Raymond O. Shellito, 93, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Smith County Memorial Hospital, Smith Center, KS.
Raymond was born August 13, 1924 in Smith Center, KS, the son of Roy O. and Katherine D. (Kiddoo) Shellito. On October 21, 1945 he married Betty Hays in Smith Center, KS, to this union they were blessed with three children, Ray Lee, Barbara and Milo. Raymond was a proud United States Navy Veteran serving from April 22, 1944 to May 8, 1946. He served on the USS South Dakota (BB-57), USS Iowa (BB-61) and was a radarman, Third Class.
Raymond loved to farm and kept busy building fence, milking cows, taking care of the chickens, hogs, feeding the cattle and anything else he and Betty would happen to have on the farm. Betty and Raymond enjoyed square dancing and did so until they were unable to. Ray had also sold registered Charolais cattle for many years. He served on the Smith Center Coop Board, Custer Cemetery Board and was a Cargill seed dealer. His pride and joy were his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, he loved playing pitch anytime family showed up and never wanted anybody to leave. Raymond enjoyed homemade ice cream and loved when Ray Lee and Barbara would make him ice cream when staying with him at the farm.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Milo, his wife Betty, three brothers, Alfred E., Harold C. and Arthur Leo Shellito and two sisters, Frances I. and Eva Katherine Hill.
Raymond is survived by a son Ray Lee (Cindy) Shellito of Russell; daughter Barbara (Jim) Sweat of Smith Center; daughter-in-law Sharlyn Shellito of rural Smith County; seven grandchildren, Gunnison R. Shellito of Dallas, TX, Austin A. (Lisa) Shellito of North Lake, TX, Sommer (Damian) Morgenstern of Russell, Laura (Rhett) Kingsbury, Lee Sweat and fiancé Michelle Allen all of Smith Center, Alicia (Lucas) Douglas of Galva, KS and Anthony Shellito of Smith Center; and ten great-grandchildren, Marshall and Henry Shellito, Talia, Ethan and Breely Morgenstern, Sierra, Kinser, Camber and Briggs Kingsbury and Sawyer Douglas.
A celebration of Raymond’s life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 29, 2018 at All Faiths Funeral Chapel, Smith Center, with Pastor Lance McDowell officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, January 28, 2018 and until service time Monday at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS. Memorials may be given to Raymond O. Shellito Memorial Fund and sent in care of the funeral chapel.
Hello from Topeka and Happy Birthday Kansas! Probably the biggest news this past week was Governor Brownback confirmed as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He is resigning this week and Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer will occupy the southeast corner of the capitol building. At the time I am writing this we do not know who the new Lt. Governor will be, so we have that to look forward to.
The conversations continue on school finance, last week the House Republican caucus heard from Rep. Blaine Finch, Chairman of the Special Committee on a Comprehensive Response to the School Finance Decision. Other Representatives serving on the interim committee were Rep. Campbell, Rep. Johnson, Rep. Trimmer, Rep. Waymaster, and Rep. Winn. The interim committee was charged to: review and analyze the recent Gannon v. State decision; identify the responses available to the Legislature and the consequences of each; and explore options to reduce or eliminate the perpetual cycle of conflict over school finance and end the perennial and recurrent threat of school closures.
Caucus members also discussed how the case was presented to the Supreme Court, including how the Legislature showed its work. Speaker Ryckman indicated it is important that an expert be involved in the case. Since it is important for an expert to be involved in the case, the Legislative Coordinating Council (LCC) hired an expert to perform a cost study by March 15. Once completed, that study will be peer reviewed, along with previous cost studies by Augenblick and Myers and Legislative Post Audit.
The Speaker emphasized that school finance is a math problem. 90 percent of the state’s budget is expended for: Education, KPERS, and Social Services. If $600 million is added to the K-12 system, the K-12 share of government could rise to 60 percent. It will be important to prioritize spending.
One piece of information that was brought up is the time and money that the State has spent on defending itself. According to KLRD, the Attorney General’s Office has expended almost $1.6 million, as of March 1, 2017. The Speaker noted that the House lead on this issue last session and will lead again year. It is also important to look beyond this year, looking at the fiscal impact on the outyears.
