MRS. MARGARET E. MAXWELL - Submitted by L. Morgan
Margaret Ellen McMillen was born in Jefferson county, Missouri March 19, 1858, died in Howard, Kansas, March 27, 1911, age 53 years and 8 days.
She with her parents moved in 1880 to Randolph county, Illinois where she lived until December 24, 1874 she was married in Lilly Grove, Illinois to ?? H. Maxwell. They came to Pittsburg, Kansas in 1883 then later in the same year they moved to Elk county, Kansas.
To them were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, five of whom survive: ?? Wheeler, T.A. Maxwell, ?? R. Maxwell, Virgie Tarwater and Minnie Maxwell, Howard, Kansas. She also leaves five grandchildren. Three of her children died in infancy, Wm. E., Geo. L, and Katie.
She was converted in 1891 and joined the Baptist church of Howard, Kansas. Later having moved to Clear Creek neighborhood there she in 1900 united with the Methodidst Espiscopel church. Afterward moving back to Howard she transferred her membership to the Methodist church of Howard of which church she was a member at the time of her death.
She lived a life filled more or less with grief and sorrow. But in all her trials she was a courageous faithful Christian. Her last sickness was of long duration, much pain an gradual weakening until the end. In it all she manifested much patience and a strong faith in God. Besides her relatives a host of friends mourn her departure.
The funeral services were held in the Clear Creek church by Rev. ?? Nichols.
MR. LEVI M. T. MEASLES - Submitted by L. Morgan
GRENOLA-- Levi Michael Thomas Measles VanDerhagen, 18, of Grenola and formerly of Chanute, died Saturday of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn cemetery, Grenola, with Pastor Robin Haines officiating. Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard, is handling arrangement.
He was born Sept. 27, 1989, in Mesa, Ariz., the son of Timothy Measles Sr. and Coreen Kenyon. He was a concrete finisher for Caney River Concrete.
Survivors include his finance, Adrian Wheat, Grenola; his father, Hutchinson; his mother, of Grenola; his step-father, Jeff Riddle; two brothers, Caleb Measles Sr., LaHarpe, and Wrangler Sweet, Grenola; a step-brother Patrick Riddle, Grenola; his maternal grandmother, Melanie Jiannino; his paternal grandmothers, Shirley Measles and Dianna VanDerhagen; his great-great grandparents, Mary Margaret Dotson, Elizabeth Featherston and Thomas Jiannino.
The family suggests memorial contributions can be made to help defray expenses. They can be mailed to Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66730.
MRS. LORENE M. WADE
Lorene M. Wade, 62, of Eureka, departed this life Thursday, January 24, at the Greenwood County Hospital. The daughter of Arthur Richard Flaiz and Minnie May Volimer, she was born October 21, 1917 near Severy in Elk County and had lived in Greenwood County most of her life.
She was married to Lyle Willis Wade on February 14, 1938 in Eureka: She was a devoted wife and mother and grandmother.
Survivors include her husband, Lyle (Shorty); one daughter, Mrs. Vivetta Hall and husband Ronnie of Eureka; four sons, Jack and wife Sue; Richard and wife Dottie, all of Piedmont; Paul and wife Jean of Belle Plaine; Roy and wife Mary of Eureka; sixteen grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; two brothers, Richard Flaiz of Heppner, Oregon and Charles Flaiz of Severy; three sisters, Alice Wells of Scott City, Nina Burke of Eureka and Catherine Davis of Severy; and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother.
Funeral services were held Sunday, January 27, 1980 at the Piedmont Christian Church. Rev. lloyd Stewart was the officiating clergyman. Burial was in Piedmont Cemetery, Forsberg Funeral Home was in charge of services.
MRS. MILDRED M. WAIT - Submitted by L. Morgan
OBITUARY -- Mildred (Maxey) Walt
Mildred M. Maxey was born in Greene county, Ohio on the 21st day of September, A. D. 1832. In the year 1841 she came with her parents, William O. and Susan Maxey, to the vicinity of Alton, Illinois. She was converted and joined the M. E. church in August 1848, and on November 29, 1851, she was united in marriage to Lee Walt. In the year 1857 she united with the Missionary Baptist church of which she remained a consistent member until her death. In June 1881, she with her husband and family came to Howard, Elk county, Kansas, where she resided continuously until her death, which occurred on the 23rd day of August, 1893. Her health had not been good for the last three or four months, only able to be around and do some of the light house work. Her death was very sudden, caused by apoplexy. Funeral services at their home on the 25th of August, conducted by Rev. J. N. Young, and attended by the family and relatives and a large concourse of sympathizing neighbors and friends. The funeral discourse was based on the 13th verse of the 14th chapter of Rev. After the ervices she was laid to rest in Grace Lawn cemetery, there to rest till waked to life by the trumpet sound on the resurrection morn.
MR. CLINTON A. WALKER
BUTLER, Mo. Clinton Augustus "Gus" Walker died Friday in Butler, Mo. Walker, 77, was a former Coffeyville, Kan., resident.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with burial at the Glenridge Cemetery in Liberty, Mo. A memorial has been established with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board.
Mr. Walker was born Dec. 28, 1917, in Grenola. He was a pastor and a retired school teacher. He had spent many years in Coffeyvffle and at one point had worked at Les Scrock’s Grocery Store and other businesses in Coffeyville.
Active in the church, he became a pastor and helped start the First Southern Baptist Church in Coffeyvlile, the Bethel Baptist Church in Edna, Kan., and the Chestnut Street Baptist Church in Independence, Kan.
He married Beulah Carter on March 10, 1940. She survives, he is also survived by two sons, Ronald Walker, Parkville, and Carter Walker, Kansas City, Kan.; one daughter, Pam Simmons, Butler, two brothers, Leo Walker, Claremore, Okla., and Don Walker, Rosenberg, Texas; two sisters, Joanne Melton, Natoma, Kan., and Maxine Algeo, Aztec, N.M.; and several grandchildren.
MISS JESSIE L. WALKER
Jessie Louise Walker, age 98, of Moline, Kansas. died Sunday, February 4, 2001, at Elk Manor Nursing Home in Moline She was born August 12, 1902 at Eureka. KS to Wyman Leslie and Amanda Alice (Norris) Walker.
She was a retired Teacher and Secretary and a member of the First Christian Church, Eastern Star, Wichita Choral Club and the Rambo Club of Wichita.
On May 9, 1930 at El Dorado, KS she and Harold Victor Brown were united in marriage. They were divorced in 1936.
Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held Tuesday, February 6, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. in the Gracelawn Cemetery in Howard, KS. Interment was in the Gracelawn Cemetery in Howard with Rev. Ted Smith of the Moline Christian Church officiating. Graves-Baird Funeral Home in Sedan, KS was in charge of the arrangements.
MRS. ELIZABETH WALTER - Submitted by L. Morgan
DIED - WALTER
At her home near Cave Springs, Elk Co. Kansas, Thursday, November 30, 1899, at 20 minutes before six, p.m., Mrs. Elizabeth Walter, age 58 years, 1 month, 19 days.
Elizabeth Swim was born in Ohio, on October 11, 1841. She removed to Illinois and thence to Iowa, where she grew to womanhood, and on August 4, 1867, was married to Peter F. Walter, in Ringgold county, Iowa. She lived in that county with her husband and children until May, 1882, when they removed to Elk county, Kansas, where she made her home until her death. She contracted malaria fever last summer and was a sufferer for several months, bearing her pain with Christian fortitude. Death came to her relief on Thanksgiving day, and she was ready and willing to go. The burial took place the following day at Grace Lawn Cemetery, in Howard.
