Wakefield celebrates 95th birthday
By Kerry Jacobsen | Times Vedette
Art on State/Guthrie County Arts Council held a birthday coffee and cake for Phyllis Wakefield on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 10 a.m. to help her celebrate her 95th birthday.
Suburban hits deer on Wagon Road
Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Taylor Wheatley reported a vehicle vs. deer accident occurring on Feb. 23 at 6:43 p.m. on Wagon Road. David William Reha, 40, of Stuart, was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Suburban and collided with the deer. Estimated damage to the Suburban is $10,000.
Single-vehicle accident on Juniper Avenue
Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Blake Michelsen reported a single-vehicle accident occurring on Feb. 23 at 10:57 p.m. on Juniper Avenue. Kirk David Rochholz, 49, of Casey was driving a 2010 Chevy Cobalt 2LT and went off the roadway, striking a “Stop Sign Ahead” sign, and then striking a culvert at a field entrance. The vehicle went over the culvert and came to rest in brush. Estimated damage to the Cobalt is $8,000 and estimated damage to the sign is $500.
Hit and run in Jamaica
Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Matt Losee reported a two-vehicle accident occurring on Feb. 21 at 6:42 p.m. in Jamaica. Edgar Henry Benedict, 61, of Dawson, was driving a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan S and was backing out of the driveway at 301 Adams St. in Jamaica and hit a 2014 Chevy Impala owned by Curtis William Radebaugh, leaving the scene and causing an estimated $2,000 in damage. The accident report stated Benedict later admitted he was driving the Caravan and said he thought he hit a rock. Benedict received citations for leaving the scene of an accident and failure to provide proof of insurance.
Mildred Kent
1926-2025
Mildred (Millie) Sloss Kent was born Nov. 24, 1926, at the family farm home of her parents, Samuel and Mary (Shroyer) Sloss, Sr., south of Guthrie Center. Millie and her twin brother, Willard, were so tiny that they initially slept in a warm chicken incubator in the storm cellar. In 1943, she graduated from Guthrie Center High School.
Millie married John Brotherson, and, to this union, two sons were born, Ronnie and Gary. In 1954, she married Ivyl Kent, and they had two sons, Doug and Dan. Millie was a hard worker and spent many years waitressing at Cronk’s Café and the Beef ‘N Brew. In later years, she worked for the Guthrie Center School District in the kitchen.
Family was important to her, and she delighted in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She enjoyed playing cards and participated in regular groups that played cribbage, pinochle and pitch. Even in her 90s, she was still winning at cribbage. She was known for her apple pie, homemade buns and Christmas peanut brittle, all of which she generously shared.
Millie died Feb. 23, 2025, and is survived by sons Gary (Carol) of Burlington, Doug (Teresa) of Guthrie Center, and Dan (Cindy) of North Richland Hills, Texas; eight grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; son, Ron; grandson, Jim; and her siblings, Edna Rhodes, Gerald, Phil, Max, Richard, Sam Jr., Lulu Cline, Willard and Maxine Miller.
Visitation with family will be held Friday, March 7, 4-6 p.m., in the Fellowship Building of First Christian Church, 104 North Fourth St., Guthrie Center. Per her wishes, there will be no service.
Memorial gifts may be made to the ACGC school lunch program in memory of Millie.