It looks like we will have a new prison at the Lansing Correctional Facility as the State Finance Council convened to consider action on the Lansing Correctional Facility project. 2017 HB 2002 called for the State Finance Council to approve the project following review and consultation with the Joint Committee on State Building Construction and the Legislative Budget Committee. Those Committees discussed the project during interim meetings. The Council first considered the project on January 4, holding an informational briefing on January 11. The prison’s construction and maintenance will be through a lease purchase agreement with Core Civic. The prison’s operations will continue to be through the Department of Corrections. The Council approved the project with a 6-3 vote.
The first votes of the session were HB 2482, which would effectively change the time in which drinking establishments would be able to serve, mix, or consume alcoholic beverages on the premises from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., to 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. This change would extend this daily period by three hours. Proponents argued that this bill would improve opportunities for restaurants and businesses to attract additional clientele, particularly those working night shifts and individuals seeking breakfast opportunities.
The second was HB 2439 also known as Caitlin’s Law. This would create an additional crime of involuntary manslaughter, while under the influence. Under current law, vehicular aggravated battery while under the influence would be a severity level 5 person-felony, and such manslaughter charges would result in a severity level 4 person-felony. This bill would provide greater penalties for those who drive under the influence at a time in which they are not entitled to drive due to prior DUI offenses, specifically wen a death or serious injury occur because of the crash. If serious injury is a result while driving under the influence with the prior offense records, the sentence would be a level 4 person-felony, and would result in a level 3 person-felony should a death occur.
When you come to Topeka during the session, please stop by my office: it is in Room: 352-S. My phone number is (785) 296-7463 and email is: [email protected] and my cell number is (785) 302-8416. You can also check out kenforkansas.com.
SCHOENCHEN — At 4:02 a.m. Monday, the Ellis County Fire Department Company 8 of Schoenchen was dispatched to a structure fire in the 212 North Front in Schoenchen. A neighbor to the property reported the fire to the dispatch center, according to a news release from Ellis County Emergency Manger Darin Myers.
Upon arrival, crews found an outbuilding, tree, and some debris on the ground all on fire. Fire crews used two fire attack lines to extinguish the fire. The building was a total loss. Fire crews stayed on scene until 6:05 AM to extinguish hot spots. A tree was cut down due to the fire extending to the top were hot spots could not be put out. The cause of the fire was undetermined after investigation.
Nineteen ECFD firefighters responded from Schoenchen, Hays, Ellis and Victoria. Ellis County EMS, Ellis County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Hays Fire Department responded to assist.
Jim Steinert of Plainville won $500 in Hays Area of Commerce Chamber Cheques for being the top local finisher in the Landmark Realty Bowl Mania Contest.
Dustin Steven “Dusty” Karst, 39, Hays, died Saturday, January 27, 2018, in an automobile accident south of Ellsworth, Kansas.
He was born May 17, 1978 in Larned, Kansas, and was a graduate of Pearsall, Texas, High School and attended Fort Hays State University for two years where he also was a pitcher for the Tiger’s baseball team. He was the owner and operator of Karst Construction in Hays. On April 25, 2015, he was united in marriage to Terra Zweygardt at the Holy Cross Shrine in Pfeifer, Kansas. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, baseball, softball, golf, and was a talented artist and guitarist. Dustin often joked that he was a “man of many talents and a master of none.” He deeply loved his friends and family.
Survivors include his wife, Terra, of the home in Hays, two daughters; Payten Karst and Kennedy Karst, both of Hays, his parents; Tom and Mary Karst of Hays, mother and father-in-law; Lisa and Harvey Zweygardt of Wichita, one brother; TJ Karst and wife Kristen of Hays, two sisters; Jessica Karst and spouse Melissa Moffitt-Craft of Pratt, KS, and Kristy Oborny and husband Luke of Hays, and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father; Steven Albert Karst in December of 1996.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at The Basilica of St. Fidelis, 900 Cathedral Ave., Victoria, Kansas. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays. Visitation will be from 4:00 pm until 8:00 on Tuesday and from 9:00 am until service time on Wednesday, all at The Basilica of St. Fidelis. A parish vigil service and rosary will be at 7:15 pm on Tuesday.
