Norton resident Gladys L. Glenn, 85, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Andbe Home, Norton. She was born October 17, 1930, in Norton, daughter of Earl & Celia (Wycoff) Albin. She was the Norton City Clerk for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Joy; daughter-in-law, Karen; three sons, Eric D. (Brenda) and Curtis J. (friend Lydia), all of Norton, and Randall L. (Denise), of Manhattan; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, John I.; and grandson, Matthew.
Cremation was chosen. Memorial services will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the First Christian Church, Norton, with Pastor Jeff Nielsen officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Norton Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Services, Inc. or Palliative Care of Northwest Kansas.
Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, P. O. Box 563, Phillipsburg, KS 67661 is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.olliffboeve.com.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee Chairman – recently introduced the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act (S. 3183). The legislation would put an end to the growing practice of ticket scam operations that utilize software to poach tickets to in-demand events and drive up prices for consumers.
“Scalpers have long been driving up ticket prices and harming consumers, but their methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated,” said Sen. Moran. “It’s hard enough to get tickets to high-profile events without the added struggle of having to battle bots online. My legislation seeks to put an end to this practice, and I plan to chair a hearing on this important legislation next week as we work to protect consumers from fraud and level the playing field for all Americans.”
“We support any bill that allows Kansas patrons equal access to all tickets that are available for our events,” said InTrust Bank Arena (Wichita) General Manager A.J. Boleski. “Those that use computer programs to circumvent ticketing systems protocols should not be able to acquire large quantities of tickets only to put them out for resell to the general public at a higher price.”
Pandora-Ticketfly Head of Public Policy Katie Peters added, “Scalpers siphon off nearly $5 billion in concert ticket revenue every year, hurting people across the music ecosystem – from fans and artists, to their local concert venues and promoters. We applaud Senator Moran for introducing this legislation to make sure those who create and take part in amazing events are properly rewarded. It’s important for lawmakers to act swiftly on this to help create a music economy that works for everyone.”
Sen. Moran will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to discuss the BOTS Act.
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CARMEL, Ind. (AP) — The for-profit college chain ITT Educational Services is shutting down its campuses days after the U.S. Department of Education banned it from enrolling new students who use federal financial aid. See the school’s web site here.
The company, which operates vocational schools, announced “with profound regret” in a statement Tuesday that it is ending academic operations at all of its more than 130 campuses across 38 states including the location at 8111 E 32nd Street North in Wichita and the location 7600 West 119th Street in Overland Park.
The company, based in Carmel, Indiana, says its move will have an impact on hundreds of thousands of students and alumni as well as more than 8,000 employees.
ITT Educational Services says it was forced to take the action after the U.S. Department of Education issued sanctions Aug. 25, including a ban on enrolling new students who rely on federal financial aid.
In Victoria, it was reported 13-foot-deep flood waters from Big Creek covered the road near the railroad bridge.
“After areas north of Hays received as much as 8+” of rainfall this morning, Big Creek and other streams began to swell Sunday afternoon,” Cirrus Weather reports.
Many roads are closed throughout the area including a portion of Gustad Drive on the FHSU campus.
“I kept getting notifications on my phone about flash floods,” HHS senior Shawn Ballinger said. “I thought it was serious but I was never too worried considering I live at the top of a slope.”
“The last time Big Creek was flooded this severely was back in April,” Cirrus Weather reports.
A popular place (in Frontier Park), the stepping stones, are completely flooded after the Sunday morning storms.
WACO, Texas – Fort Hays State is receiving votes in the first American Football Coaches Association poll released Monday. The Tigers received 13 votes, up from the six they received in the preseason rankings. Defending national champion Northwest Missouri State is still first. Central Missouri of the MIAA moved up four spots to No. 16. Emporia State dropped out of the top-25 following their home loss the top-ranked Bearcats, but are still receiving votes. Pittsburg State and Central Oklahoma, who were receiving votes in the preseason poll, dropped out completely.
