Obituaries

Duane Edward Fitts, 76, passed away on February 18, 2025, at his home in Stockton.He was born on May 26, 1948, to Ray Edward and Alberta Mae (Behrend) Fitts in Longmont, Colo.Duane graduated from Lyons High School in 1965 and spent much of his life working as a stone mason and carpet layer, both in...

Patricia Kay (Atkisson) Johnson, 72, Hays, passed away on February 14, 2025, in Kansas City.She was born on December 27, 1952, in Stockton to Robert Elmer and Darlene (Cahail) Atkisson and raised by Elmer and Gladys Atkisson.Pat attended grade school and high school in Stockton, graduating in 1970.

Former Plainville resident Ruth Alma (Ferland) Rempe, 91, of Leoti, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2025. She was born on November 9, 1933, in Damar, Kansas, the sixth of eleven children to Euclide and Marie (Benoit) Ferland.

Sharon Sue McLaughlin, 69, of Zurich, passed away on February 15, 2025, at HaysMed in Hays.She was born on July 13, 1955, to Delwin and Velma (Meitler) Mendenhall at Plainville Rural Hospital in Plainville.

Darcy (Peak) Rodger, age 49, of Hays, passed away on February 15, 2025, in Hays.She was born July 6, 1975, in South Carolina, the daughter of Don and Gaylene (Duntz) Loyd. Her family lived in Kirwin, Kansas where she spent her childhood.

Joann Fern Hrabe passed away Monday, February 3, 2025, at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville at the age of 61.She was born on Friday, December 13, 1963, in Quinter, Kansas, to Leonard and Linda (Bedore) Hrabe. Legend has it that it was 13 below zero, and Joann was a breached baby.

John Allen Vohs, of Plainville, passed away on February 2, 2025, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 66.

Charles Donald Casey, 82, passed away on February 2, 2025, at Kansas Christian Home in Newton. He was born on January 16, 1943, in Newton, Kansas, the youngest of seven children to Frank and Bertha (Squier) Casey. He married Pauline Jean (Bright) on July 4, 1963.

Robert "Bob" Eugene Williams, 76, of Stockton, passed away on February 3, 2025, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on July 17, 1948, to Karl and Quetona (Bird) Williams in Stockton, where he lived his entire life.

Gloria Ann (Van Patten) Nelson, daughter of Loren E. Van Patten and Mildred Standish Van Patten, was born July 28, 1937, at Norton County Hospital, Norton.