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, May 15, 2023

Rocky Burrous Passes Away (updated)

Rocky C. Burrous died on May 14, 2023. He was born January 16, 1956

Rocky C. Burrous passed away suddenly on May 14, 2023 in St. Marys, KS. Rocky is survived by his parents, Donald and Marilyn Burrous; his wife, Debra Bertels Burrous; his children, Rebecca (Brandon) NeSmith and Tony (Kathryne) Burrous; and five grandchildren Pierce and Myers NeSmith; Olivia, Emily and Sawyer Burrous. He is also survived by two brothers Rick (Naomi) Burrous and Rex (Lesa) Burrous; and numerous other loving family members.

After attending high school in St. Marys, Rocky served in the US Army from 1974 until 1982, and in 1976 married his high school sweetheart, Debbie. He then became a Computer Engineer and worked in Hunstville, AL before moving to Dunedin, FL then to Tallahassee, FL. He was an avid scuba diver who loved "to spear massive quantities of sea life to eat". He and Debbie went on an adventure for 8 years traveling around the country in their RV, and finally settling back in Tallahassee, FL.

Rocky was a loving and dedicated father and grandfather and will always be know for being "one of the best Grandpas in the history of Grandpa's".

The viewing will be held Saturday, May 20th 2:00 - 4:00 at Piper Funeral Home 714 Maple St, St Marys, KS 66536 followed by a short service beginning at 4:00.

The family requests that In lieu of flowers, donations be made through the funeral home. The proceeds of the donations will go to the creation of a named artifical Memorial Coral Reef for Rocky's final dive.

Sprouts Vendor Fair

USD 321 Teachers of the Year

Leslie Greer Rossville High

Alyce Anderson Rossville Grade

Shawna Kincaidd SM Grade

Katy Brown SM High

Dawgfeed Videos

Rossvilke High students have been recording a Dawgfeed Video each month during the school year. You can few any of the videos by going to:

https://www.usd321.com/o/rossvillejrsrhigh/page/dawgfeed

Friday, May 12, 2023

Southern Lyon Co. Inv. Golf

The boys golf team began the year with a third place finish at the Southern Lyon Co. Inv. Golf Tournament.

Top five of the ten teams were:

1. Osage City 363
2. Santa Fe Trail 370
3. Rossville 380
4. Silver Lake 381
5. Fredonia 392

Rossville Individuals

Jack Donovan Tie 8 89
Jonathan Hart Tie 14 96
Kyser Lundi 16 97
Paxton Willett Tie 17 98

Track and Field Honor Roll

Top Sports News posted an Honor Roll of Shawnee Co, track and field athletes on May 9. The list includes the Top Five in every category..

Rossville's 4 by 800 men's relay was number three with a time of 11:00:66.

Amelia Foster wa number two in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:27:22.

Regional Softball At Silver Lake

The 3A Regional will be held at Silver Lake beginning on May 15. The teams competing will be as follows.

Silver Lake HS 18-2 0.900

Rossville HS

14-4

0.778

Hoyt-Royal Valley HS

14-6

0.700

Hiawatha HS

8-12

0.400

Meriden-Jefferson West HS

8-12

0.400

Effingham-Atchison Co Community HS

7-11

0.389

Sabetha HS

7-11

0.389

Seneca-Nemaha Central HS

6-12

0.333

Regional Baseball

The baseball Regional for Rossville and Silver Lake will be at Seneca-Nemaha Valley beginning May 15.

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Seneca-Nemaha Central HS

12-4

0.750

Silver Lake HS

14-6

0.700

Concordia HS

12-8

0.600

Rossville HS

8-12

0.400

Marysville HS

6-12

0.333

Minneapolis HS

2-18

0.100

Riley County HS

1-19

0.050

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Arletta (Sage) (61) Nichols Passes Away

Arletta Esther (Sage) Nichols passed away Monday, May 1, 2023, at the Kelly House in Topeka, where she had been a resident for two years. Arletta was born on December 22, 1943, to Austin Melvin Sage and Luella May (Olson) Sage, in Dover. She spent her adolescence in the Dover, Willard, Rossville area and graduated Rossville High School in 1961. After high school she went to beauty school in Topeka and became a licensed cosmetologist. In 1961, she married Kenneth Ray Smith, and subsequently spent a few years in Albuquerque New Mexico, while he was in the Navy. Two of her daughters were born there, Sage (Yvette) Nelson and Yvonne (Smith) Church.

They then returned to Rossville where another daughter was born, Yolande (Smith) Nichols. She opened and ran a beauty shop for many years on Main Street in Rossville. Later she worked in Topeka at a law firm as a secretary and then for the State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, from which she eventually retired.

In August 1989 she married Garold “Gene” Nichols from Oklahoma, who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Melvin D. Sage, her daughter Sage, a grandson/adopted son Dalton R. Nichols, and a great-grandson Alex Nichols.

She is survived by her daughters Yvonne Church (Montie), Trimble, MO, and Yolande Nichols, Topeka. Her grandsons Jeramy Matyak (Veronica) Lyndon, Aaron Church, Trimble, MO, Kyle Bennett (Bethaney), Shawnee, Quinton Church, Liberty, MO, Cameron Church (Brancey), Minneapolis, KS; her granddaughters/adopted daughters Karey Nichols, Topeka, and Katey Westfall (Matt), Delia, granddaughter Zoey Nichols, Topeka, and four great granddaughters Lillian Nichols, Josamee Adams, Aria and Remi Bennett. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Loretta Sage, Willard, her nephews Bryan Sage (Robin) and Dan Sage (Lisa) and many great nieces/nephews and cousins.

Graveside funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M. Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Dover Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Thursday, May 4, 2023, at Piper Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Kelly House or Elara Caring Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Rossville Boys Golf Team

The Rossville team is doing well this year. In their most recent tournament (St. Marys Invitational at Stagg Hill) Rossville was 3rd (349) of fourteen teams finishing behind Sabetha (341) and Seneca (338).

The Dawgs were lead by
Jonathan Hart (second place - 80)
Jack Donovan (eigth place - 85)
Kyser Lundin (tenth place - 86)