COLBY – Vernon L. Doonan Jr., 69, died Monday, December 3, 2018, at Colby Health & Rehab in Colby.
Services are pending with Kersenbrock Funeral Chapel in Colby.
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Hays KSRE Open House & Ribbon Cutting Dec. 5
Max Haverfield & Friends Christmas Concert Series
Get the best gift you can get this Christmas… Join Max Haverfield & Friends for our Christmas Concert Series 2018 tour of Kansas – including an evening in Hays!
Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM – 9 PM
Hays First Presbyterian Church
2900 Hall St, Hays
Don’t miss this wonderful concert including Christmas favorites like “Silver Bells,” “Silent Night,” and “Mary, Did You Know?” Performers joining Max this year:
Garee Geist, Piano
Regi Wieland, Keyboard
Eriana Holle, Soprano
Bonnie Cameron, Mezzo-soprano
Karl Pratt, Tenor
Miranda Graves, Cello
This concert will be the best evening of entertainment you’ve seen in a long time — get your tickets now! Call 785-953-0264 or go to https://maxhaverfield.com/christmas-concer…/concert-tickets/.
Garden City police search for armed robbery suspect
FINNEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery and asking for help to locate a suspect.
Just before 6 a.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to an aggravated robbery that had just occurred at a convenience store at 511 E. Kansas Ave. in Garden City, according to a media release.
A 27-year-old male employee told officers a man entered the store with a gun and demanded money. The suspect —described as a slender built black male, 6-foot-3 to 6-foot-5 inches tall wearing dark clothing, a dark face mask and dreadlocks hairstyle — took the money and fled on foot from the business.
Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact police.
Dancing with the Heart Dec. 7
Evelyn K. Gourley
Evelyn K. Gourley, 82, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018, in Salina. She was born January 14, 1936, in Ellsworth to Cristie and Mary (Lundgrin) Naegele.
Evelyn was a lifetime resident of the Ellsworth and Kanopolis areas where she was a bank teller at Kanopolis State Bank and later First Bank Kansas. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in the class of 1954 and was a member of the Kanopolis Sunflower Civic Club. She married Earl D. Gourley, Jr. in Lincoln on December 25, 1956. He preceded her in death in 2016.
Evelyn is survived by her son Cris Gourley (Margaret) of Ellsworth; daughters, Kathleen Bunch (Mark) of La Crosse and Angela Bunch (Randy) of Kanopolis; grandchildren, Craig Gourley (Samantha Oliver), Brian Gourley (Kayla), Cristopher Gourley (Jenna), Dylan Bunch, Zachary Bunch, and Taylor Bunch; great grandchildren, Clay Gourley, Aaliyah Gourley, and Connor Gourley; sisters, Glennys Bruning (Leroy) of Ellsworth and Jolene Krier of Goddard; brother, Ralph Naegele (Rita) of Troy, OH; and special friends, Kimbree, Anthony, Ellie, and Claire Hopkins. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Enola Hetzler, Anona Vague, and Helen Mason; and grandson, Scott Bunch.
Visitation: 1-8 p.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Parsons Funeral Home, Ellsworth, with family present 6-8 p.m.
Funeral service: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church, Ellsworth with burial following at Kanopolis Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to Smoky Hills Charitable Foundation, c/o, Parsons Funeral Home, Box 45, Ellsworth, KS 67439
Dana L. Libal
Dana L. Libal, 90, of Luray, KS died Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Parkview Care Center of Osborne, KS. He was born in Osborne County, KS on December 17, 1927, to Charles and Delpha F. (Hendrixson) Libal.
Dana served in the U.S. Army as a PFC in the Korean War. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lucas, KS.
Dana was a farmer and cattleman.
Dana was preceded in death by his parents and brothers. He is survived by his wife Greta (Tate) Libal of the home in Luray, KS; stepdaughter, Linda Ketcher of Haysville, KS; 4 stepsons, Larry Siemiller of Lebanon, MO; Bryon Siemiller of Luray, KS; Steven Siemiller of Wichita, KS; David Siemiller of Wichita, KS; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-grandchild.
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John W. Kisslinger
John W. Kisslinger was born April 13th, 1932 the son of Herman and Catherine (Flax) Kisslinger. He passed away at Rhode Island Suites in Ransom on December 2nd, 2018 at the age of 86 surrounded by family.
John grew up in rural Trego county northeast of Ransom and attended Cyrus school. He served in the United States Army and on June 2, 1955 he married Barbara Ummel.
To this union seven children were born, Judy (Allen) Montgomery, Ransom, Linda (Craig) Stith, Dodge City, Ronald (Linda) Kisslinger, Oklahoma City, OK, Myron (Becki) Kisslinger, Wakeeney, Brenda (Jimmie) Montgomery, Hutchinson, Harold (Lori) Kisslinger, Ransom and Dorothy (Randy) Gideon, Wakeeney. He and Barbara made their home in rural Ness county near Brownell for 44 years before moving to Ransom in 1999 .
John was a farmer, stockman, mechanic and had a talent to make and fix anything. This talent was passed on to his three sons. He loved little children, especially babies and couldn’t wait to hold the grandchildren. He had a great sense of humor and was a jokester. He and his nephew Darrin worked hard to see who could pull the largest prank on each other, whether it be gluing gloves or shoelaces together. He loved polka music and was talented at playing the accordion and harmonica; he and Barbara shared one last make shift dance to their wedding song, the Blue Skirt Waltz on the evening of December 1st.
