Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Rick Lehrling
Mar 18, 2015
Rick Lehrling was born in Caldwell, Kansas, on December 25, 1953, to Thomas and Colleen Wirtz Lehrling. The first decade of his life, Rick lived on a farm in Oklahoma and remained a life-long loyal Sooner. Rick had one brother, Gary Merrit and wife Eunice, and three sisters, Carolyn Sandell, Pam LaGasse and husband Jimmy Stansbury, and Lynette Alexander...
Newell E. Alexander
Mar 8, 2015
Newell Alexander, 85, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Bryan LGH-East, Lincoln, Nebraska. The son of Elmer and Florence (Silsby) Alexander, he was born on October 12, 1929, in Limestone Township, Jewell County, Kansas, on the land which was homesteaded by his grandparents, Dick and Alice Alexander. Newell was united in marriage to Doris Sloan on January 14, 1951...
Ralph Wayne Hooton
Feb 26, 2015
Ralph Wayne Hooton was born on March 27, 1930 in Stafford County, Kansas to Floyd and Frances (Ferguson) Hooton and passed away on February 26th, 2015. Ralph attended Zenith Elementary and Stafford High School and the family relocated to Jewell County where he graduated from Esbon High School in 1948. After high school he was drafted into the United...
Cecil Lee Roy Hillman
Feb 20, 2015
Cecil Lee Roy Hillman was born November 5,1924, in Mitchell County southeast of Beloit, KS, to Alva Hillman and Cora (Delp) Hillman, and passed away February 20, 2015, at Mitchell County Hospital “Long-term Care Unit” in Beloit. He was preceded in death by: his folks; a sister, Esther Critchfield; wife, Marvalee; two sons, Morris and Earl Hillman; two great-grandchildren,...
Delvis D. "Butch" Mahaffy
Feb 19, 2015
Delvis D. “Butch” Mahaffy, of Derby, Kansas obituary Butch Mahaffy, age 65, formerly of Mankato, Kansas, died February 19, 2015, at the Veteran’s Hospital Hospice Center, Wichita, Kansas. Butch was born June 3, 1949, at Mankato, Kansas, to Donald and Edith Mahaffy. He served 4 years in the United States Army and 4 years in the Navy. On July...
Richard "Rich" R. Roush
Feb 19, 2015
Richard “Rich” R. Roush, 44, Formoso, Kansas, beloved son, father, brother, uncle and friend, died on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia, Kansas, from complications due to a sudden illness. Rich was born May 14, 1970, in Grand Island, Nebraska and was a longtime resident of Formoso and Courtland. He worked at Wal-Mart in Concordia,...
Sophie Ann Anderson
Feb 19, 2015
Sophie Ann Anderson of Formoso, Kansas, was born July 11, 1942, to James and Genevieve (Saleem) Hashberger, in Fall River, Massachusetts, and died February 19, 2015, at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 72 years, 7 months, and 8 days. Sophie attended school and the Common Wealth Community College in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was...
Marvin Lee Nelson
Jan 31, 2015
Marvin Lee Nelson, of Mankato, Kansas, son of John and Hilda (Anderson) Nelson was born on the family farm, one mile south of Courtland, on March 31, 1925. He was the youngest of eight children. Marvin was baptized and confirmed in the Ada Lutheran Church, rural Courtland. He attended Courtland Grade and High School and graduated in 1943. He...
Vernon Dean Thronson
Jan 26, 2015
Vernon Thronson Vernon Dean Thronson, 78, Tempe, Arizona, died Monday, January 26, 2015. He was born January 13, 1937 in Mankato, Kansas, the son of John and Myrna(Gleason) Thronson. Vernon was raised in Jewell County and attended country grade school graduating from Mankato High School in 1955. Shortly after graduating Vernon joined the United States Navy. Most of his...
