Graveside services will be held at the Wilsev Cemetery Tuesday, May 10, at 2 p.m. for Evelyn Lee, 94, a former resident of Wilsey. She died December 1, 2021 in Loveland, Colorado, after a long battle with cancer.
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.
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