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Donald Lee Clagett

Donald Lee Clagett

Jan 8, 2018

Donald Lee Clagett, 88, of Manhattan, passed away on Monday, January 8th, 2018 at Stonybrook Retirement Community. He was an Electronics Salesman and Repairman at Kansas State University- Acker-Biology for 10 years and Bird Music before that. Donald was born in Clifton, KS on July 17, 1929, to Verda (Rogers) and Alvin Clagett. He grew up in Clifton and...

Shirley Jean Ehm

Shirley Jean Ehm

Dec 31, 2017

Shirley Jean Ehm, 77, of Manhattan, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 31st. Shirley was a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother. Shirley worked with her husband Paul on their farm in Ashland Bottoms Manhattan while raising her children, and was a dedicated homemaker and mother. She later worked as an administrative assistant at Farm Bureau and AIB International. Shirley...

Daisy Elaine Rhodes-Planas

Daisy Elaine Rhodes-Planas

Dec 17, 2017

Daisy Elaine Rhodes-Planas, 60, of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, December 17th, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City. She worked at KSU, at the student union admissions and was a former advisor to Beta Sigma Chi. Daisy was born in Memphis, TN on August 16, 1957, the daughter of Bobbie Jean (Hunter) Nuegent of Manhattan, and Ernest Larry,...

Lisa Mae Wheadon

Lisa Mae Wheadon

Dec 16, 2017

Lisa Mae Wheadon, 49, of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 16th, at Via Christi Health Center- Manhattan. She was a graduate of Manhattan High School in 1986 and received her LPN from the Franklin County Technical College in Chambersburg, PA. Lisa Rider was born in Guymon, OK on April 24, 1968, the daughter of the late Frances R. (Watts)...

Judy Eileen Livingston

Judy Eileen Livingston

Dec 15, 2017

Judy Eileen Livingston, 66, of Manhattan, KS, passed away Friday, December 15th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. She was a housekeeper at Putnam Hall at Kansas State University and will be remembered as a very proud, thoughtful and private person. Judy was born in Manhattan, on July 17, 1951, the daughter of the late Mary Ellen...

Gordon Cramer

Gordon Cramer

Dec 14, 2017

M. Gordon Cramer, 89, passed away on Thursday, December 14th in Overland Park, Kansas Gordon was born on January 5th, 1927 in Columbia, Missouri, the son of Roscoe C. and Grace (Cove) Cramer. Gordon grew up in the Kansas City neighborhood of Swope Park, where he was infamous for providing freedom to a few small animals, specifically from the...

Janet Karen Phillippi

Janet Karen Phillippi

Dec 2, 2017

Janet Karen Phillippi, 60, of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 2nd, at Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Janet was born in Lynwood, California on March 2, 1957, the daughter of Betty (Giesbrecht) Ullner and the late Gustav Ullner. She graduated from Mark Keppel High School in 1976; and attended college at Humboldt State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (where...

Lois Margaret Jones

Lois Margaret Jones

Dec 2, 2017

Lois Margaret Jones, 97, of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, December 2nd, she had worked for the Manhattan School District in food preparations. Lois was born on September 27, 1920, the daughter of the late Hazel (Haas) and Ralph Enders. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Manhattan. Lois is survived by a daughter, Darlina K. (JR)...

Russell G. Butterworth

Russell G. Butterworth

Nov 30, 2017

Russell Gene Butterworth, 80, of Manhattan, KS, passed away Thursday, November 30th. Born in Ft. Dodge, Iowa on July 15, 1937, the son of the late Lois V. (Gullixson) and John Russell Butterworth. He was an oceanographer. No services are planned at this time. Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home - Manhattan.

Norman E. Root

Norman E. Root

Nov 17, 2017

Norman E. Root, 84, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, November 17th, 2017. Norman Eugene Root was born in Enterprise, KS on February 10, 1933, the son of the late Harry Franklin and Lillie Mae (Gannon) Root. He and Velda Jean Reiff were united in marriage on Sept. 4, 1957, at the New Basel Church, south of Abilene near Elmo....

Mike J. Menzies Jr.

Mike J. Menzies Jr.

Nov 11, 2017

Michael Joseph (Mike) Menzies, Jr, of Downs, passed away Saturday, November 11th, in Junction City, KS. He was an over the road truck driver for John Hajny Trucking in Jewell, KS. Mike was born in Wichita, on April 26, 1979, the son of Jamie (Delamore) Menzies, of Clay Center, KS and the late Michael Joseph Menzies, Sr. Michael and...

