Robyn Clifford passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at the Redbud Village Nursing Home in Plainville, Kansas, at the age of 76.

She was born on October 4, 1943 to Robert and Vivian (Freeman) Keiser in Glendale, California.

Gladys Marie Allen, 107, died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at Redbud Village, Plainville, of COVID-19.

She was born Sept. 12, 1913, in Plainville, to Wallace and Mae Anna (Cronin) Phillips.

On April 23, 1938, in Plainville, she married her dance partner and best friend Thomas C. Allen, a printer and linotype operator at The Plainville Times. They rode a train through dust storms to honeymoon in Colorado.
Tom and Gladys were married 63 years before he died on Nov. 5, 2001.

Robert “Bob” Harlan Gilbert passed away on September 27, 2020, at the Redbud Village Nursing Home in Plainville, at the age of 84.

He was born on March 12, 1936, in Plainville to Harlan and Doris (Phillips) Gilbert. He married Joan “Jody” Maxine Waterman on February 15, 1958 in Plainville. They were blessed with three children: Brad, Melane, and Michele.

Rooks County experienced a dramatic increase in COVID-19 activity over the weekend with 32 new positives and three deaths. There are currently 36 active cases within the county, including several that impact our schools. Due to our careful and consistent use of masks and disinfection protocols, we have been able to limit absences due to COVID-19 and are currently working with two cohorts of students in modified quarantine within the county. These students are allowed to continue in-person learning as a group unless they become ill.