IN THE TWENTIETH

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DISTRICT COURT, 

RICE COUNTY, KANSAS

PROBATE DEPARTMENT

IN THE MATTER OF THE )

ESTATE OF:   )

DARREL G. HOELSCHER, )

DECEASED   )

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Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59

CASE NO. RC-2025-PR-31

NOTICE OF HEARING AND 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

You are notified that on the 28th day of July, 2025, a Petition was filed in this Court by The Commerce Trust Company, the Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Darrel G. Hoelscher, deceased, dated February 27, 2017, requesting that the instrument attached thereto be admitted to probate and record as the Last Will and Testament of the decedent; Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act be issued to Executor to serve without bond.

You are further advised under the provisions of the Kansas Simplified Estates Act the Court need not supervise administration of the Estate, and no notice of any action of the Executor or other proceedings in the administration will be given, except for notice of final settlement of decedent’s estate.

You are further advised if written objections to simplified administration are filed with the Court, the Court may order that supervised administration ensue.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before the 26th day of August, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Rice County District Court, Probate Department located at 101 W. Commercial St, Lyons, KS 67554, at which time and place the cause will be heard.  Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

The Commerce Trust Company,

Petitioner

By:  /s/  Theron E. Fry

Theron E. Fry, KS SC #10964

Rachael K. Pirner, KS SC #14288

Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC

2959 N. Rock Road, Suite 300

Wichita, KS 67226

(316) 630-8100

tefry@twgfirm.com

rkpirner@twgfirm.com

Attorneys for Petitioner

(Published in the Sterling Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, on July 31, 2025; August 7, 2025 and August 14, 2025). 10.25

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First published in The Sterling Bulletin on the 7th day of August, 2025

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RICE COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE 

ESTATE OF )

STEVEN EUGENE STARR ) 

Deceased. )

__________________________ )

Case No. RC-2025-PR-000032

NOTICE OF HEARING

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed on August 4, 2025, in this court by Sue Ann Starr, an interested party in the Estate of Steven Eugene Starr, deceased praying for the determination of descent in the following described property, to-wit:

27/48 interest in the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of Section Twenty-one (21), Township Twenty-one (21), Range Ten (10), Rice County, Kansas.

West Half of the Northwest Quarter (W1/2NW1/4) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Twenty-one (21) South, Range Ten (10) West of the 6th P.M., Rice County, Kansas.

Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Seventeen (17), Township Twenty-one (21) South, Range Ten (10) West of the 6th P.M., Rice County, Kansas.

Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section Eight (8), Township Twenty-two (22) South, Range Ten (10) West of the 6th P.M. Reno County, Kansas, subject to restrictions, easements, and rights-of-way of record. 

and all other property in Kansas, real and personal, or interests therein, owned by the decedent at the time of his death.  You are hereby required to file your written defenses to such petition on or before the 26th day of August 2025 at 9:00 o’clock a.m. on said day, in said court, in the city of Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard.  Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon such petition. 

SUE ANN STARR, 

Petitioner

RANDALL C. HENRY

Attorney at Law

113 South Broadway

P.O. Box 25

Sterling, KS 67579

(620) 278-2880

(Published in the Sterling Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, on August 7, 2025; August 14, 2025 and August 21, 2025). 9.25

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BAUER, PIKE, BAUER, WARY,

CARROLL, & GUNN, LLC

1310 Kansas Ave - PO Box 1349

Great Bend, KS 67530

(620) 7937279

bp@bauerpikelaw.com

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RICE COUNTY, KANSAS

 

RJM COMPANY )

Plaintiff, )

vs. )

ANDREAS BODET )

Defendants. )

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Case No. RC-2025-CV-000029

NOTICE OF SUIT

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that a Petition for Foreclosure of Mechanic’s Lien has been filed in the District Court of Rice County, Kansas, praying for judgment in the amount of $60.27, for judgment foreclosing its mechanic’s lien (RC-2025-SL-000004), and for sale of the Defendant’s interest in the following described lease at foreclosure in the event that the judgment is not paid off pursuant to statute:  

Oil and Gas Lease dated March 27, 2003, from Connie Skiles, a widow, Lessor to Millar B. White, Jr., Lessee, recorded in Book 135, Page 913, Register of Deeds Office, Rice County, Kansas encompassing the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Eighteen (18) South, Rane Nine (9) West, Rice County, Kansas.

and you are hereby required to plead to said Petition on or before the 25th day of September, 2025 in said Court at Lyons, Rice County, Kansas.  Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said Petition.

RJM Company 

Plaintiff

(Published in the Sterling Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, on August 14, 2025; August 21, 2025 and August 28, 2025). 8.00

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First Published in The Bulletin on the 14th day of August 2025

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RICE COUNTY, KANSAS

IN THE MATTER OF THE )

ESTATE OF )

BEVERLY K. SLOAN )

Deceased. )

__________________________ )

Case No. RC-2025-PR-000033

NOTICE OF HEARING ON 

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AND

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The State of Kansas to All Persons Concerned:

You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of August 2025, a petition was filed in said court by Leonard Thurman, as an heir of Beverly K. Sloan, deceased, praying for the appointment of Leonard Thurman as Administrator of the estate of Beverly K. Sloan and you are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 10th day of September, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. of said day, in said court, in the city of Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard.  Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition. 

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the said estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice as provided by law and if their demands are not thus exhibited they shall be forever barred.

Leonard Thurman

Petitioner

RANDALL C. HENRY          

Attorney at Law

113 S. Broadway                               

P.O. Box 25

Sterling, KS 67579-0025

(620) 278-2880

Attorney for Petitioner

(Published in the Sterling Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, Rice County, Kansas, on August 14, 2025; August 21, 2025 and August 28, 2025). 7.25

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