Travel was once a key component of the picture working professionals created of their ideal retirements. While the COVID-19 pandemic put many retirement travel plans on hold in recent years, jetting off to distant locales is once again on retirees’ radars.
OSAWATOMIE – Several of the windows at the John Brown Museum, which protects the Adair Cabin in John Brown Memorial Park, are in disrepair, and one Osawatomie City Council member is calling for action.
PAOLA – Scott Shappell has always loved the Queen Ann Victorian home that was built in 1904 and sits majestically at the corner of Kaskaskia and Agate streets in Paola. When Scott was attending Paola High School in the late 1980s, his friend Kenny Carter and family lived there.
PAOLA – Senior Brylynn Wicker kicked off the home opener with a bang for the Paola Lady Panthers, putting down a kill on the first point for No. 500 in her career.
K-State Research & Extension, Marais des Cygnes District is presenting New to Medicare programs in Paola and Louisburg in the coming weeks. This is an educational program for adults who are approaching age 65, or are 65+, newly retired or considering retirement soon.
Beverly Anne Dennis age 79 of Mound City, KS passed away August 30, 2024 at North Point in Paola. Services are pending.
PAOLA – It’s been more than a decade since buses in Paola USD 368 picked up students who live less than 2.5 miles from school, but school board members discussed options for in-town busing during their meeting Monday, Sept. 9.
Shirley Nadine (Smith) Banks was born on March 16, 1928 on a farm near New Lancaster, Miami County, Kansas. She married Robert E Banks, MD on August 6, 1950 in the New Lancaster Methodist Church. She died August 28, 2024 at the age of 96 in Paola. Shirley was a wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother and spent her years cooking and making a home for her entire family. She was a life long member of the United Methodist Church and was active in the Paola community on many boards and with local theater She and her husband had a strong emphasis on education in the family and the community.
1935 - 2024 Virginia Ellen Morgan was born August 13, 1935 in the tiny border town of West Line, MO, the youngest of six children of James Leary Morgan and Julia Fischell Morgan. A few years later the family moved back to Miami Co. KS to her Fi schel l grandparents farm, east of Paola. In the mid 1940s they moved into Paola. Virginia graduated from Paola High School in 1952 and on Nov. 16, 1952 she was married at the Methodist parsonage in Paola to Gerald Arthur Ellis, son of Loren Claude Ellis and Esther Bratton Ellis. They lived on Loren Ellis’s dairy farm west of Paola and then moved into Paola in 1957. In 1958 they built a new house on Grandview Drive. Between 1953 and 1958 they had three children, Michael, Susan and Mark. In 1961 they moved to Garnett, KS and established the ANCO Cheese Co., the largest cheese factory in Kansas, located at the corner of Park Rd. and Hwy 59 on the north edge of Garnett, producing cheese for the Kraft company. In 1968 they built a large brick home on Hwy 59 one mile north of Garnett. About 1970 they built an addition to the factory and opened the Anco Cheese, Plate & Stein shop which specialized in imported gift items. During the 1970s they acquired cheese factories in Hoisington and Mound Ridge KS. In the 1970s they traveled to many classic car shows and started a collection of classic cars. Jerry died in 1980. Virginia then attended Allen County Community Junior College in Iola and Kansas University Medical School in Kansas City, receiving a degree in Medical Records Administration. She worked for the Anderson County Hospital in Garnett KS and for Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa KS. In 1987 she was married to William Eddy of Lawrence KS. They built a home on a 15 acre lakeside property south of Lawrence. Virginia became a Kansas City Royals Lancer, handling season ticket sales for the Lawrence area for many years. She and Bill traveled all over the world, including many trips with the Royals. She was an avid bridge player
John Urbom, 73, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Services held on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. For the full obituary, please visit www.DengelMortuary. com Services entrusted to Dengel & Son Mortuary - Louisburg, 1 Aquatic Dr., Louisburg, Kansas 66053. (913) 837-4310