Thomas Alber (88) Passes Away

     Thomas Joseph Alber, age 44, of Topeka, died January 8th, 2014 in an auto accident.
     He was born November 17, 1969 in Topeka to Karl E. and Mary A. Alber. He attended schools in Hanover and Delia Grade and graduated from Delia Grade School. He attended Rossville High School (Class of '88) and Highland Park High School and obtained his GED in 1987.
     His working career was very diverse. Very good with mechanics and electronics, he worked in a wide variety of construction and machinery jobs. He especially liked his years in the band No Parking as sound board technician. Most recently, he was employed by Standard Beverage in Lawrence as a re-packer.
     Tom loved fishing, camping, cooking on his barbecue smoker and the Kansas City Chiefs. Most of all, he loved spending time with his daughter and staying in touch with everyone in his large family. He was an excellent father and a wonderful son, grandson, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend.
     He is survived by his daughters, Alexis Sinclair, Independence, MO and Jasmine Caroline Alber of Overland Park, KS, special friend and mother of Jasmine, Gina McKenzie. He is also survived by his parents Karl and Mary Alber, Topeka, grandmother Gwen Ryan, Topeka, sister, Karla Bearse, brother-in-law George Bearse, nephews Patrick and Zachary Bearse, brother, Victor Alber, sister-in-law Stephanie Alber, all of Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is also survived by step siblings Vicki Spinner, Joey Spinner, Danielle Bondurant and David Culp all of Jefferson City, Missouri, and Mary Studna and Tammy McCombs, Kansas City. Also left to mourn his memory is a special friend Holly Logan, Topeka, and special cousin Kim White, Meridan. He will be remembered also by many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, and many, many friends. He is preceded in death by paternal grandparents Edward and Rose Alber and maternal grandfather, Henry Ryan.
     Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Penwell-Gabel Southeast Chapel, 29th and Minnesota Ave. Our Tom, with his sweet and fun-loving personality, will be immensely missed by all of us. Memorial contributions may be given to the Topeka Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 8350, Topeka, KS 66608. To leave the family a special message online, please visit:   www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com

Dawgs Defeat Riley Co. Boys

Riley County              13      9    12     0    =    34
Rossville                     9     20     8    10    =    47

Rossville scoring:
Schultz-Pruner                  4             7-12       15
Horak                               4             1-2          9
Roduner                            3 (1)        0-1          7
Sowers                             3              0-3          6
Horak                                2             0-2          4
Woodcock                         2              0-0         4
Horak                                1              0-0         2
Totals                              19 (1)       8-20      47

RHS Girls Lose To Riley Co.

    The Riley County girls had a strong second quarter gain a big half time lead and then maintained that lead to end up as 44-34 victors.

Riley County             14    15      4     11    =    44
Rossville                   13      3      6     12    =    34

Rossville scoring:
Steckel                              2 (1)        5-7        10
Hill                                     4 (1)        0-0         9
VanderPutten                      2             1-2         5
Kirk                                   1              3-6         5
Nitsch                                0             3-4         3
Shinn                                 1             0-1         2
Totals                               10 (2)    12-20    34

Leo Badura (56) Passes Away

    Leo Dale Badura, 75, Rossville, died Thursday, January 9, 2014, at his home. 
    He was born July 1, 1938, at Rossville, the son of Millie Ann (Kovar) and Henry Joe Badura, Sr.
    He attended Victor 101 Grade School north of Rossville and graduated from Rossville High School in 1956. He never missed a day of school in grade school or high school. 
    Leo farmed and worked for National Cold Storage for 42 years and retired as warehouse manager. He was a member of and served as an Elder at Rossville Presbyterian Church and was a member of Jimmie Lillard American Legion Post # 31 of Rossville. He served in the Kansas National Guard for eight years.
    He was married to Sue Whitehead on September 23, 1972, at Rossville.
Surviving are his wife: Sue of the home; children: Cathy (Scott) Hammer of Rossville, Daren (Danelle) Badura of Manhattan, and Chad (Jody) Badura of Rossville; sister: Leona (Delbert) Faulk of Rossville; sister-in-law: Betty Jean Badura of Rossville; and grandchildren: Derek, Kyle, and Tegan Hammer, Trevor and Brynn Badura, and Kylee, Kaleb, and Kameron Badura. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Henry Badura, Jr.
    Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM, Monday, January 13, 2014, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence Avenue, Topeka. Interment will be in the Czech-Morovian Cemetery, Delia.
    Leo will lie in state after 3:00 PM, Sunday, at the funeral chapel where the family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 177, Rossville, KS 66533-0177 or Midland Hospice, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606-2800.
    To sign his guestbook,  go to:  http://www.penwellgabeltopeka.com/sendobitmessage.aspx?ObitID=76758&EMSessionID=-1&Source=choice&autoopen=true

