Obituaries

Thomas Kelly Hull passed away on June 26, 2022 in Downs, Kansas at the age of 79.

Former Woodston resident Thomas “Tom” K. Hull, 79, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Downs. Visitation will be Friday, July 8, 2022, from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home in Stockton.

Velma Mona Garvert passed into her heavenly home on June 25, 2022 at the Silverleaf Group Home in Plano, Texas at the age of 91. She was born on November 3, 1930 in Palco, Kansas to Frank and Elizabeth (Desmarteau) Marcotte.

Thomas “Ed” Brault Sr., age 75, passed away unexpectedly on June 13th, 2022, at Kidron Bethel Health Care Center, North Newton, Kansas. Ed was born on March 7th, 1947, to Eli E. and Josephine Brault.

Former Hays resident, Eunice Agnes Hamel, age 87, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022, at her home in Russell, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1935, in Damar, Kansas, to Armond Ernest and Ruby Amanda (Thibault) Newell. She married Robert Wilford Hamel on September 13, 1953, at Damar.

John Paul Slaven, 93, died June 23, 2022, at Presbyterian Manor of the Plains in Dodge City.

Alan P. Roelfs, formerly of Grantsburg, Wisc., passed away on June 17th, 2022, at the age of 85. Dr. Roelfs was born on November 18th, 1936, and raised on a wheat farm near Stockton, Kansas.

Debbie Ann (Sander) Wallace, Plainville, passed away on June 22, 2022, in Hays, Kansas at the young age of 52 following her battle with cancer. She was born to Delbert and Rita (Baxter) Sander on October 22, 1969, in Plainville, Kansas. She was blessed with three children: Deven, Dylan, and Dayton.

Marla Goodman, 75, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022. She was born July 10, 1946, in Webster, Kansas. She grew up in western Kansas in Webster, Covert, and Stockton. She attended college at Fort Hays State University, where she met her husband, Clyde, of Ness City.