2016 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – September 5, 2016
Rank
School (1st votes)
Rec.
Pts.
Prev.
Season Opener
Next Game
1.
Northwest Missouri St. (30)
1-0
750
1
D. No. 24 Emporia St. (Kan.), 41-14
Sept. 8 vs. Washburn (Kan.)
2.
West Georgia
1-0
703
2
D. No. 22 Catawba (N.C.), 23-3
Sept. 10 at Miles (Ala.)
3.
Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
1-0
687
3
D. Tiffin (Ohio), 45-7
Sept. 10 vs. Lake Erie (Ohio)
4.
Shepherd (W.Va.)
1-0
650
4
D. West Virginia Wesleyan, 27-12
Sept. 8 at Charleston (W.Va.)
5.
Ashland (Ohio)
1-0
615
6
D. Mercyhurst (Pa.), 48-0
Sept. 10 vs. Wayne St. (Mich.)
6.
Minnesota State
1-0
581
7
D. Minot St. (N.D.), 35-7
Sept. 10 vs. Bemidji State (Minn.)
7.
Ferris St. (Mich.)
1-0
493
12
D. Ohio Dominican, 41-0
Sept. 10 at Michigan Tech
8.
Texas A&M-Commerce
1-0
481
9t
D. Faith (Fla.), 62-0
Sept. 10 at Delta State (Miss.)
9.
Henderson State (Ark.)
1-0
479
9t
D. Southeastern Oklahoma State, 13-11
Sept. 10 at East Central (Okla.)
10.
Indiana (Pa.)
0-0
474
8
Idle
Sept. 10 at East Stroudsburg (Pa.)
11.
Colorado School of Mines
1-0
449
18
D. No. 5 Colorado State-Pueblo, 57-21
Sept. 10 at New Mexico Highlands
12.
Slippery Rock (Pa.)
1-0
438
11
D. New Haven (Conn.), 31-28
Sept. 10 at West Chester (Pa.)
13.
Humboldt St. (Calif.)
1-0
398
13
D. Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 52-45
Sept. 10 vs. No. 24 Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
14.
Midwestern State (Texas)
1-0
376
14
D. Truman State (Mo.), 31-19
Sept. 17 at Texas A&M-Kingsville
15.
Tuskegee (Ala.)
1-0
297
17
D. Clark Atlanta (Ga.), 36-13
Sept. 10 vs. Albany State (Ga.)
16.
Central Missouri
1-0
290
20
D. Pittsburg State (Kan.), 34-27
Sept. 8 vs. Fort Hays State (Kan.)
17.
Sioux Falls (S.D.)
1-0
207
23
D. St. Cloud State (Minn.), 49-13
Sept. 10 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead
18.
Assumption (Mass.)
1-0
203
21
D. Kutztown (Pa.), 45-21
Sept. 9 at Pace (N.Y.)
19.
Colorado St.-Pueblo
0-1
198
5
Lost to No. 18 Colorado School of Mines, 57-21
Sept. 10 vs. West Texas A&M
20.
North Alabama
0-1
189
15
Lost to Jacksonville St. (Ala.), 31-12
Sept. 17 vs. No. 23 Valdosta State (Ga.)
21.
Augustana (S.D.)
1-0
143
25
D. Northern State (S.D.), 37-34 OT
Sept. 10 at Mary (N.D.)
22.
Florida Tech
1-0
108
NR
D. Newberry (S.C.), 42-28
Sept. 10 vs. Mississippi College
23.
Valdosta St. (Ga.)
1-0
104
NR
D. Albany State (Ga.), 16-7
Sept. 17 at No. 20 North Alabama
24.
Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
1-0
83
NR
D. West Texas A&M, 28-10
Sept. 10 at No. 13 Humboldt State (Calif.)
25.
Colorado Mesa
1-0
45
NR
D. Western State (Colo.), 34-14
Sept. 10 vs. Chadron State (Neb.)
