Obituaries

David Normandin of Arkansas City passed away July 18, 2020 at Select Speciality Hospital in Wichita. He was 57. David was born on April 22, 1963 in Hays, Kansas to Eugene and Anna Mae (Belisle) Normandin. He was a 1982 graduate of Palco High School.

Marilyn Sue Majors of Salina, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 11th, 2020, at the age of 70. She was born in Stockton, Kansas on September 17, 1949, the daughter of Ruth (Hance) Jackson, of Salina and the late Ivan Ray Jackson.

Gerald Eugene (Jerry, Birdman) Bird, age 67, of Plainville passed away August 10, 2020 at his sister’s home in Hoxie.

Delbert P. “Del” Staab, age 83, of Alamo, TX, passed away August 4, 2020 due to complications from COPD. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Born October 3, 1936 in Hays to Frank and Mary (Weigel) Staab, he was the third of seven kids.

Gladys Marcum, age 83, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at Wilson Care and Rehabilitation in Wilson, KS. She was born on January 26, 1937 in Hoisington, KS to Harold and Alice (Crawford) Stevenson. On July 25, 1957 she was united in marriage to Frank Marcum in Alva, OK.

Paul Jeffrey Page, age 55, Garden City, passed away July 31, 2020, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. Jeff was born in Plainville, KS, November 12, 1964, the child of Vale and Patricia Page.

Erma Maxine Carmicheal, age 91, of Plainville, passed peacefully at her home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.  She was born on July 9, 1929 to Cecile and Murel Pettijohn near Madison, Kansas.

Wilbur Perry Cotten, age 99, died August 4, 2020, at Medicalodges, Great Bend, Kansas. He was born April 3, 1921, in Woodston, Kansas, the son of Perry J. and Blanche A. (Dibble) Cotten. Wilbur graduated from Woodston High School in 1938.

David Allen John Rogers, age 40 of Stockton, Kansas, passed away on July 31, 2020 from a tragic, small craft mid-air collision in Soldotna, Alaska. He was born on January 10, 1980, in Denver, Colorado. He was raised by his mother Renee (Hollingsworth) Rogers and husband Nick.