Walter L. Cox, 90, of Amarillo, Texas, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
He was born on Dec. 29, 1920, in Iola. He had lived in Amarillo since 1957. He retired from Phillips Petroleum Company as regional manager of the Gas and Gas Liquids Department in 1983 after 35 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a battery commander in the 87th Division Artillery. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals and several other service medals.
He was a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Amarillo Country Club and several industry organizations. He was instrumental in the founding of St. Peter’s Episcopal in 1957 and was the last surviving member of the original Bishop’s Committee. He served as the first Sunday school superintendent at St. Peter’s.
He graduated from the University of Kansas and Institute of Gas Technology.
He married Donna Parsons in 1948 in McCune. They lived in Bartlesville, Okla., until their move to Amarillo in 1957.
Survivors include his wife, Donna; two sons, Walter L. III and his wife, Judy, Birmingham, Ala., Donald R. and his wife, Becky, Austin, Texas; and a daughter, Kathryn VanDeusen and her husband, Kevin, Lubbock, Texas; four grandchildren, Christopher VanDeusen and his wife Angela, Clear Lake, Iowa, Kelli Haxel and her husband, Josh, Dallas, Texas, and Caroline Cox and William Cox, Austin; a sister, Laurilla Crispell, Emporia; and one great-granddaughter, Alexis VanDeusen.
Memorial services were Oct. 13. Interment was in St. Peter’s Columbarium.
The family suggests memorials to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 4714 N.W. 4th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79116; or to a favorite charity.
Carol Dysinger
Carol Sue Dysinger, 76, of Iola died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at Allen County Hospital.
She was born April 11, 1935, in Morrisville, Mo., to Thomas and Lillian Beesley. She was an avid gardener and an excellent cook.
She is survived by her children, Randolph Hilburn, Morrisville, Debra Kidd (Verlin), Hillsboro, Ore., Robert Dysinger (Sarah), Republic, Mo., Terry Dysinger, Arnold, Kathy Stotler (Dewey), Moran, Richard Dysinger (Renee), Osceola, Mo., Diane Evel (David), Arnold, and Thomas Dysinger (Patricia), Va.; 27 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by a son, Tinnie Joe Hilburn; a sister, Barbara Worrell; and a brother, Timmy Beesley.
Funeral services were Tuesday at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, Mo., followed with interment in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
Online condolences may be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.
Pauline Dunlap
Pauline E. Dunlap, 92, of Lansing and formerly of rural Iola died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Lansing.
Pauline was born Jan. 9, 1919, on a farm near Colony, to John A. and Lucetta (Lankard) Hoffmeier. She graduated from Colony High School.
On Sept. 8, 1940, Pauline married Harry C. Dunlap. They made their home in Wichita before moving to a farm near Carlyle in 1944. She was a homemaker and helped with the farm. He died on May 6, 1989. She moved to Lansing to be near her daughter about six years ago.
She was a member of Carlyle Presbyterian Church, Sew and Sew Club and the Carlyle Country Club. She enjoyed raising flowers and working word puzzles.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Fry and her husband, Wade, Lansing; five grandchildren, Doug Fry and his wife, Annette, Jacksonville, Fla., Jeff Fry and his wife, Cyndi, Lansing, Steve Fry and his wife, Michelle, Pleasant Hill, Mo., Lisa Inge, Portales, N.M., and Chris Molyneaux,. Tucumcari, N.M.; a number of great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Hoffmeier, Welda.
She was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Mabel Irene Molyneaux, and eight siblings.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola. Chaplain Lloyd W. Houk will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Memorials to Carlyle Presbyterian Church may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Youth wrestling club registration Monday
Allen County Mat Warriors, a Kansas Kids Wrestling Club, has 2012 season sign-up and parents meeting Monday.
The sign-up for boys and girls ages 4-18 is 6-7:30 p.m. at Iola High School’s commons area. The parents meeting is at 7 p.m.
There is a $10 club fee per wrestler plus if planning to compete in tournaments, wrestlers need a membership in USA Kids Wrestling, which is $35.
Registration and waiver forms will be filled out Monday. Come on Monday for more information about the youth wrestling program.
Practices begin Nov. 2 at the Iola High gym. It will be 7-8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday until December then practices then move up an hour to 6 those two nights each week.
Tournament action begins in January.
For more information contact Stephanie McDonald, ACKWC president, at 620-228-2792.
The club is open to any boy or girl in the surrounding area.
