GRENOLA GOSSIP
May 26, 2010
Helen Sprague enjoyed the week-end in Wichita, with her son and wife Rockne and Joan Welborn. She rode to Wichita on Friday with Leroy Terry as he attended an API meeting. She especially enjoyed spending time with the twin great grandchildren. Joan brought her home on Wednesday.
Carolyn Hill is recovering after a heart catheter procedure in an Andover hospital on Monday. She is having to get a little more rest and down time than usual because of blood clots.
Jim Carmichael is doing well with chemo treatments at the Cancer Center in Wichita. He looks forward to attending the Grenola Pitch Club twice a month.
Jeannine and C.E. Neubecker are working at their farm south of Grenola. They enjoy visiting with friends at the Swinging Bridge Restaurant in Moline and at the Grenola Senior Center.
Funeral services were held for Marie Mary Ware-Smith on Saturday, May 8 at the Grenola United Methodist Church. Burial was beside her husband and son in Green Lawn Cemetery.
Mary lived with her family in Grenola in the 40’s and 50’s. She was born in Baynesville, Kansas in April of 1921. She attended school and graduated from Clearwater High School in 1939. In 1942 she married David E.Ware, son of Charles and Eva Ware and they lived on the farm north and east of Grenola. They had four children, David E., Charles, Elaine and John. The children attended school in Grenola and Moline. Mary and David were active in the Methodist Church and involved in many community and school activities. The family moved to Derby where David was employed in the aircraft industry. He passed away in 1989. Mary was married to Arthur E. Smith in 1995. They lived in Bartlesville and they cared for her son, John until his death in 2004. Arthur passed away in 2008 and since that time Mary has resided in Dewey, Oklahoma.
Her son, David E. Ware and his wife, Greta, live on the farm north of Grenola after retiring from Boeing as a Quality Assurance Engineer. He has three children, Eric, Jay, and Ann-Janette. Charles is retired from St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a Nuclear Medical Technologist. Charles has three children: Jennifer Woods, Wesley, and Sarah Jefferies. Elaine is married to Gary Gantz, they live in Oak Harbor, Washington and have three children: Jeff, Scott, and Jason. There are 15 great grandchildren.
Several Grenola students participated in the regional track meets on Friday and qualified for the state track meet to be held in Wichita next week-end. At the 2A regionals at Burden on Friday, Cale Ellis of Central High School excelled, winning three out of four of his events in racing and hurdles. Katie Kill’s relay team from West Elk will be going to state in 2A and Uriah Donnely of the Dexter School will be competing in 1A races after winning at the meet in Madison last Friday.
A couple of graduating Grenola area students who I failed to mention last week are: Braden Burdette and Levi Boyer. Congratulations to all these graduates!
Michelle's Moore's mother has been released from the hospital and is much improved.
Our condolences to the Tripolet family, especially to Juanita Miller,on the death of their father, DeWayne Tripolet. Many from Grenola attended the funeral service at Zimmerman Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 25.
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