Pawnee Rock – Michael Ray Doty, 67, passed away November 8, 2018 at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.
He was born April 29, 1951 in Great Bend; the son of Clayton C. and Lelo Feldmann Doty. A lifetime area resident, he was an oilfield worker.
Michael liked to assemble home stereos and was a self taught jeweler.
Survivors include; his brother, Carlton L. Doty, Pawnee Rock and a half brother, Larry L. (Linda) Doty, La Crosse.
He was preceded in death by; his parents.
There will be no services and burial will be in the Larned Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550.
Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.
John A. Mann, 73, passed away November 7, 2018, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, KS. He was born June 29, 1945, at Hutchinson, KS, to Sylvester Edwin and Isabelle (Maskrid) Mann. John married Keta Quint March 15, 1994 at Las Vegas, NV.
John was a 1963 graduate of Hoisington High School, and served his country in the U.S. Navy, obtaining the rank of CYN 3, during the Vietnam War. A Great Bend resident since 2001, previously residing in Hoisington, KS, John was a licensed general contractor and property and project manager for Doonan and Sons. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, and enjoyed antique shopping, restoring furniture and working in the yard.
Survivors include his wife, Keta of the home; three sons, John S. Mann of Elk City, OK, Mark Mann of Elk City, OK, and Trever Quint of Emporia, KS; three daughters, Deborah Mann of Salem, OR, Kayla Schneweis of Colorado Springs, CO, and Kristi Briles of Loveland, CO; one brother, Forest Mann of Boise, ID; thirteen grandchildren, Derek Schneweis, Brandi McElhoes and husband Jacob, Nick Schneweis, Lexi Rugza and husband Sam, Douglas Mann, Larissa Mann, Marshal Mann, Adam Briles, Emma Brilies, Erik Briles, Robbie Weatherspoon and wife Brittany, Jonathon Weatherspoon, and Shayne Timmons; and 4 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Edwin Mann and DeWayne Mann; and 4 sisters, Jo Ann Field, Patricia Mahoney, Pamela Mann and Julita Bossich.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 12, 2018, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington, with Father Anselm Eke presiding. Interment will follow at St. John Church Cemetery, Hoisington, with military rites conducted by the U.S. Navy Honor Guard. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Memorials may be given to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kris Kobach rode his national reputation as an advocate for tough immigration and voting rules to a job atop President Donald Trump’s short-lived election-fraud commission. But Kansas voters rejected his no-apologies conservatism in this week’s election for governor.
President Trump and Kobach during a campaign rally in Topeka -photo courtesy Kobach for Governor Campaign
Now the Republican’s hard-line, in-your-face approach could help him land his next political position, possibly in the Trump administration.
Kobach’s name immediately popped up Wednesday, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced to resign. If Trump picks someone else to replace Sessions, Kobach’s name is almost certain to surface again when Trump has another big post to fill.
“I guarantee you that if there is a place that he can find, he’ll find a home for Kris,” said state Rep. John Whitmer, a conservative Wichita Republican and a Kobach ally.
Kobach, whose term as Kansas secretary of state ends in January, did not immediately return cellphone messages Thursday seeking comment. Whitmer said Kobach had planned to go hunting. Kobach spokeswoman Danedri Herbert texted, “No comment,” in response to a question about the speculation that Kobach was being considered for U.S. attorney general.
In his concession speech late Tuesday, the 52-year-old Ivy League graduate dropped no hints about his future. He told supporters at a Topeka hotel, “This one just wasn’t God’s will.”
“The Republicans are going to be fighting for the values we hold dear, regardless of which offices we Republicans hold,” he said.
In nearly eight years as secretary of state of state, Kobach turned what had been a backwater of state politics into a high-profile office by successfully pushing for laws to require all voters to show a photo ID at the polls and new voters to provide papers documenting their U.S. citizenship when registering.
Kansas went further than any other state in enforcing a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration until a federal judge struck down that law in June as an unconstitutional violation of voting rights. The state has appealed, and the case is likely to outlast Kobach’s tenure.
Before becoming vice chairman of the president’s voter fraud commission, Kobach was a source behind Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that millions of votes were cast illegally in the 2016 presidential race for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote.
An early supporter of Trump’s presidential campaign, Kobach advised the campaign and later the White House on homeland security issues.
The day before the August primary, Trump tweeted his “full & total Endorsement!” of Kobach, which helped him narrowly defeat GOP Gov. Jeff Colyer. Trump had a rally in Topeka in October partly to boost Kobach’s campaign, telling the crowd he would have liked to put Kobach in his administration.
