Donald Charles Gregg, Jewell, passed away Thursday, July 8th, at his home in Topeka. Don was born March 6, 1944, in Kansas City, KS, the son of Burton and Dorothy Gregg. Don worked most of this life as an auto mechanic. During his time in Kansas City, he worked for Morasch Automotive. He worked there until moving to Jewell in 1973. In Jewell, he worked at the Jewell Implement Company until 1978, before going into business for himself, opening Gregg Automotive. A few years...

The world has lost its kindest soul. Warren Glen Applebee, born August 14, 1938 in Jewel, Kansas went home to be with his Lord April 7, 2021 in the comfort of his home in Cawker City, Kansas, after fighting a long battle with cancer.  Upon Warren’s departure from Earth, he was reunited with his parents, Edward and Phoebe, his wife, Mary, his beloved daughter, Sheila Applebee-Duke, his brothers, Gerald, Ross, Red (Owen), Slim/Diz (Otis), Joy (Ed), Lee and sisters, Sis (Wanda)...

Jerry L. Collie, age 77, passed away at home on April 3, 2021. He was born on May 24, 1943 to E.O. and Stella Collie. Jerry was a hard worker and an exceptional salesman. He loved the Lord and had a passion for His creation. His favorite activities took place outdoors and he especially loved birds and bird watching. A big part of his life was devoted to Alcoholics Anonymous, which he credited for giving him his life back. He faithfully attended weekly meetings since 1993. Jerry is survived...

Millie Carol Oplinger was born on Sunday, April 15, 1923, to Warren B. and Bertha Clark Oplinger, on the family farm east of Jewell, KS which was homesteaded by her grandfather Clark.  Carol departed this life on January 11, 2021, at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, KS.  Carol was the youngest of three children. Carol attended Spring Creek School through the sixth grade, then Jewell Elementary School and Jewell Rural High School graduating in 1941. Carol attended church...

Johnnie Lee Birdsell, son of Dale Ellsworth and Geneva Knight Birdsell, was born January 14th, 1950 in Beloit, Kansas. He departed this life on December 5th, 2020 at his home near Mansfield, Missouri at the age of seventy years, ten months and twenty-one days. John married his high school sweetheart, Carolyn Jo Huff on May 31st, 1969 and together they had four children. John was preceded in death by his parents. John is survived by his wife of fifty-one years, Carolyn; their children,...

Robert Royal Cook of Manhattan, Kansas passed away on October 3, 2020 at Ascension Via Christi, Manhattan.  Robert (Bob) was born midwinter, December 29, 1928 in Jewell County, KS on the farm his grandfather homesteaded, to parents Albert Elmer Cook and Lula Inscho Cook. The second youngest of nine children, he arrived in a world heading into global depression and war. Bob’s father died during the depression and the family would lose the farm before the country could climb...

Marjorie June (Nelsen) Hulbert of Mankato Kansas, died August 3, 2020 at the Mitchell Country Hospital. She was born on July25, 1936 to Hans Andrew and Mildred Ethel (Fringer) Nelsen. She was born in Burr Oak, Kansas. Marjorie graduated from Bur Oak High School, Class of 1954. Marjorie married Myron Eugene Hulbert on July 18, 1953 in Nelson, Nebraska. She loved to crochet, reading and camping. She was a housewife and mother of 3 children before starting to work. She worked at the Jewell...

Barbara B. King, formerly of Mankato, KS, passed away on August 2, 2020 in Richardson, TX. She was born in Topeka, Kansas on April 26, 1930. Barbara attended Kansas State University in Manhattan Kansas. After moving to El Paso, Texas in 1961, she developed a love for playing bridge and achieved the rank of Life Master. She was a talented artist, painting in oil, pastel, and watercolor media’s. Many of her pieces were exhibited in galleries. After returning to Kansas in 1994, she...

Karen F. Thompson McIntyre was born February 6, 1939 in Lakin, KS to Leonard and Kathryn Davis Thompson.  She went home to her Heavenly Father on May 19, 2020. Karen grew up on the family farm at Ulysses, KS and also lived in Ulysses when the family moved off the farm.  After high school, she went to college for one year and then joined the Army.  After returning to Ulysses, she worked for the Ulysses News and later as an abstractor in a local office. Karen met Steven...

Brian Lloyd Williams passed away on April 10, 2020, at the age of 47 at his dream home in Jewell, Kansas. He was born June 2, 1972, in Beloit, KS to Eldon “Bub” and Pamela “Pam” (Holdren) Williams. Brian was a lifetime resident of Jewell County, growing up in Jewell and graduating from Jewell High School with the Class of 1990. After high school, he attended Colby Community College and then transferred closer to home to attend Cloud County Community...