2A THE OBERLIN HERALD Wednesday, May 2, 2007

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Obituaries

S. Wolzen

Sharon WolzenSharon Wolzen, 68, of Oxford,

Neb., a sister-in-law of Elton O’-Hare of Oberlin, died April 23,2007, at thePhelps Memo-rial Health Cen-ter in Holdrege,Neb.

She was bornJuly 13, 1938, inRed WillowCounty nearLebanon, Neb.,the youngest ofsix children ofFrancis and Elsie Alfreda (Gay)McCashland. She attended school atLebanon and graduated from Leba-non High School in 1956.

She married Charles Wolzen atMcCook. They made their home inOxford, where she was employed asa bookkeeper for several businessesand later worked at Becton-Dick-inson in Holdrege, Neb., from 1975until her retirement in 2000. She wasa member of the First BaptistChurch in Oxford.

Survivors include two brothers-in-law, Lawrence Orvis, McCook,and Elton O’Hare, Oberlin; and aspecial friend, Don Ekberg, Hold-rege.

She was preceded in death by herparents; a son, Francis Charles; fivesisters, Betty Jo and George Orvis;Glenva Orvis, Mildred O’Hare,Vada and Sam Huntsman, andDonna and Rod Hardin.

Memorial services will be held at11 a.m. today at the First BaptistChurch in Oxford with Pastor DaveHunt officiating. Inurnment will bein the Hendley Cemetery at Hend-ley, Neb.

A memorial has been establishedin her name. Contributions may besent to Nelson-Bauer FuneralHome, 401 Burlington St., Hol-drege, Neb., 68949.

Lela HuffLela Huff, 87, a native of Decatur

County, died Monday, April 28,2007, at her home in Northglenn,Colo.

She was born April 28, 1920, atthe family farm near Kanona. Sheattended Center School, and NorthCentral Bible College in Minneapo-lis, Minn.

Mary Maxine WudtkeMary Maxine Wudtke, 81, a 1943

graduate of Jennings High School,died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at theNorton County Hospital in Norton.

She was born Nov. 28, 1925, inAllison, the daughter of Raymondand Regina (Austerman) Slipke.After graduating from JenningsHigh School, she taught school afew years, then went to cosmetologyschool in Topeka. She operated her

Town CrierToday: TACT senior farewell

picnic, 5:30 p.m., City Park.Girls physicals, 7 p.m., Oberlin

Clinic.Free meditation class by Trish

Henningsen, 7:30 p.m., Golden AgeCenter. 475-3636.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m.,ambulance barn.

Thursday: High school golf, 3p.m., at Colby.

Junior high quad track meet, 3p.m., here.

Diabetic support group, 7 p.m.,room 3, Gateway, on diabetic footcare.

School board meeting, 7 p.m., dis-trict office.

Oberlin Elementary concert, 4-6grades, 7:30 p.m., gymnasium.

Friday: FFA banquet, 5:30 p.m.,high school cafeteria.

Saturday: High school statespeech, all day, Wichita.

Knitting group organizationalmeeting, 2 p.m., Golden Age Cen-ter. Call 475-7255 or email ann@gallentine.org for details.

Music progressions, all day, highschool music department.

Sunday: Cheryl Metcalf pianorecital, 2 p.m., Morgan Theater,Gateway.

Teens for Christ, 6-8 p.m.Monday: High school golf, 1

p.m., at Phillipsburg.High school track, 4 p.m., at Hill

City.Tuesday: Oberlin Rotary Club,

noon, Gateway.Free meditation class by Trish

Henningsen, 7:30, Golden AgeCenter, 475-3636.

High school band concert, 7:30p.m.

School district superintendent in-terviews, all day.

Next Wednesday: School dis-trict superintendent interviews, allday.

High school speech awards, 6p.m., city park.

Boys school sports physicals, 7p.m., Oberlin Clinic.

Free reflexology class, 7:30 to8:30 p.m., Golden Age Center.

Tuesday, May 15: Men’s healthprogram by Tranda Watts, 1 p.m.,The Gateway.

Sunday, May 20: Decatur Com-munity High School commence-ment, 2 p.m., gymnasium.

Third Tuesday each month:Senior potluck, 6 p.m., Wheat RidgeTerrace.

Monday-Friday: At 1 p.m. atGolden Age Center, Monday, pi-nochle; Tuesday, pitch; Wednes-day, Thursday, Friday, pinochle.Third Thursday of the month, seniorbridge, open. Quilting, puzzles,games daily. Senior lunch at the cen-ter, 220 N. Penn Ave., at 11:30 a.m.

