Dean Edward Bigge, age 86, Hays, passed away May 8th, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Hays, Kansas.

He was born July 18, 1935, the son of Benjamin George and Sophia Elizabeth (Griffith) Bigge.

Dean grew up on the family farm in Stockton, Kansas and was a graduate of Stockton High School. He graduated the Automotive Vocational Technical College in St. Louis, Mo., in 1955.

Dean met his sweetheart Elaine Tomasheck in Salina, Kansas and the two were married in March of 1956 in St. John's Lutheran Church north of Ellis.

Vera Jane (Stoner) Glick, age 96, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022, at her home in Plainville.  

She was born February 23, 1926, the third daughter of Loyd and Vera (Claggett) Stoner. She was born and raised in Kirwin, Kansas, until her family moved to Plainville where she attended and graduated with the PHS Class of 1944.  

Donald Dean Mason passed away on May 10, 2022, at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the age of 89.

He was the second child born on the family farm in Rooks County, Kansas on February 24, 1933, to Charles Frances and Bernita Mildred (Camp) Mason.

May is an excellent time to fertilize cool-season lawns such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass, if they will be irrigated throughout the summer. Non-irrigated lawns often go through a period of summer dormancy because of drought and do not need this fertilization.