Search Archived Marriage Records
Junior Glasson
Junior Franklin Glasson, 86, was born April 1, 1928, in Nelson. He died Thursday at the Candler Hospital at Savannah, Ga.
He retired as a sergeant first class with the U.S. Army. He was the Class of 1946 Nebraska State Boxing Champion and was a college football fan, especially of his beloved Nebraska Cornhuskers. He also retired as custodian for the Nelson School System.
Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Steve Bodiford (Linda); granddaughter, Mrs. Greg Saxon (Wendy); grandson, Joseph Bodiford; four great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; five step-children, Peggy Lipker, Mrs. Scott Corman (Janie), Cheryl Yarber, Mrs. Rick Andreasen (Carol) and Dixie Carr; and numerous step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Nelson cemetery with the Rev. Dr. Stephen Berry officiating.
Interment with full military honors will be in the Nelson cemetery. Klawitter-Price Funeral Home of Nelson, is in charge of the arrangements.
Verda Brown
Verda Brown, 94, of Lohrville, Iowa, died Thursday at Jefferson, Iowa. She lived in Superior from 1960 to 1964 with her husband, Dick, when they managed the Brown-Mullet Funeral Home. Their sons, Regie and Steve, attended school in Superior.
Gail Colson
Gail Fenner Colson was a wonderful husband, father, grandpap, great grandpap, postmaster, farmer, poet, friend and Christian.
Gail loved God. In the summer of 1947 he was baptized into Christ in White Rock Creek by Don Hines. He attended the EUB church in Esbon and then Dentonia Church of Christ where he served as Elder from 1973 until 1998. He has recently attended the Mankato Christian Church. He has preached, taught Bible classes, and encouraged his children to pursue a life of faith. He had a particular heart for lives of unborn children and was a passionate supporter of that cause.
Gail loved family. He was married
to Phyllis Ann (King) for 63 years. He loved two sons, Russell and James, four grandchildren, Laurie Ann Sand, Fenner Edward Colson, Erin Simmonds Colson, and Rilla Gail Colson, three great-grandchildren, Nora, Paul, and Jack Sand, two daughters-in-law, Mary and Keisha Colson, and one grandson-in-law, Jordan Sand. He leaves us all with a legacy of building family love through camping, fishing, games, sincere conversation, walks up the crick, wiener roasts, taking pictures and telling stories. He coached peewee baseball for many years when his children were young. He created Ye Old Mystery Tree and Mystery Tree Bunny activities which delighted his grandchildren for two decades.
Gail was a writer, artist and poet. He often read or recited poetry at gatherings. He wrote many poems for friends and family, especially poems that marked special times and moments of change. He wrote stories of past times, many published in national magazines. After retirement, he made metal sculptures using pieces of metal that told personal stories. He loved birds and always kept wren houses around the house.
Gail was born Jan. 8, 1929, to Russell E. and Ruth L. (Fenner) Colson in a rock house in Jewell County, Kansas. He attended two country schools, then Ionia, and finally Esbon, where he graduated high school in 1946. He attended the Electronic Radio and Television Institute in Omaha, Neb., and worked for station KTNM in Tucumcari, N.M., from 1949 to 1950. He was a ham radio enthusiast. He went into the Air Force in 1951 where he taught electronics and radar at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss. When his father died in 1953, he returned to the farm and joined the American Legion. He entered the U.S. Postal Service in 1961 where he worked for 28 years and retired as postmaster at Mankato, Kan. After retirement he and Phyllis worked the farm and raised cattle. Gail leaves behind his wife, two sons, two daughters in law, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, one grandson-in-law, four brothers-in-law and five sisters-in-law.
A celebration of life service and a time for sharing was held Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at 10:30 a.m., at the Melby Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Thaddeus Hinkle officiating. Interment with military honors was held at the Ionia cemetery, Ionia, Kan., with McConnell Air Force Base Honor Guard, Jewell American Legion Post No. 72, and Perry Lamb American Legion Post No. 263, Esbon. Visitation was Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the mortuary chapel. The family suggests memorials in honor of Gail F. Colson be given to the Christian Church, Mankato, or Solomon Valley Hospice, Beloit. Online condolences may be left at www.melbymortuary.com. Melby Mortuary, 402 N. High Street, Mankato, Kan., was in charge of arrangements.
