Kidron Bethel Village

Kidron Bethel
VILLAGE
2008 ANNUAL REPORT
Campus Woods Estates:
Growing!
Growing and Nurturing Community
“Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field;
and after that build your house.” Proverbs 24:27 RSV
Our Mission
Kidron Bethel Village
is a progressive
retirement community
that provides
residential choices
and offers personalized
services with
Christian compassion.
Kidron Bethel Village has been blessed with another successful
year of “work” through the enduring mission of offering
residential choices and providing personalized services
with Christian compassion. This past year has been a time of
preparing our “fields” by cultivating a master plan for the future
expansion of the Village. Kidron Bethel leadership recognizes
that there is great wisdom in diligent planning and to first acquiring the means before
we build our “house.” We will continue to seek God’s direction and timing in the future
expansion of the Village.
We are pleased that Campus Woods Estates is growing. Construction will begin soon
on another townhome, which will bring the total to 14 of the 44 planned. The site
plan has been revised and a new floor plan added, increasing the residential options
for our community.
Of course, Kidron Bethel is much more than expansion plans, attractive residences,
pleasant décor and beautifully landscaped grounds. One has only to read our mission
and core value statements to understand that KB is much more than brick and mortar.
This past year we have emphasized one of our core values – Community.
Board of Directors
2007 - 2008
Don Schmidt, Chair
Kaye Penner, Vice Chair
Paul Harder, Treasurer
Dotty Janzen, Secretary
Joan Brubacher
John Buckner
Barbara Bunting
Lester Ewy
Jim Goering
Tony Graber
Melvin Klaassen
Jim Nickel
Pam Schmidt
John Sommer
Omar Voran
Donald Voth
J. Wendell Wiens
Orlyn Zehr
“We value relationships among our community members, families, volunteers and staff
and will encourage meaningful and enjoyable interaction.”
Community at Kidron Bethel is exemplified by special relationships between residents,
families, volunteers and staff members. From independent living to Suderman
Assisted Living to Bethel Health Care neighborhoods, our purpose is to create a place
where lives are touched with loving acts of kindness, a place where friendships are
cherished, a place where people feel they belong.
Each week, these friendships and relationships are nurtured through events like
several new coffee clubs that meet in the Harvest Table. Community was certainly
evident at our first Senior Olympics held in September. Bethel Health Care and
Suderman Assisted residents participated in this fun-filled event thanks to 77
volunteers. Throughout the year, friends of Kidron are passionate about making sure
our residents feel part of a greater community.
We thank God for all of the residents, volunteers, families, donors and staff members
for their commitment the mission of this wonderful community – Kidron Bethel
Village.
Richard Heim
President/CEO
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Campus Woods Welcomes 10 New Families
C
ampus Woods Estates,
a 14-acre residential
addition to Kidron Bethel
Village’s independent
living, is growing. In just over a year,
10 families have moved into the new
townhomes. Completion of the residence
currently under construction will bring the
total to 14 townhomes.
The site plan (at right) shows the plan
for 44 residences and a community center.
Five floor plans are possible, the newest of
which is the largest, The Walnut (1,642 sq.
ft. base plan), and its smaller version, The
Ash (1,502 sq. ft.).
Each of the five floor plans includes 2
bedrooms, 2 baths, double garage, safe
room, kitchen appliances, oak cabinetry
and trim, and 9-ft. ceilings. Options for
a sunroom and bonus room increase
the living space available. For more
information about choosing a home
and a site, call Kidron Bethel Village at
316-284-2900.
The Walnut
Newest Floor Plan
1,642 sq. ft. base plan
143-sq.-ft. optional sunroom
276-sq.-ft. optional bonus room
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Resident News
Reflections of a Giving Heart
Winnie Ewy with the Class of 1943 stone.
Tennis Stone Preserved
The Bethel College Class of 1943 left a parting gift
on the campus: the school’s first tennis courts. A stone
was laid to commemorate the occasion, and when the
courts were replaced years later, the stone was to be
destroyed.
Kidron residents Martha Stucky and Winnie Ewy
were members of the Bethel College Class of 1943.
