Rossville KS Alumni News

This blog is for posting all news of Rossville residents and Rossville High alumni. Bookmark this page and send any appropriate news (births, deaths, engagements, marriages, anniversaries, job changes, honors, etc.) items to: Frank.Ruff@juno.com . Feel free to add comments to any of the articles. Check this site often because I sometimes delete items. There are SEARCH (top left of page) and LINK (bottom of page) features. For photos, see link at bottom.

Monday, February 21, 2022

Ernestine Caffrey Passes Away

Ernestine Lee Humphrey Caffrey, 95, of Harrisburg, North Carolina, passed away on February 20, 2022. She was born on November 28, 1926, in Rossville, KS, to the late Jewell Farley Day and Ernest Schantz.

Lee grew up on a farm in Rossville, KS where she became an expert horseman and showman. She passed that love on to both her children. She loved being on the water, boating, skiing, and traveling. She always enjoyed any time she could spend with her family and her friends. She was very deeply loved and will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her husband, Clifford Caffrey; children, Randy Humphrey and Sandra Walker (Wayne); grandchildren, Blake, Hayden, Jodie, Justin and Jessica, 6 great-grandchildren; and brother, Donnie Shantz.

Private services will be held.

In lieu of flowers and in honor of Lee, memorial contributions can be made to St. James Lutheran Church, 104 Union St S, Concord, NC 28025.

Cavin-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory, Mooresville, is serving the Caffrey family. Condolences may be made to the family at www.cavin-cook.com.

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Amanda and Caila Hill at KWU

Amanda Hill had 9 pts and 6 rebounds in Kansas Wesleyan's 59-54 loss to Friends on Feb. 19. Caila Hill had 7 recounds and 4 assists. To see more details, go to: Box Score KWU Feb. 19

KWU will begin play in the KCAC tournament on Monday.

321A Boy's Wrestling Regional

The Dawgs brought home four championships at the 321A Regional on Feb. 18-19. The Champions are Colby Hurla (138#), Sam Twombly (160#), Barrett Lietz (220#) and Jacob Carver (285#)

Team Standings

1. Sabetha
2. Silver Lake
3. Efingham
4. Rossville
5. Wellsville
6. Seneca
7. Onaga
8. Pleasant Ridge
9. St Marys
10. Osage City

Individuals

120# Mason Broce (26-13)
1W, 2L
132# Aryon Klesath (27-20)
3W, 2L
138# Coldy Hurla (40-8) 1st
4W
145# Krew Lacock (16-23)
2W, 2L
160# Sam Twombly (37-2) 1st
4W
170# John McGrath (3-26)
1W, 2L
220# Barrett Lietz (29-5) 1st
4W
285# Jacob Carver (31-3) 1st
4W

Rossville At 4321A Girls Wrestling Regional

The Girls wrestling team placed 6th of 22 teams at the Regional.

1. Holton
2. Santa Fe Trail
3. Baldwin
4. Silver Lake
5. Eudora
6. Rossville
7. Tonganoxie
8. Oskaloossa

Individuals:

109 # Emma Plantz (1-23)
1W, 2L
120 # Kendra Hurla (35-0) 1st
4W
126 # Keera Lacock (33-6) 2nd
3W, 1L
132 # Cassie Fund (20-15)
3W, 2L
138 # Reagan Wonnell (27-4) 3rd
4W 1L

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Riley Co. At Rossville Basketball

Girl's Game

The Lady Dawgs have make a big improvement over the early season, winning Seven of their last Nine games. On Feb 18 they defeated Riley Co 35-34.

Rossville 6 8 6 15 -- 35
Riley County 7 11 4 12 -- 34

Rossville Scoring:

Perine 0 2-2 2
Mitchell 7 (1) 4-5 19
Porter 3 (1) 0-0 7
Haehn 1 1-2 3
Gillum 2 0-2 4

Boy's Game

The Dawgs lost to MEL foe Riley Co 58-43 on Feb. 18, 2022

Riley County 16 10 15 17 -- 58
Rossville 7 16 14 6 -- 43

Rossville scoring:

Perine 6 0-1 12
Garcia 1 0-1 2
Patrizi 3 0-0 6
Horak 2 (2) 0-0 6
Bush 6 (1) 0-0 13
Lietz 0 4-6 4

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

KWCA Girls Wrestling Ranking 2/15/22

The Rossville Girls Wrestling team dropped out of the Top Ten this week.

Individuals

120 # Kendra Hurla #1
126 # Keera Lacock #6

KWCA Boys Wrestling Rankings 2/15

The latest 321A Boys rankings for Feb 15 are as follows.

1. Hoxie
2. Norton
3. Phillipsburg
4. Beloit
5. Plainville
6. Rossville
7. Hill City
8. Oakley
9. Silver Lake
10. Erie

RHS Individuals

138 # Colby Hurla #5
160# Sam Twombly #4
285# Jacob Carver #1

Wabaunsee At Rossville Basketball 2/15

Girls Game

Rossville 17 18 14 10 -- 59
Wabaunsee 17 10 16 6 -- 49

Rossville scoring:

Perine 2 0-1 6
Douglas 3 2-2 8
Mitchell 8 (3) 3-4 22
Porter 5 (2) 2-2 14
Haehn 0 0-2 0
Gillum 4 (1) 0-0 9

Boys Game

Wabaunsee 16 14 16 12 -- 58
Rossville 13 8 12 16 -- 49

Rossville scoring:

Perine 3 (1) 6-8 13
Garcia 1 0-0 2
Horak 5 (5) 0-0 15
Bush 2 (1) 3-4 8
Lietz 4 1-4 9
Broce 0 2-2 2

There are two remaining games for each team; Riley Co. on 2/18 and Rock Creek on 2/22.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Howard Heim Passes Away

St. Marys—Howard Heim, 80, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022, at the University of Kansas St. Francis Campus in Topeka.

