Obituaries

Feb 19, 2024

On February 19, 2024, Ruth Nadine (Ives) Fenton caught her last glimpse of the evening sunset on this earth. Ruth was born on August 27, 1936, to Harold and Hilma (Fisher) Ives. She was the 6th of 8 children growing up just north of the Stockton city limits. Sharing her early years on the farm with 3 brothers, 3...

Feb 16, 2024

Remembrance for Jeanne (Yoxall) Svedjan will be held on Tuesday, July 9 from 12:00-3:00pm at the Alton Methodist Church.

Jeanne (Yoxall) Svedjan passed away on February 16, 2024 at the age of 82.

Jeanne was born on November 9, 1941 in Beloit, Kansas to Everett and Edna Yoxall. The family lived on a...

Feb 13, 2024

Robert “Bob” A. Malin, of Plainville, Kansas, passed away on February 13, 2024 at HaysMed Center, at the age of 84. He was born on August 16, 1939, to Francis and Maxine (Colvin) Malin in Russell, Kansas. He was married to Carol J. (Prockish) on July 1, 1961.

Bob grew up in Plainville. He was...

Feb 11, 2024

Allen Lee Gosser, of Codell, KS, passed away on February 11, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 88. He was born on August 18, 1935, to Theodore H. and Foila B. (Joy) Gosser in Hays, Kansas.

Allen grew up in Hays, KS near the Buckeye area. He...

Feb 8, 2024

Jeannie (Meador) Thrasher passed away peacefully in Wilson, KS on February 8, 2024, at the age of 76. She was born on April 3, 1947, in Anthony, KS to Warren and Marcy (Vancyoc) Meador.

Jeannie told stories of growing up in Anthony working at her parents’ grocery store, running a fireworks stand every Fourth of...

Feb 5, 2024

Shirley F. Finnesy, of Plainville, KS, passed away on February 5, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. She was born on March 4, 1935, to Herman B. and Clarron A. (Clements) Mason in Hays, KS. She married Richard Duane Finnesy on July 31, 1953, in Plainville. They were blessed with two children: Tom and Dee.

Feb 4, 2024

Rex Wise passed away peacefully at Redbud Village in Plainville, KS on February 4, 2024, at the age of 74. He was born on July 24, 1949, to Norman and Ietta Mae (Hrabe) Wise in Hays, Kansas.

Rex grew up in Plainville. As his little brother Fred recalls the story his mom told him, Rex...

Feb 3, 2024

Genette Elaine (Nelson) Keas, of Plainville, KS, passed away on February 3, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center after a brief illness, at the age of 92. She was born on May 29, 1931, the third daughter of Merle and Ethel (Lamb) Nelson in Codell, Kansas.

Genette grew up in the Codell community where...

Feb 1, 2024

Kenneth “Kenny” Frank Branda, of rural Wilson, passed away on February 1, 2024, at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas, at the age of 80. He was born on October 19, 1943, to Bohumil “Shorty” and Edith (Mahoney) Branda in Ellsworth, Kansas.

Kenny graduated from Wilson High School in 1961 and went on...

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....

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....

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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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....