Obituaries

Body 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. 

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

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

Body 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.

Body 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.

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

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