The McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) has announced the final totals of their Match Week event. Between Mar. 6-10 over $590,000, with match included, was raised to help build the endowments of 44 county nonprofits. This total breaks the record of $386,000 set by the foundation just last year.
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A vision, 10 years in the making, has come true for students, alumni, and employees of the McPherson College Automotive Restoration program — the only four-year bachelor’s degree program for automotive restoration in the nation. The 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet, entirely restored by students, has been accepted by the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and will be shown there on August 20.
Marci Ruxlow, kindergarten teacher at Eisenhower Elementary, has been teaching for 15 years. She spent four years in the Blue Valley School District before coming back to her hometown of McPherson. Since moving back, she spent 10 years as a special education teacher working with students from preschool through second grade and is now in her fifth year of teaching kindergarten.
Sheila Louise (Moyer) Ratzlaff, 65, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi-St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, KS.
Kevin Lee Bruner, Sr., 60, of McPherson, KS, passed away March 30, 2023. Arrangements are with Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson.
Kimberly D. Smith, 55, of McPherson, KS, died March 30, 2023.
Merlyn Eugene Larson, 79, rural Marquette, died Thursday, March 30, 2023, surrounded by the love of his family. Born November 23, 1943, Merlyn was the youngest child of Erland H.
Don D. Tatro, 93, of McPherson, KS and formerly of Hutchinson, KS, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at The Cedars, McPherson.
Alice Marie (McAnulty) Johnson, 87, of McPherson, KS and formerly of Canton, KS, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 27, 2023, with fami ly by her s ide at McPherson Hospital. Alice was born on April 21, 1935, in McPherson, KS, the daughter of Raymond and Mary (Marquis) McAnulty.