&nbsp;CW4 (US Army RET) Geoffrey Hammond Doane, age 71, entered into rest on Monday December 21, 2020 while at his home in Manhattan, KS with his wife (Cathy), his niece (Emily), and his dog (Lucy) at his bedside. Geoffrey had been fearlessly battling cancer for the last five years and only days ago was placed in hospice care. Geoffrey was born in May 1949, at the US Naval Air Station Quonset Point, RI. He would spend nearly the entirety of his childhood in Walton, NY. His last two years of high school were spent at The Manlius School, Manlius, NY, which at the time, was a top junior ROTC school in the country. Geoffrey flourished in this environment and knew a career in the military was what he wanted to pursue. Following graduation, he enlisted in the US Army and initially trained as a Medic. Following the death of his older brother LT Stephen Doane (KIA Republic of Vietnam), Geoffrey attended Warrant Officer Candidate school and became a helicopter pilot. Over the next twenty-five years Geoffrey became a distinguished Huey Helicopter pilot. He served multiple tours of duty overseas in Germany and Korea. Geoffrey was deployed in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, serving for the duration of the war. His skill as a pilot was recognized by his superiors, and he would have the distinction of flying such notables as Henry Kissinger, GEN Colin Powel and Senators Bob Dole and John McCain. After retiring from Active Duty, Geoffrey attended Kansas State University accomplishing degrees in Business, Political Science, History and Geography. College football tailgating and working on the gardens around his home became his passion. In his later years he found comfort in sitting with friends and family, drinking a beer and telling old stories. He loved to reminisce. Geoffrey clearly loved his family, his wife Cathy and the many many rescue dogs that would find their home with he and Cathy. Geoffrey will always be remembered by his family and friends as having a quick wit. He was always the jokester such that you were never sure if he was telling the truth or just pulling your leg. He brought a playful wit to all aspects of his life. Geoffrey was the big brother defender of the family, particularly watching over his little sister Leslie, as they both rode horses and spent much time together in the stables and the show ring. Over the past three years, as Geoff became more debilitated, he made it a point to call his siblings, his mom and his Aunt Judy every Saturday morning. His conversation was always cheerful, upbeat and jovial, even up to the last, this past weekend. We will all miss the Saturday morning call. Geoffrey was pre-deceased by his brother LT Stephen H. Doane, his birth mother Joan Larson Elliott and his father COL (US Army RET) David G. Doane. His survivors include his wife Cathy Doane, Manhattan, KS, his mother Marjorie Doane, Jonesborough, TN, his daughter Danielle Doane, St. Charles, MO and his son Stephen Doane, Olathe, KS; his two brothers Michael Doane, Aiken, SC and COL (US Army RET) Eric Doane, Evans, GA and his sister Leslie Doane, Falls Church, VA. He is also survived by his Aunt Judith Doane, Swampscott, MA, as well as a granddaughter. No service is currently planned, one will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to one of these charities in his name: Dalmatian Club of American Foundation, (funds health research projects that benefit the Dalmatian breed) dcaf.org/product/in-honor-of-donation/ or Fisher House Foundation (provides housing and services to Military and Veteran families while their loved ones are in the hospital) fisherhouse.org/ways-to-give/&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;CW4 (US Army RET) Geoffrey Hammond Doane, age 71, entered into rest on Monday December 21, 2020 while at his home in Manhattan, KS with his wife (Cathy), his niece (Emily), and his dog (Lucy) at his bedside. Geoffrey had been fearlessly battling cancer for the last five years and only days ago was placed in hospice care. Geoffrey was born in May 1949, at the US Naval Air Station Quonset Point, RI. He would spend nearly the entirety of his childhood in Walton, NY. His last two years of high school were spent at The Manlius School, Manlius, NY, which at the time, was a top junior ROTC school in the country. Geoffrey flourished in this environment and knew a career in the military was what he wanted to pursue. Following graduation, he enlisted in the US Army and initially trained as a Medic. Following the death of his older brother LT Stephen Doane (KIA Republic of Vietnam), Geoffrey attended Warrant Officer Candidate school and became a helicopter pilot. Over the next twenty-five years Geoffrey became a distinguished Huey Helicopter pilot. He served multiple tours of duty overseas in Germany and Korea. Geoffrey was deployed in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, serving for the duration of the war. His skill as a pilot was recognized by his superiors, and he would have the distinction of flying such notables as Henry Kissinger, GEN Colin Powel and Senators Bob Dole and John McCain. After retiring from Active Duty, Geoffrey attended Kansas State University accomplishing degrees in Business, Political Science, History and Geography. College football tailgating and working on the gardens around his home became his passion. In his later years he found comfort in sitting with friends and family, drinking a beer and telling old stories. He loved to reminisce. Geoffrey clearly loved his family, his wife Cathy and the many many rescue dogs that would find their home with he and Cathy. Geoffrey will always be remembered by his family and friends as having a quick wit. He was always the jokester such that you were never sure if he was telling the truth or just pulling your leg. He brought a playful wit to all aspects of his life. Geoffrey was the big brother defender of the family, particularly watching over his little sister Leslie, as they both rode horses and spent much time together in the stables and the show ring. Over the past three years, as Geoff became more debilitated, he made it a point to call his siblings, his mom and his Aunt Judy every Saturday morning. His conversation was always cheerful, upbeat and jovial, even up to the last, this past weekend. We will all miss the Saturday morning call. Geoffrey was pre-deceased by his brother LT Stephen H. Doane, his birth mother Joan Larson Elliott and his father COL (US Army RET) David G. Doane. His survivors include his wife Cathy Doane, Manhattan, KS, his mother Marjorie Doane, Jonesborough, TN, his daughter Danielle Doane, St. Charles, MO and his son Stephen Doane, Olathe, KS; his two brothers Michael Doane, Aiken, SC and COL (US Army RET) Eric Doane, Evans, GA and his sister Leslie Doane, Falls Church, VA. He is also survived by his Aunt Judith Doane, Swampscott, MA, as well as a granddaughter. No service is currently planned, one will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to one of these charities in his name: Dalmatian Club of American Foundation, (funds health research projects that benefit the Dalmatian breed) dcaf.org/product/in-honor-of-donation/ or Fisher House Foundation (provides housing and services to Military and Veteran families while their loved ones are in the hospital) fisherhouse.org/ways-to-give/&nbsp;&nbsp;

CW4 (US Army RET) Geoffrey Hammond Doane

Charles Wilbert “Chuck” Thoren, age 82, of Manhattan, died December 27, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born March 30, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Clarence and Jeanette Thoren, and moved from Ogden to Manhattan in 1996. Chuck graduated from Austin High School and later graduated from Washburne Trade School with a certificate of Culinary Arts. He served for 20 years in the United States Army as cook, General’s Aide and then as the Mess Hall Sergeant. He had received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal, 6 Good Conduct Medals, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal and the Meritorious Unit Citation. He retired from Fort Riley in 1981. He then worked as the cook for 21 years at Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Chi Omega, and then for several years as the greeter at Wal-Mart, before fully retiring in 2016. Chuck was a member of Peace Lutheran Church. He loved being a cheerleader for his two grandchildren and attended many of their sporting and school events. He enjoyed helping everyone and caring for others however he could he would. He also enjoyed camping and fishing. He was married to Myrna Lindholm. They later divorced. Survivors include his two children: Dana Sprinkle and her husband Steve of Abilene, KS, and Karsten Thoren of Manhattan; two grandchildren: Ryan and Danielle Sprinkle; one brother-in-law Ralph Mazzuca; and one niece Kris Chuticoff. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Wynetta Mazzuca. Private family services with military honors will be at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery at Fort Riley with Pastor Austin English officiating. A public service will be held at a later date when it is safe for everyone to attend. Memorial contributions may be made to either Peace Lutheran Church or Manhattan Community Foundation to benefit youth activities. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Charles Wilbert “Chuck” Thoren, age 82, of Manhattan, died December 27, 2020, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. He was born March 30, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Clarence and Jeanette Thoren, and moved from Ogden to Manhattan in 1996. Chuck graduated from Austin High School and later graduated from Washburne Trade School with a certificate of Culinary Arts. He served for 20 years in the United States Army as cook, General’s Aide and then as the Mess Hall Sergeant. He had received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal, 6 Good Conduct Medals, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Vietnam Civil Actions Honor Medal and the Meritorious Unit Citation. He retired from Fort Riley in 1981. He then worked as the cook for 21 years at Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Chi Omega, and then for several years as the greeter at Wal-Mart, before fully retiring in 2016. Chuck was a member of Peace Lutheran Church. He loved being a cheerleader for his two grandchildren and attended many of their sporting and school events. He enjoyed helping everyone and caring for others however he could he would. He also enjoyed camping and fishing. He was married to Myrna Lindholm. They later divorced. Survivors include his two children: Dana Sprinkle and her husband Steve of Abilene, KS, and Karsten Thoren of Manhattan; two grandchildren: Ryan and Danielle Sprinkle; one brother-in-law Ralph Mazzuca; and one niece Kris Chuticoff. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Wynetta Mazzuca. Private family services with military honors will be at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery at Fort Riley with Pastor Austin English officiating. A public service will be held at a later date when it is safe for everyone to attend. Memorial contributions may be made to either Peace Lutheran Church or Manhattan Community Foundation to benefit youth activities. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Charles Wilbert “Chuck” Thoren

Harold Joseph Becker, 93, of Junction City, KS, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Cremation has taken place.

A Mass of Christian Burial will take place 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 2, 2021, at St. Xavier Catholic Church with Fr. Gnanasekar Kulandai officiating. Respect calls may be made Friday, January 1, 2021, at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street where you can sign the register book. The family will not be present. A private inurnment service will be held at St. Mary's Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to St. Xavier Catholic Church P.O. Box 399 Junction City, KS, Knights of Columbus c/o St. Xavier Catholic Church or to the Good Shepherd Home Care and Hospice Foundation 3801 Vanesta Dr. Manhattan, KS 66503. Harold was born March 24, 1927, in Sedgwick County, KS, the son of Joseph Arthur and Mary Ann (Green) Becker. Harold graduated from Goddard High School in 1945. He served in the United States Marine Corp from 1951 to 1953. Harold and his family moved to Junction City in 1962. He owned and operated Becker Construction Company and built around 250 homes and commercial buildings in the immediate area including the St. Xavier Church Rectory. During his years in Junction City he served as a Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop #41, served as sexton for St. Mary's Cemetery from 1993 until 2012, was a member of St. Xavier Catholic Church where he was a member of the Knights of Columbus of the 3rd and 4th degree since 1948. In later years, he played golf with many of his friends and most importantly was his love of his family. Survivors left to mourn his loss include his wife of 66 years Elaine of the home in Junction City; two sons, Brad Becker and his wife Elaine and Jeff Becker and his wife Teresa; one daughter, Judy Lienemann and her husband Joe; grandchildren, Shawn Becker, Justin Becker, Mark Lienemann and Scott (Ashley, Fiance') Lienemann; step-grandchild, Russell Sinnard and his wife Crystal and their children Rylinn and Carson; three sisters, Norma Jean, Mildred and Anna Mae; brother-in-law Don Baier and many nieces and nephews. Harold was preceded in death by his parents; infant son, John; grandson, Daniel Becker and daughter-in-law Pam Becker; brothers, Bernard, Howard, George and Butch; sisters, Katy, Theresa and Cecelia.