Memorials are suggested to Dustin and Terra’s daughters, in care of the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, Hays. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com
Velma Kuhn, age 101, of Manhattan, died Wednesday January 24, 2018 at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan.
Velma was born on March 13, 1916 in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Albert Straub and Myrtle Carmichael Straub. She was raised by her grandparents, Henry and Dora (Spearl) Straub, on a farm in Pottawatomie County.
After graduating from Wamego High School, she moved to Denver for a year to be with her mother. She returned to Wamego for a year at which time she did house work for various people in the area. She moved to Manhattan in the fall of 1936, where she was employed by Jay’s Café & Sheau’s Café.
She married Rudy G. Kuhn, from Ellis, Kansas, on June 28, 1938, at the St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Wamego. He preceded her in death, as well as her son Michael of Manhattan, her daughter Roberta Satalowich of Columbia, Missouri; and also a sister Laura Chavez from Denver.
Velma was involved in organizing the first urban 4-H Club and Extension Homemakers Unit in Manhattan. She was a Girl Scout Leader and Cub Scout Den Mother, plus assisted Boy Scouts in achieving their Catholic Religious Medal-Ad Altar Dei. She did volunteer work for many organizations, amongst them were RSVP, Senior Center and Hospice.
One of her passions was genealogy. She worked hard to preserve the family history.
She was employed by JC Penney Co, the Riley County Extension Office, and then KSU. She also was the Housemother for Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity from 1982-1986.
Velma was a member of the St. Isidore’s Catholic Student Center, where she was involved in the RCIA program. She was previously a member of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church for a number of years.
She could always be seen attending her local grandkids sports activities. She loved preparing Sunday dinners for them.
Velma is survived by her two daughters: Karen of Crystal, MN and Linda and her husband Tom Stone of Rockville, MD, her son Steven and his wife Debra, of Gilbert, AZ, and her son-in-law, Dr. F.T. Satalowich, of Columbia, MO. Also her eight grandkids and ten great-grandkids; her brother, Anthony Seganti, of Denver, CO, and her sister, Ruth Edwards, of Union City, MI; plus her own wonderful angels, Christy and Chris George and Nancy O’Connor, who were her constant caregivers.
The family will greet friends during a visitation from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. on Friday February 2, 2018 at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home. A Rosary will be held following the visitation at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday February 3, 2018 at the St. Isidore’s Catholic Student Center, 711 Denison in Manhattan, with Father Ryan McCandless as Celebrant. Interment will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan. Everyone is welcome to a “Celebration of Life” luncheon after the service at St Isidore’s Newman Hall.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial contributions to the St. Isidore’s Catholic Student Center, Manhattan Homecare and Hospice Inc., or to a charity of your choice. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.
Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com
Marie Reveles of Hays traveled to South Africa over her winter break with a FFA group to experience the country’s culture and religion.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
Marie Reveles of Hays spent her winter break on the plains and mountains of South Africa.
Reveles, 19, a freshman at Kansas State University, and other FFA students traveled to South Africa from Jan. 4 through 15 to experience the culture, religion and agriculture of the African nation. Reveles, who was a state FFA officer when she was at Hays High, applied to participate in the trip.
“The culture there was amazing, and it was so amazing because I think it did remind me of my hometown of Hays, Kan. The people there are very, very generous. Even if they don’t have a lot to share, they will share what they can. They are always there to help people out,” she said.
The group’s tour guide told the FFA students he once lived in a neighborhood in which a man lost his home and everything he had. The neighbors rallied to his aid and helped him with anything and everything he needed until he could get back on his feet.
Reveles said she was most affected when she visited a poor community. The residents had no running water. Two wells served the village of 15,000 people. The homes were made of sheets of metal propped up against each other. The ground looked like a gravel parking and was very difficult to grow anything in. Only 400 students in the community can attend school.
