Obituaries

Normand Lee Hrabe, Stockton, passed away on February 26, 2022, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the age of 94. He was born on March 20, 1927, at home in Twin Mound Township, Rooks County, Kansas, to Frank G., Jr. and Laura (Kopsa) Hrabe.

Norris Cole, age 70, of Hays, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022, at Redbud Village Nursing Care in Plainville, Kansas. He was born February 14, 1952, in Norton, Kansas, to Neale and Shirley (Glass) Cole. He graduated from Hays High in 1970.

Ronald Francis Werner passed away on February 24, 2022, at the age of 77, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville.

Robert E. Fields, age 80, of Hays, Kansas, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. He was born September 3, 1941, in Colby, Kansas, to Floyd H. and Nina H. (Kersenbrock) Fields. He married Della (Dreiling) on May 11, 1968, at Colby, Kansas.

Doris Joan “Jo” Pruitt, age 92, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2022, with family by her side. She was greatly loved and will be greatly missed. Doris was born on December 24, 1929, in Phillips County to Warren Lemuel and Nora Helen (Chance) VanEaton.

Leona Drullinger, Woodston, passed away on February 19, 2022, at the Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 59. She was born on August 10, 1962, to Floyd Allen Blair and Frances Marie (Redfield) Blair in Norton, Kansas.

Betty Ann Hunter, formerly of Plainville, passed away on February 18, 2022, at the Sheridan County Health Complex in Hoxie at the age of 77.

Ervin Lee Keeler, age 80, passed away February 12, 2022, at his home in Ellis, Kansas. He was born July 13, 1941, in Sterling, Colorado. Ervin married Judith May Sue February 3, 1963, in Bogue, Kansas, at Sue’s parents house.

Father James P. Grennan, 97, of Russell, Kansas, died on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas. Father James Grennan was born Dec. 28, 1924, north of Beloit to William James and Mary (Doyle) Grennan. He grew up near Jamestown and attended St. Mary Parish.

Eldo F. Graham passed away February 10, 2022, in Norton at the age of 92.  He was born July 22, 1929, in Long Island, KS, the son of Forest & Elsie (Hollingshead) Graham.