Donna M Meier
Jan 3, 2015
Donna Marie (Briggs) Meier passed away at the age of 70 on Saturday, January 3, 2015, in her home after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loved-ones. She was born July 12, 1944, in Mankato, Kansas, to Floyd M. and Anna M. (Heater) Briggs. She married LeRoy Meier on December 8, 1963. Donna was preceded in death...
Gail Fenner Colson
Nov 25, 2014
Gail Fenner Colson was a wonderful husband, father, grandpap, great grandpap, postmaster, farmer, poet, friend, and Christian. Gail loved God. In the summer of 1947 he was baptized into Christ in White Rock Creek by Don Hines. He attended the EUB church in Esbon and then Dentonia Church of Christ where he served as Elder from 1973 until 1998....
Eugene Clark "Gene" Johnson
Nov 18, 2014
Eugene Clark "Gene" Johnson, Blair, Nebraska, was born December 17, 1929, on a farm in Esbon, Kansas, to Robert and Naomi (McCoy) Johnson. He died peacefully at home with his family at his side on November 18, 2014, at the age of 84 years. Gene attended a country school and graduated from Esbon High School in 1947. Eugene married...
Wanda Howard
Nov 14, 2014
Wanda Howard was born on December 14, 1933, in Garden City, Kansas, and passed away on November 14, 2014, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 80 years and 11 months. At the age of 3, she moved with her parents to Beloit, Kansas area. She married Forrest Howard on June 15, 1952 and moved...
Constanza "Connie" Smith
Oct 15, 2014
Constanze (Lazzarotto) Smith, the daughter of Anna (Defolco) and Costa Lazzarotto, was born November 21, 1932, in Mount Pleasant, New York. Later her father would move the family to Seattle, Washington. She died October 15, 2014, at Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 81 years, 10 months, and 24 days. On August 31, 1951, Connie (as she is known...
Rex Dale Weaverling
Aug 28, 2014
Rex Dale Weaverling of Mankato Kansas passed away on August 28 2014. To welcome Rex into heaven is his father Arch, mother Vera, sister Betty and sister Lois, along with many friends and colleagues. Those who will celebrate his life everyday are his wife Frances, Sue and Philip Walton, Brandon, Emily and baby Brady Barkley, Brett Ernst and Ali...
Zachary Tauno Kindler
Aug 4, 2014
On August 4th, 2014, the Lord called home Zachary Tauno Kindler at the age of 35. He was born to Gary and Kris (Pietila) Kindler on June 10th, 1979 in Belleville, Kansas and raised on a rural farm east of Esbon, Kansas. Zach grew up in Esbon, KS, attending school at White Rock and graduating with the class of...
Karen Lynne Kyte
Jul 15, 2014
Karen Lynne Kyte of Silver Springs, Maryland, was born to Clarence Oliver, Sr. and Dollie H. ( Howell) Kyte, on May 14, 1939, at Fort Worth, Texas, and died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Holy Cross Hospital, in Silver Springs, Maryland, at the age of 75 years, 1 month and 1 day. She was a middle school teacher for...
Eileen Broughton
May 20, 2014
Eileen Broughton, 94 years of age, of Mankato, passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday, May 20, 2014. She was born on November 8, 1919 in Lolita, Texas to Henry and Lydia (Byrne) Broughton. Eileen was cared for by her loving family her entire life. At the age of 11, she moved from the family farm in Texas to the...
Eugene Douglas Proctor
May 18, 2014
Eugene Douglas Proctor, 86 years of age, of Mankato, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014. He was born on February 27, 1928 in Webber to Clarence and Thelma Marie (Knapp) Proctor. Gene graduated from Mankato High School. He then served his country in the United States Army in Korea from 1946 to 1948 receiving the Army of Occupation Medal. Gene...
Marjorie Viola (Jones) David
May 10, 2014
Marjorie Viola (Jones) David, was born in Home City, Kansas, August 15, 1921, the daughter of Clyde and Elizabeth (Wolf) Jones, and passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Family Health and Rehabilitation Center, Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 92 years, 8 months, and 7 days. After spending her first ten years in Home City, her family...

