MRS. VINNIE B. KEENE
Vinnie Blanche Keene passed away Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at Elmhavcn East Nursing Home in Parsons, KS. She was 86 years of age. Blanche, as she was known to her friends, was born on November 22, 1907 at Piedmont, KS. to Frederic Philip and Lizzie Ellen (McLin) McIntyre. She attended school at Piedmont and Severy, and began working at her parent’s business in Severy at an early age.
On February 13, 1928, Blanche married Henry Cyphus Keene at Eureka, KS. They lived in Dwight, KS. until moving to Pasadena, CA. in 1943. In 1946, they returned to Kansas where they lived south of Severy, in the Pleasant Plain community. They farmed near Howard during the 1950’s, where Blanche operated a restaurant for several years.
During the early 1960’s, Blanche and Henry built a home on Fall River Lake, where they lived until moving to Eureka about ten years later. Blanche continued working as a cook in the Severy and Eureka area, for many years.
After Henry’s death, on April 20, 1977, Blanche remained in Eureka until moving to Altamont, KS. in 1986, to be near her daughter, Carolyon. She has been a resident of Elmhaven East Nursing Home in Parsons, since 1988.
Blanche enjoyed quilting, and attending the First Church of God in Eureka. She loved spending time with her family, and especially her grandchildren.
She is survived by two daughters, Nova Lee Harper of Iola, KS. and Carolyon Callier of Altamont, KS., a brother Wayne McIntyre of Park Forest, IL., a sister Rozella Otey of Colorado Springs, CO., five grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren. Blanche was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter Ellen Joan Keene who died in infancy, her parents, two brothers Sylvan who died in 1969 and Frederic Philip Jr. who died in infancy, and a sister Elvie Mcintyre, who also died in infancy.
Graveside services were held Friday, December 31, 1993 at Twin Grove Cemetery in Severy, KS. with Rev. Donald Stice of the First Church of God in Eureka, KS. officiating. A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
Contributions can be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Forsberg Funeral Home of Severy, KS.
MRS. OLIVE E. KEITHLEY
Olive Edna Keithley, daughter of the late J. W. Crismas and Melissa Crismas, was born at Howard, Kansas, September 21st, 1884 and died July 2, 1941, at 10 o’clock at the Neodesha hospital, age 56 years, 9 months and 11 days.
She was married December 28, 1929 to Walter S. Keithley at Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Keithley leaves to mourn her departure her husband, her aged mother, Mrs. J. W. Crismas, five sisters and one brother, Miss Mable Crismas, Howard, Mrs. Gertie Baumgartel, Severy, Mrs. Clemmie Scannel, Cherryvale, Mrs. Blanche Burres, Howard, and Mrs. Myrtle Isaacs of Perry, Oklahoma, and Clarence M. Crismas of Howard; a host of nieces and nephews and friends.
Her father and one brother preceded her in death to the Great Beyond.
Ollie was always a kind daughter and a loving sister and always had a kind word for those she knew.
Funeral services were held at the Moon Funeral Home in Howard at 10:30 a. m., Friday, July 4th, conducted by Rev. T. Stevens. Burial was in Grace Lawn cemetery, Howard.
MR. GEORGE W. KELSEY
George William Kelsey, 87, formerly of Elk Falls, died Oct. 24, 1996, at Cumbernauld Village in Winfield.
Services will he at 2 p.m. Sunday at Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard with the Rev. Gerald Manley officiating. Burial will be in Elk Falls Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with Cumbernauld Village, 716 Tweed, Winfield.
Born Jan. 11, 1909 at Elk Falls, Kelsey was a son of Oren Lincoln and Mary Eliza (Pumpelly) Kelsey. He attended schools at Elk Falls.
Kelsey was a stockman and farmer most of his life. He resided in Elk Falls until moving to Cumbernauld in 1989.
He was a longtime member of the Elk Falls United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Oren Kelsey Jr., Many, La.; and two sisters, Emma Cooley, Winfield, and Lela Helms, Phoenix.
MRS. JAYNE C. KEMP
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Jayne Clarice Kemp, 76, of Springfield, formerly of Grenola, died Feb. 19, 1996, in Topeka.
