Connie Rae Carlson
Jan 31, 2024
Connie Rae (Nudson) Carlson, of Gaylord, KS, passed away on January 31, 2024, at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, at the age of 79. She was born on April 4, 1944, to Virgil Y. and Mildred M. (Noland) Nudson in Manhattan, KS. She was married to Keith L. Carlson on February 14, 1965, in Sedalia, KS....
Mark Edward Thummel
Jan 17, 2024
*** Graveside service for Mark Thummel will be held Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 3:00p.m. at Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home in Plainville instead of Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. ***
Mark Edward Thummel, of Plainville, Kansas, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2024, at Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the age of 70....
Marvin Dee Jackson
Jan 16, 2024
Marvin Jackson, 87, Stockton, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, at Parkview Care Center in Osborne, KS. Marvin was born to Alfred (Jack) and Rosena (Hunter) Jackson on September 19, 1936, in Stockton. He attended school at Webster until it closed and then attended school in Stockton where he graduated from Stockton High School.
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Linda Lea Groff
Jan 14, 2024
Linda Lea Groff, of Stockton, KS, passed away on January 14, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, KS, at the age of 69. She was born on February 1, 1954, to Lee Wildrex and Mildred (Spargo) Walker in Stockton.
Linda attended school in Stockton and worked as a cook and bartender. She...
Allan Joseph Lerock
Jan 6, 2024
Allan Joseph LeRock, of Plainville, Kansas, passed away on January 6, 2024, at his home, at the age of 73. He was born on March 7, 1950, to Garth William and Clara Agnes (Hrabe) LeRock in Stockton, Kansas.
Allan grew up in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School in 1968. In 1968 he met...
Elzana M. Rowe
Jan 6, 2024
Elzana Marie Rowe, of Dorrance, KS, passed away on January 6, 2024, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS, at the age of 74. She was born on March 12, 1949, to Edward and Wilma (Garrettt) Thielen in Russell, KS. She married Jerry Lee Rowe on September 16, 1969, in St. Michaels, Arizona at the Navajo Reservation.
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Roger Eugene Lee
Dec 30, 2023
We are saddened to announce the passing of Roger Eugene Lee of Russell, Kansas. He died at the age of 64 on December 30, 2023, at the Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas.
Roger was born on December 16, 1959, to Kenneth Lee and Helen (Tremblay) Lee Smith in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Roger grew up between the...
William Sparks "Bill" Benkelman
Dec 24, 2023
Dr. William Sparks Benkelman passed away in the early morning of December 24, 2023. He was born on October 14, 1944, in St. Francis, KS to Charles Wilmot Benkelman and Melba (Sparks) Benkelman and grew up in McDonald, KS. He attended the University of Kansas and graduated from Southern College of Optometry in 1967. Bill married Susan Noble Hancock...
Dolores Jacqueline "Peachie" Schmidt
Dec 21, 2023
It is with great sadness and much love that we say goodbye to our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Dolores Jacqueline “Peachie” Schmidt who passed away December 21, 2023, at the age of 99 years.
Peachie was born to William and Gladys (Hanyan) Kasner on July 27, 1924, in Panora, Iowa. She went on to...
Robert John Berens
Dec 21, 2023
Robert J. “Bob” Berens, of Stockton, KS, passed away on December 21, 2023, at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, at the age of 90. He was born on February 16, 1933, to Mattie Lee Cottrell, in Mobridge, South Dakota.
Bob came to Stockton with the oil field. He also worked for Sheets Paving laying...
Lois Bell Abbott
Dec 19, 2023
Lois B. Abbott (Johnson), 87, of Ellis, Kansas, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend to many went to be forever with the Lord. Lois was surrounded by family when she passed on December 19, 2023 at HaysMed. Born on January 25, 1936 in Hollis, Arkansas, she came to Wichita in 1953 and married Clarence H. Abbott in 1962....
Raymond E. "Ray" Shetterly Iii
Dec 19, 2023
A long time ago, on February 15, 1961, in a town far, far away, Raymond E. “Ray” Shetterly III was born on the outer rims of Pittsburgh in a town called North Charleroi, Pennsylvania to Raymond E. and Gayle (Isaho) Shetterly, Jr. He passed away on December 19, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the...
James L. "Jim" Karns
Dec 18, 2023
James L. “Jim” Karns, of Plainville, KS, passed away on December 18, 2023, at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, KS, at the age of 90. He was born on November 2, 1933, to Alfred Rolla “A.R.” and Hazel (Jones) Karns in Ada, KS. Jim married Geraldine Hake on August 30, 1958, in Plainville. They were blessed with five...
Betty Jo Kaba
Dec 9, 2023
Betty Jo (Gengler) Kaba, of Stockton, KS, passed away on December 9, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, KS, at the age of 81. She was born on October 22, 1942, to Joseph Charles and Edna June (White) Gengler in Osborne, KS. She married Paul Grieve in 1959 and he passed away in 1969. Betty later...
Phyllis Jo "Nene" Stewart
Nov 30, 2023
Phyllis Jo Stewart, of Plainville, Kansas passed away on November 30, 2023, at her home, at the age of 92. Phyllis was born on August 26, 1931, the daughter of Pastor Joe David and Marthella Ann (Worcester) Brumbaugh in Hill City, Kansas. She was the oldest of “The Four Sisters.”
She grew up in Hill...
Richard Duane Finnesy
Nov 24, 2023
Richard Duane Finnesy, of Plainville, Kansas, passed away at Hays Medical Center on November 24th, 2023, at the age of 88. He was born on June 10, 1935, the second son of Harold and Eleanor (Schrandt) Finnesy in rural Rooks County, KS. Born into a life of hard work on the family farm, Richards journey began after school to...
Geraldine Rita Klein
Nov 22, 2023
Geraldine Rita (Plante) Klein passed away on November 22, 2023, at her home in Damar, KS, at the age of 76. She was born on August 23, 1947, to Edward Joseph and Adele Rosalie (Senesac) Plante in Hays, KS.
Geraldine attended grade school and three years of high school in Damar and then graduated from...
Maxine L. Bates
Nov 17, 2023
Maxine Bates, 93, passed away on November 17, 2023, at Amelia Senior Living in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where she had lived for two years after moving there from her long-time home in Stockton, Kansas. Maxine was blessed with a long life full of energy and love. She made everything she touched more beautiful and everyone she met feel better....
Anita Louise Bassler
Nov 17, 2023
Anita Louise Bassler, of Dorrance, Kansas passed away on November 17, 2023, at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, KS. She was 79 years old. Anita was born the oldest of eleven children on May 9, 1944, to Ernest Frank and Louise Bernadine (Bode) Pasek in Russell, Kansas.
Anita grew up in Dorrance and graduated...
Darrell L. Small
Nov 15, 2023
Darrell L. Small, of Stockton, KS, passed away on November 15, 2023, at the Phillips County Assisted Living Center in Phillipsburg, KS, at the age of 86. He was born on August 13, 1937, in Lebanon, KS, and was adopted to Virgil and Phyllis Small and raised by his dear grandma, Anna (Frydendall) Small. He married Margie Weigant on...
