Cale Lewis Evins, 12, of Oakley, died Wednesday, September 25, 2019.

He was born January 6, 2007, in Great Bend, KS, to J.L. and Carrie (George) Evins. Cale was an active young man and enjoyed playing with friends and participating in soccer, baseball and football. He loved camping, hiking and summer weekends at the lake on the boat and fancied himself as quite the knee boarder, tuber along with any other water sports. He also had a passion for fishing, hunting deer, turkey, dove, waterfowl, prairie dogs or any other hunting or fishing activity he and his dad could think of. He proudly shot the “deer of a lifetime” at the age of 10 upon which he announced “I like to shoot my rifle and eat deer meat”.

Cale enjoyed Legos, flying his drone, playing Minecraft and riding his hover board shoes. He loved to travel and recently asked if he could go to Washington D.C. again this summer. He had the purest of hearts having never met a stranger and could bring a smile to anyone he came across and could keep everyone laughing with his endless jokes and personality. He attended St. Joseph Grade School and Oakley Middle School.

He is loved and survived by his parents and sisters, Avery and Emma Evins, of the home; exchange sister, Ana Fernandez Cabrera, of Malaga, Spain; grandparents, Lewis and Audrey Evins, of Oakley, Mary George, of Oakley and Roy George, of Manchester, OK; great grandmother Edna Roesener, of Bird City, KS; aunt Amanda (Jeff) Tauscher, Shawnee, KS; uncle Eric George, Lamar, CO; cousins Justin George of Byron, OK and Addison and Finley Tauscher of Shawnee KS; along with many more aunts and uncles, extended family and friends. All of whom will greatly miss him.

Visitation is 5-7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 29, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Oakley, with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 30, 2019, at the Church with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Oakley. Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph School or Oakley Public Library, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 204, Oakley, KS 67748. For information or condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com.

Saturday, January 6th, 2007 – Wednesday, September 25th, 2019

An obituary is pending with Baalmann Mortuary.

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Rose M. “Rosie” Hardman, 82, passed away Monday, September 23, 2019, in Plainville, Kansas. She was born May 29, 1937 in Sturgis, South Dakota to John Theodore and Ruth Constance (Hoff) Thummel. When she was one and a half years old, the family moved to Plainville, Kansas and lived in that area until she wed.

While living in Plainville, Rose did cooking, housework and child care for Creta Hilgers making $2.00 a day. She then worked five years at Shag’s Cleaners as a presser. She enjoyed her time at each place and thought the world of those she worked for. Rose saved enough to pay for her wedding to Dwayne Hardman on February 12, 1961.

Rose and Dwayne spent the next 58 years enjoying their life together. Thirty-one years were spent on the farm south of Lenora and then they lived twenty-seven years in Hill City. To their union four children were born: Diana, Christine, John and Dorothy.

Rose was an active member and officer in the Homemaker’s Club in her neighborhood for 20 years. She also joined the North Star Club and wrote their news for the Hill City Times for many years. Lots of hours were spent at the typewriter at home, much to the joy and admiration of her children.

Rose was very creative, including writing poetry that was published throughout her life. She was able to sew and alter anything placed before her and won many purple ribbons at the county fair. Rose was a fantastic Avon Lady. She grew an amazing garden every year. Since she was a fabulous cook, all the area salesmen would schedule their visits around lunch time because they knew Dwayne would ask them to stay for a meal with Rose! She also drove the truck at harvest time for Dwayne for many years.

Rose’s passion was antique shopping. She had an antique business in Hill City for twelve years and attended hundreds of auctions. Some of her children’s prized possessions are the pieces Rose personally found that were “just right” for each child and given to them at Christmas.

Rose was active at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church where she led the singing for most of her time in Hill City. She also enjoyed the prayer meetings that were held at her house on a regular basis.

Rose was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ruth Thummel; daughter, Christine Hardman; sisters: Vera Kruse and Grace Thummel and brother Jon Thummel.

