Obituaries

Dennis Karl Tholstrup

May 26, 2023

Dennis Karl Tholstrup, 81, passed away at his home May 26th 2023 at the age of 81. Dennis was born April 28th, 1942 at his parent’s farm Southwest of Concordia in Arion Township, Cloud county Kansas.

Dennis attended country school and graduated from Concordia high school class of 1960. He married Cynthia Ann (Hanson) Tholstrup September 26th,...

Phyllis Geneva (Strait) Koster

Apr 28, 2023

Phyllis Geneva Koster, age 89, Concordia, KS resident, passed away April 28, 2023 at Sunset Home, Concordia, KS. She was born in Concordia, KS on May 31, 1933 to Charles and Evalyn (Earley) Strait. She was one of 14 children and spoke little of her childhood. Although so many details of her early life were kept private, she had...

Harold James Topliff

Apr 16, 2023

Harold James Topliff, 76, of rural Jewell, KS, passed away on April 16, 2023 at Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas.

Harold was born on September 16, 1946, the only child of John Elwyn and Ruby Maxine (Haggart) in rural Jewell County, Kansas. He was raised on the family farm in the Browns Creek Township. From...

Merlyn R. Menhusen

Mar 30, 2023

Merlyn R. Menhusen, age 80, Jewell KS resident, passed away March 30, 2023 at Hilltop Lodge, Beloit, KS. He was born November 8, 1942 at Beloit, KS to Bernard and Mildred (Hitz) Menhusen.

Merlyn enjoyed antiques, and rust.

Merlyn was preceded in death by his parents and siblings.

Merlyn is survived by two...

Frank Arlan Folsom

Mar 24, 2023

Frank Arlan Folsom, age 73, Jewell, KS resident, passed away Friday March 24, 2023 at his home in Jewell, KS. Kleppinger Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Tanya Patricia Allison (Matot) Shepherd

Mar 23, 2023

Tanya Patricia Allison Shepherd, 70, of Salina, KS passed away March 23, 2023 with her family surrounding her in Salina, KS. She was born March 17, 1953 in Sacramento, CA.

Tanya loved to spend time with family, video chatting, drinking coffee, and writing poems.

Her survivors include four Daughters; Pam (Richard) Nault of Concordia, KS,...

Robert Gene Gould

Mar 17, 2023

Robert Gene Gould, age 69, of Concordia, KS passed away Friday March 17, 2023 at his home in Concordia, KS. He was born June 5, 1953, at Concordia, KS, son of Jack D. and Phyllis Gile Gould. In 1971 he graduated from Concordia High School. He then went to work in the family business; Gould’s Implement, with his father...

Francis Dale Willmeth

Mar 14, 2023

Francis Dale Willmeth, age 80, Jewell, KS resident, passed away on March 14, 2023 at the Jewell County Hospital, Mankato, KS. He was born on August 1, 1942 to Phyllis and Francis Willmeth.

Francis went by Dale. He graduated from Smith Center High School and was a Veteran of the United States Air Force.

Dale...

Lowell Clayton Stukey

Jan 14, 2023

Lowell Clayton Stukey Sr December 28, 1935 - January 14, 2023 Concordia , Kansas - Lowell Clayton Stukey, Sr., 87, passed away peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on January 14th, 2023 at Sunset Nursing Facility in Concordia, KS. Lowell was born on December 28, 1935 to Leonard and Irene Stukey in Wichita, KS. He worked in industrial...

Doris Arlene Slate-Greene

Jan 3, 2023

Doris Arlene Winkel Slate-Greene was born on March 10, 1933 in Glen Elder, Kansas to Lawrence and Irene Hummel Winkel. She passed away on January 3rd, 2023 at the age of 89.

Doris was married to Vivian (Babe) Slate on July 7, 1951. He preceded her in death on March 11, 1992, after over 40 years together....

Merelyn "Mac" Mccracken

Jan 3, 2023

Merelyn “Mac” McCracken passed peacefully on Tuesday, January 3rd in Wichita, KS at the age of 84.  He was one of ten children born to ILO and Emma McCracken in Jewell, KS on February 13th, 1938.  The McCracken family settled northern KS as pioneers in 1870. Mac, an Army veteran, traveled the world settling in the Midwest where he...

Clarence Lee Chartier

Dec 30, 2022

Clarence Lee Chartier, 90 of Kearney formerly of Joplin, MO passed away Friday, December 30, 2022 at Kinship Point Northridge in Kearney Memorials are suggested to AsceraCare Hospice. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Clarence was born December 8, 1932 in Leavenworth, KS to Arthur...

Peggy Lou (Patterson) Doyen

Dec 23, 2022

Peggy Lou (Patterson) Doyen, 93, of Concordia, Kansas, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2022 with her family by her side.

Peggy was born to the late Maj. Clayton James and Lola (Burger) Patterson in 1929 in Emporia, Kansas.  She attended Kansas State University, where she met her late husband, Ray Doyen.  They married in 1949 and...

Opal Elaine (Nelson) Hardesty

Nov 24, 2022

Opal was born on January 9, 1927, in Jamestown, Kansas to Alfred W and Elsie (Moe) Nelson. She graduated from Jamestown, Kansas and worked at Duckwalls in Concordia, Kansas after graduation. She married Charles Payton on March 30, 1947. They made their home in Concordia where they raised their family of seven children. She was a loving mother and...

Rex Leland Henningsen

Nov 9, 2022

Rex Leland Henningsen was born in Limestone Township in Jewell County, northwest of Ionia on April 29, 1928. He was the fifth child of Emit and Elva (Conger) Henningsen. He died Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems, at the age of 94.

Rex later moved and lived most of his childhood on...

Janet Jolene (Brigman) Weathersbee

Oct 22, 2022

Janet Jolene Brigman Weathersbee of Concordia, KS passed away on October 22, 2022 in Salina, KS.  She was born on January 13, 1954 in Florence, KS to James Jr. and Letha Ruth Riggs Brigman.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, James Brigman.

In 1979 she married Roger Dell Weathersbee Sr....

Terry Allen Moyer

Oct 22, 2022

Terry Moyer, age 58, entered into rest on Saturday, October 22, 2022, surrounded by his family in Salina, KS. He was born on February 20, 1964, in Ionia, Kansas to Wendell and Karen (Loomis) Moyer.

Terry graduated from Jewell High School, class of 1982. He earned his Associates degree in criminal justice from Barton Community College in...

Neva Irene (Stites) Shoemaker

Oct 13, 2022

Neva Irene (Stites) Shoemaker was born on August 19, 1928 on a farm northwest of Ionia, Kansas and passed away on October 13, 2022. Her parents were George Oscar and Helen Allene (Clark) Stites. She grew up on the farm where she was born and attended the first two years of grade school at the Livers Country School. Neva...

Rodney Lee Elliott

Oct 6, 2022

Rodney (Rod) Lee Elliott passed away on October 6, 2022 surrounded by his family.

Rod was born February 20, 1953 in Concordia, KS. He was the son of Carol G. and Marguerite I. Elliott (Buckles). As a child, he was in the Boy Scouts, and he was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church. In 1971,...

Ida Jean Morgan

Sep 26, 2022

Ida Jean Morgan was born on March 25, 1953 in Lincoln, Nebraska and she passed away on September 26, 2022 in Concordia, Kansas.  She was preceded in death by her parents Hank and Elsie Morgan, her sisters Elaine and Julie, and her brother Gail.  She is survived by her sisters Maryellen and Rose, brothers Lloyd and Chuck, numerous nieces,...