Deaths (May 24, 2017)

• roberta (friesen) Isaac, 77, died Sunday, May 21.

She was born Aug. 4, 1939, to Martin and Marie (Plett) Friesen southwest of Meade. On June 30, 1961, she was married to Alvin Isaac, who survives.

The service is at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at Park­view Mennonite Brethren Church in Hills­boro. Visita­tion is from 6-8 p.m. Wednes­day at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Burial is at 10 a.m. Thursday at Gnadenau Cemetery, rural Hillsboro.

Additional survivors include daughter Lynn (Hank) Wiebe; son Lyle (Kathy) Isaac, Hillsboro, and son Lonnie (Tracy) Isaac, Hesston; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sisters Erma Isaac of Reedley, JoAnn (Willis) Hamm of Lakewood, Colo., twin brother Robert of Sanger, Calif.; brother-in-law (Ike Claassen) of Denver and nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church or Tabor College in her name.

Arrangements are being handled by Jost Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to the family via jostfuneralhome.com.

• jay mcclure, 71, former owner and operator of the local Dari Ette, died May 20 at his residence in Hills­boro.

The service was May 22 at the American Legion in Hillsboro. A committal service is at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at Gaylord (Kan.) Cemetery.

He was born July 27, 1945, to John and Pearl (Haga­dorn) Warren McClure at Portis.

On Dec. 31, 1971, he was married to Cathy Stacy, who survives. He also is survived by son Rick (Tyler) McClure-Burgen of Wichita; daughter Karen Fryhover of Hills­boro; two grandchildren; brother-in-law, Max (Jan) Stacy of Wichita; sister Linda (Ben) Streit of Tipton; sister-in-law Morna Rochelle of Durham; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

Memorials can be made to Hillsboro American Legion Post 366, and sent in care of Jost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 266, Hillsboro, KS 67063.

Send online condolences to: jostfuneralhome.com.

• albert f. reimer, 90, of Hillsboro, a lifelong career in the automobile business in central Kansas, died May 19.

Visitation is from 9-10 a.m. Friday, May 26, at Jost Funeral Home in Hillsboro, followed by a private family burial at the Gnadenau Church cemetery.

The public is invited to a celebration of life service at 10:30 at the Parkview Men­no­nite Brethren Church, Hillsboro.

He was born Oct. 3, 1926, on a farmstead in Meade County. In 1947, he was married to Vada M. Wagler, who predeceased him.

Survivors include children Gerald Reimer (Lois Parsons) of Wilsonville, Ore­., Charlene Ediger (Gordon) of Kansas City, Melvin Reimer of Hillsboro, Janet Faul (Monte) of Harvey, N.D., Beverly Dick (Greg) of Baldwin City, Marcia Schroeder (Ryan) of Kansas City, Mo.; 19 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and nieces, nephews, sisters and brothers-in-law, and home caregiver, Ruth­anne Wells.

Memorials may be made to Mennonite Brethren Foundation and Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church, Hillsboro.

Online condolences may be sent to the family via: jostfuneralhome.com.

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