Stories from Thursday, January 3, 2013

James Raymond Giessel, 64, Nevada, passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, 2013, at his home in Nevada, following a brief illness. He was born April 1, 1948, in Great Bend, Kan., to Leo L. Giessel and Wilhelmina B. Strecker Giessel. He married Deanna L. Myers on July 17, 1970, in Dallas, Texas, and she survives of the home...

Homer Jack Dennison, 75, of Nevada, passed away on Dec. 28, 2012, at Via Christi Village, Pittsburg, Kan. He was born on Sept. 22, 1937, in Nevada to Homer William Dennison and Mamie Cecil Pauley Dennison. Jack was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1955. ...

Velma Johnston, 83, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born on Sept. 23, 1929, in Nevada, to Charles W. Ryan and Hattie Marie Ryan. Velma was a lifetime resident of Nevada and attended Nevada schools. She worked at various restaurants in Nevada. Velma was a member of the First Christian Church in Nevada...

Donald L. Stark, 83, Nevada, passed away at his home on Dec. 31, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 13, 1929, in Nevada, to Harry Gordon Stark and Ora Ethel Duke Stark. He married Maxine Putnam on June 10, 1951, and she preceded him in death on Dec. 20, 1997. He married Patricia A. Scott on Feb. 10, 1999, and she survives of the home...

Donald L. Stark, 83, Nevada, passed away at his home on Dec. 31, 2012, following a lengthy illness. He was born on May 13, 1929, in Nevada, to Harry Gordon Stark and Ora Ethel Duke Stark. He married Maxine Putnam on June 10, 1951, and she preceded him in death on Dec. 20, 1997. He married Patricia A. Scott on Feb. 10, 1999, and she survives of the home...

Homer Jack Dennison, 75, of Nevada, passed away on Dec. 28, 2012, at Via Christi Village, Pittsburg, Kan. He was born on Sept. 22, 1937, in Nevada, to Homer William Dennison and Mamie Cecil Pauley Dennison. Jack was reared in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 1955. ...

Velma Johnston, 83, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born on Sept. 23, 1929, in Nevada, to Charles W. Ryan and Hattie Marie Ryan. Velma was a lifetime resident of Nevada and attended Nevada schools. She worked at various restaurants in Nevada. Velma was a member of the First Christian Church in Nevada...

Vernon County agriculture's last experience with normal precipitation was in 2010, so the prospect of a sub-par moisture year in 2013 is worrisome to farmers and stockmen who are suffering from the drought. University of Missouri Extension Agronomy Specialist Pat Miller of Nevada said Wednesday that the winter wheat planted last fall is up, growing and looking good, but Miller said the wheat will need a good bit more rain this spring before area farmers plant their other two big money crops, corn and soybeans, on which they took a beating in 2012.. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail "I usually try to estimate the money coming. I try to figure a little conservative," Vernon County Collector/Treasurer Phil Couch told the Vernon County Commission Wednesday afternoon during one of a continuing series of budget hearings...

By James R. Campbell Nevada Daily Mail The nephew of a 98-year-old Nevada man at the center of a recently dismissed $150,000 check fraud case has told the Daily Mail that he will file a lawsuit seeking monetary damages against Sheldon Mayor Rob Sewell...

The year 2012 was characterized by the Healthy Nevada initiative, elections at all levels, the designation of I-49, new construction at Nevada High School and Cottey College, Nevada Regional Medical Center celebrating its 75th anniversary and a handful of court cases...

Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail Newly seated Vernon County Southern Commissioner Everett Wolfe along with Norrthern Commission Neal Gerster and Presiding Commission Bonnie McCord discuss the prosecutor's office budget with county prosecuting attorney Lynn M. ...

James Raymond Giessel, 64, Nevada, MO, passed away on Tuesday night, January 1, 2013, at his home in Nevada following a brief illness. He was born April 1, 1948, in Great Bend, KS, to Leo L. Giessel and Wilhelmina B. Strecker Giessel. He married Deanna L. Myers on July 17, 1970, in Dallas, TX, and she survives of the home...