Obituaries

Apr 22, 2024

Therean L. Towns, of Palco, Kansas, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024, at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas. He was born August 24, 1936, in Palco to Russell and Edna (Thyfault) Towns. Therean grew up in Palco and after graduating from Palco High School, he attended Kansas State University earning a B.S. Degree in Animal Science...

Apr 18, 2024

Shirlee Hazen Muir, Stockton, KS, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Via Christi Senior Home in Hays, KS, at the age of 89.

Shirlee was born to Duane and Fauna (Harwood) Hazen on January 7, 1935, on a farm south of Stockton. In 1938-39, they moved to a farm northwest of Stockton where...

Apr 14, 2024

Ada Mae Bruna, of Plainville, KS passed away on April 14, 2024, at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, KS, at the age of 91. She was born on April 17, 1932, in Phillips County, KS to Floyd Melborn and Ruth Norma (Rosenberg) Christoffersen. She married Kenneth L. Bruna on August 17, 1951. They were blessed with two sons:...

Mar 28, 2024

Robert E. “Bob” Haack Jr, of Wilson, KS, passed away on March 28, 2024, at the Ellsworth County Medical Center in Ellsworth, KS, at the age of 78. He was born on February 20, 1946, to Robert E. and Lucille (Tomsheck) Haack in Chicago, IL. He married Glenda Green in 2006 in Reno, NV.

Bob...

Mar 24, 2024

Timothy Scott Marcotte (Big Tim), of Palco, Kansas passed away on March 24, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas, at the age of 67. He was born on February 25, 1957, to Orren Henry and Marjorie (Purkey) Marcotte in WaKeeney, KS. He was married on June 24, 1979, to Brenda K. Robison in Littleton, CO...

Mar 23, 2024

Willard Dale Atwill, Stockton, KS, passed away on March 23, 2024, at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, at the age of 91. He was born on April 6, 1932, the youngest of eleven children, to Arthur James and Nellie May (Carpenter) Atwill in Lebanon, KS. He married Jean Silsby on July 30, 1951. They were blessed with eight...

Mar 23, 2024

Elna Ann (LaRue) Kollman passed away at her home in Stockton, KS on March 23, 2024, at the age of 85. She was born at home near Laton, Kansas on June 8, 1938, to Arthur and Edna Lavern (Stillwell) LaRue. Elna married Connie Ray Kollman on January 18, 1959, in Stockton welcoming 5 children into the world, Jack, Chris,...

Mar 10, 2024

Leonard Melton Stephen, of Atwood, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at HaysMed Center, at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer. He was born on August 26, 1947, to Lewis Harold and Glennys Faye (Reed) Stephen in Stockton.

Leonard lived on the Stephen farmstead along Bow Creek, 8 miles north...

Mar 4, 2024

Darrell Dee Latham, of Stockton, KS, passed away on March 4, 2024, at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, at the age of 86. He was born on June 18, 1937, to Edward and Lorna (McCarty) Latham in Washington, KS. Dee married Sheila (Lynd) Latham on September 1, 1963, in Smith Center, KS. They were blessed with...

Mar 1, 2024

James “Jim” Thomas Bridges, II, of Plainville, Kansas passed away on March 1, 2024, at the age of 63. He was born on January 25, 1961, to Gordon E. and Ruth Elaine (Gilbert) Bridges in Plainville, Kansas.

Jimmy Grew up in Plainville and graduated from Plainville High School in 1979.

Survivors...

Feb 29, 2024

Hattie Ann Clifford, 68, passed away on February 29, 2024, at her home in Russell, Kansas surrounded by her loving DSNWK staff. She was born on February 4, 1956, in Kyle, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to Floyd Clifford and Lulu Twiss.

After Hattie’s birth, she and her family moved to Henderson,...

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...