Butler County, Kansas
Hart, Louia Ann, 87, homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 17, 1994. Service 11 a.m Friday, Beaumont East Cemetery.
Survivors: niece, Patricia Squire of Beaumont; sister, Dorothy Flower of Winfield. Memorial has been established
with Beaumont Christian Church. Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home, Eureka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Jan 1994)
HEITZENRATER, WILLIAM E. "BILL", SR.
William E. "Bill" Heitzenrater, Sr., 67, of Beaumont, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1994, at Susan
B. Allen Hospital. Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Beaumont Christian Church. Burial will bein the Beaumont
Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 1, 1927, in Akron, Ohio, the son of Paul R;. and Virginia Givens Heitzenrater, and had lived in
Beaumont since 1948. He was manager/operator of the Straw Service Station in Beaumont and a member of the Leon
Christian Church.
On April 13, 1948, he and Billie Jean Straw were married in Wichita.
Survivors include: wife, Billie Jean; sons, William, Jr., of Towanda, Robert of Ponca City; daughters, Susan McCollum
of Lawrence, Karen Bryant of Tulelake, Calif., Debra Davidson of Winfield; brother, Jim, sister, Bett Roulette,
both of Lakeland, Fla.; seven grandchildren.
Memorials are to the Beaumont Christian Church. Carlson Funeral Home has the arrangements.
(El Dorado Times ~ 8 Dec 1994)
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Services for William E. "Bill"
Heitzenrater, Sr., 67, of Beaumont,
were held Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Beaumont Christian Church. Rev. Pat Stafford officated at the services. Burial
followed in the Beaumont Cemetery. mr. Heitzenrater died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1994. Kathryn Aldrich, at the piano,
played the prelude and the postlude. Lanea Lewis sang "Amazing Grace" and "Abide With Me".
Casket bearers were Harry Lewis, Larry Franks, Pete Ferrell, Jim Squire, Ken Salisbury and Keith Moore.
He was survived by his wife, Billy Jean (Straw) Heitzenrater; sons, William E., Jr., of Towanda, Robert of Ponca
City, Okla.; daughters, Susan McCallum of Lawrence, Karen Bryant of Tulelake, Calif., Debra Davidson of Winfield;
brother, Jim Heitzenrater of Lakeland, Fla.; sister, Betty Roulette of Lakeland, Fla.; father-in-law, Chester A.
Straw of Beaumont; seven grandchildren.
Memorials in his memory for the Beaumont Christian Church may be left at Carlson Funeral Home.
(El Dorado Times ~ 12 Dec 1994)
Orville J. Hobkirk, 72, retired gardener, died Friday, Feb. 23, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Beaumont (Kan.)
Cemetery.
Survivors: brothers, Philip of Wichita, Ray of Rose Hill; sister, Lois Clark of Wichita. Memorial has been established
with the Rose Hill Nursing Home. Dunsford Funeral
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Feb 1990)
Hobkirk, Ray W., 82, retired construction worker, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1993. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Dunsford
Funeral Home, Augusta.
Survivors: sister, Lois Clark of Augusta; nephews, Richard Hobkirk of Wichita, Phillip Hobkirk of Pea Ridge, Ark.,
Alvin Clark, Eldon Clark, Lyle Clark, all of Augusta; nieces, Lorella Magard, Treva Ballinger, both of Augusta.
Memorial has been established with Heritage Village.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Jan 1993)
Jones, Inez E., 89, homemaker, died Monday, Sept. 6, 1993. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Beaumont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Ellsworth of Dickinson, Texas; daughters, Jan -Van Huss of Wichita, Hazel Hodges of San Antonio;
16 grandchildren; 31 great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Parents of Murdered Children-Wichita
Chapter. Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Sept 1993)
Mailen, Imogene L., 71, homemaker, died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: daughter, Vickey Reed of El Dorado; brothers, Jim Abercrombie of Buffalo, Mo., Phillip Abercrombie of
Hollister, Mo., Elmer Abercrombie, Jr. of Warrenton, Mo.; sisters, Anne Robinson of El Dorado, Ruth Patty of Albert
Lea, Minn., Janice England of Noel, Mo.; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with First Baptist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Oct 1997)
Ralph S. Mailen, 82, self-employed heavy-equipment operator, died Wednesday, May 3, 1989. Service 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: wife, Imogene; daughter, Judy Ades, stepdaughter, Vicky Reed, both of El Dorado; sister, Edith Suffield
of Marion; six grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 May 1989)
McClure, Audrey M., 84, former Fall River city clerk, died Friday, Feb. 28, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Beaumont
Cemetery.
