Michelle Wessel, age 55, of Council Grove passed away September 3, 2022 at Salina Regional Medical Center, Salina, KS. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Greenwood Cemetery, Council Grove, KS. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas State University Foundation, Veterinary Health Center Shelter Medicine Fund (K38612) c/o Sawyer Funeral Home, PO Box 273, Council Grove, KS 66846. Condolences may be left at www. sawyerchapel.com Michelle, or Shelly as she was known to many, was born June 19, 1967 to Henry R. and Bernadine K. (Rees) Wessel in Emporia, KS. She grew up and attended schools in Medicine Lodge, KS, graduating from Medicine Lodge High School in 1985. After high school she attended and graduated from Emporia State University where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education.

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Twila Kayleen Pritz passed away peacefully on August 23, 2022 at her home in Apache Junction, AZ. Twila loved the Lord and it gives her family great solace to know that she was welcomed home into heaven with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

DEATH NOTICE

Vickie L. Wright, age 70, of Grove, Oklahoma passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at her home. Vickie was born on August 23, 1951, to Fred and Valeda Miller in Emporia, KS.

Ronald D. Wessel, rural Emporia, passed away at his home on Friday evening, August 19, 2022 at the age of 81.

Maxine Louise Soule, 89, longtime resident of Arkansas City, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services have been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Central Christian Church. Reverend Dennis Voth will officiate. Burial will follow in the Parker Cemetery. Friends may greet the family from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home and Crematory.

Betty Lou Murray Barnes Barker, age 93, of Council Grove, passed away August 19, 2022, at Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, Kansas. She was born on a farm ten miles Northwest of Ottawa, Kansas on March 7, 1929, and was the daughter of Harris and Rosa (Steinman) Murray.

Ronald Lee Henning