Richard William Ellis, 79, passed away Friday, October 20, 2023, in Wichita, Kansas.
He was born on April 10, 1944, at the family farm west of Stockton in Rooks County, Kansas, to Clyde William Ellis and Ruth Marie (Betts).
Cynthia Gail Judd, 69, passed away on October 21, 2023, at Medicalodges of Great Bend, Kansas.
She was born on August 25, 1954, in Wichita, Kansas, to William and Phyllis (Corley) Votapka. On November 28, 1981, she married Mark A. Judd in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
A long-time Great Bend resident from Stockton, Cindy worked as an accountant for CPI and financial manager for 20/20 Optix. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene.
Cindy was an avid reader, enjoyed KU basketball games, and participated in the Relay For Life Survivor Walk.
Francis Richard Everett passed away on October 9, 2023, in Woodston at the age of 66.
He was born on February 15, 1957, to Albert and Dorothy (Abernathy) Everett in Kansas City, Kansas.
Edna “LaVerne” (Horton) Hackerott, of Plainville, passed away on October 15, 2023, at the Redbud Village in Plainville, at the age of 101.
She was born on October 18, 1921, to Harry and Ruth (Henry) Workman in Plainville.
She married Troy Lee Horton on September 10, 1939. To this union, four children were born: Jack, Linda, Barbara, and Curtis. Troy passed away on January 14, 1972. On August 17, 1974, LaVerne married Gordon Lowell Hackerott, and she was blessed with four stepchildren: Roger, Larry, Roberta, and Mary. Gordon passed away on March 20, 2001.
Jerry Alan Isakson, Robin Colleen Hamilton, and Stormi Rose Isakson, of Dodge City, Kansas, tragically passed away on October 14, 2023, in Bucklin, Kansas.
Roberta V. Hairfield, 92, of Larned, Kansas, died on October 11, 2023 at Diversicare of Larned.
She (Bobbie) was born December 20, 1930, in Zurich, Kansas, the daughter of Rudy and Violet Novotny of Hoisington, Kansas.
Roberta graduated from Hoisington High School in 1948 and was employed with Southwestern Bell in Plainville and Hoisington, Kansas.
On May 7, 1951, she married Harry W Hairfield of Hoisington in the Great Bend Methodist Church. They were married for 62 years until his death in 2013.
Twila Marie (Keas) Sander, of Stockton, Kansas, passed away on October 10, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, Kansas, at the age of 82.
She was born at home in Stockton, Kansas on February 26, 1941, to Chester Leo and Laura Bell (Turnbull) Keas. Twila came into this world in the middle of a blizzard and remained her own force of nature throughout her lifetime.
Emily E. Schroeder, age 72, Bloomfield, Neb., passed away Monday, October 9, 2023, at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Vernon “Leroy” Hutton passed away on October 7, 2023, at the Phillips County Retirement Center in Phillipsburg at the age of 91.
He was born February 7, 1932, in Rooks County, the son of Vernon and Edna (Brown) Hutton.
Survivors include his wife Arlyne; son Kirk of Blair, Neb.; daughters Sharon Kinnan of Oakdale, Neb., and Muriel Iman of Agra; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Mary Ellen (Toombs) Dunphy, of Stockton, passed away on October 7, 2023, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, KS, at the age of 90.
She was born on February 28, 1933, to Homer Arthur and Mary Ellen (Green) Toombs in York, Neb. She married William Robert “Bill” Dunphy on November 30, 1957.
