Obituaries

Former Woodston resident, Velma Grimes, age 89, Norton, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born November 28, 1931. A full obituary will appear once we are able to obtain that information.

Lorna Ruth Murphy Agard, age 75, Ankeny, Iowa, passed away December 14, 2020, at Trinity Center at Luther Park of complications from dementia and aphasia.

Rev. Lyle Miller preached his last sermon to his Cedar Christian Church family on November 29, 2020. Lyle, age 92, passed away December 22 under Hospice care, tended by his children and extended family at his rural Stockton home.

Carolyn K. Metcalf, age 82, Plainville, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2020, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville.

Diana Kay Garten, age 60, Pratt, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at Olathe Medical Center.

Leona Mae (Kriley) Roy, age 91, Englewood, Colo., passed away December 15, 2020, at her home. She was born April 15, 1929, to John and Irene Kriley, in Stockton, Kansas.

Eric F. Waddell, 69, Salina, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020, at Salina Regional Health Center. He was born July 9, 1951 in Beloit the son of Gene F. and Iris (Bird) Waddell.

Brenda (McLaughlin) Moote, age 57, Windsor, Colo., passed away peacefully comfortably December 12th, 2020, in her own home with her family surrounding her. She was born on September 11th, 1963, in Plainville, Kansas, to Gerald and Gean McLaughlin. 

John Russell “Russ” Reynolds, 80, of Russell, Kansas, died on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at the Willow House in Hays.

Evelyn Marie DeBey of Phillipsburg, Kansas, age 71, went to be with the Lord on December 6th, 2020, at Smith County Memorial Hospital.