Henry P. Barnes, of Oil hill, a resident of this community nearly all his life, died late yesterday afternoon at the Veterans' Hospital at Wichita. He was 45 years old.
Mr. Barnes was an oil field worker for the Empire Oil & Refining Company but had not been employed by that company since 1918. The Oil Hill man was taken to the veterans' hospital the day after Thanksgiving and had been confined there since.
He was born at Goff on June 16, 1889. Mr. Barnes was a World War veteran and was formerly a member of the Odd Fellows lodge.
He is survived by a brother, M. C. Barnes, of Oil Hill, and two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Liggett, of Rosalia, and Mrs. A. J. Clime, of Protection.
Funeral services will be held at the Byrd Funeral Home tomorrow afternoon, at 2:30, with Rev. R. M. Truesdale, pastor of the Presbyterian Church and chaplain of the Capt. Edgar dale Post of the American Legion, officiating. Interment will be made in Blankinship Cemetery where members of the local Legion post will have charge of the services. (El Dorado Times, 1934)
News has been received here of the death of E. E. Bates, aged 73 years, a former resident of the Rosalia Community, at Ponca City, Okla., on January 19. he met death when the automobile he was driving and a freight train collided.
Mr. Bates left Rosalia about thirty years ago. He was engaged in the grocery business at that place for some time and was a section foreman. He had resided at Ponca City for about twenty years, where he was engaged in the real estate business. He is survived by his widow and a son, Frank, who lives at Yuma, Ariz. (El Dorado Times, September 21, 1998)
C. H. Beckett, 521 West Fourth Avenue and grand master of the I. O. O. F. of Kansas, died suddenly of a heart attack at Topeka shortly before noon today where he was attending an executive meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. He was 63 years old.
News of the well known El Doradoan's death was received by Frank Bankey, 603 South Atchison Street, a few minutes after noon with the request that Mr. Bankey go at once to Topeka. He complied immediately and will accompany Mr. Beckett's body home, as will Mrs. Beckett, who made the trip to Topeka with her husband.
A further check revealed that the El Doradoan was stricken in the office of Will J. Russell, grand secretary, and that he died within a few minutes without regaining consciousness.
Mr. and Mrs. Beckett had gone to Topeka last evening and planned to remain all day. The El Doradoan worked yesterday at the postoffice, where he was employed as distributing clerk, and had given no indication of not feeling well. He had been employed at the local postoffice for over 20 years.
Mr. Beckett was elected grand master of the I. O. O. F. at the recent state convention here - a goal which had been his life long dream. Friends here could not recall that he had suffered any previous heart attacks and it is believed that the work he did during the conclave had put him under a strain which may have been partly responsible for his death.
Mr. Beckett came to El Dorado about 1915 and had formed a large number of friendships during his residence here. He was popular and highly respected and his death comes as a shock and a source of grief to scores. During all the years of his residence here, Mr. Beckett was a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and had been one of its most earnest and active workers.
Before coming to El Dorado, Mr. Beckett had resided at Reece where he was employed by the Missouri Pacific railway Company. Whether he was born at Reece had not been definitely ascertained this afternoon but he was reared there and it is known that he spent practically all his life in this section of Kansas. He was born March 17, 1874, and was married to Miss Florence Cook.
In addition to his widow, the El Doradoan is survived by two sons, Clyde Beckett, of Chicago, and Claude Beckett, of Tulsa, Okla. A brother-in-law, F. A. Cook, resides in El Dorado.
The Byrd Funeral Home was notified shortly after noon of Mr. Beckett's death and the body was to be brought to El Dorado late today. Funeral arrangements probably will be announced tomorrow. (El Dorado Times, 1937)
Mrs. Florence Beckett, 82, of El Dorado, died Thursday in an El Dorado convalescent home.
Born May 11, 1875, in Rosalia Township, she was a life long resident of Butler County. She was a member of the First Christian Church of El Dorado. Rebekah Lodge and Andrina Chapter of the Eastern Star, all of El Dorado.
She was married to Charles H. Beckett on March 27, 1893, in Rosalia. He preceded her in death Nov. 6, 1937.
She is survived by two sons, Clyde of Danville, Calif., and Claude of Tulsa; a brother, Charles M. Cook, 1001 Perry; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Dietz-Pittman Funeral Home, El Dorado is in charge of services. (El Dorado Times, July 18, 1957)
Warder Elmer Bell, son of John Willis and Emma Bell was born May 16, 1883 at Paola, Kans., and departed this life at his home in Eureka, Kansas, on August 28, 1948 at the age of 65 years, three months and ten days. Although he had been in failing health for some time, death came unexpectedly. He spent a busy afternoon in his yard and then shortly after retiring for the night, death came.
