Obituaries

Joan Mary Lockwood, age 88, passed away November 8, 2022, at Brookdale Senior Living, Great Bend, Kansas.  She was born January 16, 1934, on the family farm near Burr Oak, Jewell County, Kansas, the daughter of Henry Simon and Daisy Margaret (Niceschwander) Heskett.

Adrain Max "Dee" Desaire, age 85, Wichita, passed away Monday, November 7th, 2022, at the Robert J. Dole Medical Center. He was born October 30th, 1937, to George and Amy (Garringer) Desaire in Damar, Kansas. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend.

Ed was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, on June 15, 1936, the son of Ruth (Immel) and Leroy Herman Zimmerman. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was a welder at ElDorado Bus and Kenison Inc.

Blaine Albert Baxter passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at the age of 78 in Stockton, Kansas. He was born on December 3, 1943, in Hays, Kansas to Victor Reid and Ruth (Blauer) Baxter. He was united in marriage to Margaret Diana “Diane” Miller on March 20, 1970.

Barbara A. George, age 89, of Salina, passed away on Wednesday October 26, 2022, at Paramount Health Care in Newton.

Jane Rae Pfannenstiel, age 87, Hays, left this world to be with her Lord Jesus Christ, with her loving family at her side on Friday, October 21, 2022

Connie Darlene Weaver was born on August 29, 1936, to Harry and Viola (Hoar) Baker in Stockton, Kansas. She passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022, at St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs.

Phillipsburg resident David O. Baumgartner was born on January 17, 1950, in Russell, Kansas and passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022, at the Kansas Soldiers’ Home at Fort Dodge, Kansas. He was 72.

Michael L. “Mike” Howell, age 72, Hays, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022, at home with his family after a long and courageous battle with cancer.