Obituaries

Patricia Anne Pierce, daughter of Henry F and Edith L (Campbell) Pierce was born on April 2, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri. Her death occurred September 19, 2022 at Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital, Gardner, Kansas at the age of 76.

Marilyn (Klaus) Leiker, 80, Hays, died Thursday, September 29, 2022 at her home. She was born March 14, 1942 in Hays, the daughter of Paul and Emmerentia (Haselhorst) Werth.

Lyndell May Dykes, age 79, of WaKeeney, Kansas passed away Sunday, September 25, 2022 in WaKeeney. She was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 15, 1943 to Gladys and Roy Dykes. Lyndell lived in Cheyenne through high school. She was in the first graduating class of Cheyenne East High School in 1961, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. Lyndell went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Hastings College in 1965. Upon graduation from Hastings College, she earned a prestigious grant to the Parson’s School of Design in New York City where she studied art and worked for about two years. She decided to pursue a Master’s degree at Fort Hays State and made Kansas her permanent home. Lyndell spoke four languages - English, French, Italian, and Spanish.

Gilbert S. “Shorty” Dreiling, 84, Hays, died Thursday, September 29, 2022 at Rush County Memorial Hospital surrounded by family.

Virginia Jacqueline Clapp, age 86, Hays, Kansas passed away on Wednesday September 28, 2022 at Hays Medical Center. She was born October 28, 1935 in Salina, Kansas to Anthony and Edith (Pihl) Zamrzla.

Judy Kay Crispin, 77, of Wichita, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2022, in Derby. She was born January 29, 1945, in Salina.

Ivonne “Vonnie” S. Burmeister, 83, passed away on September 18, 2022, at the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire, Kansas. Vonnie was born on August 20, 1939, in the Methodist Parsonage in Claflin, Kansas, to Emery E. and Twila M. (Bisbee) Grossardt. She married Ferdinand “Fritz” H. Burmeister on January 23, 1960, in Claflin, Kansas.