Obituaries

Jule Anna “Julie” Oskin, born May 26, 1946 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to William Laird and Jule Anna (Toth) Oskin, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2026 west of Anthony, Kansas at the age of 79.

Dr. D. Scott “Scooter” Ward of Lawrence, Kansas — loved whole-heartedly and missed by many — was born Sept. 21, 1966, in Kingman, Kansas.

Philip Ray Young was born November 29, 1940, son of Eldon and Helen (Feely) Young, in Manchester, Oklahoma.

Jerry Joe “Jay” Stephenson Jr., 61, of Anthony, Kansas, passed away on January 6, 2026, and went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

DeAnn (Olmstead) Eaton was born on February 3, 1943, in Anthony, Kansas, and passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 28, 2025, in Wichita, Kansas.

Donald (Don) H. Couch, 87, of Attica, Kansas, passed away on December 24, 2025.

Cheryl Ann (Berry) Stark was born in Anthony, Kansas on October 4th, 1949 as the only child of Nicholas and Bertha (Jimenez) Berry.

Daniel Joseph Bonham was born April 28, 1953, one year and five minutes after his sister, Jane, at the Galloway Hospital in Anthony, Kansas.

Ward Eugene Stark was born July 3, 1946 in Anthony, Kansas at the Galloway Hospital, to Homer and Wanda (Davis) Stark.

Sam was born on December 10th, 1935, to Floyd R. and Mabel Dorsett Jones and passed away on December 18th, 2025, at Park West Plaza in Wichita, Kansas.

Donald Dee Jensen went home to the Lord on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025.

Joseph Eugene Blubaugh was born on October 5, 1946 in Harper, Kansas, the youngest of four children born to Eustice Jeramis “EJ” and Laura Catherine (Moritz) Blubaugh.

Loren Eugene Peterson, age 89, of Andover, Kansas, passed to his heavenly home on Thursday, November 20, 2025.

Ruth Bowersock was born October 20, 1938 on the family farm in Pana, Illinois, daughter of Earl Lester and Olive Janette (Lahr) Warner.

Leon Alfred Drouhard, 87, long-time resident of Argonia, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2025, after a short hospital stay in Wichita.

Marilyn Ruth (Reimer) Welch passed away on October 19, 2025, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.

Madge Alice Christiansen was born on July 6, 1929 on the family farm near Anthony, Kansas to parents, Lloyd and Edna Elbe Christiansen.

Harold Ray Pearl, 87, of Harper, Kansas, passed away on October 23, 2025.

George N. Brown, 89, of Lake Wabaunsee, passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

Donelda Joyce Cochran died on October 12, 2025, at The Woodlands Health Care Center in Leesville, Louisiana, from cancer, at age 90.

Rex Austin Gates was born on September 27, 1950, at the Galloway Hospital in Anthony, Kansas, son of Dale and Irene (Carothers) Gates.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Mystie LaShae Chace, who left us too soon on September 28, 2025.