Obituaries

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body Alec Paul “Putts” Hrabe, Stockton, passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 3, 2020 in Rooks County, at the age of 57. He was born to Doyle and Dorothy (Thyfault) Hrabe on April 23, 1963 at the Hays Hospital in Hays, Kansas.

Body Longtime Stockton resident Laverne Mae Merklein, age 80, passed away on September 7, 2020, at Hays Medical Center in Hays. She was born on December 4, 1939, in Norton, to Ernest H. and Mathilda (Tillie) M. (Vogel) Grau.  

Body Former Stockton resident, Ruth (Williams) Winters, age 71, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020, in Russell. She was born January 25, 1949, the daughter of Lorraine and Eunice Williams. A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, September 5th, at 10:00 a.m.

Body Vicki Ann Richards was born March 25, 1953 in Quinter, Kansas to Howard and Marjorie (Hockman) Richards. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 28, 2020. She graduated Hill City High School and married her high school sweetheart, Roy Cooper, on June 10, 1972.

Body Joseph “Joe” Karlton Swaney, Stockton, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at the Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 57.

Body Joseph "Joe" Karlton Swaney, age 57, Stockton, passed away Sunday, August 30th in Des Moines, Iowa. A complete obituary will be available Tuesday, September 1st.

Body Altha Elaine (Ives) Yoxall, age 92, entered into rest on Friday, August 28, 2020, at the Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born in Hays, Kansas on June 29, 1928 to Harold and Hilma (Fischer) Ives.