Obituaries

May 26, 2022

Norma June Butts, 94, formerly of Jewell, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Hilltop Lodge Nursing Home, Beloit, Kansas.  She was born at her rural home near Jewell on June 8, 1927 to Albert and Elsie LaRue Abram.  June attended Couch School for eight years then graduated from Jewell High School in 1945.  She married William Eugene...

Apr 30, 2022

Lyle Lindon Flinn, age 94, Mankato Resident, passed away April 30, 2022 at Jewell County Hospital. He was born on December 13, 1927 in Allen Township to Lloyd and Esther (Willmeth) Flinn.

Lyle graduated from Randall High School in 1945 and went back to the family farm to begin his lifelong career in farming.

Lyle...

Mar 25, 2022

James Rex Freeman, 95, went home to be with the Lord Friday, March 25, 2022 at the Nicol Home, Glasco, Kansas where he resided since May 2021.

Rex was the eldest child born to James Daniel and Irma Blanche Bennett Freeman on the family farm northeast of Mankato on December 2, 1926.  He was baptized and became...

Jan 12, 2022

Fawna Fairy, 3rd child of Ralph E. Arasmith and Ida Joy (Colson) Arasmith was born April 14, 1933 in Brownscreek Township, Jewell County Kansas and died January 12, 2022 at Salina Regional Health Center at the age of 88 years.

She was educated at a rural school, Jewell Elementary and she graduated from Jewell High School in...

Dec 13, 2021

Judy A Mallory was born April 1, 1944 at the family home in Glen Elder Kansas to Henry & Beulah Luckey Staley.  She passed away December 13, 2021 at Salina Regional Health Center. She grew up mostly in Glen Elder, moving to Beloit right before high school. She worked at a very early age as a waitress and then...

Dec 9, 2021

Warren Lee Heinen died Thursday, December 9, 2021 at the age of 66.  He was born in Concordia, KS and raised in Formoso, KS.   He graduated from Mankato High School and continued his education graduating from Cloud County Jr College in Concordia, KS in 1975 and Southwestern College in Winfield, KS in 1977.  He had worked as an assistant...

Nov 9, 2021

Candace Durant, 88, passed away November 9, 2021 at Presbyterian Manor in Salina, KS.  She was born January 20, 1933, the only child of Chester and Ruth (Banker) Beineke in Salina, KS.  She graduated from Salina High School.

While attending Kansas Wesleyan College she met Don Durant, who became her husband Dec. 21, 1952.  They were married...

Oct 18, 2021

Mary Lou Davis, Jewell, Ks passed away Oct.18, 2021 at Lee’s Summit Medical Center, Lee’s Summit, MO at the age of 76.  Mary was born July 4, 1945 at Oklahoma City, OK, the daughter of Henry Eron Radford & Minnie Bell Wilson Radford.

Survivors include 1 son, David Aksamit, Randall, KS; 1 daughter Tina Fourtner Mello, Crescent...

Sep 24, 2021

Robert D. Todd, 80, was born at Lincoln, Nebraska to Chester D. and Dorothy (Bell) Todd on January 10, 1941. He passed away at his home in Jewell, Kansas on September 24, 2021. Robert attended rural school by Ashland, Nebraska. Robert graduated from Waverly High School. Robert then went on to attend and complete his bachelor’s degree from University...

Jul 8, 2021

Donald Charles Gregg, Jewell, passed away Thursday, July 8th, at his home in Topeka. Don was born March 6, 1944, in Kansas City, KS, the son of Burton and Dorothy Gregg.

Don worked most of this life as an auto mechanic. During his time in Kansas City, he worked for Morasch Automotive. He worked there until moving...

Apr 7, 2021

The world has lost its kindest soul.

Warren Glen Applebee, born August 14, 1938 in Jewel, Kansas went home to be with his Lord April 7, 2021 in the comfort of his home in Cawker City, Kansas, after fighting a long battle with cancer.  Upon Warren’s departure from Earth, he was reunited with his parents, Edward and...

Apr 3, 2021

Jerry L. Collie, age 77, passed away at home on April 3, 2021. He was born on May 24, 1943 to E.O. and Stella Collie. Jerry was a hard worker and an exceptional salesman. He loved the Lord and had a passion for His creation. His favorite activities took place outdoors and he especially loved birds and bird watching....

Jan 11, 2021

Millie Carol Oplinger was born on Sunday, April 15, 1923, to Warren B. and Bertha Clark Oplinger, on the family farm east of Jewell, KS which was homesteaded by her grandfather Clark.  Carol departed this life on January 11, 2021, at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, KS.  Carol was the youngest of three children.

Carol attended...

Dec 5, 2020

Johnnie Lee Birdsell, son of Dale Ellsworth and Geneva Knight Birdsell, was born January 14th, 1950 in Beloit, Kansas. He departed this life on December 5th, 2020 at his home near Mansfield, Missouri at the age of seventy years, ten months and twenty-one days.

John married his high school sweetheart, Carolyn Jo Huff on May 31st, 1969...

Oct 3, 2020

Robert Royal Cook of Manhattan, Kansas passed away on October 3, 2020 at Ascension Via Christi, Manhattan. Robert (Bob) was born midwinter, December 29, 1928 in Jewell County, KS on the farm his grandfather homesteaded, to parents Albert Elmer Cook and Lula Inscho Cook. The second youngest of nine children, he arrived in a world heading into global depression...

Aug 3, 2020

Marjorie June (Nelsen) Hulbert of Mankato Kansas, died August 3, 2020 at the Mitchell Country Hospital. She was born on July25, 1936 to Hans Andrew and Mildred Ethel (Fringer) Nelsen. She was born in Burr Oak, Kansas.

Marjorie graduated from Bur Oak High School, Class of 1954. Marjorie married Myron Eugene Hulbert on July 18, 1953 in...

Aug 2, 2020

Barbara B. King, formerly of Mankato, KS, passed away on August 2, 2020 in Richardson, TX. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on April 26, 1930. Barbara attended Kansas State University in Manhattan Kansas. After moving to El Paso, Texas in 1961, she developed a love for playing bridge and achieved the rank of Life Master.

She...

May 19, 2020

Karen F. Thompson McIntyre was born February 6, 1939 in Lakin, KS to Leonard and Kathryn Davis Thompson.  She went home to her Heavenly Father on May 19, 2020.

Karen grew up on the family farm at Ulysses, KS and also lived in Ulysses when the family moved off the farm.  After high school, she went to...

Apr 10, 2020

Brian Lloyd Williams passed away on April 10, 2020, at the age of 47 at his dream home in Jewell, Kansas. He was born June 2, 1972, in Beloit, KS to Eldon “Bub” and Pamela “Pam” (Holdren) Williams. Brian was a lifetime resident of Jewell County, growing up in Jewell and graduating from Jewell High School with the Class...

Mar 24, 2020

Ronald Eugene Menhusen, Jewell, KS was born August 28, 1936 near Jewell, KS to Benard and Mildred (Hitz) Menhusen.  He died March 24, 2020 in Salina, KS.  Ron is survived by his wife Linda, of the home, his daughter, Jennifer Haddon of  Mitchell, South Dakota, two grandsons Joseph Haddon and Malachi Haddon also of South Dakota and two brothers,...