Ruth Whitten
Ruth Grace (Wehrly) Whitten, 87, daughter of Charles and Mable (Ryker) Wehrly, was born Jan. 23, 1927, north of Guide Rock. She died Saturday at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior.
As a young girl, Ruth lived with her parents on a farmstead north of Guide Rock. She graduated from Eckley High School near Guide Rock in 1945. She attended Kearney State College and was a teacher at a country school north of Guide Rock. On June 27, 1947, she was united in marriage to Leonard Whitten in Belleville. This union was blessed with the birth of four children, two sons and two daughters. After their marriage, Leonard and Ruth farmed the farmstead that Ruth grew up on north of Guide Rock until 1973 when they moved to Lexington. At Lexington, Ruth was employed at the Motel Royal and did child day care from her home. In 1989 the couple had a home at Johnson Lake near Elwood. Leonard and Ruth bought a home in Superior in 1999 to be nearer to their children.
Ruth enjoyed bowling, dancing, crocheting, quilting, garage sales and traveling. She enjoyed making quilts and afghans for her grandchildren, who she loved dearly. She always remembered birthdays with a card sent in the mail.
She was preceded in death by an infant sister, parents, son, Dennis, on Dec. 18, 1996, and husband, Leonard, on Sept. 26, 2000.
Ruth is survived by her two daughters, Mrs. Sam Hayes (Darlene), Superior, and Linda Thagard, Superior; a son, Lonnie Whitten, Smith Center; 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.
Her funeral is at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) at the First United Methodist Church, Guide Rock, with Dr. Jeff Collins of the Superior Church of Christ officiating. Visitation is today at the church from 8:30 a.m. until the service. Burial will be in the Guide Rock cemetery. All Faiths Funeral Chapel, Smith Center, is in charge of the arrangements.
Ronald Kern
A memorial Service for Ronald Kern was held at 10 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday) at Roeder Mortuary in Omaha. A luncheon followed the service at the Tangier Shrine Temple in Omaha.
Ronald was born to John and Minnie Kern in Ellendale, N.D. Ron graduated high school in Marshalltown, Iowa, in 1959. He was united in marriage to Linda Malmos on Dec. 25, 1971. Ron's love and devotion to his wife and family came first in life.
He is survived by his wife, Linda; children, Paul Kern, Blair; Kessey Yancey, Pueblo, Colo.; and grandchildren, Zane, Jesse, Zach, Jacob, Madison and Sophie.
Margaret Owen
Margaret L. Owen, 85, of St. Joseph, Mo., died Thursday, June 10, 2004, at a local hospital.
Margaret Gilmore was born March 16, 1919, in Windsor, Mo. She lived in St. Joseph until 1940 and later returned in 1998. She married
James A. Owen, II, on Sept. 22, 1940, in Kansas City. He preceded her in death in 1999. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include: three daughters, Mary Margaret Mears of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Jean Ann Pike of Lawrence, Kan. and Patricia Louise Feala of Morse Bluff; a son, William Kemp Owen of Shelby, Iowa; four brothers, Clayton Gilmore, Chester Gilmore, Willis Gilmore, all of St. Joseph, Mo., and Robert Gilmore of Big Lake, Mo.; two sisters, Shirley Jean Garvey and Mary Ann Hollingsworth, both of St. Joseph, Mo.; 24 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by a son and two brothers.
The funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Meierhoffer Family Funeral Service. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Friends may call the funeral home after 1 p.m. Saturday through Monday. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
Marilyn Sothers
Marilyn Ruth (Woods) Sothers, 72, was born on Dec. 5, 1941, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Vernon Franklin and Velma Flossie (Louder) Woods. She died Nov. 27 in Concordia.
Marilyn graduated from Courtland High School in 1959 and attended dental hygienist school in Minneapolis, Minn. On Aug. 21, 1960, she was united in marriage to Maurice Elder Sothers at the United Methodist Church in Courtland. They resided in rural Scandia.
