February 2018 – Page 21 – Hays Post Archive

Court: Kansas can’t cut Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas can’t cut Medicaid funds to a Planned Parenthood affiliate over videos anti-abortion activists secretly recorded in 2015, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision leaves in place a lower court’s preliminary injunction that blocked Kansas from ending the contract. It is the fifth of six circuits to uphold the right of patients to receive health care from their preferred qualified provider.

The decision applies to Kansas’ Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which has two health centers in Kansas and three in Missouri. However, the appeals panel sent back to the lower court a related injunction involving the state’s effort to terminate its contract with Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, which serves some Kansas patients at its clinic in Joplin, Missouri.

Planned Parenthood Great Plains in an emailed statement called the appeals court’s decision a “huge win” for Kansas Medicaid patients who know and trust it as their health care provider, saying the state’s termination of its contract was “baseless and politically motivated.”

“The 10th Circuit’s decision sends a strong message that state officials should not play politics with Medicaid — or the health care and wellbeing of Kansans,” said Dr. Brandon Hill, the group’s president and CEO.

Gov. Jeff Colyer’s spokesman, Kendall Marr, said in an email that the state is studying the 10th Circuit decision and considering further legal options.

“We will continue the fight for life,” Marr said.

Planned Parenthood provides health exams, contraception services, cancer screenings, and testing for sexually transmitted diseases, the court said, adding that while some of its clinics offer abortions, Medicaid seldom pays for those.

U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, issued the temporary ruling in July 2016 in a lawsuit filed by what was then called Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and the organization’s St. Louis regional affiliate. Robinson wrote that Medicaid patients have “the explicit right to seek family planning services from the qualified provider of their choice.”

In July 2015, the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress released a series of edited videos purportedly depicting Planned Parenthood of America executives talking about the sale of fetal tissue.

Based on that, Kansas began investigating the affiliates in Kansas. The Kansas Board of Healing Arts determined in 2016 that after review of the investigative materials no further action would be taken. The Missouri attorney general investigated the affiliate in his state and also announced it found no evidence of wrongdoing.

Kansas already has blocked Planned Parenthood from receiving federal family planning dollars for non-abortion services in the state. The affiliate provides both surgical and medication abortions at its clinic in Overland Park, in far eastern Kansas near Kansas City, Missouri. It provides medication abortions at its Wichita clinic.

Federal courts have blocked attempts by other states to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, including Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana and Utah.

Kan. bank sues after ATM gave out $100s instead of $5s

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita bank is trying to get money back from a woman it accuses of making more than 50 withdrawals from an ATM that was spitting out $100 bills in place of $5s.

Central National Bank sued last month in Sedgwick County District. It’s demanding that Christina Ochoa return about $11,600 plus interest.

The bank contends the withdrawals stretched over a five-day period from Jan. 13 to Jan. 17. Most were made in the middle of the night.

Ochoa’s mother, Christy Ochoa, is also named because she drove her daughter to the ATM. The Ochoas have denied any wrongdoing. Christy Ochoa said her daughter wanted $5 bills to craft a “money cake” as a gift for an acquaintance who’d just had a baby.

Area high school basketball sub-state brackets

Posted on February 21, 2018

The Hoxie boys and girls have earned the top seeds and the 2A Trego sub-state.

The Hoxie girls are 18-1 and will take on eight-seed Decatur Community Monday in Hoxie. The winner will get the winner of St. Francis, the four-seed and five seed Plainville.

On the other side of the bracket the Hill City girls are the number two seed and will play seven-seed Oakley in the first-round Monday.

The winner will take on the winner of No. 3 Trego and No. 6 Ellis.

Trego 2A girls sub-state bracket

The Hoxie boys will also open with Decatur Community in the one versus eight matchup Monday in Hoxie.

The winner of that game will take on the winner of No. 4 Ellis and No. 5 Hill City.

