Obituaries

MCPHERSON – Kimberly Kay (Eck) Jermark was born to Herman and Margaret (Jacobs) Eck on August 12, 1953, in Osborne, Kansas. She passed peacefully from this life at home surrounded by her children and grandchildren on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in McPherson, Kansas.

WEBB CITY, MO. – Dee Ann (Allphin) File Dickerson, 85, was born Jan. 6, 1937, as the eldest daughter of Delwin H. and Helen G. (Black) Allphin. While born in Hutchinson, Dee Ann spent most of her childhood and early years in Beloit. She graduated from Beloit High School in 1955 and married Arnold C. File on June 5th. Four children were born to this union: Donald, Kathleen, Douglas (who died at birth) and Karyn. Dee Ann was a homemaker and farm wife, known for her cooking and especially her baking and cake decorating. This passion clearly continued throughout her life as seen in the cookbooks and handwritten recipes that she had collected. Several of these handwritten treasures were handed down to her loved ones.

ELLSWORTH – Timothy A. “Tim” Hall, 44, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on Monday, March 7, 2022, after a heroic and hard-fought battle with cancer. He was born February 25, 1978, in Fort Scott, KS to Ronny L. and Carol (DeCoudres) Hall. Tim married Cara Dean on July 25, 2006, in Las Vegas, NV. Together, the couple raised four children.