Marilyn worked as a Kansas and Missouri district manager for Stanley Home Products from October 1962 until her death. She also worked as a cashier at the Walmart in Concordia.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Vernon and Velma Woods, and her sister, Peggy Richmond.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Maurice Sothers ; daughters, Misty Sothers of Grand Junction, Colo., and Miki Voelker of Holstein; sister Sharon Kalivoda of Cuba; four granddaughters, Sarah, Izabella, Azryn and Elexzia Voelker; and numerous other family members and friends.
Her funeral Service was Monday at the Courtland United Methodist Church. Burial was in the Courtland cemetery following the service. Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, was in charge of the arrangements.
Donald Edwards
Donald Edwards, 81, of Superior, died Monday in Superior.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Megrue-Price Funeral Home in Superior. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Hardy cemetery. Megrue-Price Funeral home in Superior is in charge of the arrangements.
Ronald Callaway
Ronald Thomas Callaway, 73, son of Tom and Agnes (Valeka) Callaway, was born Feb. 23, 1941, in Esbon. He died Nov. 21 in Larned.
Ron grew to manhood on the family farm. He attended school in the Esbon school district where he graduated in 1959. June 10, 1961, Ron and Linda June Boyer were united in marriage at the EUB Church in Ionia. In January 1962 the couple moved to Wichita where Ron attended Old Town Barber College. After finishing school the family moved to Mankato where Ron began his barbering career. They remained in Mankato for two years before moving to Almena where Ron purchased the barber shop and where he would eventually end his career of 25 years. Following his retirement he went to work as an outside salesman for the Blish-Mize Company and in 2004 he retired from that position.
While living in Almena Ron was involved in the city council, volunteer fire department and Naphtali A.F.&A.M. No. 310 Masonic Lodge, coaching little league and refereeing junior and senior high school basketball and football games.
Ron was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his wife, June Callaway, of the home, Larned; daughter, Mrs. Scott Hagerty (Pamela), Rozel; two sons, Jeff Callaway and Steve Callaway, Almena; six grandchildren, Shala Burt, Ashton Darling, Lisa Mussman, Michael Callaway, Cody Callaway and Tyson Callaway; two great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
Services were held Saturday at Enfield Funeral Home, Norton, with Scott Hagerty officiating. Inurnment was in Mt. Hope cemetery, Almena.
Carol Negley
Carol L. Negley, 71, of Fremont died Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at her home.
Carol Hageman was born May 23, 1933, in Wahoo. She was a 1954 graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. She married
Roger K. Negley on March 9, 1955, in Ashland. She attended BSF Bible Study for many years. She was passionate about her flower garden, and loved to do charcoal drawings and oil pastel paintings.
She was a member of Fremont Church of the Nazarene and the County Extension Club in Ithaca.
Survivors include: a son, Scott (and wife, Connie) Negley of Ithaca; four daughters, Cynthia (Mrs. John) Ostry of Nickerson, Pamela (Mrs. Sam) Craytor of Bastrop, Texas, Andreanna Negley and Jennifer (Mrs. Tony) Perez, all of Austin, Texas; a brother, Ewalt (and wife, Lillian) Hageman of Ithaca; a sister, Annette (Mrs. Mauritz) Swanson of Silver Springs, Md.; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and grandson.
The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday at Fremont Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Tom Shaw officiating. Visitation will be from 2-7 p.m. tomorrow at the church. Burial will be 2 p.m. Monday in Indian Mound cemetery in Ithaca.
A memorial has been established to Fremont Church of the Nazarene.
Pruss-Nabity Funeral Home in Wahoo is in charge of arrangements.
Elwin Williams
The funeral for Elwin E. "Bill" Williams, 89, of Mead will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Alma Lutheran Church in Mead.
He died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004, in Omaha.
Williams was born June 13, 1915, in Lindsay. He was a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater under Pattons Third Army. He grew up in the Newman Grove area. He married
Elsie Saathoff on March 8, 1948, in Albion. The couple moved to Mead in 1956, where he began work as the superintendent of the Mead Co-op grain elevator until retirement. After retirement, he worked for Green precinct in Saunders County as a road maintainer well into his 80s.
