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THE SAUNA JOURNAL GREAT PLAINS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 B3 DEATHS FUNERALS Mary Alice Allen MILTONVALE Mary Alice Allen, 87, Miltonvale, died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at Clay County Medical Center, Clay Center. Mrs. Allen was born Mary Alice Luker on Nov. 28,1913, at Manchester. She was a homemaker and a member of EC.

Hill Memorial Wesleyan Church, Miltonvale. Her husband, David, died in 1998. Survivors include nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at EC.

Hill Memorial Wesleyan Church, Miltonvale, the Rev. Wayne Sams officiating. Burial will be in Miltonvale Cemetery Memorials may be made to Miltonvale Manor Extended Living. Visitation will be at Phelps Funeral Home, 217 W. Eirst, Miltonvale 67466.

Patsy M. Arndt SHARON SPRINGS Patsy M. Arndt, 47, Sharon Springs, died Monday, March 12, 2001, at Goodland Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Arndt was born Patsy M.

Welsh on Aug. 11, 1953, at Boise City Okla. She had been a short-order cook for diners and was a member of Wesleyan Church, Sharon Springs. Survivors include two daughters, Lorrie Campbell of Sharon Springs and Richelle Nicolella of Lovington, N.M.; a son, Rodney Welsh of Alva, and three grandchildren. The memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m.

Mountain time Saturday at Wesleyan Church, Sharon Springs, the Rev Rick Dewees officiating. Memorials will be determined at a later date and may be made in care of Bateman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 336, Sharon Springs 67758. Frank Barto Jr. WASHINGTON Frank Barto 8i3, Washington, died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at Blue Valley Nursing Home, Blue Rapids.

Mr Barto was born Aug. 3, 1914, at Divernon, 111. He was a mechanic for McDonald Aircraft and attended St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War and a former member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington.

Survivors include his wife, Velma of Washinngton; and a sister, Agnes Hans of Orville, Calif The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Washington, the Revs. Vincent Thu Laing and Charles Steier officiating. Burial will be in Washington City Cemetery A wake will be at 7 p.m.

Sunday at Ward Funeral Home, 115 W. Second, Washington 66968. Memorials may be made for Masses or to St. Augustine Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

Sunday at the funeral home. Wesley Bronson AGRA Wesley Bronson, 91, Agra, died Monday, March 12, 2001, at Phillips County Hospital, Phillipsburg. Mr Bronson was born Dec. 30, 1909, at rural Kensington and was a lifetime resident of the area. He was a farmer and a member of Odd Fellows.

Survivors include his wife, Vivian E. of Agra; a daughter, Sharon Wood of Tucson, a brother. Warren S. of Kensington; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at Christian Church, Agra, Galen Larson and Pat Allen officiating. Burial will be in West Cedar Cemetery Agra. Memorials may be made in his name. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

today at Simmons Mortuary 117 N. Main, Kens- KANSAS LEGISLATURE Today's obituaries SAUNA Elvira Gray KANSAS AGRA: Wesley Bronson COLBY: J.L. "Junior" Mendenhall CONCORDIA: Dr. Henry B. Stryker Jr.

CUBA: Edward F. Stepanek ELLSWORTH: Gilbert 0. Suelter GAYLORD: William "Bill" llehmann i QLASCO: Ellen Garlow HAYS: Vincent Sprook HUNTER: Dewey P. Peckham JAMESTOWN: Ivan Nelson Kadel JUNCTION CITY: Dean Roles McPHERSON: Lexle L. Roberts MILFORD: Dorothy Helen Cagle MILTONVALE: Mary Alice Allen NORTON: Thomas Cordell Georgeson, OAKLEY: Lucile Sekavec SHARON SPRINGS: Patsy M.