When the demolition drew near, Martha’s brother
rescued the stone for her. After moving to Kidron’s
Assisted Living, she gave the stone to Winnie.
Winnie and her husband, Lester, placed the stone
in a flower garden they planted in Chisholm Trail Park,
east of the Kidron Bethel Village campus.
Resident Doreen Harms is the recipient
of the Newton Kansan’s “Reflections of a
Giving Heart” 2008 Woman of the Year award.
She volunteers and provides leadership for
numerous organizations while maintaining an
active lifestyle in the community.
During her 43-year career as director of
Mennonite Central Committee international
exchange programs, she developed
friendships in 62 countries and traveled to 46
Doreen Harms
nations. She still corresponds with about 250
people.
Harms recently set up an itinerary for Dr. Jarek Pajakowski and
Henryk Zomojski, both of Poland, who were in this area for a twoweek visit. Pajakowski is director of a landscape (national) park and
came to the U.S. to learn about and meet the Mennonite people.
Zomojski, director of an agricultural experiment and extension
station in the state of Opole, was an exchange student 30 years ago
in a program Harms directed. He visited his host family in Goessel.
The two men stayed in a basement apartment owned by Esther
Rinner, another Kidron resident.
Among Harms’ many community activities are Kidron Bethel
Auxiliary, Mennonite Central Committee International, Ten
Thousand Villages, Et Cetera Shop, Grace Hill Mennonite Church
and Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
70 Years Together
Esther and Ed Kater on Valentine’s Day 2008, above, and on their
wedding day, inset.
Esther and Ed Kater celebrated their 70th
wedding anniversary with an open house
October 20, 2007, at Kidron Bethel Village. Ed
Kater and Esther Dunham were married October
24, 1937. Ed is in assisted living and Esther is a
health care resident, both at Kidron Bethel.
The Katers farmed north of Newton for 50
years, then retired and lived in town for about
eight years. Ed also was a carpenter, and enjoyed
building everything from houses to furniture.
The Katers have three daughters and a son, nine
grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
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SNAPSHOTS
Independent Living residents John
Buckner, above, and Wanda Harms,
left, sell their handmade creations
at Kidron’s first Christmas Gift
Market. Residents and staff
members were the vendors. Below,
residents Evelyn and Ralph Lehman
quickly sold out of maple syrup.
Above, Millie Austermiller, Irene Janzen and
Doreen Harms toot their horns at the
Indepdent Living New Year’s Eve party.
Residents enjoyed pizza, games, movies and
holiday goodies. Below, friends Galen and
Martha Koehn, Ethel Kaufman and Willard
Waltner share a laugh at the party.
Nearly two dozen Independent Living residents
sing Christmas carols in Assisted Living. The
group also caroled in Health Care and
Independent Living areas of the Village.
Chaplain Amanda Rempel, left, greets
Ruth Sawatzky at a reception honoring
Rempel for her service to the Village.
Melva Chamberlain and Dot Burkhart, far
right, enjoy the Kidron Inc. Thanksgiving meal
provided by Horizon Milling employees.
Nurse Manager Carla Shilts,
right, serves pastries to Ruth
Schmidt at the Assisted Living
Christmas Tea.
CNA Valerie Hatton helps Art
Balzer open his gift at the annual
Health Care Christmas party, as
Lula Classen watches.
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Dotty Schmidt, Rosie Bolen and Margaret
Smith enjoy making peppernuts in Assisted
Living at Christmastime.
MDS Coordinator Vernita Schrag provides
piano accompaniment for clarinetist John
Banman in Health Care. Banman also enjoys
playing piano.
Employee Appreciation Recognition
From left, Human Resource Manager Bill
Smith, Support Employee of the Year Amie
Busenitz and CEO Rich Heim.
From left, Human Resource Manager Bill
Smith, Caregiver of the Year Vernita Schrag
and CEO Rich Heim.
Kidron Bethel Village hosted its
annual employee appreciation reception January 18. Among those
recognized for years of service was
Scott Whitley, Vice President of
Finance, who was named a Kidron
Ambassador for his 10 years at the
Village.
