Jan. 21, 1959 – Sept. 21, 2019

TOPEKA — Rick D. Arb, Melvern, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at Midland Hospice, Topeka. He was 60.

He was born Jan. 21, 1959, at Ottawa, the son of Earl Dean and Pauline Mason Arb. He spent all of his life in the Melvern community.

He attended Melvern schools, graduating in 1977. He was in the trucking business until he became disabled due to an injury. He attended True Grace Community Church and Church of God in Melvern.

He married Sonia Hurt. They later divorced. They had two children, Crystal and Jeffery.

Nov. 2, 1940 – Sept. 16, 2019

OSAGE CITY — Ilene Kay Freeman Mueller died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at Osage Nursing Manor, Osage City. She was 78.

She was born Nov. 2, 1940, at Santa Maria, Calif., the daughter of Milton B. “Pete” and Wilma Mae Cokeley Freeman. She attended Osage City High School until the 10th grade.

She married Edwin C. Mueller Aug. 23, 1957, at Osage City. He survives of the home.

She worked at Hallmark Cards as a napkin wrapper. She was a former Scout Commissioner for the Jayhawk Area Conference and Coast Guard Auxiliary Officer.

July 2, 1934 – Sept. 4, 2019?

SHAWNEE — Sally Palmer, Shawnee, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at her home. She was 85.

She was born July 2, 1934, at Augusta, the daughter of Allen and Edith Ashcraft. She graduated with the Melvern class of 1953. She attended Emporia State University for two years before taking the position of teacher at Rapp School in Osage County, a one-room schoolhouse. After two years at Rapp School, she moved to Chicago and took a job with Book Supply Company.

Sept. 9, 1956 – Sept. 12, 2019

OVERBROOK — Joy Lee Clark Schmidt, Scranton, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook. She was 63.

She was born Sept. 9, 1956, at Enid, Okla., the daughter of Robert Earl and Eunice Ann Fiser Clark. She was a 1974 graduate of Jackson Heights High School and received her Bachelors in Education and Masters in Counseling from the University of Kansas.