John Paul “Floss” Flores, Sr., 76, of Parsons, died at 6:35 P.M., Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at his home.

Edith Hileman, 80, of Wichita and a former Girard resident, died at 7:41 a.m., Monday, October 19, 2020 at her home in Wichita.

Lacreta Stice, 88, a resident of Woodridge Estates in Parsons, died there at 8:03 a.m., Monday, October 19, 2020.

Richard Eugene Fry, 85, of St. Paul, and a former Kansas City, Kansas and Warsaw, Missouri resident passed away at 9:10 a.m., Friday, October 16, 2020 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village of St. Paul.

Michael (Mick) Lee Morris 75, was born January 24, 1945 to Shirley Margaret (Stobart) and John Robert Morris.

Tommy L. Manning, 41, of Hallowell, died on Saturday morning, October 10, 2020 due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

Arnold George Kichler, 77, of Weir, formerly Girard, Kansas died at 8:33 p.m., Thursday, October 8, 2020 at his residence.

Nelda Dean, 80, of Erie, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday morning at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul.

Donald W. “Donnie” Moody, 70, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and a former Parsons resident, passed away, Monday, October 5, 2020, at the Ascension St. John Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville.

Betty L. Dixon, 92, lifelong Parsons resident, died at 1:10 a.m., Thursday, October 8, 2020 at the Elmhaven Nursing Home.

Perry A. Willits, 69, of Cherryvale, died on Monday, October 5, 2020 at his home.

Dorothy Mae Blaine, 95, of Chanute, formerly of Erie, died at 2:49 P.M., Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at the Neosho Regional Medical Center at Chanute.

Mardelle N. Beech, 91, of Erie, passed away at 5:23 p.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020, at Guest Home Estates in Erie.

Kathryn S. Giles, 70, of Parsons, passed away at 10:46 p.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020, at the Freeman Health System in Joplin.

Stephen R. "Steve" Baird, 70, of Parsons, passed away at 12:50 a.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society in Parsons.

Norma A. Reed, 79, of Thayer, passed away at 4:15 a.m., Friday, October 2, 2020 at the Presbyterian Manor in Parsons.

Dorothy E. Abella, 83, of Girard, passed away at 5:46 p.m., Friday, September 25, 2020 at the Via Christi Village of Pittsburg, Kansas.

Wanda Lea McElfresh, 70, of Parsons, died at 5:00 A.M., Saturday, September 26, 2020 at her son’s home.

Geneva A. Gier, 93, of Girard, passed away at 2:07 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Westridge Assisted Living of Girard.

Walton “Walt” James Skeans was born in Springfield, Kentucky on April 25, 1929 to Johnny C. and Ethel (Lester) Skeans.

James “Jim” O’Neal, 93, of Parsons, died at 7:30 A.M., Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at his home after a brief illness.

Zelda Florence Mutch, 99, of Girard, died at 6:20 a.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2020 in the Via Christi Village in Pittsburg.

Robert M.Novotny, 90, a longtime rural Thayer resident, passed away peacefully at the Wilson County Medical Center in Neodesha at 3:00 a.m., Thursday , September 17, 2020, five days after losing his wife Ardis.

Debi K. Shannon, 67, of rural McCune and a former Parsons resident, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2020, unexpectedly from natural causes.