Mrs. Walter became a member of the M. E. Church in her youth and was an enthusiastic worker in the church and Sunday school whenever her health would permit. She was a dutiful and loving wife, an indulgent and affectionate mother to her five children. Her husband and children all survive her and deeply mourn her departure.
Funeral services in her memory will be held some time in the near future.
A host of friends sorrow in her death and the bereft husband and sons and daughters have the most heartfelt sympathy of all.
MR. PETER F. WALTER - Submitted by L. Morgan
Obituary of Peter F. Walter
Peter F. Walter was born at Manmee, Ohio, February 8th, 1842. At the age of twelve years he moved with his parents to Ringgold county, Iowa, where he grew to manhood and was married to Kittie Johnson, who departed this life a few years after their marriage.
He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Swim in August 1867. To this union were born five children: Alfred Walter and Lulu Morgan of Elk county, Kansas; Howard Walter of Chautauqua county, Kansas; Minnie Shannon of Chicago, Illinois; and Clyde Walter of Zenda, Kansas. The mother of these children died November 30, 1899.
He was united in marriage to Martha Harper, January 20, 1904. To this union were born two children, Lee and Dale.
When the Civil War was declared, Mr. Walter enlisted as a volunteer and served till the close of the war. He received an honorable discharge in 1865. He then came to Elk county, Kansas and resided in Elk and Greenwood counties the remainder of his life. He was converted and joined the Methodist church in early manhood and was a member of that church at the time of his death.
He had been in very poor health and had suffered much for several years. January 7th he was taken with a stroke from which he was unconscious until he went to his rest January 9th, 1924, at 6:00 p.m., at the age of 81 years, 11 months and one day.
He leaves to mourn his departure, his wife, and seven children, and one sister, Mrs. Susan Kimblade of Toronto, Kansas.
The funeral services were held at the Severy Methodist church, on Friday, January 11th, 1924, with the pastor, Rev. L. W. Engelhardt in charge. Burial was at Howard, in Grace Lawn cemetery.
MRS. RUTH M. WARD
HOWARD — Ruth Marie Ward, 94, homemaker, of Howard, died March 27, 1996, in Mercy Hospital in Independence.
Services will he 10 a.m. Saturday in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Howard. The Rev. Robin Haines will officiate.
A memorial has been established with the Howard Senior centcr. Contributions may be left with th Zimmerman Funeral Home.
Ward was born Aug. 4, 1901, in Saybrook, Ill., the daughter of James and Stella Maude (Craig) Hileman. The family moved to Kansas when she was a child, and she attended the Star rural school northwest of Howard.
On Sept. 28, 1921, she married Franklin Dewey Ward in Eureka. and they made their home in northwest Elk County. In l980 they retired from farming and moved to Howard.
Ward was a longtime member of the First Christian Church of Howard.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Ward, Howard; a son, Loyd Ward, Artesia, N.M.; and two granddaughters.
MR. WILL M. WARDEN
Bill M. Warden, 75, of Grenola died Wednesday, December 27, 1995 at William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield.
Born March 23, 1920 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma he was the son of Clyde and Elizabeth Frisbee Warden. He graduated from the Grenola High School in 1939 and served with the U.S. Army Infantry as a paratrooper. On July 31, 1944, he married Oneita Mooney in Nowata, Oklahoma. Mr. Warden moved to California as a young man and worked as a painting contractor for 25 years in Fresno. The Wardens returned to Grenola in 1980.
Survivors include his wife, Oneita of the home; one son, Larry E. Warden of Yerington, Nevada; one daughter, Trisha Tierney of Bakersfield, California; one brother Dale Arbuckle of Grenola; one sister Helen Murphy of Fresno, California; 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
Memorial services were held Friday, January 5, 1996 in the Grenola Christian Church, with the Reverend Wallace Wartick officiating. Judy and Dave Wofe, Judy and Jack Perrigo were vocalists. Selections were “One Day At A Time” and “Daddy’s Hands.” Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola. Memorials have been established with the Grenola Christian Church and the Grenola Historical Museum. Wheeler Funeral Home of Burden had charge of arrangements.
MR. JAMES V. WARE
SEVERY — James V. “Jim” Ware, 61, of Severy, died June 4, 1995, at the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Severy Baptist Church. The Rev. Tony Pameticky will officiate. Burial will be in the South Lawn Cemetery, Severy.
Memorials have been established with the Robin Baumgartel and the Cathy Gardner Memorial Scholarship funds at West Elk High School, Howard. Contributions may be left with Zimmerman Funeral Home, which has charge of arrangements.
Ware was born July 15, 1933, on a farm south of Fall River in Elk County, the son of William Albert and Della Edna (Book) Ware. He attended Union Valley Rural School and Fall River High School.
At the age of 17, he joined the U.S. Navy and served in Korea and Vietnam. He retired from the Navy in 1970 as a bosun's mate first class, after 20 years of service.
He married Cinda Marie Knight Oct. 1,1971, in Howard.
He was employed by IBP in Emporia for 11 years and later worked for Bill Harvey, a seed company in Leon.
Survivors include his wife, Cinda Ware, Severy; a son, Randy Ware, Severy; two daughters, Christy Ware and Angela Ware, both of Severy; four sisters, Wilma Monk, Wichita, Ruth Sexton, St. George. Joan Spoon, Eureka, and Shirley Walta, Fall River; and one granddaughter.
MRS. ELIZABETH L. WARREN
Elizabeth Lucille Warren, 96, of Independence passed away at The Manor Nursing Home, where she had lived since 1987. She had been in ill health.
Elizabeth was born June 26, 1899, at Emporia, to William B. and Martha (McKanna) Bishop,. She attended rural schools at Emporia and later moved with her family to Lakin.
On November 16, 1918 at Fredonia, she married Franklin “Lynn” Warren. They lived in Elk City area for many years, and in 1941 moved to Oak Valley area where they engaged in farming. He died in 1974 and she then moved to Independence.
Mrs. Warren was a member of the Ohio Grange at Longton and was associated with the Longton Free Fair for 20 years.
The only survivor is a grandson, John W. Surber of Independence.
Graveside services were held at the Oak Hill Cemetery Elk city with the Reverend Jeff Knighton, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating. Interment was under the direction of Potts Chapel.
Memorials are suggested to The Manor Nursing Home and they may be left at the funeral home.
MR. LYNN W. WATT - Submitted by Del Huggins
Lynn Webster Watt, 74, of Moline, Kansas, died Wednesday, July 3, 1991, at Jane Phillips Memorial Hospital, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born March 20, 1917, in Viola, Kansas to Leroy and Byrde (Harding) Watt. Lynn was a veteran of World War II and a Kansas Funeral Director (50 years). He was a member of the Kansas Funeral Director's Association, the Grenola VFW Post, the Moline American Legion Post, the Moline Masonic Lodge, and was a Elder in the Moline Christian Church.
He served in the US Army as a medical anethetist in the Alsakan and European Theatres during the war. On Februay 14, 1944, he and Olive Fern Hunt were united in marriage in Wichita, Kansas.
After their marriage, Lynn worked in several funeral homes in the states of Oklahoma and Kansas, before buying the Rarick Funeral Home in Moline in 1952. He retired in 1981, but remained active in the business in some capacity until his death.
Survivors include his wife, Olive of the home; two daughters, Donna Whetstine of Wichita, Kansas, and Cheryl Huggins of Derby, Kansas; one sister, Lucille Peterson of Oakland, California; 4 grandchildren, Robin Camp and Lynn Stewart of Moline, and Ariel and Christina Huggins of Derby; and one great-grandchild, Kyle Camp of Moline.
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 6, 1991, at 11:00 a.m., in the Watt Funeral Home Chapel, Moline. Interment was in the Moline Cemetery. Rev. John Foust officiated.