On the bottom side of the bracket St. Francis is the two-seed and will take on Trego Tuesday in St. Francis. The winner will play the winner of No. 3 Plainville and No. 6 Oakley.

Trego 2A boys sub-state bracket

1A-D1 Dighton Sub-state

At the 1A-D1 Dighton sub-state the Victoria boys are the No. 5 seed and will take on No. 4 Stockton in the first-round Tuesday in Dighton.

The winner of the game will get Rawlins County in the second-round of the top seed Buffaloes get a first-round bye.

Boys bracket
In the girls sub-state Victoria is the fourth-seed and will take on the host and fifth-seed Dighton Tuesday. The winner will play the top-seed Stockton Friday in Dighton.

Girls bracket

1A-D2 Western Plains sub-state at Ransom
The Otis-Bison boys are the No. 2 seed and will get a first-round bye. They will take on the winner of Western Plains/Healy and Ingalls Thursday in Ransom.

The Quinter boys are the number four seed and will take on five-seed Deerfield in the first-round with the winner facing Pawnee Heights in the second-round Thursday.

Boys bracket

Quinter earned the girls top seed and will get a first-round bye. The will play the winner of Pawnee Heights and Western Plains/Healy in the second-round.

Otis-Bison is the No. 2 seed and they also get a first-round bye. The will take on the winner of Ingalls and Deerfield in the semifinals on Friday in Ransom.

Girls bracket

Larry ‘Joe’ Lynn Johnson

Posted on February 21, 2018

Survivors include: his wife of Hill City; son, J.J. Johnson (Traci) of Plainville; daughter, Marisa Johnson and Armando Orozco of Hays; brothers, Loren Johnson (Anne) of Bogue, and Doyle “Buzz” Johnson (Mary Lou) of Bogue; sister, Lee Jones (Glen) of Lenora; two grandchildren, Brady Johnson of Portland, Oregon, and Jolyn Johnson of Plainville.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Bonnie.

A private family burial will be at a later date at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery, WaKeeney.

TMP boys and girls earn top seed at sub-state

Posted on February 21, 2018

Both the TMP-Marian boys and girls basketball teams will be the No. 1 seed at the 3A Minneapolis sub-state next week.

The Monarch girls are 17-2 and will open with eight-seed Southeast of Saline who is 5-14. That game will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at TMP.

The winner of that game will play the winner of the four versus five matchup between Ellsworth and Riley County.

On the bottom side of the bracket two seed Beloit will take on Minneapolis with the winner taking on the winner of No. 3 Russell and No. 6 Hoisington.

3A Minneapolis girls sub-state

The TMP boys are also the No. 1 seed and will take on No. 8 Russell on Monday at 7 p.m. in Hays. TMP is 14-5 and Russell is 4-15.

The winner of the game gets the winner of No. 4 Southeast of Saline and No. 5 Minneapolis.

On the other side of the bracket Ellsworth is the No. 2 seed and they will take on Hoisington. The winner of that matchup gets the winner of Beloit and Riley County in the second round.

3A Minneapolis boys sub-state

Kan. businessman ends governor campaign, endorses Kobach

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita businessman Wink Hartman is ending his campaign for governor and endorsing Kris Kobach.

Hartman said Wednesday he decided during the Kansas GOP convention last weekend. He said his main goal is making the party’s conservative platform into policy to improve Kansas.

Hartman, head of Hartman Oil Co., says he is endorsing Kobach because the secretary of state is a fighter who will not back down from a fight for conservative principles.

Kobach is running against Gov. Jeff Colyer and several others for the GOP nomination in the gubernatorial race.

When asked whether he is interested in being lieutenant governor, Hartman said he would serve in any way Kobach asks him to.

Kobach said Wednesday that he is honored to have Hartman’s support.