MDS Coordinator Vernita Schrag
was named Caregiver of the Year,
and Food and Beverage Manager
Amie Busenitz was named Support Employee of the Year.
CMA Helga Regier was recognized for 25 years of service. Bill
Stucky was honored on his retirement after 11 years of service at
Kidron Bethel, including stints as
bus driver and chaplain, and in the
maintenance department.
Meet the Staff
Beth Penner
Tony Helfrich
Activities Director
Bethel Health Care Activities
Director Beth Penner enjoys her
job and the words of wisdom
residents share with her. In addition to lessons about being
a better mother and a patient
wife, she says they’ve taught
her that relationships are more
important than material possessions.
Beth became interested in
geriatrics when she returned to
Newton from New Jersey, where
she was attending Rutgers University and working as a nanny.
She came back to help care for
her grandmother, Evelyn Bacon,
a cancer patient and former
resident of Kidron Bethel Village.
A graduate of Sidney’s Hairdressing College in Hutchinson, Beth
worked in the Kidron beauty
shop for two and a half years
before moving to her current
position nearly two years ago.
She and her husband, Jason,
have a son, Taten, 21 months
old, and are expecting a baby
this fall.
Beth has studied art history
and restoration at Emporia State
University, and enjoys spending time with extended family,
flower gardening, cooking and
paper-piecing quilting. She
recently became certified as a
nurse aide.
She believes listening to
residents is an important part of
her job and enjoys their one-onone conversations and group
interaction.
Wellness Centre Director
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Tony Helfrich became
director of the Wellness
Centre in the spring of 2007.
He enjoys all the aspects of
his job, from contact with
residents and community
members to programming
exercise routines and working
out. He especially looks
forward to resident Peter
Voran’s jokes during strength
training classes.
A lifelong fitness enthusiast,
Tony became a competitive
athlete at an early age. His
4x100 track team placed
ninth at the national AAU
Junior Olympics when he
was 11. A knee problem the
following year helped him
discover a new sport: speed
skating. At 14, he became
a professionally licensed
bicycle racer. He won the
first pro race he entered, the
Kansas State Championship
Criterium, and has been
hooked on cycling ever since.
Tony also played varsity
baseball for his hometown at
Hutchinson High School. He
earned a kinesiology degree
in December 2006 at Kansas
State University, Manhattan,
where he was president of the
cycling club.
Tony and his wife, Katie, are
the parents of a 2 1/2-year-old
son, Ryder. The family lives in
Park City.
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CHOICES...
For a Lifetime and Beyond
We make choices every day, some
more important than others. Some we
wish we could change. If you choose to
paint your living room red and don’t like
it, you can buy another gallon of paint
and change the color. However, if you
build a house and don’t like the floor
plan, it isn’t as easy, or as inexpensive, to
make a change.
In the Gospel of Mark, 4:26-29, we
read the oft-overlooked parable of The
Growing Seed: “This is what the kingdom
of heaven is like. A man scatters seed on
the ground. Night and day, whether he
sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and
grows, though he does not know how.
All by itself the soil produces grain—first
the stalk, then the head, then the full
kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is
ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the
harvest has come.”
Today I can drive to the edge of
town and see the beautiful Kansas fields
of wheat waving in the hot breeze. The
heads have appeared; now the farmers
wait for the kernels to fill the heads.
Yes, the farmer planted the seed, but
nature pretty well took over from there.
The seed sprouted, then died in winter’s
frost, only to revive again in spring. The
mystery is how good the yield will be
a month from now when the harvest
begins.
Many years ago, Herb and Martha
Jantzen of Plymouth, Nebraska, made
a series of choices that someday would
benefit several charitable organizations.
They decided their estate would provide
care for children, the sick, and the elderly.
The Jantzens cultivated the practice of
stewardship throughout their lives. After
Martha passed away in 2006, Kidron
Bethel Village received a first installment
of $91,538! I would like to think Kidron
Bethel staff worked diligently through the
years to nurture the generous spirit of this
couple. Actually, the idea sprouted, the
Jantzens lived faithfully, the estate grew,
and the harvest was bountiful.
