Charlotte Ann (Olsen) Wessel passed away at her home on January 13, 2023. She was born on September 3, 1942 in Eureka, Kansas to William Oliver Olsen and June Hart Olsen. Early in her childhood, the family moved to Council Grove, Kan. where she grew up on a diversified farm which included a Grade A dairy; a flock of 10,000 turkeys per year, cattle, horses, swine, sheep and crops. She learned to work hard, take care of the animals before herself and the art of time management. All of which she used throughout her life.

Charles Laurence Rindt, 85, of Salina, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 8th, 2023.

Billiee Mae Swartz, 93, of Topeka, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023.

Memorial service for Bob Olsen will be 1 p.m., Saturday, January 21,

Bonnie Lee (Hertlein) Gieswein left this world to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on December 30, 2022, with her family by her side from a long struggle of cancer.

Edward Seaton, 79, chairman of the board of Seaton Publications, former publisher of The Manhattan Mercury and champion of press freedom throughout the Americas, has died.

Kirk Randolph Waters, age 63, of Council Grove, Kansas, passed away December 21, 2022, at the University of Kansas Health System. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the son of John and Patricia (Hensley) Waters.

Wayne E. Hanson of Burdick passed away on December 13, 2022, at Diversacare of Council Grove. He was 92.

Juanita A. (Parnell) Roberts, age 87, Clearwater, ret. Mize’s/IGA Sales Clerk, passed away Monday, December 12, 2022.

Maurice J. “Buck” Gehrt, age 94, of Manhattan, died December 8, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi Village in Manhattan.