Morris Clayton Talbert, 87, of Stockton, was born June 28, 1935, in Oakley, Kansas. He went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on January 21, 2023, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center while surrounded by family. He died suddenly and unexpectedly from a fall.

Evelyn Marie Paden, age 80, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2023, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney, Neb.

She was born July 29, 1942, in Densmore, Neb., the daughter of Albert August and Iva Ione (Henry) Fredde.

NEVER MEANS ALWAYS. In chapter 8 of Daniel Defoe's classic novel, shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe found himself still alone on his island home in year 2 of his 28-year stay. One day, recalling his current life 'with all of its miserable circumstances,' he says, 'the anguish of my soul at my condition would break out upon me on a sudden, and my very heart would die within me.' But his attitude started changing, and he said, 'I began to exercise myself with new thoughts: I daily read the word of God and applied all the comforts of it to my present state.