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Mavis Lorraine (Railsback) Ohlson, age 94, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Arapahoe Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Mavis was born on October 1, 1926 on a farm in Norton County Kansas 1/2 mile from the Nebraska line to John “Lloyd” and Leona C. (Palmer) Railsback. Mavis attended country school in Norton County through eighth grade. Since there was no local high school, she then lived with her paternal Aunt Grace and her husband Lyle Young for four years while she completed her high school years in Joes, Colorado. She graduated from high school in 1944 and then attended college in Greeley, Colorado where she received her teaching certificate. She then applied for and obtained her Kansas State Teaching Certificate. She taught for one year in the Country school in Lyle, Kansas.