Courts and courses dominate weekend – Substate pairings set for volleyball
Volleyball teams hit the courts for Kansas high school substate tournament play Saturday. The seedings and pairings for area volleyball teams were announced late Wednesday afternoon.
Cross country teams from Iola High, Marmaton Valley High, Humboldt High, Uniontown High and Crest High will be competing in Kansas high school regional races Saturday. Iola is at Ottawa in Class 4A, Humboldt at Burlington in 3A, Marmaton Valley and Uniontown at Mound City in 2A and Crest at Leonardville in 1A.
On the line are berths at state volleyball tournaments and state cross country meets. The state volleyball tournaments are Oct. 28-29 while the state cross country meets will run Oct. 29.
Iola High’s Fillies are seeded No. 8 in the Class 4A volleyball substate. The Fillies (7-25) take on top-seeded Chanute (31-1) at 2 p.m. Saturday in Garnett.
Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs (14-18) are the No. 8 seeded team in the Class 3A substate at Burlington. The Lady Cubs drew top-seeded and 3A’s second-ranked Burlington High Wildcats (34-2). They play at 2 p.m.
In Class 2A, Uniontown High’s Eagles (24-9) earned the No. 1 seed in the Oswego substate. Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats (12-22) were tagged as No. 8 in the tournament which means the two Three Rivers League foes face each other at 1 p.m. in the first round.
Also in 2A action, but at Olpe High’s substate tournament, Yates Center High’s Wildcats (16-18) are seeded No. 6. The Wildcats drew third-seeded Peabody-Burns (20-12) as their first-round opponent.
Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans (15-16) are seeded No. 2 in the Class 1A, Division 1 substate at Waverly. They had a first-round bye, as did third-seeded St. Paul (13-20). The two teams play in the semifinals.
Crest High’s Lady Lancers (4-29) are in a four-team Class 1A, Division II substate and go right to the semifinal round. They are seeded No. 2 and play No. 3 Elk Valley (3-28). Chetopa, which is hosting the tournament, is the top seed at 8-24.
FRIDAY NIGHT, Iola High’s Mustangs have their final home football game of the season with Anderson County High’s Bulldogs coming to town. It is a must-win game for the Mustangs to give themselves a chance at getting to the Class 4A football playoffs.
“We know what we have to do — win the next two games and we’re in the playoffs,” said Rick Horton, Mustang head coach.
Decency and logic prevail over dogma
Call it embattled women vs. Gov. Sam Brownback.
The gals won. Round one, at least.
The case before U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten concerned the Dodge City Family Planning Clinic and the governor’s decision to defund all of the family planning clinics in Kansas because they advocate abortion rights.
This is an ideological thing, understand. The Dodge City clinic doesn’t do abortions. The only family planning clinic in Kansas that does is in Overland Park. We’re talking about medical information vs. religious dogma. Because some family planning clinics in Kansas and the rest of the nation do provide abortions to low-income women, and all of the clinics provide information about abortion, therefore all family planning clinics are works of the devil and should be shut down by any means required, regardless of the benefits of the other services they provide.
That is the ideological imperative that drove this administration to take the money the federal government sent to Kansas to fund its family planning clinics and give it to public health clinics and hospitals instead.
Tuesday afternoon, Judge Marten ruled that the federal government takes precedence over state governments. When Kansas took the money the feds sent to fund family planning clinics and gave it to public health clinics and hospitals instead, it was altering a federal decision. Judge Marten ruled Kansas can’t do that.
Without the money, the Dodge City Family Planning Clinic would have had to close. It had operated for 35 years with money from Congress. It had no other source of support. Again, not one abortion was performed within its doors.
In its explanation to the court, the clinic said closing down would leave 650 mostly low-income clients without access to reproductive health care services. About 200 of those women have incomes low enough to qualify for free care and another third pay only 50 percent.
Those are the powerless women the Brownback administration was willing to harm — in some cases, severely — in order to earn brownie points with the anti-abortion cabal. Where’s the compassion? Where’s the human concern?
Family planning services funded by the federal government have been provided throughout Kansas for the past 35 years. Mobile units routinely came to Iola in the late 1970s to serve women here.
Most of those who use the service come for contraceptives of one kind or another, for Pap tests and for tests and medicines for sexually transmitted diseases. Those who use contraceptives don’t need abortions; curing VD slows its spread.