On August 22, 1904, he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine McHone, and to this union four children were born, all of whom survive. After marriage he was engaged in farming until 1925 when he began work in the oil field. He was employed by the Phillips Petroleum company for a number of years. On account of his failing health he was retired on April 1, 1947. He made many friends in this and other communities by his devotion to his work and his friendly spirit. He had been a believer in Christ for many years, and a few months ago he made his confession of faith and was obedient in Christian baptism. His sincere faith and loving devotion to Christ was a source of much joy and peace in his life. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Eureka, and a member of the I.O.O.F. Brotherhood. He was a devoted and loving father, a true friend and a trusted companion throughout the years. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and three brothers.
He leaves to mourn his passing his devoted wife, Mrs. Josephine Bell of the home; three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Skinner, Hutchinson, Mrs. W. T. Blankenship, Eureka, and Mrs. James Berno, Topeka, and one son, Elmer Bell, Sterling, Kan. There are also five brothers, one sister, eight grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends who sorrow in his passing.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Aug. 29, at 3 p.m. by Carl Packard at the Byrd Funeral Home. Burial was in Blankenship cemetery in Rosalia. (El Dorado Times, 1948)
Mrs. Alma Rose Blankinship, 63, of El Dorado, died Saturday in a local hospital. She had been in ill health the past three months.
Mrs. Blankinship, a lifelong resident of Butler county, was born on November 23,1880 in Rosalia. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Piper.
She is survived by her husband, Charles, a son, Stanley Blankinship, El Dorado, a daughter, Mrs. Al Skalsky, 809 South Lorraine, three brothers, J. W. and L. Piper, of Rosalia, and Charles Piper of El Dorado, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Brickley, El Dorado, and Mrs. T. E. Scott, of Wichita, three grandchildren, Skippy and Sally Skalsky, of Wichita, and Jeannie Blankinship, of El Dorado.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Byrd Funeral Home of El Dorado. (El Dorado Times, July 8, 1944)
LeRoy A. Blankinship was born at Rosalia on March 12, 1878, and died in a Wichita hospital on November 16 at the age of 55 years. Funeral services were held at his home in Rosalia Township Saturday.
Mr. Blankinship was married to Miss Carrie Piper of Rosalia, in 1899 and later was married to Miss Mildred Binter who survives him. The Rosalia man had been a successful farmer and stockman and at the time of his death was associated with his brothers in the Blankinship Oil company at Wichita.
He is survived by his widow and three brothers, Martin A. and C. A. Blankinship , of Augusta, and A. Z. Blankinship of Little Rock, Ark. Two other brothers and a sister preceded him in death and a son by his first marriage died at the age of six years. Mr. Blankinship was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America at El Dorado. (El Dorado Times, 1933)
M. A. Blankinship, aged 64 years, long time resident of Butler and Sedgwick counties and active as an oil operator in Southern Kansas fields until two years ago, died this week at Mesa, Ariz. He was president of the Blankinship Oil Company while active in business.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Russell, Rosalia, and Zara, McAllen, Texas., two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Nordmeyer, Mercedes, Tex., and Mrs. Louise Nordman, McAllen and two brothers, C. A., Wichita and A. Z., Little Rock, Ark.
The body will be brought to El Dorado where the Byrd Funeral home will be in charge. Funeral services will be announced later. (El Dorado Times, 1937)
Stanley, Blankinship, 52, 212 North Vine, died here last night following a short illness.
He was born April 10, 1900, at Rosalia, which was also the birthplace of his parents. Mr. Blankinship lived there until 1917, when he moved to El Dorado. In 1929 he moved to Wichita and lived there until 1943, when returned to El Dorado.
He was married to Mildred Frogge on May 10, 1942, at Blackwell, Okla.
Mr. Blankinship was a member of the Rosalia Methodist Church and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. At the time of his death he was operating Blankinship's Retail Liquor store.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Jeannie, 9 and LaBeth 6, and his father, Charles Blankinship all of the home.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Byrd Funeral Home. Burial will be in Blankenship Cemetery at Rosalia. (El Dorado Times, 1952)
Mrs. Z. T. Blankinship, pioneer resident of Butler County, was found dead yesterday afternoon at her home three and a half miles south of Rosalia. She was 70 years old.
Death came to Mrs. Blankinship when she was alone in the house and apparently resulted from a heart attack.
The Rosalia woman was found by Guy Brickley of Rosalia, a son-in-law, when he stopped at the house shortly before 1 o'clock. The body was in an upright position on the day bed in the living room with the back resting against the wall. A broom was in one hand, indicating that Mrs. Blankinship had been doing her housework when she was stricken.
Dr. A. J. Cloyes, county coroner, was called and he said death undoubtedly was the result of a heart attack. Relatives assert that Mrs. Blankinship had been in ill health for several years, but that she had felt better recently.