John is survived by his wife Barbara of the home, his seven children, 16 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great grandchildren, his sister Regina Schuster, Wakeeney, Rosetta Healy, Ness City, and Berniece Blakely, Hays. He is proceeded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, Ambrose, Paul and Joe and 4 sisters, Betty Casey, Frances Casey, Rosalie Smith and Ann Pfannenstiel.
The vigil service will be at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Wednesday in Ness City at 6:30 p.m.. Funeral services will be held at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Ransom on Thursday December 6th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow at the Kansas Veteran’s Cemetery in Wakeeney.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Ransom, the Alzheimer’s Association or the charity of your choice.
Kansas fiscal year tax collections $2.7M ahead of estimates
TOPEKA—Fiscal year tax collections have exceeded previous year’s totals by $221.20 million according to data from the latest revenue report released Monday from the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Fiscal year 2019 tax collections so far total $2.70 billion, exceeding estimates by $2.74 million.
November tax collections were up $38.60 million, or 8.41 percent over last year. November’s tax collections exceeded expectations for the month by $2.74 million.
Individual income tax collections in November totaled $235.02 million which is $27.40 million or 13.20 percent above the same time last year. November sales tax collections fell slightly short of last November’s collections by $115,000.
Mabel Ellen (Love) Glunt
Jetmore – Mabel Ellen (Love) Glunt, 94, passed from this life to the next on November 28, 2018 at her home in rural Hodgeman County, KS
Mabel was born August 26, 1924 to Frank and Belva (Lamar) Love. She graduated from Cimarron High School in Cimarron, KS, attended college at Fort Hays State College. She received her teaching certificate and taught elementary school before she married Virgil Glunt on August 30, 1951.
Mabel was active in the United Presbyterian Church in Jetmore, KS and was a member in the W.I.F.E. (Women involved in Farm Economics) organization, Sunny West FCE, Worthwile Club and a community Bible Study Circle.
Survivors include: three sons, William (Mary), Donald (Iola) and Stephen; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren and a large extended family of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mabel was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Virgil; a brother, John Love and a sister Vera (Love) Kenton; her son, Thomas Glunt and her great grandson, Logan Glunt
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 3, 2018 at the United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore, with Rev. Mark Durham presiding. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore. Burial will be in the Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Jetmore United Presbyterian Church or Finney County Hospice in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, Box 663 Jetmore, KS 67854.
Gove County business a total loss after fire
GOVE COUNTY — Investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s office are working to determine the cause of a Sunday afternoon fire in Quinter.
Just before 4 p.m., crews responded to report of a fire at Formation Plastics, 101 Sunset Ave. in Quinter, according to Sheriff Allan Weber.
When crews arrived, the building was totally engulfed in flames and due to the nature of the work, the smoke was toxic, according to Weber.
In addition to crews from Quinter, firefighters from Trego, Grinnell and Grainfield responded to fight the fire. Officials from Thomas County and Trego County Emergency Management also provided floodlights to assist fire crews.
The business makes plastic items including seats for transport buses, items for circuit boards and other plastic parts. With all the plastic, the fire burned until the early hours of Monday, according to Weber.
The facility is a total loss. There were no injuries.
Ina Marie Goodnight
Ina Marie Goodnight, 84, of Oberlin, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society of Oberlin, Kansas.
Ina Marie, aka Sis by family and Scotty to friends, was born May 29, 1934 to Goldie Ola Scott and Clara Elizabeth (Allacher) Scott in rural Oberlin, Kansas.
Ina graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1952. She lived her whole life starting out waitressing, farming and raising her children. She and Bill spent 40 years working the Dirt Business and the farm together. She loved the farm life, her milk cows, living in the country and being outside.
Ina Marie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill; daughter, Wanda; grandson, Eric Farr; brothers: Gene and Dwayne and two infant sisters.
She is survived by sisters: Doris Fringer of Oberlin, KS, Janice Kurth of Imperial, NE, Linda (Dick) Weber of Oberlin, KS, Judy Scott of Ridgeland, SC; brothers: Dennis (Geneva) Scott of Lubbock, TX and Ronald (Chris) Scott of Washington, KS; daughters: Rhonda (Mick) Barth of Oberlin, KS, Valerie Faris of Oberlin, KS and son, Mitch (Rhonda) Pickett of Hays Center, NE; grandchildren: Micki Hodgens, Megan Combs, Tyson Nicholson, Chris Barth, David Barth, Chancey Pickett, Morgan Rodgers, Yolanda Cogburn, Bruce King, Matt Farr and Wiley Farr and 25 great grandchildren.
A Memorial Service is planned for Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 1:00 pm at the Oberlin United Methodist Church.
The family suggests memorials to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or to the Family of Ina Goodnight and may be sent in care of Pauls Funeral Home, 121 N. Penn Ave, Oberlin, KS 67749. Condolences may be left at paulsfh.com
Man caught on I-70 with 471 pounds of marijuana sentenced
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Minnesota man was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison for driving a load of 471 pounds of marijuana to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he will serve three years on supervised release.
Mark Anthony Berg, 40, Coon Rapids, Minn., pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. The Kansas Highway Patrol stopped Berg’s vehicle on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County. Troopers found 471 pounds of marijuana concealed in the vehicle.
McAllister commended the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Assistant U.S. Attorney Skip Jacobs for their work on the case.