He was born November 26, 1941, at Topeka, the son of Francis J. and Flora E. (Harr) Heim. Howard graduated from Hayden Catholic High School in 1959. He served in the United States Army for four years, two years states side and two years in Germany.

Howard worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Topeka, retiring after 40+ years of service. Howard was a talented Banjo and Guitar player. He was a member of Reduced Speed Limit Band of Topeka.

Howard was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary Jo Lagers; step-son-in-law, Bill Morford and step-granddaughter, Kristin Morford.

He was married to Phyllis Plumberg, they later divorced. He later married Carol Rafferty (RHS 1960) Flerlage Heim. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his children, Gregory P. Heim, Catherine Heim, and Charles Heim. Stepchildren, Jeanette (Dana) Grauerholz. Ken Flerlage, Loretta (Steve) VandeVelde, Nancy Morford, Tom (Muggins) Flerlage and Doug Flerlage; two sisters, Carolyn Eastwood, and Sharon Crow; 12 step-grandchildren and 16 step-great-grandchildren

Private family memorial graveside services will be at a later date. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Pottawatomie County EMS and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street St. Marys, Kansas 66536. To leave online condolences, go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

KSU Super Fans Pam and Rita

ST. MARYS (KSNT) – Pam Sumner and Rita Muckenthaler have been to all 50 states, thanks to K-State Athletics.
“I’m really on a first-name basis with a lot of those people there,” 88-year-old Rita said.
Pam and Rita might be K-State’s biggest fans.
“I’ve missed probably two or three [games] since like 1983,” Pam said. “[Rita]’s probably missed maybe four since 1989.”
They both got degrees from K-State, and taught together in USD 321. In the 1980s, Pam wanted to keep going to Wildcat football games, so Rita suggested they go together.
“We got addicted when we went,” Rita said.
It snowballed from there. The traveling best friends have been to every home football game since 1991, plus 20 bowl games and about 75 percent of away games.
“We started with her car, using her car,” Pam said. “Then, when I started driving, this is about my third car we’ve gone through.”
There was one game Pam missed that Rita still went to– the day of Pam’s dad’s funeral. Rita went to the football game after the funeral because she knew Pam’s dad would not want her to miss a game
Pam and Rita also go to women’s basketball and volleyball games.
“You know how many purple shirts I have?” Rita said. “I have drawers and drawers and drawers, and they’re categorized. Long sleeve, short sleeve, sleeveless.”
They’ve developed the perfect traveling system. Pam drives, and Rita pays for parking.
“I think going to like Auburn, Marshall, USC, Stanford, to go to those iconic stadiums is just awesome,” Pam said.
This duo will keep visiting more iconic stadiums while visiting the new Big 12 teams.
“She’s my second mother,” Pam said. “I’m like her daughter. We’re family more than friends.”

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Robert Cox Passes Away

Robert Eugene Cox, 92, of Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2022.

Robert was born on November 1, 1929, to Russell W. and Lela A. (Ward) Cox at Emmett. He graduated from Delia High School in 1947 and served in the U.S. Army from 1947 until 1953. During his service in 1951, he married Agnes M. (Stum) Cox. He went to work for Goodyear, Wentz Equipment Co., and Kansas State University before retiring from the latter after 25 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Delia and the Sertoma Club in Manhattan.

Robert is remembered by his wife, Agnes of Topeka, his sisters, Marjorie (John) Houck, Galt, CA., and Carol Uhler, Fort Scott; his children, Juanita M. (Gabriel) Escobar, Topeka, and Ronald E. (Susan) Cox Hendersonville, NC; his four grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Phyllis Lundin,

Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Piper Funeral Home at St. Marys. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Cox will lie in state, and the family will receive friends from 4:00 until 6:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at the funeral home.

4321A Girls Wrestling Regional

Rossville finished 6th out of 23 teams competing in the 4321A Regional on Feb. 12 at Silver Lake, finishing only 4 points behind 4th place Silver Lake.

Kendra Hurla (35-0) continued her winning ways taking the 120# championship pinning Macey Gross of Holton to remain undefeated on the season at 35-0. . Keera Lacock lost the 126# championship match to Patz (22-1) of McLouth. Reagan Wonnell finished third in the 138# class. All three girls have qualified for the State tournament.

The top six teams were:

1. Holton
2. Santa Fe Trail
3. Baldwin
4. Silvr Lake
5. Eudora
6. Rossville

Individual Results

109# Emma Plantz (1-23)
1 bye, 2 L

120# Kendra Hurla (35-0) 1st
4 W

126# Keera Lacock (33-6) 2nd
3 W, 1 L

132# Cassie Fund (20-15)
3 W, 2 L

138# Reagan Wonnell (27-9) 3rd
4 W, 1 L