Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Roma N. Grout
Mar 5, 2011
Roma N. Grout, 86, Mankato, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas Mrs. Grout was born Roma Nadine Nelson in Mankato, Kansas, on November 14, 1924. Her parents were Otis M. Nelson and Katharine M. (Russell) Nelson. She was a homemaker. Roma attended kindergarten in the basement of the Mankato YMCA building; District 76...
Howard Robin Gehrett
Feb 28, 2011
Howard Robin Gehrett, the son of George Henry and Nancy Ellen (Hood) Gehrett, died February 28, 2011 at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato. Howard was born October 21, 1908 on a farm near Eureka, Greenwood Co., Kansas, and came to Jewell Co. with his parents and four siblings when he was 3 years old. The family moved from Greenwood...
Loretta M. Wagner
Feb 23, 2011
Loretta Marie (Reinert) Wagner, of Mankato, Kansas, was born October 10, 1920, to Peter Anton and Barbara (Boden) Reinert on a farm southwest of Tipton, Kansas. She departed this live of 90 years, 4 months, and 16 days, on February 23, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in Downs, Kansas. Loretta was one of fourteen children. She attended school...
Esther J Michael
Feb 22, 2011
Esther June (Fogo) Michael, 78, of Mankato, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the Jewell County Hospital in Mankato, Kansas. She was born on March 6, 1932 on a farm between Burr Oak and Esbon, Kansas. She was the youngest daughter of Charles E. and Stella Fogo. She attended a rural school near her home and graduated in...
Marlis Ann Lyons
Feb 16, 2011
Marlis Ann Lyons Obituary Marlis Ann Lyons was born on August 12, 1943 to Donald and Leone Killough in Red Cloud, Nebraska. She graduated from Red Cloud High School in 1962. She attended college in Denver, Colorado and nursing assistant training in Kansas. She married the love of her life, Roy Gene Lyons on October 6, 1965 in South...
Josephine F. (Johanek) Frost
Jan 31, 2011
Josephine Frances (Johanek) Frost, of Esbon, Kansas, was born to George and Anna (Benisek) Johanek, on March 16, 1917, on the family farm south of Esbon, Kansas, and died Monday, January 31, 2011, at her home in Esbon, Kansas, at the age of 93 years, 10 months, and 15 days. She had six siblings, Alma, Paul, Mary, Martha, Lillian,...
Laura Evelyn Murphy
Jan 29, 2011
Laura Evelyn (Winder) Murphy of Mankato, Kansas, was born on November 10th, 1916, on the family farm in the Victor township of Osbonre County, Kansas, to Daniel and Myrtle (Hughes) Winder. She died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at the Mitchell County Health Systems Long-term Care, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 94 years, 2 months, and 19 days. She...
Mary Folwell Dexter Boyd
Jan 26, 2011
Mary Folwell (Dexter) Boyd of Mankato and Hill City died on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Dawson Place in Hill City at the age of 97 plus years. She was born on February 5, 1913, in Columbus, Georgia, the daughter of Dr. Charles Amory and Lydia (Folwell) Dexter. She is survived by four children and their spouses, 11 grandchildren...
Edna May Kattenberg
Jan 26, 2011
Edna May (Carper) Kattenberg of rural Lebanon, Kansas, was born September 24, 1921, on a farm north of Lebanon, Kansas, to Edward Paul and Esther May (Noble) Carper, and died Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at her home, with her family at her side, at the age of 89 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Edna was educated in the...
Charlotte (Oglevie) Roe
Jan 20, 2011
Charlotte (Oglevie) Roe, of Mankato, Kansas, was born October 7, 1920, at Otego, Kansas, to Frank and Daisy (Hassinger) Oglevie and died January 20, 2011, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 90 years, 3 months, and 15 days. Charlotte attended Burr Oak grade school and graduated from Burr Oak high school in 1937, before...
G. Wybern Berneking
Jan 18, 2011
G. Wybern Berneking, of Formoso, Kansas, was born March 18, 1925, in Simpson, Kansas, to George and Esther (Koch) Berneking, and died Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at the age of 85 years. He was married to Ruth Field on August 14, 1949, at Formoso Community Church, Formoso, Kansas. Wybern served with the U.S. Navy, on the ship USS Juno,...
Jaunita Maxine (Miller) Fullerton
Jan 2, 2011
Jaunita Maxine Fullerton 1917-2011 Jaunita Maxine (Miller)Fullerton, 93, passed away January 2, 2011 at the Wilber Care Center in Wilber, Nebraska. She was born January 23, 1917 in Oakhill, Kansas to Jacob and Vista (Ellis) Miller. She was the youngest of four children. As a child she was given the nickname “Billy” by her father. Jaunita spent her childhood...
Tina Marie Wilden
Dec 30, 2010
Tina Marie Wilden, 39, of Kensington, Kansas, was born April 18, 1971, at Yuba City, California, to Delbert Lee and Gloria Marie (Patterson) Smith Lawrence, and died in an auto accident, December 30, 2010, at Smith Center, Kansas. Tina married Mike Wilden, and later they divorced. She worked in Housekeeping for several nursing homes and hospitals during her lifetime....
James Leland Bartley
Dec 28, 2010
James Leland Bartley was born on a farm about one-half mile south of Esbon, Jewell County, Kansas, on Friday the 27th day of August 1920 and departed this life December 28, 2010 at the Jewell County Hospital. Leland (nicknamed “Buck”) was the son of Walter Jay Bartley and Edith Pearl Hoffhines. He grew up in the Esbon and Ionia...
Don A Modlin
Dec 26, 2010
Donald Arden Modlin was born December 25, 1920, to Cecil and Lora Modlin and died December 26, 2010, at the V.A. Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 90 years. He spent his grade school years attending the Limestone Country School near his home. After graduating from Burr Oak High School in 1938, he attended Kansas Wesleyan University...
Dorothy Alice Kerwin
Dec 1, 2010
Dorothy Alice Kerwin (Kimbrough), 90, of West Orange, N.J., was a Kansas native, was born January 31, 1920, in Jewell County, Kansas, to Alvah and Aura Murphy Kimbrough, and passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. She attended Jewell County one room elementary schools, and graduated from Mankato High School in 1938....
Richard R. "Dick" Waugh
Nov 10, 2010
Richard R. (Dick) Waugh, 84, Mankato, Kansas, passing Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Jewell County Hospital with his beloved family at his bedside. He was born May 11, 1926, in Milford, Nebraska, son of John R. and Sarah A. (Nicholson) Waugh. Richard graduated from Mankato High School in 1944. In December 1944, he enlisted in Merchant Marines. He was...
Teresa N, Nowling
Oct 19, 2010
Teresa N. Nowling was born November 9, 1964, at San Diego, California, to Tony and Mary (Curtis) Turner, and died October 19, 2010, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, after a battle with cancer, at the age of 45 years, 11 months, and 10 days. Teresa was preceded in death by her parents, and is survived by a...
Helen Huffman
Oct 12, 2010
Helen Huffman was born January 13, 1920, third of seven children of John Charles and Celinda Jeannett (Elyea) Fullerton, on a farm southwest of Montrose, Kansas, and died October 12, 2010, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 90 years. Helen (Sis) attended country schools in the Jewell and Montrose area. She graduated from Montrose...
Rudolph Albert Blecha
Aug 30, 2010
Rudolph Albert Blecha was born April 8, 1917 at Munden, Kansas, to Frank and Anna (Shimanek) Blecha, and died Monday, August 30, 2010, at the Jewell County Hospital Long term Care, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 93 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Rudolph was baptized into the Catholic Church, and was confirmed into the Catholic faith on...
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