MRS. OLIVE FERN WATT
Olive Fern Watt, age 89, of Sedan, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007 at the Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home in Sedan.
She was born Feb. 22, 1918 in Braymer, Mo. to Luther and Iness (Clevenger) Hunt. She married Lynn Watt on Feb. 14, 1944 in Wichita. They moved to Moline in 1952. They owned and operated Watt Funeral Home from 1952 until their retirement in 1982. He preceded her in death on July 3, 1991.
She was very active in the Christian Church in Moline and she was very involved in the community.
She is survived by two daughters, Donna Whetstine of Grenola and Cheryl Huggins and her husband Del of Wichita; one sister, Fay Mobley of Oklahoma City, Okla.; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one nephew and four nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Lynn; three brothers and one younger sister.
Family and friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at the David W. Barnes funeral Home in Sedan.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 15, at the Moline Christian Church in Moline, with Stan Rumbaugh, minister, officiating. Interment will follow at the Moline Cemetery in Moline.
The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Moline Christian Church or the Musical and Literary Club. These remembrances may be left with the funeral home.
David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan is in charge of arrangements.
MRS. FAY WATKINS
LA CANADA, Calif. - Fay Archer Watkins, 90, of La Canada, Calif., formerly of Grenola and Wichita, died Dec. 28, 1995, in La Canada.
Services were Jan. 4 in Wichita's Woodland United Methodist Church, where she had been a member for more than 50 years.
Watkins was horn Feb. 10, 1905, at Grenola, the daughter of Dr. J. A. and Jennie Archcr. While the family was living in California, she graduated from Anaheim High School. When they returned to Kansas, she attended Southwestern College for two years and graduated from the University of Kansas.
She taught in Moline High School for two years before moving to Wichita to work in the Federal Land Bank. She met and married her husband, Frank Watkins, in Wichita. They celebrated 50 years together.
Watkins spent most of her adult life in Wichita, but with failing health, she had recently moved to California to he near her daughter.
Survivors include a daughter, Merrily Hake, and a granddaughter, Jennie Hake, both of La Canada, Calif., and a cousin, Bula Lemert, Sedan.
FANNIE MAE WATSON
Fannie Mae (Foust) Watson, passed away Jan. 23, 1991 in Moline, Kansas at (be age of 86.
Mae was horn June 23, 1904 in Madill Oklahoma to John and Alice (Walker) Foust. She united with the Christian Church at an early age, and was baptisted at the Moline Christian Church and was a devoted worker of the Lord.
Mae was united in marriage to Carl Watson on August 29, 1923 in Howard, Kansas. One daughter, Reatha Darlene, was born to this uniion. She was a homemaker. Her husband was employed at Phillips Oil Co., and when he retired they returned to Moline.
The husband, daughter, 3 brothers and 3 sisters have preceded her in death.
She leaves to mourn, Son-in-law, Lewis Williams, four grandchildren, Edward Williams, Carla Hafner, Richard Williams, Ronald Williams, 7 greatgrandchildren; sister, Jenette McCollin, brothers, Travis and John T. Foust; nieces and nephews and a host of friends. She will he missed.
Services were Saturday Jan. 26th at the Moline Christian Church. Interment at the Moline Cemetery. Watts Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. A memorial has been established at the Moline Christian Church.
MRS. MARJORIE WEAVER
Marjorie (Hill) Weaver died January 4, 2002 at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, Texas, after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Leeds, KS on January 19, 1916 to Joseph Henry Hill and Bertha (Miller) Hill. She attended grade school in Chautauqua County Kansas, high school in Moline, KS and graduated from Wichita High School East in 1937. She qualified for a county teaching certificate and taught two years in Chautauqua County in a one room school house. She later attended Emporia State Teachers College and then taught one year in Elk County, Kansas. She entered the Women's Army Corp during WWII and served from 1942-1945. She returned to Wichita, KS and attended Wichita University for one and a half years.
While stationed at Fort Smith, AR, Marjorie met her future husband, Ewing Weaver, and they married August 6, 1947 in Moline, KS. They moved to Sundown, TX, where Ewing taught high school science. They lived there for thirty-nine years until Ewing's death in 1987. Marjorie moved to Odessa, TX to be closer to three of her children. She has been a resident of Lincoln Tower Retirement Center for the past four years.
Marjorie was a longtime member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Levelland, TX. After moving to Odessa, she attended services at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband, an infant daughter, Ruth Jan, and son, James David Weaver, three brothers, Maynard, William (Hank) and Jim Hill and two sisters, Doris Lampson and Alice Beazer.
She is survived by a sister, Orien Walker Tanner, Moline, KS, three children, Donald Weaver and wife, Kathleen, Lubbock, TX, Beverly Weaver, Odessa, TX, Mary Lou Watts and husband, Danny, Odessa, TX and daughter-in-law, Diane Weaver, New Braunfels, TX. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Michael Weaver, New Braunfels, Mark Weaver, Andrea Weaver and John Weaver, all of Lubbock, TX, Courtney Watts, Odessa, TX, step granddaughters, Brandy Watts, Odessa, TX and Rachel Kevil, Austin, TX and step great granddaughter, Katie Watts, Odessa, TX.
Pallbearers were grandsons Michael, Mark and John Weaver, Danny Watts, Sam Watts and Tommy Bednarz. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Diabetes Association or American Heart Association.
A Rosary was held on Sunday evening, January 6, 2002, and a mass was celebrated on Monday morning, January 7, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Burial followed at 4:00 p.m. Monday afternoon, at the City of Sundown Cemetery in Sundown, TX. Services were entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
MR. B. F. WEEKS - Submitted by L. Morgan
B. F. Weeks of Grenola, died on Christmas day age 69 years. He was a son of Ed Weeks, one of the pioneers of the Caney Valley, but Frank didn’t come in the very early days. He became a citizen of the Grenola neighborhood however in 1878. He was an old soldier, and leaves a wife and one daughter. The Grenola Leader says the following of Mr. Weeks: Mr. Weeks had been a resident of this city for over thirty-two years, coming here in 1878 with the earliest settlers. He taught school in Grenola and surrounding districts for many terms and was oonsidered a good instructor. With the exception of four years while he was at Lansing as a guard in the state penitentiary, be has been a continual resident of the city since his arrival in Grenola.
Mr. Weeks was a member of the A.O. U. W. lodge, in which he carried $2,000 life insurance. He bad been recorder of that order for about fourten years. He was city clerk of Grenola for seven or eight years and bad held other offices of trust and honor. He was a man that was respected by all who knew him and one that will be missed from the community.
MR. FREDRICK E. WEGAND - Submitted by L. Morgan
HOWARD - Fredrick "Fritz" Wegand, 95, of Wichita, formerly of Howard, died Sunday at Homestead Health Center in Wichita.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Howard with Pastor Sandy Des Plas officiating. Burial will be in Grace Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Epworth United Methodist Church, and they may be sent to Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736.
Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard.
Mr. Wegand ws born in Grenola on Oct. 10, 1912 to Roy and Ethel (VanBuskirk) Wegand.
On Oct. 29, 1939 he married Helen McKirahan Basey in Bartlesville, Okla.
Mr. Wegand owned and operated a repair shop in Howard until 1942. He then worked for Boeing Aircraft, retiring in 1977. While working for Boeing the couple lived in Howard, Wichita and Seattle, Wash.
He was a member of the Epworth Methodist Church in Wichita, a 60 year member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and served over 13 years as the secretary of the lodge.
