Obituaries

Germaine "Geri" Thyfault-Brin-Fry, 91, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 2, 2026, at Pinnacle Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Salina. She passed with her loving children by her side, just one week shy of her 92nd birthday, on the exact day her own mother was born 119 years earlier.

Dorothy “Dora Mae” (Rome) Taylor, age 71, a former Victoria resident, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at the Paramount Community Living and Rehab in Newton.She was born on May 9, 1954, in Hays, Kansas, to Wilmer J. and Valeria (Wittman) Rome. Dorothy married Leonard C.

Former Plainville resident Norma Leigh Bard, 97, Wiggins, Colo., passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026.She was born on August 28, 1928.She retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after 30 years of dedicated service.

Tina Denise Jackson, 59, of Cut Bank, Mont., passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls.She was born in WaKeeney, Kansas, on September 4, 1966, to LaMoyne “Jake” Jackson and Wanda (Shearer) Jackson of Hill City, Kansas.

Elnora Lyn-Nell Reynolds Lowry Clark passed away on April 27, 2026, at age 87 years in Ransom at Grisell Memorial Hospital, ISB.She was born to Willie and Flossie (Fuller) Reynolds on February 26, 1939, in Dodge City, Kansas.

Carolyn (O'Grady) Dierling, Whiting, N.J., passed on March 26, 2026, at the age of 84.Born in Jersey City on February 19, 1942, to William and Lucille Dierling, Carolyn lived with her family in Hoboken, N.J., until 1958, when they moved to Lake Stockholm, N.J.

Donna Jean (Belisle) Towns, 70, of Ness City, Kansas, and formerly of Palco, Kansas, passed away on April 13, 2026, at the Ness County Hospital in Ness City.She was born on February 12, 1956, to Duane and Patricia (Newell) Belisle in Hays, Kansas.