THIS CASE is still before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Marten had ruled in August that Kansas must continue to fund all of the Planned Parenthood clinics in Kansas. The state appealed that decision. It will be interesting to see how much money Kansas will spend in an effort to overturn Marten’s decision and earn the power to take away access to reproductive health care from the low-income women of Kansas.
A victory for the governor might earn Kansas still another first among the 50 states.
— Emerson Lynn, jr.
Haunted trolly returns to provide riders with sites, spooks of Iola, Allen County
Since 2005, the Molly Trolley has given local residents a glimpse of some of the area’s spookiest sights each Halloween.
This year’s Haunted Trolley tours, which begin Sunday evening, promise to have a few new twists and tales, tour guide Donna Houser said.
The tours run Sunday through next Wednesday, departing at 7:30 p.m. and again on Oct. 29 and 30. The Oct. 29 tour will coincide with Iola High School after-prom activities and departs at 8:30 p.m. The Oct. 30 tour leaves at 7:30.
Advance tickets, available at the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce, sell for $6. Tickets bought at the trolley cost $7 apiece.
Houser urged those wanting a ride to buy tickets in advance.
“Last year, we had some disappointed folks who drove to Iola to take a Halloween trolley ride, and we were sold out.” Only one trip will be offered each night.
This year’s tours will feature more characters than in years past to re-enact some of Iola’s most haunted legends, Houser said. Added stops and tales will be featured as well, “to keep things new for people who have taken the tours in the past.”
There are spooky parts that may be a bit too scary for youngchildren.
“We suggest not bringing them,” she said.
No crying will be allowed on the trolley. Houser said the trolley will return to the Chamber office with crying children, “because it ruins the ride for others.”
To purchase advance tickets, call the chamber office at 365-5252 or Houser at 365-9628.
Special Olympics athletes compete in bowling event
PITTSBURG — Members of the ANW Co-op Special Olympics and the Allen County Special Olympics participated in the Southeast Area Kansas Special Olympics bowling competition last Thursday in Pittsburg.
From the ANW group, Kaleb Beckham was third, Bo Bland was second, Judy Branstetter was first, Jonathan Cress was third, Katlin Cress was second, Lieberanne Moore was third, Alex Morris was first, Justin Navarez was third, Whitney Tarter was first, Jennifer Trester was second, Christopher White was fourth and Derek White was third. All are from Iola.
Brandon Griggs was second and Ty Johnson was first, both of Moran. Chealsae Hanson was second, Kandra Manbeck was first and Tyler Streeter was third, all of LaHarpe.
Also from the ANW group, Manuel Doolittle, Yates Center, was first; Bridgette Eckroat, Piqua, was first; Alizyn Peters, Yates Center, was fourth; Courtland Sager, Gas, was third; Mariz Schlotterbeck, Yates Center, was second; and Wolfgang Webber, Colony, was third.
From Allen County’s group, Casey Riebel was second and Steven Riebel was first, both of LaHarpe, and Abby Westgate was third and Hana Westgate was first, both of Moran.
Joy Gibson
It was incorrectly reported in Monday’s Register in the Joy Gibson obituary that she was survived by a son Tommy. She was survived by a son Timothy.
The Register regrets the error.
Virgil Grizzle
Virgil L. Grizzle, 82, of Chanute died Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.
Virgil was born Sept. 19, 1929, in Iola, to George F. and Minnie M. (Jones) Grizzle. He graduated from LaHarpe High School.
On Nov. 13, 1949, he married Wanda Lee Larkey. They made their home in Odense. In 1964, they moved to Wichita and since 1969 they have lived in Chanute. Virgil farmed and milked cows. He worked as an inspector for the Kansas Department of Weights and Measures before retiring in 1995. She died Nov. 29, 2010.
He was a member of First Baptist Church in Chanute. He enjoyed camping, boating and water skiing. He was an avid basketball fan and rooted for the University of Kansas Jayhawks.
He is survived by a son, Ernie L. and his wife, Glenna, Chanute; a daughter, Colleen Brownewell and her husband, Claude, Parsons; four grandchildren, Thomas Grizzle, Scott Bradburn, Sarah Nordt and Stacia Meek; three great-grandchildren; five brothers, Lionel, Sweet Home, Ore., Glen, Lebanon, Ore., Darrell, Wellington, Alvin, LaHarpe, and George Jr., El Dorado; and a sister, Elva Barnes, Cassoday.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Velda Parks.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel. Chaplain Lloyd W. Houk will officiate. Burial will be in LaHarpe Cemetery.
Memorials to American Heart Association may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.