Obituaries

Body Linda Lulubell Fry passed away on September 25, 2020 at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, at the age of 73. She was born on July 10, 1947 at the family farm in rural Natoma to Erle Edmond and Leona Martha (Chrisler) Beck.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body Jean LaVon Hunt passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas, at the age of 93. She was born on October 8, 1926 to William and Myrtle (Sines) Lafferty in Otis, Colorado.

Body Funeral services for Cecil L. Overlease, age 89, of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 24, 2020, at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery near Manhattan, Kansas with Reverend Dale Engle officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Ft.

Body Gerald F. “Jerry” Ruder was called to his heavenly home on Friday, September 11, 2020 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the age of 83. He was born to Leo and Bridget (Bieker) Ruder on December 6, 1936, in rural Rooks County.

Body Patricia “Pat” Louise (Blass) Weidenhaft, Stockton, passed away on September 12, 2020, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS, from a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 66.

Body Cecilia Rose Graf, age 7, of Abilene, passed away tragically Wednesday, September 9, 2020.   She was born August 7, 2013 in Salina, the beautiful daughter of Shawn and Lacy (Kraushaar) Graf.  Cecilia was in the 1st grade and attended St. Andrew’s Catholic School.

Body 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.