Harold Joseph Becker, 93, of Junction City, KS, passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Cremation has taken place. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 2, 2021, at St. Xavier Catholic Church with Fr. Gnanasekar Kulandai officiating. Respect calls may be made Friday, January 1, 2021, at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street where you can sign the register book. The family will not be present. A private inurnment service will be held at St. Mary's Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to St. Xavier Catholic Church P.O. Box 399 Junction City, KS, Knights of Columbus c/o St. Xavier Catholic Church or to the Good Shepherd Home Care and Hospice Foundation 3801 Vanesta Dr. Manhattan, KS 66503. Harold was born March 24, 1927, in Sedgwick County, KS, the son of Joseph Arthur and Mary Ann (Green) Becker. Harold graduated from Goddard High School in 1945. He served in the United States Marine Corp from 1951 to 1953. Harold and his family moved to Junction City in 1962. He owned and operated Becker Construction Company and built around 250 homes and commercial buildings in the immediate area including the St. Xavier Church Rectory. During his years in Junction City he served as a Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop #41, served as sexton for St. Mary's Cemetery from 1993 until 2012, was a member of St. Xavier Catholic Church where he was a member of the Knights of Columbus of the 3rd and 4th degree since 1948. In later years, he played golf with many of his friends and most importantly was his love of his family. Survivors left to mourn his loss include his wife of 66 years Elaine of the home in Junction City; two sons, Brad Becker and his wife Elaine and Jeff Becker and his wife Teresa; one daughter, Judy Lienemann and her husband Joe; grandchildren, Shawn Becker, Justin Becker, Mark Lienemann and Scott (Ashley, Fiance') Lienemann; step-grandchild, Russell Sinnard and his wife Crystal and their children Rylinn and Carson; three sisters, Norma Jean, Mildred and Anna Mae; brother-in-law Don Baier and many nieces and nephews. Harold was preceded in death by his parents; infant son, John; grandson, Daniel Becker and daughter-in-law Pam Becker; brothers, Bernard, Howard, George and Butch; sisters, Katy, Theresa and Cecelia.

Harold Joseph Becker

Sunrise: October 9, 1948 Sunset: December 17, 2020 Funeral service for Virginia Lawrence will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the New Church of the Living God with Pastor James E. Johnson officiating. Mrs. Lawrence will lie in state 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street. Services may be viewed via livestream on Facebook and YouTube by visiting the New Church of the Living God's website www.ncotlg.org Virginia Lawrence was born to Ellsworth and Louteamer Tripplett-Wellmaker on October 9, 1948, in the “Windy City,” Chicago, IL. She was the oldest of six children. She graduated from Lincoln Sr. High School where she was a member of the Service Girls Club, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and Business Administration Club. After graduation, and during the Civil Rights Movement, Virginia became the first Black person to be hired at the 1st National Bank in downtown St. Louis, MO. She moved on to the Bank of St. Louis and later to Boatman’s Bank. Virginia married her childhood friend and sweetheart, William Alfred Lawrence, Jr., who had recently returned home after fighting in the Vietnam War as a soldier in the United States Army. Shortly thereafter on January 20, 1971, Virginia gave her life to Christ at the age of 23, when she was a member of Elder Herbert Clark’s Full Gospel Missionary Temple in East St. Louis, IL. Virginia was excited about her New Birth, and always thanked her mother and grandmother for planting the seed of righteousness in her and her siblings. Singing in the choir was one of her favorite contributions to the church and God received the Honor and Glory for all things. Attending Bible Study was mandatory as she was always eager to receive the Word of God. The Senior Mothers of the church welcomed her assistance with activities and various events, and she loved the senior citizens and the youth. After William reenlisted in the military, Virginia became a proud and devoted Army wife and mother to her three sons. They relocated to Fort Hood, TX and then, Nuremburg, Germany where her service to the Lord reached greater heights. She had been called into the ministry in 1973 but had yet to deliver her first sermon. Virginia proudly and emphatically preached for the first time in Illeshiem, Germany in 1979 and continued to deliver sermons until her passing. After leaving Germany, Virginia continued to serve the Lord, and enjoy her life with William and her children at duty stations including, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Forts Davis &amp; Clayton in Panama, Fort Campbell, KY, and finally, Fort Riley, KS. Upon arriving in Kansas in 1989, Virginia worked in Library Science at the Ft. Riley and Manhattan, KS Libraries before transitioning to a position as an Admissions Supervisor and Chaplain at the Geary Community Hospital, the latter which she held until she passed away. She later moved on to what she thought would be her last position at Manhattan High School where over the course of 13 years, she fell in love with working with high school students so much that she created a VIP Program to honor Special Education students as well as those who were respectful, mannerable, and courteous. Virginia retired from that position, but quickly discovered that she still had a strong desire to work with students. Consequently, she accepted her last job at Junction City Middle School where she fell in love with a host of new students and LOVED her co-workers. Virginia’s compassion, love, and respect extended to her church family, especially Pastor Johnson and his wonderful companion, Sister Alice who with open arms welcomed her into their New Church of the Living God. That sanctuary was a second home where she was loved, nurtured, fed, and allowed to continue working on behalf of the Lord. Virginia accomplished many things in her life but she would assure you nothing was more GRATIFYING than living for JESUS. She loved people, never met a stranger, and anyone who knew or spoke with her would tell you that a conversation with her was not complete without a discussion of the Lord. Traveling with her husband for twenty-four years in the military while raising three children kept the Lawrences busy. My “Three Sons” was the song she sang always. After “JESUS,” Cornell, Respiratory Therapist, Courtney, Tele-Communications Mgr., and Dr. Novotny Lawrence, Professor, were the “Sunshine of her life.” Of course, Billy was “Mr. Everything.” He loved his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and whatever the family needed to be comfortable, PaPa provided. Virginia was preceded in death by a son during childbirth, Christian Nicholas, her parents, grandparents, one brother, one sister, uncle, &amp; aunt. She leaves to cherish her memory her Stepmother, Vivian Wellmaker, Godparents, Lellwyn and Daisy McTavish, one aunt, Thelma Falconer, sons, Cornell (Tracy), Courtney (Anna), Novotny (Sarah), grandchildren, Rachael (Gregg Henderson), Cheyenne (Emmanuel Cockrell), Jordan, Andrew, Alexis, &amp; Alyson--seeing their faces made her so very HAPPY!!!, great grandchildren, Chase &amp; James (Mother, Tonya Taylor), honorary grandchildren, Karsen, Emerson, &amp; Gracyn Ross, sisters Genetra Wellmaker, Denise (Jerry) Bradley, Ackerman, MS, LaBrillia Wellmaker, St. Louis, MO, Kathy Wellmaker, Los Angeles, CA, brothers, Elder Ricardo (Wanda) Davidson, Weir, MS, Larry (Linda) Wellmaker, Ackerman, MS, Ellsworth (Lisa) Wellmaker, Florissant, MO, Ralph Wellmaker, Granite City, IL, extended family Joyce (Johnny) Hairston, Deborah (Leroy) Washington, Wenifred Nash-Bell, Valarie Nash, Claudia Nash, Kevin Willmott and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends. Four days after Virginia’s death, her husband, who she affectionately called “Billy,” passed away. Though only a few days, the time apart must have felt like an eternity for the couple whose marriage spanned nearly 52 years. In lieu of flowers, we respectfully ask for contributions to the JCHS Minority Alumni Scholarship, C/O Novotny Lawrence, P.O. Box 804, Ames, IA 50010.

Sunrise: October 9, 1948 Sunset: December 17, 2020 Funeral service for Virginia Lawrence will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the New Church of the Living God with Pastor James E. Johnson officiating. Mrs. Lawrence will lie in state 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street. Services may be viewed via livestream on Facebook and YouTube by visiting the New Church of the Living God's website www.ncotlg.org Virginia Lawrence was born to Ellsworth and Louteamer Tripplett-Wellmaker on October 9, 1948, in the “Windy City,” Chicago, IL. She was the oldest of six children. She graduated from Lincoln Sr. High School where she was a member of the Service Girls Club, Neighborhood Youth Corps, and Business Administration Club. After graduation, and during the Civil Rights Movement, Virginia became the first Black person to be hired at the 1st National Bank in downtown St. Louis, MO. She moved on to the Bank of St. Louis and later to Boatman’s Bank. Virginia married her childhood friend and sweetheart, William Alfred Lawrence, Jr., who had recently returned home after fighting in the Vietnam War as a soldier in the United States Army. Shortly thereafter on January 20, 1971, Virginia gave her life to Christ at the age of 23, when she was a member of Elder Herbert Clark’s Full Gospel Missionary Temple in East St. Louis, IL. Virginia was excited about her New Birth, and always thanked her mother and grandmother for planting the seed of righteousness in her and her siblings. Singing in the choir was one of her favorite contributions to the church and God received the Honor and Glory for all things. Attending Bible Study was mandatory as she was always eager to receive the Word of God. The Senior Mothers of the church welcomed her assistance with activities and various events, and she loved the senior citizens and the youth. After William reenlisted in the military, Virginia became a proud and devoted Army wife and mother to her three sons. They relocated to Fort Hood, TX and then, Nuremburg, Germany where her service to the Lord reached greater heights. She had been called into the ministry in 1973 but had yet to deliver her first sermon. Virginia proudly and emphatically preached for the first time in Illeshiem, Germany in 1979 and continued to deliver sermons until her passing. After leaving Germany, Virginia continued to serve the Lord, and enjoy her life with William and her children at duty stations including, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Forts Davis &amp; Clayton in Panama, Fort Campbell, KY, and finally, Fort Riley, KS. Upon arriving in Kansas in 1989, Virginia worked in Library Science at the Ft. Riley and Manhattan, KS Libraries before transitioning to a position as an Admissions Supervisor and Chaplain at the Geary Community Hospital, the latter which she held until she passed away. She later moved on to what she thought would be her last position at Manhattan High School where over the course of 13 years, she fell in love with working with high school students so much that she created a VIP Program to honor Special Education students as well as those who were respectful, mannerable, and courteous. Virginia retired from that position, but quickly discovered that she still had a strong desire to work with students. Consequently, she accepted her last job at Junction City Middle School where she fell in love with a host of new students and LOVED her co-workers. Virginia’s compassion, love, and respect extended to her church family, especially Pastor Johnson and his wonderful companion, Sister Alice who with open arms welcomed her into their New Church of the Living God. That sanctuary was a second home where she was loved, nurtured, fed, and allowed to continue working on behalf of the Lord. Virginia accomplished many things in her life but she would assure you nothing was more GRATIFYING than living for JESUS. She loved people, never met a stranger, and anyone who knew or spoke with her would tell you that a conversation with her was not complete without a discussion of the Lord. Traveling with her husband for twenty-four years in the military while raising three children kept the Lawrences busy. My “Three Sons” was the song she sang always. After “JESUS,” Cornell, Respiratory Therapist, Courtney, Tele-Communications Mgr., and Dr. Novotny Lawrence, Professor, were the “Sunshine of her life.” Of course, Billy was “Mr. Everything.” He loved his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and whatever the family needed to be comfortable, PaPa provided. Virginia was preceded in death by a son during childbirth, Christian Nicholas, her parents, grandparents, one brother, one sister, uncle, &amp; aunt. She leaves to cherish her memory her Stepmother, Vivian Wellmaker, Godparents, Lellwyn and Daisy McTavish, one aunt, Thelma Falconer, sons, Cornell (Tracy), Courtney (Anna), Novotny (Sarah), grandchildren, Rachael (Gregg Henderson), Cheyenne (Emmanuel Cockrell), Jordan, Andrew, Alexis, &amp; Alyson--seeing their faces made her so very HAPPY!!!, great grandchildren, Chase &amp; James (Mother, Tonya Taylor), honorary grandchildren, Karsen, Emerson, &amp; Gracyn Ross, sisters Genetra Wellmaker, Denise (Jerry) Bradley, Ackerman, MS, LaBrillia Wellmaker, St. Louis, MO, Kathy Wellmaker, Los Angeles, CA, brothers, Elder Ricardo (Wanda) Davidson, Weir, MS, Larry (Linda) Wellmaker, Ackerman, MS, Ellsworth (Lisa) Wellmaker, Florissant, MO, Ralph Wellmaker, Granite City, IL, extended family Joyce (Johnny) Hairston, Deborah (Leroy) Washington, Wenifred Nash-Bell, Valarie Nash, Claudia Nash, Kevin Willmott and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends. Four days after Virginia’s death, her husband, who she affectionately called “Billy,” passed away. Though only a few days, the time apart must have felt like an eternity for the couple whose marriage spanned nearly 52 years. In lieu of flowers, we respectfully ask for contributions to the JCHS Minority Alumni Scholarship, C/O Novotny Lawrence, P.O. Box 804, Ames, IA 50010.