Dropped Out: Indianapolis (Ind.) (16), Minnesota-Duluth (19), Catawba (N.C.) (22), Emporia State (Kan.) (24)
Others Receiving Votes: Harding (Ark.), 38; Indianapolis (Ind.), 34; West Chester (Pa.), 34; Western Oregon, 30; Delta State (Miss.), 27; Minnesota-Duluth, 25; Emporia State (Kan.), 23; Southwest Minnesota State, 20; Catawba (N.C.), 19; Fort Hays State (Kan.), 13; McKendree (Ill.), 12; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 12; Hillsdale (Mich.), 11; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 9; Michigan Tech, 7; Miles (Ala.), 7; North Carolina-Pembroke, 7; Virginia State, 5; California (Pa.), 2; Arkansas Tech, 1; Bemidji State (Minn.), 1; Notre Dame (Ohio), 1.
Artist’s rendition of FHSU Center for Applied Technology and Sculpture
FHSU University Relations and Marketing
The public is invited to a construction preview for the newest academic building on the Fort Hays State University campus.
An update on construction of the Center for Applied Technology and Sculpture is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the circular drive on the west side of the Memorial Union. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Sunset Atrium of the Memorial Union.
Construction on the building is ongoing at the corner of North College Drive and Eighth Street, just northwest of the Memorial Union on a former parking lot. The CATS, set to open in fall 2017, will be the new home to all of the industrial technology programs, technology and engineering education and a sculpture/art studio.
The 58,000 square-foot structure will feature two stories on the front and a story and a half near the rear of the building, with a facade that accents the traditional limestone look of the FHSU campus. The building will also feature an iron and millwork covered entryway and other classic industrial characteristics.
At one end of a two-story, glassed-in atrium area near the front entrance will be a small social cafe nook. Completing the center of the atrium will be two seminar classrooms and an area that will be used for symposiums, technology days and student recruitment.
Hays, Kansas – Virgil R. Jacobs, age 92, died Saturday, September 3, 2016, at Via Christi Village
Care Center Hays, Kansas.
He was born April 21, 1924, on the farm Northeast of Gorham, Kansas, to Adam W. and Mary (Schmidtberger) Jacobs. He married Amelia T. “Millie” (Brungardt) on August 18, 1947, at Victoria, Kansas.
He worked 37 years for the Kansas Department of Transportation and retired in 1985 from the Russell Office as a Supervisor. Virgil and his wife moved to Hays in 1988 from Russell, Kansas.
He was a US Army veteran and served during WWII. He attended the Highland School northeast of Gorham, Kansas. He was a member of St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, St. Nicholas of Myra 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus, St. Fidelis 4th Degree Assembly Knights of Columbus , Hays V.F.W. Post # 9076 and Hays American Legion Post #173.
Survivors include his wife, Millie Jacobs, Via Christi Village Hays, KS; two sons, Ronald Jacobs and wife, Donna, McCook, NE; Tom Jacobs, Russell, KS; Karen K. Ryan and husband, Roger, Wichita, KS, one sister, Glennis Tibbits, Wichita, KS; six grandchildren: Shannon Monnahan (Bret), Brandon Jacobs (Jenifer) Alison Ehrlich (Eric), Chad Klitzing (Jess); Carrie Klitzing, Candi Verbeck (Matt); 11 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Victor Jacobs and wife, Annie; Walter Jacobs; Al Jacobs and wife Coletta; one brother-in-law, Clarence Tibbets; and one sister, Evelyn Ehrlich and husband, Paul.
Services are 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church 2901st 13th Hays, Kansas. Burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery Victoria, Kansas with military honors by the Hays V.F.W. and Hays America Legion.
A vigil service is at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday followed by a 3rd and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 P.M. both at Clines-Keithley Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd, Hays, Kansas 67601.
The 4th Degree Knights of Columbus will stand honor guard from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at the mortuary.
Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Tuesday, and from 9:00 to 9:45 A.M. Wednesday, all at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary of Hays.
Memorial to St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church.
