Obituaries

Lila Lee Mitchell, age 90, passed away on July 31, 2022, at Legacy of Salina, Kansas. Lila Lee was born in Palco, Kansas, on June 19, 1932.  She was the second oldest child of Cletus and Lois (Cook) Gibson. She married Richard Mitchell on May 27, 1951, and had 4 children. 

Esther Ann (Whaling) Lamm was born the daughter of Henry & Mary (Porter) Whaling on February 18, 1928, on the family farm south of Osborne. She was united in marriage to Dean Lamm on July 21, 1957. Dean & Esther were blessed with a daughter Jane Deanna, born on August 9, 1959.

Delma Jean “Bubbe” Miller, age 72, passed away August 4, 2022, at the University Of Kansas Health System-Great Bend Campus. She was born on April 12, 1950, in Hays, KS, to Delmar & Dorothy (McGhghy) Marston. She married Ronald Kent Miller on January 25, 1970, at Plainville.

James Patrick Page, age 67, passed away July 31, 2022 at his home in Lucas, Kansas. He was born in Hays, the second son of Vale Page, MD and Patricia Page on November 5, 1954.

Marlene Caroline (Schoenthaler) Deutscher, age 98, of Ellis, Kansas, passed away July 28, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society, Ellis. She was born February 26, 1924, on the family farm north of Ellis to Jacob W. and Mary (Ast) Schoenthaler. She was the last of nine children born to this union.

Harry Crawford Purdum IV passed away on July 28, 2022, at his home in Stockton at the age of 56.

Anita M. (Bedore) Thyfault, age 89, of Hays, Kansas passed away Monday, July 25, 2022, at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born August 4, 1932, in Zurich, Kansas, to Henry and Victoria (Martel) Bedore. She married Kenneth D. Thyfault on July 17, 1950, at Zurich, Kansas.

Thelma Darlene (Shaw) Raines, age 91, of Vermillion, S.D., passed away peacefully on July 17th at the Sanford Vermillion Care Center, surrounded by the love of her entire family.

Cheryl Urbanek, age 79, of Colby, passed away Monday, July 18, 2022, in Colby.

Philip Alan Barber, 85, passed away on July 20, 2022, after a short battle with cancer.