🎥 Northwest Kansas schools celebrate 2018 National FFA Week

Posted on February 21, 2018

LaCrosse FFA 2018 –

Ness City FFA 2018 –

Ellis FFA 2018 –

Victoria FFA 2018 –

Trego FFA 2018 –

Russell FFA 2018 –

TMP FFA 2018 –

HHS FFA 2018 –

Stockton –

Logan –

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Plainville –

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Kansas Foster Care System Overwhelmed; More Kids Flood In

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

BY MADELINE FOX

A call sets it off.

One of Kansas’ two foster care contractors learns another child has landed in state custody. It has four hours to pick the kid up.

A kid-friendly room in KVC’s Topeka office is decorated with a space theme. The contractor is used to having kids hanging out in kid-friendly spaces of its offices, but is still adjusting to a growing number of children spending nights there.
MADELINE FOX / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE

Workers phone other child placement agencies listing the specific needs for a particular child. Family members are found and called.

If the contractor is picking up a school-aged kid, workers will call the school to get information about teachers, coaches or parents of friends who might take them. Older kids can offer their own suggestions about nearby family members. If those options don’t pan out, contractors look for shelters and group homes.

But almost a year and a half ago, placement workers started coming up empty. That’s how children ended up on couches, futons and cots in contractor offices across the state.

“I’ve been doing this for 17 years. … I had not spent the night in the office with a child — ever,” said Danielle Bartelli, president of eastern Kansas contractor KVC Kansas and a former social worker with the company.

Of all the headlines about foster care in the past year — missing kids, children harmed while in state custody, shredded documents in the state child welfare agency — it’s news about children sleeping in offices that foster care administrators say showed just how overwhelmed the state system had become.

The basic problem is just too few beds, and far too many kids who need them.

Kansas isn’t alone. Foster care systems across the country are seeing a spike in children entering care, which many states attribute to families ripped apart by the opioid crisis.

Drugs may also be a factor in the Kansas bump, though policymakers say Kansas hasn’t seen the worst of the opioid crisis. That could mean the Kansas foster care crisis gets worse before it gets better.

At the same time, some of the services intended to wrap around struggling families or kids within their own communities have taken a hit.

Kansas has 222 fewer psychiatric beds than it did in 2013, and other mental health services have struggled to find funding.

Changes to state welfare policies have dramatically cut the number of people receiving assistance, which some suggest is a factor in increasing foster care numbers. The Department for Children and Families disputes that connection.

Even in a system such as the one in Kansas — where the raw number of beds across foster homes, psychiatric facilities, shelters and group homes is close to the number of kids entering foster care — not all kids can be placed right away.

A 10-year-old boy might need care in a psychiatric residential treatment facility, but perhaps the only open beds are for girls. There might be a foster bed right in a teenage girl’s school district, but a teenage boy is sleeping in the room’s other bed — teenagers of the opposite gender can’t share a room.

With the sheer number of kids coming in, that’s likely to happen more often. So contractors are left with no better option other than an office couch, and kids feeling unwanted.

“It sends a message when kids are sleeping in offices that there isn’t a place for them.”

“Kids who are in the child welfare system are already struggling with not feeling like they belong,” said Christie Appelhanz, president of the nonprofit Children’s Alliance. “It sends a message when kids are sleeping in offices that there isn’t a place for them.”

The trend in overnight stays began for KVC Kansas in September of 2016. St. Francis Community Services, the western contractor, saw its first child sleep overnight in an office in February 2017.

From there, it grew — and it’s still growing. Last fiscal year, 108 kids slept in contractor offices. This fiscal year, with four months left to go, that number is already up to 167.

Most stayed one night, though a handful stayed two or three, or, this month, five. So far, 20 children have stayed in an office overnight in February.

Kansas repeatedly set records for the number of children in foster care over the last five years. More than 7,200 kids landed in out-of-home placements as of December 2017, up 43 percent from the same time in 2012.

Many of Kansas’ foster kids come into the system because of trauma. Some respond by acting out in ways that make it unsafe to put them with other children. They need the more intensive supervision of a residential treatment center or other psychiatric facility.

Many of the kids crashing on couches fall into that high-needs category.