Obituary, Virginia Mae Lawrence

Sunrise: November 9, 1946 Sunset: December 21, 2020

Funeral service for retired Army Staff Sergeant William "Bill" Alfred Lawrence, Jr. will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the New Church of the Living God with Pastor James E. Johnson officiating. Mr. Lawrence will lie in state 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street. Services may be viewed via livestream on Facebook and YouTube by visiting the New Church of the Living God's website www.ncotlg.org Retired Army Staff Sergeant, William “Bill” Alfred Lawrence, Jr. was an only-child, born in East St. Louis, IL on November 9, 1946, to William Alfred Lawrence, Sr. and Verdie Lawrence. Bill graduated from East Side High School, and at age 19, was drafted into the United States Army. He fought bravely in the Vietnam War, and was blessed to return home safely after he completed his tour of duty. Shortly after doing so, Bill married his childhood friend and sweetheart, Virginia Mae Wellmaker, and reenlisted in the Army. With his wife by his side, and their children in tow, Bill proudly served his country at Fort Hood, TX, in Nuremberg, Germany, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Forts Davis and Clayton in Panama, Fort Campbell, KY, and Fort Riley, KS. His experience at his last duty station was similar to the beginning of his military career in that he was once again called upon to fight for his country, this time in Desert Storm. In 1992, after two wars and twenty-four years of service, Bill retired from the military and transitioned into civilian life in Junction City, KS. After leaving the Army, he held positions at Kansas State University, Manhattan High School in USD 383, and on Fort Riley, among others. Bill also took night classes at Upper Iowa University to fulfill his dream of completing his college education. In 2002, he achieved his goal by earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Bill also joined the New Church of the Living God, where he found a welcoming, loving, and supportive pastor and church family. He gave his life to the Lord, and at the time of his passing, he was a deacon in the church. Bill found great joy in life’s little things. He loved washing his cars, spending time with his friends, working in his yard, and going on cruises, a love that he developed late in life. Yet, nothing made Bill happier than sitting in his basement surrounded by his wife, his children and his grandchildren, watching and listening to them talk and laugh about anything that came to their minds. It truly warmed his heart, filled him with pride, and served as a wonderful affirmation of the blessings bestowed upon him. Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Mae Lawrence, whom he affectionately called, “Sweetie,” his parents, and his stepmother, Leanna Lawrence. He leaves to cherish his memory his three sons and their significant others/spouses, Cornell &amp; Tracy, Courtney &amp; Anna, and Novotny &amp; Sarah. Bill’s legacy will also live on in his grandchildren, Rachael (Gregg Henderson), Cheyenne (Emmanuel Cockrell), Jordan, Andrew, Alexis, &amp; Alyson, in his great grandsons, Chase &amp; James (Mother, Tonya Taylor), and in his honorary grandchildren, Karsen, Emerson, &amp; Gracyn Ross. Bill also leaves behind his stepsiblings, Vanessa, Veronica, &amp; Vernon, and his cousins, Pat, Amelia, &amp; Renee. Finally, his memory will live on in his long list of friends whom he loved dearly. In lieu of flowers, we respectfully ask for contributions to the JCHS Minority Alumni Scholarship, C/O Novotny Lawrence, P.O. Box 804, Ames, IA 50014.

Sunrise: November 9, 1946 Sunset: December 21, 2020 Funeral service for retired Army Staff Sergeant William "Bill" Alfred Lawrence, Jr. will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the New Church of the Living God with Pastor James E. Johnson officiating. Mr. Lawrence will lie in state 5-7 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2021, at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street. Services may be viewed via livestream on Facebook and YouTube by visiting the New Church of the Living God's website www.ncotlg.org Retired Army Staff Sergeant, William “Bill” Alfred Lawrence, Jr. was an only-child, born in East St. Louis, IL on November 9, 1946, to William Alfred Lawrence, Sr. and Verdie Lawrence. Bill graduated from East Side High School, and at age 19, was drafted into the United States Army. He fought bravely in the Vietnam War, and was blessed to return home safely after he completed his tour of duty. Shortly after doing so, Bill married his childhood friend and sweetheart, Virginia Mae Wellmaker, and reenlisted in the Army. With his wife by his side, and their children in tow, Bill proudly served his country at Fort Hood, TX, in Nuremberg, Germany, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, Forts Davis and Clayton in Panama, Fort Campbell, KY, and Fort Riley, KS. His experience at his last duty station was similar to the beginning of his military career in that he was once again called upon to fight for his country, this time in Desert Storm. In 1992, after two wars and twenty-four years of service, Bill retired from the military and transitioned into civilian life in Junction City, KS. After leaving the Army, he held positions at Kansas State University, Manhattan High School in USD 383, and on Fort Riley, among others. Bill also took night classes at Upper Iowa University to fulfill his dream of completing his college education. In 2002, he achieved his goal by earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Bill also joined the New Church of the Living God, where he found a welcoming, loving, and supportive pastor and church family. He gave his life to the Lord, and at the time of his passing, he was a deacon in the church. Bill found great joy in life’s little things. He loved washing his cars, spending time with his friends, working in his yard, and going on cruises, a love that he developed late in life. Yet, nothing made Bill happier than sitting in his basement surrounded by his wife, his children and his grandchildren, watching and listening to them talk and laugh about anything that came to their minds. It truly warmed his heart, filled him with pride, and served as a wonderful affirmation of the blessings bestowed upon him. Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Mae Lawrence, whom he affectionately called, “Sweetie,” his parents, and his stepmother, Leanna Lawrence. He leaves to cherish his memory his three sons and their significant others/spouses, Cornell &amp; Tracy, Courtney &amp; Anna, and Novotny &amp; Sarah. Bill’s legacy will also live on in his grandchildren, Rachael (Gregg Henderson), Cheyenne (Emmanuel Cockrell), Jordan, Andrew, Alexis, &amp; Alyson, in his great grandsons, Chase &amp; James (Mother, Tonya Taylor), and in his honorary grandchildren, Karsen, Emerson, &amp; Gracyn Ross. Bill also leaves behind his stepsiblings, Vanessa, Veronica, &amp; Vernon, and his cousins, Pat, Amelia, &amp; Renee. Finally, his memory will live on in his long list of friends whom he loved dearly. In lieu of flowers, we respectfully ask for contributions to the JCHS Minority Alumni Scholarship, C/O Novotny Lawrence, P.O. Box 804, Ames, IA 50014.

Obituary, William “Bill” Alfred Lawrence, Jr.

Regina Ann Irvine, age 79, of Manhattan, died Tuesday December 22, 2020 at the Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. Regina was born on August 9, 1941 in Walker, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Caroline (Hammerschmidt) Schrant. She grew up in the and attended local school and graduated from Gorham High School in Gorham, Kansas with the class of 1959. On January 7, 1961 in Gorham, she was united in marriage to Thomas Irvine. This coming January they would have celebrated 60 years of marriage together. Tom survives at their home in Manhattan. Regina was a member of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Manhattan. She worked at Seven Dolors School lunchroom as the baker and milk lady for 30 years, helping prepare and serve lunches for the school kids. She also enjoyed to volunteer time at the church budget shop and with Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice. Regina loved spending time at the Riley County Seniors’ Service Center in Manhattan. She loved horses and her dogs, especially her “Little Lady”. Regina was preceded in death by her son, Anthony “Tony” Irvine September, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Norman Schrant, and sister-in-law Armela Schrant. In addition to her husband Tom, she is survived by her daughter, Joanne Reed (Joe) of Manhattan; her grandchildren, Kasey Reed (Laurynn) and Marlena Hunley (Gates) and 3 great-grandchildren, Melea, Rebecca Grace and Clara Ann. Also, her siblings: Fran Schroeder (Bud) of Prescott, Arizona, Everett Schrant (Alice) of Gorham, Kansas, Vernon Schrant of Harper, Kansas, and her sister-in-law Bernita Schrant of Victoria, Kansas. The family will greet friends during a visitation from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday December 30, 2020 at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan. A Parish Vigil Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday following the visitation on Wednesday at the funeral home. Private Inurnment will be held at a later date at the St. Patrick’s – Lake Elbow Community in Manhattan. Memorial contributions in memory of Regina are suggested to the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice House or the Seven Dolors Catholic Church. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Regina Ann Irvine, age 79, of Manhattan, died Tuesday December 22, 2020 at the Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. Regina was born on August 9, 1941 in Walker, Kansas, the daughter of Edward and Caroline (Hammerschmidt) Schrant. She grew up in the and attended local school and graduated from Gorham High School in Gorham, Kansas with the class of 1959. On January 7, 1961 in Gorham, she was united in marriage to Thomas Irvine. This coming January they would have celebrated 60 years of marriage together. Tom survives at their home in Manhattan. Regina was a member of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Manhattan. She worked at Seven Dolors School lunchroom as the baker and milk lady for 30 years, helping prepare and serve lunches for the school kids. She also enjoyed to volunteer time at the church budget shop and with Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice. Regina loved spending time at the Riley County Seniors’ Service Center in Manhattan. She loved horses and her dogs, especially her “Little Lady”. Regina was preceded in death by her son, Anthony “Tony” Irvine September, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Norman Schrant, and sister-in-law Armela Schrant. In addition to her husband Tom, she is survived by her daughter, Joanne Reed (Joe) of Manhattan; her grandchildren, Kasey Reed (Laurynn) and Marlena Hunley (Gates) and 3 great-grandchildren, Melea, Rebecca Grace and Clara Ann. Also, her siblings: Fran Schroeder (Bud) of Prescott, Arizona, Everett Schrant (Alice) of Gorham, Kansas, Vernon Schrant of Harper, Kansas, and her sister-in-law Bernita Schrant of Victoria, Kansas. The family will greet friends during a visitation from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday December 30, 2020 at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan. A Parish Vigil Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday following the visitation on Wednesday at the funeral home. Private Inurnment will be held at a later date at the St. Patrick’s – Lake Elbow Community in Manhattan. Memorial contributions in memory of Regina are suggested to the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice House or the Seven Dolors Catholic Church. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Regina Ann Irvine,

Marjorie Ann McKee, loving wife, and mother of four, passed on December 21, 2020 at age 91 in Manhattan, Kansas. Marjorie was born on May 26, 1929 to Dudley John Fisk and Elsie Ruth (Allen) Fisk in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She was united in marriage with her high school sweetheart, Richard (Miles) McKee on June 22, 1952 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. They raised one daughter Annell, and three sons, Dave, Richard, and John. As a young girl Marjorie developed a passion for music, playing the trumpet, piano and organ, which she continued to pursue throughout her life. She received a degree in Music Education from the College of Emporia and taught music at the grade school in Lincoln, Kansas. For many years Marjorie volunteered as organist, pianist, and bell choir member for the First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Her love of music is most fondly remembered by her family through the evening trumpet practices with each of her four young children. Marjorie was an avid gardener, raising fresh vegetables, preserving Dads annual bounty harvest of apples, and maintaining beds of beautiful flowers around the yard. She contributed her time to the community as a Deacon for the First Presbyterian Church and volunteer in the church food pantry. She will always be remembered as a positive, caring, and loving wife, mother, and neighbor. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents Elsie and Dudley. She is survived by her husband Miles, her four children Dave (Susan) McKee of Sheridan, Wyoming; Richard McKee of Topeka, Kansas; Annell (Gary) Danczyk of Whitefish, Montana; John (Angie) McKee of San Clemente, California, nine grandchildren and her two sisters Mary Lou (Fisk) Perret and Patricia (Fisk) Murray. Private services will be held at the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan. Charitable donations in memory of Marjorie can be made to the Music Department, First Presbyterian Church, 801 Leavenworth St., Manhattan, Kansas 66502, or online at www.firstpresmanhattan.com. Contributions and cards also may be sent in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Marjorie Ann McKee, loving wife, and mother of four, passed on December 21, 2020 at age 91 in Manhattan, Kansas. Marjorie was born on May 26, 1929 to Dudley John Fisk and Elsie Ruth (Allen) Fisk in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She was united in marriage with her high school sweetheart, Richard (Miles) McKee on June 22, 1952 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. They raised one daughter Annell, and three sons, Dave, Richard, and John. As a young girl Marjorie developed a passion for music, playing the trumpet, piano and organ, which she continued to pursue throughout her life. She received a degree in Music Education from the College of Emporia and taught music at the grade school in Lincoln, Kansas. For many years Marjorie volunteered as organist, pianist, and bell choir member for the First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Her love of music is most fondly remembered by her family through the evening trumpet practices with each of her four young children. Marjorie was an avid gardener, raising fresh vegetables, preserving Dads annual bounty harvest of apples, and maintaining beds of beautiful flowers around the yard. She contributed her time to the community as a Deacon for the First Presbyterian Church and volunteer in the church food pantry. She will always be remembered as a positive, caring, and loving wife, mother, and neighbor. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents Elsie and Dudley. She is survived by her husband Miles, her four children Dave (Susan) McKee of Sheridan, Wyoming; Richard McKee of Topeka, Kansas; Annell (Gary) Danczyk of Whitefish, Montana; John (Angie) McKee of San Clemente, California, nine grandchildren and her two sisters Mary Lou (Fisk) Perret and Patricia (Fisk) Murray. Private services will be held at the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan. Charitable donations in memory of Marjorie can be made to the Music Department, First Presbyterian Church, 801 Leavenworth St., Manhattan, Kansas 66502, or online at www.firstpresmanhattan.com. Contributions and cards also may be sent in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Marjorie Ann McKee

Alice Linder Sullivan, age 86, of Manhattan, KS, formerly of Anderson, South Carolina, died on December 24, 2020 at Via Christi Village in Manhattan. She was born on April 5, 1934 in Anderson, South Carolina, the daughter of John Patrick Sullivan, Sr. and Alice Linder Sullivan. She was a graduate of Anderson College in Anderson, South Carolina and also attended Georgetown University Language School. Linder lived in Anderson, South Carolina until 2004 when she moved to Manhattan, to live near her brother and his family. Linder was preceded in death by her parents, by an infant brother, and by her brother John Patrick Sullivan Jr. and his wife Helga. She is survived by her niece Stephanie Olsen and her husband Ron of Manhattan. Services will not be held at this time. Memorial contributions in memory of Linder are suggested to Anderson University in Anderson, SC or The Alzheimers Association.

