Marion Renner, retired teacher, full time mother and eternal hell raiser checked out on September 7th, 2020. She was born at home in Zurich, Kansas on July 12, 1933 and often told folks she was “homemade." From this humble beginning in the farmlands of Northwest Kansas she went on to far greater things.

Alyssa Jones of Stockton is happy to announce the birth of her son, Harley Gage. The little guy was born at 3:25 p.m. on September 2, 2020. He weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz. and was 21 inches long.

His big sister, Kaley Jones, a fifth grader at Stockton, welcomes him home.

Grandparents are Justin and Bobbi Basart of Stockton, and John Struckhoff of Kensington.

Kathleen “Kathy” Diane Stice, Stockton, passed away on September 6, 2020 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas, at the age of 64.

She was born on February 7, 1956 to Franklin and Ruby (Allene) Smith in El Dorado, Kansas. Kathy was united in marriage to James “Jim” Stice on February 14, 1976. They were blessed with three children: Jared, Jacob, and Kyleigh.

Ruth A. Winters, age 71, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020, at her home in Russell.

She was born January 25, 1949 in Stockton, Kansas, the daughter of Lorraine Edward and Eunice (Maddox) Williams.

Ruth married William Winters in Osborne and to this union, five children were born: Correna, Robert, Angela, Michael and Michele. They separated when the twins were two months old and later divorced.