Arleta B. (White) Carlton died Nov. 2, 2023 at the age of 94. She was born Sept. 16, 1929, to Earl and Velma White, Glen Elder, Kansas.

After graduation from Glen Elder High School, having earned a teaching degree, she taught grades 1 through 8 in a one room school house.

On Aug. 8, 1948, she married Gerold D. Carlton in Glen Elder. To this union six children were born: Lavona, Lesa, Leila, Loeta, Lucille and Roy Jon. At the time of Gerold's death, they had been married 61 years.

Arleta loved horses and enjoyed trail and buggy rides. In addition to that, she enjoyed life to the fullest, travel...