Obituaries

Body Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Beckley, age 59, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at Midland Hospice Care.  Liz was born January 16, 1963 in Stockton, Kansas. She graduated from Stockton High School with the Class of 1982. She went on and attended WTI in Topeka.

Body Mildred Minnie (Hermanns) Grauerholz passed away on August 27, 2022. She was born on November 28, 1921. Mildred grew up on a farm south of Athol, Kansas. She married Lester Grauerholz, also of rural Athol, and together they reared three children. She was active in the St.

Body Nancy May (Levin) Muir passed away on August 26, 2022, at her home in Stockton at the age of 90.

Body Bethel P. McElroy passed away on August 23, 2022, in Sterling, Kansas at the age of 91.

Body John Ross Boos, age 38, of LaCrosse, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in LaCrosse. He was born December 8, 1983, in Oakley, Kansas, to Bernard “Barney” and Sheila (Ross) Boos Jr.

Body Longtime rural Alton resident, Imogene Mae Thornburg, age 92, passed away August 19, 2022, at Parkview Manor in Osborne.

Body Arthur R. “Art” Armbrister, age 91, of Zurich, Kansas passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 at Redbud Village in Plainville, Kansas. He was born November 6, 1930 in Ellis County to Christian “Christ” and Hilda (Rumpel) Armbrister.

Body Kay Marie Rush, Stockton, passed away on August 20, 2022, at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City at the age of 80. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Frederick and Elaine (Strasburg) Lehmann on February 16, 1942.

Body Jane Edith (McCaslin) Callabresi, age 81, passed away on August 2, 2022 in Livermore, Calif., her home for the last 53 years. Jane was born January 3, 1941 in Stockton, Kansas and met the love of her life, Melvin, at Kansas State University.

Body Former Stockton resident, Bernita Jean (Duffey) Gawith, age 86, Oberlin, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022. She was born September 10, 1935, on the family farm in Menlo to Ray and Eva (Moos) Duffey. Bernita was the 9th of 12 children. She loved spending time with her siblings.