Gladys Marcum, age 83, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at Wilson Care and Rehabilitation in Wilson, KS.

She was born on January 26, 1937 in Hoisington, KS to Harold and Alice (Crawford) Stevenson. On July 25, 1957 she was united in marriage to Frank Marcum in Alva, OK. They were blessed with 3 children: Terry, Susan, and Patricia.

Gladys worked as a store clerk at Mr. K’s Food Town in Plainville until her retirement. She was a member of the Women’s American Legion, VFW Auxiliary, the Drama Club, and the Plainville-Stockton Quilt Guild.

Paul Jeffrey Page, age 55, Garden City, passed away July 31, 2020, at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City.

Jeff was born in Plainville, KS, November 12, 1964, the child of Vale and Patricia Page. He attended Colby Community College and was a Physical Therapist Assistant in Garden City.

Survivors include three brothers: Michael, Jim, and Dan; four sisters: Mary Bond, Susan Kerns, Melanie Calcara, and Melissa Rempe; a sister-in-law, Susan Gibson Page; a large number of nephews, nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces; and a host of friends.

Erma Maxine Carmicheal, age 91, of Plainville, passed peacefully at her home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. 

She was born on July 9, 1929 to Cecile and Murel Pettijohn near Madison, Kansas.

Erma graduated from Ellinwood High School in 1947 and attended the Kansas City Secretarial School in Kansas City, MO. She married Charles Robert Carmicheal on October 2, 1949. They had three children and celebrated over 65 years of marriage.

Wilbur Perry Cotten, age 99, died August 4, 2020, at Medicalodges, Great Bend, Kansas.

He was born April 3, 1921, in Woodston, Kansas, the son of Perry J. and Blanche A. (Dibble) Cotten. Wilbur graduated from Woodston High School in 1938. He was a WWII veteran, serving as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946.

On June 21, 1947, he married Phoebe Joyce Benedick in Stockton, Kansas. She preceded him in death on January 10, 1977. He then married Marjorie Duncan in 1979 and they later divorced.

David Allen John Rogers, age 40 of Stockton, Kansas, passed away on July 31, 2020 from a tragic, small craft mid-air collision in Soldotna, Alaska.

He was born on January 10, 1980, in Denver, Colorado. He was raised by his mother Renee (Hollingsworth) Rogers and husband Nick.

On February 14, 2002, he was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Rhonda Hebert in Golden, Colorado. They were blessed with three children, Madison, Ben, and Troy.

Sharon “Sherri” K. Wells of Norton, passed away on July 18, 2020 at the Logan Manor in Logan, Kansas at the age of 71.

Sherri was born on March 8, 1949 to Killian and Regina (Ruder) Gerber in Plainville, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Emery Wells Jr. in November of 1985 at the Plainville Courthouse. She was blessed with two children, Andrew and Trisha.

William “Bill” Grant Stewart, age 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Rockville, Md., on June 21, 2020, surround by his loving family.

Bill was born on a farm west of Stockton, Kansas on December 28, 1931.

A Memorial Service for Ryan D. Horner, age 60, Phillipsburg, is set for Saturday, July 11th, at 10:30 a.m., at the Huck Boyd Center in Phillipsburg.

He passed away May 22, 2020 at the Hays Medical Center in Hays.

Survivors include his wife, Cindy, of the home; two sons, Mike of McCook, NE and J.R. of Polk City, IA; two daughters, Tandy of Tampa, FL and Jamie of Auburn, KS; two brothers, Dave and Tony, both of Phillipsburg; one sister, Linda Waters of Stockton; and 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.