Reta enjoyed her family and looked forward to getting them together. difference between a death notice and an obituary? Van was a career military man and he and Donna were stationed in numerous places around the world over his 29-year career. I made a friend there who loved to attend the dances at the USO club on the base. Visit the GenealogyBank Learning Center for tips and inspiration. After her children graduated from high school, and her homeschooling job was completed, Susan did not retire, but continued to teach others, tutoring young women so they would pass the exam to receive their GED. After nearly 57 years, Van preceded her in death on February 25, 2009. Memorials are requested to St. Bernards Catholic Church or the Columbian Theatre and may be left with Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home, 4370 Salzer Road, Wamego, KS 66547. Are you looking for a female relative? Most older obituaries will include some pieces of family information. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, March 10, 2023, at Trinity Baptist Church in Wamego. Deloris was a member of the 60+ Club in Ogden, enjoyed swimming at the YMCA in Junction City and was the district manager and sold Avon for many years. Try searching for their husbands name. The Rosary will be held at 7:00p.m. Born in Manhattan, Kansas on January 31, 1951, to Jim and June Johns. Share with Us. She has 11 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. She was 86 years old. Death notices can help extract more information about an ancestor and uncover their place of burial. Obituaries describe the person, who they are, and what they did in their lives. Meredith McCalmon-Feb 28, 2023. All you have to do to get started is enter the last name of a chosen relative and press the Search button. 23 Iowa State 98-93, Sills, seniors lead No. She was the second of eight children. Be Proactive. Use information from more recent ancestors to find older relatives. Donna found time to help in the special ed classes at her childrens school, and she was teased by her friends during the time Van was Mayor of Wamego, when they called her the First Lady of Wamego. I attended a few of these dances and there were always a lot of girls at the dance. Baby girl Kora was tragically taken too soon. Many old Manhattan Mercury obits used initials instead of full names. It truly was an unforgettable event first hearing the massive engines rumble to life then seeing the massive dust clouds form behind the airplane as it started to move forward slowly at first and then finally, just before the end of the dirt runway, lifted into the air. She was an active member of the NCO wives club. Jean has one sister, Dorothy Yaege of Manhattan Kansas and one brother, Ted Christiansen of Powell, Wyoming and is preceded in death by sisters, Grace Loyd, Vera MacMillan, Mary Nolte, and brothers, Everett Christiansen and Fred Christiansen. Try searching for their husbands name. at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home. Bill was born on January 24, 1931 to Paul and Elsie (Becker) Mathewson in Seneca, Kansas. On January 8, 1977, she married Tracy Weaver and began a 46 year long honeymoon. She enjoyed fishing on Mill Creek and jazz music. William "Bill" Paul Mathewson, 92, of Manhattan, Kansas died peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at his home, surrounded by his family. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, We made almost daily visits to the airplane and watched the engineers eventually lift the plane, extend the gears, and install 4 new engines and propellers. I got up, went to work, came home. . Searching obituaries is a great place to start your family tree research. As a military wife, Donna was a homemaker, running her home and raising her family wherever they might live. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph.. Donna married Robert Vandiver Johnson on December 27, 1952, in Salem, Arkansas. person will not be tolerated. She started working early and was employed at a local drugstore at the age of 12. Michael Peterson officiating. After High School, she attended both Pittsburg State University and Kansas State University. If youre trying to get more information on a specific relative, follow these steps to perform an advanced search of the Manhattan Mercury obituary archives. We'd love to hear eyewitness Deloris Marie (Frantz) Del Rosso, age 86, a longtime Ogden resident, died February 23, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Village in Manhattan. They eventually moved to Manhattan where he was employed at Fort Riley designing online education curriculum. Joe was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife, Susan, their dogs Punkin and Monkey, sister Jan (Pat) Dukes, nephew Jason, and many great nieces and nephews. Raised in Far Hills, NJ and Litchfield, CT, he attended the Canterbury School, Syracuse University, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps before graduating from Read More, Submit an obit for publication in any local newspaper and on Legacy. Copyright 2023 NewsBank, Inc. 5801 Pelican Bay Blvd. Graveside Services will be held at 3:00p.m. Although some people use the terms interchangeably, theyre actually two different things. Getting to the championship game of their sub-state tourney required just one thing of the top seeded Lady Raiders (20-1) beat the 16th-seeded Iola (6-15). Perform searches by using common misspellings. Burial will be in St. Bernards Cemetery. hand, are formalized reports of someones death in the local news. Local News. Donna is survived by her daughters; Deb Johnson, Wamego, and Frannie Ebert (Tom), Topeka; and her brother, John Simmer, Wamego; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He attended local grade schools and graduated in 1950 from Wamego High School. hand, are formalized reports of someones death in the local news. Over the years, she served on the boards of the Riley County Historical Society, the Kansas State Historical Society, and the Friends Advisory Board of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. Emma Jean (Christiansen) Fitzgerald of Manhattan, Kansas, formerly of Columbus, Kansas passed away peacefully Saturday, February 25 at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan, Kansas. Please sign Kathleens online guest book and leave a memory for the family at the funeral home websitewww.irvinparkview.com. 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Low 36F. Some of the benefits of looking up Manhattan local newspaper obituaries include: Find those elusive ancestors and add them to your family tree. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Burial with military honors will follow in the Westmoreland City Cemetery. Click here to download. Susan put her education degree to use by homeschooling all five of their children, and each one went on to graduate from the Kansas State University College of Engineering. In Loving Memory of Anjelica Theresa Zingarino who passed away on February 13, 2022. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph.. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, March 3, 2023, at Campanella and Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego. She enjoyed camping, fishing and playing badminton. But when I saw my future wife from across the dance floor, I remember thinking she was pretty in her brightly colored poodle skirt. She was loved by so many - family, friends, and those with whom she Read More, FLAX--Sam, 89, of New York City, passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, November 6th, 2022. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502. Helene Osif, 87, of McFarland, Kansas, formerly of Colorado, passed away on Monday (February 20, 2023) at her home. Try searching by initials. Press Esc to cancel. Trace your family history with the GenealogyBank database to begin growing your family tree. February 26, 2023 at 1:47 p.m. Bill enjoyed working with wood, especially walnut. I was amazed at the size of the plane which at the time was the largest in the world. Include Boolean operators and proximity search techniques. 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We then walked to the Kansas City Union Station where I boarded a train bound for San Antonio, Texas, and Lackland Air Force Base. Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. It was a simpler time but very challenging for my mother and father. Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. racist or sexually-oriented language. Herman passed away on February 24th at the age of 93. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Signup today! She then attended and received an Associate Degree from Kansas State University. She was a former member of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Manhattan. They were married 44 years, until his death in 1994. He and Sandra had 3 sons during that time and they often served as his crew. He received his teaching certificate from McPherson College and taught science at several Kansas schools. STE 600 Naples, Florida 34108. If youre trying to get more information on a specific relative, follow these steps to perform an advanced search of the Manhattan Mercury obituary archives. Our online database enables you to perform searches without the hassle of performing manual searches through old records. She loved all animals, especially her dogs and even Petunia the pig. 194 talking about this. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers; Michael and Richard Murphy, sister; Barbara Bernard. Visitation is scheduled Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Forsythe Gould Funeral Home in Manhattan. Would you like to receive our daily news? Connect with your classmates to honor alumni and teachers. Search Obituaries; Funeral Homes Home; Newspaper Obituaries; Kansas Newspapers; Manhattan Mercury; Manhattan Mercury. She was a long-time member of the community. The family will receive friends at Westview Community Church on Thursday March 2, 4:00-6:00pm. Linda will always be remembered for her keen sense of humor. We won't share it with anyone else. Kathleen was married to her second husband, Clinton B. Hamilton, on May 22, 2004, in Manhattan KS, and he passed away on February 28, 2007, in Manhattan. Create a password that only you will remember. Learn more about the stories of your immediate and extended family. The flooding started to the west in Hays Kansas which fed into the Kansas River. Bill was raised on a farm east of Seneca, the oldest of five siblings. Kathleen Ann (Kay) Ball Hamilton, 91, Overland Park, formerly of Manhattan, passed away Friday, February 17, at Colonial Village, Overland Park, KS. Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. of genealogical research. By midsummer the wheat was headed and getting near harvest time. Orlando Salinas hit two home runs and Owen Boerema struck out seven batters in six innings Friday afternoon as Kansas State baseball opened its home schedule with a 4-1 win over Army. Barry Dundas officiating. Public Welcome. Its also ideal for fact-checking, as many obituaries werent necessarily created with 100% accuracy. Our online database enables you to perform searches without the hassle of performing manual searches through old records. Obituaries. Burial was in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Zeandale Township Community, Manhattan. Find all of the latest Pottstown, Pennsylvania obituaries, condolences, and death notices from The Mercury in partnership with Legacy.com. It was here that Reta opened a Ceramic Shop in their home. The second of eight children to Frank and Vida Shipley. Funeral service will be held on Saturday January 14, 2023, at 11:00am at King's Funeral Home Read More, Elizabeth "Liz" Daly (nee Gray) passed away Monday December 26, 2022. News Sport Region Music Person Profession Crypto. Send Flowers. The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502, is assisting the family with the service arrangements. Funeral services will be held at 10:00a.m. All you have to do to get started is enter the last name of a chosen relative and press the Search button. Online condolences may be made atwww.campanellastewart.com. 336 pages; $30.00, hardcover. In 1978, Donna moved back to Wamego, where she and Van constructed their own home. Flower orders can be delivered to the funeral home to be . Interment will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan. STE 600 Naples, Florida 34108. Try searching by initials. When mom realized, his memories were beginning to fade, she encouraged him to write down his experiences. Jean has four grandchildren: Jonathan Maxwell, Andrew Fitzgerald, Anthony Fitzgerald and Athena Fitzgerald. Reta loved all kinds of sewing and Crafts. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert Ball and husband Clinton Hamilton, and two brothers, John R. Wahl,and William L. Wahl. Its content is reported, edited, and produced entirely by students, and students make up the advertising sales staff. Kansas State womens basketball was five seconds away from finally ending its road losing streak and pulling off a remarkable come-from-behind victory Wednesday evening.