The gift wasn’t realized until the
Jantzens yielded their lives. Are we
making choices today that will have a
lasting impact on others in the future?
Every charitable gift is a choice made
to support a mission. Kidron Bethel is
thankful for each contribution it received
during the past year. Because of your
generosity, we continue to provide
loving care, respecting and encouraging
resident choices. Thank you for choosing
Kidron Bethel Village.
Ron Braun
Director of Development
Summary of Contributions
April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008
$249,103
Estate Income
Charitable Care Endowment
$32,038 (13%)
$36,615 (15%)
Assisted Living
$5,000 (2%)
Health Care Neighborhoods
$16,088 (6%)
Village Centre Expansion
Kidron Community Room
$41,128 (17%)
$1,160 (0%)
Health Care Equipment
Miscellaneous
Funds & Equipment
$44,663 (18%)
$10,171 (4%)
Maintenance Equipment
$4,357 (2%)
Health Care Benevolent Fund
$57,883 (23%)
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Celebration Day 2007 a Success
Celebration Day crowd listens to live musical entertainment.
More than $39,000 was raised during Kidron Bethel Village
Celebration Day last year. Proceeds went toward the purchase
of Care Tracker, a paperless charting software, and necessary
computer equipment for Bethel Health Care Centre.
The 2008 celebration includes a pig roast, games, live
entertainment and an auction.
AGELESS
Joy
She didn’t keep track of her
age until asked by a
college admissions office.
Kidron Director of Development Ron Braun, left, and Administrative
Assistant Dee Ann Hein, right, welcome Nola Ochs to North Newton.
N
ola Ochs, 95, doesn’t let age keep her from
enjoying new things. In May of 2007, she
graduated with honors and a degree in
history from Fort Hays State University. In
the fall, she enrolled in the master’s program and committed to
speaking at Kidron Bethel’s 2007 Builders Banquet — but only
after her professor agreed to allow her to miss a class to attend
the November event.
“Nola has proven that age need not prevent us from
accomplishing our dreams,” said Ron Braun, Kidron’s Director of
Fund Development.
Ochs became the oldest college graduate in the United
States.
“Don’t give up (doing the things you enjoy) until you
absolutely have to,” she told Kidron Bethel residents at a brunch
at the Village the morning after the Builders Banquet.
She enjoyed answering questions from residents, and told
them that her favorite class is whichever one she happens to
be taking. Her first course was in tennis, and it got her off her
farm “for something other than getting groceries or machinery
parts.”
When she applied at Fort Hays State University,
the admissions staff verified that she really did take a
correspondence course from the college in 1930. She has
an apartment on the school’s campus and moved, at least
temporarily, from the family farm near Jetmore.
She encouraged everyone to be lifelong learners.
“Just keep busy doing something as long as you can,” Ochs
said. “You don’t necessarily have to take college classes. You can
do craftwork or anything else you enjoy.”
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In the Spirit of Giving
Roland & Sophie Brown
Wade & Joan Brubacher
John Buckner
Bruce & Meribeth Buhr
John & Vanessa Lum Buhr
Arlin & Maretta Buller
Paul & Beverly Buller
Robert Buller
Carpet Emporium
The Citizens State Bank
Claassen Hardware & Lumber
Dorothy Claassen
Dwight & Connie Claassen
Kim & Debbie Claassen
Milton & LaVonda Claassen
Virginia Claassen
Concrete Vaults Inc.