Condolences can be left by guestbook at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or via e-mail to [email protected].
In the east, west, south and north, rain hung in the morning sky. Low-lying fog blanketed the Clark County countryside. At nine o’clock, the temperature inched toward 70 degrees.
Rains throughout August left puddles in low spots on the gravel roads while pickup trucks carved their (tire) signature in the mud. Black, summer fallow fields ballooned with a full complement of moisture. Puddles and small lagoons brimmed over with water as well.
During the month of August alone, Clark County farmer/stockman Bruce McKissick reports his crops have received a strong four inches of rain. These rains came an inch and a half one day, 90 hundreds another and one half inch the last of the month.
With above normal rainfall the last two years, farm life has been a joy in southwestern Kansas. The moisture is truly welcome, especially following four years of drought.
“It’s amazing to see how adequate rainfall can change the landscape in this country,” McKissick says. “The whole countryside is green, fields and ponds are filled with moisture and we’ve really enjoyed this year. It’s a wonderful change.”
According to McKissick, soil profiles are full. At the end of August that’s a rare phenomenon in this part of Kansas.
For the Clark County wheat farmer this means he and his neighbors will have plenty of moisture to plant this fall. The bumper milo crop will also finish out without any trouble.
This year’s milo crop is amazing. Mile after mile and field after field of grain sorghum looks as good or better than western Kansas producers can ever remember.
“The (milo) heads are huge,” McKissick says. “They stand 10 to 12 inches tall.”
Nearly all the fields look uniform as well. Because of the lush crop vegetation, no rows can be seen in the fields. It’s one solid milo crop.
“Our milo crop has really never suffered at any time this year,” McKissick continues. “The crop enjoyed a full profile of moisture going into spring planting and it’s received rain all summer. This growing season was perfect.”
The Clark County farmer walked in some of his milo fields the day before we visited. McKissick says the crop stood four to four and a half feet high. Few weeds sprouted in the crop so far, but aphids continued to munch milo leaves.
It’s rare to see milo that good, that tall and that uniform, he says. Ironically, last year’s crop averaged 100 bushels per acre and McKissick believes 2016 could be as good or better with yields from 120 -130 bushels per acre.
The Clark County farmer does not plant dryland corn. He considers doing so too risky.
The same goes for soybeans. Although if McKissick knew crops would have received moisture like this year, planting them could have paid off.
He prefers to stick with milo and winter wheat and this year’s crop did not disappoint.
“We harvested a 70-bushel wheat crop this year,” McKissick says. “Although we began in June and finished in August.”
That said, this crop averaged 20 bushels-per-acre better than any other crop the Clark County farmer ever raised.
“This year’s wheat crop was the best,” he says. “I credit that to the good Lord.”
John Schlageck, a Hoxie native, is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.
TOPEKA – It was a deadly Labor Day weekend on Kansas highways. Six people died in accidents, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Just after 6 p.m. on Friday Ivan L. Perkins, 71, Rolla, was killed when his Pontiac Montana was eastbound on U.S. 56 six miles west of Rolla crossed left of center and hit a semi.
Just after midnight on Saturday morning, Danny Riddle, 25, Fredonia, died when he was ejected from a Toyota passenger vehicle that was westbound on Kansas 47 two miles east of Kansas 400 in Wilson County. The vehicle driven by Lane B. Colby, 21, Fredonia, veered left of center, entered the south ditch, became airborne, hit the embankment and ejected both occupants.
Colby was transported to Fredonia Regional Hospital.
Just after 11a.m. on Saturday Marjorie L. Bice, Plainville, died at Wesley Medical Center from injuries in a 3-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. 281 and U.S. 50 in Stafford County.
She was a passenger in a Ford Escort driven by George H. Wiebe, 77, St. Louis, Missouri. The driver failed to yield at the intersection, pulled in front of and collided with a 2004 Honda Accord driven by Jonathan D. Ensz, 22 Cimarron that was eastbound on U.S. 50.
