September 2022

FAITH NOTES

Composer/pianist to perform concerts in Hays Composer, pianist and inspirational speaker Eric Genuis will perform three of his “Concerts of Hope” in Hays on Thursday, Sept. 22.

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Ivonne “Vonnie” S. Burmeister

Ivonne “Vonnie” S. Burmeister, 83, passed away on September 18, 2022, at the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire, Kansas. Vonnie was born on August 20, 1939, in the Methodist Parsonage in Claflin, Kansas, to Emery E. and Twila M. (Bisbee) Grossardt. She married Ferdinand “Fritz” H. Burmeister on January 23, 1960, in Claflin, Kansas.

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Domestic Violence Death Investigation

On September 19, 2022, at 9:55pm, the Hays Police Department Communication Center received a report of an unresponsive male inside a house in the 200 blk of West 6th Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. The Hays Police Department and Ellis County Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene. Officers arrived on scene and found a 54 year old male lying inside a residence. The man was deceased and appeared to have been beaten. The Ellis County Coroner’s Office was notified and also responded to the scene.

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