Obituaries

Maxine L. Strong, 75, of Sterling, Kan., passed away March 7, 2022, at Hospital District 1 of Rice County, Lyons.She was born Oct. 25, 1946, in Ellsworth, Kan., the daughter of Harold Sr. and Rachel Bryan Welk.Maxine has resided in Sterling since 1984.

Timothy A. ‘Tim’ Hall, 44, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on Monday, March 7, 2022, after a heroic and hard-fought battle with cancer.He was born Feb. 25, 1978, in Fort Scott, Kan. to Ronny L. and Carol (DeCoudres) Hall. Tim married Cara Dean on July 25, 2006, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Vicki V. Wacker, 76, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Hutchinson, Kan.She was born July 17, 1945, in Ellsworth, Kan. to Everette and Florence (Andrews) Hulse.Vicki was a lifetime resident of Ellsworth County where she worked many years at Cashco, Inc.

Ryan Allen Curnutt, 31, Lawrence, Kan., passed away Feb. 21, 2022 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City from a severe brain injury sustained during a single-car accident while traveling home from work on Feb. 13, 2022.Ryan was born Nov. 20, 1990 in San Pedro, Cali. and grew up in Salina, Kan.

Helen Marie Lirley, 80, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in Ellsworth.She was born Dec. 7, 1941 in Sarcoxie, Mo. to John and Anna (Eck) Filarski. She married Charles Lirley in Bethany, Mo. in 1962.

Jerry ‘Allen’ Crow, 69, of McPherson, Kan., passed away Feb. 25, 2022 at McPherson Hospital.He was born Feb. 19, 1952, in Wheeler, Texas, the son of Donald Gene and Geraldine Risner Crow.Allen has resided in McPherson for the past six years, formerly of Holyrood, Kan.

Constance Berkeybile McKone was born in Ellsworth, Kan. Dec. 18, 1934 and passed away Dec. 27, 2021 at Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Quentin Charles ‘Q’ Kaiser, loving son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend, 34, of Salina, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022.Quentin was born in Great Bend, Kan. on Nov. 22, 1987, a son of Laura (Hopkins) Ploutz and the late Curtis L. Kaiser.Raised in Claflin, Kan.

Ruby Darlene Deiser, 90, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 in Ellsworth, Kan. surrounded by her family.She was born Dec. 18, 1931 in Ransom, Kan. to Benjamin and Mary Ann (Stutzman) Ummel.

Joseph Louis Zink, 65, of Bushton, Kan., passed away Feb. 14, 2022, at Research Medical Center, Kansas, City, Mo.He was born Nov. 7, 1956, in Ellinwood, Kan., the son of Louis and Helen Hickel Zink.Joseph was a lifetime Bushton resident.