Survivors include a daughter, JoAnne Neal, Wichita; a brotherm, Hal Dean Wegand, of Idaho; a sister, Estella Knickerbocker, Bastrop, Texas, five grndchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
MRS. LENNA WELLS
Lenna Alene Wells, age 73, of Howard, Kan., died May 2 at her home of natural causes. She was born March 7, 1929 in Hawkerville, Okla. She was a homemaker.
Lenna was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd, sisters, Delores Nichols, Bessie McGuire and Doris Elliott.
She is survived by one son, Layne Wells, Winfield, Kan., a brother, Bill Williams, Wichita, Kan., sisters, Delilah Duree, Wichita, Kan., Dee Kitchel, El Sobrante, Calif., and Anna Marshall, Quapa, Okla., and four grandchildren, Eric Wells, Adam Wells, Aaron Wells and Austin Wells.
Services were held Thursday, May 9, at the Lakeview Funeral Home Chapel in Wichita, with Pastor Dennis Cochran officiating. Burial was at Lakeview Memorial Gardens in Wichita.
MRS. ORMA G. WELLS
Orma Grace Hebb Wells, age 89, died Tuesday, November 13, 1979, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas. She was born on April 5, 1890 on a farm south of Howard to Joseph E. and Mary Townsend Hebb. Her mother died when Orma was twelve years old, leaving nine children to be raised by their father. She attended Moundbranch school until her family moved to the Fairview District east of Howard, in the early 1900’s. Orma was a devoted wife and mother who spent her entire life caring for her family. She was the last survivor of the nine children.
On February 21, 1912, she was united in marriage to George Wells at Howard, Kansas, and to this union was born 2 sons, Vernon and Bill. In 1928, the family moved to a farm northeast of Howard, where she lived the rest of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1962, and her eldest son, Vernon, in 1971.
Orma was a charter member of the Sunflower Grange and a member of the Antioch Methodist Church.
She is survived by her son, Bill of Howard; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Blossom Wells of Wichita; her grandchildren, Allen Wells and his wife, Denise, of Wichita, and Tonya Wells also of Wichita. Orma leaves one great-grandson, Jason, and many relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the Zimmerman Funeral Home on Friday, November 16, 1979 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Don Harper of the First Baptist Church of Howard officiating. Music was provided by Carmalita Beaty who sang, “Beyond the Sunset” and “What a Freind We Have In Jesus”, with Mrs. Robin Smith as the organist. The casket bearers were, Adron Hebb, Cleland Wells, Roland Vick, Ben Clubine, Waldo Gray, and Roy Nigh. The interment was held in the Grace Lawn Cemetery at Howard. A memorial has been established in her name and memory with the American Heart Association, and may be left at the funeral home. The funeral services were directed by the Zimmerman Funeral Home.
MR. FINLEY T. WESTFALL - Submitted by L. Morgan
FINLEY THOMPSON WESTFALL
Finley Thompson Westfall was born near Terre Haute, Indiana, June 17, 1834. Here young Finley grew to manhood. When he had reached his majority, through the influence of his father, he united with the Masonic lodge, and by it, being passed through the various chairs, was W. M. five years, and represented his lodge in the grand lodge of the state.
When the civil war broke out he enlisted in Co. D. 21st Illinois Infantry Volunteers, on June 15, 1861. He was honorably discharged July 3, 1864, serving three years and eighteen days in behalf of his country and its flag.
April 26, 1866, he was united in marriage to Sarah J. Shaffer, at her father's home in Knox county, Illinois. To this union five children were born, John B., Cora E., Margaret E., Frank S., and James A. Westfall. Cora E. died in Yates City, Illinois, April 26, 1880. James died in Scott City, Kansas in 1889. His wife, three children and sister, Mrs. Lewis, who lives in Illinois survive him.
Mr. Westfall located at Yates City, Illinois in 1866, where he engaged in the mercantile business until 1887, when the family moved to Scott City, Kansas. In 1890, he with his family moved to Howard where he has since resided.
In 1866 he joined the I.O.O.F. at Yates City, Illinois, passing through the chairs as he had done in the Masonic lodge, and also representing the Scarlet Degree in the grand lodge of Illinois.
In the year of 1881, he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which church he held various offices, among the number that of Sunday school superintendent, which office he held for three years. His last hours he spent in praising his Lord and Saviour, and exhorting all to seek a better life. In the evening twilight, when nature was preparing to rest, and the sun was painting his reflections on the sky, his light went out. Surrounded by his family and friends, his spirit winged its way to God, to abide with him forever. (Poem omitted)
Services were conducted by the Rev. Geo. E. Tifft, pastor of the M. E. church, and interment in Grace Lawn cemetery.
MRS. BERNADINE WEYRAUCH
Mrs. John Weyrauch, 68, died early in the morning, Sunday, Dec. 23. She was a patient at Newton Memorial Hospital, at the time of her death. Mrs. Weyrauch had been taken to the hospital, Dec. 16, from the Howard Twilight Manor where she had been a resident.
Mrs. Weyrauch was a telephone operator in Howard for many years.
Her survivors include the widower, John Weyrauch of the home; two sons, Bill Redmond, Howard, and Bob Redmond, Topeka; one daughter, Mrs. Edith Gardner, Sacramento, California; one step-daughter, Mrs. Cleveland Knight, Hamilton; five sisters, Mrs. Fred Shepherd, Mrs. Lyman Snodderley, both of Howard; Mrs. Albert Leonard, Sedan; Mrs. Ernest Rhodes, Topeka; and Mrs. R. H. Anderson, Tacoma Park, Maryland; two brothers, Richard Andrews, Oakland, Oregon; and Albert Andrews, Wichita.
The rosary will be said, Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m., at the Watt Funeral Home in Moline. Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 27, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Moline, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
MR. RAYMOND ROY WHEELER
Raymond Roy Wheeler, son of Irvin and Dora Wheeler passed away suddenly Monday, May 26 at his home in Wichita. He had been in failing health for several years.
He was born in Greenwood County on Sept, 9, 1906 and attended school in Eureka where he lived until 1936. He married Berly Warren of Moline in 1935 and two ehildren were born, John Patrick and Sue Ellen. They moved to Wichita in 1943 and he was employed by the Boeing Company for 25 years.
Survivors include his widow, Beryl; son, John; and daughter, Sue, of the home, one brother, Orln, of Hutchlnson, and two sisters, Mrs, Roy Dorsett and Mrs. Harris Lewis of Eureka.
Services were held at the Broadway Mortuary Chapel in Wichita on Thursday, May 29 with the Rev. J. B. Schwartz of the Woodlawn Methodist Church in Derby officiating. Interment was in the Moline Cemetery with Rev. Monroe Vaughan conducting the graveside service.
MRS. MOLLIE WHIPPLE - Submitted by L. Morgan
Word has been received from Howard that Mrs. Geo. W. Walters formerly of this county recently died in Blackwell, Okla. Some time go she remarried and her latest name was Whipple. No particulars of her death have been received.
Later = Since the above was written we have been handed a clipping from a Blackwell paper as follows:
Mrs. Mollie Whipple, wife of Joah Whipple, died at the family home ???? Blackwell, Oklahoma on Sunday March 19, 1911 after a lingering illness of organic heart trouble. The funeraal was held from the family residence. Rev. Hea?? of the Christian church officiating. Mrs. Whipple is survived by the husband, two sisters and a brother ??? of Illinois. She ws a splended good woman and the community will miss her.
Mrs. Whipple was for many years a resident of Union Center township this county and was an aunt of Mrs. Robt. Vanroyan.
MRS. ELIZABETH A. WHITE
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann White, age 87 years, died at Independence at 9 o'clock Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Campbell, at 300 South Fourth St. She had no special illness but had been in decline for some months. Her last days were painless and peaceful and she passed away with no signs of suffering.