He coached men's softball teams for many years in Mead and started the womens softball team there.
Survivors include: three daughters, Mary (Mrs. Marvin) Hass of Ithaca, June (Mrs. Jerome) Moline of Mead and Karen (Mrs. George) Nicodemus of Hereford, Ariz.; a son, Bill (and wife, Samantha) Williams of Livingston, Mont.; a sister, Odetta Anderson of Newman Grove; a brother, Leonard Williams of Columbus; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, a granddaughter and three sisters.
Vicar Chip Borgstadt will officiate Saturdays service. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. today at Svoboda Funeral Home in Wahoo with the family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Private burial will be in Sunrise North cemetery in Wahoo with military rites conducted by Yutan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9844 and American Legion Post 262.
Memorials have been established to the Mead Volunteer Fire Department and Yutan VFW Post 9844.
June Saint
June Emolyn (Arasmith) Saint died at the Mitchell County Hospital last Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. She was born June 10, 1923, at the family farm in Brownscreek Township, southwest of Jewell, Kansas. She was the only daughter of James Harvey and Jessie May (Fields) Arasmith. Her four brothers were Lyle, Alfred, Neil and Vernon.
June learned to milk cows at the age of four years. She herded cows and turkeys along with other chores both outside and inside. One chore was cooking meals for the family during busy times. When she baked cookies, she always made a double batch or there wouldn't be any left after baking because the boys would eat them all as they came out of the oven. Her love of cooking, sewing and outside activities were developed during these years as a youngster.
June attended country school at Pleasant Plain School, District 24. She was the valedictorian of Jewell County when she graduated from eighth grade. She attended Jewell High School, graduating in 1941. She was a member of the High School Honor Society when she graduated. After graduating she taught country schools in Mitchell and Jewell counties for five years. She even had the "pleasure" of having her youngest brother as a student. At the age of 10, she joined the Bronwscreek Hustlers 4-H Club. In 1937 she joined the Mayview Christian Church.
On April 21, 1946, she married
Gerald LaVerne Saint at the Evangelical Church in Jewell. The Rev. Dahm performed the Easter Sunday morning wedding. The couple farmed northeast of Jewell until moving to Jewell in 1997. June had a love of gardening and growing flowers. During the summer, you would find her canning the produce from her garden. Baking and cooking were also talents she shared with her family and others. June was the cook at the Jewell High School from 1964 to 1989 and worked 20 years at the Jewell Tastee Freez. For 14 years she managed the 4-H food stand at the Jewell County Fair. June's other passion was sewing and quilting. She was never found sitting doing nothing as there was always a sewing project in the works.
For 14 years, June shared her talents as a 4-H project leader and community leader for the Buffalo Valley 4-H Club. Her interest in 4-H continued even after her youngsters were grown and out of the organization. She served the Jewell County 4-H Alumni for many years as treasurer. In the fall of 1999, she was honored with the Jewell County Alumni Award. June was an active member of the Jewell American Legion Auxiliary serving as president and many years a secretary-treasurer. The family belonged to the Jewell EUB Church which later became the Salem United Methodist Church. June served many years as a Sunday School teacher, officer and many other council positions. When the church closed, she returned to the Jewell Christian Church where her religious training had begun.
Survivors include Barbara and Roger Heiman, Tuscon, Arizona; Sandra Kingston, Washington, Kansas; and Jim and Dana Saint, Beloit, Kansas. Grandchildren are Karl, Gary and Karen Heiman; Sarah and Kathryn Kingston; Bambi Daniels, Jamie and Libby Saint. There are four great-grandchildren. Her brother, Alfred, and Karleen Arasmith, Milton, Wisconsin; sister-in-law, Joan Arasmith, Boulder City, Nevada,, also survive. There are many nieces, nephews and cousins surviving.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; three brothers, Lyle, Neil and Vernon; and son-in-law, Phil Kingston.
Her funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at the Jewell Christian Church. Memorials will go to the Jewell County 4-H Alumni. Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, at Kleppinger Funeral Home, 409 Broadway, Jewell, Kansas, which handled arrangements.
