Obituaries

Freda Merle Hassell, 93, Edmond, Okla., passed away on July 10, 2025.She was born on November 9, 1931, in Rogers County, Oklahoma, to Claude C. and Delitha Lucille Sprinkle.Her family moved to Alma, Nebraska, in 1943, when her father (deceased in 1966) took a job with the Kansas-Nebraska Gas...

Clair Joseph Rogers, age 76, of Liebenthal, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays.He was born on October 26, 1948, in Hays, Kansas, to Clair Joseph and Norma Lea (Scott) Rogers. On December 19, 1970, he married Alberta June Groff in Plainville, Kansas.

Lawrence D. 'Butch' Fetterolf, age 74, of Plainville, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2025, at Hays Medical Center in Hays.Arrangements are pending and will be announced once finalized, along with the inurnment, which will take place in the Stockton City Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, memorials...

Carol Ann Ellett, 79, of Stockton, passed away on October 1, 2025, at the Rooks County Hospital in Plainville.She was born on June 15, 1946, to Frank and Agnes (Metheny) McCumber in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was married to Larry Ellett on January 5, 1964, in Divide, Colo.

Darrell Lee Hartzler, age 83, Broken Arrow, Okla., passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2025.He was born June 20, 1942, in Hays, Kansas, the beloved son of Wilbur Lawrence Hartzler and Pauline Carlson (Hartzler-Glendening).

Bobby "Bob" L. Kuhlmann quietly passed from this earth on Monday, September 1, 2025, at 3:30 a.m. His passing was peaceful, following a long season of heartbreak after the loss of his beloved wife, Junietta "June" (Haas) Kuhlmann, on November 1, 2024.

March 28, 1950 – September 15, 2025Charles "Charlie" Richard Hansen was born on March 28, 1950, in Smith Center, Kansas, to William and Evelyn Marice (Lamont) Hansen. He was raised in Plainville, where he proudly graduated from Plainville High School with the Class of 1968.

William Martin “Bill” Delaney passed from this realm to the next in Anchorage, Alaska on August 27, 2025.Bill was born on May 12, 1957, the youngest of three children born to Robert L. and Betty Ellen (Earl) Delaney.Bill grew up in Woodston, Kansas, and graduated from Stockton High School in 1975.

Teresa Clementine' Clemmie' (Robben) Montoia, 97, of Norton, passed away September 8, 2025, in Norton.She was born December 18, 1927, in Norton, to Clemens and Katherine (Wieland) Robben.Clemmie grew up in Norton and graduated from Norton Community High School in 1947.

Lorraine Kay (Hance) Newell, 81, of Webster, Kansas, departed this life on May 3, 2025, at Rooks County Health Center.She was born at home on the family farm in Webster on April 24, 1944, to Raymond and Christine Hance, and graduated from Webster High School in 1962.