Joe Milton Fetterolf III, 68, of Ulysses, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses.
He was born May 7, 1955, in Plainville, Kansas, the son of Joe “Sunny” and Dorothy Loree (McLaughlin) Fetterolf, Jr.
Joe and his sister, Jolene, grew up in Plainville.
He married Debra Carter on April 20, 1974, in Liberal, Kansas, and was her best friend for 49 years.
Rebecca Wellman, age 61, of Stockton, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville.
She was a fierce, resilient, family and friends-first type of Mississippi Queen.
Patricia A. “Pat” (Kollman) Middleton, 88, passed away June 17, 2023, in Magnolia, Texas, where she had made her home for several years.
She was born December 18, 1934, to Henry and Laura Kollman in Woodston, Kan.
Pat graduated from Woodston Rural High School after attending her early years at the one-room school in the Survey School District. Following high school, she attended and graduated from Kansas State University.
Arthur Lee “Art” Wilkens, of Stockton, passed away on July 7, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, at the age of 87.
He was born on April 2, 1936, the third son of Charley and Jessie (Herren) Wilkens at the family farm home in Cheyenne County, Kansas.
Art attended Walnut Grove country school through 8th grade, then Regis (a catholic boarding school) in Denver, Colo., his freshman year of high school. He then went to St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Hays for his sophomore year but graduated from McDonald Rural High in 1953.
Roy Ballard passed away on July 6, 2023, at his home in Alton, at the age of 70.
He was born on May 31, 1953, to William George and Marjorie (Boland) Ballard in Osborne.
Kenneth McClure, age 82, of Stockton, died July 5, 2023, at the McPherson Hospital in McPherson.
He was born on August 3, 1940, in Phillipsburg, Kansas, to Woodrow and Beulah Leota (Meracle) McClure.
Kenneth and his sister, Betty, were raised on the family farm west of Phillipsburg, where he learned the value of hard work.
He attended country school in Phillips County and furthered his education at Phillipsburg High School, joining the US Army soon after his 18th birthday. His Army and Kansas Army National Guard tenure lasted eight years.
Randall R. “Randy” Schmidt, 67, Hays, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
He was born January 15, 1956, in Hays, the son of Alfred L. and Mary K. (House) Schmidt. While growing up, he attended St. Joseph Grade School, Kennedy Middle School, and Thomas More Prep High School, and later earned a bachelor’s degree from Park College, a master’s degree from Webster University, and attended Oklahoma State University.
Janet Sue Dombroski, of Plainville, passed away on July 3, 2023, at Rooks County Health Center, in Plainville, Kansas, at the age of 83.
She was born on April 3, 1940, to Henry Charles and Lois Rowena (Doty) Cooley in Ottawa, Kansas. She married Robert Charles Dombroski on December 20, 1958, in Plainville. He passed away on May 31, 2012.
Robin Laura Bigge-Harris, 81, passed away on June 26, 2023, at The Grove Senior Living Center in Independence, Missouri.
She was born on her family farm in Stockton, Kansas on September 15, 1941 to Kirk and Bethyl Bigge.
