Obituaries

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.

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.

Marlene Jane McCue, 82 years of age, of Mankato, Kansas, passed away Friday, October 6, 2023, at the Ascension Via-Christi of Manhattan in Manhattan, Kansas.   She was born on November 11, 1940, in Smith County, Kansas to Phillip and Hulda (Dettmer) Long.

Gregg Douglas Cooper, 74, of Hoxie, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Sheridan County Health Complex. He was born in Hoxie, Kansas, on April 25, 1949, to Mark and Rose (Meier) Cooper.

Phillipsburg resident David D. Dreiling passed away on September 22, 2023, at the age of 74. He was born on June 9, 1949, in Berthoud, Colorado, to Michael and Pauline (Hepp) Dreiling.

Nathan Andrew Worley, 36, of Henrietta, Texas, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023. He was born on August 30, 1987, in Denver, Colorado to Ronald L. Worley and LaDonna (Franz). He married Marandi Towery on June 18, 2022, in Henrietta. Nathan worked as a mechanic in Henrietta.

Teri Jean Hart, age 64, of Hays, Kansas, went to be with our Lord after passing away peacefully at home on September 15, 2023. She was a devoted wife, loving mother, loyal daughter, affectionate caregiver, and faithful friend.

Kenneth Wayne Kuntzsch, Sr., 77, of Russell, passed away Thursday, September 14, 2023, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas. He was born on March 19, 1946, in Russell, Kansas, the son of William H. and Margaret F. Reddig.

Glade resident Dale D. Bretton passed away September 16, 2023, at his home in Glade at the age of 88.   He was born July 9, 1935, in Phillips County, Kansas, the son of Hugh and Edna (LaRue) Bretton. He was premature, weighing only two lbs.

Chris passed away suddenly from heart failure at her home in Stockton, Kansas, at 71. Raised in Colorado, she rode with the Westernaires, learned to ski, backpacked, graduated from Poudre HS in 1969, and briefly attended Western State University in Gunnison, Colorado.