Velma Mae Grimes, 89, of Westmoreland, Kansas, formerly of Woodston and Norton, died Monday, December 21, 2020, at the Onaga Community Hospital.

She was born on November 28, 1931, at home in Paradise Kansas, the daughter of ArneyLee and Maude Louise (Dwinelle) Hoopes. She went to 12 years of school at Paradise and graduated in 1950. She then moved to Russell, Kan. and worked at Duckwalls store for one year.

Former Woodston resident, Velma Grimes, age 89, Norton, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020.

She was born November 28, 1931.

A full obituary will appear once we are able to obtain that information.

Lorna Ruth Murphy Agard, age 75, Ankeny, Iowa, passed away December 14, 2020, at Trinity Center at Luther Park of complications from dementia and aphasia.

Rev. Lyle Miller preached his last sermon to his Cedar Christian Church family on November 29, 2020. Lyle, age 92, passed away December 22 under Hospice care, tended by his children and extended family at his rural Stockton home.