Obituaries

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.

Sara Jane “Sally” Skinner, age 76, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2022 at her residence in Lakeside, Texas. Sara was born to William Robert Skinner and Frances Lucille Kieffer on November 28th, 1945. Her immediate family knew her as Sally or Sara, but to many others she was just “Mom."

Charles William “Bill” Campbell, Woodston, passed away on July 15, 2022, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville, KS, at the age of 85.

Charles Lee Welch passed away on Friday, July 8, 2022 at the Logan County Manor in Oakley, Kansas at the age of 72. He was born on February 28, 1950 to Arthur and Joan (White) Welch in Covington, Virginia. Charles grew up in Globe, Arizona and graduated from Globe High School in 1968.

Bonnie Jean McElroy passed away on June 29, 2022 at the age of 89 in Hutchinson, Kansas.