Dr. W F "Frank" Spikes

Dr. W F "Frank" Spikes

Nov 8, 2017

William Franklin (Frank) Spikes, III, 68, died Wednesday, November 8, after a very brief stay at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. An only child, he was born to W.F. Spikes, Jr, and Joyce Elizabeth Ernest Spikes on July 14, 1949,in Berwyn, IL. Frank graduated from York High School in Elmhurst, IL. Additionally, he earned a BS, MS and...

Lawrence A. Hedman

Lawrence A. Hedman

Nov 4, 2017

Lawrence Albert Hedman, 96, of Manhattan, died Saturday, November 4th, at Via Christi Health Center- Manhattan. He was heating and plumbing supervisor for 37 years, 1946 to 1983 at KSU. Lawrence Hedman was born in Garrison, KS, on October 4, 1921, the son of the late Frank Albert and Minnie (Anderson) Hedman. He was united in marriage on April...

Margart "Lori" Lorraine Sines

Margart "Lori" Lorraine Sines

Nov 4, 2017

Margaret Lorraine 'Lori' Sines Margaret Lorraine 'Lori' Sines, 77, of Manhattan, passed away Saturday, November 4th, 2017. She was a retired insurance agent, specializing in church insurance. Lori was born in Breckenridge, Michigan on July 14, 1940, the daughter of the late Bernard J. and Ruth (Schultz) Eastman. On June 20, 1959 in Racy, Michigan, she was united in...

Nedra Sylvis

Nedra Sylvis

Oct 29, 2017

Nedra L. Sylvis, 86, of Manhattan, passed away Sunday, October 29th, at her home. She had lived in Manhattan since 1953, moving here from Smith Center, KS. Nedra was born in Madison, WI on February 5, 1931, the daughter of the late Lucille (Hoy) Evans and Dick Blaine Evans. In 1948 she graduated from the Great Bend High School,...

Charlene C. Beier-Gormley

Charlene C. Beier-Gormley

Oct 28, 2017

Charlene Catharine Beier Gormley 51, of Hutchinson Kansas went to meet her Lord on Saturday October 28, 2017 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center Hospital. She had been residing at the Hutchinson Rehab Center for several years. Charlene was born January 3,1966 in Grand Island,Nebraska. Her parents were Marie C, Schlick Beier and Weldon Jerry Beier. She moved with her...

Amy Louise Stus

Amy Louise Stus

Oct 24, 2017

Amy Louise Stus, 43, passed away October 24, 2017, of complications from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Amy was born July 9, 1974, in Marysville, Kansas, to George G. and Rose Marie Stauffer. She grew up on the family farm west of Frankfort, Kansas. After graduating Frankfort High School, she attended Bethany College at Lindsborg, Kansas, obtaining her bachelor's degree,...

Eleanor Marie Thompson

Eleanor Marie Thompson

Oct 22, 2017

Eleanor Marie. Thompson, 96, of Manhattan, formerly of Newark, Ohio, passed away Sunday, October 22, 2017, at her home. She wasa church pianist and Sunday School Teacher since she was a teenager. She alsotaught piano in Newark, Ohio and Manhattan, Kansas. Before she was marriedshe worked at Riley's Bakery in Newark, Ohio. Eleanor was born in Newark, Ohio on...

Burritt Samuel "Sam" Lacy Jr.,  Md

Burritt Samuel "Sam" Lacy Jr., Md

Oct 20, 2017

Burritt Samuel (Sam) Lacy Jr., M.D, Sam Lacy, 98, of Manhattan, died Friday, October 20th at Meadowlark Hills. He was born in West Virginia in 1919, son of Kate and Burritt Samuel Lacy, Sr., and grew up in New Jersey and northern New York. He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Harvard and an MD from Cornell Medical...

Eloise Marian Bourque

Eloise Marian Bourque

Oct 19, 2017

Eloise Marian Ward Bourque, 99 years old, died Thursday, October 19, 2017, at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born August 18, 1918, in New Canton, Illinois, the eldest child of Giles and Gertrude Ward. Eloise grew up a farm girl in Illinois, attending Brewster Grade School, New Canton Community High School and Gem City Business College in...

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