The remains were brought to Howard Monday morning for burial by her daughter, Mrs. Campbell, and were laid away in Grace Lawn Cemetery, beside her daughter, Mrs. Wesley Best. The burial service of the Christian Science Church was conducted by Dr. Daniel Myers of Guthrie, Okla.
Grandma White made her home in Howard for several years with her daughter, Mrs. Wesley Best and after her death with another daughter, Mrs. Campbell, and with the latter removed to Independence seven years ago. She was a woman of the kindest and sweetest character and was beloved by all who knew her.
MRS. LIZZIE C. WHITE - Submitted by L. Morgan
Obituary of Lizzie Crain Keifer White
Elk Falls Reflector: Lizzie Crain Keifer was born at Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, on March 6, 1862, and passed out of this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. P. Hill, at Liberty, Missouri, October 25, 1929, age 67 years, 7 months, and 19 days.
The family resided in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, coming to Elk county in 1884. July 17th of that year she was married to Thomas Perry White. To this union were born four children - Nannie Mae, Ida Gertrude, John Marshall and Lofton Elliott.
Marshall's death occurred in 1904. Nannie Patterson passed away in 1919 and Lofton in 1920. Thus three times great sorrow came into the lives of Mr. and Mrs. White. This leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Hill, three grandchildren, Roberta Hill, George and Betty Patterson and her husband to mourn the loss of an affectionate wife, mother and grandmother.
She was loyal to her faith, being a member of the Church of Christ Scientist, yet she was friendly to the church of Elk Falls. She was a very kind hearted woman, and was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
She was a faithful member of Ladenia Chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star, of which she was a Past Worthy Matron. She was also an active member of the Nota Bena club and had been for a number of years. She and her husband were noted for their hospitality and it was a delight to be entertained in their home.
She will be greatly missed in the home, in the Chapter, in the Club and in the community. The funeral services were held in the Methodist church, Sunday, October 27th, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Rev. Oliver Cook of Severy gave the scripture reading and offered prayer and Newton Hill made a brief talk. The male quartette sand three numbers. The impressive Eastern Star ritualistic service was used. Interment was in the family lot in the Elk Falls cemetery.
MRS. DOROTHY J. WHITSETT
Died, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. I. R. Hughes, at Cave Springs, Kansas, Tuesday, June 27, 1905, Mrs. Dorothy Jane Whitsett. The deceased was born in Howard township September 11, 1882, and has always lived in Elk county. She was married to Frank C. Whittsett, of Howard, September 28, 1902. The deceased died in giving birth to a girl baby. The husband and infant survive her. The deceased was a true Christian woman and goes to the reward of the just. The funeral was conducted by Rev. S. D. Anderson and interrment was at Grace Lawn cemetery.
MR. HENRY C. WHITSITT - Submitted by L. Morgan
Henry C. Whitsitt was born on January 30th, 1845, in Jefferson county, indiana. He was married to Mrs. Mary C. Hetriek in 1884, to this union no children were born but they adopted one son, Frank.
Mr. Whitsitt heard the call of his country and enlisted in the 145 Infantry Company F. of Indiana and served one year. He was a member of the F. M. Stanton Post of G. A. R. of this city.
Brother Whitsitt professed faith in Jesus Christ as his saviour seyeral years ago and lived an exemplary Christian until death called him to his heavenly home which occurred on Wednesday April 26th. In his death he leaves one adopted son and two step sons and one step daughter, viz: Frank Whitsitt of this county, Edwin Wilson of River Side Oklahoma; Albert Wilson of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Minnie Hood of Tulsa Oklahoma, with a host of friends and relatives to mourn his death.
The funeral service was conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of the deceased by 0. L. Weir pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, and his body was laid to rest in Grace Lawn cemetery. May the Lord comfort the bereaved.
MR. WILLIAM Q. WICKERSHAM - Submitted by L. Morgan
Died, at the home of Avery Heins, in Liberty township, December 17, 1904, William Q. Wickersham, of catarrhal fever.
Mr. Wickersham and wife had gone to their daughters to stay while her husband went to Kansas City with a car of cattle. Soon after going there he took sick and in a few days passed away.
The deceased was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in the year 1835. He came to Kansas in an early day and served as a volunteer in Company G, 12th Kansas Infantry. In an early day he settled on a farm just north of where Fall River in Greenwood county is now located, and continued to reside there until taken away by death.
May 27th, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Gilbreath. He leaves the wife, two sons, Harry and Wilbur and four daughters, Viola, Josie, Ida and Katie; the two oldest daughters are married. He was in good circumstances and was highly respected by a large circle of acquaintances who sympathize with the family in their bereavement.
Interment was made the 19th in the Charleston cemetery under the auspices of the G.A.R. of which he was a member.
MR. AMOS C. WILEY - Submitted by L. Morgan
Obituary of Amos Comstock Wiley
Amos Comstock Wiley was born at Mt. Morris, Illinois, June 4th, 1861, and departed this life April 4th, 1930, at the age of 68 years and 10 months. He was the son of a Methodist minister and was brought up in that faith. His early childhood and young manhood were spent in Illinois and he finished his education in the Methodist college at Aurora, Illinois.
He was united in marriage to Nancy Anne Delzell, October 18, 1888. They moved to Arkansas City, Kansas where were born their three children: Gertrude Leland (?), who is Mrs. Fred L. Jacobs of Tulsa, Oklahoma; William Amos Wiley of Houston, Texas and Edna Merle, who died at 3 years of age.
Mr. Wiley engaged in business in Arkansas City, Kansas until he moved to Longton, Kansas, March 1929.
Nancy Anne Wiley passed away April 12, 1909.
On September 10, 1916, he was united in marriage with Bernice Mandene
. She, the two children and seven grandchildren survive him.
Funeral services were held in the Elk Falls M. E. church, with music by the male quartette. A brief address by Newton Hill. Quite a number of Longton and Elk Falls friends attended the funeral. There were beautiful floral tributes. Burial in Elk Falls cemetery.
MRS. BETTY L. WILLIAMS
Betty Lee Williams passed away at her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday, December 23, 2001. She was 83 years of age and a former resident of Moline, Kansas. Betty was born on January 3, 1918 at Moline, Kansas to Thomas Lee and Nora A. (Chandler) Walker.
She married Ormand Williams and they farmed near Moline for many years. Betty has been a resident of Albuquerque since 1951. Her husband preceded her in death.
Betty was a former member of St. Mary's Church in Moline and was a past president of St. Mary's Altar Society. She was currently a member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church, the Shamrock Extension Club and the Holy Ghost Senior Center in Albuquerque.
She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Dec and her husband John of Livermore, California; her son, Larry Williams and his wife Meg of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and five grandchildren, Mary, Kate, Jared, Shannon and Mark.
The funeral mass was held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 2001 at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Albuquerque. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 3, 2002 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery south of Moline with Father Edward J. Steinberger officiating.
A memorial has been established with St. Mary's Church of Moline. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements are being made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MRS. RUBY C. WILLICH
HOWARD - Ruby Cecilia Willich, 78 of Howard, a home-maker and retired Beech Aircraft employee, died Dec. 3, 1995, at Via Christi-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zimmerman Funeral Home with interment in Forest Cemetery northwest of Howard. The Rev. Ted Davis will officiate. A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
Born Aug. 13, 1917, at Whitewater, she was the daughter of Andrew Matthew and Effie (Bohanon) Adler. She attended school at Elbing, Kan. On June 14, 1935, she married William Henry Willich at Newton, and they moved to Elk County in 1947.
Willich was employed at Beech Aircraft in Wichita for 30 years before retiring in 1982. She was a member of the Union Center Homemakers and Jolly Janes Club and had been a leader of the Elk River Ramblers 4-H Club.