The Decatur County Food Pantry

is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon-day and Thursday at the UnitedChurch, 109 N. Griffith. Gifts ofnonperishable food and householditems are always needed.

A representative of the NorthwestLocal Environmental ProtectionGroup will be at the Health Depart-ment once a month for free wellevaluations, including testing waterfor bacteria and nitrates. For detailscall (785) 475-8118.

SENIOR MENUOberlin meal site, in the Golden

Age Center:Today: Swiss steak, savory car-

rots, cottage cheese salad, rice,peaches.

Thursday: chicken and noodles,mashed potatoes, green beans,bread, cranberry sauce.

Friday: lasagna, broccoli salad,cook’s choice fruit.

Monday: cook’s choice entree,scalloped potatoes, mixed veg-etables, bread, plums.

Tuesday: chicken fajita salad,mixed fruit, bread sticks, strawberryshortcake w/topping.

Next Wednesday: bieroc casse-role, creamy cucumbers, muffin,fluffy fruit salad.

CorrectionA news items in the People sec-

tion in the April 25 issue of TheOberlin Herald said that KymRichards planned to marry JoeMetcalf on Saturday, June 2. Itshould have said Brandon Metcalf,who is the son of Joe and LolitaMetcalf. This was a reporter’s error.

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own shop for 33 years in Norton.She married Marvin Wudtke on

Jan. 3, 1976. They lived in Norton,where she was a member of St.Francis Catholic Church.

Survivors include her husband,Marvin, Norton; sisters-in-law,Miriam Slipke, Hoxie; AlmaSchulze and Leanora Braun,Norton; Ida Gowens, Galena; andNorma Jean Davis, ColoradoSprings; and brothers-in-law, Her-man Wudtke and Arthur Wudtke,Norton.

She was preceded in death by herparents; two sisters, Erma Travisand Rita Boltz; and a brother, EdwinSlipke.

Mass of the Resurrection will beheld at 10:30 a.m. today at thechurch in Norton. The Rev. VincentThu Laing will officiate and burialwill be at the Norton Cemetery.

A memorial was established inher name. Contributions may besent to Pauls Funeral Home, 121 N.Penn, Oberlin, Kan., 67749.

She married Leonard Huff at theFrickey farm near Kanona on March25, 1939. They began their marriedlife on a farm in the Lyle commu-nity. She served on the SpringBranch School and Decatur CountyFarm Bureau boards, was a 4-Hleader and taught Sunday School for30 years.

The couple moved to Leech Lake,Minn., in 1967, where they ownedand operated a resort. Later theyspent their winters in Broomfield,Colo., and summers at Lake Mc-Conaughy, near Ogallala, Neb.They also lived in Oberlin.

Survivors include three daugh-ters, Patricia Schwab and family,Norcatur; Peggy Glenn and family,and Paula Maloney and family,Northglenn, Colo.; seven grandchil-dren; 17 great-grandchildren; onegreat-great-grandchild; and abrother, Norton Frickey, Denver.

She was preceded in death by herhusband, Leonard; a son, JohnLeDon Huff; a grandson, JosephSchwab; her parents; and six broth-ers and two sisters.

Graveside services will be held at10 a.m. Friday at the Oberlin Cem-etery with her grandson, KerryGlenn, officiating.

A memorial was established tothe donor’s choice. Pauls FuneralHome of Oberlin is in charge of ar-rangements.

CourthouseThese transactions were taken

from the records in the offices of theDecatur County court clerk, sheriffand register of deeds:

DISTRICT COURTTraffic

April 19: Shane Kingsley, Thorn-ton, Colo., speeding 84 in 65 mphzone, $150; Ronald Neff, Selden,speeding 86 in 65 mph zone, $165.

JAIL BOOKINGSThe following was booked into

the Decatur County Jail:Ora Elton Gillespie, 49, Oberlin,

April 29, violation of protective or-der, Oberlin Police.

REGISTER OF DEEDSSarah and Gary Fredrickson,

transfer on death to Gary Fred-rickson, the S 1/2 of Lot 3, Block 5,Original Town, City of Oberlin.

Gary and Sarah Fredrickson,transfer on death to Karli and KaineFredrickson, irregular tract in theNE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Sec. 1, T3S,R29W.

Robert B. Kelley Revocable Liv-ing Trust to Brian Kelley, the SW 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec.

30, T1S, R26W (dated 1/11/03).

City HallMUNICIPAL COURT

Thursday: Mickael Quakenbush,Oberlin, racing on highway, $105;Masoyna Lasiter, Oberlin, dog atlarge, $80.