Alice Linder Sullivan, age 86, of Manhattan, KS, formerly of Anderson, South Carolina, died on December 24, 2020 at Via Christi Village in Manhattan. She was born on April 5, 1934 in Anderson, South Carolina, the daughter of John Patrick Sullivan, Sr. and Alice Linder Sullivan. She was a graduate of Anderson College in Anderson, South Carolina and also attended Georgetown University Language School. Linder lived in Anderson, South Carolina until 2004 when she moved to Manhattan, to live near her brother and his family. Linder was preceded in death by her parents, by an infant brother, and by her brother John Patrick Sullivan Jr. and his wife Helga. She is survived by her niece Stephanie Olsen and her husband Ron of Manhattan. Services will not be held at this time. Memorial contributions in memory of Linder are suggested to Anderson University in Anderson, SC or The Alzheimers Association.

Alice Linder Sullivan

Dr. Lloyd M. Hummer, former Medical Director of the Wichita Clinic, dies at 88.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under his leadership the Wichita Clinic made its transformation into a large multi-specialty facility Lloyd Hummer’s influential career in medicine almost didn’t happen. The soon-to-be magna cum laude graduate of McPherson College was planning to begin graduate work in Chemistry at Purdue University in the fall, 1953. He had heard that it was nearly impossible to get into medical school without family connections, but took a chance on the MCAT, the standardized medical school exam. Dr. Hummer’s worries were hard earned. He had grown up on a dusty, windblown farm on the Oklahoma Panhandle during the “worst hard time”: The Great Depression, made even more miserable by the Dust Bowl. His parents had been settlers, his father having moved from McClouth, Kansas to the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle around 1900; and his mother from Lyons, Kansas to Cordell, Oklahoma by covered wagon in 1895. For someone whose mother and father had once lived-in dugouts, and whose earliest memories were Black Sunday (the great dust storm of 1935) and a bedroom in a dank cellar (where he slept until his father built a third bedroom when he was seven), a college education and medical school seemed far away. All of that moving, and settling, and striving – and the encouragement of his mother, a rare college graduate herself – perhaps explains the ambition. Hummer graduated from the University of Oklahoma medical school (1957), where he became a junior-elect member of the highly-selective medical honorary, Alpha Omega Alpha; he did a year internship at George Washington University Hospital; and served as a Captain in the US Army in Augsburg, West Germany (1958-61). Augsburg was a revelation. In just his 26th year, a descendent of German peasant farmers had gone from milking cows in the morning before school to serving as a doctor in the Army at a time when a person could travel Europe on a military salary. Captain Hummer returned to Oklahoma City for his medical residency, joined the Wichita Clinic in 1965, and practiced general internal medicine and oncology until his retirement in 1999. As its Medical Director (1983-98) he oversaw the Clinic’s move from the original home at Rutan and Douglas to the current building (now Ascension Medical Group Via Christi) on Murdock; and its transformation into a large multi-specialty conglomerate with satellite locations. Prior to that he served on the Wichita Clinic’s Board of Directors (1968-80) and as its President (1972-74), inspected and accredited medical clinics throughout the country, and trained residents at Wesley Hospital as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine for the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He chaired Wichita’s Walk for Mankind (1981-82), and was a patron of the Wichita Art Museum. Hummer was the center of a large family, and held them together with his quiet strength through some difficult times. The same protective care and steadiness that made him an admired doctor was felt by his loved ones at home. In his old age he would periodically marvel that a child of the Depression had put his many children through college. After his retirement, he traveled with his wife, Mardeane, had dinner every Friday with a close group of friends, visited his scattered children, took grandchildren to Disney World, and supported the Kansas Health Ethics nonprofit, which he helped establish in 1992 and which provided quality-of-life counseling. Born in Beaver, Oklahoma on April 17, 1932, Lloyd Hummer died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday morning, December 20, in Manhattan, Kansas at the home of his daughter and son-in-law Whitney and Steve Short, while holding the hands of his daughters Whitney and Karen, and with his daughter Erika virtually present. He was predeceased by his father Melvin Hummer (1975), his mother Pearl Hummer (1995), first wife Dorothy (Nave) Hummer (2003; divorced 1975), and in 2013 by his wife Mardeane (Frasco) Hummer. He is survived by his older sister, Verlla Coughenour of Lindsborg; and his seven children, Whitney (Steve) Short, Manhattan, Kansas; Karen (Ron) Lickteig, Portland, Oregon; Erika (Duane) Frerker, Las Vegas, Nevada; Hans (Sara) Hummer, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan; John (Amy) Hummer, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Dena (Jack) Albright, Carbondale, Colorado; and Chris (Jodi) Hummer, Portland, Oregon. From them he had fifteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two soon-to-arrive great-grandchildren. Cremation is planned with services to be held when it is safe for everyone to attend. Online condolences may be left for the family through the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Second Century Scholarship at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, checks may be made payable to the University of Oklahoma Foundation with designation of Fund # 50861 in the memo line, PO Box 258856, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-8856 or online gifts may be made at https://giving.oufoundation.org/, or the National Gaucher Care Foundation (NGCF) | National Gaucher Foundation at https://www.gaucherdisease.org/financial-support/care-program/. The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, is assisting the family with arrangements.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dr. Lloyd M. Hummer, former Medical Director of the Wichita Clinic, dies at 88.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under his leadership the Wichita Clinic made its transformation into a large multi-specialty facility Lloyd Hummer’s influential career in medicine almost didn’t happen. The soon-to-be magna cum laude graduate of McPherson College was planning to begin graduate work in Chemistry at Purdue University in the fall, 1953. He had heard that it was nearly impossible to get into medical school without family connections, but took a chance on the MCAT, the standardized medical school exam. Dr. Hummer’s worries were hard earned. He had grown up on a dusty, windblown farm on the Oklahoma Panhandle during the “worst hard time”: The Great Depression, made even more miserable by the Dust Bowl. His parents had been settlers, his father having moved from McClouth, Kansas to the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle around 1900; and his mother from Lyons, Kansas to Cordell, Oklahoma by covered wagon in 1895. For someone whose mother and father had once lived-in dugouts, and whose earliest memories were Black Sunday (the great dust storm of 1935) and a bedroom in a dank cellar (where he slept until his father built a third bedroom when he was seven), a college education and medical school seemed far away. All of that moving, and settling, and striving – and the encouragement of his mother, a rare college graduate herself – perhaps explains the ambition. Hummer graduated from the University of Oklahoma medical school (1957), where he became a junior-elect member of the highly-selective medical honorary, Alpha Omega Alpha; he did a year internship at George Washington University Hospital; and served as a Captain in the US Army in Augsburg, West Germany (1958-61). Augsburg was a revelation. In just his 26th year, a descendent of German peasant farmers had gone from milking cows in the morning before school to serving as a doctor in the Army at a time when a person could travel Europe on a military salary. Captain Hummer returned to Oklahoma City for his medical residency, joined the Wichita Clinic in 1965, and practiced general internal medicine and oncology until his retirement in 1999. As its Medical Director (1983-98) he oversaw the Clinic’s move from the original home at Rutan and Douglas to the current building (now Ascension Medical Group Via Christi) on Murdock; and its transformation into a large multi-specialty conglomerate with satellite locations. Prior to that he served on the Wichita Clinic’s Board of Directors (1968-80) and as its President (1972-74), inspected and accredited medical clinics throughout the country, and trained residents at Wesley Hospital as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine for the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He chaired Wichita’s Walk for Mankind (1981-82), and was a patron of the Wichita Art Museum. Hummer was the center of a large family, and held them together with his quiet strength through some difficult times. The same protective care and steadiness that made him an admired doctor was felt by his loved ones at home. In his old age he would periodically marvel that a child of the Depression had put his many children through college. After his retirement, he traveled with his wife, Mardeane, had dinner every Friday with a close group of friends, visited his scattered children, took grandchildren to Disney World, and supported the Kansas Health Ethics nonprofit, which he helped establish in 1992 and which provided quality-of-life counseling. Born in Beaver, Oklahoma on April 17, 1932, Lloyd Hummer died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday morning, December 20, in Manhattan, Kansas at the home of his daughter and son-in-law Whitney and Steve Short, while holding the hands of his daughters Whitney and Karen, and with his daughter Erika virtually present. He was predeceased by his father Melvin Hummer (1975), his mother Pearl Hummer (1995), first wife Dorothy (Nave) Hummer (2003; divorced 1975), and in 2013 by his wife Mardeane (Frasco) Hummer. He is survived by his older sister, Verlla Coughenour of Lindsborg; and his seven children, Whitney (Steve) Short, Manhattan, Kansas; Karen (Ron) Lickteig, Portland, Oregon; Erika (Duane) Frerker, Las Vegas, Nevada; Hans (Sara) Hummer, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan; John (Amy) Hummer, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Dena (Jack) Albright, Carbondale, Colorado; and Chris (Jodi) Hummer, Portland, Oregon. From them he had fifteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two soon-to-arrive great-grandchildren. Cremation is planned with services to be held when it is safe for everyone to attend. Online condolences may be left for the family through the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Second Century Scholarship at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, checks may be made payable to the University of Oklahoma Foundation with designation of Fund # 50861 in the memo line, PO Box 258856, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-8856 or online gifts may be made at https://giving.oufoundation.org/, or the National Gaucher Care Foundation (NGCF) | National Gaucher Foundation at https://www.gaucherdisease.org/financial-support/care-program/. The Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, is assisting the family with arrangements.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dr. Lloyd M. Hummer

