Dan Viergever (53) Passes Away

Dan William Viergever, 86, was born at home near Willard, KS on March 24, 1935. He took his final breath on February 12, 2022 - a snow blanketed, blue sky day - following years of decline due to Dementia. He lived in Golden, Colorado with his loving wife and caregiver, Elaine.

Dan grew up in the farmlands surrounding Topeka, KS. Following his graduation from Rossville High School in 1953, he left home, forgoing a football scholarship at Northwestern University, and joined the Navy to serve his country and travel the world. He served as a gunners-mate from 1953-1957 and in the Naval Reserve from 1957-1961. He is a Veteran of the Korean Defense Era. After his military service, Dan worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as an Agent Telegrapher. When the railroad industry began to slow, he chose to start a new career path, earning his bachelor’s degree at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1969 and his master’s degree in Library Science at the University of Oklahoma in 1971. Following this, he was the Library Director at Lamar Community College in Lamar, CO and then at the Main Post library at Fort Riley, KS Army Installation. He finished out his career as Library Director at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, KS in 1999. He is responsible for the numerous, beautiful trees on campus there and mural in the college library. Upon his retirement, Dan and Elaine moved to Colorado, living in both Colorado Springs and Golden and enjoying many trips to their cabin, which he built with his family, in the Rocky Mountains.

Dan is survived by Elaine, his wife of 63 years. They were married in February on a snow blanketed, blue sky day. He is also survived by three well-loved daughters: Melinda, Melodie and Danielle, as well as his sons-in-law Tim, Mike and Sean. He was blessed by a beautiful bunch of grandkids: Drew, Jeremy, Lindy, Silas, Grant and Katherine. And also, great grandkids: Austin, Kyrstin, Keely, Lillian, Mathias and Kaya. His two sisters, Sue (Jack) Flerlage and Sharon (Wonnie) Graves, survive him, as well, and can attest to the orneriness of his boyhood. He will join his parents, Chris and Ethel Viergever, and his brother and best friend, Gerald Viergever, in the here-after.

Those who wish may make memorial gifts in memory of Dan Viergever to:
Neosho County Community College Foundation (NCCC Foundation)
800 W 14th
Chanute, KS 66720
Financial Aid for Students in Need
Memo notes: Dan Viergever Memorial

To view the church service, go to:    www.Facebook.com/covenantpcawheatridge/live

Silver Lake Tack & Field Inv.

The Rossville track and field team competed in the Silver Lake Invitational on March  31. The women's team finished fifth of the eight teams and the Men were eighth of eight.

Women

Event finishes of sixth or better include:

100 Meters                  Shayla Rezac                First
200 Meters                  Shayla Rezac                First
300 M. Hurdles           Keera Lacock               Third 
1600 Meters                Alexis Zabala               Sixth
High Jump                  Kendra Hurla                Fourth
Long Jump                  Shayla Rezac               Third
Shot Put                       Briar Gillum                 First
Discus                          Briar Gillum                 First   
4 x 800 Relay               Rossville                      Third

Men

Event finishes of   sixth or better include:

100 Meters                   Pedro Arantes              Third
200 Meters                   Pedro Arantes              Third
Javelin                          Hunter Broce               First   

              Briar Gillum wins the discus event.

Dawgfeed # 5 for 2021-22

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF3uzo7kBS0

RHS Baseball Players To Watch in 2022

Tops In Sports for Shawnee Co. Selected several baseball players to watch in 2022.  Among them were: 

KADEN BROWN, Rossville

A senior catcher/pitcher/outfielder, Brown earned second-team All-Shawnee County honors last season after helping the Bulldawgs post a 15-7 record. Brown hit .425 last spring with 25 runs scored and 16 runs batted in. As a pitcher Brown went 3-0 with an 0.38 ERA, recording 23 strikeouts in 18 innings pitched.