Services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. A graveside service and burial will be 2:30 p.m. Friday in Greenlawn Cemetery at Grenola.
visiting hours will be after 8 a.m. Thursday in the mortuary. The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. Thursday.
A memorial has been established with the Kansas Odd Fellow Eye Bank Inc., University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, 39th and Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103.
Kemp was born Jan. 6, 1920, in Prague, Okla., the daughter of Russell Claire and Jimmie Ruby (Manley) Marshall. She was raised by her grandparents, Frederick and Mecca Marshall, in Grenola and graduated from (Grenola High School.
On April 10, 1944, she married Fred W. Kemp in Rogers, Ark. They moved to Springfield, Mo., in 1944.
Kemp was a member of the United Methodist Church and bowled in the Senior Ladies Bowling League in Springfield.
Survivors include her husband, Fred W. Kemp, Springfield; a son, Richard Vaughan, San Diego; a daughter, Nancy Kuntz, Topeka; two stepsons, Jerry Lee Kemp, Spokane, Wash., and Lyndon Kemp, Atchison; a sister, Mary Matthews, Laguana Miguel, Calif.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
MRS. ANNIE B. KESSINGER
GRENOLA - Annie Beatrice Kessinger went to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 30, 2005, at the William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield. She was 89 years of age and a long time resident of Grenola.
Annie was born Oct. 29, 1915, in Mineral Springs, Ark., the third daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Corina Mae (Smith) Reeves.
She spent the early years of her life in Arkansas and moved with her family to Quitaque, Texas, in 1924. Attending school and working in the fields hoeing and pulling cotton occupied most of her time during her teenage years. She graduated from Quitaque High School in 1934, and shortly thereafter moved to Pampa, Texas. It was in Pampa that she met Woodrow Hastings Kessinger and they were married on May 14, 1938, in Winfield.
Woodrow and Annie spent several years in the Moline-Grenola area. They later moved to Texas for one year and then returned to Kansas in 1947. They purchased the Kessinger family farm south of Grenola and Annie was still living there at the time of her death.
Annie was devoted to her family, friends and church. She enjoyed sewing and gardening, but her heart belonged to God. She considered Bible study, spiritual matters and helping others to be the most important things in life.
Annie is survived by her sons, Howard Dwane Kessinger, and his wife, Janet, and Thomas Gene Kessinger, and his wife, Paulette, Grenola, Kan.; a daughter, Carolyn Mae Eastman, and her husband, Jim, Augusta, Kan.; a sister, Irene Purcell, Meridian, Texas; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her husband Woodrow; two brothers, Alex Reeves and Morgan a sister, Charlie Railey and her parents Thomas and Mae Reeves.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005, at the Grenola Christian Church with Pastor Wallace Wartick and Tom Kessinger officiating. Interment will be held at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola.
Memorials have been established with the Haitian Christian Mission and Peace On Earth Ministries. Contributions may be left with the funeral home.
The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MISS GERTRUDE P. KILL
Gertrude Phyllis Kill, 80, ol 1211 Alexander. formerly of Elk Falls, died April 26, 1995, in her home.
A Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday in Holy Name Catholic Church. Burial will be 1 p.m. Monday in Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Moline. Visiting hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1-8 p.m. Sunday. The rosary will be recited at 7 Sunday in Swisher-Taylor & Morris funeral chapel.
Memorials have been established for Holy Name Catholic School and for St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Moline.
Kill was horn May 22, 1914, in Elk Falls, the daughter of Frank and Alice (Keefe) Kill. She attended the Elk Falls school and parochial school in Moline. After her parents’ death, she moved to Winfield where she lived with her sister.
She was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church.
Survivors include three sisters, Tress Kill, and Helen Gabriel, both of Winfield. and Alice Sellers of Enid. Okla.
MR. JOHN F. KILL
John Francis Kill died Friday, Dec. 22, 2006 at the Sedan City Hospital in Sedan. He was 78 years of age and resident of rural Grenola. Jack, as he was known, was born on Nov. 4, 1928 at Elk Falls to Francis John and Gladys Lamoine (Adams) Kill. He attended school at Elk Falls and Longton, and graduated from Elk Falls High School in 1947.