Survivors: sisters, Estelle Wells, Virginia Nelson, both of Fredonia, Margaret Rodriquez of Beaumont, Barbara Bird
of Oklahoma City. Memorial has been established with First Christian Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 March 1997)
McElroy, Robert C. "Bud," 71, disabled veteran, died Monday, Aug. 19, 1996. Service
2 p.m. Thursday, Beaumont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: brothers, Henry of Beaumont, LeRoy of Rogers, Ark.; sisters, Gretchen of Wichita, Emma Carter of Newton,
Helen Calvin of Latham. Memorial has been established with the Save the Water Tower Fund, c/o Margaret Rodriguez,
Box 116, Beaumont, Kan. 67012. Hillside Funeral Home of Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 August 1996)
Rice, Jayne Ann, 43, homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994. Service 11 a.m. today, Beaumont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, Sam; son, Christopher of the home; stepdaughter, Julie Mahoney, parents, James and Janice Van
Huss, all of Wichita; brother, J.R. Van Huss of Sierra Vista, Ariz.; sisters, Karen Goodman of Lawrence, Debra
McDowell of Centerville, Iowa, Stacy Cargile of Kechi. Memorial has been established with Wichita Chapter of Parents
of Murdered Children. Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 Sept 1994)
Rice, Lesley E., 13, student, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994. Service 11 a.m. today, Beaumont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: father, Sam; brother, Christopher of the home; half sister, Julie Mahoney, grandparents, James and Janice
Van Huss, all of Wichita. Memorial has been established with Wichita Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children. Dunsford
Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 Sept 1994)
Shutts, Curtis Leon "Bud," 79, retired professional cowboy and rancher, died Monday,
May 3, 1993. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Beaumont Christian Church.
Survivors: daughter, Phyllis
Titsworth of Augusta; brother, Byron of Pratt; sisters, Addie Hogard of Pratt, Lena Quimby of Lamar, Colo.; five
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Butler County Community College Rodeo
Scholarship Fund, El Dorado. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 May 1993)
Geraldine Pope Spivey, 82, of El Dorado, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1994. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Kirby-Morris
Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Beaumont Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 6, 1911, in Wheeling, W.Va., the daughter of Sylvester and Sylvania Shuman, and lived in El Dorado
since 1915. She was married to Theodore Pope. He preceded her in death. On Aug. 16, 1975, she and Robert J. Spivey
were married. He died in 1993. She was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of God Church in Leon.
Survivors include: daughters, Corrine Hardisty of Augusta, Carol Prewitt of Ponca City, Okla.; sisters, Lucille
Pope of Amarillo, Evelyn Lenzi of Vallejo, Calif.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; stepsons, Jack, Willie,
Max, Larry, all of El Dorado; steapdaughters, Roberta Moomey of El Dorado, Marian Kasper of Dallas; 12 step-grandchildren.
(El Dorado Times ~ 24 Feb 1994)
Betty L. (McElroy) Stevenson, 63, homemaker, died Saturday, July 20, 1991. Service 1 p.m.
Monday, Countryside Christian Church.
Survivors: husband, Leonard; daughter, Judy Cathrine of Joplin, Mo.; brothers, Robert Charles McElroy of Wichita,
Henry Jacob McElroy of Beaumont, Le Roy Keith McElroy of Rogers, Ark.; sisters, Gretchen Marie McElroy of Wichita,
Emma Rose Carter of Newton, Helen Mae Calvin of Latham. Memorial has been established with Countryside Christian
Church, Wichita. Senter-Smith Mortuary. Peabody
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 July 1991)
MULVANE - Stevenson, Leonard Frank,
age 79, retired Boeing Company engineer , died Friday, January 5, 2007. Visitation 1-8 pm Sunday with family receiving
friends from 3-4 pm, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Road, Derby. Service 11 am Monday, Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Graveside 2 pm, Beaumont, KS Cemetery. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Betty and a stepdaughter, Gwen
Ronnfeldt.
Survivors: wife, Arlene; daughters, Lynda Rathenberger, Alexandria, VA and Judy Stevenson, Joplin, MO; stepson,
Michael Ronnfeldt, Derby; stepdaughters, Kim Ginger, Mulvane and Brenda (Roger) Jenkins, Aurora, MO; six step-gra
ndchildren. A memorial has been established with Holy Cross Lutheran School Scholarship Fund, 600 N. Greenwich
Rd., Wichita, KS 67206. View tributes at smithfamilymortuaries.com. Smith Mortuary, Derby in charge of arrangements.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/7/2007.
Joan A. Straughn, 58, formerly of Newton, died Monday, Oct. 15, 1990. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, W.L. Frye
& Son Funeral Home, 3:30 p.m. Beaumont Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Steven L. of Papillion, Neb., Dennis R., James H., both of Wichita, Neal E. at home, Michael A.
of Lenexa; mother, Adeline Maize of Covina, Calif.; brothers, William J. Maize of Mt. Herman, Calif., Wilbur Maize
of El Monte, Calif.; sisters, Floreine Shearer of Covina, Carol Braun of Springerville, Ariz.; six grandchildren;
one great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with Overland Park Church of Christ Benevolent Ministries,
10300 Antioch, Overland Park, Kan. 66212. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 oct 1990)
Lowell Howard Straughn, 50, Frisco-Burlington Northern Railroad accounts representative,
died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1987. Services 10 a.m. today, Overland Park (Kan.) Church of Christ, 2 p.m., Beaumont (Kan.)
Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Joan; sons, Steven of Papillion, Neb., Dennis, James, both of Wichita, Neal, Michael, both at
home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Straughn of Kansas City, Kan.; brothers, Harold of Brightwaters, N.Y., Keith
of Little Rock, Ark.; sisters, Marilyn Waller of Montrose, Colo., Janet Mills of Mission; six grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the International Gospel Hour. W.L. Frye & Son Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Oct 1987)
Straw, Chester Allen, 85, Straw Service Station owner, died Wednesday, May 13, 1998. Service 2:30 p.m. Monday,
Beaumont Christian Church.
Survivors: daughter, Billie Jean Heitzenrater of Beaumont; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
Beaumont Christian Church. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 May 1998)
ROBERT WAYNE VAN HUSS, 22, of 737 Nevada, truck driver, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 1986, in an accidental shooting.
Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Beaumont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: parents, James and Janice of Wichita; brother, James R. II of Copperas Cove, Texas; sisters, Jayne A.
Rice of North Platte, Neb., Karen S. of Los Angeles, Debra L. McDowell of New London, Conn., Stacey L. of Wichita.
Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 Sept 1986)
Van Huss, Beulah M., 94, retired schoolteacher and Beaumont postmaster, died Saturday, May 2, 1992. Services
2 p.m. Tuesday, Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta, 3:30 p.m. Beaumont Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Robert, James, both of Wichita; sister, Wilda Davis of Leon; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 May 1992)
YOUNG,
WILLIAM HARLEY
Young, William Harley, 93, retired Santa Fe Railway mechanic, died Sunday, April
18, 1993. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Beaumont Christian Church.
Survivors: one nephew; seven nieces. Carlson Funeral home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 April 1993)
John Fry, 45, Dies Sunday While Hunting
Funeral service were held Wednesday afternoon at the Kirby funeral Home Chapel for John Lewis Fry,
45, El dorado route one. He died Sunday while deer hunting northeast of his home in Fairview township. Born August
28, 1931 at Oil Hill, Mr. Fry was a lifetime resident of the El Dorado area. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Elzie
Lewis Fry (Beulah Dunlap). He married Pat Ratcliff in El Dorado on June 24, 1951. She survives.
He was a member of the Fairview Baptist church and a veteran of the Korean War. He was self employed.
Rev Joe Chapman, pastor of the Fairview Baptist church, officiated at the services, Burial was in the Fairview Towship cemetery. Mrs Dorothy Sommers and Mrs Wilma Sommers sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Amazing Grace" accompained by organist Mrs H W Bullerdiek. Casket bearers where Don Squires, Don Robinson, George Kinney, David Kimball, Harold Mosier and Darrell Shriver. Honorary beares were Bud Johson, Hugh White, Ed Wildon, Gairl Smith, Harold Swigart, Robert Carson, John Hogobomm, Bill White and Jim Smith.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three
daughters, Mrs Jeanie Gomez, 920 Cherokee, Mrs Brenda Haines, Olathe, and Jonna Fry, of the home; four sisters,
Mrs Louise Green, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Marie Neer, ElDorado route four, Mrs Betty Mitchell, Haysville, and Mrs.
Berniece Glazier, Wichita; and two grandchildren. His parents and two brothers, Arthur and Bill, preceded him
in death.
(El Dorado Times ~ 29 Oct 1976)
Baker, Glen D., 91, retired oil field pumper, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994. Service 3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: foster-daughter, Pat Mitchell of El Dorado; three foster- grandchildren; nine foster-great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Nov 1994)
Tallman, Glenn E., 55, cowboy, died Friday, Dec. 1, 1995, Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fairview Cemetery. Survivors:
parents, Charles and Violet of Eureka; son, Wesley of El Dorado; brother, Roger of Whitewater; sisters, Velma-Cain
of Potwin, Thelma Edris of Whitewater; two grandchildren. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Dec 1995)
Thompson, Leopoldine A., "Polly," 72, homemaker, died Monday, Feb. 16,
1998. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Fairview Cemetery, rural Potwin.
Survivors: husband, Sam; sister, Friede Abler of Munich, Germany. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Feb 1998)
Thompson, Samuel E., 85, retired self- employed carpenter, died Sunday Nov. 7, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Thursday,
Fairview Cemetery.
Survivors: nephews, Fritz Abler, Karl Abler both of Munich, Germany; nieces, Elizabeth Moedinger, Helema Weinelt
both of Munich, Germany. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Nov 1999)
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