Doyle Leon Post passed away on October 2, 2020 at the Redbud Village in Plainville, at the age of 94.

He was born on July 3, 1926 in Woodston, KS to James Owen and Malena Afi (Gregory) Post. Doyle married Lauretta Weldon on June 30, 1946 in Natoma. They were blessed with three children: Cecelia, Linda, and Gary.

Lauretta passed away in 1967 and on August 12, 1977, Doyle married Ruth Adeline Swindler in Russell, to which seven step-children were added to his family. Doyle and Ruth were together until she passed away in 2008.

Duane Leo Steeples, Palco, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at the Rooks County Health Center, Plainville, at the age of 92.

He was born on January 15, 1928 to Chester and Olive (Kobler) Steeples in Hays, Kansas.

Duane was united in marriage to Carol Ann (Fell) Steeples on July 26, 1950 in Stafford, Kansas. To this union, Kay, John, Carla, and Kristi were born.

Rooks County continues to have significant COVID-19 activity, including new positives and deaths since our update on Monday. Our schools currently have three modified quarantine learning groups based on exposure at the school from those who became infected outside the school system. We have no known transmission of COVID in our schools.