Clifford Harry Winters, age 78, passed away on December 29, 2022, at Salina Regional Health Center.

He was born September 29, 1944, in Concordia, to Mark and Mabel Winters. Cliff attended school in Aurora and graduated from Miltonvale in 1962.

Clifford was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Ron, Dave and Nick, special Aunt Mildred Wren, and first wife, Veronica.

Lola Marie (Nickles) Simon, of Plainville, passed away on December 26, 2022, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the age of 95.

She was born on November 12, 1927, to Clarence and Gladys (Buffington) Nickles in Furley, Kansas. She married James W. Simon on August 7, 1948, in Wichita, KS. They were blessed with three children: Mike, Jolene, and Stanley.

Lola grew up on a farm near Valley Center and graduated from Valley Center High School in 1945. She was a cook at the Zurich Grade School for many years.

Billye June (Clark) Yowell was born on July 22, 1935, in Penokee and died on Dec. 27, 2022, at her home in Delphos. Billye was the seventh child of 10 to John and Margaret Clark. She attended school in Hill City graduating in 1953.

In 1955 Billye married Raymond Miles Yowell Jr. To this union there were four children: Debra, Charles (Chuck), Clark (Brad) and Rhonda. The family lived on a farm 13 miles north of Ellis and Billye worked at the Ellis Co-Op Hardware Store. Billye and Raymond were divorced in 1986.

John Orlando Ross, of Hays, Kansas, passed away on December 23, 2022, at Rush County Memorial Hospital swing bed unit in LaCrosse, Kansas.

He was born July 9, 1955, in Plainville, Kansas to Emmett Alvin Ross and Julia Sarah (Smith) Ross. He graduated from Stockton High School and Salina Area Vocational Technical School where he studied electronics.