DERBY — Paul Richard (Dick) Runquist, 89, passed away on July 12, 2025, in Derby, Kan. Dick was born on Jan. 1, 1936, in Lindsborg, Kan., to Paul Albert and Agnes Violet (Lindholm) Runquist. He was raised on a farm near Falun, Kan., that was homesteaded by his Swedish-immigrant great-grandparents in the 1800s. He attended elementary grades in a one-room school across the road from the Runquist farm.