The last remaining jewelry store in Marion County will close its doors Saturday after 30 years. Bev Schorr, owner of Flint Hills Gold in Marion, is retiring and moving to Colorado.
“I’ve loved it,” she said. “I’ve enjoyed the variety. In addition to regular diamond rings and wedding sets, we’ve done many unusual things, everything from a gold symbol to fish wedding rings. We made a few elk-tooth rings and pendants.”
People came from all over the country to order custom-made jewelry or to recycle gold and stones into treasured memorabilia. She once sold a pair of custom-made wedding rings to a couple in Alaska.
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