All Obituaries

Ross Q. Vasconcells, 90, of Lyons, passed away July 19, 2018 at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons, Kansas. Funeral service will 12:00 P.M., Monday, July 30, 2018 at First Baptist Church, Lyons with Pastor Joel Grizzle officiating. Burial will be at Lyons Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M., Sunday, July 29, 2018 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with family present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Memorials can be made to Bell and Star Fund in care of Birzer Funeral...

Charles Walker Hayes “Pappa”, 87, of Sterling, KS, passed on to eternity on July 20, 2018 at the Hospice House in Hutchinson, KS. Charles was born on July 3, 1931 in Hutchinson to Ray and Nellie Walker Hayes. He and his family moved to Sterling in 1943. Charles attended Sterling Schools, graduating with the class of 1949. There he met the love of his life Maxine. He enlisted in the Navy, serving with the Reserves on a ship off the East Coast. He married Maxine on October 12, 1952...

Carol Ade Byard, 88, of Lenoir City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018. Carol was born in Gypsum, Kansas in 1930 to the late Samuel Ade and Alice Swisher. She was of Baptist faith, and had a love for music and dancing. Her life was dedicated to her family. Carol was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Donald Byard; children, Sandra Byard Hubbard and Donald Chad Byard; sister, Virginia Ade Hopkins. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Lavon Thomas of...

Sandra Lee Carter, 78, of Wichita, passed away July 9, 2018, at Comfort Care Homes, Wichita, Kansas. She was born on September 11, 1939, in Sterling, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Jennie (Pearson) Savage. She graduated from Sterling High School in 1957 and attended Sterling College. Sandra was a longtime resident of Wichita, and a native of Sterling, Kansas. She married William Winston Carter on November 29, 1959 at Sterling Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 4, 2003. She was...

James Alan Wood Jr., 69, of Geneseo, passed away July 1, 2018 at Salina Regional Health Center. He was born January 21, 1949 in Sterling, KS, the son of James Alan Sr. and Ruby Kruse Wood. He graduated from Geneseo High School with the class of 1967. Alan has been a lifelong Rice County resident, having lived the majority of his life in Geneseo. He was owner-operator of Alan Wood Trucking, Inc. in Geneseo. Alan was a volunteer for Geneseo #5 Fire Department. Alan played slow pitch...

Jane Louise “Rodgers” Glenn, 98, died July 7, 2018 at the Sterling Presbyterian Manor. She was born January 8, 1920, at Abilene, Kansas, daughter of Earl and Mabel Rodgers. Graduated Hutchinson High School in 1938, and graduated Hutchinson Junior College. November 3, 1940, married Harry Gilmore Glenn, also from Hutchinson; they were married 59 years. During WWII, she joined her husband, who served in the Navy in New York, working at Brooklyn Naval Ship Yards and various jobs in...

Max R. Crowl, 82, of Lyons, passed away July 1, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society, Lyons. He was born December 14, 1935 in Lyons, the son of J. Howard and Ruby Mae Massey Crowl. He graduated from Lyons High School with the class of 1953. He later attended Washburn University and Kansas City Trade School for auto mechanics. Max was a lifelong Rice County resident. He was an employee of Young Motor Co., Lyons Manufacturing, Master Machine Tools, Northern Gas Products and Enron, retiring in 1999....

Mary Ellen Tippin, 88, of Sterling, passed away June 28, 2018 at her home in Sterling. She was born July 1, 1929 in Iola, KS, the daughter of Vernon and Lois (Colton) Wallace. She grew up on a homestead ranch in southeast Colorado. Soon after her graduation from Pritchett High School, Pritchett, CO in 1947 she moved with her parents to Sterling, KS. Mary Ellen received a secretarial diploma from Adela Hale Business College in Hutchinson, KS in 1948. She worked as a legal secretary in...

Colt William Tomlin, 28, of Little River, passed away June 22, 2018 in Salinas, Puerto Rico. He was born April 11, 1990 in McPherson, Kansas, the son of Charles Tomlin and Christy Weis. He graduated from Little River High School with the class of 2008 and Pratt Community College in 2010, where he received an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Electrical Power Technology. Colt ran track for Pratt Community College for two years. Colt was a lifelong Little River resident. He worked as an...

Florene Maye “Flo” Berblinger, 83, of Sterling, passed away June 20, 2018 at the Newton Medical Center, Newton, KS, after suffering a massive stroke. She was born on December 7, 1934 in Little River, KS, the daughter of Robert and Florence Murdick Reynolds. She graduated from Sterling High School. Flo has resided at the Asbury Park Retirement Community in Newton for the past year, formerly of Sterling. She was a bank teller for First Bank in Sterling formerly the Farmers State...