The Class of 1955 wishes Mr. L. C. Crouch, the superintendent during our school years, a very happy 90th birthday! We hope you have a wonderful day with the card shower surprise. Many happy returns.

Jack Carr and his family appreciated the lovely flowers the Class of '55 provided for his brother Paul's funeral.

Jack thanks all his classmates for their thoughts and support.

Paul M. Carr, age 77, retired rural mail carrier, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012. He fell, broke his hip, and failed to survive surgery.

Visitation: 1 to 8 pm Tuesday, April 24, with family present 5 to 7 pm at Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home, 507 S. Maple, Douglass. Funeral service: 10:30 am Wednesday, April 25, at the First Christian Church, 303 E. Fourth St., Douglass. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Mary Carr; son, Tom Carr; granddaughter, Gracie Hall; siblings, Elton Carr, Virginia Dagel, Dale Carr and Polly Bush.

He is survived by his children, Tim Carr of Wichita, Alan Paul Carr of Kansas City, MO and Becky (Mark) Hall of Augusta; grandchildren, Matthieu Paul Carr, Clement Carr, Wade Hall and Taylor Hall; brothers, Darrell (Mary) Carr of Topeka and Jack Carr of Rose Hill; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

A memorial has been established with the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. P.O. Box 418629, Boston, MA 02241-8629.

Our condolences go out to Jack and his family.

Jo Lanzrath's message:

I want to thank the Class of '55 for the lovely anthurium plant that was displayed at my mother's funeral - it was so touching to see "Class of '55" on the card and such a generous gesture. I really appreciated it. And thanks to all the classmates who honored my mother by attending the viewing and funeral.

It was a hard trip to make, but even in death, my mother took care of us: we were able to make the trip to Kansas before this big snow storm struck here in Colorado!

Gratefully,
Jo

Josephine Lanzrath's mother, Ella Ratzlaff, passed away Thursday, January 26 at the age of 99.

ROSE HILL: Ratzlaff, Ella M., age 99, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012. Visitation 1-8 pm Monday with family present 6-8 pm at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Funeral service 10 am Tuesday at Rose Hill United Methodist Church, 19551 SW Butler Rd., Rose Hill. Interment 2 pm Tuesday at Hoffnungsau Cemetery, Inman, KS. Ella was born March 4, 1912 to Henry and Kathryn (Williams) Ratzlaff in Buhler, KS. She married Herman J. Ratzlaff February 4, 1934 and unto this union 7 children were born.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Dale Ratzlaff; granddaughter, Amber Ratzlaff; sisters, Agnes Hopkins and Justina Schroeder; brother, Abe Ratzlaff.

Ella is survived by her children, Leila (Richard) Hinderliter, Lynn (Judi) Ratzlaff, Josephine (Bernie) Lanzrath, John (Donna) Ratzlaff, Roger (Judy) Ratzlaff and Greg (Nancy) Ratzlaff; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Plett. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the church. www.smithfamilymortuaries.com

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Sharon Bacon sent us the following yesterday:

"Wayne is in Wesley Hospital. He went in on Tuesday morning with a high fever. They think he has pneumonia in one lung, also a bad urinary tract infection. He was doing better today. They started him on high powered IV antibiotics, but had to change to oral medication today, as he kept pulling out the IV's. He says he does not remember pulling them out. He has never done that before. We are waiting on the urologist to give us his opinion and or treatment. Hopefully Wayne will be going back to the nursing facility soon."

We are all pulling for Wayne to overcome this latest challenge. Thank you Sharon for keeping us informed.

Jim says things are looking very good out his way. Check his Graduate Page for details.

Jo Lanzrath is in the process of moving from California to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her new address and email is listed on her Graduate Page, but she will not be on-line until around Thanksgiving.