Richard Joe Burnett of Alta Vista, Kansas, passed away on April 24, 2022 in Herington, Kansas, at the age of 87. He was born on January 9, 1935, in Farmers Branch, Texas, to Jerry and Mary Ella (Johnson) Burnett.
On July 21, 1929, Janet Esther Ray Freeby, like her four brothers and one sister, was born in her parents farmhouse bedroom in Wilsey, Kansas. She was welcomed to Heaven on April 22, 2022 at the age of 92 by her loving husband, Frederick Raymond Freeby Jr. and her parents, Mildred Minerva Hewins and Earl Walter Ray. She was a well-treated resident at Homestead Assisted Living of Manhattan and was lovingly cared for in her final days at the local Good Shepherd Hospice House. Jan and Fred gave life to Larry Ray Freeby and Scott Richard Freeby and are survived by them and their wonderful families. They will be missed but we know that with Fred’s smile of an angel and Jan’s voice like a song… “Freddy and Jan Carry On.”
Donald Hamilton, age 91, of Council Grove, passed away April 30, 2022, at Diversicare of Council Grove.
James W. “Jim” Thompson II, 84, Topeka (Harveyville), passed peacefully April 14, 2022.
Carrol Ross Joy, 101, Alta Vista, KS took Jesus’ hand at his daughter’s home (Cathy), on April 25, 2022. He was twenty-one days shy of being 102. He was born on the family farm as the youngest child of Ross and Bertha (Hesser) Joy on May 16, 1920, in Alta Vista. He attended Pleasant Ridge School and in 1938 he graduated from Alta Vista High School.
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