“President Trump is very supportive of Kris Kobach,” state GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold said. “And I expect a place will be found for him.”
Republicans expanded their narrow 51-49 majority in the U.S Senate, potentially making a Kobach confirmation easier.
The narrow GOP majority had presented a possible obstacle. In July 2017, Trump nominated then-Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback as U.S. ambassador at large for international freedom. But the Senate did not vote to confirm the appointment until January. Vice President Mike Pence had to break a tie.
Kobach has been more of a lightning rod than Brownback and lost the governor’s race because he alienated moderate GOP and independent voters. Frank Sharry, the executive director of the pro-immigration group America’s Voice, celebrated Kobach’s loss with a statement calling him “one of the leading anti-immigrant voices in American politics.”
In a May 2017 interview with The Associated Press, Kobach said he had been offered an undersecretary’s position in the Department of Homeland Security and a White House position coordinating immigration enforcement. The interview was after Trump named him to the election fraud commission but before Kobach formally launched his campaign for governor.
He said he faced “a tough, tough decision” on both. One factor in not taking the jobs, he said, was the likely inability to “unilaterally make a decision and then say, ‘OK, we’re going to carry this out.'”
Kobach, who has five young daughters, also had misgivings about leaving Kansas. He said he viewed going to Washington as a “real sacrifice” for his family because “we would be less happy on a day-to-day level.”
Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas has been awarded $250,000 in Community Service Tax Credits at the 50-percent rate through the Kansas Department of Commerce. The tax credits are available to donors on a first come, first served basis and are expected to go quickly.
Tax credits are an incentive for donors to give. Any tax credit issued by DSNWK that exceeds the tax liability of the donor is refunded to the taxpayer.
“You can use the tax credit to pay any unpaid Kansas state taxes, or receive the credit back on your refund,” said Jerry Michaud, President/CEO of DSNWK.
Donations to this project also count towards DSNWK’s $5 million Stronger Forever Together capital campaign goal, which was announced in October.
“We are very excited about the receipt of these tax credits for donors,” said Jerry Michaud, President/CEO of DSNWK. “These donations will be used to make facility upgrades across our region addressing energy efficiency, facility repairs, renovations and accessibility improvements and equipment needed to support persons served.”
For more information about the tax credits and donation criteria, visit www.dsnwk.org and click on the Stronger Forever Together campaign logo > Donate > Tax Credits.
Individuals or businesses interested in obtaining tax credits can also contact Ruth Lang at [email protected] or call 785-625-5678.
For 2018 tax purposes, donations should be received before Thurs., Dec. 20, 2018 to allow for required entry into the State portal for approval.
DSNWK is a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities from the counties of Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rawlins, Rooks, Russell, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Thomas, Trego and Wallace.
Anne Christine (Kelly) Walters, age 69, of Hays, KS, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Via Christi Village in Hays.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, November 12, 2018 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 201 W. 13th St., Hays, KS. Inurnment will follow services at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Hays.
Visitation will be on Sunday, November 11, 2018 from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. and Monday from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M. all at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine St., Hays, KS 67601.
A rosary service will be recited at 7:00 P.M., followed by a parish vigil service all at the funeral chapel.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Holy Family Elementary School and/or TMP-Marian. Contributions can be mailed or left with the funeral home.
Condolences may be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or by email at [email protected].
Arrangements are by Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel & Crematory, 2509 Vine St., Hays, KS 67601.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump cannot immediately end an Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation.
photo courtesy -The Peace and Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals kept in place a preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Lawsuits by California and others challenging the administration’s decision will continue in federal court while the injunction remains in place.
DACA has protected some 700,000 people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children or came with families that overstayed visas.
The Trump administration has said it moved to end the program last year because Texas and other states threatened to sue, raising the prospect of a chaotic end to DACA.
The decision prompted lawsuits across the nation, including one by California. A judge overseeing that lawsuit and four others ruled against the administration and reinstated the program in January.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup rejected the argument that then-President Barack Obama had exceeded his power in creating DACA and said the Trump administration failed to consider the disruption that ending the program would cause.
The Trump administration then asked the 9th Circuit to throw out Alsup’s ruling.
During a hearing in May, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan argued that the courts could not review the administration’s decision to end DACA and defended the move against assertions that it was arbitrary and capricious.
“It’s a question of an agency saying, ‘We’re not going to have a policy that might well be illegal,'” Mooppan told the judges. “That is a perfectly rational thing to do.”
Mooppan said the administration was under no obligation to consider the fact that people had come to rely on DACA.
