All Obituaries

Wallace “Wally” Rons, 92, of Arma, Kansas, passed away at 8:50 A.M., Saturday, August 13, 2022, at his home. He was born August 17, 1929, in Arma, the son of Lay and Anna Polsak Rons. Wally was a lifelong Arma resident. He graduated from Arma High School with the class of 1947, and later attended the Chicago Technical College. Wally was a self-employed carpenter and plumber. He also worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation and was a custodian for Northeast High School in Arma....

Twila Dumond, 74, of Lyons, passed away August 10, 2022, at her son’s home in Augusta, Kansas. She was born August 6, 1948, in Cedar Vale, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie and Rosa (Watson) Wolfe. She has been a resident of Lyons since July of 1976, formerly of Ellsworth. She graduated from Sedan High School with the class of 1966. She then went on to study computer punch card programming in Kansas City and later attended Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Twila was united in...

Clarene Joy “Clare” Goering, 71, of Sterling, Kansas, passed away August 3, 2022, at her home. She was born October 27, 1950, in Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Daniel and Erma Goering. Clare has resided in Sterling for the past ten years, formerly of McPherson, Kansas. She graduated from Moundridge High School, Moundridge with the class of 1968. Clare was an LPN at McPherson Hospital and The Sterling Village. She loved living on the lake, swimming, caring for stray animals including...

Ronald Frank “Ron” Thilgen Sr., 81, of Lyons, Kansas, passed away August 2, 2022, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born November 8, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois. Ron has resided in Lyons for the past 28 years, formerly of Federal Heights, Colorado. He worked as a telecommunications subcontractor for twenty years, Lyons Salt Plant as a sewing machine operator for twenty years, retiring in 2012. Following his retirement, he worked for Mike’s Small Engine Repair in...

Bonnie Kay Haile, 81, of Sterling, Kansas, passed away July 30, 2022, at the Sterling Village, Sterling. She was born January 25, 1941, in Rice County, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin and Evelyn Mills Morley. Bonnie was a lifetime Rice County resident. She graduated from Sterling High School with the class of 1959. Bonnie was a housewife, secretary for Haile’s Dirt Construction in Sterling, and was a clerk for Lantz Clothing Store in Lyons. She was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian...

Gerald Julius “Jerry” Konen, 96, of Little River, Kansas, passed away July 28, 2022, at Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, Little River. He was born June 21, 1926, in Piqua, Kansas, the son of Bernard H. “Ben” and Julia J. (Ulrich) Konen. Jerry has resided in Little River since 1962, formerly of Hugoton and Piqua, Kansas. He served in the United States Army during World War II from December 11, 1944, until August 21, 1946. Jerry retired from Santa Fe Railroad as a depot...

In Loving Memory of Donna Diane Downing Duntz, 75, of Geneseo, Kansas, passed away July 27, 2022, at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons. She was born April 11, 1947, in Bucyrus, Ohio, the daughter of Richard James Downing Sr. and Martha Elizabeth Karns Downing. Donna was raised in Eaton, Ohio before moving to Geneseo, in December of 2017. She enjoyed singing karaoke and playing bingo. Donna was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Donna was very loved and will be...

Janice Kay (Wilkins) Stowell Rothchild, 78, of Monett, Missouri, passed away on July 25, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri, after a short illness. She was born March 1, 1944, in Little River, Kansas, the daughter of Vern and Fern Major Wilkins. Janice graduated from Lyons High School, Lyons, Kansas with the class of 1962. On September 6, 1963, she married Melvin G. Stowell in Lyons, Kansas. They shared 27 years of marriage, before his death on January 1, 1990. On December 12,...

Glenda Jeanne Meyer, 85, of Little River, Kansas, passed away July 20, 2022, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born January 5, 1937, in Wichita, the daughter of Glenn Francis and Ruby Doris Land Mustoe. Glenda has resided in Little River since 1973, formerly of Augusta, Kansas. She graduated from Wichita East High School, and later received her bachelor’s degree in education from Wichita State University with the class of 1973. Glenda was a business teacher at Little...

Arlene Winifred (Bunker) White, 86, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at Hutchinson, Kan. Arlene was born Feb. 11, 1936, at Dorrance, Kan., to Thomas and Frances Bunker. She was raised on the family’s farm between Dorrance and Wilson, Kan. She attended school at Dorrance, and graduated as valedictorian of the Dorrance High School class of 1954. During her high school years, she met Albert Leon White, who had been recruited to play football for nearby Bunker Hill High School. They...