Aida Ardiri, 66, of Manhattan, KS, passed away Friday, December 24th, at her residence. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio she is the daughter of the late Anthony and Lucille (Earl) Ardiri. She enjoyed her family, crafting (wooden or anything you can paint), and enjoyed making jewelry. She was full of love, playful, had a unique way of looking at life and childhood innocence. She loved to travel with family on multiple family moves in the military, her favorite duty station was Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Of all the places that she visited with her family, she greatly enjoyed going to Germany on multiple occasions. Aida is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Malissa and Don Owens of Junction City, three grandchildren, Christopher Owens of Junction City, Joshua Owens of Tampa, Florida, and Ashley Owens of Jacksonville, North Carolina. Sisters; Eleanor Ardiri of Mobile, Alabama, Antonina Ardiri of Florida, Katina Rush of Cleveland, Ohio Phyllis Ardiri, and one brother Phillip Ardiri of Cleveland, Ohio. Memorials may be sent in care of the family for a later designation to Carlson's Irvin- Parkview Funeral Home &amp; Cremation. Private Family Services will be held at a later time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Carlson's Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home &amp; Cremation.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Aida Ardiri, 66, of Manhattan, KS, passed away Friday, December 24th, at her residence. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio she is the daughter of the late Anthony and Lucille (Earl) Ardiri. She enjoyed her family, crafting (wooden or anything you can paint), and enjoyed making jewelry. She was full of love, playful, had a unique way of looking at life and childhood innocence. She loved to travel with family on multiple family moves in the military, her favorite duty station was Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Of all the places that she visited with her family, she greatly enjoyed going to Germany on multiple occasions. Aida is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Malissa and Don Owens of Junction City, three grandchildren, Christopher Owens of Junction City, Joshua Owens of Tampa, Florida, and Ashley Owens of Jacksonville, North Carolina. Sisters; Eleanor Ardiri of Mobile, Alabama, Antonina Ardiri of Florida, Katina Rush of Cleveland, Ohio Phyllis Ardiri, and one brother Phillip Ardiri of Cleveland, Ohio. Memorials may be sent in care of the family for a later designation to Carlson's Irvin- Parkview Funeral Home &amp; Cremation. Private Family Services will be held at a later time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Carlson's Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home &amp; Cremation.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Aida Ardiri

Imogene Steele, 89, of Junction City, KS, formerly of San Jose, CA passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Valley View Senior Life Center. Cremation has taken place. No memorial services are planned. Survivors include her four children. Two sons, Joe Steele of Haalahu, HI and David D. Steele of Fresno, CA; two daughters, Becky Willis of Junction City, KS and LK Jacobs of Haalahu, HI; eight grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren; one sister, Maxine King of OK. She was preceded in death by her parents and six siblings.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Imogene Steele, 89, of Junction City, KS, formerly of San Jose, CA passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Valley View Senior Life Center. Cremation has taken place. No memorial services are planned. Survivors include her four children. Two sons, Joe Steele of Haalahu, HI and David D. Steele of Fresno, CA; two daughters, Becky Willis of Junction City, KS and LK Jacobs of Haalahu, HI; eight grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren; one sister, Maxine King of OK. She was preceded in death by her parents and six siblings.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Imogene "Gene" Steele

Wanda Lee Stromberg, 82, of Junction City, KS returned home to her Heavenly Father peacefully on Dec 26, 2020. Wanda was the daughter of George and Minnie Lee, born in Holden, Utah on June 10th 1938. She is survived by her siblings Larry Lee, Joan Griffith, Lillian Anderson. Wanda’s six children Gregg Potter, Dwight Potter, Kelly Potter, Jolene Field, Rusty Potter, and Laura Green and their spouses. 26 Grandchildren, and 33 Great Grandchildren, 3 Great-Great Grandchildren. She is proceeded in death by her parents, siblings Ralph Spencer Lee, James Richard Lee, Harold Wayne Lee, Gladys Ruth Lee, Donald Ogden Lee. Husband Alvin Clark Stromberg, and granddaughter Kari Ann Potter. In 1955 she married Dwight Lowell Potter and had six Children, she spent time living in Spanish fork UT and latter in 1972 she married Alvin Clark Stromberg where she lived in Grantsville UT. Latter in life moving to Western Montana and then to Junction City, KS where she spent the last 16 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Visitation:&nbsp; Wednesday, December 30, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Service:&nbsp; Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Interment:&nbsp; Milford Cemetery, Milford, Kansas&nbsp;&nbsp;

Wanda Lee Stromberg, 82, of Junction City, KS returned home to her Heavenly Father peacefully on Dec 26, 2020. Wanda was the daughter of George and Minnie Lee, born in Holden, Utah on June 10th 1938. She is survived by her siblings Larry Lee, Joan Griffith, Lillian Anderson. Wanda’s six children Gregg Potter, Dwight Potter, Kelly Potter, Jolene Field, Rusty Potter, and Laura Green and their spouses. 26 Grandchildren, and 33 Great Grandchildren, 3 Great-Great Grandchildren. She is proceeded in death by her parents, siblings Ralph Spencer Lee, James Richard Lee, Harold Wayne Lee, Gladys Ruth Lee, Donald Ogden Lee. Husband Alvin Clark Stromberg, and granddaughter Kari Ann Potter. In 1955 she married Dwight Lowell Potter and had six Children, she spent time living in Spanish fork UT and latter in 1972 she married Alvin Clark Stromberg where she lived in Grantsville UT. Latter in life moving to Western Montana and then to Junction City, KS where she spent the last 16 years.&nbsp;&nbsp;Visitation:&nbsp; Wednesday, December 30, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsService:&nbsp; Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsInterment:&nbsp; Milford Cemetery, Milford, Kansas&nbsp;&nbsp;

Wanda Lee Stromberg

Marvel L. Dalton, 102, of Junction City, KS, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Valley View Senior Life Center in Junction City. A graveside service will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the St. John's Cemetery at Alida. Pastor Erik Graefe will officiate. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to the Zion United Church of Christ, 1811 McFarland Road, Junction City, KS 66441. Mrs. Dalton was born August 6, 1918, in Dickinson County to Jacob "Jake" J. and Louise (Thomi) Altwegg. She attended Windsor School eight years and graduated from Dickinson Community High School in 1936, and Humphrey's Business College in Stockton, CA in December 1965. She married Bonnie D. Kirk on January 16, 1939 in Alida. He preceded her in death. She married Lewis A. Dalton on November 12, 1953. She lived in the Geary County area over 50 years. She was a homemaker and worked part time. She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ and taught Sunday School for ten years. She was confirmed at St. John's Evangelical Church at Alida in 1931. She was a member of Melia Chapter #116 order of Eastern Star, Junction City, KS and a Dual member of Wakefield Chapter #441, Wakefield, KS. Survivors left to mourn her loss are her son Bill Kirk of Las Vegas, NV; and was blessed with several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters, Bertha Otto and husband Arthur, Lillie Ritter and husband George, Louise Miller and husband Raymond, Emma Jones and husband Gordon; two brothers, Laurence Altwegg and wife Murriel and Herman Altwegg and wife Gladys. She was also preceded in death by a niece Maxine Lathrop and husband Gerald "Jerry", nephews Richard Thomas and wife Beverly, Raymond Otto, granddaughter Jana Marie Schauer, great granddaughter Kristen Nikals Mayer, step-granddaughter Sarah Chandler and Marci Chandler (wife of step-son Bill Chandler).

Marvel L. Dalton, 102, of Junction City, KS, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Valley View Senior Life Center in Junction City. A graveside service will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at the St. John's Cemetery at Alida. Pastor Erik Graefe will officiate. Memorial contributions are suggested to be given to the Zion United Church of Christ, 1811 McFarland Road, Junction City, KS 66441. Mrs. Dalton was born August 6, 1918, in Dickinson County to Jacob "Jake" J. and Louise (Thomi) Altwegg. She attended Windsor School eight years and graduated from Dickinson Community High School in 1936, and Humphrey's Business College in Stockton, CA in December 1965. She married Bonnie D. Kirk on January 16, 1939 in Alida. He preceded her in death. She married Lewis A. Dalton on November 12, 1953. She lived in the Geary County area over 50 years. She was a homemaker and worked part time. She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ and taught Sunday School for ten years. She was confirmed at St. John's Evangelical Church at Alida in 1931. She was a member of Melia Chapter #116 order of Eastern Star, Junction City, KS and a Dual member of Wakefield Chapter #441, Wakefield, KS. Survivors left to mourn her loss are her son Bill Kirk of Las Vegas, NV; and was blessed with several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters, Bertha Otto and husband Arthur, Lillie Ritter and husband George, Louise Miller and husband Raymond, Emma Jones and husband Gordon; two brothers, Laurence Altwegg and wife Murriel and Herman Altwegg and wife Gladys. She was also preceded in death by a niece Maxine Lathrop and husband Gerald "Jerry", nephews Richard Thomas and wife Beverly, Raymond Otto, granddaughter Jana Marie Schauer, great granddaughter Kristen Nikals Mayer, step-granddaughter Sarah Chandler and Marci Chandler (wife of step-son Bill Chandler).

Marvel L. Dalton

Francis Philip Schafer, 84, of Commerce, TX formerly of Junction City, KS passed away peacefully at his residence December 19, 2020 in Commerce. He was born in Hays, Kansas on August 15, 1936, the son of Frank Schafer and Mary Schuster Schafer. He served in the U. S. Army Reserves where he obtained a rank of Specialists E5 before being honorably discharged in September of 1964. Francis was employed by Central National Bank as a computer specialist until his retirement. He is survived by two sisters: Alma Moyer and JoAnn LaBarge and one brother: John Schafer. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Lawrence Schafer, and a sister, Gladys Wensel. A funeral mass will be held for Francis on December 23, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1508 Cooper Street in Commerce, Texas at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Schafer will be laid to rest at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2020,in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Junction City, Kansas. Johnson Funeral Home is assisting the family with Junction City arrangements.

Francis Philip Schafer, 84, of Commerce, TX formerly of Junction City, KS passed away peacefully at his residence December 19, 2020 in Commerce. He was born in Hays, Kansas on August 15, 1936, the son of Frank Schafer and Mary Schuster Schafer. He served in the U. S. Army Reserves where he obtained a rank of Specialists E5 before being honorably discharged in September of 1964. Francis was employed by Central National Bank as a computer specialist until his retirement. He is survived by two sisters: Alma Moyer and JoAnn LaBarge and one brother: John Schafer. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Lawrence Schafer, and a sister, Gladys Wensel. A funeral mass will be held for Francis on December 23, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1508 Cooper Street in Commerce, Texas at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Schafer will be laid to rest at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2020,in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Junction City, Kansas. Johnson Funeral Home is assisting the family with Junction City arrangements.

Francis Philip Schafer

Richard Gene (Rick) Mansker, 69, of Junction City, KS, passed away on December 18, 2020. Johnson Funeral Home of Junction City, KS, is assisting the family with cremation arrangements. Due to Covid, a memorial will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) Native Stone Chapter, P.O. Box 983, Manhattan, Kansas 66505, and Junction City VFW Post 8773, 1215 S. Washington St., Junction City, KS 66441. Richard was born on February 23, 1951, in Salem, Illinois to Clarence and Wanda (Eggelston) Mansker. As a boy, the family moved to California. After the passing of his parents, his aunt and surrogate mother, Melva Grissom raised him as one of her own. He moved to Oregon in the 70’s and met Patricia Joanne Senter. They married in Portland, Oregon, on July 27, 1985. They ultimately made their home in Junction City, KS. Richard had many interests, but he was especially fond of riding his Harley and playing pool in the local pool leagues. Above all, he was a loving husband, caring father, and adoring grandfather. Richard is survived by his loving family: wife, Patricia of the home; his four sons, Brandon Lee Turner, Richard Clarence (Brittany) Mansker, Lance Everett Lovell, Jr., and Donald Gene Mansker; four grandchildren, Jessica Fletcher, Rebecca Fletcher, Katherine Fletcher, and Joshua Fletcher; and a host of loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and surrogate mother.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Richard Gene (Rick) Mansker, 69, of Junction City, KS, passed away on December 18, 2020. Johnson Funeral Home of Junction City, KS, is assisting the family with cremation arrangements. Due to Covid, a memorial will be held at a later date. Memorials are suggested to BACA (Bikers Against Child Abuse) Native Stone Chapter, P.O. Box 983, Manhattan, Kansas 66505, and Junction City VFW Post 8773, 1215 S. Washington St., Junction City, KS 66441. Richard was born on February 23, 1951, in Salem, Illinois to Clarence and Wanda (Eggelston) Mansker. As a boy, the family moved to California. After the passing of his parents, his aunt and surrogate mother, Melva Grissom raised him as one of her own. He moved to Oregon in the 70’s and met Patricia Joanne Senter. They married in Portland, Oregon, on July 27, 1985. They ultimately made their home in Junction City, KS. Richard had many interests, but he was especially fond of riding his Harley and playing pool in the local pool leagues. Above all, he was a loving husband, caring father, and adoring grandfather. Richard is survived by his loving family: wife, Patricia of the home; his four sons, Brandon Lee Turner, Richard Clarence (Brittany) Mansker, Lance Everett Lovell, Jr., and Donald Gene Mansker; four grandchildren, Jessica Fletcher, Rebecca Fletcher, Katherine Fletcher, and Joshua Fletcher; and a host of loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and surrogate mother.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Richard Gene (Rick) Mansker,

Marjorie Jean Grater, age 98 of Leonardville, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.

