Donald Dean Keirns, 87, of Loveland, Colorado, passed peacefully on Thursday, December 21, 2023.

He was born to Willis Keirns and Maude Banks on September 22, 1936, in Woodston, Kansas. He graduated from Woodston High School in 1954, and after high school, he started working in residential construction.

In 1957, when work began to slow in Kansas, he moved to Loveland, Colorado. Don liked to frequent the local A&W; it was there where he met a carhop named Wanda Foss. Wanda and Don were married on June 21, 1959, and they raised six children.

Richard 'Rich' Hilgers, 66, passed away Dec. 20, 2023, at his home.

He was born Oct. 13, 1957, in Salina, to James Richard Hilgers and Elizabeth Anne (DeMurry) Hilgers.

Rich was a 1976 graduate of Trego Community High School in WaKeeney. On Feb. 20, 1982, he married Janet Siegrist at the Salem Community Church in rural Nickerson. They shared over 41 years of marriage.

David Leroy Griffin, 88, of Natoma, passed away at Hays Medical Center on December 20, 2023.

He was married to Barbara (Koehler) for 68 years.

He was born on June 4, 1935, at the Laton Family Farm in Rooks County, Kansas, to Melvin and Berniece (Manley) Griffin. He was one of six children.