Jack was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company before serving in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. After his discharge from the Army. Jack returned to work for Southwestern Bell. On Oct. 8, 1955, he married Donna June Jarboe at Moline and they made their home in Haysville for many years. Jack retired from Southwestern Bell in 1977 and the family moved to Grenola where Jack operated his ranch and worked as a cattle buyer.
He is survived by his wife, Donna; his sons, Terry Kill, Charley Ellis and John Kill, all of Grenola; his daughters, Debbie Woods of Grenola and Judy Vogele of Dexter; his brothers. Bob of Moline and Don of Wichita; seventeen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Jim and a grandson, Jamie Lee Vogele.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the Grenola United Methodist Church with Pastor Mark Loftin and Chaplain Larry Womacks officiating. The casket bearers were Tyler Kill, James Vogele. Josh Vogele, Danny Woods, Kyle Woods and Mike Woods. Interment was held at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola. A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements are being made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MRS. VERNA A. KILL
Verna Anne Kill, 96, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at Sedan City Hospital. Mass of Christian burial was at 10 a.m. with Rosary being recited at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Moline on Friday, Aug. 17. Burial was held at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Moline.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Mary’s Catholic Church or St. Roberts Catholic Church in Sedan. Contributions may be made in care of Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 67349 or www.countrysidefh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MR. ELMER E. KINDER
MOLINE — Elmer E. ‘Pop” Kinder, 87, farmer and stockman, of Moline, died June 27, 1995, at his home.
Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Grenola Christian Church. The Rev. Wallace Wartick and the Rev. Jim Carter will officiate. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola.
Memorials have been established with the Grenola Christian Church and Hospice Care Inc. of Coffeyville. Contributions may be left with Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard, which has charge of arrangements.
Kinder was born Aug. 6, 1907, in Bates County, Mo., the son of Charlie Lee and Pearl (Graves) Kinder. He attended grade school in Missouri and high school in Omaha, Neb.
He married Leona Grace Stiles Nov. 3, 1932, in Holton. A fanner and stockman throughout his life, Kinder was also known for his ability as a carpenter.
He was a member of the Grenola Christian Church. A member of the Kansas Farm Bureau, he had served on the Grenola School Board for 12 years, was active in the Rural Water Board and helped organize the Rural Electric Association.
Survivors include his wife, Leona Kinder, Moline; a son, Eldon Kinder, Baxter Springs; two brothers, Charlie Kinder, Mission, Texas, and Walter Kinder, Waseca, Minn.: two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
MR. ISAAC N. KLING - Submitted by L. Morgan
OBITUARY-KLING
Isaac Newton Kling was the oldest and last surviving of four children of Adam and Elizabeth Teeter Kling.
He was born in Darke county, Ohio, on May 3, 1861 and passed away at his home northeast of Howard, Kansas on March 6, 1942 at the age of 80 years, 10 months, and 3 days.
In 1863 when he was two years old, his family moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he lived until 1883, when he moved to Elk county, Kansas, settling on the piece of land which has been his home for fifty-nine years.
He was a member of the Fairview school board for many years. He was secretary of the Grange lodge since 1919.
On August 31, 1893, he was united in marriage to Jessie M. Mayn by Rev. Azor McDole, the Methodist minister of Howard. Two children blessed this home, Adam Henry and Opal. These two children and Mrs. Kling, and six grandchildren, all of Howard, survive him.
Mr. Kling has been an active member of the Howard Methodist church for about fifty years. For many years he has been and was at his death, a member of its board of trustees. He was a regular attendant of Sunday school and church. There was something wrong if he were not in his place in these services and the pastor was informed of the reason of his absence. Mr. Kling loved his church. He loved the Bible and believed it. He gave his grandchildren the Bible as a present. When the grandson, Harold Henry went to college, he too was presented with a Bible.
Mr. Kling came to the pastor of this church and said, "I will not always be here and I would like to do something for the church before I go." He said "May Mrs. Kling and I give this church a pulpit Bible?" Arrangements were made for presenting the Bible. It was a most beautiful service.
