Ralph Braun, 87, Council Grove, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022 at his residence.

Anita Marie Hummel, a resident of rural Hope, KS passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 3pm at Memorial Hospital in Abilene, KS at the age of 80.

Marilyn Annette (Roberts) Ziegenhirt, 83 of Emporia, Ks went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2022, in the home of her daughter’s house while surrounded by family. Marilyn was born on January 4, 1939, in Council Grove hospital to Homer and Mary (Hooper) Roberts of Alta Vista. Marilyn grew up on a farm South of Alta Vista and went to a one-room schoolhouse till 8th grade.

Diane Lucille Kratzer, 69, of Dwight, KS, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Newman Memorial Hospital in Emporia, KS. A visitation will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Johnson Funeral Home 203 N. Washington Street in Junction City, KS. Cremation will follow the visitation.

Norma Hisey, sister of Dona Selby, died recently. Her funeral was in the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home with the Reverend Jim Edmison officiating. She was buried in the Hunter Cemetery near Hunter, Oklahoma, where she and her husband, Gene Hisey, spent many happy years. They were blessed with four children.

Isaac David Carver, 21, of Council Grove, KS, exchanged his earthly body for the glory of Heaven on January 30, 2022. He was born in Manhattan, KS, on November 21, 2000. During his childhood years, he lived in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Texas. He graduated from Llano Christian Academy in Llano, TX, in 2019, and attended Kansas State University, 2019-2021. Recently, he worked for Gillaspie Fencing Company in Council Grove, KS.

Norma Faye Burnett, of Alta Vista, passed away on March 5, 2022, in Council Grove, Kansas at the age of 83. She was born September 3, 1938, near Germany Church outside of Alta Vista, to Merlin and Hilda Houser. Norma was raised near Alta Vista, until her marriage to Richard Burnett on October 31, 1955.

Charles B. Taylor IV, age 40, passed on February 27, 2022. He arrived into this world on August 21, 1981, born to Charles and Deborah Taylor in Lawrence, KS.

Norma Burnett, 83, of Alta Vista, passed away March 5, 2022, at the Morris County Hospital.

Jean Elaine (Irwin) Johnson, the youngest of Rosa Welty and William Henry Irwin’s nine children, was born March 11, 1925, on a farm near Wilsey, Kan. She died Jan. 23, 2022, at the age of 96, in Madison, Wis.