McGWYRE LEATHERS, Rossville

A senior third baseman/catcher, Leathers earned second-team All-Class 3A recognition last season after helping the Bulldawgs post a 15-7 record. Leathers, who also received All-Shawnee County honorable mention, hit .333 with 26 hits, 16 RBI and 14 runs scored.

 

Track & Field Athletes To Watch

Tops In Sports Top Picks to watch in Shawnee Co. Track and Field include.

AMELIA FOSTER, Rossville

A junior, Foster was a double state medalist for the Bulldawgs in the Class 3A state track meet last spring, taking sixth in the 400-meter dash and seventh in the 800 and earning All-Shawnee County honors. Foster was a regional champion in the 400 and 800 and was also a state qualifier for the 3A cross country meet last fall.

BRIAR GILLUM, Rossville

Gillum, a senior, posted a third-place finish in the Class 3A girls shot put last season at state and added an eighth-place state finish in the discus. An All-Shawnee County pick, Gillum had a season-best throw of 41 feet, 2.50 inches in the shot put and had a best of 126-6 in the discus. Gillum was a regional champion in the shot put.

Sofball Team Gets Wins Over Jeff West

 The RHS varsity softball team got off to a good start with two lop-sided wins over  non-MEL Jeff West,  13-3 and 11-0.  

RHS Track & Field Schedule for 2022

Mar

31          Silver Lake Inv.

Apr

8            Wabaunsee Inv.
12          Royal Valley Inv. 
14          Rock Creek Inv.
22          Rossville Inc.
29          Seaman Inv.

May

5           Valley Hts. Inv
12         MEL tournament at Silver Lake
20         3A Regional
27-28    3A State at Cessna Stadium in Wichita  

RHS Varsity Golf Schedule for 2022

 Apr

3             Wamego Inv.
19           Horton Inv.
25           Silver Lake Inv.
26           Jeff West Inv.
28           St. Marys Inv.

May

2             Onaga Inv.
3             Rossville Inv.
10           MEL Tournament st Stagg Hill, Manhattan 
16           3A Regional at Villager Greens, Meridan
23-24      3A State at Salina Municipal

RHS Softball Schedule for 2022

 Mar

29        3:30          Jeff West

Apr      

1          4:30          @ Santa Fe Trail
5          4:30          @ Riley Co.
7          4:30          @ Wabaunsee
11        4:30           Silver Lake
14        4:30          @ St. Marys
25        4:30          @  Onaga

May

2          4:30          Wamego
10        4:30          Rock Creek
16-19                    3A Regional
26-27                    3A State 

JoAnn Sulzen Passes Away

JoAnn Catherine Sulzen of Rossville was surrounded by her family as she passed away on the evening of March 27, 2022, in her home, at the age of 79. She was born to the parents of Paul and Josephine Rose (Reineke) Altenhofen on December 17, 1942, on the family farm near Goff, Kansas. She attended the elementary parochial schools in Seneca and graduated from high school in Kansas City, Kansas.

JoAnn worked at AT&T as a switchboard operator before her marriage and then was a homemaker for her family. JoAnn was well known for her love and kindness and welcomed everyone into her home. She was famous for her baking and sewing and loved her husband and children very much. She enjoyed family vacations and camping with them. JoAnn was greatly involved in her church and in the Altar & Rosary society of St. Vincent de Paul Church in KC, Immaculate Conception in ID, and a supporter of the New Immaculata Church in St. Marys, KS where her home has been for the last few years.

JoAnn married Paul J Sulzen on May 13, 1961, at St. Peter’s Cathedral, in Kansas City, KS. They raised 12 of their 13 children as “Baby Eddie” was directed to heaven shortly after his birth. JoAnn and Paul adopted 8 of their 13 children and they gave them a home of unending sacrifice and love. Her selflessness and sweet caring personality will be missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her. She was preceded in death by her parents, her son Edwin, her grandsons Phillip Sulzen, and Edwin and Isaac Schwanbeck.

