Stories from Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Phillip Roger Hendrix, born June 22, 1934, in Nevada, Mo. The Lord called him home Jan. 24, 2011. His parents were William H. and Bessie W. Hendrix. He is survived by three children, Robin E., Randall R. and Tamra L. He is survived by five brothers and four sisters, from a total of 20 siblings...

Kessie Joan Steuck was born Aug. 27, 1939, in Mulberry, Kan., the daughter of Elizabeth Scott and Carl Shelton. She passed away March 13, 2011, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo. Kessie was a 1957 graduate of Nevada High School. She married Donald Lee Steuck on July 13,1957, to this union three daughters were born. ...

Bonnie A. Prewitt, 91, Walker, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 14, 2011, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born on Oct. 7, 1919, in Walker, to William G. Jones and Susie Coffman Jones. She married Robert S. Prewitt on June 21, 1941, in Butler, Mo., and he preceded her in death on Jan. 21, 2003...

Fred Torkelson Durnell, 88, of Moundville, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo. The oldest of eight children, Fred was born April 24, 1922, in Cabool, Mo., to Trevor and Verbal Durnell. He attended school in Cabool. He learned to milk cows at the tender age of six, helping on the family farm by completing chores before and after school each day...

Mary Jane "Sissie" Bremmerkamp, 69, of Joplin, Mo., a former Jefferson City resident, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at the Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, Mo. Mary was born Feb. 16, 1942, in Jefferson City, Mo., the daughter of John M. and Jean Huhman Sommerer. She was married to Thomas Bremmerkamp who preceded her in death in 1989...

Rhett Walker Craig Kelso went to join our heavenly father at the tender age of 7 months, 2 days old on Sunday, March 13, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he was born on Aug. 11, 2010. He is survived by his loving parents, Michael Kelso (Nevada High School class of '90) and Sarah Kelso (Nevada High School class of '91); his brother, Kyler Kelso of Palm Harbor, Fla.; his grandparents, Alan and Joyce Kelso of Kearney, Mo., (Former associate pastor of Nevada First Baptist Church from 1981-1992), Tim and Sonja Wells of Nevada, Mo., Jay and Rae Walker of Camdenton, Mo.; as well as his great-grandmothers, Helen Kelso of Raytown, Mo., and Mary K. ...

February 24 Joseph L. Herdliska, Nevada, failure to signal, failure to maintain lane, driving while intoxicated. Joe E. Dunn III, Leavenworth, Kan., no occupational license. Jeffrey C. Gilliland, Shawnee, Kan., no occupational license. Darren L. Roberts, Girard, Kan., no occupational license...

If you live in Nevada and think you have broadband or high speed Internet, you probably are wrong. Mark Mitchell, the city of Nevada's IT director, said the Federal Communications Commission, requires a speed of at least 5Mb to be classed as broadband, and less than 50 percent of Nevada has access to that level of service...

SHELDON -- The annual springtime threat of a tornado strike prompted the Sheldon Board of Aldermen during their March 10 meetingto adopt severe weather action procedures to ensure good communications and a coordinated response. Alderman Robert Moran said he had written the plan, not to micromanage the fire department, but to establish a chain of command and eliminate confusion...

Editor's note: Second-year students at Cottey College are taking part in the school's "international experience," in which students visit another country and learn of its culture, history, and more through educational modules and experiences along the way. This year, the group is visiting France. Following is the fifth in a series of columns through which Cottey College Public Information Director Steve Reed shares the experience with readers...

Ted Williams didn't begin his career with the Nevada Police Department, but after 32 years in the field of law enforcement and spending 27 years of his life as a Nevada policeman, he decided last October that it was time to retire. He removed his bullet proof vest, unpinned his badge and took off his uniform for the last time on Oct. 22, 2010...

The Patriot Guard Riders began showing up at the Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada before 9 a.m. on Tuesday in response to information that members of the Westboro Baptist Church were going to show up and protest at the funeral of U.S. Navy Air Traffic Controller Jamie Lee Jones, 25, of Oak Harbor, Wash...