Obituaries

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.

Erick Daniel “Ed” Francis, 37, of Anthony, KS passed away after a short but courageous battle with cancer at Patterson Health Center on September 18, 2025.

Gary George Misak was born on March 2, 1954, in Anthony, Kansas, the youngest son of Myrl Otto Misak and Patsy Violet (Shelton) Patterson.

Katherine J. (Starks) Westmoland was born June 7, 1950 at the Galloway Hospital in Anthony, Kansas, the first born to Bill G. and Elizabeth “Betty Rae” (Patterson) Starks.

Mary Ann (Spitznas) Elmore, 78, of Anthony, Kansas, passed away peacefully on September 8, 2025. She was born March 21, 1947, in Akron, Ohio, to Dale and Joan Spitznas.

Kevin Joseph Noland, 55, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Kansas Heart Hospital.

Dean Everett Day, age 91, of Manhattan and formerly of Harper, Kansas, passed away on August 07, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.

Eleanor F. (Faye) Williams was born on June 2, 1942 to Fenner Ward (Huck) Hamilton and Pearl (Oller) Hamilton in Kansas City, Missouri.

Victoria Ann Doherty Blevins was born September 12, 1942 in Cherokee Oklahoma, the daughter of Edward and Dorothy (Cox) Doherty Amorita, Oklahoma.

Audrey Pearl (Chism) Brewer was born on January 25, 1937 in Baldwyn, Mississippi to Clayton and Hattie (Cruz) Chism.

Larry Glenn Stark, born to Paul James Stark and Edith Evelyn (Cox) Stark on December 13th 1943 in Hutchinson, KS, passed away August 14th 2025 in the care home in Anthony Ks.

Charles Ray “Chuck” Meyer, son of Forrest Arnot and Margaret Elizabeth (Kerley) Meyer, was born June 9, 1937 in Anthony, Kansas.

William Lee “Bill” Foss was born November 12, 1958 in Galena, Kansas, son of William Leonard and Darlene (Parrish) Foss.

Monty Lyn Hess was born October 16, 1965 in Kiowa, Kansas, the youngest of four children born to Roy Theodore and Georgia Maxine (Rash) Hess.