Jerry Conyers
Ken & Judi Crump
Jerry & Delora Decker
Geoff & Verda Deckert
Ray & Amanda Dick
Waldo & Doris Dick
Eldean Dirks
Michael & Ann Doerksen
Willis & Joan Duerksen
George & Edna Dyck
Byron & Janet Ediger
Sam & Linda Ediger
Rachel Enns
Roland & Heidi Ensz
Helen Entz
A. W. Epp
Elbert & Zola Esau
Elma Esau
Nathan Esau
Vergil & Kay Esau
Marvin & Alma Ewert
Donald & Diane Fast
Marlene Faul
Missy Fields
Robert Flickner
Melanie Florine
Marsha Forcum
Rodney & LaDeen Frey
Barbara Friesen
Jacob & Lola Friesen
Jerry & Donna Friesen
Phillip & Paula Garcia
Bertha Fern Gerber
Mary Ann Gertsen
Rosella Goering
Victor & Elizabeth Goering
Orlando & Lois Goertzen
John & Janice Good
Tony & Susan Graber
Great Plains Communications
Don & Carol Gronau
Thomas & Eileen Grosland
Kidron Bethel Village gratefully
acknowledges those
who contributed during
the past fiscal year.
Donors who gave
$5,000 or more:
First Mennonite Church
Friesen Tool Co. Inc.
Paul & Eldine Harder
Midland National Bank
John Penner
Donors who gave
$1,000 to $4,999:
Ronald & Dena Braun
Robert & Barbara Bunting
Bradley & Suzanne Burch
Walter Claassen
Vernon & Leona Clithero
Darrell & Cynda Conrade
Kenneth Deckert
Edythe Entz
John & Bernice Esau
Lester & Winifred Ewy
Faith Mennonite Church
First Bank of Newton
Willmer & Laura Friesen
James & Karen Gaedddert
John & Mary Gaeddert
Jacob & Beth Goering
Theodore & Shirley Goering
Grace Hill Mennonite Church
Doreen Harms
Richard & Bev Heim
Eileen Janzen
Heinz & Dotty Janzen
Titus & Rose Jost
Kidron Bethel Auxiliary
Marilyn & Clifford King
Jeannette Kitch
Melvin & Donna Klaassen
Gerald & Alice Kreider
Newton Medical Center
Bennet & Eleanor Nickel
Don & Leigh Peck
Virgil & Kaye Penner
Gary & Gloria Rediger
Edwin & Ella Regier
Sarah Regier
Clarence & Amanda Rempel
Roger & Shari Rutschman
Donald & Marlene Schmidt
Roland & Ethel Schmidt
Maynard & Griselda Shelly
Carl & Louise Thieszen
Rosella Toevs
Elva Unruh
Kidron Auxiliary Treasurer Lois
Regier presents a $3,000 check to
Administrator of Health Services
Leigh Peck. The money will go toward the purchase of an ice cream
machine for Health Care residents.
Max & Irma Voran
Omar & Carolyn Voran
Marie & Martha Voth
Willard Waltner
Scott & Pat Whitley
Doug & Denise Yoder
Orlyn & Janis Zehr
Contributors
Donors who gave
$25 to $999:
Susan Almond
Eva Mae Andres
Anonymous
Pam Arens
A.G. & Sherril Arnold
Mark & Richelle Arrasmith
Mildred Austermiller
BCMC Women’s Fellowship of
Bethel College Church
Elda Bachman
John & Lois Balthrop
Edgar & Vinola Banman
Helen Bargen
Todd Barnes State Farm Agency
Allan & Susan Bartel
Barry & Brenda Bartel
Floyd Bartel & Justina Neufeld
Harlan & Grace Bartel
Jim & Diane Bartel
Laurence & Betty Bartel
Bryan & Kathleen Becker
Helen Bertrand
Bethel College
Bethel College Mennonite
Church
Tina Block Ediger
Ruth Boese
Borden Milk Products
Bertha Born
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Monica Gross
Tony & Fern Grove
Leon & Virginia Guhr
Marie Guhr
Linda Gyllenhaal
Walter Haas
Anita Harder
Ethel Harder
Edgar & Marjorie Harms
Merril & Gladys Harms
Paul & Shirley Harms
Richard & Wanda Harms
Wilmer & Esther Harms
Charles & Leah Harness
Valerie Hatton
Gladys Havens
Heartland Sales & Chemicals Co.
Rick & Dee Ann Hein
Bob & Kathy Helfrich
Tony & Katie Helfrich
Harvey & Alison Hiebert
John & Margaret Hiebert
Gary & Victoria Hill
Hinz Motors Inc.