Survivors include her husband, a son, Arian Willich. and a daughter, Joetta Miller, all of Howard: three sisters, Maenetta Nellans, Peabody, Eveiyn Signer, Severy. and Agnes Behrendt, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; three grandchildren and five grat-grandchildren.
MS ADELINE ELIZABETH WILSON
Adeline Elizabeth Wilson passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2001 at the Elk Manor Nursing Home in Moline, Kansas. She was 89 years of age and a long time resident of Moline. Elizabeth, as she was known, was born on September 15, 1912 on the family farm near Moline, Kansas to Isaac Madison and Margaret "Maggie" (Beishee) Wilson. Her mother died when Elizabeth was thirteen years of age and she faithfully cared for her father until his death.
Elizabeth attended Star School near Moline and graduated from Moline High School. After high school, she began working as a linotype operator for The Moline Advance newspaper. She was later employed as a linotype operator by The Sedan Times-Star in Sedan, Kansas. Several years later, Elizabeth returned to work at the newspaper office in Moline and remained employed there until her retirement. Elizabeth made her home on the farm where she was born until entering the Elk Manor Nursing Home in 1998.
She as a former member of the Rebekah's Lodge in Moline and has been a long time member of the Moline United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women organization.
Elizabeth is survived by several cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 1, 2001 at the Moline United Methodist Church with Rev. Gary Parsons officiating. Wanda Mills was the organist with Joe Ames singing "In The Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross". The casket bearers were Carl Wailer, John Wailer, William Wailer, Richard Wilson, Robert Wilson and Ronnie Wilson. The honorary casket bearers were Jerry Boyer, David Brace, Jim Sweet, Marvin Smith, James Wailer, Robert Washam and Leo Welch. Interment was held at the Moline Cemetery. Memorials have been established with the Moline United Methodist Church and Hospice, Inc. of Wichita. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MRS. MARGARET E. WILSON
Margaret Elsie Wilson passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at the Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City, Kansas. She was 98 years of age. Margaret was born on October 23, 1902 at Cloverdale, Kansas to Ira Franklin and Anna Levina (Mayer) Underwood. She attended school and grew to womanhood in the Grenola, Kansas community.
On April 23, 1924, she married Fay Earl Wilson at Sedan, KS and to this union were born five children. Margaret was a devoted wife and mother and dedicated her life to caring for her family. She made a home for her family in the Grenola, Cambridge and Winfield areas during most of her life. Her husband preceded her in death on June 2, 1958. Two sons, Jimmy, who died in infancy in 1926 and Bill, also preceded her in death. Margaret had been a resident of the Presbyterian Manor in Arkansas City during the past several years.
She was a member of the Grenola Christian Church at Grenola, KS.
She is survived by her son, Harold, Bella Vista, AR, her daughters, Nellie Reeves, Cambridge, KS and Wanda Wartick, Grenola, KS, her sisters, Freda Underwood and Hazel Newton, both of Winfield, KS and Marjorie Finuf, Menasha, WI, eleven grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 10:00 am. Saturday, July 21, 2001, at the Belknap Cemetery in Belknap, KS, with Rev. Wallace Wartick of the Grenola Christian Church officiating. Misty Williams sang Amazing Grace, Kenny Miller sang Beyond the Sunset and Lloyd G. Zimmerman sang Supper Time. The honorary casket bearers were Dan Colon, Chris Downey, Terry Knight, Roger Reeves, Duane Wartick, Dwight Wartick, Mike Wilson and Steven Wilson.
A memorial has been established with the Grenola Christian Church. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard, Kansas.
MR. GILBERT C. WIRTH
Gilbert Charles Wirth passed away Friday, January 26, 1996, at the William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield, Kansas. He was 76 years of age, and a resident of Grenola, Kansas. Gib, as he was known was born December 24, 1919 at Benedict, Nebraska to Fredrick C. and Bessie Rebecca (Hoffmaster) Wirth. He moved to Kansas with his family at an early age and attended Dalton rural school near Wellington. After graduating from Wellington High School in 1940 Gib attended Southwestern College at Winfield, where he received a football scholarship.
In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army and served during World War II. After being discharged from military service, Gib worked as a custom harvester throughout the mid-west, and also farmed seven years in the Dakota states. In the late 1950’s, he worked a brief time at Boeing Aircraft Company and joined the Iron Workers Local Union No. 606 in Wichita. Gib ws employed as an iron worker at various locations, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and numerous missle installations. He retired from the Iron Workers Union and moved to Grenola in 1970 where he became active in farming.
On June 6, 1981 he married M. Helen (Thompson) Welborn at Grenola, Kansas. They made their home in Grenola where Gib remained activing in farming until his dcath. He was a member of the Iron Workers Local Union No. 606 in Wichita, the United Methodist Church, and the Grenola Senior Citizens. Gib was also a former member of the Elk County Farm Bureau board.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; a step-daughter, Renee Wells of Grenola; a step-son, Rocky Welborn of Wichita; a brother, Dean Wirth of Wellington; his sisters, Isabelle Jones and Blanche Willis, both of Wichita, Pauline Foster of Grenola, and Myra Crist of Winfield; six step-grandchildren and six step-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Howard and Gerald, and three sisters, Marjorie Wirth, Frances Massagli, and Mildred Brake.
Funeral services were held Monday, January 29, 1996, at the Moline United Methodist Church in Moline, Kansas, with Rev. Larry Bowyer and Rev. LaDonna Carey officiating. A eulogy was given by Robert Robinson, M.D., and poetry was recited by Richard Miller. Shae Watkins was the organist. The Grenola Men’s Quartet sang “Amazing Grace” and “How Great Thou Art” with Judy Wolfe accompanying on the piano. A recording was played of ‘Could I Have This Dance” sung by Anne Murray. The casket bearers were Gary Carr, Lowell French, K.R. Liebau, Wilbur Shaff, Vern Wirth and Carl Gene Wolfe. The honorary casket bearers were Vie Bland, Robert Robinson, M.D., Ralph Shaw, John Spigarelli, Bo Spoon and Joe Vann. Interment was held in Greenlawn Cemetery at Grenola. Memorials have been established with the Leukemia Society at 6611 E. Central, Suite C, Wichita, KS 67206, or the Grenola Senior Citizens. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MR. JAMES C. WISEMAN
HOWARD - James Cornelius Wiseman passed away on Monday, Aug. 8, 2005, at the Sedan City Hospital in Sedan. He was 87 years of age and a long time resident of rural Howard.
J.C., as he was known, was born on July 23, 1918, at Elgin, Kan., to Cornelius Ray and Roxie Marie (Stroble) Wiseman.
When he was growing up, J.C. worked at various jobs while attending school.
On Feb. 21, 1942, he married Mary Hope Carter at Howard and to this union was born four children: Jane Cornelia, James Cornelius II “Jim”, Joan Colleen and John Carter.
At the age of 24, J.C. worked a brief time at Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita. In Aug. of 1943, he began custom farming, as well as operating his own farm near Howard. J.C. continued farming with his two sons throughout his life and moved to his current home in Howard in 1979. He was preceded in death by his wife on Dec. 30, 1995.
J.C. was a member of the Elk County Livestock Association and the First Baptist Church of Howard.
He is survived by two daughters, Joan Bennett and her husband Robert, Howard, and Jane Shay and her husband, Frank, Fredonia; two sons, Jim and his wife Judy, Howard and John, Howard; his brothers, Louis and Ivan, both of Howard, John, Amarillo, Texas, and Bob, Decatur, Texas; his sisters, Mary Baker, Howard, Lena Belle Tajchman, Omaha, Neb., and Marie Stauffer, Checotah, Okla.; nine grandchildren; and 17 greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; and two brothers, Milo and Kenton.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005, at the First Baptist Church of Howard with Pastor Kim Wilcox and Pastor Robin Haines officiating. Interment was held at Grace Lawn Cemetery in Howard.
