The active mind and busy hands of Philisene Probasco were stilled on Friday, June 21, 2024, at the age of 105 years, 8 months, and 23 days.

Philisene was born in a farmhouse in Belmont Township in Rooks County, Kansas, on September 28, 1918. She lived most of her life in and near Stockton, Kansas, except for a brief time in Hugo, Colorado, where her sister Gertrude (Koppes) Biggie (age 97) was born, and her family helped farm sugar beets.

Former Stockton resident Philisene Probasco, age 105, of Hays, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024.

More information will be provided once it becomes available.

Vera Aleen Niermeier, Stockton, passed away on June 24, 2024, at Rooks County Health Center in Plainville at the age of 93.

She was born on August 30, 1930, to John and Anna (Schoen) Schoen on the family farm north of Downs. She married Bernardt “Ben” Niermeier on June 11, 1950, at Zion Lutheran Church in Downs. They were blessed with three children: Debra, Linda, and J.D.