Obituaries

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sep 5, 2022

Calvin Lynn Bohnert, 72, died September 5, 2022 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas

Calvin was born February 23, 1950, in Beloit, Kansas to Fred and Hazel Bohnert. He lived his entire life in the Jewell area, graduating from Jewell High School in 1968. He attended NCKVT school in Beloit, Kansas earning a degree in...

Aug 20, 2022

Eleanor Rose (Postlewait) Scott, 88, went to eternity with our Lord and Savior on August 20, 2022. She passed away at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. Born on November 25, 1933 in Pueblo, Colorado, Eleanor was the fifth child of seven and the second daughter of Cloyd C. and Mary M. Postlewait. Eleanor was a very social...

Jul 21, 2022

Lee Campbell Williams, age 74, Jewell, KS resident, passed away on July 21, 2022. He was born on Nov 4, 1947 in the Burrough of Buffalo, town of Flushing, New York.

Lee spent most of his growing up years in Park Ridge, New Jersey, close to New York city where his father worked. Right out of high...

Jun 11, 2022

Kenneth Wayne Garst, the son of Darrell L. Garst and Carrol (Modlin) Garst, was born October 29, 1951 in Mankato, KS and passed away on June 11, 2022 at his home at the age of 70 years, 7 months, and 14 days.

He grew up in the Scandia, KS area, graduating from Scandia High School in 1969....

May 26, 2022

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

Apr 30, 2022

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

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

Lyle...

Mar 25, 2022

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

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

Jan 12, 2022

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

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

Dec 13, 2021

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

Dec 9, 2021

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

Nov 9, 2021

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

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

Oct 18, 2021

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

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

Sep 24, 2021

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