The judges on the 9th Circuit panel appeared skeptical of the argument that the DACA decision was beyond the court’s authority to review.
Judge Kim Wardlaw noted at the hearing that another appeals court had reviewed a similar Obama administration immigration policy.
Judge Jacqueline Nguyen questioned whether courts could intervene if they thought DACA was legal and disagreed with the administration’s position that it wasn’t.
The administration has been critical of the 9th Circuit and took the unusual step of trying to sidestep it and have the California DACA cases heard directly by the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court in February declined to do so.
Federal judges in New York and Washington also have ruled against Trump on DACA.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Thirty-three priests or religious brothers in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, have been “credibly accused” and/or removed from the ministry over sexual abuse of minors, the bishop of the central Missouri diocese said Thursday.
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight released a complete list of the names that followed an internal investigation begun in February. The list includes 25 priests from the diocese, three priests from other areas who previously served in the Jefferson City diocese, and five members of a religious order.
Fourteen of the 33 men named are dead. Many of them are elderly. The diocese said the most recent case of physical sexual abuse found in the investigation occurred in 1997.
“Although the incidents are in the past, the pain caused is still a present reality for the survivors of abuse and their loved ones,” McKnight said in a statement. He apologized for the actions of the priests and brothers, “and the incomplete transparency we have lived under by not making all their names public.”
McKnight also encouraged any additional victims to come forward.
David Clohessy, St. Louis director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called the list “irresponsibly and painfully short on details.”
McKnight “should reveal where each of these men worked, when they were accused, when those allegations were deemed credible, why the years of secrecy, and where the men are now,” Clohessy said in a statement.
The internal investigation is unrelated to an investigation announced in August by Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, in which the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, the Diocese of Jefferson City, the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau and the Archdiocese of St. Louis all agreed to open their records.
Hawley’s announcement came amid renewed concern about sexual abuse by priests that followed the release of a scathing report in Pennsylvania citing abuse of more than 1,000 children by hundreds of priests since the 1940s, along with cover-up by church leaders.
Mary Compton, a spokeswoman for Hawley, said that investigation is “active and ongoing,” but offered no timetable for when it will be complete.
“We are working as quickly as possible to carefully and thoroughly review all evidence obtained by our office,” Compton said in a statement. “The Pennsylvania Grand Jury completed its work in two years. Our Office believes Missourians deserve answers as soon as feasible.”
Hawley on Tuesday defeated incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in the race for U.S. Senate. Gov. Mike Parson will name a replacement.
Jack Smith, spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, said the diocese also plans to release a list of names but will wait until the Attorney General’s investigation is complete.
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Shock and awe! Kansas voters nailed the coffin shut this week on the discredited Brownback era. They chose a bipartisan path forward by electing Democratic State Senator Laura Kelly as governor and soundly rejecting her opponent, Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
H. Edward Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University.
Kobach was embraced by President Donald Trump, but campaign rallies on Kobach’s behalf by Trump, Vice President Pence, and Donald Trump, Jr., could not overcome Kelly’s disciplined campaign.
Kelly’s message to voters was consistent and focused: Support our public schools. Do not turn back to the brash partisanship of Brownback, as Kobach promised to do.
Kelly came across to voters as calm, reasoned, and understated, a dramatic contrast to bombastic Kobach. She also topped Kobach on fund-raising.
Kelly’s campaign showcased bipartisanship by assembling endorsements from an array of high-profile Republicans, including former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum, former Governors Mike Hayden and Bill Graves, and dozens of current and former state lawmakers.
Voters in the five large urban counties—Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte—gave Kelly a hefty 110,000 vote cushion that assured her statewide victory.
Kelly’s challenge in governing for the next four years will be to carry forward on her commitment to bipartisanship. Two years ago voters elected a legislative coalition that not only abandoned Brownback’s radical tax experiment but had the votes to override the governor’s veto.
The numbers for a potential bipartisan coalition have tightened due to the successful targeting of legislative seats by the Kansas State Chamber and its dark money ally, Americans for Prosperity. House Democrats will begin the 2019 legislative session with 39 seats, one short of the past two years, and centrist Republicans with roughly 35, a handful short. However, this coalition will not likely be confronted by a gubernatorial veto.
Republican lawmakers aligned with the Kansas Chamber will control the party caucuses in both the House and Senate, but their numbers fall way short of majorities in their respective chambers. To accomplish anything of substance their leaders would have to convince Democrats or centrist Republicans, as well as the new governor, to join them.