Joseph Caraway (85) Passes Away

Joseph A. “Joe Caraway, 46, passed away Monday, January 6, 2014 at his home near Tipton.

He was born April 21, 1967 at Denver, the son of William G. and JoAnn Hyman Caraway.  He grew up in the Delia community and graduated from Rossville High School in 1985.   Joe had lived in Topeka before moving to the Tipton community several years ago.  He was employed by Farmway COOP.

On March 8, 1986 he was united in marriage to Cheryl Lundin at Rossville. They later divorced.

Joe was preceded in death by his father William G. Caraway; an infant daughter, Kayla; his dad, John Nitsch and a sister Kim Kriepe.   Survivors include his mother, JoAnn Nitsch, Delia; three daughters, Ashley Caraway and Roxie (Daniel Schiefelbein) Caraway all of Topeka and Kelsey (Charlie) Fulton, Carbondale; a son, Jeffrie Caraway, Emmett; four brothers, Jim Caraway, Lawrence, Rick Caraway, Denver, Tom Caraway in Arkansas and John “Dink” Nitsch, Delia; five grandchildren, Kiera, Kamdyn, Jaxon, Kensleigh and Korebn.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  The family will receive friends on Saturday from 9:00 A.M. until service time.  Interment will be in the Delia Cemetery.  Memorial Contributions may be made in Joe’s name and sent in care of the funeral home.  Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

Court Hearings For Gonzalez

    Pablo Gonzalez, 21, the main suspect in the shooting death of Levi Bishop of Rossville, appeared before the Pottawatomie County District Court on Tuesday.     
    Bishop was a passenger in a vehicle with Gonzalez and was found deceased inside the vehicle from a gunshot wound, at about 4:43 a.m. New Year’s Day, when the vehicle drove to the St. Marys police station.     
    A preliminary hearing for Gonzalez has is set for January 17th. He remains in the Pottawatomie County jail on a one million dollar bond.  

RHS Boys lose to Silver Lake

The Silver Lake Eagles prevailed  on their home court in their Jan. 7 Mid-East opener.

Rossville         9    11     12     20      =   52

Silver Lake   19    11       9     21      =   60

Rossville scoring:
Schultz-Pruner                 8 (2)         3-4       21
Horak                              4 (1)         4-6       13
Horak                              2              2-6         6
Sowers                           1              4-5         6
Horak                              1 (1)        1-2         4
Roduner                          0              2-2         2

Totals                             16 (4)     16-25     52

RHS Girls Lose to Eagles

The RHS girls basketball team lost to the Silver Lake Eagles by a score of 47-69 on Jan. 7 at Silver Lake.

Rossville         10     13     9     15     =     47

Silver Lake     16     17   18     17     =     69

Rossville scoring:
Kirk                           6            1-6      13
Steckel                      2 (1)       2-3        7
Dick                           3           0-0        6
Shinn                         2           1-4        5
Little                          1            2-2        4
Hill                             1            1-2        3
VanderPutten              0            2-2        2
Nitsch                        1            0-0        2
Day                            1            0-0        2
Conley                       0            2-2        2
Shinn                         0            1-2        1

Totals                      17 (1)    12-23    47

Beiker and Garlock Made Honor Rolls

    Washburn University has published their Honor Rolls for the fall semester.  Rachel Beiker of Rossville was on the President's Honor Roll and Stephanie Garlock was on the Dean's Honor Roll.

