Obituaries

Shirley F. Finnesy, of Plainville, passed away on February 5, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. She was born on March 4, 1935, to Herman B. and Clarron A. (Clements) Mason in Hays. She married Richard Duane Finnesy on July 31, 1953, in Plainville.

Rex Wise passed away peacefully at Redbud Village in Plainville on February 4, 2024, at the age of 74. He was born on July 24, 1949, to Norman and Ietta Mae (Hrabe) Wise in Hays, Kansas.

Genette Elaine (Nelson) Keas, of Plainville, passed away on February 3, 2024, at the Rooks County Health Center after a brief illness at the age of 92. She was born on May 29, 1931, the third daughter of Merle and Ethel (Lamb) Nelson in Codell, Kansas.

Connie Rae (Nudson) Carlson, of Gaylord, passed away on January 31, 2024, at the Smith County Memorial Hospital in Smith Center, at the age of 79. She was born on April 4, 1944, to Virgil Y. and Mildred M. (Noland) Nudson in Manhattan. She married Keith L. Carlson on February 14, 1965, in Sedalia.

Cheryle Ann Menzies, age 75, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at the Kansas City Hospice House.

Leona Delphine Haase, 104, passed away on January 28, 2024, at Medicalodges of Great Bend, Kansas. She was born on November 25, 1919, in Zurich, Kansas, the daughter of Jeremiah and Rosalie (Ducharme) Forgue. She graduated from Palco High School in 1936.

Eunice A. Dinkel, 84, Garden City, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2024, at St Catherine Hospital in Garden City. She was born on April 18, 1939, in Graham County, Kansas, the daughter of George & Anna Mae (Eichman) Martell. She married Melvin J. Dinkel at St. Peter on June 3, 1961.

Martha V. Nuckolls, 92, Burdett, passed away on January 27, 2024, at Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned. She was born July 22, 1931, in Burdett, the daughter of Kenneth and Lena Blackwell Friend. A lifetime area resident, she was a secretary and farmwife.

Ada L. (Dougherty) Glick-Wanamaker, 102, of Winfield, Kansas, and formerly of the Russell and Plainville, Kansas, area, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2024, at the Cumbernauld Village in Winfield. Ada was born on January 26, 1922, in the Codell, Kansas area.