, 2016 at Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 67 years 2 months and 17 days. David grew up and was raised on...
Ethel Virginia Mcnabb
Apr 10, 2016
Ethel Virginia McNabb of Esbon, Kansas, was born March 15, 1926, in Pinedale, Wyoming. She died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at the Golden Living Center, Downs, Kansas, at the age of 90 years, and 26 days. Her parents were John and Lillian (Mack) Boulter. She attended high school in Grangeville, Idaho and Rock Springs, Wyoming. After two previous marriages,...
Dean L. Langley
Apr 5, 2016
Dean Langley, 76, died April 5, 2016 surrounded by the members of his family by choice. Dean was very proud of his truck driving profession. He very much enjoyed the many different semis he drove, but his favorite was the blue, twin stick, single stack, 1961 Mack b61 truck. Dean also spent many years working construction for a few...
Louise Korb
Apr 4, 2016
Louise Korb, 91, of Burr Oak, Kansas passed away April 4, 2016. She was born Friday, June 13, 1924, on family homestead land in Burr Oak area. Louise attended high school in Burr Oak where she played first chair trumpet in the band and turned cartwheels as a cheerleader. After high school Louise worked for a year at the...
Vera M. Thompson
Mar 27, 2016
Vera M. (Ross) Thompson of Mankato, Kansas, was one of 8 children born to Gustav Adolph and Atta Elnora (Quick) Ross on August 19, 1914, on a farm in Jewell County, Kansas. She died at the Jewell County Hospital Long term Care, at the age of 101 years, 7 months, and 7 days. Vera was united in marriage to...
Betty Ann (Nelsen) Andreasen
Mar 26, 2016
Betty Ann (Nelsen) Andreasen, of Mankato, Kansas, was born November 15, 1934, in Harrison Township, Jewell County, Kansas, to Hans Andrew and Mildred Ethel (Fringer) Nelsen, and went to her heavenly home on March 26, 2016, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 81 years, 4 months, and 11 days. As a small child, Betty...
Dollie H. Kyte
Mar 22, 2016
Dollie H. (Howell) Kyte of Silver Springs, Maryland, was one of eleven children, born to James F. and Charity E. (Bales) Howell, October 26, 1915, in Jewell County, Kansas, and died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Bradenton, Florida, at the age of 100 years, 4 months and 26 days. Dollie met Clarence Oliver Kyte, Sr. and they were married...
Walter Edwin Holdren
Feb 17, 2016
Walter Edwin Holdren, of Mankato, Kansas, was born December 23, 1940 to Robert “Edwin” and Ruth (Jacobs) Holdren, in Superior, Nebraska, and passed away, Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, Beloit, Kansas, from a long battle of lung cancer, at the age of 75 years, 1 month, and 24 days. He graduated from Montrose...
Lyle S. "Ike" Rightmeier
Feb 16, 2016
Lyle S. RIghtmeier, of Mankato, Kansas, was born August 30, 1923, on a farm four miles south of Montrose, Kansas, to Lewis and Leta (Clark) Rightmeier, and died Tuesday February 16, 2016, at the Jewell County Immediate Swing Bed, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 17 days. Lyle was known as “Ike” was one...
Marlo W. Nansel
Feb 13, 2016
Marlo W. Nansel, age 69, entered into rest on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the Kenwood View Nursing Center, Salina, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1946 in Elmore, Minnesota to Raymond and Pearl May (White) Nansel. Marlo attended a specialty school in Owatonia, Minnesota into his teens. Marlo was limited and handicapped in life and he worked as a...
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