Some had been physically or sexually aggressive. Some had landed in the juvenile justice system.

From January through June last year, KVC Kansas had at least two kids stay in its office who needed psychiatric care, but no residential treatment facility had room. St. Francis saw much the same pattern.

Some were older kids or sibling groups, which contractors can have a tougher time placing.

“We never want a kid to be in the office,” said Lindsey Stephenson, KVC Kansas’ vice president. “That’s always our very last option.”

The fact that it was the only option 230 times in 2017 put the contractors in a tough spot. They want to make kids as comfortable as possible when they stay in offices overnight — but putting in beds or setting up the offices as full shelters would mean surrendering to the idea that it’s become the new normal.

Though the places these kids are staying are standard offices — desks, computers, ringing phones, filing cabinets — they’re also set up with kids in mind. Both KVC Kansas and St. Francis are accustomed to having kids in their offices for supervised family visits, or for meetings with social workers, or even while they’re waiting for placement during the day.

Kids staying overnight at a St. Francis office get a toothbrush, new pajamas, their own blankets and pillows, said St. Francis vice president Diane Carver. The idea is to stick with normal bedtime routines while placement workers elsewhere in the office call around to find actual homes.

At the KVC Kansas Topeka office, volunteers painted Disney-, space- and sports-themed murals around the office. A freezer in their Olathe office’s kitchen is packed with donated meals that social workers can heat up for overnight kids. Crayon marks along an office wall show that kids have been taking some artistic license with the building, and bookshelves in a kid-friendly room are packed with movies for the nearby TV.

But when kids are sleeping there, said DCF secretary Gina Meier-Hummel, contractors and the state must do better.

“It’s not an acceptable practice,” she said. “It’s not a practice that we endorse — nor should we plan for it in the future.”

Her agency and the foster care agencies that find homes are scrambling to increase the beds available for kids — hoping contractors find something better than a couch at midnight. They’re redoubling efforts to place kids with relatives or other trusted adults, recruiting more foster parents, and pushing for more beds in shelters and psychiatric treatment facilities.

A fix won’t come quickly. Training foster parents takes time. So does opening and licensing beds in residential facilities. The number of kids entering foster care, in the meantime, is still trending up.

So KVC Hospitals, which runs the psychiatric residential treatment facilities KVC oversees, has been setting up crisis centers. Those collections of short-term beds offer a more home-like emergency placement than a couch or futon in an office.

The company opened one in Hays in September, and was scheduled to open a second in Kansas City, Kansas, in January, though that’s now been pushed back until spring.

Those crisis centers aren’t funded by KVC Kansas’ contract with the Department for Children and Families. Once they’re up and running, KVC can get the same kind of reimbursement for kids sleeping in them that it would get for other foster placements, but KVC Hospitals is picking up the tab to get them set up.

The state, too, is looking to increase emergency beds. Enhancements to DCF’s budget proposed last month would put nearly $1 million toward emergency foster care placements over the next two years. That money could pay for beds held open for kids who come in unexpectedly and can’t be placed immediately.

DCF and its contractors are also recruiting more foster families to take kids with a variety of needs, Meier-Hummel said. The state launched a $500,000 campaign to recruit more foster parents last year.

Increasing the capacity of an overloaded system, though, won’t fix the problem.

“It’s going to take a government-wide response,” said Christie Appelhanz. “That means the executive branch, the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and, quite frankly, it’s going to take increased funding.”

Madeline Fox is a reporter for the Kansas News Service. You can reach her on Twitter @maddycfox.

Ronald E. Childs

Posted on February 21, 2018

Ronald E. Childs, 62, of Russell, Kansas, passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2018 at his home.

Ronald was born April 2, 1955 in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Robert and Martha Jane (Roghwdll). He grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, until high school when he moved to the Holton, Kansas, area where he graduated from Jackson Heights High School.

Ronald was a grocery store manager in Holton for over 20 years before his health forced him to retire.