Wilma Hinz
Marvin & Joyce Holck
Paul & Marguerite Holzworth
Hospice Care of Kansas
House of Glass Inc.
Hutton Construction
Kathryn Ibarra
Mary Isaac
Menno & Alice Isaac
Lucile Jackson
Vern & Helen Jantz
Craig & Janet Janzen
Edwin & Mary Jane Janzen
Norma Johnson
Jill Just
Ethel Kaufman
Gordon Kaufman
Frank & Holly Keller
Desiree Kelsch
Brian & Lori Kennell
John & Janice Kinsley
Jacqueline Kline
Knudsen Monroe & Co.
Galen & Martha Koehn
Louise Koehn
Debora & Scott Koehn
Dick & Barb Koontz
Krehbiel Architecture
Arlan Krehbiel
Dwight & Bonnie Krehbiel
Jeff Krehbiel Associates
Richard & Kay Krehbiel
David & Heidi Kreider
Robert & Lois Krieder
George & Jeanette Leary
Ralph & Evelyn Lehman
Ruth Linscheid
Julian Lloret
Laverne & Amanda Loewens
LuAnn & Darren McMannis
Harold & Rosemary Moyer
Ted & Berneil Mueller
Jim & Leann Nickel
Clarence & Gladys Niles
Michael & Patricia Orloff
Frederic & Helen Ortman
Leland & Emilie S. Parks
Paul’s Inc.
Dewayne A. Pauls Public
Accountant
Karren Pease
Don & Kathryn Penner
Ernst & Shirley Penner
Jason & Beth Penner
Lawrence & Kathryn Penner
Marvin & Ruth Penner
Ray & Lois Penner
Walter & Bernice Penner
Willy & Gerry Penner
Ronald & Carol Peters
Owen Phillips
Prairie View Inc.
Marles & Norma Preheim
Evelyn Quiring
Ralph Quiring
RPH Financial LLC
Merrill & Boots Raber
Arlin & Janora Ratzlaff
Marie Ratzlaff
Ravenscraft Implement Inc.
Curtiss & Tammy Regehr
Harold & Rosella Regier
Helga Regier
Raymond & Gladys Regier
Richard Regier
Dayle Reimer
John & Phyllis Rempel
Opal Retzer
Loren & Peggy Reusser
K. L. & Bette Rhine
Keith & Susan Rhoades
Margaret Rich
Esther Rinner
Agustin & Mary Rodriguez
Roofing Services Unlimited
Paul & Carolyn Roth
Galen & Fern Rudiger
Charlotte Rutschman
SD Enterprises LLC
Leona Sawatzky
Melvin & Donna Schadler
Darrel & Carmen Schmidt
Dorothy Schmidt
Dumont & Barbara Schmidt
Harold Schmidt
Hartzel & Ilene Schmidt
John & Linda Schmidt
Mike & Jane Schmidt
Richard Schmidt
Robert & Betty Schmidt
Laura Ann Schrag
Lloyd Schroeder
Dorothy Seibel
Kay Self
Seminole Energy Services LLC
Shalom Mennonite Church
Sterling & Alma Shelly
Carol Siemens
Richard & Frances Siemens
Sims Insurance Services Inc.