“It was a very eye-opening experience,” she said. “It grounded me that this was not a vacation, but it was a learning experience too. When we visited there, we saw some very sad situations, but they were very happy people. It was very interesting to me that community thrived because they help one another whenever they need it.”
The residents greeted the students, sang, danced and acted out stories.
“We saw these two little boys. They were playing tag, and they were laughing so loud. The youth were singing and dancing. That was my favorite part. I started tearing up,” she said. “I have never seen such passion and energy and excitement in what they were doing. It reminded me that you don’t need a lot of things — material things — to be happy. Because those people basically had next to nothing, and they were the happiest people I have ever seen in my entire life.”
Marie Reveles and her fellow students were able to come within 10 to 12 feet of this cheetah mother and her cubs at Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Reveles had a close encounter with Africa wildlife at Kruger National Park. The students were on a safari when their guide spotted fresh cheetah tracks. Within five minutes, the group spotted a mother cheetah with her three cubs. The students were able to leave the confines of their vehicle and walk 10 to 12 feet from the big cat and her cubs. Although some of the students were eager to regain the safety of the vehicle, Reveles stood firm.
“I was really not frightened. I was really excited,” she said. “Things like that intrigue me.”
While visiting the preserve, Reveles tried roasted wildebeest for the first time. On the trip, the group sampled other native dishes, including ostrich steak springbok, blesbok, calamari and a variety of fish dishes.
Reveles visited a variety of farms on their trip. The South Africans grow a great deal of corn. Farmers there grow both yellow and white corn, but there they eat the white corn and feed the yellow corn to livestock. Corn was an important staple for poor families in Africa, especially during Apartheid. Today South Africans have developed both sweet and savory corn dishes and serve these dishes at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
South Africa has a warmer climate than Kansas, so the country also grows nuts, citrus fruit, bananas and avocados.
The South African farmers struggle with many of the same issues that American farmers do, including water shortages and pests. In the warmer climate, fruit growers use nets or bags to cover fruit to prevent sunburn. Just like in the U.S., South African farmers find it more difficult to market blemished fruit to consumers.
The FFA students visited a banana plantation. The farmers use sacks, like this blue one, to cover the bananas to protect them from pests and sunburn.
South African Farmers use organic farming methods as well herbicides and pesticides. Farms can be small family farms or large corporate operations; however, in South Africa, what is grown is largely dictated by the government.
The students visited a farmer’s market in Pretoria, which Reveles compared to a mini-carnival or state fair. In addition to fresh fruit, the market featured local arts, crafts and coffee stands.
In addition to the farming operations, the students visited several points of interest in the county. These included Table Rock Mountain, the Cape of Good Hope, the most southern point on the African continent, and an area that was home to African penguins.
Reveles was so inspired by her ag teacher at Hays High, Curt Vajnar, she has decided to major in ag education and hopes to eventually teach agriculture at the high school level. She hopes she can share her experiences in FFA, including her trip to South Africa, with other young people.
“My adviser, Mr. Vajnar, was so influential to me,” she said. “Without him, I would not be where I am today, and I would love to be that person for hundreds of students.”
Ervin J. Stutzman, 96, died January 26, 2018, at Mennonite Friendship Communities, South Hutchinson. He was born September 2, 1921, in Thomas, Oklahoma, to John and Anna (Miller) Stutzman.
When Ervin was 20, he moved to Kansas. In 1956, Ervin started Stutzman Greenhouse, which he and his wife, Emma, owned until 1985. After retirement, they moved to Haiti where they did volunteer work. Together, they started Haiti Relief and Mission, serving in Haiti for 10 years, before coming back to Kansas for retirement.
On August 8, 1943, he married Emma Nisly in Hutchinson. They shared almost 75 years of marriage.
Ervin is survived by: wife, Emma of South Hutchinson; children, Mahlon Stutzman of Hutchinson, Virginia Ferguson of Rogers, Arkansas, Florence Gallaway (Mike) of Hutchinson; brothers, Clarence Stutzman (Bunny) of Wooster, Ohio, L. Perry Stutzman (Silvia) of South Hutchinson; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; brother, Tobe Stutzman; and son, Don Ferguson.
