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Michael E. Peters, the son of Michael N. Peters and Theo (McCune) Peters, was born Feb. 16, 1940, in rural Beloit, Kansas, and died Dec. 28, 2023, at his home in Formoso, Kansas, at the age of 83. Mike grew up in Jewell County, attending school in Formoso, and several rural country schools. Following his schooling, he helped his dad with the custom silage business. He and his father were also contracted to help remove the trees before the construction of the Lovewell and Waconda lakes. He went...
Arthur (Archie) Leroy Thompson, age 70, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. He was born to Glen S. and Iris A. (Maley) Thompson on Aug. 2, 1953, in Beloit, Kansas. Archie married Donna Mallory on Oct. 26, 1973. To this union they were blessed with three sons; Shane, Curtis and Kevin. After the Dubuque Packing Plant closed in Mankato, Archie started his career on June 24, 1974, at the Randall Farmers Co-Op Union. He started as a feed truck driver and over...
Shirley Marihugh, age 82, of Esbon, Kansas, died, Dec. 25, 2023. She was surrounded by her family at her daughter's home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She loved Christmas morning and what a perfect day to be welcomed into Heaven. Shirley was born on June 25, 1941, in Long Branch, New Jersey, to Arthur and Doris (Dey) Hughes. Growing up mere blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, jumping over crashing waves and digging her toes in the sand, she sought the joy of the sea throughout her life. As a 1959...
Larry W. Beavers, the son of Jack and Hazel (Runyan) Beavers, was born on Aug. 12, 1951, in Superior, Nebraska. He died Dec. 31, 2023, at his residence near Superior at the age of 72 years, 4 months, 19 days. Larry attended school in Superior and Geneva, Nebraska. On July 18, 1971, he was united in marriage to Beverly Clabaugh. To this union was born two children, Lisa and Nolan. Larry enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting, bowling and the many activities with his grandchildren. He was retired from the wastewater treatment plant in Superior. He...
Berniece (Silsby) Harris was born Dec. 4, 1929. She died Dec. 27, 2023. Her funeral is pending at this time. Memorials may be directed to the Burr Oak Community Church....
The funeral for Dawna Gay Robinett, age 92 of Randall, was at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the Jewell Christian Church. Mrs. Robinett died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at the Jewell County Hospital Long Term Care. Survivors include her husband, Don of the home; daughters, Colleen Shamburg of Randall and Carla Smith of Jewell; sons, Craig of Randall and Brian of Olathe; eight grandchildren; two step-grandsons; and 14 great-grandchildren. Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, at the Roberts Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the...
The Superior High School boys basketball team closed out 2023 with two losses at the Runza Holiday Tournament at Central City. The lost 64 to 23 to Cross County. The game was never close as the Wildcats trailed 37 to 9 at the half. They finished tourney play with a 49 to 22 loss to Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Saturday. They enter 2024 with a 1-9 record. Statistics were unavailable at press time. Superior visits Hebron Friday for a game against Thayer Central. Fillmore Central plays at Superior...
The Superior High School girls basketball team lost an overtime claw scratcher to the 10-0 Cross County Cougars in overtime, 62 to 55 at the Runza Holiday Tournament at Central City Friday. The Cougars outscored the Wildcats 14 to 7 in the overtime period to take the win. Superior visits Hebron Friday for matchup with Thayer Central. The Wildcats host Fillmore Central at the high school gymnasium Saturday. The Wildcats travel to Henderson Tuesday to play Heartland....
The Superior High School boys and girls wrestling teams competed at the Fillmore Central Invitational at Geneva Saturday. The boys team finished 12th place, with 51 points in the 14 team field. The girls team finished in 12th place, with 35 points, in the 18 team field. Holden McDonald took third place honors and 14 team points in the 126 pound weight bracket. Jackson Bernal earned two team points with his ninth place finish at 132 pounds. Cooper Benjamin was in fifth place in the 138 pound weight bracket where he earned one team point. Cooper...
The Lawrence-Nelson High school wrestling team finished in 14th place, with three points, in the 14 team boys field at the Fillmore Central Invitational Saturday at Geneva. 157 pounds Augustus Harrison (1-9) placed 11th and scored 0.0 team points. 175 pounds Grayhm Beck (2-9) placed 9th. 175 pounds Brandt McLaughlin (2-12) placed 10th and scored 0.0 team points. 285 pounds Nathan Elledge (9-9) placed 6th and scored 3.0 team points. The Raiders compete at the Franklin Invitational, at Franklin, Saturday....
Both the boys and girls basketball teams traveled west for the Holiday Basketball Tournament in Hershey, Nebraska, last week. They mixed it up with Class C-1 and C-2 schools and it didn’t turn out nice for the Raiders. Because of the holiday scheduling of work, school time and other demands, we did not have the ability to report fully on the games. The end results were a pair of losses for each team. Boys: lost to C-1 Gothenburg 34 to 59 in the first round of play and lost to Class C-2 Hershey 37 to 54 in the second round of play. Girls: l...