Sizemore, Burns & Gillmore, PA
William & Helen Smith
Stanley & Marlene Smucker
Janet Sommer
Blanche Spaulding
Larry & Donna Sperling
Keith & Aldine Sprunger
Jack & Linda Stauffer
Dan & Kim Stroud
Frank & Kathleen Stucky
Hulda Stucky
Martha Stucky
Mildred Stucky
Ruby Stucky
Wayne & Sharon Stucky
Sun Healthcare Group
Eileen Sutherland
Team Marketing Alliance
Harold & Esther Thieszen
Velma Teichroew
TOPS KS 162
Herman & Bertha Toevs
Twelve Hundred Club
Belva Unruh
Esther Unruh
Oliver & Elizabeth Unruh
Otis & Vera Unruh
Robert & Ruth Unruh
Betty Van der Smissen
Mildred Vogt
Vogts Construction
Myron & Mildred Voran
Peter & Lois Voran
Arlo & Anna Voth
Harold & Vernelle Voth
James & Barbara Voth
Jane Voth
Martha Voth
Stanley Voth & Viola Ediger
Doris Wade
Harris & Christine Waltner
Connie Weber
Marie Wedel
Esther Wenger
Whitley’s Lawn Service
Geraldine Wiebe
Ruth Wiebe
LaWanda Wiens
Wendell & Norma Wiens
Violet Wildeboor
Warren & Mary Williams
Wilson Darnell and Mann
Lorene Woelk
Ed & Judy Wolfe
Marvin & Jeannie Zehr
Memorials
Contributions
in honor of or in memory
of the following:
Vilas Gerber
Lloyd Hilton
Elizabeth Linscheid
Earl Koehn
Emilie Reimer
Elizabeth Sawatzky
Leona Schrag
Eugene Stephan
Wilma Toews
Larry Voth
Anna Willms
Healthcare
Benevolent Fund:
Anonymous
A.G. & Sherril Arnold
Floyd Bartel
Jim & Diane Bartel
Michael & Becky Jo Crupper
Waldo & Doris Dick
Eldean Dirks
A. W. Epp
Kenneth & Loretta Franz
Mary Ann Gertsen
Thomas & Eileen Grosland
Walter Haas
Vernon & Ruth Hatch
Jacqueline Kline
Richard & Kay Krehbiel
David & Heidi Kreider
Lanoy & Mary Loganbill
Ted & Berneil Mueller
Michael & Patricia Orloff
Owen Phillips
K. L. & Bette Rhine
LaVerne Rutschman
Gerald & Hattie Schmidt
Martha Stucky
Team Marketing Alliance
Carl & Louise Thieszen
Peter & Lois Voran
Harold & Vernelle Voth
Robert & Lois Whitcomb
Warren & Mary Williams
Equipment for
Maintenance Department:
Floyd Bartel
Ronald & Dena Braun
Vernon & Leona Clithero
Elbert & Zola Esau
Evelyn Frey
Jacob & Lola Friesen
Kit Goering
Paul & Eldine Harder
Doreen Harms
Richard & Bev Heim
Eileen Janzen
Louise Koehn
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Former Newton City Manager
Jim Heinicke spoke at the annual
Venture Club banquet. Venture
Club members donate $1,000 or
more annually to Kidron Bethel.
Harold & Rosemary Moyer
Bennet & Eleanor Nickel
Marie Ratzlaff
Lonny & Mary Regier
Harold Schmidt
Roland & Ethel Schmidt
Maynard & Griselda Shelly
Howard & Marie Snider
Martha Stucky
Peter & Lois Voran
Martha Voth
Stanley Voth & Viola Ediger
Violet Wildeboor
Vending Machines:
Anonymous
Floyd Bartel
Elma Esau
Robert Flickner
Monica Gross
Marie Guhr
Ethel Harder
Doreen Harms
Richard & Bev Heim
Jeannette Kitch
Chester & Leola Koehn
Galen & Martha Koehn
Inez Koehn
Harold & Rosemary Moyer
Marie Ratzlaff
Dayle Reimer
Dorothy Schmidt
Olga Schroeder
Martha Stucky
Herman & Bertha Toevs
Peter & Lois Voran
Doug & Denise Yoder
Our Values
COMMITMENT
We value our community members and staff and
commit to manage with competence and integrity,
seeking God’s guidance. We will safeguard
the rights and dignity of those entrusted to our care.
COMPASSION
We value our heritage and will serve
with Christian love and provide opportunities
for spiritual growth and comfort.
3001 Ivy Drive, North Newton, KS 67117
316-284-2900 • www.kidronbethel.org
CHOICES
We value and will strive to honor each community
member’s choices. We will offer retirement lifestyles
that are enriching and services that enhance
each community’s wellness and independence.
COMMUNITY
We value relationships among our community members,
families, volunteers and staff, and will encourage
meaningful and enjoyable interaction.