Riley County Obits
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If you have any obituaries published before 1923 that you would like to contribute to the page, please send them to me and I will add them. Obituaries published after 1922 will be abstracted to avoid copyright violations. Abbraviations after each obituary denote from which newspaper it came: "MM"= Manhattan Mercury, "CCT"= Clay Center Times, "JCU"= Junction City Union.
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Pearl N. Young, 97, of Manhattan, died Tuesday, June 20, 2006 in Manhattan; born April 17, 1909 in Cleburne, the daughter of Edward Franklin and Anna Frederica (Richter) Toburen; on April 3, 1943, in Manhattan, married Howard F. Young; they later divorced.
Survivors include one son, R. L. Young and his wife M. of Manhattan; one sister, F. Brennan of Manhattan; one brother, M. W. "Mike" Toburen of Merriam; one step-son, L. Young of Los Angeles, Calif.; eight grandchildren, two step-granddaughters, and 12 great-grandchildren; preceded in death by one daughter, Marlene Lavonne Keith on Sept. 23, 1988; and by eight siblings, Leslie Toburen, Blanche Troutfetter, Harold Toburen, Lee Toburen, Estelle Sears, Lawrence Toburen, Robert Toburen and Warren Toburen; burial June 24, 2006 in Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan.
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Merton Zeisset obituary Offsite link
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(c) 2003 Sheryl McClure
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