Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Roy V. Daniels
Mar 27, 2010
Roy Vaden Daniels was born on the family farm, one mile east and two miles south of Reamsville, Kansas, on 2 January 1921. He was the first of two sons born to Francis L. and Edna Chandler Daniels. After the death of his mother in 1929 he lived for a time with his aunt and uncle, John and Lizzie...
Boyd Harry Ritter
Mar 12, 2010
Boyd H. Ritter, 85, died Friday, March 12, 2010. He was born to Harry and Anna (Gibeau) Ritter, September 8, 1924 in rural Lebanon, KS. In 1944 he was drafted into the army and served in Germany, France, and England as a PFC in WWII with an honorable discharge in 1946. On May 19, 1946 he married Joyce Keller....
Merle Owen Blew
Jan 27, 2010
Merle Owen Blew, son of Clarence and Golden Daisy (Busick) Blew, was born at home in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, on November 12, 1932, and died Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 77 years, 2 months, and 15 days. Merle, the only boy among 4 sisters, spent his elementary years at Riverton...
Mike S. Modlin
Jan 23, 2010
Mike Steven Modlin was born November 19, 1953, to Don and Mary (Morton) Modlin, at Smith Center, Kansas, and died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at his home in Burr Oak, Kansas, at the age of 56 years, 2 months, and 4 days. After graduating from Burr Oak High School, he attended Fort Hays on a football Scholarship. Mike transferred...
Iris Ruth Ozmun
Jan 3, 2010
Iris Ruth Ozmun, 62, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010 after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma. She was born March 26, 1947, in Superior, Nebraska, the daughter of Stanley E. and E. Lucile (Butts) Ozmun. Survivors include her mother Lucile Ozmun of Jewell KS; a brother, Ralph Ozmun (Lula) of Morristown TN; a sister, Carole Thompson...
Ryan Wayne Ost
Dec 26, 2009
Ryan Wayne Ost, 30, Topeka, died Sat., December 26, 2009 at his home. He was born March 14, 1979 in Belleville, the son of Brad and Linda Eilert Ost. He graduated from Mankato High School and attended Ft. Hays State University. He lived in the Hays area until moving to Flagstaff, AZ in 2003, and to Topeka in 2005....
Mary Leanne Clemons
Dec 14, 2009
MARY LEANNE CLEMONS Leanne Clemons , 68, died on December 14, 2009 in Newnan, Ga of heart failure. Leanne was born on May 12, 1941 in Esbon, Kansas to Maxine and Wilbur Clemons, both deceased. She was the loving mother of Jeanette McKenzie, Curtis Higbee and Kelly DeLeon and the loving grandmother to Clint, Doran, Danielle, Meagan and Cody....
Nyla Berg
Nov 12, 2009
Nyla Murray Berg was born July 17, 1930, at Mankato, Kansas, to Marcus Vancies and Mina Adelia (Scribner) Murray, and died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 79 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Shewas educated in the Mankato Public School, and she married Arthur William Berg on March 12,...
Sandra P Gibbens - Ranstead
Oct 16, 2009
Sandra P. Gibbens – Ranstead, Mankato, Kansas, was born February 23, 1941, in Eureka, California, to Paul and Ceely (Carlsen) Gibbens, and died October 16, 2009, at Mount Joseph Senior Village, in Concordia, Kansas, at the age of 68 years. Sandra graduated from St. Benard’s Catholic School, in Eureka, California. She also graduated from Notre Dame and taught art,...
Laverna Gracia Mizner
Oct 8, 2009
Laverna Gracia (Reed) Mizner was born on February 22, 1925, at Haigler, Nebraska. She was always very proud of this birthday, as it was the same birthday of our first United States President. She seemed to have a bonding with George. She departed this earth on October 8, 2009, at the age of 84 years. Laverna told us stories...
Charlotte Murray
Sep 10, 2009
Josephine Charlotte Murray, 90, Mankato, Kansas, entered into her heavenly home September 10, 2009. She died at her home in Mankato following a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born December 3, 1918, at Jewell, Kansas, the second child born to John Charles Fullerton and Celinda Jeannette (Elyea) Fullerton. Charlotte attended country schools, graduating from Montrose High School....
James Edward Hills
Sep 6, 2009
James Edward Hills passed away Sunday, September 6, 2009, at the age of 64, due to complications from a fall. He was born October 18, 1944, in Superior, Nebraska, to Vivian Arthur Hills and Mildred (Heineke) Hills of Mankato, Kansas. James is survived by his wife, Eleanor F. Hills of Albuquerque, New Mexico; three children, Brian and wife, Kelly...
Edna Fogo
Aug 28, 2009
Edna Mae (Spooner) Fogo, Burr Oak, Kansas, was born August 9, 1914, at Hewitt, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles Fredrick and Esther (Lown) Spooner, died August 28, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-term Care Unit, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 95 years, and 19 days. As a child, the family moved to the Sandhills of Nebraska, near...
Terry D Williams
Aug 18, 2009
The first born of twin boys, Terry Dean Williams was born on January 6, 1949, to Orville and Luzella (Gutscher) Williams in Superior, Nebraska. He grew up on the farm near Burr Oak, Kansas, where he attended school. Terry graduated from Burr Oak High School, with the class of 1969. Following graduation, he went into the United States Army....
Jack R Blair
Aug 17, 2009
Jack Ray Blair, 76, died Monday, August 17, 2009 at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, and will be sadly missed by his wife of 56 years, children, grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. He was born November 25, 1932 in El Dorado, Kansas to Neven B. and Dorothy Mae (Taton) Blair and was one of seven children....
Sarah Elizabeth Mohler
Aug 6, 2009
Sarah Elizabeth Mohler was born on June 21, 1925, in Huron, Tennessee, to Ambrose and Flossie (Stewart) Maness, and died August 6, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 84 years, 1 month, and 15 days. She grew up on the family farm. After attending Business College in Knoxville, Tennessee, she went to work...
James J Park
Aug 3, 2009
James Jay Park was born in Belleville, Kansas, on October 10, 1964 to Dale and Louise (Kirkbride) Park. He passed into heaven on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the age of 44 after many years of illness, pain and time in hospitals and the Hilltop Lodge in Beloit. Jamie was the ‘little’ brother of Laura McClure, Osborne, Kansas, and...
Forrest L Dempsey
Jul 24, 2009
Forrest Lee Dempsey, (Formoso, Kansas), son of Franklin and Ethel (Sturtevant) Dempsey, was born August 4, 1920, on the family farm in section 36 of Washington Township, Jewell County, Kansas, and died July 24, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital Long-term Care, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 88 years. He was the 7th child born into his family....
Frances "Cleo" Wilson
Jul 15, 2009
Frances Cleo (Collins) Wilson, 101, died July 15, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-term Care Unit, Mankato, Kansas. Cleo was born March 10, 1908, at Garden City, Kansas, to John G. and Frances Catherine (Zimmer) Collins. Cleo received her schooling in Randall, Kansas, graduating in 1926. She attended and graduated in 1932, from Emporia State Teachers College. On...
George R Kramer
Jul 5, 2009
George R. Kramer, 92, beloved father, husband, grandfather and great grandfather, died July 5, 2009 at Kingswood Senior Living Community. He was born in Mankato, Kansas on July 22, 1916, the older of two sons of George Rowan and Katherine Emily Kramer. After elementary and high school in Mankato, he attended Kansas State University where he received bachelor’s and...
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