POLICE BLOTTERThe Oberlin City police depart-

ment worked these calls:• At 1:21 a.m. Sunday Officer

Troy Haas investigated a phonecomplaint about a domestic disputein the 100 block of S. Elk. OfficerHaas arrested Elton Gillespie Jr., 49,for violation of a protection fromabuse order, criminal trespass anddomestic battery. He was taken tothe Decatur County Jail.

• Around 10:18 p.m. Saturday,Paula Corcoran, 42, was driving a2000 Chevy pickup north on Rode-haver when she slowed down for thestop sign at the intersection of MapleStreet but did not stop. She ran intoa 1998 Ford Windstar van driven byVickie Huntley, 38. Mrs. Corcoranreceived a ticket for failure to yield.There was damage to both vehicles.

• At 5:50 p.m. Thursday, KevinUnger, 44, driving a 2002 Chevy

pickup, backed into a 1997 ChevyLumina van in the parking lot atStellar Sales. There was no ticketgiven as the accident was on privateproperty, said Chief Wade Lock-hart. He said there was damage toboth vehicles.

• At 5:34 p.m., Jonathon K. Cress-ler, 31, stopped his 1988 Dodgepickup at the U.S, 83-U.S. 36 inter-section. Mr. Cressler, who wassouthbound at the intersection, toldpolice he saw a wide turning semitruck coming off U.S. 36 towardshim and backed up into a 1997Dodge Intrepid driven by KenShobe, 55. There was over $1,000in damage to Mr. Shobe’s truck.Chief Lockhart said he hadn’t de-cided about a ticket.

• In the early morning last Sunday,someone ran into a wood chipperbelonging to Chance Indermuhle inthe west parking lot at CrossroadsExpress. The driver didn’t report theaccident.

• At 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday,April 18, Steve Carlton, 58, drivinga 2003 Chevy pickup and hauling atrailer north bound on S. East Av-enue, backed into the front bumperof a pickup belonging to HenryEuhus parked on the street. Mr.Carlton didn’t receive a ticket.

Sheep dog trials setThe annual Cottonwood Ranch

Sheep Dog Trials will be held from8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday andfrom 8 a.m. until midafternoon onSunday at the historic site along U.S.24 near Studley.

The free event is co-sponsored bythe Kansas Historical Society, theFriends of Cottonwood Ranch, andthe American Border Collie Asso-ciation. The Kansas Sheep Councilwill hold a small Sheep Fest for ex-hibiting various breeds and tell

about the importance of sheep in the21st century. Spinners will bepresent to demonstrate and discusstheir crafts.

The trials are a judged and timedevent sanctioned by the AmericanBorder Collie Association. Specta-tors can watch from bleachers orlawn chairs. Lunch and refresh-ments will be available.

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Two concerts set in ColbyThe Colby Community College

music department has scheduledtwo spring events, a vocal musicconcert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in theNorthwest Kansas Cultural ArtsCenter and an instrumental concertat 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The vocal concert will include the

concert choir and Sunflower Sing-ers under vocal music director Dr.Phillip Shuman and accompaniedby Pat Ziegelmeier.

The concert band will performunder the direction of BradleyHerndon. There is no admissioncharge.

(National Weather Service)(Information below for period ending 8 a.m.

Mon.; maximum temperature for previousday.)

Date Hi Low Precip.April 23 67 45 0.10April 24 54 48 0.60April 25 44 37 0.25April 26 65 34April 27 68 48 0.12April 28 81 41April 29 87 41Precipitation: for the week, 1.07; for the

month, 2.83; for the year, 5.82.For 24-hour weather radio broadcast, tune

scanner to 162.475 mhz.By Melvin Martin – NOAA Cooperative

Weather Observer

WEATHERDecatur County Weather ------- May 1st – 5th Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

75/47 70/45 75/47 80/49 85/51

Normal High: 70 Normal Low: 43

Sunrise: 6:38 to 6:43am Sunset: 8:37 to 8:41pm

Warm and mild temperatures will continue along with the chances for thunderstorms and severe weather into May. The temperatures will be a bit above normal, but the storms are common in May and June on the High Plains. Today and tomorrow’s storm activity will be scattered with only a slight risk of being severe. However, over the weekend a stronger disturbance will move through increasing chances for heavier rains and severe weather. In between storm chances the weather will be beautiful!

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and the Decatur County Area Chamber of Commerce welcome KochSystems, Inc. to the business communityThe Chamber Board welcomed

Brady Koch of KochSystems, located at601 W. Frontier Parkway. He has acomputer repair center and also does

web page designs and offers consultingservices, graphics, lettering, businesscards and printing media.