Charlene Faye Meistrell, age 102, of Plainville, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2026, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, in the community she called home her entire life.

She was born on March 3, 1923, in Plainville to Albert and Charlotte (Stein) Mock and graduated from Plainville High School in 1941. On December 29, 1941, she married Donald E. Meistrell in Wichita, Kansas. They shared 65 years of marriage and were blessed with one son, Robert. Don preceded her in death in 2006.

Gertrude Ellen Strutt/Peacock/Morgan, 87, of Marion, passed away on January 14th at Parkside Homes.

She was born June 4, 1938, to Theodore and Sarah (Cadoret) Strutt in rural Osborne County, Kansas.

She married John William (Bill) Peacock on February 13, 1956, in Stockton, Kansas. He passed away in 1993. She married Howard Morgan on May 26, 1995, on a farm near Canton, Kansas.

Doris M. Casey, 100, Hays, Kansas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at Brookdale Senior Living.

She was born on March 15, 1925, in Plainville, Kansas, to Charles and Anna (Johnson) Marston.