Obituaries

Body Cindy Jackson, Phoenix, Ariz., passed away on March 23, 2023, at her home at the age of 65. She was born June 21, 1957, in Loveland, Colo., the daughter of Ronald and Robin (Larken) Jackson.   She graduated from Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg.

Body Frances Marie Michaelis, age 98, passed away July 13, 2023, at the Trego County Lemke Memorial Long-Term Care in WaKeeney.

Body Elda Hamit passed away on Monday morning, July 17, 2023, at the Rooks County Health Center at the age of 100. he was born on May 17, 1923, to Leo and Eva (Atkinson) Elliott in Torrington, Wyo.

Body Henry E. Schindler, age 76, passed away July 10, 2023, at the University of Kansas Health System in Great Bend, Kan. He was born April 16, 1947, in Hays, Kansas, to Ray and Vera (Arrington) Schindler. Henry grew up on the family farm in Greenfield Township in Rooks County, Kan.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.