ALLEN COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a death investigation after remains were found Saturday evening near Humboldt, Kansas.

After a brief illness, Margaret Rozella Klema McKittrick, 94, of Manhattan, Kansas, died on March 15, 2023, at Bramlage House in Manhattan, Kansas, surrounded by family members.

Marge, as she was known, was born April 19, 1928, in Wilson, Kansas, the daughter of James and Hattie Weinhold Klema.

She graduated from Wilson High School class of 1946. After graduation, she attended Kansas State University and taught Vocational Home Economics for a year in Beverly, three years in Plainville, and a year at Hays Junior High in Hays.

Cleota Mae Dinkel, of Plainville, passed away on March 15, 2023, at Hays Medical Center in Hays at the age of 89.

She was born on January 28, 1934, to Hector and Cecilia (Gagnon) Boucher in Zurich, Kansas. She married Gilbert F. Dinkel in Zurich on April 13, 1953. They were blessed with eight children.