The Honda also collided with a 2010 Dodge Avenger driven by Gary D. Lumm, 53, Parsons that was stopped northbound on U281 at U50.
Wiebe and a passenger in the Honda Rachel J. Ensz, 17, Cimarron, were transported to Stafford County Hospital.
Just after noon on Saturday, Reid Allen Bressler, 51, Ozawkie, died after the Chevy Silverado he was driving southbound on Ferguson Road in Jefferson County left the road, hit some trees, and he was ejected.
Just after 9p.m. on Saturday Tyler R. Karraker, 19, Little River, died in an accident after his Chevy S-10 pickup hit a horse trailer pulled by a pickup at the intersection of Kansas 61 and Comanche Road in McPherson County. After the crash, a northbound semi hit the S-10 pickup. Karraker was transported to the hospital in Hutchinson where he died.
Just before 4p.m. on Sunday, Daniel M. McCormick, 77, Stratton, CO., was driving a Honda motorcycle westbound on Interstate 70 six miles east of Goodland in Sherman County.
The motorcycle stuck a westbound GMC Envoy on the passenger side.
McCormick lost control of the motorcycle. It slid and rolled into the median.
McCormick was transported to the hospital in Goodland where he died.
Elmer F. VonFeldt, 90, Hays, died Sunday, September 4, 2016 at the Hays Good Samaritan Society.
He was born October 9, 1925, the son of Frank A. and Philomena (Bieker) VonFeldt in Walker, Kansas on the VonFeldt family farm that would eventually become Walker Army Air Base. The family moved to the Ellis area in 1927 and then in 1938 to a farm on the east side of Hays on land that would later become Saint Anthony’s Hospital, now Hays Medical Center. On June 1, 1948 he was united in marriage to Bertha “Bert” Hertel at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Elmer and Bert lived in Denver, Colorado for many years before returning to the family farm east of Hays in 1966.
Elmer played in polka bands almost all his life. As a self-taught accordion player, he played with his brother Frank in the Harmony Polka Dots, with his son Randy in the Elmer VonFeldt Polka Band, and later The Dutchmasters Polka Band. In later years he enjoyed playing his keyboard for appreciative audiences at the Senior Center and at the Good Samaritan Society. He was a member of St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, the Schoenchen Council Third Degree Knights of Columbus, and the Bishop Cunningham Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his four children and their spouses; Pam Combs and husband Mike of Hays, Randy VonFeldt and wife Mary Jo of Russell, LuAnn Augustine and husband Daryl and Michelle Wiesner and husband Henry, all of Hays, five sisters-in-law; Ida Gerstner of Wichita, Edna VonFeldt of Denver, Rita VonFeldt of McPherson, Stella VonFeldt of Denver, and Florence Hertel of Hays, seven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephew, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Bertha, eight brothers; Alvin, Robert, Linus, Andrew, Francis, Frank F., Marvin, and Francis, and two sisters; Viola Wasinger and Doris Kuhn, and a grandson Kevin VonFeldt.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at the St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, 2901 E. 13th. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Wednesday and from 9:00 am until 9:45 on Thursday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street. The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will stand honor guard from 5:30 until 6:30 with a parish vigil at 6:30 and a combined Third and Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:00, all on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hays Medical Center or to the Hays Good Samaritan Society, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.
Bonnie Jean Sanders, age 69, of Hays passed away Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Trego Manor in WaKeeney, Kansas. She was born April 26, 1947 in Great Bend, Kansas to Alvin J. and Florine (Younker) Sanders. She graduated from Elkhart High School.
She is survived by her mother, Florine Sanders of Hays, Kansas; a brother, Tom Sanders of Wichita, Kansas; Nephew, Dr. TJ Sanders and wife Dr. Rebecca Sanders of Rochester, Minnesota and a niece, Abbey Sanders of Dallas, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her father, Alvin J. Sanders and grandparents, Joe and Adline Sanders and John and Agnes Younker.