Rose is survived by her husband Dwayne; children: Diana (Tom) Baumann, Hays, John Hardman , Lenora and Dorothy (Mark) Heim, Hoxie; brothers: Mark (Melinda) Thummel Plainville and Ralph (Melinda) Thummel, Hays; sisters: Elizabeth Striggow, Hill City, Sister Mary Jo Thummel, Concordia, Theresa Kriley, Stockton and May Munk, Hays; grandchildren: Kaci (Kyle) Kirmer, Quincy Scott, Joel Scott, Steiner Scott, and Cole Peters; and great grandchildren: Aaron Smith and Karter and Kaleb Kirmer. Rose’s love for family and friends and her deep faith in God will be the things we remember and cherish. They serve as an example a life well lived.

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Jorge Vazquez, age 66, Hays, Kansas passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Hays, Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hays. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery with Military Honors courtesy of the Hays VFW Honor Guard.

Memorial visitation will be on Tuesday 9 AM until service time at the church. A Secular Franciscan rosary will be at 9:30.

A complete obituary is pending with Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601

Rachel M. Binder, 27, Lenexa, died Saturday, September 21, 2019 in Shawnee as the result of an automobile accident.

She was born January 7, 1992 in Wichita, the daughter of Jerry and Nancy (Gross) Brungardt. In 2010, she graduated from Hays High School then attended Fort Hays State University and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in biology. She was a client service specialist and part of the sales team at Xeno Tech. Rachel was very organized and detail oriented. She loved her cat Cecee, enjoyed texting and phone conversations with her family, and was an upbeat person who liked spending time with her friends.

Survivors include her father; Jerry Brungardt of Haysville, mother; Nancy Brungardt of Hays, and grandmother; Norma Brungardt of Montezuma.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, with Fr. Nick Parker officiating. Inurnment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until service time on Wednesday at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Humane Society of the High Plains in care of Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home.

Condolences and memories of Rachel may be shared with the family at www.haysmemorial.com.

Margaret Louise Bott, 95, formerly of Salina, Kan. passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 at Pin Oaks Living Center in Mexico, Mo. Margaret was born Oct. 10, 1923 on her family farm near McCracken, to Samuel and Christena (Hamburger) Bott.

Miss Bott was a Registered Nurse. She worked as the Operating Room Supervisor at Asbury Medical Center in Salina, until her retirement. After retirement she did volunteer work at Salina Regional Health Center for many years.

Survivors include: brother-in-law, Dale Barnett of Perry, Mo.; nephews, Eric Bay (Julie) of Mexico, Mo., Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dale Barnett Jr. (Kristina) of Macungie, Penn., and Drew Barnett (Kathleen) of Perry, Mo.; niece, Shari Brothers (Bob) of Perry, Mo.; four great-nieces; four great-nephews; and several cousins.

Margaret was preceded in death by her sister, Yetive Annette “Anne” Barnett.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at First United Methodist Church, Salina, with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. Burial will follow in LaCrosse City Cemetery at 2:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Salina Regional Health Center Auxiliary Services, in care of Ryan Mortuary, 137 North Eighth Street, Salina, KS 67401.

Wilburn O. Bradshaw, 93, passed away on September 24, 2019, at the Hodgeman County Health Center, Jetmore.

He was born November 14, 1925 in Jetmore to Ralph O. and Birdia Haller Bradshaw.

A lifetime area resident he was a member of the Church of God In Christ, Garden City, where he served as a deacon. He was a farmer stockman, a member of the auto glass association, and a historian.

In May of 1953 he married Bobbie Jean Reed in Jetmore, she survives.

Survivors include: wife, Bobbie; six sons, Roger (Caroline) Bradshaw, Garden City, Terry (Stephanie) Olathe, Ralph Bradshaw, Valley Center, Marc (Sandy) Bradshaw, Matthew (Monica) Bradshaw, both of Jetmore, Jonathan (Tiffany) Bradshaw, Seattle, Washington; three daughters, Vicki (Clinton) Jamison, Lenexa, Lisa (Charlie) Dickey Stillwater, Oklahoma, Paula (McArthur) Thompson, Roanoke, Texas; two sisters, Clara Hunter, Phoenix, Arizona, Easther Bell, Las Vegas, Nevada; 30 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three sons, Timothy Bradshaw, Larry Bradshaw, Wilburn Bradshaw Jr.; brother, Paul Bradshaw Sr.; and two granddaughters.

Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at United Presbyterian Church, Jetmore, with Elder Levert Owens presiding. Visitation Friday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Beckwith Funeral Home, Jetmore. Burial in Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore.

Memorials may be given to Hodgeman County Health Center in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, PO Box 663, Jetmore, Kansas 67854. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithfuneralhome.com.

Betty Lou Kessler, 89, long time Kansas resident, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019, at Atria Senior Living Residence in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is dearly missed by family and friends.

Betty was born on August 11, 1930, in Ransom, Kansas, the daughter of Harold Schuyler and Alma Rosetta (Grisell) See. She grew up in Ransom, sister to brothers Billie Joe and Charles, where she was Valedictorian of her senior class.

Twice receiving National 4-H honors, she was accomplished as a seamstress, woodworker, high school athlete, and multi-talented musician. She attended Fort Hays State College in Hays, Kansas, where she pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in music education, was a member of the Alpha Pi chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity, met her future husband, and was featured in 1952 “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.”

Soon after graduation, on June 07, 1952, Betty was joined in marriage with Richard Sam Kessler in Ransom, Kansas. From this union they raised three children, Charles, Jolene and Brenda. Betty and Richard remained in Kansas and shared a life rich with common interests throughout their fifty-three year marriage. They resided in McCracken, Russell, Hays, and Lawrence before moving to Wichita in 1976, where they lived for more than thirty-five years.

Betty was a dedicated music teacher in her local schools for thirty years, and had a passion for creating individualized learning opportunities for students. In Hays, she completed a Master’s Degree in Music Education and an Education Specialist Degree at Fort Hays State College. In Lawrence, she served as an enthusiastic and dedicated president of the Lawrence Education Association.

After thirty years, Betty retired from teaching in 1982, and redirected her energy and love of working with people into a second career in real estate. Joining Anita Frey, then Plaza Del Sol Realty, she became a highly successful real estate agent in Wichita. For twenty-five years she loved to help families find the perfect home and made many lasting friendships in the process.

She and Richard shared interests in photography, gardening, musical theater, the Kansas City Chiefs, KU sports teams, and traveling to pursue genealogical research and to visit family in Las Vegas, Hawaii, Boston, Italy, and Virginia. She particularly loved spending time with family and friends.

Old family photos sparked a passion in Betty for family history and genealogy. She inherited her grandfather’s diary, written while he served as a White House guard for President Lincoln during the Civil War. Always a history buff, Richard was a willing travel companion while they researched pieces of the story ‘on the road,’ often one tiny cemetery at a time. Following Richard’s death on May 05, 2005, Betty remained an active member of the First United Methodist Church and the Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society. She worked to complete a transcription of her grandfather’s diary begun by a cousin, and donated it to the Soldier’s Home, a museum in Washington D.C. dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, where she was honored in a public reception when the conserved diary was placed on view.

Several years after Richard’s death, Betty moved nearer to family in Las Vegas, Nevada; then to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she remained until her death.

Surviving family include her son Charles (Chuck) Kessler and wife Becky of Las Vegas, Nevada and daughters Jolene Kessler of Boston, Massachusetts and Brenda McCanon and husband Brian of Lexington, Virginia; ten grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Betty was preceded in death by her parents, husband Richard, and two brothers, Charles Herman and Billie Joe See.

Betty’s love for Kansas and her desire to return never wavered. Though we are sad at her passing, we are happy to welcome her back home.

A celebration of Betty’s life will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, September 30, 2019, at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary in Russell, Kansas. Burial will follow at the Russell City Cemetery. Family will greet guests the day of the service.

Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.