She was born on October 16, 1922 at her parent’s home in Winkler, the daughter of August and Laura (Hedren) Blaske.

On September 26, 1941, she was married to Ernest F. Grater.  He preceded her in death on September 30, 2015.

Marjorie was a homemaker and devoted farm wife.  She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.  She enjoyed listening to K-State sports on the radio and participating in all the activities at the nursing home.  She was a member of the Walsburg Lutheran Church where she was in the Walsburg LCW and a Sunday School teacher.

She is survived by two sons, Ron Grater and Peggy of Leonardville and Russell Grater and Karen of Riley; two daughters, Jan Machin of Riley and Jeannette Pultz and David of Leonardville; one daughter-in-law, Delores Grater of Leonardville; two sisters-in-law, Erna Hass and Barbara Grater; ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one son, Dennis Grater; one son-in-law, John Machin; two brothers, Jim Blaske and Bill Blaske and also an infant brother.

Respect calls may be made from 9:00 a.m until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 23, 2020 and from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020 at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 26, 2020 at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Larson officiating.  The funeral will be recorded and posted on the funeral home website shortly after the service for anyone to watch that is unable to attend.  Burial will be in the Grandview-Mill Creek Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established for the Leonardville Nursing Home and Walsburg Lutheran Church.  Contributions may be left in care of the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home.

Marjorie Jean Grater, age 98 of Leonardville, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020 at the Leonardville Nursing Home.She was born on October 16, 1922 at her parent’s home in Winkler, the daughter of August and Laura (Hedren) Blaske.On September 26, 1941, she was married to Ernest F. Grater. He preceded her in death on September 30, 2015.Marjorie was a homemaker and devoted farm wife. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She enjoyed listening to K-State sports on the radio and participating in all the activities at the nursing home. She was a member of the Walsburg Lutheran Church where she was in the Walsburg LCW and a Sunday School teacher.She is survived by two sons, Ron Grater and Peggy of Leonardville and Russell Grater and Karen of Riley; two daughters, Jan Machin of Riley and Jeannette Pultz and David of Leonardville; one daughter-in-law, Delores Grater of Leonardville; two sisters-in-law, Erna Hass and Barbara Grater; ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one son, Dennis Grater; one son-in-law, John Machin; two brothers, Jim Blaske and Bill Blaske and also an infant brother.Respect calls may be made from 9:00 a.m until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 23, 2020 and from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020 at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 26, 2020 at the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Larson officiating. The funeral will be recorded and posted on the funeral home website shortly after the service for anyone to watch that is unable to attend. Burial will be in the Grandview-Mill Creek Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established for the Leonardville Nursing Home and Walsburg Lutheran Church. Contributions may be left in care of the Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home.

Marjorie Jean Grater

John E. Henderson, 64 of Abilene passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020. He was born April 2, 1956 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of John W. and Betty (Gamer) Henderson. In 1974 he joined the United States Marine Corp. On March 18, 2006 he was united in marriage to Stacy Perkins. She survives of the home. John managed Van Diest Supply Company in Abilene.

He is survived by his wife Stacy of the home. Three sons, John (Wes) Henderson and wife Kylie; Charles David Bogart Jr.; and Michael Glen Bogart and wife Halie. One grandson, Nikko Glen Bogart. Two sisters, Sharon (Brad) Cole and Susan (Mark) Durian. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Military Graveside Services for John will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2020 at Timber Creek Cemetery near Wakefield, Kansas with Fr. Don Zimmerman as Celebrant. Family will receive friends Monday, December 28 from 6-8 p.m. at Danner Funeral Home in Abilene. The family suggests memorials be given to the Hospice of Dickinson County. Memorials may be dropped off or mailed to Danner Funeral Home, 501 N. Buckeye, Abilene, Kansas 67410.&nbsp;&nbsp;

John E. Henderson, 64 of Abilene passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020. He was born April 2, 1956 in Emporia, Kansas, the son of John W. and Betty (Gamer) Henderson. In 1974 he joined the United States Marine Corp. On March 18, 2006 he was united in marriage to Stacy Perkins. She survives of the home. John managed Van Diest Supply Company in Abilene. He is survived by his wife Stacy of the home. Three sons, John (Wes) Henderson and wife Kylie; Charles David Bogart Jr.; and Michael Glen Bogart and wife Halie. One grandson, Nikko Glen Bogart. Two sisters, Sharon (Brad) Cole and Susan (Mark) Durian. He was preceded in death by his parents. Military Graveside Services for John will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2020 at Timber Creek Cemetery near Wakefield, Kansas with Fr. Don Zimmerman as Celebrant. Family will receive friends Monday, December 28 from 6-8 p.m. at Danner Funeral Home in Abilene. The family suggests memorials be given to the Hospice of Dickinson County. Memorials may be dropped off or mailed to Danner Funeral Home, 501 N. Buckeye, Abilene, Kansas 67410.&nbsp;&nbsp;

John E. Henderson

Judy Kessinger Hilton of Abilene died December 15, 2020. She was born to Ed and Mona Kessinger July 13, 1942 in Wichita, KS. Judy married Ralph Hilton August 1, 1964.&nbsp; A celebration of her life will be announced and held at some point after the Covid pandemic has passed.

After graduation from Junction City High School in 1960, she earned her bachelor of science in speech pathology at Wichita University Institute of Logopedics in 1964 and her masters there in 1969. She worked as a speech pathologist at the Institute of Logopedics until she and family moved to Abilene in 1971, to purchase Abilene Printing Company. She then worked speech pathology for the Central Kansas Cooperative until her retirement.

Judy was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, serving on several church committees and as a member of the John Wesley Bell Choir and directed the children’s Ring Praise bell choir. She was a volunteer in reading programs in Dickinson County Schools. As a member of the End of the Trail Quilters Guild, she crafted Hospice Quilts for distribution to patients in hospice and was an avid reader, bridge and mahjong player.

Judy was a great woman of faith and she was indeed an incarnation of God’s love on earth. She participated on the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream” and she walked the paths of Jesus in Israel and renewed her baptism in the Jordan River. Judy always acted out of kindness and love. Judy had an open heart. She would share how each person is not better or worse than another, but “different,” bringing strengths to nourish and weaknesses to overlook. Her nature to always look at things in a positive light made her a beacon of joy and laughter. Judy taught her children, “Don’t be sad it’s over. Be glad it happened.”

She was quick to laugh, including at herself, though she freely admitted she wasn’t a good teller of jokes. Her sense of humor was sharp and dry, perhaps understated yet ever-present. In college, Judy earned the nickname “Carrie” as in Carrie Nation. Judy was a supporter and enforcer of order and efficiency, both in the family and among friends. She loved children, Dairy Queen, the smells of chocolate and of roses, sailing with Ralph, and was an avid Kansas basketball fan.

Judy’s mother was a newspaper columnist in Junction City and described her daughter upon high school graduation this way: “It would be difficult for us to tell you how much of a void her leaving left in our home. We lost more than a daughter, the family lost their second mother, and the office lost a real newspaper woman. Judy was a columnist, bookkeeper, cook, chauffeur, baby sitter, supervisor of the homework, disciplinarian of the young ones, but more than anything else, she is one of her parents’ best friends. We miss her.”

Her brother, Jan, wrote on Facebook, “While I say that Judy probably was the nicest person I have known, she was tough. Judy understood that to learn to overcome frustration, a person must at times be frustrated. To learn to give their best effort, a person must be challenged. To learn to succeed, a person must learn to overcome failure. This approach is not an easy one, but the legacy of her efforts will be experienced for decades to come by each child who was blessed to have Judy work with them and for all who called her friend or family.”

Judy’s passing leaves a void in Abilene and for all she touched in her outreach, teaching and the example she lived. Judy was a partner in nurturing and caring for her students and a professional who cared about each person as an individual, a person who put the needs of others ahead of her own. We lose a giver, a committed educator, a leader, a follower and supporter, a person whose pursuit of excellence raised standards for the community.

Judy was predeceased by husband Ralph Hilton; parents Ed and Mona Kessinger and brother, Kurt Kessinger. She is survived by her children Sean Hilton (Kristine Meyer), Abilene; Robin (Stephanie Oura) Hilton, North Arlington, VA; and Shannon (David) Kelman, Westwood, KS; Grandchildren George and Clementine Hilton, Ashton Baker, Laila Kelman and great grandson James Hamilton; sisters Kristin Benjamin, Woodland Hills, CA: Lisa (Larry) Divel, Abilene; and brother Jan (Jeanne) Kessinger, Overland Park, and many nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the End of the Trail Quilters Guild and may be mailed to Martin Becker Carlson Funeral Home, 414 NW 3rd St., Abilene, Kansas 67410&nbsp;&nbsp;

Judy Kessinger Hilton of Abilene died December 15, 2020. She was born to Ed and Mona Kessinger July 13, 1942 in Wichita, KS. Judy married Ralph Hilton August 1, 1964.&nbsp; A celebration of her life will be announced and held at some point after the Covid pandemic has passed. After graduation from Junction City High School in 1960, she earned her bachelor of science in speech pathology at Wichita University Institute of Logopedics in 1964 and her masters there in 1969. She worked as a speech pathologist at the Institute of Logopedics until she and family moved to Abilene in 1971, to purchase Abilene Printing Company. She then worked speech pathology for the Central Kansas Cooperative until her retirement. Judy was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, serving on several church committees and as a member of the John Wesley Bell Choir and directed the children’s Ring Praise bell choir. She was a volunteer in reading programs in Dickinson County Schools. As a member of the End of the Trail Quilters Guild, she crafted Hospice Quilts for distribution to patients in hospice and was an avid reader, bridge and mahjong player. Judy was a great woman of faith and she was indeed an incarnation of God’s love on earth. She participated on the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream” and she walked the paths of Jesus in Israel and renewed her baptism in the Jordan River. Judy always acted out of kindness and love. Judy had an open heart. She would share how each person is not better or worse than another, but “different,” bringing strengths to nourish and weaknesses to overlook. Her nature to always look at things in a positive light made her a beacon of joy and laughter. Judy taught her children, “Don’t be sad it’s over. Be glad it happened.” She was quick to laugh, including at herself, though she freely admitted she wasn’t a good teller of jokes. Her sense of humor was sharp and dry, perhaps understated yet ever-present. In college, Judy earned the nickname “Carrie” as in Carrie Nation. Judy was a supporter and enforcer of order and efficiency, both in the family and among friends. She loved children, Dairy Queen, the smells of chocolate and of roses, sailing with Ralph, and was an avid Kansas basketball fan. Judy’s mother was a newspaper columnist in Junction City and described her daughter upon high school graduation this way: “It would be difficult for us to tell you how much of a void her leaving left in our home. We lost more than a daughter, the family lost their second mother, and the office lost a real newspaper woman. Judy was a columnist, bookkeeper, cook, chauffeur, baby sitter, supervisor of the homework, disciplinarian of the young ones, but more than anything else, she is one of her parents’ best friends. We miss her.” Her brother, Jan, wrote on Facebook, “While I say that Judy probably was the nicest person I have known, she was tough. Judy understood that to learn to overcome frustration, a person must at times be frustrated. To learn to give their best effort, a person must be challenged. To learn to succeed, a person must learn to overcome failure. This approach is not an easy one, but the legacy of her efforts will be experienced for decades to come by each child who was blessed to have Judy work with them and for all who called her friend or family.” Judy’s passing leaves a void in Abilene and for all she touched in her outreach, teaching and the example she lived. Judy was a partner in nurturing and caring for her students and a professional who cared about each person as an individual, a person who put the needs of others ahead of her own. We lose a giver, a committed educator, a leader, a follower and supporter, a person whose pursuit of excellence raised standards for the community. Judy was predeceased by husband Ralph Hilton; parents Ed and Mona Kessinger and brother, Kurt Kessinger. She is survived by her children Sean Hilton (Kristine Meyer), Abilene; Robin (Stephanie Oura) Hilton, North Arlington, VA; and Shannon (David) Kelman, Westwood, KS; Grandchildren George and Clementine Hilton, Ashton Baker, Laila Kelman and great grandson James Hamilton; sisters Kristin Benjamin, Woodland Hills, CA: Lisa (Larry) Divel, Abilene; and brother Jan (Jeanne) Kessinger, Overland Park, and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the End of the Trail Quilters Guild and may be mailed to Martin Becker Carlson Funeral Home, 414 NW 3rd St., Abilene, Kansas 67410&nbsp;&nbsp;

Judy Kessinger Hilton - July 13, 1942–December 15, 2020

Eldon W. (Waldo) Turnbow passed away December 19, 2020 after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was born April 12, 1951 in Topeka, Ks to J.W. (Jack) and Cleo (Tess) Turnbow. Eldon graduated from Manhattan High School, class of 1969 He was employed as a police officer at Kansas State University for 32 years and retired from there in 2008. Being a licensed ham operator was one of his hobbies along with a love for guns and scanners. He is survived by his wife of 21 years Marla, sons Scott and Travis of Gardner, Ks. stepdaughters Marlo (Kevin) Hultgren of Paola, Ks and Marci Frazier of Gardner, Ks. Five grandchildren Erin and Kyle Hultgren, Joshua, Gracyn and Caton Frazier. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.