The Book, the Everlasting Word of God, the Father Almighty was being presented to the First Methodist Church of Howard, Kansas, by Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Kling in memory of their parents, Samuel H. and Becca E. Mayn, November 30, 1941.
This service marked one of the highest points of worship in the year's work. Some in the congregation wept for joy.
Mr. Kling told the pastor from his deathbed that he hoped many may find the light by hearing the Scriptures read from that pulpit Bible. This is why he wanted to give it to the church. This pulpit Bible was not presented for a show. Mr. Kling was not a man to make a show. He was a modest man, a quiet man, with strong convictions and deep emotions, a pure heart and a Godly life.
We count it a great privelege to have known him. It is one of the rich experiences of out life to work in the church and pastor men and women of such Godly character as Mr. Kling.
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church, Sunday, March 8th at 3:00 p.m., conducted by the pastor, Dr. T. Restin Heath. Music was by the church choir under the direction of Mrs. Noel Mullendore. Pallbearers were: George Wells, Roy Miller, Holly Miller, Bert M. Morgan, Ned Smith, and Howard Young. Burial was in Grace Lawn cemetery, Howard, Kansas.
MR. MELVIN C. KLING
Melvin C. Kling passed away Saturday, June 29, 1996 at Wichita, KS. He was 70 years of age and a resident of Wichita. Melvin was born August 1, 1925 at Howard. KS to Charles and Blanche (Summerfelt) Kling. He served in the U.S. Navy. He was a retired branch manager of supplies for Diamond Lab.
He is survived by his wife Anita of the home; one son, Gary of Wichita; one daughter, Sue Lewis of Wichita; one sister, Lucille Strode of Wichita. and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at Resthaven Mortuary Chapel in Wichita with Chaplain Maynard Peterson of the VA Hospital officiating. Burial was in Resthaven Garden of Memory/Garden of Faith.
A memorial has been established with Community Hospice of Kansas, 1650 S. Georgetown, Wichita, KS. 67218.
MR. ELMO M. KLINGENBERG
Elmo M. Klingenberg, 73 of 1917 E. 15th Ave., died April 23, 1991, in Winfield. Born Oct. 18, 1917, in Buffalo, Okla., he was the son of David and Georgia (Way) Klingenberg. He graduated from high school in Grainola, Okla., in 1935. On Aug. 24, 1941, he married Marguerite Mousley in LeRoy.
Klingenberg was a car and machinery salesman in many cities, including Arkansas City, Howard, and El Dorado. He later was a toll collector for the Kansas Turnpike Association for 10 years before retiring in 1983. He was also self-employed as a carpenter. Klingenberg had been a member of the Civil Conservation Corps while a young man. He later joined the Masonic Lodge, Order of Eastern Star and Odd Fellows Lodge No. 134, all at Howard. Klingenberg moved to Winfield in 1959 and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Gary Klingenberg, of North Fort Myers, Fla.; two daughters, Norma Klingenberg and Terry Rhodes, both of Winfield; a brother, Merl Klingenberg, of Landers, Calif.; three sisters, Faviola Sweaney of McKinleyville, Calif., Florence Baldock of Klamath Falls, Ore., and Betty Scarth of Arcadia, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
Services were Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Miles-Wheeler Memorial Chapel, with interment in Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Arkansas City.
Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice of charities.
MRS. ALVA KNAPP
Funeral services for Alva Rebecca Knapp were held Saturday, May 25, 2002, at the Severy Baptist Church with Pastor Tony Pameticky officiating. Interment was held in Twin Grove Cemetery at Severy. A memorial has been established with the Arthritis Foundation. Contributions may be left with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
Alva Rebecca Knapp was born December 8, 1906, at Miltonville in Cloud County, Kan., the youngest child born to Alvin McCullum and Elizabeth Rebecca (Fuller) Perry. Her sisters were Arhucy, born in 1888, Edith, born in l891, and Viola May, born in 1899.
When she was three years old, her family moved to Bevins, Texas, and they lived there for three years before coming back to Kansas. Her dad traded the land in Texas for some land in Elk County.
She was a member of the Lower Paw Paw Salem Baptist Church. She went to school at the Upper Paw Paw and stayed at a boardinghouse in Severy to attend high school.