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Cedar Crest Amish Mennonite Church, 7213 W. Mills Avenue, Hutchinson. Burial will follow in West Center Amish Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, January 29, 2018, at the church.
Memorials may be made to Haiti Relief and Mission, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.
HAVANA (AP) — President Raul Castro and his expected successor attended the formal unveiling of a U.S.-sponsored statue of independence hero Jose Marti on Sunday in a sign of Cuba’s focus on maintaining ties with the United States despite a chill in relations under President Donald Trump.
Castro and Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel sat in the front row of the sunrise ceremony along with Democratic members of Congress Barbara Lee and Karen Bass of California and Kansas Republic Roger Marshall, who were the highest-ranking Americans at the ceremony. Castro makes relatively few public appearances, endowing the ceremony with a stamp of particular importance in a country where the movements of high officials are closely scrutinized for clues to government plans and intentions.
The bronze statue of Marti on a rearing horse was funded with $2.5 million raised in the United States in a project started by the Bronx Museum of the Arts, which has longstanding ties with Cuban state cultural institutions. The 18.5-foot (5.6-meter) long, 8-ton work is an exact copy of a sculpture installed on the south end of New York’s Central Park in 1965.
Sunday was the 165th anniversary of the birth of Marti, a renowned poet, journalist and fighter for Cuban independence who was fatally wounded in an 1895 battle for independence from the Spanish.
Marti, who spent years in exile in New York City, is almost universally revered by Cubans on the island and overseas despite their political differences, making him a potent symbol of attempts at reconciliation between the U.S. and Cuba.
“I’m extraordinarily overjoyed that we in Havana can on this day enjoy such a beautiful work of poetic inspiration, “Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal said in an address to the crowd that was also broadcast on state-run media.
Rep. Marshall and wife Laina at Sunday’s ceremony in Havana
Bronx Museum Chairman of the Board Joseph Mizzi also addressed the audience and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sent a letter read aloud by an assistant.
The statue has been placed in a prominent site in Havana, near the Museum of the Revolution and facing out toward the Florida Straits and the United States.
The binational sculpture project began shortly after Castro and President Barack Obama announced in December 2014 that they were moving to re-establish diplomatic ties and begin normalizing relations. Obama made a triumphal 2016 visit along with much of his cabinet and dozens of U.S. business leaders looking to do business here, but the relationship has chilled dramatically since then.
The Trump administration accuses Cuba of responsibility for what U.S. officials call mysterious attacks affecting the hearing, vision and cognitive functions of American Embassy staff in Havana. The U.S. has pulled most of its staff from the embassy and issued warnings on travel to the island despite Cuban insistence that there is no evidence of attacks and that the island remains one of the world’s safest destinations for tourists.
Despite the controversy, Cuba last year hosted more than a million U.S. residents — both tourists and Cuban-Americans visiting family — an increasing important source of income for the island’s near-stagnant economy.
During the month of February, students from Fort Hays State University’s Department of Sociology will conduct a survey on water use, water quality and city-sponsored water conservation programs in Hays.
Students will deliver questionnaires to randomly selected residences and return to pick them up after a few days. Participation is voluntary, and responses are completely confidential. Information received will not be connected to any specific household.
The survey provides research experience for students, and results will be combined for aggregated data analysis and shared with the city of Hays Water Resources Department.
For more information, contact Dr. Brett Zollinger, chair of the Department of Sociology, at 785-628-5881, or Dr. Amanda Buday, assistant professor of sociology, at 785-628-4174.
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Teacher Education – Assistant Professor
Fort Hays State University
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Dr. Steven Tam
Department of Management
Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Fort Hays State University
Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.
Recently, Ag Daily posted an article by Missouri farmer Blake Hurst that explores why the media doesn’t understand “flyover country.” It takes a while to read his essay, but the points he makes are worth weighing and deciding whether the mainstream news over-dramatizes lives of those from small towns in middle America. Reading his article made me thankful that I’ve spent my life living in villages with less than 2,000 population, even if it that means a long drive to Walmart. It also makes me want to correct some misconceptions.
