Edith Blanche Bachelder, 91, of Whitewater, died Friday, Feb. 18,1994, in Newton Medical Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Palmyra Baptist Church. Pastor Gail Twining will officiate. Burial will follow in Green Valley Cemetery in Furley.
She was born may 21, 1902 in Benton, the daughter of Ambrose and Anna Maria Dunmire Phares.
Survivors include: son, Melvin, of Benton; daughters, Lois Moore of Rosalia, Eunice Schwemmer of El Dorado, Betty Mosiman of Valley Center, sister, Elsie Bachelder of Whitewater; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, Feb. 19, 1994)
Helen Reigart Bacon, formerly of El Dorado, died Oct. 17, 1994 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was born Nov. 16, 1910, in Nashwauk, Minn. To John Routt and Elizabeth Moulton Reigart. She and George Franklin Bacon were married Jan. 4, 1934 in Kansas City, Mo. He died May 18, 1991. She assisted him in establishing and managing Bacon Insurance Co.
She was a member of vestry at Trinity Episcopal Church, president of Kansas Women's Business Assoc., and first woman board member of the Chamber of Commerce. She was secretary and treasurer of El Bowl Inc., all of El Dorado, and taught Sunday School in Colorado Springs.
Survivors include: daughters, Betsy Tubbs of Salt Lake City, Barbara Wallen of Kansas City, Kansas, five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, Oct. 20, 1994)
Berniece Pearl Bailey, 77, of Wichita, died Thursday evening, Oct. 13, 1994 at St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in the Douglass (Kan.) Cemetery.
She was born May 14, 1917 in Cabool, Mo., the daughter of George and Delpha McCart Akins. She was a homemaker and lived in Wichita for 13 years after moving from the Leon and El Dorado area. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include: sons, Larry of El Dorado, Gerald of Wichita, Garry of Holt., Mich., brother, Paul Akins of Sacramento, Calif., 16 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Carl Akins and sister, Rogene Oatterson Place.
Memorials are to Kansas State University Basic Cancer Research. Carlson Funeral Home has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, Oct. 14, 1994)
Lola Bailey, 71, of Wichita, formerly of Eureka, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994 at St. Francis Medical Center. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home in Eureka. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Rev. Raymond "Pat" Stafford will officiate the services.
She was born March 6, 1922 in Lapland, the daughter of Earl and Lena M. (Miller) Brenton and graduated from Eureka High School in 1940.
On April 5, 1949, she and Earl E. Bailey were married in Rogers, Ark. They lived in Eureka and moved to Wichita in 1964. She was a secretary for Farm Bureau Insurance for many years and was a power sewing machine operator for Ponca Canvas Products where she retired in 1985. She was active in C.B.ers for MDA.
Survivors include: husband, Earl, son Norman Wilson of Strong City; stepson, Gary Bailey of Oklahoma City; stepdaughter, Louise Edwards of Troy, Ohio; brothers, John Brenton of Topeka, George Brenton of El Dorado, Charles Brenton of Roundup, Mont.; sisters, Alta Keith of Topeka, Donelda Brown of El Dorado, Lela Eaton of Bakersfield, Calif., Mary Ellen Scott of Phoenix, four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren.
Memorials are to the American Cancer Society. (El Dorado Times, Jan. 11, 1994)
Waldo I. "Ike" Bailey, 72, of El Dorado, died Monday, April 18, 1994, at the Muskogee, Okla., VA Hospital. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Carlson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
He was born Dec. 3, 1921, in El Dorado, the son of Charles Edward and Mabel Randall Bailey. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of the V. F. W. On Jan. 18, 1969, he and Shirley Schwenker Carlisle were married in El Dorado.
He was a truck driver for Anderson and Flint and was the attendant at Mitchell Laundry for several years. Prior to living in Oklahoma for the past three years she had lived in this area most of his life.
Survivors include: wife Shirley, sons Danny Bailey of Topeka, Preston Bailey of El Dorado, stepsons Stan Carlisle, Steven Carlisle, both of El Dorado, step daughter Debbie Johnson of Spanaway, Wash., sister Tiny Malen of Columbus, Ohio, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and two sisters.
Memorials are to the American Cancer Society. Friends may call at the funeral home after Wednesday. (El Dorado Times, April 19, 1994)
Dorothy M. Baird, 82, of El Dorado, died Monday, May 9, 1994. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. (El Dorado Times, May 10, 1994)
Dorothy M. Baird, 82, of El Dorado, died Monday afternoon, May 9, 1994, at St. Joseph Hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. Burial will be in Walnut Valley Memorial Park. Rev. Dick Sipe will officiate the services.
