All Obituaries

Reba Maxine Ratliff rejoined her loved ones on November 9, 2018, at the age of 89. Leaving to grieve are many family members and caring staff of Sterling Presbyterian Manor. We will miss her ornery ways and sweet smile. She was a strong and “tell it like it is” woman. She loved to dance and laugh. In her memory, give your loved ones a hug and tell them you love them often. Put on a pot of coffee, gather your dears have a seat at your table and talk about the good times. Cremation has...

Galen Lee Starns, 91, of Lyons, passed away October 27, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society, Lyons. He was born June 3, 1927 in Petrolia, Kansas, the son of Hugh “Doc” and Sylvia Patton Starns. He graduated from Matfield Green High School with the class of 1944. Galen has resided in Lyons for the past 39 years. Galen served in the United States Navy as a Merchant Marine during World War II. He was a superintendent for Cities Service Gas Company, Lyons, Kansas for 42 years, retiring in...

Gary Lee Brady, 77, of Chase, passed away October 20, 2018 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born October 6, 1941 in Johnson, Kansas, the son of Charles and Ruby Bitner Brady. He attended Chase High School, later graduating from Salt City Business College. Gary has resided in Chase since 1961, formerly of Johnson, Kansas. He was a shop foremen at Lyons Manufacturing for 30 years. Gary was a member of First Baptist Church, Chase, 700 Club, and CB-Club of Rice...

Mary Lou (Prather) Weaver, 77, of Lyons, passed away October 17, 2018 at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. She was born April 2, 1941 in Lyons, Kansas, the daughter of William G. and Pansy Vinson Prather. She graduated from Lyons High School with the class of 1959. Mary Lou has resided in Sterling since January 2017, formerly of Lewis, Kansas. She had been bookkeeper for Shears Construction of Hutchinson, and owner/operator of Alden Café. Mary Lou attended St. Mark’s Episcopal...

Zona Lee Bolton-Suess, 78, died October 5, 2018, at Corvallis, OR, following a long illness. She was born in Lyons, KS, June 21, 1940 to Laurence I. and Mary V. Bolton. She attended elementary and high school at Macksville, KS, and graduated in 1958 as Valedictorian of her class and as a National Merit Scholar. She attended Kansas State University, where she met Erwin Suess, a geologist and Ph.D. candidate. They were married in a small limestone church near Tuttle Creek outside Manhattan...

Norma Ailene Porter, 89, of Bushton, passed away October 12, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society, Lyons. She was born June 28, 1929 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Ernest and Hazel Kerns Louis. She graduated from Bushton High School in Bushton, Kansas with the class of 1947. Norma has resided in Lyons since 2011, formerly of Bushton for 20 years and Tulsa, Oklahoma for 25 years. She was a nurse’s aid and lab tech at various locations around Kansas; and nurse and office manager in Tulsa...

Stanley Eugene “Red” Ramsey, 82, of Bushton, passed away October 10, 2018 at his home in Bushton. He was born December 15, 1935 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the son of Floyd and Agnes Potter Ramsey. He graduated from Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas, with the class of 1954. Stanley has resided in Bushton since 1960, formerly of Lawrence, Kansas. He was a boilermaker with local 83 Kansas City, Missouri for 57 years, retiring in 1998. Stanley attended Bushton First United Methodist...

Robert (Bob) Dimitt went to be with the Lord on October 12, 2018, at the Hospice House in Lyons, Kansas.  Robert Eugene Dimitt was born August 5, 1962 in Kingston, New York to Donald Gene Dimitt, Sr. and Nina (Samms) Dimitt.  He resided in Chase, Kansas since 1988.  For the past nine years he was a resident of Rosewood Services of Great Bend.  Bob was always full of jokes and pranks, always smiling even on his worse days.  He had a big heart and was a “tough...

Leona Pearl Waggoner, 61, of Lyons, passed away October 2, 2018 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson, Kansas. She was born November 11, 1956 in Lyons, Kansas, the daughter of Jesse Floyd and Esther Maxine Cochran Cook. She graduated from Lyons High School in 1975 and was a lifelong Lyons resident. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she found her calling providing care to others as a nurse. Beginning her career as a CNA, she continued her education and received her LPN...

Berta Dee Archer, 97, of Lyons, passed away September 26, 2018 at Country Living of Lyons. She was born March 4, 1921 in Conway, Kansas, the daughter of Oscar and Harriet Bailey Strohm. She graduated from Little River High School with the class of 1939. Berta Dee has resided in Lyons for almost 80 years, formerly of Little River, Kansas. She was a bookkeeper for Hotel Ly-Kan, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Lyons, and Archer Oil Company. Berta Dee was a member of First Christian Church,...