Funeral services will be 10 AM Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church in Hays. Burial will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
Visitation will be Monday 6 PM – 8 PM and Tuesday 9 AM – 9:30 AM at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory 2509 Vine Hays, KS 67601
A daughters of Isabella rosary will be Monday at 6:30 PM followed by a parish vigil service at 7 PM all at the funeral chapel.
Memorials are suggested to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (www.nationalbreastcancer.org)
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to [email protected].
Mary Catherine “Cathy” Barnes, 78, Hays, died Monday, September 05, 2016 at the Hays Medical Center.
She was born March 8, 1938 on the family farm Northwest of Schoenchen, Kansas the daughter of Wendelin and Brigitta (Dinges) Werth. On August 1, 1955 she married Tom R. Barnes in Schoenchen. He preceded her in death on April 4, 2006. She was a rancher, farmer, independent oil and gas producer, and loved working cattle, fixing fence, or doing whatever needed done on the farm. She was a gifted accordion player, yodeler, and vocalist and loved music and tending to her garden. She was an avid diary keeper and was a former Ellis County Mother of the Year. She was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Antonino, and the parish Christian Mothers.
Survivors include five sons; John T. Barnes and wife Mary L. of Hays, Stephen R. Barnes and wife Kim S. of Hays, Howard W. Barnes and wife Lucy of Yocemento, Tom R. Barnes II and wife Lori of Topeka, and Wilfred T. “Willie” Barnes of Hays, three daughters; Tamera A. Lang and husband Wayne of Hays, Glenda A. Grosnick of Ocala, FL, and Ronda A. Hall and husband Ron of Enid, OK, and adopted son Tyron J. Barnes of Sarasota, FL, four brothers; Linus Werth of Victoria, Donald Werth and wife Charlotte of Hays, LeRoy Werth and wife Christa of Schoenchen, and Paul Werth and wife Donna of Great Bend, three sisters; Laura Klaus of Hays, Clarice Stoecklein of Ness City, and Dorothy Moeder and husband John of Hays, sixteen grandchildren; Dick Barnes and wife Amy, Mark, Clint, Danielle, Hayley, Jesse, John, Brandi, Bailey, Kirsten, Kendra, Nathan, Dustin, Joshua, and Jared Barnes and Joy Long and husband Jacob, four great grandchildren; Jaycey, Bentley, Macy, and Makenzie, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband Tom, and siblings; Ralph Werth, Joyce Klaus, and Vera Schuckman.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Antonino. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 pm on Tuesday and from 8:30 until 9:30 am on Wednesday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine St. A Christian Mothers rosary will be at 6:00 pm, another rosary will be at 6:30 pm followed by a parish vigil service at 7:00 pm, all on Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, KS in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left at www.haysmemorial.com.
William Albert (Al) Meuth, age 76, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at his home in rural Wichita County, Kansas. Al was born July 21, 1940 in Eolia, Missouri, the son of Charles Sylvester (Pete) & Millie Francis (Wintjen) Meuth. A resident of Wichita County since 1986, he was a cowboy.
On June 4, 1993 he married Deborah Ann (Deb) Koenig in Russell Springs, Kansas.
Al’s surviving family includes-
His wife
Deb Meuth- Leoti, Kansas
Six children-
Faith Ann Martin- Ashland Missouri
Louise & Dennis Gibbs- Columbia, Missouri
Diana Caldwell- Booneville, Missouri
Jason Enderton- Corona, California
Justin & Christina Enderton- Corona, California
Alyssa & Ross Riley- Ulysses, Kansas
Three siblings-
Nellie Lutz- Lapeer, Michigan
Wayne Barns- Moore, Oklahoma
Lori Barns- Moore, Oklahoma
Eleven grandchildren, Six great grandchildren
His parents and a son-in-law, Johnny Martin, precede him in death.
Memorial services will be held at a later date
There will be no visitation
Memorials may be given to the Al Meuth Memorial Fund for Wayside Chapel or God Squad in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home.
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