A grandson, Bruce Moore, had left the house at 8:30 for the Rosalia High school, where he is a student, and Mrs. Blankinship's death is thought to have occurred about two hours later.
The Rosalia woman came to Butler County with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Cook, when she was but six years old and located on a farm within half a mile of where she died. She was born at Willaimsport, Ind., December 17, 1867, and was married at Rosalia. Mr. Blankinship died April 7, 1929.
The Butler County pioneer was a member of the Royal Neighbors lodge at El Dorado and formerly belonged to Rebekahs.
Surviving are: four sons, Will C. Blankinship, of El Dorado; jack Blankinship, of Vrick City, Calif.; Ray Blankinship of Rosalia, and Marvin T. Blankinship, of Hamilton; four daughters, Mrs. Sylva Seeley, of Russell, Mrs. Guy Brickley, of Rosalia, Mrs. Frank Gray, Leon, Route 1, and Mrs. Harold Pendergrass of El Dorado, two brothers, F. A. Cook, of El Dorado and Charles cook, of Wichita, two sisters, Mrs. C. H. Beckett, of El Dorado and Mrs. Annie Hammer, of Rosalia and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at the Rosalia Methodist Church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. E. W. Freeman, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church at Wichita, officiating. Interment will be made in the Blankinship Cemetery. The Byrd Funeral Home here is in charge. (El Dorado Times, 1938)
Theodore Jacob Bonnel, 85, a resident of Beaumont for the past 10 years, died at his home there late Saturday night. He had been ill for one month.
Mr. Bonnel, a retired carpenter, had formerly lived near Eureka for eight years and in Cowley county for 14 years.
He was born on July 9, 1872, at Leslie, Mich., and was married at El Dorado to Anna Marie Nelson on Feb. 2, 1907. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Rieland, Cold Springs, Minn., Mrs. Christine Knuckolls, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Joanne Henry, 318 South Topeka, five sons, Oscar H., Ochelata, Okla., Charles J. 1302 South High, M./Sgt. Theodore A., Lawton, Okla., Delbert W., Topeka, and James M. St. Francis; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Howe and Mrs. Edna Sympson, both of Winfield, two brothers, W. A. Bonnel, Cambridge and C. E. Bonnel, Latham; and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Kirby Funeral Home chapel with Dr. O Ray Cook, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia. (El Dorado Times, 1956)
Francis A. (Frank) Borden Butler County pioneer, died suddenly of heart disease yesterday afternoon at his home, three miles southwest of Rosalia. He was 69 years old and had resided on the farm near Rosalia for 61 years.
Mr. Borden had gone to the pasture shortly after lunch where he had watered the cattle and had then returned to the house for a drink of water. He picked up a paper and had just seated himself to read when he dropped from the chair dead. The pioneer's death comes as shock to scores of persons who had known him for many years. He had been afflicted with heart disease for about three years.
Mr. Borden never married and lived with his brother, Frederick A. Borden, Jr., and his sister, Sarah M. Borden, at the farm. Because of his over 60 years of residence on the farm, he was well known in that community.
Mr. Borden was born on January 15, 1864, in Ogle County, Ill., but when a small child removed to Missouri with his parents and came to Butler County shortly afterwards. Surviving are his brother and sister.
Funeral services will be held at the home southwest of Rosalia, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Loyal Northcott, pastor of the Christian Church, at Rosalia, officiating. Interment will be made in Blankenship Cemetery. The family has requested that no flowers be sent. The Byrd Funeral Home is in charge. (El Dorado Times, 1933)
One of Butler county's pioneer residents, Miss Sarah Melvina Borden, aged 78 years, of Rosalia, died here yesterday after several weeks' sickness.
Miss Borden was born on March 30, 1868, at Rockford, Ill., the daughter of Frederick and Hulda (Beach) Borden. At the age of three years she moved with her parents to Kansas where they settled in the Rosalia community and where, with the exception of seven years spent in El Dorado, she continued to reside. At the time of her death Miss Borden was making her home with Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Reiserer. Mrs. Reiserer was reared by Mrs. Frederick Borden and her two sons, Fred and Frank. Miss Borden's mother and brothers.
A cousin, Miss Sarah Jane Beach of Leavenworth, is the only immediate survivor.
Funeral services will be held at the Byrd Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Blankinship Cemetery. (El Dorado Times, 1947)
Mrs. Keturah Annas Branson, 79, of 2915 East Orme, died in a local hospital Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held in Downing Mortuary at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Dr. d. K. McColl, pastor of the Hillside Christian church, will officiate. Graveside services will be held in the Blankenship Cemetery in Rosalia, Kan., at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Born on June 25, 1875, in Greenville, Ill., she came to Wichita from Rosalia in 1922.