Arndt TOPEKA: Joyce Gordon-Raske TURON: Geraldine Leona Stafford WASHINGTON: Frank Barto Jr. ington 66951, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today Dorothy Helen Cagle MILFORD Dorothy Helen Cagle, 76, Milford, died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at her home. Mrs. Cagle was born Dorothy Helen Fischer on July 2, 1924, at Tescott.

She had worked at Fort Riley in the post exchange and Quartermaster Corps, retiring from finance and accounting after 31 years of service. She also was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church, where she served as historian and membership secretary and National Association of Retired Federal Employees Chapter 383, Junction City where she served as treasurer She was preceded in death by a son, Jeffrey Survivors include a daughter, Barbara A. Jordan of Fort Leavenworth; a son, Lawrence Craig of Dalzell, S.C.; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church, the Rev.

Bert Buurman officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery Tescott. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 804 N. Jefferson, Junction City 66441, Homecare and Hospice, 323 Poyntz, Manhattan 66502, or American Cancer Society, 1315 S.W. Arrowhead Road, Topeka 66604.

Johnson Funeral Home, 203 N. Washington, Junction City 66441, is handling arrangements. Ellen Garlow GLASCO Ellen Garlow, 91, Glasco, died Thursday March is, 2001, at Hilltop Lodge, Beloit. Dean Funeral Home, Glasco, is handling arrangements. Thomas Cordell Georgeson NORTON Thomas Cordell Georgeson, 31, Norton, died Monday March 12, 2001, at Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, of Hodgekin's Disease.

Mr. Georgeson was born April 4,1969, at Norton. He was a member of Norton Christian Church. Survivors include his parents, Max and Deanna Georgeson of Norton; a son, Shae of Salina; his fiancee, Wendi Murray and her children Jordan and Hannah of Manhattan; a brother, Scott of Dallas; and a sister. Summer Tyrrell of Norton.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Christian Church, Norton, Jeff Nielsen officiating. Burial will be in Norton County Memorials may be made to the Tom Georgeson Memorial Fund. Enfield Funeral Home, 215 W. Main, Norton 67654, is handling arrangements.

Because of a Journal error, his parents' residence was incorrect and because of incomplete information provided to the Journal, his fiance was omitted in Thursday's edition. Joyce Gordon-Raske TOPEKA Joyce Gordon- Raske, 48, Topeka, died Tuesday March 13,2001, at University of Kansas Medical Center. Ms. Gordon-Raske was born Joyce Laman on July 7,1952, at Concordia. She worked in the Child Support Enforcement Division of SRS from 1974 to 1978 and was psychiatric nurse supervisor at the Menninger Foundation from 1982 to 1985.

She served as pastor of Lecompton United Methodist Church from 1985 to 1988 and became Director of Clinical Services for Topeka Aids Project in 1988. She was later in private practice as a psychotherapist at Topeka, retiring in 2000, and taught many classes at the Women's Center She was a member of state and national nurses' associations, National Association of Social Workers, Sigma Theta Tau, National Nursing Honor Society and Metropolitan Community Church, Topeka. She also received the Honors Award of Excellence in Gerentological Studies from St. Paul's School of Theology at Kansas City Mo. Survivors include her mother, Shirley A.

Laman of Concordia; a daughter, Sarah R. Raske of Lawrence; a son, Benjamin R. Gordon of Topeka; and a friend, Donna K. Dodge. The funeral will be at 5 p.m.

today at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Mid Town Chapel, Topeka. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Concordia. Memorials may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Society, Kansas Chapter, 5350 S.W. 17th, Topeka 66604, American Heart Association, 5375 S.W.

Seventh, Topeka 66606, or John C. Laman Scholarship Fund, Concordia. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Chaput- Buoy Funeral Home, 325 W. Sixth, Concordia 66901.

Because of incomplete information provided to the Journal, visitation was omitted in Thursday's edition. Elvira Gray Elvira Gray, 83, Salina, died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at her home. Mrs. Gray was born Elvira Levingston on Oct. 1, 1917, at Summerfield, and was a resident of Salina for 36 years, moving from Hoisington.