Kelly’s success will depend on working effectively with centrist Republicans and their leaders in both the House and the Senate. These centrists will face challenges in keeping their numbers together while navigating the legislative process with a friendlier governor and potential allies across the aisle.
However the legislative process unfolds, Kansans should expect Kelly to chart a more moderate course for Kansas:
In tone. Brownback’s rhetorical pomposities (“shot of adrenaline,” “a real live experiment,” “look out Texas”) will be retired to the dustbin of history.
School funding. Outstanding issues of concern to the Kansas Supreme Court will be addressed quietly and effectively. Talk of a constitutional amendment to stiff the court on school finance will fade.
Taxes. Tax policy will be guided by balance and diversity in taxes—assuring lower tax rates overall, reducing tax competition with other states, and promoting tax fairness based on income. Serious attention to cutting the sales tax on food will be underway.
Judicial selection. Any constitutional amendment proposing to replace merit selection of the Kansas Supreme Court judges with partisan selection will be dead. Consideration will be given to restoring by statute merit selection of judges to the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Federal aid. Federal funds of assistance to vulnerable Kansans will no longer be blocked by the governor’s office, as in the past. The expansion of Medicaid for low-income working Kansans will move ahead.
Kansas voters opted for a bipartisan path forward, and Governor-elect Laura Kelly has an extraordinary opportunity to point the way.
H. Edward Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University and served with Kansas Governors Bennett and Hayden.
Ronald Wayne Ware, 73, passed away November 6, 2018 at Edwards County Hospital, Kinsley.
He was born June 16, 1945 in Aurora, Missouri, the son of Donald Eldon and Lady Sue Jackson Ware. A longtime area resident he worked at Halliburton and Venture.
He was of the Presbyterian faith and a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Eagles in Great Bend and he enjoyed building model cars and collecting Hot Wheels.
On May 14, 1992 he married Patricia Diane Murphy in Wichita Falls, Texas; she survives.
Other survivors include; four daughters, Wendy (Eric) Luck, Topeka, Michelle (Rodney) Hay, Liberal, Amanda Ware, Rebecca Ware, both of Texas; two step-daughters, Patricia (Jojuan) Clemons, Texas, Vicky (Alberto) Cortez, Missouri; son, Shawn (Cassandra) Ware, Liberal; four step sons, Michael (Ann) Davis, Oklahoma, Jessy (Cheryl) Davis, Larned, Robert (Tara) Spargins, Kyle Davis, both of Texas; two sisters, Mary (Jack) Roach, Oklahoma, Lady Ware, Wichita; two brothers, David (Doris) Ware, Osawatomie, Karl (Sue) Ware, Great Bend; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Harold Edward Ware.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 16, 2018 at Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Aaron Withrow presiding. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the mortuary.
Memorials may be given to the Ron Ware Memorial Fund, in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550.
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a rural Sedgwick County creek.
Just before 4:30p.m. Tuesday, sheriff deputies were notified about a body floating in a lake in the 6300 block of South Broadway, according to Lt. Tim Myers.
6300 Block of South Broadway in rural Sedgwick County -google map
Arriving units located an adult white male identified as 50-year-old Fabian Ray Ludlow. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Authorities have not determined the cause of death.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances around the death and if anyone has information that might assist in the investigation please contact Sheriff’s Investigations at 316-660-5300, or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death and asking the public for help.
Just before 4:30p.m., sheriff deputies were notified about a body floating in a lake in the 6300 block of South Broadway, according to Lt. Tim Myers.
Arriving units located an adult white male that was pronounced deceased at the scene. The man had not been identified Wednesday morning.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances around the death and if anyone has information that might assist in the investigation please contact Sheriff’s Investigations at 316-660-5300, or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.
Leona Vsetecka, age 82, of Victoria, KS, passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Via Christi Village of Hays.
She was born on January 28, 1936 in Liebenthal, KS to Leo and Elizabeth (Burgardt) Herrman. On November 13, 1954 she married Adolph Schuckman. To this marriage, ten kids were born with four surviving children. Adolph passed away on May 15, 1975. Leona remarried to Charles E. Vsetecka on June 17, 1977. This union brought three step-children.
She was very active in her Catholic faith. She was a member of The Basilica of St. Fidelis, Daughters of Isabella, Christians Mothers and VFW Auxiliary all of Victoria. She had been a member of RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, to help lead prospective converts to Catholicism, a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and taught Catechism. Leona served the Victoria community while on the school board. Her hobbies included; singing, dancing, baking, sewing, quilting, cooking for her family and the Seminary. Her greatest joys were her faith, family and becoming a very successful and award-winning saleswoman in insurance.