She was a charter member of the Hillside Christian Church, and a member of the Rosalia Christian Church.
Among the survivors are a son, Walter B. Branson, Duarte, Calif., three daughters, Mrs. Mary Belle McCaffery, 5204 South Hydraulic, Mrs. Irene Callen, 833 South Chautauqua, and Mrs. Florence Wamsley, 600 South Madison; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, 1955)
Mrs. Grace Hammer Brent, 62, of 1838 N. Yale, died in a local nursing home Friday.
Born June 9, 1897, in Rosalia, she moved to Wichita from there 28 years ago. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Brent, of 1838 N. Yale; a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Brenton, Hickman Mills, Mo.; two sons, Robert, 1819 S. Estelle, and Eugene, Valley Center, her mother, Mrs. Robert M. Hammer, Leon; a sister, Mrs. Edna Costa, Woodland, Calif., and nine grandchildren.
Dietz-Pittman Funeral home, El Dorado, has charge of services. (El Dorado Times, Nov. 13, 1959)
Alvah Lawrence Brickley, 57, 525 North Vine, died here last night. He had been in failing health for four years.
Mr. Brickley was born Feb. 3, 1894, at Rosalia where he was married to Frances Irene Anderson on Dec. 22, 1912. He was an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the couple came to El Dorado in 1914 when Mr. Brickley became a telegrapher in the company office. In 1939 they moved to Whitewater, then returned to El Dorado in 1946.
Because of ill heath, Mr. Brickley retired from the railroad four years ago.
He was a member of the Methodist Church at Rosalia and the Patmos Lodge No. 97 A. F. & A. M.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Elvin R. Brickley, Russell; a daughter, Frances Brickley, Billings, Mont.; two sisters, Mrs. Vada Sullins, 312 North Star, and Mrs. Ivah Hall, Ponca City, Okla.; and a grandson.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Byrd Funeral Home. Rev. Clayton W. Hildebrand, pastor of the Christian Church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Blankinship cemetery, at Rosalia, where a Masonic graveside services will be conducted. (El Dorado Times, January 24, 1952)
El Dorado, Oct. 27 - A heart attack proved fatal Monday morning to Mrs. Anna Laura Brickley, 73, of El Dorado.
Mrs. Brickley was born at Rosalia on Feb. 25, 1874, and had lived in El Dorado 23 years. She was married to James M. Brickley here in April, 1893, but he died in June, 1916. Mrs. Brickley was a member of the Methodist church and was associated with the Rebekah Lodge.
Survivors include a son, A. L. Brickley, El Dorado; two daughters, Mrs. Vandra Sullins, also of El Dorado, and Mrs. Ivah Hall, Ponca City, Okla., three brothers, Charles Piper, El Dorado, J. W. Piper and Lewis Piper, both of Rosalia; a sister, Mrs. T. E. Scott, Wichita; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, October 1947)
Mrs. Carrie Rebecca Brickley, 81, 421 South Atchison, died at her home early this morning after an illness of two months. She had lived in Butler County all of her life - 65 years in the Rosalia community. She moved to El Dorado in 1939.
Mrs. Brickley was born near Rosalia on Sept. 24, 1874, and was married to Orlando L. Brickley, March 11, 1900, at Rosalia. He died in November, 1935.
She was a member of the First Methodist Church and her main interest the past few years was in the church.
Survivors include a daughter, Grace L. Brickley, of the home and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Kirby Funeral Home chapel with Dr. O. Ray Cook, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Blankenship Cemetery near Rosalia.
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Rebecca Brickley, 81, 421 South Atchison, who died here Saturday were held yesterday afternoon in the Kirby Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. O. Ray Cook, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in Blankinship Cemetery near Rosalia.
Mrs. O Ray Cook and Mrs. Jack Loban sang "My God and I" and "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked," accompanied by Tony Godding at the organ.
The Mary and Martha Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church attended in a group.
Casket bearers were Kenneth C. Burgert, Jess C. Long, Harold J. Borger, Clarence M. Smith, Bruce Auer and Arvin Wilhite. (El Dorado Times, 1955)
Clay Center Kan., Oct. 21 - (AP) - Two men were killed and injured in a truck collision two miles east of here last night.
Dennis Burns, about 40, of Tiff City, Mo., driver of one truck, died instantly. Paul Darnell, 22 of Osborne, Kan., lived only about a half hour after the accident.
Albert Thorbrugh, Tiff City, a passenger in Burns' truck, suffered a fractured leg and other injuries, but physicians said he probably would recover. Charles Lynch, Kansas City, Mo., a passenger in the Burns truck, was injured slightly.
Both trucks were empty. Cause of the accident was not determined. (El Dorado Times)
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