Carl Eugene Wick, age 81 years, passed away September 8, 2019 at Enterprise Estates Nursing Home, Enterprise, KS.

He was born to Harold T. and Marie R. (Kugler) Wick in Abilene, Kansas on April 9, 1938. He attended the Chronister school and graduated from Dickinson County Community High School in 1956.  After graduation he worked for a bridge crew on I-70 until his enlistment in the U.S. Army in 1961. He had an honorable discharge in 1963.  After his discharge, Gene worked various jobs in his life for friends and neighbors along with working on the family farm northeast of Abilene. In later years, Gene worked on his own farm. Most of his life was lived near the Buckeye community until his home was destroyed in the 2016 tornado. He then moved to Abilene and lived with his brother, Jim.

He loved his pets. Lucy, a miniature Australian Shepard, and Buddy, his rat terrier. He enjoyed spending time in his garden and especially loved growing his own fresh tomatoes. Gene didn’t know a stranger and enjoyed visiting. His smile and his ornery attitude will never be forgotten.

Gene is survived by two brothers, James Wick, Enterprise and Dale Wick, Abilene, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Helen (Wick) Stevens.

Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at Brethren in Christ Church, 1005 N. Buckeye Ave, Abilene, KS. Rev. Dale Engle officiating.  There will be visitation with family beginning at 9:30 a.m. until time of the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Community Meal at Brethren in Christ Church, Abilene, KS in care of Londeen Funeral Home, PO Box 429, Chapman, KS 67431.

Osborne Benjamin “Ben” Berroth, 36, of Clay Center, Kansas, formerly of Alma, Kansas, died Monday, September 9, 2019, at the Clay County Medical Center.

​Ben was born on July 29, 1983, in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of Scott and Mina Erikson Berroth.  He attended local schools and graduated from Wabaunsee High School in 2002.  He then received his Associates Degree in Diesel Mechanics from North Central Kansas Technical College in Beloit.

​Ben was a Equipment and Control Technician for Kinder-Morgan Pipeline Company since 2005.  He was an electrician and mechanic.  For a while he worked as a traveling diesel mechanic for Exline.

​Ben was a member of 4-H and FFA in High School.  He especially enjoyed spending time with his family and their activities. He was an avid hunter and organized many yearly elk hunts in Colorado. He also enjoyed fishing and was an excellent outdoor cook either on the BBQ or Smoker.   He was the local Boy Scout Troop treasurer and soon to be Leader.  Ben was very meticulous and always strove for perfection.  In his early teen years he was known for his cantaloupe and watermelon picking and later in life for his fence building.

​Ben married Lacey Renee Remmenga on March 21, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  She survives at their home.

Ben is also survived by his children; Hayden, Shaelynn and Ryan all of the home; his mother, Mina Anderson (Dennis), McFarland; his step-mother, Tess Berroth, Alma; his sister Brenda Havenstein (Jacob), Alma, his close friends Chris Torrey (Marcey), Alma, his step-siblings, Jason Anderson, Manhattan, Zachary Anderson, McFarland and Emily Estrada (Zach), Holton and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews cousins and friends.  He was preceded in death by his dad, Scott Berroth.

​Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Monday, September 16, 2019, at St. John Lutheran Church in Alma, Kansas. Reverend Robert Grimm will be officiating.  Burial will follow in Alma City Cemetery.  The family will greet friends on Sunday, September 15, 2019, at the Church, from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm.  They suggest memorial contributions to the Ben Berroth Memorial fund, and those may be sent in care of Campanella-Gentry Funeral Home.

Mae Bernice Davis, 71, of Manhattan, KS, died, Friday, September 6th, in Manhattan, KS.

A Home Coming Celebration will Monday, Sept. 16, at 11:00 am at the Union Memorial AME Church, 911 S. Crystal Ave.  in Benton Harbor, MI with the family greeting friends at 10:00 am at the church.

Orville Richard Millsap, 94, of Manhattan, Kansas, died September 6, 2019, at the Via Christi Village in Manhattan.
Richard was the fourth child born to Dova Johnson Millsap and Peter Simon Millsap.  He was born June 18, 1925. The couple’s first two children died at birth and at six months of age.  Older brother, Dewey Elton, four years older than Richard, has passed away, as has Harry Lee Millsap, younger brother.  Norma Helen Crask, sister, survives and lives in Springfield, MO.  Peter Millsap had six children with his first wife, all of whom were older than Dova when they married.

Richard spent the first sixteen years of his life as a country farm boy in Alton, MO, in southeastern Missouri.  He graduated high school at sixteen, and headed for Kansas City, Kansas where he lived with his grandmother on Splitlog Avenue.  There he met at age sixteen, Doris Jean Whitmer, age 14.  They spent the rest of their lives in a very loving relationship, and were married 68 years before her death in 2014.

Richard was in the Navy Air Corp, and one of the youngest of the “greatest generation”.  He did not serve more than a year before WWII ended.  He used the GI Bill to go to college, and got his undergraduate degree and law degree in four years.  He often told the story of how his daughter, Sandy, gave him the mumps, and he was allowed to take his law exams at home bed ridden.  He became a partner in the largest law firm in eastern Kansas—a firm that produced two federal judges and a President of the Missouri Bar Association.  His specialty at the firm was trial practice, with emphasis in federal and state courts.  He later became Director of Education of the Missouri Bar, living in Jefferson City, MO.  He practiced law in Springfield, MO and Kimberling City, MO, as he neared the end of his career.  Richard and Doris traveled a great deal across the US with their children and as a couple, and enjoyed several cruises and a 30 day trip through Europe.  He was a lifelong Republican and actively interested in current affairs, local, state and national politics.  He was an avid reader and an accomplished historian, with special interest in American history from the founding of the country through the Civil War.  He was a Master Gardener.  Richard lived a very full life for a farm boy from southern Missouri.

Richard was a man of strong opinions, and intelligent mind, full of responsibility and well meaning.  He always said he loved his family very much.

Richard and Doris moved to Manhattan in 2007 in order to be near their two daughters, as they grew older.  They enjoyed getting together with their family.

Richard is preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife, his half siblings, and two brothers.  He is survived by his sister Norma Helen Crask; his daughter, Sandra Pottorff and son-in-law Charly Pottorff of Manhattan, daughter, Nancy Whitney of Manhattan; son Richard Mark Millsap and wife, Casie, of Springfield, MO; three grandchildren, Kristin Brighton and husband Ben Ward of Manhattan; Michael Brighton and wife Heather White-Brighton of Manhattan; and Monica Millsap, Milwaukee, WI; Charly’s daughter, Rebecca Pottorff of Manhattan; and four great grandchildren: Ryan, Katharine, Mary and Andrew, all of Manhattan.

The family would like to acknowledge the loving care and support Richard received during his final days at Via Christ, and from Hospice Care.

A grave side inurnment service, with military honors, will be held at 3:00 pm, Thursday, September 19, 2019, at the Kansas Veteran’s Cemetery near Manhattan, where he will be placed to rest aside his beloved Doris.