Memorials have been established with the Elk County Health Department and the First Baptist Church of Howard. Contributions may be left with the funeral home.
The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MR. PAUL A. WISNER
Paul Anderson Wisner of 835 Mira Vista Drive, Huntsville, AL., died March 12, 1996 at his home. The son of the late Leslie B. and Bertie L. (Anderson) Wisner, was born in Howard, KS., January 21, 1923. He was 73 years old.
Graveside services were March 15, 1996 at Maple Hill Cemetery with the Reverend Mac Buttram officiating. Laughlin Funeral Home was in charge.
He is survived by his loving wife, Lila, of their home, sons Jim and Joe of Orlando, FL. and Mike and Jack of Huntsville, AL., a daughter, Cathy of Minneapolis, MN. and a brother Ken of Solomons, MD. and Key Largo, FL. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren, seven nieces, and a nephew. He was preceded in death by his sister Mary Arlene Wisner Lees in 1986.
Paul was retired from the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL., where he was instrumental in the development, production and deployment of the REDSTONE, JUPITER, PERSHIING, and STINGER missile systems. Later he was employed with various engineering firms in Huntsville, and was retired from them also. During World War II he was with the US Navy Amphibious Forces in the Pacific. He has been a member of Masonic Hope Lodge 155 in Howard, KS. since 1949; American Legion Post 237 of Huntsville, AL.; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 1648 in Huntsville, AL.; and a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Huntsville, AL . He was awarded degrees from the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma.
The family requests contributions be made to charities of their choice.
MRS. ALICE J. WITT
Alice J. McGlasson was born to James and Emmaline McGlasson on September 1, 1875k in Wilson county, Kansas. She passed away on January 25, 1960, at Sedan, Kansas.
She was united in marriage to Charles S. Witt on September 6, 1896, in Missouri. In. 1903 they moved to a farm near Cloverdale, Kansas. The family came to Howard, Kansas, in 1927 to make their permanent home. Because of ill health, she had lived in Sedan, Kansas for the past two years. She was a member of the Christian church of Howard.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters and one grandson. Surviving relatives are two sons, G. D. Witt, Pueblo, Colorado, and G. E. Witt, Iola, Kansas; two brothers, Earl McGlasson, Howard, Kansas, and Everett McGlasson, Cassville, Missouri; one sister, Exia Riddle, Pierce City, Missouri; five grandchildren: five great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, January 28, at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of the Moon Funeral Home in Howard, with the Rev. Robert Schultz of the Christian church of Moline, Kansas, officiating. Soloist was Mrs. Louise Morgan, accompanied by Margaret Cummins. Concluding services were at Grace Lawn cetnetery, Howard, Kansas.
MR. CARL GENE WOLFE
Carl Gene Wolfe died on Friday, November 17, 2000 of injuries from a horse accident southwest of Moline, Kansas. He was 72 years of age and a long time resident of Grenola. Carl Gene, as he was known, was born on August 25, 1928 on a farm in the Caneyville Township of Chautauqua County, south of Grenola, Kansas to Ray and Fern Adcline (Wolfe) Bagsley
Carl Gene attended school in the Grenola area and became a farmer at an early age. On January 13, 1954 he entered the United States Army and served in Korea until his discharge on November 22, 1955.
On July 15, 1960, he married Beverly Faye (Jordan) Hawley at Grenola, Kansas and they made their home in the Grenola community. Carl Gene was a devoted husband and a loving father and grandfather. He was a lifetime farmer and rancher in the Grenola area. Carl Gene was employed for many years at Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita and Shore & Sons Construction Company of Burden, Kansas. After retiring from Boeing, Carl Gene continued operating his farm and working cattle.
He was a member of the Grenola Senior Center, the Grenola Historical Society, Ferguson-Spease American Legion Post #388 at Moline and the K & 0 Steam and Gas Engine Association at Winfield. Carl Gene was a member of the Grenola United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly; his sons, Elmer and his wife Dorothy; John and his wife Kelly; and Eugene all of Grenola; his halfbrothers, Wayne Scobee of Barstow, California, Wilbur Scobee of Wellington and Walter Scobee of Carthage, Missouri and 5 grandchildren, Jason Wolfe and his wife Rachel Jennifer Wolfe, Jamie Wolfe, Valarie Chambers and Belinda Chambers.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 21, 2000, at the Grenola United Methodist Church with Rev. Don Foster officiating. Wanda Mills was the organist with Dale Steward singing “Just a Closer Walk With Thee" and “The Old Rugged Cross”. The casket bearers were Jim Futhey, Dean Keplinger, Delbert Lampson, Kenny Liebau, Henry Voigtlander and Howard Voigtlander. The honorary casket bearers were Floyd Sweet and Jim Sweet. Ferguson-Spease American Legion Post #388 conducted military graveside services at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola. Memorials have been established with the Grenola United Methodist Church and Ferguson-Spease American Legion Post #388 of Moline. Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MR. ELMER L. WONSER
Elmer Lee Wonser passed away Monday, March 20, 1995 at the William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield. He was 55 years of age. Lee, as he was known to his friends, was born on April 30, 1939 at Grenola and adopted by Irvie Ray and Eva Adelia (Stiles) Wonser. He attended school in Grenola and graduated from Grenola High School.
Lee worked at Cessna Aircraft Company for many years. He was later employed by Boeing Aircraft Company where he remained until his retirement in May of 1994. In addition to living many years in Grenola, Lee was also a long time resident of Moline and lived in Moline at the time of his death.
Lee is survived by his three daughters, Sherry Stone of Cedar Vale, Karen Moser of Arkansas City and Carol Kill of Grenola; two brothers, Carl Stiles of Corbin and Robert Dean Stiles of Denver, CO.; one sister Viola Grace Knight of Osage City, and seven grandchildren, Amanda, Adam, Zach, Tyler, Josh, Anna and Tiffany. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 1995 at the Grenola Christian Church with Rev. Wallace Wartick officiating. Judy Wolfe was the organist with Shana Boyd singing “How Great Thou Art,” and ‘The Old Rugged Cross.” The casket bearers were Earl Kelly, Buck Liebau, Kenny Liebau, John Mann, Gene Williams and Carl Gene Wolfe. Memorials have been established with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association.
Contributions may be left with the funeral home. The funeral arrangements were made with the Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
MRS. ELSIE M. WOLFE
CEDAR VALE Elsie Mae (Sinclair) Wolfe, 85, of Cedar Vale, died July 9, 1995, at the Cedar Vale Hospital. Gravcside serviccs will he 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Grcnola. The Rev. Stanley Upchurch will officiate.
A memorial has been established with the Cedar Vale Community Hospital Long—Term Care. Wheeler Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Wolfe ws horn Jan 8. 1910, the daughter of Jasper Edward and Louetta (Jellison) Sinclair. Born in Cloverdale, she attended school there.
Wolfe married Elvis Wolfe in Sedan Oct. 31, 1929. He died April 24, l984.
Survivors include a son, Dale Lee Wolfe of Chautauqua, a daughter. Betty Lou Young of Cedar Vale, a brother, Glen Sinclair of Cedar Vale, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
MRS. LOIS P. WOOD
WINFIELD, Kan. - Lois Pauline Wood, 84, of Winfield, Kan. passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Winfield Rest Haven.
Born on May 19, 1919 in Grenola, Kan., she was the daughter of Henry Lawton and Lois May (Crozzier) Wood. She attended Hardpan and Spring Creek schools in Grenola and graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1939.