Surviving family include his wife, Sharon Fitzsimmons of the home; daughters, Kerri Taylor (Kyle) of Mayetta, Kansas, and Stacy Homas of Wetmore, Kansas; son, Ryan Childs (Christa) of Circleville, Kansas; step-daughters, Sherri Wheless (Bo) of Mayetta, Kansas, and Terry Young (Greg) of Holton, Kansas; mother, Martha Childs of Belleview, Nebraska; brother, Mike Childs of Blair, Nebraska; sister, Barbara Prestito of Omaha, Nebraska; and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father.

A private family service will be in Nebraska at a later date. Condolences may be sent to Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, who is in charge of these arrangements.

Kay L. (Polcyn) Morris

Posted on February 21, 2018

Kay L. (Polcyn) Morris, 76, of Russell, Kansas, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018 at the Main Street Manor in Russell, Kansas.

She was born on Feb. 28, 1941 in Hays, Kansas to parents Loretta and William Polcyn.
Kay grew up and attended school in Russell graduating Russell High School in 1959. She attended Loreto Heights College in Denver, Oklahoma State University and Fort Hays State University. She was united in marriage to Bill Morris in 1982, and recently celebrated their 35th anniversary. They lived their entire married life on the farm located 17 miles southeast of Russell. For about four years, Kay was a tractor driver and at harvest time a truck driver. She then went to work for Dr. Sam for 14 years as a medical insurance specialist. After retirement she enjoyed her hobbies. She would sew very special dolls that went to her daughter in California to be auctioned for several hundred dollars at various charities. She enjoyed traveling to Alaska, Japan, Egypt, Europe, Caribbean and many trips to Las Vegas where she enjoyed playing Craps and Texas Holden poker. She always had a smile on her face and had a special ability to be able to carry on an interesting conversation with just about anyone. Politics were one of her favorite subjects. She helped with many community services in Russell County and was a member of St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Russell.

She loved being at the ocean and was happiest boogie boarding, swimming or shelling. She would find a big shell and tell you to hold it to your ear and listen to the ocean. Kay was passionate about the piano, ’50s music and taught her children how to twist! She was simply the most fun person you’d ever met, someone you’d follow anywhere. If you were her friend, you were her friend for life. Her exuberance and optimism were legendary.

She leaves behind her husband Bill Morris of Bunker Hill, daughter Sharian Bond Spencer (Martin) of Santa Monica, California, and James Davis Bond, of Guntown, Mississippi; stepson Case Morris (Deb) of Russell; stepdaughter Kelly Cline (Carl) of Lawrence, Kansas; and her grandchildren she loved with all of her heart, Jack, Tristan, Caroline and James Henry, and step-grandchildren, Coady, Kale, Kendall and Kelsey. Her brother James Polcyn passed in 1998.

A celebration of Kay’s life will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 at the St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church.

Burial will follow at the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Gorham, Kansas.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at the mortuary with family greeting guests from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be given to the Dream Theater and sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

Harold Arthur Dick

Posted on February 21, 2018

Harold Arthur Dick, 83, of Russell, Kansas, died on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 at the Russell Regional Hospital in Russell, Kansas.

Harold was born on April 8, 1934 in Lucas, Kansas, the son of Arthur Michael and Edith Mae (Thacker) Dick. He grew up in Lucas and graduated from Lucas High School in 1952. He worked for RC Williams as a truck driver. He also formerly worked for Koch Industries and worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. He was a member of St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Russell. He was also a third-degree member of the Knights of Columbus and a fourth-degree Past Faithful Navigator. He enjoyed traveling and riding his motorcycle.

Surviving family include his daughter Jeanine Innes (John) of Kansas City, Kansas; sons Michael Dick (Kathy) and Kevin Dick all of Russell, Kansas; daughters Tina Langerman (Larry) of Wilson, Kansas, and Mary Sauerwinnie (Dennis) of Arizona and many grandchildren.

