Faye Kelsey Obituary

      Faye Winifred Kelsey, 93, of Edmond, Oklahoma, formerly of Rossville, Kansas, passed away September 15, 2013 at the home of her daughter.
      Faye was born in Oakland, Kansas on May 15, 1920. She was the daughter of Cecil and Gwendolin Darby Townsend. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1938 and went to work for Adams Brothers Book Bindery.
    On February 19. 1943 she married Scott Kelsey. They were married for 69 years. Scott passed away October 12, 2012. They moved to the farm in Rossville in 1950 and lived there until they moved to a retirement center in Topeka in 2001. In 2007 they moved to a retirement center in Edmond, Oklahoma. During their years on the farm, Faye was active in the Rossville United Methodist Church, participating in the women's group, cleaning the parsonage, helping with the church yard work, working on the annual election day turkey dinner and just generally helping out where needed. She always had a large garden from which she froze and canned for the winter months. She also gave away much of her harvest to friends and neighbors. Faye never met a stranger and was always one to help them. She helped out many friends and neighbors over the years.
      After she moved to Oklahoma, she started collecting medicine bottles from the retirement center and also from the Edmond Senior Center. During the 6 years she lived in Oklahoma she collected nearly 18,000 bottles, which she donated to her church's medical clinic and to other free clinics throughout the area.
      Before her marriage, Faye was a star pitcher/first baseman for a women's fast pitch softball team, which traveled throughout the Midwest. There are several newspaper accounts of her hitting in the winning run. The team attracted large crowds and one time, according to the paper there were 10,000 spectators at their game at Garfield Park in Topeka. 
      She and Scott loved to travel alone and with friends. In the mid 1970's they took a trip around the world alone.
      When she lived in the retirement centers she always participated in the activities that were available: exercise classes, Wii bowling, bingo, Bible study, crafts, games, and did alterations for friends and was still playing ping pong with the old men at the age of 92. Faye made it her mission to introduce herself to new residents at the retirement centers and always tried to help them adjust to their new living situation. She was a member of the Rossville United Methodist Church for over 50 years and then became a member of Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma City. Although Crossings was a very large church, she made many friends there.
      Faye was predeceased by her parents and her brothers, Hubert and Billy. She is survived by her sister, Greta Kelsey, Topeka, Kansas; daughter Linda Kelsey (62) Wise, Edmond, Oklahoma; son, Douglas Kelsey (64) (Darlynn), Honolulu, Hawaii; grandchildren, Shandy Kelsey Condie, Gilbert, Arizona; Jereme Wise, Leander, Texas; Heidi Reeder, Edmond, Oklahoma; Leisha Johns, Queen Creek, Arizona; and Ja'Ney Mesquitta, Boston, Massachusetts and 9 great-grandchildren, Logan Johns, Jackson Condie, Jacob Condie, Logan Mathews, Colby Mathews, Georgia Mesquitta, Keelie Wise, Ella Jane Reeder and Grady Reeder.
     A memorial service will be held at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence, Topeka, Kansas at 10:30 am, Monday, October 14, 2013, Private inurnment of the cremains of Faye and Scott will be in the Rossville Cemetery. The family would like to invite all friends and family to a lunch at Penwell-Gabel Family Center immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Rossville United Methodist Church, 411 Pearl Street, Rossville, KS 66533 or to Autumn Bridge Hospice, Volunteer Program, 3500 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.Penwell-GabelTopeka.com.

Polka at Bohemian Hall on Sat. Nite

Back by 'popular demand'

J.D. Parr and the Czechland Polka Band 

at the Rossville Moravan (Bohemian) Hall

Saturday, October 12, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. 

$5  

Party like its 1971 (when we began)!

Rock Creek Game Pictures

Pictured are the Dawgs prior to initial kickoff to start the game.

    Many additional pictures of the Rock Creek game can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/10/rock-creek-football-game.html

Tucker Horak (16) Putting Up Nice Stats

    Rossville quarterback Tucker Horak is piling up some nice stats this year,  both as a runner and a passer.  The sophomore is in his first year directing the RHS offense.   His passing stats show 55 completions in 84 attempts for a completion rate of 65.5%.  His season total after five games is 882 yards or 176.4 per game.
    As a runner,  he has 635 yards in 69 attempts which averages out to 9.2 yards a carry and 127 yards per game.