On September 12, 1923, at Eureka, Kan., she married Harry Glenn Knapp and their first homestead was two miles south of Severy on Highway 99. Darrell Eugene arrived in 1926, Ruth Arlene in 1928, and Naomi May in 1931. They lived several different places in the Paw Paw community.
During the Depression, they moved to rural Haviland, Kan., then returned to Elk County a year later.
The last place they lived in the Paw Paw Community was her parents’ farm just south of Upper Paw Paw School. With Glenn’s health problems, they decided to have a farm sale and moved to Severy. They, along with their son Melvin, purchased a filling station on the west side of town. They ran this from 1947 until 1969. Glenn Knapp died on Thanksgiving Day, 1969.
For the next 23 years, she lived in Severy. Alva was active in the Elk and Greenwood County EHU and Rebekah Club and attended Severy Baptist Church.
The last 10 years she was a resident at nursing homes, first at Regency in Eureka, and then the last eight at Howard Twilight Manor. She enjoyed playing dominoes every afternoon and bingo twice a week. She liked doing crafts, especially painting pictures.
She is survived by her son, Darrell Knapp of Augusta; her daughters, Arlene McCollum of Fall River and Naomi Lacy of Wichita; 13 grandchildren, Charles and Mary Knapp, children of Darrell; Randy, Ronnie, Jill, Frank, Donnie, and Karen McCollum, children of Ruth Arlene; Cathy, Glenda, Stephen, Debra, and Rebecca Lacy, children of Naomi May; 14 great grandchildren, Michael and Joshua Knapp, sons of Charles; Amanda McCollum, son of Ronnie; Allie and Theresia McCollum, daughters of Jill; Kodie, Aadrian, Brenda McCollum, daughters of Donnie; Karrie VanWinkle, daughter of Karen; Robin Sullivan, daughter of Glenda; Shannon, Heather, Amanda, and Jerrad Brown, children of Debbie. She also had two great-great-grandchildren: Tyler Smith, son of Shannon, and Lacy Dunn, daughter of Heather. A son, Melvin, died in 1990.
Casket bearers were Chuck Knapp, Donnie McCollurn, Frank McCollum, Randy McCollum, Ronnie McCollum and Bob VanWinkle.
MR. DARRELL E. KNAPP - Submitted by Jerry Jackson
Darrell E. Knapp, 80, of Augusta, Kansas, retired Plumbers and Pipefitters Association contractor, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Headley Funeral Chaple, Augusta, Kansas. Services at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 13, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church, Augusta, Kansas. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery Augusta, Kansas.
Darrell was born in Howard, Kansas on November 6, 1926, the son of the late Harry Glen and Alva (Perry) Knapp. Mr. Knapp served in the Army during W.W. II and was also a foreman of Buckley Mechanical. He was a Shriner and a member of Wichita’s A’s and Bluestem Vintage & Classic Car clubs. In November 1965 he married Joyce Turnquist in Wichita, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors: a son, Chuck Knapp and wife Chelle of Augusta; daughter Mary Statton and husband Ken of Claremore Oklahoma; sisters, Ruth Arlene McCollum of Fall River, Kansas and Naomi May Lacey of Wichita, Kansas; grandchildren, Michael, Joshua, Daniel and Lily Knapp and Steven Statton.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Melvin Knapp.
Memorials to First United Methodist Church Children’s Ministry of First Baptist Preschool.
Arrangements under the direction of Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta, Kansas
MR. KENNETH L. KNICKERBOCKER
HOWARD-- Kenneth L. Knickerbocker, 90, of Moline, died Tuesday at Pleasant Valley Nursing Home in Sedan.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Moline Christian Church with Paster Stan Rumbaugh officiating. Burial will be in Moline Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Moline Christian Church or Gideon’s International, and they may be sent to Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS. Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard.
Mr. Knickerbocker was born on Aug. 4, 1917 in Bovey, Minn., to Err (Earl) and Georgia (Phillips) Knickerbocker. - Submitted by L. Morgan
He spent some of his childhood in the Neodesha area before he graduated from Moline High School in 1935.
On May 28, 1939, he married Jean Banks in Moline, and she survives.