Eldon W. (Waldo) Turnbow passed away December 19, 2020 after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was born April 12, 1951 in Topeka, Ks to J.W. (Jack) and Cleo (Tess) Turnbow. Eldon graduated from Manhattan High School, class of 1969 He was employed as a police officer at Kansas State University for 32 years and retired from there in 2008. Being a licensed ham operator was one of his hobbies along with a love for guns and scanners. He is survived by his wife of 21 years Marla, sons Scott and Travis of Gardner, Ks. stepdaughters Marlo (Kevin) Hultgren of Paola, Ks and Marci Frazier of Gardner, Ks. Five grandchildren Erin and Kyle Hultgren, Joshua, Gracyn and Caton Frazier. Private inurnment will be held at a later date.

Eldon W. (Waldo) Turnbow 

Alice Elizabeth Cline Fehr, age 94, grabbed her angel wings and went to spend her eternal life with our Lord Jesus on December 17, 2020 after spending a short period of time, surrounded by her family, in the comfort of the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. Alice was born on December 12th, 1926 in Little River, Kansas, the only daughter and 10th child born to Harry Edgar and Mary Elizabeth (Barr) Cline. Alice lived her entire lifetime within a couple hours of Salina….as a child in the Oakley area, most of her education in Salina Area, then on to New Cambria, Wakefield, back to Salina, then to Herington, back to Salina and her final years in Manhattan to be closer to her 4 children and grandkids and great grandchildren. Alice attended Smolan High School as a freshman and graduated from Assaria High School. She followed her dream to become a cosmetologist after graduating from Stewart Beauty School in 1945. She was united in marriage to Bernard Albert Fehr, after he served in the Army during World War 11. They were married on April 30, 1950 at the First United Methodist Church in Salina. Alice and Bernard settled on a Farm at New Cambria and started their family…their first 3 children were born before they journeyed to a farm in Wakefield, Kansas. Alice enjoyed being a farm wife and a mother. She had grown up out west during the days of the dust bowls and the depression, so she learned to appreciate a humble home, to enjoy nature’s bounties, to have fun and share joy. She had the kindest, most loving heart and a smile as bright as the sunshine, until her death. Family was special. Alice grew up with 10 brothers, the next to youngest child. Her dad would boast that he had 10 sons and each one of them had a sister! She enjoyed raising her own children and never missed any opportunity to be with them all the way thru schools, marriages, grandchildren and her latest joys, great grandchildren. Always active in the church in each community, she taught Sunday School, joined Ladies groups, served funeral luncheons, attended as many bible studies as she possibly could and was a faithful servant who walked closely with Jesus. Alice learned to paint with oils and became an incredible artist with a flair for Victorian paintings. She enjoyed being a member of a small group of people who created miniature boxes and houses and scenes. She made beautiful hat boxes and filled them with treasures she found at garage sales and auctions. Refinishing many beautiful pieces of antique furniture that she enjoyed salvaging was another passion. She loved to piece together jewelry and create one of a kind pins and bracelets and necklaces and hat pins which she gifted and so proudly wore…..Rarely without a special necklace to compliment her outfits. Alice will be missed by so many who have been wonderfully impacted by her love, including her 4 children, daughter, Cindy Fehr Roberts (Jim) of Herington, sons, Leslie Bernard Fehr (Corrine) of Junction City, Gaylen Edward Fehr (Carol) of Marysville and Ronald Ray Fehr (Renee) of Manhattan; her 11 Grandchildren: Michael, Benjamin, Andrea, Brian, Jordan, Becky, Kelsey, Nicholas, Bret, Alec, Jill and 15 Great Grandchildren: Gabrielle, EJ, Emmett, twins-Francesca and Winston, Isaac, Lyla, Cameran, twins-Caroline and Henry, Raleigh, Reed, Holland, Grayson and Olivia. Proceeding her in death were her husband, Bernard, Her parents, her 10 brothers-Russell, Albert, Foster, Harry, Paul Dwight, Rolland, Dean, Ray, Calvin and Dale. Cremation is planned with private family services. Inurnment and a Celebration of Life will be at a date yet to be determined in Smolan, KS at the Mission Hills Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas State University Foundation for the KSU Gardens or the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502&nbsp;&nbsp;

Alice Elizabeth Cline Fehr, age 94, grabbed her angel wings and went to spend her eternal life with our Lord Jesus on December 17, 2020 after spending a short period of time, surrounded by her family, in the comfort of the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice House in Manhattan, Kansas. Alice was born on December 12th, 1926 in Little River, Kansas, the only daughter and 10th child born to Harry Edgar and Mary Elizabeth (Barr) Cline. Alice lived her entire lifetime within a couple hours of Salina….as a child in the Oakley area, most of her education in Salina Area, then on to New Cambria, Wakefield, back to Salina, then to Herington, back to Salina and her final years in Manhattan to be closer to her 4 children and grandkids and great grandchildren. Alice attended Smolan High School as a freshman and graduated from Assaria High School. She followed her dream to become a cosmetologist after graduating from Stewart Beauty School in 1945. She was united in marriage to Bernard Albert Fehr, after he served in the Army during World War 11. They were married on April 30, 1950 at the First United Methodist Church in Salina. Alice and Bernard settled on a Farm at New Cambria and started their family…their first 3 children were born before they journeyed to a farm in Wakefield, Kansas. Alice enjoyed being a farm wife and a mother. She had grown up out west during the days of the dust bowls and the depression, so she learned to appreciate a humble home, to enjoy nature’s bounties, to have fun and share joy. She had the kindest, most loving heart and a smile as bright as the sunshine, until her death. Family was special. Alice grew up with 10 brothers, the next to youngest child. Her dad would boast that he had 10 sons and each one of them had a sister! She enjoyed raising her own children and never missed any opportunity to be with them all the way thru schools, marriages, grandchildren and her latest joys, great grandchildren. Always active in the church in each community, she taught Sunday School, joined Ladies groups, served funeral luncheons, attended as many bible studies as she possibly could and was a faithful servant who walked closely with Jesus. Alice learned to paint with oils and became an incredible artist with a flair for Victorian paintings. She enjoyed being a member of a small group of people who created miniature boxes and houses and scenes. She made beautiful hat boxes and filled them with treasures she found at garage sales and auctions. Refinishing many beautiful pieces of antique furniture that she enjoyed salvaging was another passion. She loved to piece together jewelry and create one of a kind pins and bracelets and necklaces and hat pins which she gifted and so proudly wore…..Rarely without a special necklace to compliment her outfits. Alice will be missed by so many who have been wonderfully impacted by her love, including her 4 children, daughter, Cindy Fehr Roberts (Jim) of Herington, sons, Leslie Bernard Fehr (Corrine) of Junction City, Gaylen Edward Fehr (Carol) of Marysville and Ronald Ray Fehr (Renee) of Manhattan; her 11 Grandchildren: Michael, Benjamin, Andrea, Brian, Jordan, Becky, Kelsey, Nicholas, Bret, Alec, Jill and 15 Great Grandchildren: Gabrielle, EJ, Emmett, twins-Francesca and Winston, Isaac, Lyla, Cameran, twins-Caroline and Henry, Raleigh, Reed, Holland, Grayson and Olivia. Proceeding her in death were her husband, Bernard, Her parents, her 10 brothers-Russell, Albert, Foster, Harry, Paul Dwight, Rolland, Dean, Ray, Calvin and Dale. Cremation is planned with private family services. Inurnment and a Celebration of Life will be at a date yet to be determined in Smolan, KS at the Mission Hills Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas State University Foundation for the KSU Gardens or the Good Shepherd Homecare and Hospice. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502&nbsp;&nbsp;

Alice Elizabeth Cline Fehr - December 12, 1926-December 17, 2020

Robert “Bob” Dale Brockish, 77, of Wamego, Kansas, died Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the Wamego Health Center. &nbsp;He was a life-long resident of the area.

Bob was born May 29, 1943, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the son of Oscar F. and Josephine Sable Brockish. &nbsp;He attended parochial schools and graduated from Luckey Catholic High School in 1961.

Bob worked many years for McCall Pattern Company in Manhattan. &nbsp;He started out doing janitorial work and then became a printing press operator. He retired in 1985. Following his retirement, Bob, did odd job around the area. Prior to McCall’s, Bob worked for a grocery store in Manhattan. &nbsp;In his early years, Bob enjoyed bowling. &nbsp;He also served as an altar boy at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Wamego.

Bob is survived by his children; Robert Dale Brockish, Jr., (Marie), Hutchinson, and Theresa Lake (Edward), Junction City; his grandchildren, Ashley, Jaime, amber, Shanice, Justin, and twelve great-grandchildren. &nbsp;He was preceded in death by his parents; and his siblings, Harry Brockish, Donald Brockish, William Brockish, and Rita Kilner.

A private burial was held in St. Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery in Wamego. &nbsp;The family suggests memorial contributions to St Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery, and those may be sent in care of Campanella-Evans Mortuary.

Robert “Bob” Dale Brockish, 77, of Wamego, Kansas, died Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the Wamego Health Center. &nbsp;He was a life-long resident of the area.Bob was born May 29, 1943, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the son of Oscar F. and Josephine Sable Brockish. &nbsp;He attended parochial schools and graduated from Luckey Catholic High School in 1961.Bob worked many years for McCall Pattern Company in Manhattan. &nbsp;He started out doing janitorial work and then became a printing press operator. He retired in 1985. Following his retirement, Bob, did odd job around the area. Prior to McCall’s, Bob worked for a grocery store in Manhattan. &nbsp;In his early years, Bob enjoyed bowling. &nbsp;He also served as an altar boy at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Wamego.Bob is survived by his children; Robert Dale Brockish, Jr., (Marie), Hutchinson, and Theresa Lake (Edward), Junction City; his grandchildren, Ashley, Jaime, amber, Shanice, Justin, and twelve great-grandchildren. &nbsp;He was preceded in death by his parents; and his siblings, Harry Brockish, Donald Brockish, William Brockish, and Rita Kilner.A private burial was held in St. Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery in Wamego. &nbsp;The family suggests memorial contributions to St Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery, and those may be sent in care of Campanella-Evans Mortuary.

Robert “Bob” Dale Brockish

Kenneth Dean Muller, age 91 lifetime resident of Council Grove, Kansas passed away December 21, 2020.&nbsp; He was born January 3, 1929 in Abilene, KS to Fred and Nora (Leckron) Muller. He attended grade school in Delavan, before moving to the Hillsprings Community in 1938, where he attended school until the 8th grade. Kenneth lived his entire life in the Four Mile Community.&nbsp; He was in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Kenneth married Donna Schoof Muller in 1954 and later divorced in 1992.&nbsp; He later married Eleanor Hertlein Phillips on February 14, 2003.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Freda Brockelman, son Todd Muller, and wife Eleanor.