Survivors include her husband of 41 years, Charles E. Vsetecka of Via Christi Village of Hays; two sons, Dominic Schuckman and his wife Michelle of Newton, KS, Samuel Schuckman of Ashville, NC; two daughters, Theresa Wasinger and her husband John of Hays, Martha Boardman and her husband Rob of Hays; one step-son, Charles F. Vsetecka of Almena, KS; two step-daughters, Michelle Schuckman and her husband Dominic of Newton, KS, Cheryl McNamara of Bonner Springs, KS; a sister, Lucy Herrman and here husband William “Bill” of LaCrosse, KS; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Leona was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Adolph Schuckman; six infant children; three brothers, Wendelin, Francis and Leon Herrman; four sisters, Cecilia Herrman, Dorothy Urban, Agnes Randa and Helen Meder; four half-brothers and three half-sisters.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M., November 10, 2018, at The Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria. Burial will follow at St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria.
Visitation will be from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Saturday, all at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary, 412 Main St. in Victoria.
A combined Daughters of Isabella, Christian Mothers and VFW Auxiliary rosary will be recited at 6:30 P.M. followed by a parish vigil service all at the mortuary.
Memorials are suggested in Leona’s loving memory to Capuchin Franciscans – Province of St. Conrad, 3613 Wyandot St., Denver, CO 80211. Contributions can be mailed or left with the funeral home.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary, 412 Main Street, Victoria, Kansas 67671.
Condolences can be left by guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com or can be sent via e-mail to [email protected].
Timothy Lee Sundgren, age 74, of Salida, Colo., passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 in the arms of his wife at home.
Tim was born on August 5, 1944 in Ashland, KS to Paul Alvin and Evah Lola (Ellis) Sundgren. He grew up in Coldwater, Greensburg and Hugoton, KS and graduated in 1962 from Hugoton High School. He attended college at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS then returned to the family farm before taking his first job in banking in Wichita, KS in 1968.
Tim began his career selling MasterCard when it debuted, worked briefly in Winona, KS from 1971 to 1973, and then bought the People’s State Bank in Grinnell, KS in 1973. He owned and operated many banks throughout northwest Kansas and Colorado before his first retirement in 1994.
Retirement from banking just meant more time to pursue other interests, so Tim volunteered to serve his community and meet others. Heart of the Rockies Snowmobile Association, Central Colorado Political Divide, Chaffee County Search and Rescue, Restorative Justice, Heart of the Rockies Hospice and the Salida Regional Library board of trustees were among his favorites. Most recently, the Bridging the Political Divide group held a special place in his heart and provided him hope for the future of our country.
Tim married Paulette Marie (Boucher) Sundgren on October 16, 1999 in their home in Salida, Colorado. Together, they enjoyed riding their motorcycles around the world, traveling, among other places, to New Zealand, the Pacific Northwest, Canada and through Colorado and 24 more states in the US to put miles on their bikes. The only thing he loved more than planning the next great adventure was the person who went on the trips with him: Paulette.
Tim was preceded in death by his parents and his mother-in-law, Cecile Lebrun. He is survived by his wife, two children, Jen (Chris) Brull of Plainville, KS and Evan (Brenda) Sundgren of Gainesville, FL; two stepsons, Ken (Megan) Boucher of Aspen, CO and Kurt Boucher of Monterey, CA; one brother, Kent (Debbie) Sundgren of Colorado Springs, CO; seven grandchildren, Jacob Brull of Lawrence, KS, Paul Brull of Plainville, KS, Maggie Brull of Plainville, KS, Kassie Boucher of Snowmass Village, CO, Kyle Boucher of Denver, CO, Emma Boucher of Aspen, CO, and Norah Belle Boucher of Monterey, CA; and former spouse, Nan Sundgren of Hays, KS.
Tim is perhaps most famous for his outgoing and engaging personality; although it was rare for him to walk into a room and not know anyone, you can bet when that happened he never left without remedying the situation! His friends will tell you he was always good for a smile, great conversation and an invitation to dinner. His family describe him as the best husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend they knew. He will be incredibly missed.
Tim’s memorial service will take place on Friday, November 30, 2018 at 10:00am at the Salida United Methodist Church, 228 East 4th Street, Salida, CO. The family invites all to stay for a light lunch immediately following the services. Memorial contributions may be made to Chaffee County Search and Rescue South, PO Box 313, Poncha Springs, CO 81242. We celebrate his life, not mourn his death. He chose to be always “green and growing,” and we are forever blessed for having known him.