Mr. Knickerbocker served in the military during World War II, spending most of the time stationed in the Philippines. After the war, he went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad and retired as district material supervisor.
He was member of the Christian church, the American Legion and Gideon’s International. He was a former Boy Scout leader Troop 29.
Other survivors include three sons: Philip Knickerbocker, Madison, Ala., David Knickerbocker, Barstow, Calif., and Mark Knickerbocker, North Pole, Alaska; a step-sister, Evalee Walker, Wichita; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
MR. ERNEST L. KNIGHT
HAMILTON, Kan. Ernest Leroy Knight passed away on Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at his home in Hamilton, Kan. He was 73 years of age.
Ernie was born on Sept. 12, 1931 on a farm in the Salt Springs Township of Greenwood County, near Fall River, Kan., to Frank VanBeaurn and Lillie Mae (Wormington) Knight.
He attended school near Severy and graduated from Howard High School in 1951. Ernie was employed at the Howard Ice Plant and the Hebb and Dean Auto Supply in Howard, before entering the United States Army in 1952.
On March 22, 1957, he married Naomi Lucille Hebb at the First Baptist Church in Howard, Kan. and to this union was born two daughters, Bethy and Karla. Ernie and Lucille made their home at Moline for a few years where he was emloyed at Ames Chevrolet. He later owned and operated the Knight Services Station in Howard before moving to Madison, Kan. in 1966. The family moved to Sedan, Kan. in 1968, where Ernie worked for the Blake Limestone Company before moving to Hamilton in 1969. He was employed for several years by the City of Hamilton as City Marshall and director of the utilities department. In 1979, Ernie became responsible for the operation of the Alf Landon oil lease, east of Hamilton, where he continued to work until becoming disabled in 1990. Ernie has been receiving kidney dialysis treatments for almost eleven years.
He enjoyed coyote hunting, coon hunting, fishing and trapping. Ernie was a member of the Hamilton Community Fellowship Church.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille; his daughters, Bethy Creed and her, Kan.;(sic) a brother, Winford Knight, Howard, Kan.; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Bernice Fiscus and two brothers, Floyd and Cleveland Knight.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, at the Hamilton Community Fellowship Church with Rev. Alan Hunter and Rev. Dean Fox officiating. Interment will be held at 3:15 p.m. at the Grace Lawn Cemetery in Howard, Kan.
A memorial has been established with the National Kidney Foundation of Kansas. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard, Kan.
MR. FRANK V. KNIGHT
HOWARD — Frank VanBeaurn Knight, 97, of Howard Twilight Manor, died Wednesday at the nursing home.
Graveside services will be at 2p.m. Monday at the Moline Cemetery with the Rev. Jan Kindwoman of the Sevcry United Methodist Church officiating. A memorial has been established with the Severy United Methodist Church building fund. Contributions may be left at Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
He was born on April 24, 1898, at Michigan Valley near Topeka to Mathew and Etta (Cade) Knight. He began school at Michigan Valley, then completed his education after his family moved to Severy.
He worked for the Frisco Railroad as a foreman and lived for many years in Greenwood County. During the early 1940s, he worked for DeCorsey Creamery Co. in Moline and owned the Hilltop Cafe east of Moline during the 1950s.
After retiring from DeCorsey in 1970, he moved to Howard to be near family. He moved to Elk Falls in the early 1980s and later lived in Eureka before returning to Elk Falls. He entered Howard Twilight Manor in 1991.
He was a longtime member of the United Methodist Church.
He married Lilile Mae Wormington on April 29, 1919, in Howard. She died in 1969. He married Alice (Woods) Frost on Dec. 12, 1973, in Sedan. She died in 1994.
He is survived by three sons, Winford Knight, Buhl, Idaho, Cleveland Knight and Ernest Knight, both of Hamilton; two daughters, Bonita Ramsey, Jerome, Idaho, and Bertha Baumgartel, Howard; four stepsons, Pete Frost, Colorado, Glen Frost, Severy. David Frost, El Dorado, and Jimmy Frost, Pennsylvania; 29 grandchildren. seven stepgrandchildren and numerous great- and greatgreat~grandchildren.
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