I have only been a farm wife for a little over 5 months. It’s been fun, eye opening, scary, and on and on and on and on. It’s so many things. But, the best thing is knowing my husband and father-inlaw are out in the fields, working, so people like you and me can eat. No one ever thinks about that. Before I married a farmer, I never thought about it. Without our farmers we wouldn’t eat. That’s the reality.

Ralph R. “Bob” Lambert, of Stockton, passed away on May 3, 2024, at HaysMed in Hays, at the age of 82.

He was born on July 23, 1941, to Elton and Mildred (Opdyke) Lambert in Stockton. He married Pansy Holliday on February 15, 1962, in Stockton. They were blessed with two children: Robbie and Fay.

Norma Jean (LaBarge) Wasinger, 84, of Hays, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at Logan County Senior Living in Oakley.

She was born on Aug. 2, 1939, in Rooks County, the oldest child of Phillip and Edmae (Desbien) LaBarge.

Norma graduated from Damar High School in 1958. She married R. Roger Wasinger in 1967.

Surviving are her siblings Marvin (Rosanne) LaBarge, Oakley, Ron (Caryn) LaBarge, Libby, Mont., and Phyllis (Tom) Neill, Wichita; and nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Michael LaBarge in 2014 and her husband in 2015.