She was united in marriage to Charles Norlan Wood, Sr. on June 12, 1941 in the Sedan Kansas Courthouse. The couple later divorced. From 1958-1972, she was employed at various cafes in and around Cedar Vale. She later worked at the Hays Hospital and ran the Cedar Vale Dairy Bar.
In 1972, she moved to Winfield, Kan. and went to work for the Highland Manor Nursing Home and for Patty Bear Shoe Factory. In 1973, she began employment at the William Newton Memorial Hospital, where she worked in central supply. She retired in June of 1984. She then moved to Caney, Kan. to take care of her mother until she passed away. Lois Pauline moved back to Winfield in April of 1985, where she resided at Walnut Towers at the time of her death.
She was a member of the Cedar Vale Baptist Church and was a volunteer for the William Newton Hospital Auxiliary. Her hobbies included crocheting of all kinds.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, D. Ray and Sandy Wood, Copan, Okla., daughters and son-in-laws, May and Melvin Bever, Winfield, Kan. and Kay and Thayne Oltjen, Haysville, Kan., brothers, Wayne Wood and Lynn Wood, both of Coffeyville, Kan., sisters, Minerva Bever and Elaine Wert, both of McPherson, Kan., six grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and her special friend, Don Coe, Sr, Cedar vale, Kan.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Charles Norlan “Buck” Wood, Jr., brothers, Wilbur and Delbert, grandson, Randall Bever and great grandson, Johnathan Andrew Alvarez.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Grenola, Kan.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial in Mrs. Wood’s name has been established for the Winfield Isle of Lights. Contributions may be made through the Miles Funeral Service, Box 720, Winfield, KS 67156.
MRS. GLADYS O. WOODS - Submitted by Louise Havens
Gladys Olive Woods, 81, of Howard, died July 21, 1991, at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, KS. Born Dec. 8, 1909, near Howard, she was the daughter of Homer J. and Rozella (Poole) Armstrong. She attended rural Elk County schools and graduated from eighth grade at Pleasant Hill School northwest of Howard.
On Jan. 27, 1934, she married Harmon Harold "Bill" Woods at Howard. The couple farmed north of Howard until moving to a farm in the Longton area in 1946. Two years after her husband's death in 1963, she moved to Howard. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Carter-Rater Post 149 at Howard, Longton Chapter No. 282, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Longton United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Kim, of Wauipai, Hawaii; a brother Ralph H. Armstrong, of Derby; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard, with interment in Grace Lawn Cemetery. The Rev. Harriett Bechtle, Longton United Methodist Church, will officiate, Helen Vinette will be the organist and Louise Morgan will be the vocalist. Casket Bearers: Richard Fish, Harold Friend, Melvin Friend, John Havens, Ruel Penhorwood and Robert Woods.
MISS WILMA J. WOODS
Wilma Joyce Woods died at the Regency Health Care Center, Eureka on Monday, January 14, 1991 at the age of 65. She was born on December 28, 1925 at Grenola, Kansas the daughter of James S. and Frances Elizabeth Atwood Woods. At the age of 2, her family moved to the West Plains, Missouri area where she was raised and graduated from the West Plains High School. She then returned to Kansas and attended Nursing School at St. Mary’s in Winfield and upon completion of her studies was a Registered Nurse. Joyce was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Eureka.
Survivors include two sisters; Mrs. Frank (Alice) Knight of Elk Falls and Mrs. George (Irene) Morgan of Eureka. Two sister-inlaws; Jeanette Woods of Severy and Gleneva Woods of Sedan along with several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, 5 brothers and 5 sisters.
A recitation of the Rosary was said at 9:00 A.M., both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Reverend Michael Peltzer was officiant. Interment was in the Elk Falls Cemetery. Campbell-Kelly Funeral Home, Eureka was in charge of arrangements.
MR. OLIVER H. WORLEY - Submitted by L. Morgan
DEATH OF HON. O. H. WORLEY
Civil War Soldier and Ex-Member of the Legislature - Many Years A Longton Banker.
Longton News: Oliver H. Worley, who was stricken with paralysis Tuesday of last week, passed away at his home in this city early Monday morning, never having regained consciousness.
Oliver H. Worley was born in Aurora, Indiana, July 22, 1843, and passing away at his home in Longton June 25, 1928, aged 84 years, 11 months, and 3 days.
When but a youth Mr. Worley entered the service of his country, enlisting September 5, 1861, as a private in Company A, 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. He saw active service and after the close of the war, returned home.
In 1886 he came West and engaged in the cattle business for about eight years. Retiring he engaged in the mercantile business, and following that followed farming for several years. About 35 years ago he moved to Longton and took charge of the bank, then a private institution, which was later through his efforts made a state bank, he, owning a major part of the stock. After several years he assisted in organizing the Home National Bank in which he was one of the largest stock holders and president until his retirement in 1918.
His business successes gave him a wide acquaintancee and he in 1910 was elected to legislature. In 1912 he declined to run but in 1914 was again elected to the coming legislature.
Mr. Worley was married in Independence, Kansas, November 25, 1880 to Celia Sewell, who died October 11, 1886, leaving a daughter, Ethel, now Mrs. John Kaff of Atchison. A son, Raymond, died in 1882 at the age of one year. In June 1888 he was married to Lucy A. Motzenbocker. To the marriage was born one daughter, Enda, who is now Mrs. Hal E. Marshall of Wichita.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters, 4 grandchildren, an only sister, Mrs. Mary B. Carter, of Joplin, Mo., and other more distant relatives. Mr. Worly at the time of his death was a member of the Methodist church at Longton, a member of the Masonic lodge.
Funeral services were held at the family home Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Frank L. Page of the Methodist church officiating.
After the services the remains were taken to Independence by automobile where interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery.
The family having the sympathy of a large circle of friends.
MRS. ETHEL WRIGHT
Ethel Wray, a life-long resident of Kansas, was born at Elk City on March 8, 1887, and passed away at Eureka on January 21, 1981, at the age of 93 years, ten months, àhd 13 days. She was the 9th of 12 children born to William and Annette Clark Wray, nine of which reached adulthood.
Ethel gave her heart to God at an early age and spent the remainder of her life as an active member of the Methodist Church.
Ethel Wray and Wilbur G. Wright were united in marriage at Elk City, Kansas, where she was teaching school, on February 24, 1915. To this union were born two children, Emave Armstrong of La Habra, California, and Ward Wright of Dallas, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright moved to Howard, Kansas in 1922 where they operated their dry cleaning plant until Mr. Wright’s death in 1950.
In addition to her work in the Methodist Church, Mrs. Wright was a charter member of the Howard Mothers’ Club, active in the Order of the Eastern Star and American Legion Auxiliary, along with numerous community activities.
Mrs. Wright leaves to mourn her death, her two children; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Spears of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Ruby Phelps of Seattle, Washington; a grandson, Arthur Mason Hough of Pomona, California, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 24, 1901 in the Howard United Methodist Church with Rev., Paul Lynn officiating. Eastern Star memorial services were conducted by Columbia Chapter No. 142 O.E.S. of Howard, Kansas. The music was provided by Carmalita Beaty who sang “In The Garden” and “How Great Thou Art” with Mrs. Robin Smith as the organist. The casket bearers were Eugene Cookson, Lindsay Darrah, Roy Miller, Lyman Snodderley, Herbert Spurrier, and Uoyd Zimmerman. The interment and graveside services were held at 3:30 p.m. in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Elk City, Kansas.
A memorial has been established in her name with the Howard United Methodist Church. The services were directed by the Zimmerman Funeral Home.
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