Kenny is survived by his daughter Suzanne Hokett and husband Joe, of Salina; son Richard Muller and wife Tammy, of Council Grove; step-daughters Cindy Krisman (Dale), of Emporia and JaNell Brown (Jack), of Dwight; grandson Ty Muller of Austin, TX and granddaughter Megan McNeal (Henry) of Omaha, NE; Sara Weaver (Jesse) of Osage City and Jordan Krisman of Wichita; and numerous other grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Kenny will lie in state from 1:00 to 3:00, Monday, December 28th, at Sawyer Funeral Home. &nbsp;&nbsp;Graveside services will be held at 2:00, Tuesday, December 29th, at Four Mile Cemetery. Masks and social distancing are required. Memorial contributions may be made to Morris County Youth Rodeo Association or Morris County 4-H Foundation.&nbsp; They may be sent in care of Sawyer Funeral Home, Box 273, Council Grove, KS 66846.

Kenneth Dean Muller, age 91 lifetime resident of Council Grove, Kansas passed away December 21, 2020.&nbsp; He was born January 3, 1929 in Abilene, KS to Fred and Nora (Leckron) Muller. He attended grade school in Delavan, before moving to the Hillsprings Community in 1938, where he attended school until the 8th grade. Kenneth lived his entire life in the Four Mile Community.&nbsp; He was in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Kenneth married Donna Schoof Muller in 1954 and later divorced in 1992.&nbsp; He later married Eleanor Hertlein Phillips on February 14, 2003.He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Freda Brockelman, son Todd Muller, and wife Eleanor.Kenny is survived by his daughter Suzanne Hokett and husband Joe, of Salina; son Richard Muller and wife Tammy, of Council Grove; step-daughters Cindy Krisman (Dale), of Emporia and JaNell Brown (Jack), of Dwight; grandson Ty Muller of Austin, TX and granddaughter Megan McNeal (Henry) of Omaha, NE; Sara Weaver (Jesse) of Osage City and Jordan Krisman of Wichita; and numerous other grandchildren and great grandchildren.Kenny will lie in state from 1:00 to 3:00, Monday, December 28th, at Sawyer Funeral Home. &nbsp;&nbsp;Graveside services will be held at 2:00, Tuesday, December 29th, at Four Mile Cemetery. Masks and social distancing are required. Memorial contributions may be made to Morris County Youth Rodeo Association or Morris County 4-H Foundation.&nbsp; They may be sent in care of Sawyer Funeral Home, Box 273, Council Grove, KS 66846.

Kenneth Dean Muller

Gene’s life began on December 22, 1959 in Herington.&nbsp; He was the son of Donald Herpich and Shirley (Bell) Herpich-Harmon.&nbsp; Gene was a 1978 graduate of Herington High School.&nbsp; He loved to farm and ranch.&nbsp; Gene owned his own spraying business and did custom farming for area farmers.&nbsp; He was united in marriage to the former Alfrieda Byers on August 31, 2003 at the First Christian Church in Herington.&nbsp;Gene was a good steward of his land and loved to work.&nbsp; He enjoyed deer and dove hunting, shooting clay pigeons and downhill skiing in Colorado.&nbsp; Gene was very social and loved visiting with friends.

His loving family includes his wife Alfrieda of Burdick, mother and step father Shirley and Lester Harmon of Herington; children Nick (Ashley) Herpich of Herington, and Morgan ( James Wegner) Herpich of Abilene; step children Kevin Smith of Chapman, Jami (Chad Weller) Bell of Chapman, Erin Smith of Abilene, Matthew (Crystal) Smith of Raymore, MO, Scott (Sara) Smith of Salina and Randi Smith of Salina; 13 grandchildren; siblings Thomas (Connie) Herpich of Burdick, Kerry (Ken) Swinney of Derby, Scott ( Kathy) Herpich of Herington, and Lori (Arthur) Hughes of Wichita and several nieces and nephews.&nbsp;

Gene passed away on December 21, 2020 at Via Christi-Manhattan.&nbsp; He is preceded in death by his father. &nbsp;His family will gather with friends on Saturday December 26, 2020 at 11 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Herington led by Pastor Shawn Baird.&nbsp; He will be laid to rest in Sunset Hill Cemetery following the service.&nbsp; Yazel-Megli Funeral Home, Herington is serving the family.&nbsp; Memorial contributions in Gene’s name may be directed to Dickinson County Home Health and Hospice.&nbsp;

Gene’s life began on December 22, 1959 in Herington.&nbsp; He was the son of Donald Herpich and Shirley (Bell) Herpich-Harmon.&nbsp; Gene was a 1978 graduate of Herington High School.&nbsp; He loved to farm and ranch.&nbsp; Gene owned his own spraying business and did custom farming for area farmers.&nbsp; He was united in marriage to the former Alfrieda Byers on August 31, 2003 at the First Christian Church in Herington.&nbsp;Gene was a good steward of his land and loved to work.&nbsp; He enjoyed deer and dove hunting, shooting clay pigeons and downhill skiing in Colorado.&nbsp; Gene was very social and loved visiting with friends.His loving family includes his wife Alfrieda of Burdick, mother and step father Shirley and Lester Harmon of Herington; children Nick (Ashley) Herpich of Herington, and Morgan ( James Wegner) Herpich of Abilene; step children Kevin Smith of Chapman, Jami (Chad Weller) Bell of Chapman, Erin Smith of Abilene, Matthew (Crystal) Smith of Raymore, MO, Scott (Sara) Smith of Salina and Randi Smith of Salina; 13 grandchildren; siblings Thomas (Connie) Herpich of Burdick, Kerry (Ken) Swinney of Derby, Scott ( Kathy) Herpich of Herington, and Lori (Arthur) Hughes of Wichita and several nieces and nephews.&nbsp;Gene passed away on December 21, 2020 at Via Christi-Manhattan.&nbsp; He is preceded in death by his father. &nbsp;His family will gather with friends on Saturday December 26, 2020 at 11 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Herington led by Pastor Shawn Baird.&nbsp; He will be laid to rest in Sunset Hill Cemetery following the service.&nbsp; Yazel-Megli Funeral Home, Herington is serving the family.&nbsp; Memorial contributions in Gene’s name may be directed to Dickinson County Home Health and Hospice.&nbsp;

Gene L. Herpich - December 22, 1959-December 21, 2020 (age 60)

Carolyn R. Julian, age 90, of Council Grove, passed away December 21, 2020 at the Morris County Hospital.

She was born December 15, 1930 in Council Grove, KS, daughter of Floyd and Ruth Logue White. She graduated from Council Grove High School in 1948.

Carolyn worked at the Medical Center for several years.&nbsp; She enjoyed baking (she was very well known for her pies), quilting, gardening and spending time with her family and friends.&nbsp; She was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Carolyn married Bob Brown and to that union, they had 2 children: Carol and John.&nbsp; After the death of Bob, Carolyn married Newell (Beaver) Julian November 25, 1960.&nbsp; To that union, they had 2 children:&nbsp; Sara and Neil.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, son John, daughters Sara and Carol, brothers Floyd, Jr and Don, and sisters Dorothy and Betty.

Carolyn is survived by her son Neil Julian and wife Debbie; grandchildren: Sara Engel (Kasey), Thad Julian (Amanda) and Bobby Brown. Great-grandchildren: Jason, Jerrel, Rilynn, Conner, Jett and Kynlee; and brother Ted White.

A memorial graveside service will be held at a later date.&nbsp; Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church and sent in care of Sawyer Funeral Home, PO Box 273, Council Grove, KS&nbsp; 66846.

Carolyn R. Julian, age 90, of Council Grove, passed away December 21, 2020 at the Morris County Hospital.She was born December 15, 1930 in Council Grove, KS, daughter of Floyd and Ruth Logue White. She graduated from Council Grove High School in 1948.Carolyn worked at the Medical Center for several years.&nbsp; She enjoyed baking (she was very well known for her pies), quilting, gardening and spending time with her family and friends.&nbsp; She was a member of the United Methodist Church.Carolyn married Bob Brown and to that union, they had 2 children: Carol and John.&nbsp; After the death of Bob, Carolyn married Newell (Beaver) Julian November 25, 1960.&nbsp; To that union, they had 2 children:&nbsp; Sara and Neil.She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, son John, daughters Sara and Carol, brothers Floyd, Jr and Don, and sisters Dorothy and Betty.Carolyn is survived by her son Neil Julian and wife Debbie; grandchildren: Sara Engel (Kasey), Thad Julian (Amanda) and Bobby Brown. Great-grandchildren: Jason, Jerrel, Rilynn, Conner, Jett and Kynlee; and brother Ted White.A memorial graveside service will be held at a later date.&nbsp; Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church and sent in care of Sawyer Funeral Home, PO Box 273, Council Grove, KS&nbsp; 66846.

Carolyn R. Julian

Wilbur H. Smith, 90, of Herington, Kansas, passed away December 17, 2020.&nbsp; He was born March 18, 1930 in Ellsworth, Kansas to Benson h. Smith and Eunice V. (Giesler) Smith) Walter.&nbsp; Wilbur “Smitty” graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948. He served in the US Army from Feb. 1951 to Nov. 1952, serving most of his time in Korea.

On September 8th, 1952, Smitty married the love of his life, Phyllis A. Long in Lincoln, NE. In 1954, Smitty and Phyl moved to Wichita, KS, where Smitty enrolled into Wichita Univeristy (WSU). He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Geology in 1958. Smitty worked for the State Highway Commission as an Engineer for 7 years. In 1965, Smitty and Phyl moved to Herington, where Smitty started working for State Farm Insurance and retired after 30 years.

Smitty was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Easter Star, Shriners, VFW Auxiliary as well as VFW lifetime member. Smitty loved traveling, camping and spending time with his children and grandchildren. He will be sadly missed by all.

He was preceded in death by his parents, step-father Henry Walter, half-brother Ronald E. Walter, step-brother Virgil Walter, and step-sister Darlen Loman.

Smitty is survived by his loving wife Phyllis; son Benson H. Smith (Caroline) of Herington; daughter Jacquline M. Miller (Kevin) of Delavan; brother Silas Smith (Peggy) of St. Louis, MO; step-sister Elvera Miller of Olathe, and step-brother Gerald Walter of Lincoln, KS; 4 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Due to the Covid Pandemic, a Celebration of Smitty’s Life will be held at a later time.&nbsp; A private family burial will be held at Lincoln, KS.&nbsp;

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children or Herington Historical Society Museum. They may be sent in care of Sawyer Funeral Home, PO Box 273, Council Grove, KS 66846.

Wilbur H. Smith, 90, of Herington, Kansas, passed away December 17, 2020.&nbsp; He was born March 18, 1930 in Ellsworth, Kansas to Benson h. Smith and Eunice V. (Giesler) Smith) Walter.&nbsp; Wilbur “Smitty” graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948. He served in the US Army from Feb. 1951 to Nov. 1952, serving most of his time in Korea.On September 8th, 1952, Smitty married the love of his life, Phyllis A. Long in Lincoln, NE. In 1954, Smitty and Phyl moved to Wichita, KS, where Smitty enrolled into Wichita Univeristy (WSU). He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Geology in 1958. Smitty worked for the State Highway Commission as an Engineer for 7 years. In 1965, Smitty and Phyl moved to Herington, where Smitty started working for State Farm Insurance and retired after 30 years.Smitty was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Easter Star, Shriners, VFW Auxiliary as well as VFW lifetime member. Smitty loved traveling, camping and spending time with his children and grandchildren. He will be sadly missed by all.He was preceded in death by his parents, step-father Henry Walter, half-brother Ronald E. Walter, step-brother Virgil Walter, and step-sister Darlen Loman.Smitty is survived by his loving wife Phyllis; son Benson H. Smith (Caroline) of Herington; daughter Jacquline M. Miller (Kevin) of Delavan; brother Silas Smith (Peggy) of St. Louis, MO; step-sister Elvera Miller of Olathe, and step-brother Gerald Walter of Lincoln, KS; 4 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.Due to the Covid Pandemic, a Celebration of Smitty’s Life will be held at a later time.&nbsp; A private family burial will be held at Lincoln, KS.&nbsp;Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children or Herington Historical Society Museum. They may be sent in care of Sawyer Funeral Home, PO Box 273, Council Grove, KS 66846.

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