Chapter 01
Five volunteers, 1989
Konza Prairie Hospice began in the basement of a Lutheran church on Poyntz, with a retired nurse and four volunteers who sat with dying neighbors so families could sleep.
Our story
How we got here
A Lutheran church basement, five volunteers and a promise to keep.
Our story
Thirty-six years in the Flint Hills
Chapter 02
Named for the prairie
The Konza Prairie, just south of town, is one of the last stretches of unplowed tallgrass in the world. Our founders wanted a name that meant something lasting and wild and home.
Chapter 03
Fort Riley families, 2003
When deployments surged, we started a military-family program to help soldiers get home in time and to support spouses caring for parents far from their own families.
Chapter 04
The house on Poyntz, 2012
We moved into a 1920s limestone house with a big kitchen. The Monday grief group has met around that kitchen table ever since.
Chapter 05
Thirty-six years, today
We've grown to five counties and seventy staff, but we still start every admission at the kitchen table, learning who's in your circle.
- 1989serving the Flint Hills
- 5counties, town and country
- 24/7a hospice nurse answers
- 13 mo.of grief support afterward
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers’ Choice · Best Senior Care
- Community Choice Awards · Winner
- Regional Business Journal · Top Workplaces
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Family Caregiver Alliance · Partner
- Local Hospital System · Preferred Partner
Call when you're ready. Or before.
A hospice nurse answers any hour. Ask anything; nothing is decided until you're ready.