MEADE - Mithceal Junior Ohnick, age 92, passed away Wednesday morning, January 24, 2024, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

He was born July 29, 1931, at Boise City, Oklahoma, the son of Mike and Iva Pearl (Means) Ohnick.

On April 20, 1952, he married Patricia Jane Twyman at Eva, Oklahoma.  To this union three children were born, Rodney Lee, Rhonda Lynn, and Russell Leon; and one grandson, Mitchell Dale Ohnick.  Pat passed away on August 8, 2010, after fifty-eight years of marriage.

Mick served in the United States Army Heavy Artillery Battalion from 1952 until 1954.

He was raised in southern Colorado, working on a ranch before moving to Meade in February, 1957.  In 1990, he and Pat purchased the Cottonwood Motel and RV Park, changing the name to the Circle O Campground, owning and operating until 2011.  In 2012, Mick retired.

In May, 1984, he and Pat started the Meade City Limits Jamboree where they were active participants for over fourteen years.

He is survived by his children, Rhonda Lynn Gillen and Russell Leon Ohnick both of Meade; a grandson, Mitchell Dale Ohnick; and a great-granddaughter, Patricia Grace Ohnick.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Pat on August 8, 2010; a son, Rodney Lee Ohnick on July 12, 2018; a brother, Franklin Delano Ohnick; and four sisters, Mary Christine Tanner, Florence Pauline Shackelford, Marvalene Ruth Shackelford, and Verna Jean Ohnick.

Friends may call from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade.  Cremation will follow the visitation.  Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at the Church of the Nazarene, Meade.  Interment will follow in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Church of the Nazarene or St. Catherine Hospice in care of the funeral home.