Melby Mortuary Obituaries
Karl Van Hesser
Mar 16, 2009
Karl Van Hesser was born October 21, 1954, at Superior, Nebraska, to Norman Neal and Telva Ruth (Shellhase) Hesser, and suddenly passed away on March 16, 2009, at his home in Osborne, Kansas, at the age of 54 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Karl grew up in Mankato, and after graduation, he served three years in the Army....
Melodee Ann Thompson
Mar 10, 2009
Melodee Ann Thompson was born August 12, 1957, to Charles “Bud” and Ilene (VanMeter) Thompson. She left this life on March 10, 2009, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Kansas, at the age of 51 years, 6 months, and 28 days. Melodee was a graduate of Mankato High School in the class of 1975. She went on to...
Bernice June Corrick
Mar 9, 2009
Bernice June (Fielder) Corrick was born at DeWitt, Nebraska, to Fredrick and Lila (Carre) Fielder, on December 28, 1930, and passed away on March 9, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 78 years, 2 months, and 11 days. She attended first grade at DeWitt and the remaining 11 years at Esbon, Kansas,...
Curtis Wayne Cure
Mar 3, 2009
Curtis W. Cure was born September 12, 1938, at Crosby County, Texas, to Horace D. and Jewell (House) Cure and died March 3, 2009, at his home in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 70 years, 6 months, and 21 days. He married Mary Frances and they were later divorces. He lived most of his life in California, and...
Bethel Delise Laflen
Feb 28, 2009
Bethel Delise “Beth” Laflen was born July 1, 1936, at Mankato, Kansas, to Gerald and Waunda (Fiero) Stout, and died February 28, 2009 at the Mitchell County Hospital, Beloit, Kansas, at the age of 72 years and 7 months. Beth was educated in the Mankato Public Schools. She was a L.P.N. and worked in Salina, and at the Jewell...
Frederick William Julius (Fritz) Ahlman
Feb 20, 2009
Frederick William Julius (Fritz) Ahlman, was born November 26, 1918, at Pierce, Nebraska, to Emil and Anna (Rabe) Ahlman, and died February 20, 2009, at the Republic County Hospital, Belleville, Kansas, at the age of 90 years. Fritz was a World War II Army Veteran serving in New Guinea and the Southern Philippines. He married Helen Marie Pokett on...
Dale E Rothchild
Jan 24, 2009
Dale Eugene Rothchild was born on November 1, 1925, in the family home, rural Montrose, Kansas, to Emmett and Olive Ruth (Stansbury) Rothchild, and died January 24, 2009, at his home in Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 83 years, 2 months, and 23 days after a long illness. Dale attended grades 1st thru 8th at the Rose Hill...
Donald Eugene Balty
Jan 8, 2009
Donald Eugene Balty was carefully transferred from the loving hands of his family into the arms of his heavenly Father at 10 AM on January 8, 2009, at his home in Milan, Ill. He was 71 years old. The Balty family invites friends and family to visitation at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 3030 7th Ave., Rock Island, Ill., on Sunday,...
Shirley Ann Minear
Jan 3, 2009
Shirley Ann Minear was born October 17, 1937, in Beloit, Kansas, to Frank and Thelma (Burns) Folsom, and died Saturday, January 3, 2009, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 71 years, 2 months, and 16 days. Shirley devoted most of her life to caring for the sick and injured, as a Registered Nurse. She...
Eugene Leeroy Morris
Dec 29, 2008
Eugene LeeRoy “Mo” Morris, son of Cleo and Twila (Figgins) Morris, was born May 17, 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri. Mo went to be with the Lord December 29,2008, at University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 46 years, 7 months and 12 days. He graduated in 1980 from Burr Oak High School. Mo enjoyed playing football,...
Terry Lee Howell
Dec 5, 2008
Terry Lee Howell was born March 6, 1951, at Hastings, Nebraska, to Paul J. and Eloise (Schultz) Howell. He died December 5, 2008, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, after a long battle with cancer. Terry always kept his diploma from Kindergarten at Guide Rock, Nebraska, where he started his education. He attended Burr Oak Grade School and...
Merna B. Keeler
Dec 3, 2008
Merna B. Keeler, 78, Mankato, died Dec. 3 at Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, Kansas. She was born Jan. 26, 1930, in Jewell County, Kansas, near Ionia. Her parents were Glenn and Ida Miles Wright. She attended rural schools and graduated in 1948 from Ionia High School. On June 1, 1948, she married Nelson Keeler in Hays. He preceded...
Jewell Jones Sweet
Nov 24, 2008
Jewell Jones “Shorty” Sweet was born January 19, 1919, near Mankato, Kansas, to Albert Holmes and Cyrene (Jones) Sweet. He was born with a handicap, Jewell was a deaf mute. He was a life long resident of Jewell County, and learned math at Fairview Country School, east of Formoso. He was an accomplished farmer stockman, who never raised wheat...
Earl Dean Leonard
Nov 22, 2008
Earl Dean Leonard was born on June 12, 1933, in Jewell County, Kansas, the only son of the late Chester Earl and Dorothy Jane (Lange) Leonard. Dean passed away at the Overland Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Overland Park, Kansas, on November 22, 2008. Dean attended the Mankato schools and graduated from Mankato High School in 1951. Dean...
Matthew Michial Grove
Nov 21, 2008
Matthew Michial Grove was born April 29, 1987, in Colby, Kansas. He attended Colby schools and graduated with the 2006 class. He passed away November 21, 2008, at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 21. During high school Matt was active in football and was a pole vaulter in track. After graduation, Matt was employed...
Gordon Eugene Ernst
Nov 4, 2008
Gordon Eugene Ernst was born March 20, 1950, to Arnold Elvin and Neva Joyce (Mills) Ernst at Beloit, Kansas, and he died Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 58 years, 7 months, and 14 days. Gordon was educated and graduated from Burr Oak High School before attending and graduating from North...
Edward Lee Mcentee
Oct 27, 2008
Edward Lee McEntee was born November 13, 1940, at Kansas City, Missouri, to Edward E. and Esther (Johnson) McEntee, and died Monday, October 27, 2008, at his home in Burr Oak, Kansas, at the age of 67 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Edward lived thirty four years in the Kansas City area. Where he was educated, and employed...
Sidney C. Dillinger
Oct 18, 2008
Sidney Clyde Dillinger was born in a sod house on a farm in Sherman County, Kansas, July 3, 1912, to Troy Clyde and Amanda (Thompson) Dillinger. He died October 18, 2008, at the Long Term Care Unit of Jewell County Hospital at the age of 96 years, 3 months, and 15 days. Sidney was the middle child in a...
E. Maxine Dempsey
Oct 10, 2008
E. Maxine (Rominger) Dempsey was born November 22, 1919, in Mitchell County, Kansas, second child of Roy and Minnie (Kittel) Rominger. She departed this life on October 10, 2008, at the Jewell County Hospital Long-term Care, Mankato, Kansas, at the age of 88. She grew up on a farm near Randall called the Kissinger Place, located 5 miles south...
Morris Lynn Hillman
Sep 4, 2008
Morris Lynn Hillman was the second child born to Cecil and Marvalee (Gentry) Hillman on February 26, 1947, in Beloit, Kansas. Morris was baptized in the Ionia United Methodist Church. He attended school in Glasco, Ionia, and Esbon, and received a mechanics degree from Wichita Vo-Tech. He was united in marriage to Judy Jean Hake on September 15, 1963,...
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