"War On 24" is Near

   The Capital-Journal Online has a nice article about the "War on 24" coming up tomorrow evening, Oct. 11.    This might be one of the bigger battles with the Silver Lake Eagles ranked #1 in 3A and the Rossville Bulldogs ranked #4.  

http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-10-10/rossville-silver-lake-war-24-decide-league-title

Mid-East League Football Standings

MID-EAST League Football Standings as of Oct. 5.

                                 League      Overall

Silver Lake             4-0            5-0

Rossville                  3-0            5-0

St. Marys                 2-1             3-2

Riley County          1-2             1-4

Wabaunsee             1-4             1-4

Rock Creek             0-4            0-5

Kingsville School

    I suspect many readers do not even know what the building pictured above is.  Well,  it is the old Kingsville School which has not been used as a school for over 90 years.  Kingsville, located east of Rossville along highway 24,  is now down to three houses and the old school building,  but once was larger and even included a railroad depot.

Football Districts for 2014-2015

The KSHSAA has published the district participants for the 2014 and 2015 football seasons.  During those years,  Rossville will be in the same district as Osage City, Oskaloosa, and Silver Lake.

Dawgs Split With Bears in Volleyball

    The RHS girls split with St. Marys in their Oct. 8 matches.  The bears prevailed in the first match, 19-25, 25-15, 15-25,  but the Dawgs returned the favor in the second match with scores of 25-16, 17-25, and 25-17.
    The RHS girls are now 1-5 in Mid-East League play.

Horton Invitational Cross Country

    The RHS and SMHS teams combined to run as Kaw Valley in the Horton Invitational Cross Country run on Oct. 3.
    The Kaw Valley boys came in 8th of 14 teams.  Top performances were turned in by Sophomore Brady Mulligan, 24th, junior Clayton Rubio, 25th, and junior Dalton Kelley, 36th.
    The Kaw Valley girls did not field a full team.  The best individual performance was a third place finish by junior Sophie Dalmasso.  Freshman Alyssa Thompson came in 60th, senior Tori Dubois was 66th and freshman Bronwyn Gianlloni  was 69th.  

War On 24 Coming on Oct. 11

    Here is a video from WIBW-TV where they discuss the upcoming War on 24 this Friday and also show some video of last Friday's shortened game against Rock Creek which the Dawgs won 32-7.

http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-5-Prep-Zone-Talks-War-On-24-226555381.html

 
There is also some video of the Rock Creek game beginning at the 4:14 mark at the following URL.  Previous to the RHS game,  they have video of the Silver Lake-St. Marys game.

http://www.kansasfirstnews.com/sports/football-frenzy-10413

Silver Lake Invitational Golf

SILVER LAKE INVITATIONALGOLF TOURNAMENT OCT 7.

At Cypress Ridge GC

Team scores:

Holton 200,
Hayden 201
Silver Lake 207
Rossville 216
Jeff West 217
Santa Fe Trail 219
Seaman 231
West Franklin 243
St. Marys 263.

Individual medalists

1. Miller, Hol, 41; 2. Rezac, Hay, 43; 3. Athon, SL, 46; 4. Marney, Ross, 47; 5. Holder, SL, 50*; 6. Beckman, SFT, 50; 7. Foster, Hol, 51*; 8. Neuenswander, JW, 51; 9. Kirmse, Sea, 51; 10. Workman, SFT, 52*.

Dolly Heiland Celebrating 90th

    Dolly Heiland will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Oct. 13, 2013. Cards may be sent to: 15536 N.W. 54th, Rossville, KS 66533

3A Football Rankings

Class 3A Football Rankings

1. Silver Lake (1)                5-0

2. Beloit (2)                          5-0

3. Conway Springs (3)     5-0

4. Rossville (4)                   5-0

5. Colgan (5)                         5-0

Others — Caney Valley 4-1, Central Heights 4-1, Council Grove 4-1, Eureka 4-1, Galena 4-1, Lyons 4-1, Marion 4-1, Nemaha Valley 4-1, Phillipsburg 5-0, Riverside 5-0, Sacred Heart 4-1, Scott City 4-1, Sedgwick 4-1, SE-Saline 5-0, Wellsville 4-1.

Notes — No. 1 Silver Lake finally had its first test of the season, and it was a stiff one from St. Marys. The Eagles led 20-8 at the end of the first quarter, but saw St. Marys rally to lead 22-20 entering the fourth quarter. Silver Lake rallied with 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter with Ryan Matzke scoring on TD runs of 77, 86 and 44 yards.