Obituaries

William Martin Silverstrand, or “Bill”, as he was fondly known by most, passed away at Brookdale Assisted Living, in McPherson, Kansas, on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, at the age of 88. Bill was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on October 16th, 1933, to Martin E.

Deron Lance Withers, 53, left his earthly home on Sunday, November 28, 2021 as a result of a severe asthma attack. Deron was born June 3, 1968 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Sandi Withers and the late Dick Withers.

Gladys Rita (Healy) Rivard was born on November 12th, 1939 to Gladys Portle Healy and Arthur John Healy in Worcester, Massachusetts. With the death of her mother at childbirth, Gladys was raised by a combination of her father and her mother’s siblings. She grew up in an Irish Catholic family in Worcester and graduated from Notre Dame Academy and Anna Maria College (Paxton, Massachusetts). Following a whirl wind romance fraught with the usual family conflict when a French man courts an Irish woman in the 50’s, she joined Rodney Rivard in marriage on March 24th, 1962 at Holy Trinity church in Washington, D.C. In 1964, Rodney graduated from Dental School, joined the Air Force, and they traveled the world for 21 years. The widely held opinion is that Rod’s favorite assignment was Alaska and Gladys favored Guam. Rod and Gladys eventually settled in Leavenworth, Kansas where they lived for 30 years. Gladys always hated snow! It was in 2018 that she convinced Rod it was time to leave Kansas for the Sunshine State and they selected Sun City Center for their retirement home. As with every other move they quickly made it into something special.

MCPHERSON - Dean Ahl Brungardt, 59, of McPherson, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021, at his home with family by his side under hospice care. He had courageously fought his cancer for two and half years. He was born October 8, 1962 in Omaha, NE, to Al Brungardt (deceased) and Marilyn (Brungardt) Bishop. Dean moved to McPherson, Kansas in 1990 and worked as an electrical lineman for the Board of Public Utilities for 31 years. He had numerous interests including dirt track racing (most recently at 81 Speedway near Wichita), bowling, boating, motorcycle riding and golfing.

BELLE PLAINE - Frank Anderson, 92, died Monday, November 22, 2021. Visitation: Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Smith Mortuary, Derby.