She was a cook at Mars Restaurant for 20 years, a deaconess at St. MRS. GRAY John's Missionary Baptist Church and a meiff- ber of Olivia Hays Missionary Prayer Group. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill, in 1974; a son, Hilton Gray; a daughter, Eula Robinson; and two infants who were stillborn. Her husband, Bill, preceded her in death in 1974.

Survivors include five sons, Donald and J.C., both of Salina, Van and Roy both of Great Bend and Billy of Denver; two daughters, Audrey Wright and Wanda Oaks, both of Salina; a brother, Sammy Allen of Russell; two sisters, Loala Williams of Winfield and Sis of El Dorado; 23 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Roselawn Heights Memorial Chapel, 1920 E. Crawford, Salina 67401, the Rev. Allen Smith officiating.

Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina. Memorials may be made to St. John's Missionary Baptist Church, Salina. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. today and 10 a.m.

until the service Saturday at Roselawn Heights Memorial Chapel, Salina, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today Ivan Nelson Kadel JAMESTOWN Ivan Nelson Kadel, 85, Jamestown, died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at Cheyenne Lodge, Jamestown. Mr Kadel was born Sept. 25, 1915, at rural Scottsville and was a resident of rural Jamestown for 55 years. He was a farmer and an Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Alice of the home; three sons, Bill of Fort Worth, Texas, Tom of Beloit and David of Randall; a daughter, Teresa Burnett of Concordia; a brother, Eugene of Randall; a sister, Ruth Louderbaugh of Beloit; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, Jamestown, the Revs. Marion Walker, Ralph Jones and Terry Meyhew officiating. Burial will be in Scottsville Cemetery Memorials may be made to United Methodist Church, Jamestown, or Solomon Valley Hospice, Beloit.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church. Blachly and Buoy Funeral Home, Third and Walnut, RO. Box 205, Jamestown 66948, is handling arrangements. William "Bill" Lehmann GAYLORD WiUiam "Bill" Lehmann, 96, Gaylord, died Thursday March 15, 2001, at Smith County Memorial Hospital, Smith Center.

Mr Lehmann was born March 28, 1904, at Regensburg, Germany and was a longtime resident of Gaylord. He was a construction worker and had also farmed. Survivors include a sister, Freda Rudolph of Smith Center The service will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Gaylord Cemetery the Rev Tom James officiating. Memorials may be made in his name.

Visitation wiU be from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Simmons Mortuary 116 W. First, Smith Center 66967. J.L. "Junior" Mendenhall COLBY J.L.

"Junior" Mendenhall, 78, Colby died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at Lantern Park Manor, Colby Mr. Mendenhall was born March 28, 1922, at rural Gove and was a resident of Colby since 1999, moving from Gove. He was a farmer-stockman, retiring in 1999, and served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He was a member of United Methodist Church, Gove, Masonic Lodge AF AM 164 of Quinter and a past member of District 292 School Board. Survivors include his wife, Doreen of the home; four daughters, Connie Guernsey of Parks, Pam Mendenhall of Goodland, Terri Kay Simon of Eureka Springs, and Cindy Rasmussen of Colby; 12 grandchildren; three grandchildren.

The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, Gove, the Rev. Paul Woodall officiating. Burial will be in Quinter Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hays Medical Center Cancer Center Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m.

today at Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 S. Main, Quinter 67752. Dewey P. Peckham HUNTER Dewey Peckham, 75, Hunter, died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln. Mr Peckham was born June 30,1925, at Lincoln County and was a lifetime resident of the Hunter area.

He was a retired banker and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and American Legion Post 77, both of Hunter. Survivors include his wife, Margery E. of the home; a son. Bill would focus on meth Ron of Olathe; two grandchildren; and two stepgrandchil- dren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hunter, the Rev Gerald Radke officiating. Burial will be in Spillman Cemetery, Ash Grove, with military rites by American Legion Post 77, Hunter. Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church or Diabetes Association. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Harrison-Hall Funeral Home, 111 E.

