Obituaries

Marvin Willis Mann, 82, of Plainville, Kansas, passed away on April 28, 2026, atRooks County Health Center in Plainville.He was born May 23, 1943, in Smith Center, Kansas, to Willis and Esther (Molzahn) Mann.Marvin grew up in Kensington, Kansas, and graduated from Kensington High School in 1961.

Germaine "Geri" Thyfault-Brin-Fry, 91, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 2, 2026, at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Salina.

Dorothy “Dora Mae” (Rome) Taylor, age 71, a former Victoria resident, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at the Paramount Community Living and Rehab in Newton.She was born on May 9, 1954, in Hays, Kansas, to Wilmer J. and Valeria (Wittman) Rome.

Former Plainville resident Norma Leigh Bard, 97, Wiggins, Colo., passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026.She was born on August 28, 1928.She retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after 30 years of dedicated service.

Tina Denise Jackson, 59, of Cut Bank, Mont., passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls.She was born in WaKeeney, Kansas, on September 4, 1966, to LaMoyne “Jake” Jackson and Wanda (Shearer) Jackson of Hill City, Kansas.

Elnora Lyn-Nell Reynolds Lowry Clark passed away on April 27, 2026, at age 87 years in Ransom at Grisell Memorial Hospital, ISB.She was born to Willie and Flossie (Fuller) Reynolds on February 26, 1939, in Dodge City, Kansas.

Carolyn (O'Grady) Dierling, Whiting, N.J., passed on March 26, 2026, at the age of 84.Born in Jersey City on February 19, 1942, to William and Lucille Dierling, Carolyn lived with her family in Hoboken, N.J., until 1958, when they moved to Lake Stockholm, N.J., and a few years later, she started...