Services will be at a later date, and cremation has been selected by the family. Memorials can be given to St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church or Toys For Tots and sent in care of the mortuary. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the memorial service arrangements.

Judith (Judy) Marie (Schmidt) (Schaefer) Covington

Posted on February 21, 2018

, 77, died Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Delmar Gardens Overland Park in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born August 23, 1940 in Wichita, Kansas to Joe and Tina (Brungardt) Schmidt. She attended Girls Catholic High School/Thomas More Prep-Marian in Hays, Kansas. She then entered nurses training at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays, Kansas and graduated with an RN in 1961. Judy then attended Marymount College in Salina, Kansas and received her bachelor degree in nursing. Her classmates honored her by voting her Miss Marymount in 1963.

Judy was married to Dr. Joseph Schaefer from 1963 to 1970. She was then married to Don Covington from 1974 until his death in 2011. Judy practiced nursing in Kansas City for 35 plus years including working at Shawnee Mission Hospital in the recovery room for many years. She enjoyed cooking, reading and caring for her children.

Survivors include: her daughter, Mary Lisa Schaefer (Ed) Gillem of Overland Park, Kansas; sons, Joseph Patrick Schaefer and Christopher Paul Schaefer of Lawrence Kansas; sisters, Janet (Len) Jacob of Castle Pines, Colorado, Joanne (Jerry) Stecklein of Colleyville, Texas, Jacinta (Don) Behne of Fallbrook, California.

Judy was preceded in death by her husband Don; her parents, Joe and Tina Schmidt; and a sister, Mary Ann Schmidt.

The family would like to thank the caregivers at Delmar Gardens Overland Park and Homestead of Leawood Assisted Living who took such excellent care of Judy.

Judy had a beautiful spirit and was loved by everyone who knew her. She had a heart of gold and will be missed tremendously.

A visitation will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, February 22, with Mass to follow at 11 AM, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 11300 W 103rd St, Overland Park, KS 66214. Inurnment will be at Johnson County Funeral Chapel & Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, Kansas at 2:30 PM. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

Julia Catherine Rietcheck

Posted on February 21, 2018

Julia Catherine Rietcheck, age 94, of Oakley, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Logan County Hospital, Oakley, surrounded by family.

She was born July 6, 1923 in Park, KS to David and Lydia (Scherr) Cooksey. Julia grew up in Park and married Fred Rietcheck on October 27, 1947 in Park. They were blessed with 7 children.

Julia graduated salutatorian of her class from Park High School. She then traveled to Washington D.C. to work as a secretary at the Pentagon during WWII. She returned to Oakley, married, and worked as a homemaker, and later, as a secretary at the Logan County Extension Office for 17 years. She loved music, played the piano, and loved to dance with Fred. She was an avid bowler, played cards, especially bridge, until age 93. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and the Altar Society.

Julia was a loving Mother and a fun, devoted Grandma. She enjoyed having family come to visit for big holiday gatherings where she entertained with wonderful food and lively board games and pitch matches. Julia’s faith and family were an important part of her life.

Julia’s husband, Fred, died in 2012. Her son, David, and daughter, Joan Baalman, preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her brothers: Bud, Bob, Gig, and Jim Cooksey, and sisters: Aderea Hartman and Tema Poindexter.

Survivors include her sons: Roger of Lawton, OK, Thomas of Lake Tahoe, NV, John of San Francisco, CA, and Jerry (wife Jocelyn) of Lawrence, daughter, Jane Rietcheck of Oakley; four grandchildren: Rodney, Sean, Julia, and Jordan; four great-grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 23, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Oakley, with Fr. Donald Pfannenstiel officiating. Interment will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Visitation: Thursday, February 22nd, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, with a rosary/wake service at 7:00 p.m. Memorials: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and St. Joseph’s School may be sent to the Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, PO Box 221, Oakley, KS 67748.

Online guest book. www.kennedykosterfh.com