Obituaries

Body Arthur Norman “Art” Normandin, 63, of Damar, passed away May 5, 2023, at his home. Art was the fifth child of seven, born April 24, 1960, in Hays, Kansas to Eugene and Anna Mae (Belisle) Normandin. Art attended school in Damar and Palco.

Body Robert Leroy Kern passed away on May 4, 2023, at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas at the age of 83. He was born on August 11, 1939, to Norbert and Edna (Reese) Kern in Rooks County, Kansas.

Body Patricia “Pat” Ann (Meyers) Norris passed away on May 4, 2023, at the Derby Health & Rehab in Derby, Kansas. She was born on February 27, 1944, to Edmund and Virginia (Kriley) Meyers. She grew up on the farm with her parents and brother Don.

Body David James “Jim” Crandall, 69, of Swink, Colorado, passed away Monday, May 1, 2023, at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was born Monday, May 25, 1953, in Colorado Springs, to David C. & Melba J. “Jackie” (Greener) Crandall. Jim was the second of three children.

Body Curtis Dean Deutscher, age 69, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023, at his home in Ellis, Kansas. He was born March 16, 1954, in Hays, the son of Carl H. and Amy E. (Moore) Deutscher. Curtis attended school in Ellis, graduating in 1973.

Body Malachi Patrick Miller, 12, of Gorham, Kansas, entered eternity Monday, May 1, 2023, at his home after battling a year-long illness. Malachi was born August 23, 2010, at his home, in a hurry to enter this world, as he arrived just minutes after the midwife rolled in.

Body Dennis Eugene DeYoung, age 66, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2023, at his home in Victoria. Dennis was born July 11, 1956, to Stanley Calvin and Betty Jean (Osborn) DeYoung in Plainville, Kansas. He married Diane Elizabeth Geist on August 17, 1984, in Hays, Kansas.

Body Linda Lee Riffe, Casper, Wyo., passed away on March 26, 2023, at the age of 82

Body Phillipsburg resident Eugene D. Ross passed away April 25, 2023, at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg at the age of 79. He was born Jan. 30, 1944, in Rooks County, the son of Dewey and Eula (Sammons) Ross.