Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Lucian "Junior" Dale Bond, 78, of Grain Valley, Mo., passed away May 6, 2016, at Kansas City Hospice House. Dale was born Dec. 17, 1937, in Nevada, Mo., to Lucian and Beulah Bond. He was the youngest of eight children and grew up on a farm south of Nevada, Mo...

Richard L. Bozworth Sr., 66, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born on July 22, 1949, in Kansas City, Kan. He married Linda S. Cartwright on July 3, 1970, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Janet L. Wangenheim, 59, of Nevada, Mo., died Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Rich Hill, Mo. Janet was born on Nov. 18, 1956, in Baltimore, Md., to Leroy Francis Wangenheim and Getrude Deintien Wangenheim. No services are planned at this time. Contributions may be made in Janet's memory to Vernon County People For Pets in care of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada...

Nevada Daily Mail "I had never been to Washington [D.C.], and this free trip was more than thanks enough for having served in the military. But then, getting off the plane and walking through a hall where hundreds of people were cheering, shaking your hand, patting you on the back and thanking us for our service, well, that was overwhelming."...

Nevada Daily Mail On April 30, students from Nevada Middle School worked to clean up the outdoor classroom near the middle school's new walking trail. According to Crystal Burch with Nevada's Parents As Teachers, "students from all three grades at the middle school, with help from their parents, joined teacher Amy Hemphill to clear brush and trees from the outdoor classroom located in the center of the soon-to-be opened Community Trail. ...