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Janet Lemon
Oct 14, 2019
Janet B. Lemon, age 78 of Plainville, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2019 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. She was born in Athol, Kansas on May 23, 1941 to Arnold and Hilda (Nonamaker) Mueller. She grew up in Athol and attended and graduated from Kensington High School. She was united in marriage to Richard Lemon...
Edward J. Olejniczak
Oct 13, 2019
Edward Jack Olejniczak was born July 17, 1935 on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Gowanda, New York. The son of Edith Miller, Ed was the eldest of a large family. He joined the United States Air Force and served as a Firefighter at Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas. During his service, Ed studied and took the GED...
Darlene Bedore
Oct 9, 2019
Darlene J. Bedore passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at the Solomon Valley Manor at the age of 85. She was born on November 8, 1933 on a farm in Smith County, Kansas to Ebon and Irene (St. Clair) Strain. She attended school at Harlan High School and graduated with the class of 1951. She was united in...
Keith Leroy Roush
Sep 29, 2019
Keith Leroy Roush passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 at his home in Wilson, Kansas at the age of 79. He was born on October 21, 1939 to Harvey Lee Roush, Sr. and Elma Marie (Killian) Roush in Lincoln, Kansas. Keith was a graduate of Vesper High School. He was united in marriage to Rose Mary Ahlquist on June...
Waltraud "Susie" Butler
Sep 28, 2019
Waltraud “Susie” Butler, age 77 of Plainville, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the Hays Medical Center, in Hays, Kansas. Susie was born to Friedrich and Adelheid (Jockschat) Stuttfeld in Essen, Germany on March 19, 1942. She attended school in Germany and graduated from high school before moving to Zurich in 1968 and later making her permanent...
Leonard J. Folsom
Sep 26, 2019
Leonard J. Folsom passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019 at the Hilltop Lodge Nursing Home in Beloit, Kansas at the age of 81. He was born on July 3, 1938 in Webster, Kansas to Lyle and Lucille (Hodson) Folsom. Leonard grew up in Webster and graduated with the Class of 1956. After graduating, he worked for the Record Office...
Don Mattson
Sep 20, 2019
Don Lawrence Mattson, age 67 of Palco, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019, at his home in Palco. Don was born to Lawrence and Irene “Luciel” (Cloninger) Mattson on July 6, 1952, in Bozeman, Montana. He spent the majority of his life in Montana, attending grade school and high school in Manhattan, Montana. He attended Montana State University...
Berneice Ann Greenwood
Sep 18, 2019
Berneice Ann Greenwood 1943-2019 Berneice Ann Greenwood died from her second bout with cancer at 8:19 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. While just having lost her husband of 54 years to cancer in February, Berneice was learning to live on her own. She exhibited the strength that so many of us knew of her and was hoping to...

Frank Marcum
Sep 17, 2019
Frank Marcum, 86, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton. He was born September 15, 1933 in Turon, Kansas to Otto and Mildred (Riggs) Marcum. Frank graduated from Hutchinson Junior College with an Associate’s Degree in Geology. He served his country in the Navy from 1950-1953 and the Army from 1953-1955. On July 25,...
Brad A. Hrabe
Sep 11, 2019
Brad A. Hrabe, age 62 of Downs, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 near Osborne. He was born on November 19, 1956 in Hays, Kansas to Doyal and Dorothy (Thyfault) Hrabe. Brad grew up in Stockton and graduated with the class of 1974. He was married to Carol Denio and was blessed with three children: Kelse, Jackie,...
Mark E. Reif
Sep 9, 2019
Mark E. Reif, age 56 of Plainville, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2019 at his home in Plainville. Mark was born on August 21, 1963 in Great Bend, Kansas to Charles and Lucille (Pierce) Reif. Mark spent his life in Rooks County, graduating from Plainville High School with the class of 1981. He furthered his education at Northwestern...
Patricia Meyers
Sep 7, 2019
Patricia “Pat” Meyers, age 68 of Plainville, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at her home surrounded by her family. Pat was born on August 15, 1951 to William and Mildred (Kammerer) Hutchcraft in Hays, Kansas. She spent her life in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School with the class of 1969. She then went off...
Trey Samuel Wallace
Sep 1, 2019
Trey Samuel Wallace, age 15 of Alton, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born to Chris and Clarisa Wallace on August 28, 2004 in Wichita, Kansas. Trey was an inquisitive, bright, and kind young man. He didn’t know a stranger because he wouldn’t LET anyone be a stranger....
Joyce Richardson
Aug 28, 2019
Joyce Dee (Hays) Richardson, daughter of Otto and Pearl (Strutt) Hays, was born on August 24, 1936, on a farm southwest of Alton, Kansas, in Mt. Ayr Township in Osborne County, Kansas. She passed away on August 28, 2019 at Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, Kansas, at the age of 83. Joyce received her elementary education at Pleasant Plain...
Harvey Fry
Aug 27, 2019
Harvey Joseph Fry, age 73, of Woodston, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at his home in Woodston. He was born on July 31, 1946 in Stockton, Kansas to Ernest and Famy Elizabeth (Butler) Fry. Harvey grew up in the Rooks County area, graduating from Woodston High School with the class of 1964. He was united in...
Lucille Ochampaugh
Aug 27, 2019
Lucille Ochampaugh, age 102, passed away on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at Red Bud Village in Plainville, Kansas. She was born on October 13, 1916 to William and Gertrude Kammerer in Weldona, Colorado. Lucille was united in marriage to Donald Ochampaugh in 1938. She spent her life in the Rooks County area where she and Donald raised their three...
Johnita Haines
Aug 25, 2019
Johnita F. Haines, age 87 of Stockton, passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. Johnita was born on August 21, 1932 to Joseph and Clara Cink (Gallagher) in Hays, Kansas. Johnita attended Stockton High School and graduated with the class of 1950. She was a member of the St. Thomas Catholic...
Carlos Israel Gallaway
Aug 24, 2019
Carlos Israel Gallaway, 28 years old passed away on August 24, 2019 in Ellis, Kansas. Carlos was born on January 14, 1991 in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. In September 1999 Carlos and Diego flew into Kansas City to begin a new life in Kansas with Ron, Gail, and brothers, Aaron and Andrew, and sisters, Andrea and Alissa. Carlos was a...
Robin Ann Bailey
Jul 30, 2019
Robin Ann Bailey passed away July 30, 2019 at her home near Stockton, Kansas at the age of 62. She was born July 6, 1957 to Jim and Marcia (Webb) Bailey in Denver, Colorado. The family has chosen cremation and services will be planned at a later date in Colorado. Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Father Mark Berland
Jul 18, 2019
Father Mark A. Berland was born on December 14, 1948 to Fred and Eunice (Balthazor) Berland in Hays, Kansas. He was one of seven children and attended Zurich Public Schools until high school where he transferred to St. Francis Seminary in Victoria, Kansas. After graduating from high school he attended Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri and furthered his...
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