Kathryn Aileen (Gallagher) Eilert, formerly from Jewell, was born on Jan. 9, 1917 on the family farm out side of Jewell, KS. Kathryn was the second of four children born to Jo Gallagher of Jewell and Catharine (Feeney) Gallagher of Altoona, Penn. Kathryn attended grade school at Couch School near the family farm. She graduated from Jewell High School in May, 1934. Teaching was always Kathryn’ s passion. After high school graduation, she completed Normal Training in 1938 to become a...

Wendell Moyer, age 88, loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend went to be with our Lord on October 15, 2018. He was born to Harry and Minnie (Remus) Moyer on March 24, 1930 and raised on a farm near Ionia, Kansas. Following high school in 1949, Wendell helped his father on the family farm. In 1954, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and was stationed in Fort Bliss, TX to finish his basic training. After basics, he was sent to Fort Knox, KY where he served with the advanced...

Darlene P. Thompson, age 84, of Jewell, Kansas passed away October 8, 2018 at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit, Kansas. She was born July 4, 1934 in Superior, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Boyd Brown and Pearl H. (Norwood) Brown. On August 22nd, 1954 she married William Gene “Bill” Thompson. She was a homemaker and a farm wife. She was a member of the Jewell Christian Church, Jewell Chamber of Commerce, Red Hat Society, and Brownscreek Garden Club and CWF. She was...

Stanley Eugene Abram was born in Jewell County, KS, on January 25, 1935. He was the fifth, and youngest, child of Albert and Elsie LaRue Abram. He lived the first ten years of his life on “the Postlethwaite place” southwest of Jewell and attended school at the Couch school. In 1945, his family moved north of Jewell and he began attending Jewell public schools. He graduated from Jewell Rural High School in 1953 and attended classes at Fort Hays State University until he enlisted...

Elsie Faye (Hanson) Gabe, age 99, entered into rest on July 24, 2018 at Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, KS. Elsie was born on May 26, 1919 to Albert and Elsie (McElroy) Hanson. Her mother died when she was giving birth. Elsie’s grandparents William F. and Samantha McElroy took on the responsibility and raiser her until she was thirteen years of age and then she moved back in with her father. From the time Elsie was a baby she was given the nickname of “Babe” and to this day most...