She is survived by her family: her beloved husband Paul, her 5 sons and their families, Rex, John & Mary Frances (14 children, 13 grandchildren), Ron & Patty (9 children, 5 grandchildren), Fr. Carl Sulzen, and James; her 7 daughters and their families: Mary Ann (2 children), Paula & Robert (11 children, 3 grandchildren), Lori & Marc (2 children), Celia & John (5 children), Angie (3 children), Maria & Marty (3 children) and Philomena; 50 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Her brothers Paul and Gene Altenhofen and their wives remain among the living.

A Requiem Mass will be offered at 11:00 am, Thursday, March 31, at Assumption Chapel in St. Marys, KS. Interment will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, St. Marys. “Mom” will lie in state and the family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at Piper Funeral Home. The Rosary will be on Wednesday evening at 5:20 in the Assumption chapel.

Lester Smith Passes Away

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Baseball Schedule for 2022

 Apr

1        1:30        Anderson Co. at Washbun U.
6        3:30        @ Riley Co.
8        4:30        @ Wabaunsee
11      4:30         Silver Lake
14      4:30         @ St. Marys
22      4:30         @ Santa Fe Trail
23      4:00         Alumni Game
28      4:30         @ Onaga

May

1        4:30         Wamego 
5        4:30          Sabetha
10      4:30          Rock Creek
16-19                  3A  Regional
26-27                  3A State at KSU 

Dawgfeed #4 2021-22

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DMJ0laAMYU

Maydean Swoboda Passes Away

     Maydean Swoboda, 97, passed away on March 23, 2022, at Oakley Place of Rossville. Family and friends who have felt the love and compassion of this "simple Kansas girl" mourn her loss.
     Maydean was born in Clifton, Kansas, to John and Margaret Knoettgen on May 3,1924, the youngest of seven, 
      Maydean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Roy, and all her siblings. Thirteen years after Roy's death, she began a friendship with fellow White Lakes walker Paul Moran, which developed over coffee into a "very great relationship." He also preceded her in death. Maydean is survived by her children, Deidre Michael (Harold) of Silver Lake, Kansas, Tegan Swoboda (Cindy) of Topeka, Kansas, Seth Swoboda (Joe Anarella) of Albany, New York, and Shad Swoboda of Kansas City, Missouri, as well as grandchildren, Megan Hewitt (Rich), Shanna Martin (John), Sarah Barkemeyer (Scott), Michael Swoboda (Olivia), and great-grandchildren, Eleanor, Ryan, Jonah, Kate, Charlie, and Miles.
     She was a member of the Church of The Assumption/Mater Dei Assumption Catholic Church in Topeka from 1954 to the present.      The family thanks the dedicated staff at Oakley Place of Rossville and the Midland Palliative and Hospice teams for their loving care and support in the past eleven months.
     The rosary will be prayed at 5 p.m. Monday, March 28th, at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka KS 66614, with visitation to follow until 7 p.m.  Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 29th, at Mater Dei Holy Name Catholic Church, 1114 SW 10th Avenue, Topeka KS 66604.
     The service will be live streamed on the Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home Facebook page. The family invites you to join the service by going to the funeral home Facebook page and scrolling to Videos where the live video will be active prior to 10 a.m. http://www.facebook.com/Kevin-Brennan-Family-Funeral-Home-116876148342762
     In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes memorial contributions to either Midland Hospice Palliative Care, 300 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka KS 66606 or Mater Dei Assumption Church (for the Bell Tower Project), 911 SW Clay, Topeka KS 66606.

     Please take time to celebrate the life of Maydean Swoboda by viewing this video https://youtu.be/iaxbEjbMv3c
     Condolences may be sent online to www.kevinbrennanfamily.com.

     The actual obituary is quite long detailing the life of Mandean.  You can read the complete obit at   https://www.kevinbrennanfamily.com/obituaries/Maydean-Swoboda/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=autopost&fbclid=IwAR0569Bep6vaZS0vSKKjH1-t50G5SJ8wHY6gx9z3AqBxZs-bYSL0Iuyhjk0