Obituaries

Our gentle and loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend Gerald Orr left this earth and joined our mother on January 24, 2022.  He was blessed with 90 great years and many adventures along the way. On January 16,1932, the world welcomed Gerald Kelly Orr.

Phillipsburg resident Mike Engling passed away February 12, 2022,  peacefully at his home surrounded by family and friends at the age of 64. He was born October 17, 1957, in Plainville, the son of Edward M. Engling Sr. and Clara R. (Golembiewski) Engling. He graduated from Plainville High School.

Ernestine Marie Augustine, 88, Munjor, died Saturday, February 12, 2022 at HaysMed. She was born July 13, 1933 in Stockton, the daughter of Ernest and Hilda (Roelfs) Lamkin.  She graduated from Stockton High School then earned her Cosmetology License.

George and Cooper Gier, of Russell, Kansas, died in a tragic car accident on Friday, February 11, 2022, in rural Russell County, Kansas. George Cecil Gier was born on June 28, 1981, in Salina, Kansas, the son of Leo G. and Marian K. (Cooper) Gier.

Todd Wesley Jones, 42, of Wichita, Kansas lost his lifelong battle with mental illness on January 25, 2022.

Leonard Rahjes, age 74, Kensington, passed away on January 26, 2022, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City after a valiant, months-long battle with lymphoma. He was born on July 12, 1947, in Smith Center, Kansas.

Leland Steven Dix, age 73, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022 at Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born January 13, 1949 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, the son of Leonard F. and Lula Jane (Richardson) Dix.

Rita Joan Hrabe, Stockton, passed away on January 30, 2022, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville at the age of 86.

Margaret “Edna” White Blauer Gartrell passed away at the age of 105 on January 29, 2022 in Stockton, Kansas. She was born in Jewel County, Kansas on August 8, 1916 to Charles Ernest White and Martha Emmer (Crumley) White.

Margaret Nix, Smith Center, passed away Jan. 21, 2022, at the Smith County Hospital in Smith Center at the age of 66. She was born August 4, 1955, the daughter of E.B. & Annie (Simmons) Smith.