Even for those without children to raise, small communities in the middle of America offer plentiful reasons to call them home. You’ll know your neighbors. That doesn’t mean you’ll never have conflicts, but odds increase that you won’t worry about them belonging to terrorist organizations or holding 13 children hostage in filthy conditions. Rural living means you have an idea regarding who lives on your street and know their family history as well. So much awareness typically helps folks get along. Ever noticed how lawn mowing, flower planting, and putting up Christmas decorations appears infectious? When everyone on the street tidies yards or hangs festive lights, it’s like a germ—in no time, everyone’s got it.
On that note, if there’s a resident who can’t manage yardwork or maintenance, small town neighbors help. Now days, school kids join in the volunteering. On an established date, you’ll find entire classes alongside teachers and principals raking, painting, washing windows, or whatever needs done. Many youngsters continue helping older or disabled neighbors long after the assigned event. It’s part of their culture.
At workshops I’ve attended, urban teachers are curious about rural schools’ technology. They have the misconception that our facilities don’t compare to theirs. Imagine the surprise when they learn our students often have one on one access to computers or I-Pads. They’re more intrigued by rural youngsters’ savvy at designing web pages and computer programs, mastering CAD skills, or printing 3-D designs.
Because of technology, those who live in the hinterlands can access the world. We may have to drive an hour to shop at a big box store, but nothing stops us from placing a cyber order that’s delivered to our doorstep or from making reservations to travel wherever necessary to achieve our goals. Due to such access, rural regions house an increasing number of ex-urbanites who’ve given up gridlock to work online.
Recent arrivals mention missing familiar restaurants, entertainment venues, and shopping. However, I’ve heard these same newcomers share how nice it is to visit with neighbors at the market or on the front porch. Almost all appreciate drivers who wave at everyone they meet. No one misses the honking and rude gestures they left behind.
Granted, folks in little towns give up some privacy, but the trade-off is genuine concern from people where you live and do business. I’d like to think Mr. Hurst’s article encourages rural dweller to share the truth about their communities—that these are places where residents want what humans everywhere want—love, community, safety, job satisfaction, and accomplishment. Maybe it’s time to start an exchange program to encourage Americans to see the reality of one another’s lives, rather than manufactured drama.
Native Kansan Karen Madorin is a local writer and retired teacher who loves sharing stories about places, people, critters, plants, food, and history of the High Plains.
Susan Diane McDonald Mishler, age 53, died on January 26, 2018 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. She was born on August 19, 1964 in Ransom, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Barbara Deiser McDonald.
She was a lifetime resident of Ness County and a member of St. Aloysius Church, Ransom. She was a licensed Cosmetologist, received her Associates degree in Business and she was a Registered Nurse. She was the former Director of Rhode Island Suites care center, Ransom and she was the Director of Cedar Village care center, Ness City. She received the National Nurse of the Year Award and the PEAK Award.
On February 4, 2015 she married Alan Mishler in Jamaica. He survives of the home. Other survivors include her mother, Barbara McDonald, Ransom; two sons, Justin McDonald, Ransom and Beau (Jessica) Mishler, Hayesville; two daughters, Tanci (Miguel) Mishler, Tampa, Florida and Brianna (Jon) Hall, Kansas City, Missouri; one brother, William McDonald, Ransom; two sisters, Cynthia (Steve) Maier, Brownell and Debra Hamilton, Ness City; and eight grandchildren, Dakoda, Tage, Nathan, Christopher, Dominic, Jayden, Norah, and Ada. She was preceded in death by her father, Joseph and a nephew, TJ.
Funeral service will be held at the St. Aloysius Church, Ransom on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 10:30 A.M. with burial in the Ransom Cemetery. Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City on Monday, January 29, 2018 from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M.
Memorial Contributions may be given to Cedar Village LTC, Ness City and Rhode Island Suites LTC, Ransom.
Raymond O. Shellito, 93, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Smith County Memorial Hospital, Smith Center, KS. 