Elm, Lincoln 67455. Because of a Journal error, the surviving stepgrandchil- dren were misidentified in Thursday's edition. Lexie L. Roberts McPHERSON Lexie L. Roberts, 55, McPherson, died Thursday March 15, 2001, at In- finia Health Center, McPherson.

Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson, is handling arrangements. By The Associated Press TOPEKA The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a proposal Thursday to increase spending on the state's efforts to shut down metham- phetamine labs and put meth makers in prison. The committee's proposal would add nearly $667,000 to the budget of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for the state's 2002 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The money would allow the agency to hire 13 new employees to help fight meth trafficking. But the money for the new ployees would come from a federal grant, and some committee members were troubled because the federal government has committed to providing the money only for two years.

After that, the state might have to pick up the cost. At the insistence of Chairman Kenny Wilk, R-Lansing, the committee added a statement to the KBI budget that if the federal funds dried up, the state would not be committed to continuing the extra spending. Wilk also made sure that the new employees would be outside the state's civil service. Dean Roles JUNCTION CITY Dean Roles, 77, Junction City died at his home Thursday March 15, 2001. Londeen Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements.

Lucile Sekavec OAKLEY Lucile Sekavec, 92, Oakley died Thursday March 15, 2001, at Gove County Medical Center, Quinter. Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, Oakley, is handling arrangements. Vincent Sprock HAYS Vincent Sprock, 85, Hays, died Wednesday March 14, 2001, at Hays Medical Center Mr Sprock was born July 22, 1915, at Grand Forks, N.D. He had been a teacher at Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Busby and a principal-teacher at Berney (Mont.) Day School and later worked at Box Elder Job Corps, Chadron, retiring in 1977. He was president of Community Relations Council of Job Corps and a member of First Baptist Church, Chadron, First Baptist Church, Hays, American Baptist Men, Kiwanis, AARP, the Gideons of both Chadron and Hays, and NARFE.

He was a charter member of the Club and was active in Boy Scouts of America and 4-H. He was preceded in death by a son, John. Survivors include his wife, Vicki of the home; a son, Jerry of Hays; a daughter, Mary Phillips of Gillette, two sisters, Aurelia Hibbard of Jacksonville, Texas, and Glenna Freeman of Huntsville, Texas; and eight grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Hays, the Rev Jerry Sprock officiating.

Burial will be in Fort Hays Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or donor's choice. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 20th and Pine, Hays 67601, and 9 a.m. until the service Saturday at the church.

Geraldine Leona Stafford TURON Geraldine Leona Stafford, 75, Turon, died Thursday March 15, 2001, at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. Mrs. Stafford was born Geraldine Leona Bechtold on July 26, 1925, at Gaylord and was a resident of Turon since September 2000, moving from Larned. She was a retired secretary for the Pawnee County Engineers Office and a member of Church of the Nazarene, Larned. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter Survivors include her husband.

Earl Jr of Turon; two sons, the Rev Richard of Ulysses and Stanley of Olathe; two daughters, Joan Green of Turon and Diane Stafford of Texarkana, 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10 a.m Saturday at Morell Funeral Home, Larned, the Rev. Edmond Nash officiating. Burial will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Caldwell Cemetery Formoso.

Memorials may be made to donor's choice, in care of the funeral home, RO. Box 124, Larned 67550. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Edward F.

Stepanek CUBA Edward Stepanek, 96, Cuba, died Thursday March 15, 2001, at Republic County Hospital, Belleville. Bachelor-Faulkner-Dart- Surber Funeral Home, Belleville, is handling arrangements. Dr. Henry B. Stryker Jr.

