Jun 4, 2012

Jeune B. Kirmser was born on January 28, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota to John G. Blomquist, a self-taught musician and artist who came to America from Sweden at the age of 5, and Ethel Strayer Blomquist, a graduate in mathematics from Hamline University. It was these open-minded, imaginative people who encouraged Jeune to grow into the remarkable woman...

Jun 1, 2012

Stuart Charles 'Stu' Williams, 54, passed away Friday, June 1, 2012 at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan, Kansas. He was born on March 4, 1958 in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Alvin Wayne 'Deak' and Edna Lorrin Hoft Williams. Stuart's great-grandfather was one of a group of early settlers who came in 1855 and settled Ashland Bottoms and...

May 29, 2012

Richard E. Fulghem, 72, of Manhattan, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at his home. Richard was born on October 6, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Manhattan, where he was raised by his adoptive parents Dorothy E. and William P. Fulghem. He attended public schools and Kansas State University for one year before entering into the...

May 24, 2012

Lula Mae Harper, 86, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, May 24th, at her residence. She was a graduate from the Manhattan Vocational Technical College, where she became an LPN, working for the former Memorial Hospital in Manhattan for 30 years, 1 month and 19 days. Lula Mae Richardson was born in Cass County, Texas on February 24, 1926, the...

May 21, 2012

ROBERT ALLEN TAUSSIG (Dr. Bob) of Manhattan, Kansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 21, 2012, one week short of his 89th birthday. Dr. Bob was born to Paul and Elsie Taussig in Denver, Colorado on May 29, 1923 after his mother rolled out of a horse-drawn wagon on the way to the...

May 14, 2012

Michael Lee Stanley, 30, Ogden, Kansas, passed away Monday, May 14th, on Hwy 18 west of Manhattan. Mike was born in Kansas City, Missouri on December 21, 1981, the son of Kimberly Ann (Giles) Neidenthal and Jerry Lee Stanley. Mike was a laborer and worked on many projects around the Manhattan area. Survivors include his children Alyssa Ann Stanley...

May 14, 2012

Katherine Schiller Mulanax of Manhattan died on May 14, 2012 at the age of 97. The following obituary was provided by Katherine several years ago. Katherine was born in Kirwin, Kansas (Phillips County) on September 4, 1914. Her parents were Frank and Edith (Thomas) Schiller. She was married to Dr. Paul A. Kline on May 24, 1941 and he...

May 9, 2012

Virginia Susan Gamble, 66, of Manhattan, passed away Wednesday, May 9th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Virginia Susan Escobar was born in Manhattan, on November 26, 1945, the daughter of the late Susie (Negrete) Escobar and Joseph Domingo Escobar. She grew up in Manhattan, and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1963. Jeanie was united in...

Apr 27, 2012

Vanessa Joselyn 'Nessa' Townley, 55, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, April 27th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan Vanessa Bockleman was born in Buzzard Bay, Massachusetts, on November 13, 1956, the daughter of Virginia (Wucher) Bockelman and late Fritz Bockelman. She was 'Nessa' to most and Momma to all. Nessa was a wise, kind, beautiful, loving woman...

Apr 26, 2012

Apr 20, 2012

James Dennis 'Denny' Michael Patrick Riordan, 73, died April 20th at the Good Shepherd Home after a short illness. Mr. Riordan was born July 6th, 1938, in Lynn, Massachusetts. An active and adventurous young man, he once crewed in a test cruise of an America's Cup boat and joined the running of the bulls in Spain. After graduating from...

Apr 17, 2012

Jimmie Lawrence 'Okie' Goodmiller, 73, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Jimmie Goodmiller was born in Norman, Oklahoma on December 18, 1938. He was the son of the late Mary Lucy (Bay) Goodmiller and James Malcom Goodmiller. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth 'Betty' Ann Compton on August...

Mar 23, 2012

Donald Allan Kesinger, 73, of Manhattan, passed away Friday, March 23rd, at the Mercy Regional Health Center. Don was born in White Hall, Illinois on June 17, 1938, the son of the late Velma (Hayes) and Merrill Kesinger. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Beth Naylor on Nov. 16, 1996 in Amarillo, Texas and she survives of the...

Mar 16, 2012

John Eugene Lutz, 69, Hays, passed away March 16, at Hays Medical Center, after a brief illness. He was born October 1, 1942, in Manhattan, Kansas, the youngest son of William and Lorena (Prestwood) Lutz. He lived and was schooled in Manhattan in the Hunter's Island community until the 1951 flood took the family farm. At that time the...

Mar 15, 2012

Soash, Edith V., 91, passed away on March 15, 2012 in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born September 25, 1920 near Alton, Kansas to Carl and Marian (Reynolds) LaRue. She married Charles 'Ike' Soash in 1947. Soon after, they purchased a farm near Mankato, Kansas. Edith helped on the farm and later worked as a dental assistant. She was preceded...

Mar 15, 2012

Harold Warner, 80, of Manhattan, passed away Thursday, March 15th, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. He was a retired fire chief with the fire department at Ft. Riley. Harold was born in Arlington, Kansas on July 26, 1931, the son of the late Ruth (Crose) Warner and Raymond Warner. He was united in marriage on Sept. 12,...

Mar 14, 2012

Bessie Ann Day, 62, Wamego, died Wednesday, Mar. 14, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Bessie was born in Lyons, Kansas on Sept. 21, 1949, the daughter of the late Anna Marie (Geist) Hawkins and Robert Melville Hawkins. Bessie Hawkins was united in marriage to James Day in June of 1976, they had 3 children and were later...

Mar 13, 2012

George Edward Morgan, 56, of Manhattan, passed away Tuesday, March 13th, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House. He was a self employeed carpenter. George was born in Manhattan, on June 24, 1955, the son of Berna Jean (Jackson) Morgan and Willard Grant Morgan. George attended the Manhattan schools growing up. Survivors include a daughter, Sekia J. Royall, wife of...

Mar 12, 2012

Donald August Havenstein, 83, of Manhattan, passed away Monday, March 12th, at Mercy Regional Health Center. He owned Havenstein Antiques and Furniture Refinishing in Manhattan since 1968. Don was born in Alta Vista, on May 21, 1928, the son of the late Helen (Snodgrass) and August Henry Havenstein. On Aug. 14, 1948 in Yuma, Arizona he married Leona Mae...

Feb 21, 2012

Lula Marie Poe, 80, of Manhattan, passed away on Tuesday, February 21st, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan. Lula Marie Madison was born April 30, 1931 in Newbern, Alabama the eldest of fourteen to the late Carrie (Norfleet) and Tommie Madison, Sr. She was united in marriage to Renzie M. Poe, Jr. in Newbern, Alabama on January 26,...