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Joan Wilson, born Oct. 11, 1928, passed peacefully Oct. 19, 2024, at the age of 96. Growing up in the Ash Creek area outside Ellsworth, she was the eldest of Harry and Jessie (Bailey) Long’s five children.
Read moreDeborah Lynn (Siemsen) Volavka, 67, passed away Oct. 12, 2024, in rural Sumner County. She was born Oct. 12, 1957, in Ellsworth, Kan., to Robert and Jo Ann (Strube) Siemsen.
Read moreJudy K. Toman passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Ellsworth, Kan. She was born May 27, 1942, to Howard and Alice (O’Neal) Stephen. She grew up in Ellsworth, where she spent summers swimming, lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons to all ages.
Read moreLaVerna Stroede passed away Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Belleville, Kan., at the age of 102. She was born to Frank Panzer and Rosalie (Bohl) Panzer on April 17, 1922, in Ellsworth, Kan. She married William Stroede on Jan. 18, 1945.
Read moreMaxine (Schwerdtfeger) Rogers-Prewett entered heaven on Oct. 19, 2024. She was born in Ellsworth, Kan., on Oct. 9, 1931, to Otto and Dora (Panzer) Schwerdtfeger. Maxine attended school in Ellsworth, graduating with honors in 1949.
Read moreJanice Kay (Miller) Miska, 83, of Hoisington, Kan., and formerly of Russell, Kan., passed away Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, at Via Christa St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kan.
Read moreGary R. Hunter, 84, passed away Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Hays, Kan. “Hunter,” as he was fondly known, was born June 3, 1940, in Ellsworth, Kan., to Harold and Harriette (Krupp) Hunter. Gary married Betty Matoush in Wilson, Kan., on Feb. 23, 1963.
Read moreGrace Caroline Bohnen, 19, of Wilson, Kan., went to be with her Lord on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., with her loving family by her side.
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