CONCORDIA Dr. Henry B. Stryker Jn, 81, Concordia, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Salina Regional Health Center Dr Stryker was born Sept. 28, 1919, at New York. He practiced internal medicine at Dubuque, Iowa, from 1950 to 1952 and at Gelvin-Haughey Clinic, Concordia, from 1952 until retirement in 1975.

He was an Army veteran and a member of Episcopal Church of the Epiphany York Rite Masons, Elks Lodge of Concordia and Isis Shrine of Salina. He also was a member of Cloud County and Kansas State Medical Societies and American Medical Association. Survivors include two sons, Henry B. Ill of Gaithersburg, and Paul D. of Elberta, a daughter, Carolyn S.

"Lynne" Steed of Ponca, and two brothers, Dana W. and Bruce both of Naples, Fla. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Episcopal Church of the Epiphany Concordia, the Rev Richard S. Brooks officiating.

Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery Concordia. Memorials may be made to Endowment Fund of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany There will be no visitation. Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, 325 W. Sixth, Concordia 66901, is handling arrangements. Gilbert 0.

Suelter ELLSWORTH Gilbert O. Suelter, 90, Ellsworth, died Thursday March 15, 2001, at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend. Mr. Suelter was born March 23,1910, at rural Lincoln County and was a resident of Ellsworth most of his life, moving to Great Bend six months ago. He was a farm machinery salesman for Lloyd Implement, Ellsworth, and an Army veteran of World War II.

He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6485 and American Legion Post 174, all of Ellsworth. His wife, Evelyn, died in 1990. Survivors include a son, Robert of Great Bend; three brothers, Loren and Adolph, both of Salina, and Lewis of Lincoln; a sister, Frieda Schultz of Lincoln; two grandchildren; and a stepgrand- child. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ellsworth, the Rev.

Gary Wolf officiating. Burial will be in Ellsworth Cemetery with military rites. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ellsworth. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Parsons Funeral Home, 307 N.

Lincoln, EUsworth 67439, and 9 a.m. until the service Monday at the church. ON THE RECORD "This is how we grow government," Wilk said. "And we do it with the best of intentions." If committee members had questions about how to pay for the new employees, they didn't about the problems meth labs represent. The state has become one of the nation's biggest homes for meth labs, and law enforcement agencies busted 702 in 2000, up 37 percent from 511 in 1999.

Meth labs are more than a crime problem. Because the drug is produced from toxic chemicals, they also represent a serious environmental problem. Police blotter COUNTERFEIT BILL A $50 counterfeit bill was found by Bank of America employees in a Sears deposit. The bill was passed at tfie store in Central Mai Uarch 12 or 13. Police do not believe tfie case is connected to a string of counterfeit bills passed in Salina stores earlier tfiis winter.

COLLISIONS William Winn, Salina, 43, was treated at Salina Regional Health Center for injuries he received when the car in which he was riding was involved in a two-car crash at the on-ramp at Ninth Street and Interstate Highway 70 at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday. Winn was a passenger in a car driven by Chad Bennett, 20, Salina; the driver of the other car was Teresa Harrison, 39, Thaxton, Miss. Noah Bergren, 12, Salina, was treated at Salina Regional Health Center for injuries he received when he was struck by a car driven by Jayme Cartlich, 22, 120 8. College, at 3:05 p.m.

Wednesday. The boy was crossing Ninth Street just south of the Iron Avenue intersection when he was struck. INJURY CRASH Teresa A. Harrison, 39, Thaxton, was injured In a collision with Chad Bennett, 20, Salina, at 2:23 p.m. Wednesday on North Ninth Street just north of the westbound ramp of Interstate Highway 70.

Harrison was driving a tractor-trailer south on Ninth Street and started turning onto the westbound 1-70 onramp when she collided with Bennett's van, which was southbound on Ninth Street. Harrison was treated at Salina Regional Health Center and released. TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Psalms (NIV) THURgPAY'S DRAWINB DAILY PICK 3 2-9-0.