FBLA Youtube Video

Here is a Youtube video of the Rossville High FBLA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JjcqAUMWRY

RHS Girls Defeated by Perry-Lecompton

    The RHS girls had a 6 point half-time lead but a 14-2 third quarter opponent run  was too great to overcome, which resulted in a 33-23 defeat for the Dawgs on Jan. 3.

Perry-Lec.         8       1       14      10     =     33
Rossville            8       7        2        6     =     23

Rossville  scoring:  
Steckel                 1 (1)      4-4       7
Kirk                      1           4-6       6
Hill                        1           2-2       4
Nitsch                   1 (1)      0-0       3
Shinn                    0           2-2       2
Dick                      0           1-2       1 

Totals                   4 (2)     13-17   23

RHS Boys Lose to Perry-Lecompton

   Rossville and Perry-Lecompton played on Jan. 3 with the Dawgs going down in defeat.

Perry-Lec.        16      19       15      19     =      69
Rossville          16        6        8       23     =      53

Rossville  scoring:  
Roduner                4 (1)            2-6       11
Horak                   4 (2)            0-0       10
Horak                   4 (1)            0-0         9
Schultz-Pruner       4 (1)            0-0         9
Horak                    2                 2-2         6
Hammes               2                 1-2         5
Woodcock             1                 1-2         3
Totals                   21 (5)           6-12      53

Obituary For Levi Bishop (08)

Levi William Bishop, 24, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 in St. Marys.He was born June 15, 1989 at Onaga, the son of Rick and Sandy VanDeWiele Bishop.

He grew up in the Emmett, Rossville and St. Marys communities.  Levi graduated from Rossville High School in 2008.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Virginia Joyce and a great-grandmother, Phyllis Gleason.

Survivors include his father, Rick Bishop, Rossville; his mother, Sandy (Scott Swisher) VanDeWiele, St. Marys; sisters, Bailey, Jessie and Jamie; step-sisters, Kendra and Katie; step-brothers, Jeff and Cody; grandparents, Glen and Sharon Bishop, Rossville and great grandfather, Harold Gleason, Maple Hill.

Memorial services will be at 5:00 P.M.Monday, January 6, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Inurnment will be at a later date at the Keene Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 4:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home Monday afternoon.  Memorial contributions may be made to help offset funeral expenses and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St, St. Marys, KS. 66536. 

Rossville Man Fatally Shot (Updated)

Update 12:48 PM:  Authorities said Levi W. Bishop, 24, of Rossville, was the man who was found dead of a gunshot wound inside a vehicle that was driven  into the St. Marys Police Department parking lot Wed morning.   Pablo Gonzalez, age 21, of St. Marys who was the driver of the car is being held in the Pott. Co. Jail with bond set at $1 million. 

http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Death-Reported-In-Pottawatomie-County-238354661.html

From the Capital Journal:

A 24-year-old Rossville man was found shot to death inside a car Wednesday morning and Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office officials have taken one of the car's other occupants into custody as a suspect.

The victim hasn’t been identified, but the man in custody is Pablo Alberto Gonzalez, 21, of St. Marys. A statement from Sheriff Greg Riat said Gonzalez is being held at the Pottawatomie County Jail after being arrested in connection with second-degree murder.

A Topeka Capital-Journal reporter observed five law enforcement vehicles at a house located at 512 W. Mission St. in St. Marys, but no information was provided about the residence's connection to the investigation.

Riat’s statement said that at 4:43 a.m. a vehicle pulled up to the St. Marys Police Department, where one of its occupants flagged down an officer to tell him a passenger in the car had been shot.

About the same time, the sheriff's office responded to a 911 call from another occupant of the car.

The St. Marys Police Office, Pottawatomie County EMS and Pottawatomie County sheriff’s deputies were all on scene and found the victim dead inside the car.

Riat’s statement said “a suspect was quickly developed and detained early in the incident” and that after investigating throughout the day, law enforcement officers arrested Gonzalez.

Another version of the event is at:
http://www.kansasfirstnews.com/news/st-marys-police-investigate-homicide