Jane Katherine Maddy, age 71, of Altus, Okla., passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023.

She was born November 20, 1951, in Colby, to Jay and Margene (Gradig) Griffin. Jane married Kerry Maddy on January 2, 1971, and to this union, three children were born. Jane loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

 She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Jim Griffin.

Eldon Don Gagert, age 87, passed away Monday, January 16, 2023, at the Chase County Community Hospital, Imperial, Neb.

He was born October 29, 1935, in Woodston, Kansas, to Agnes Anne (Nech) and Clyde (Sliv) Merle Gager.

Eldon grew up in Woodston and graduated from Woodston High School with the class of 1954. He continued his education at Ft. Hayes College in Hayes, Kansas.

Rita Malin, age 89, of Lawrence, passed away March 1, 2023.

She was born August 9, 1913, to William Patrick Hogan and Rita Ethel (Lindley) Hogan

Rita Hogan married Joe Malin in 1951 and they were blessed with nine children: Max (deceased), Lori, Jared, Lois, Barbara, Steven, Michael, David, and Christi.

Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Plainville.

A complete obituary will be published once it becomes available.

Services are pending for later in March with Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home in Plainville.

Mary Anna (Hicks) Ernst, of Plainville, passed away on March 2, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the age of 77.

She was born to Joseph and Sylvia (Voight) Hicks on August 31, 1945, in her Grandfather Hicks’s house in Logan. The family lived for a time in Stockton before her father, Joseph, was transferred to Plainville with his job with Co-op.

She married Rudi Heinz Ernst on May 20, 1966, in the Plainville United Methodist Church. They were blessed with one son, Joseph Erwin Ernst.