Carl “Tom” Nelson, age 86, died in Manhattan, Kansas on June 8, 2022.

He was born June 13, 1935, in rural Woodston, Kansas to Carl and Rausa (Hale) Nelson.

Tom graduated from Alton High School in 1953. He stayed in the Alton area for a time, later moving to Clay Center and working as a manager for Orscheln’s for several years. He married Betty Wright on October 14, 1989; she precedes him. Tom was the owner and operator of Tom’s Feed in Clay Center until his retirement in 2020.

Gary Lee Dix of Alton passed away on May 10, 2022 at the age of 76.

He was born in Stockton, Kan. on March 2, 1946 to Ivan and Marie Dix of Alton, Kan. Gary married Joyce Anderson on April 23, 1982. They spent their life together in the Alton community, where Gary grew up and lived all of his life.

Gerald G. Dreiling, age 77, real estate investor and landlord, died Tuesday, May 24, 2022. 

Celebration of Life / “Jerry’s First Birthday in Heaven” will begin June 18th at 11:00 at Plainville (KS) Cemetery. Reunion for remembrance will be held afterwards at the Knights of Colombus Hall in Plainville. Please wear bright happy colors. 

Mary Anne Johnson, age 84, of rural Bogue, Kansas, died June 6, 2022, at Dawson Place in Hill City.

She was born January 5, 1938, in Phillipsburg, the only child of Alvena (Sims) and Marion Francis Kinney. Anne attended schools in Richfield, Coolidge, Rexford, and Webster and was a 1955 graduate of Long Island High School. She married Loren Johnson on June 5, 1955, at the Stockton Methodist Church. They celebrated 67 years of marriage this month. The couple made their home on a farm north of Bogue.