Marvin Willis Mann, 82, of Plainville, Kansas, passed away on April 28, 2026, at
Rooks County Health Center in Plainville.

He was born May 23, 1943, in Smith Center, Kansas, to Willis and Esther (Molzahn) Mann.

Marvin grew up in Kensington, Kansas, and graduated from Kensington High School in 1961. He went on to earn his master’s degree in counseling and vocational agriculture from Kansas State University in 1970.

Germaine "Geri" Thyfault-Brin-Fry, 91, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 2, 2026, at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Salina. She passed with her loving children by her side, just one week shy of her 92nd birthday, on the exact day her own mother was born 119 years earlier.

She was born on January 9, 1934, in Damar, Kansas, the youngest of four children born to Jeanette Cecilia (Thibault) and Louis Meddie Thyfault. She attended Damar Grade School and graduated from Damar High School in 1952.

Dorothy “Dora Mae” (Rome) Taylor, age 71, a former Victoria resident, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at the Paramount Community Living and Rehab in Newton.

She was born on May 9, 1954, in Hays, Kansas, to Wilmer J. and Valeria (Wittman) Rome. Dorothy married Leonard C. Taylor on May 8, 1976, in Victoria.                

She grew up in Victoria and attended school there, and is a former member of Saint Fidelis Church.