Vickie L. Wright, age 70, of Grove, Oklahoma passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at her home. Vickie was born on August 23, 1951, to Fred and Valeda Miller in Emporia, KS.

Ronald D. Wessel, rural Emporia, passed away at his home on Friday evening, August 19, 2022 at the age of 81.

Maxine Louise Soule, 89, longtime resident of Arkansas City, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services have been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Central Christian Church. Reverend Dennis Voth will officiate. Burial will follow in the Parker Cemetery. Friends may greet the family from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home and Crematory.

Betty Lou Murray Barnes Barker, age 93, of Council Grove, passed away August 19, 2022, at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, Kansas. She was born on a farm ten miles Northwest of Ottawa, Kansas on March 7, 1929, and was the daughter of Harris and Rosa (Steinman) Murray.

Ronald Lee Henning

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Bessie Arlene Gilliland, age 97, passed away to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Willow creek Assisted Living in Elizabethtown, KY where she was the longest tenured resident.

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Jimmie Joe “J J” Nielsen, rural Allen, Kansas, passed away at his home on Friday, August 5, 2022, at the age of 84.

Lightning Dusk Wilcox, infant son of Quinn and Jessica (Stahl) Wilcox of Dwight, passed away in his parents’ arms on July 13 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in K.C.