Stories from School Wanted

For the school reunion that is coming up July 16, stories are wanted.

Roger Pruter and Dan Hoisington are looking for stories and experiences from Paradise Schools.

Several humorous stories have already been submitted.

Please send your stories to the following addresses.

Roger Pruter   pruter7@msn.com

Dan Hoisington   post@gorhamtel.com

Looking forward to reading the stories and seeing everyone at the reunion.

Paradise School reunion update

Jay Anderson (Class "53") Obit

Jay Anderson, age 87, died on June 1, 2022 in Oberlin, Kansas. He was born in Norton, Kansas on February 4, 1935 to Arnold and Mary (Doubrava) Anderson. He graduated high school in Paradise, Kansas with the class of 1953 and went on to Kansas State University for his bachelor’s degree. While there, he departed two years to serve in the Korean War. He then went on to K-State Veterinary School and graduated in 1962. After that he and his first wife and three children moved to Oberlin where Dr. Anderson began his veterinary career. A fourth child was born in Oberlin. After practicing many years, he retired and married his second wife, Ann Leake. They raised greyhounds for a few years and traveled the country in a fifth wheel. They moved back to Oberlin to settle down. Dr. Anderson participated in many community events and was active on many local boards, including Fair Board, City Council, Library and Rotary to name just a few. He was proud of coming from a public-minded family that worked for the interests of northwest Kansas, including a father who was a legislator and a grandfather who was an early Decatur settler. He was always strategizing and making notes on ways to further the development of Decatur County. It was rare to not see him with a yellow note pad in his retirement days, making notes about many things. He also loved talking to people and telling many stories of the successes of past Kansans in bettering the community and of his own experiences as a country veterinarian and traveler. Dr. Anderson also loved reading and collected a personal library focused on military and plains history. He frequently gifted his grandsons books and educational magazines and also took them on a trip to visit Little Bighorn Battlefield. Dr. Anderson is survived by his wife, Ann Anderson and three children, Jill (Anderson) Reichert and husband, Wilbur, Dresden; Amy Anderson and partner, Mark Webster, Oklahoma City and Jane Anderson. His brother, Jon Anderson and wife Dorothy, San Francisco, CA. Also, three grandsons, Grant Reichert, Wenatchee, WA; Gannon Reichert and wife Mary, Oberlin and Gage Reichert and wife, Cole, Hill City and four great grandsons, Conner, Creo, Dean and Owen. He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Gatlin Reichert. Memorials are designated to the GROW Foundation. Jay would have also encouraged everyone to give their time and energy to the Decatur County Fair where he was one of the original volunteers involved in getting the Ferris wheel for the home-grown carnival and felt it was a very important part of keeping Decatur County strong.

Events

JUN3

Service

Friday, June 03, 2022

2:00PM

Pauls Funeral Home - Oberlin
121 N Penn Ave
Oberlin, KS 67749

Final Resting Place

Oberlin Cemetery
North Martin Ave. Oberlin, KS 67749

“Plans are to start helping build a shed and to pick up fencing that was destroyed,” she said. “It will be hard work – and a bit stretching for the team of students on our team. And the locals have clearly told us that rattlesnakes are known to be in the area and that we need to stay aware!” A second team from the Teens for Christ group will go on a SPLASH trip next week. Lundquist described that as a trip where “we allow God to lead us on as the adventure unfolds!” The unnamed destination is again within a day’s drive of Phillipsburg. “Our prayer has always been that as we take teenagers on these trips that their faith journey will be impacted so they will continue to have an impact on the kingdom of God,” Lundquist said.

 Teens for Christ team 

travels to Paradise

Members of a Teens for Christ summer mission group from Phillipsburg help clean up around the foundation of a house destroyed by fire west of Paradise.
They were in Russell County this week to build a shed and pick up fencing at farms affected by the 4-County Fires last December.

Susan Thacker
Published: Jun 2, 2022, 11:18 AM

LUCAS — A Teens for Christ Disaster Team mission crew from Phillipsburg traveled to Russell County this week to provide relief to families affected by the 4-County Fires last December. Janice Lundquist with Teens for Christ said 13
teens, three college-age interns, three other staff and one adult volunteer
headed to Lucas on Tuesday.

Over the years, summer mission trips have taken the Phillipsburg youths to Mississippi and even to foreign countries. This year the organizers looked closer to home for an area that had experienced some type of hardship.

“The 4-County Fires took place just about 60 miles away from us,” she said.

The team planned to stay in Lucas and work west of Paradise, pitching in “for at least two different families who lost almost everything,” Lundquist said.

“Plans are to start helping build a shed and to pick up fencing that was destroyed,” she said. “It will be hard work – and a bit stretching for the team of students on our team. And the locals have clearly told us that rattlesnakes are known to be in the area and that we need to stay aware!”

A second team from the Teens for Christ group will go on a SPLASH trip next week. Lundquist described that as a trip where “we allow God to lead us on as the adventure unfolds!” The unnamed destination is again within a day’s drive of Phillipsburg.

“Our prayer has always been that as we take teenagers on these trips that their faith journey will be impacted so they will continue to have an impact on the kingdom of God,” Lundquist said.