She was born March 16, 1912, the daughter of Howard and Edna (Wood) Simmermon in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she attended school. From there she moved to El Dorado in 1978. She was a homemaker and a member of Temple Baptist Church and the Senior Citizen Center.
Survivors include: son, Robert Jump of Renton, Wash., daughter, Norma White of El Dorado, brother Jim Simmermon of Cincinnati; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren. Memorials are to Hospice Inc. (El Dorado Times, May 11, 1994)
Bessie R. Baker, 82, of El Dorado, died Wednesday evening, March 16, 1994, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in Walnut Valley Memorial Park cemetery with Rev. Jim Hatfield officiating.
She was born Oct. 1, 1911 the daughter of James Lester and Jessie Mae (Bale) Richards, in Coffee County, and lived in this area most of her life. On Aug. 26, 1937, she and Levi Baker were married in Eureka. He died March 27, 1964.
She was a cook for Stardust and Ethel Jane's restaurants for many years. She taught Bible study at Gordy Square Apartments and was a member of the Foursquare Church and the Senior Citizens Center.
Survivors include: daughter, Judy Gillum of Leon, brother, Jim Richards, of Torrance, Calif., eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, two daughters, three brothers and two sisters.
Memorials are to Foursquare Church. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, March 17, 1994)
Glen D. Baker, 91, of El Dorado, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994 at Knutson Manor Care Center. Services are 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Carlson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Township Cemetery rural El Dorado.
He was born Dec. 11, 1902, in Fairview Township, the son of Joseph Warren and Hattie Pollock Baker and lived all his life in this area. He was a retired oilfield pumper and a member of the First Christian Church and Farm Bureau.
Survivors include: foster daughter Pat Mitchell of El Dorado, three foster grandchildren, nine foster great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, four sisters and a foster son John Fry. (El Dorado Times, Nov. 21, 1994)
Velma Mary Baker, 90, of El Dorado, died Monday evening, Sept. 12, 1994 at Knutson Manor. Services will be 10:30 a.m. in the Towanda Cemetery.
She was born June 18, 1904 in Fairview Township, the daughter of Orville and Mamie Stalnaker Ratts. She was a homemaker and lived all her life in this area. She was a member of the First Christian Church.
On June 8, 1922, she and Russell P. Baker were married in El Dorado. He died, Nov. 28,1 992.
Survivors include: sons, Ercel, Ralph, both of El Dorado, daughters, Elnor Nace of Towanda, Diane Giacomo of Tulsa; brother, Alva Ratts of Chanute; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, two brothers and one sister.
Memorials are to Hospice Inc. Carlson Funeral Home has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, Sept. 13, 1994)
Effie V. Ballentine, 90, of North Little Rock, Ark., died Saturday, Jan. 8, 1994. Services were held Monday morning at Roller-Owens Funeral Home. Burial was in Edgewood Memorial Park.
She was a retired supervisor from Kellwood Dress Manufacturing Co., and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include son, A. C. Ballentine of North Little Rock, daughters, Joyce Hale of North Little Rock, Helen Johnson of El Dorado, Ark.; brothers, Fred Vermillion, Ed Vermillion, both of Kansas City, Mo., 12 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials are to Calvary Baptist Church of North Little Rock and East Main Baptist Church of El Dorado, Ark. (El Dorado Times, Jan 10, 1994)
Pearl E. Barbee, 87, of Pratt, homemaker, died Saturday, May 7, 1994, at HCA Wesley Medical Center. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pratt Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tom Robson officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
She was born Dec. 13, 1906 in Newton, to K. C. Hodson and Myrtle A. Hogue. On March 21, 1931, she and J. P. "Buck" Barbee were married in Pratt. He died Sept. 20, 1977.
Survivors include: daughter, Patty Lucas of Leon, three grandchildren.
Memorials are to Pratt Presbyterian Church. Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary has the arrangements. (El Dorado times. May 9, 1994)
Craig Lee Barnes, 57, of Monte Vista, Colo., died Aug. 13, 1994. Memorial services were held at St. Peter Lutheran Church with Rev. Bryan Cary officiating.
He was born Jan. 28, 1937 in El Dorado, the son of Emory and Helen (Brenzikofer) Barnes. He was married to Beverly J. Riffel.
He was an electrician at Staley's Manufacturing, taught adult Bible class and was an elder at St. Peter Lutheran Church.
Survivors include: wife, Beverly, son Paul of Los Angeles, Calif., mother, Helen Walsh of El Dorado, brother Don of Alexandria, Va., sister, Beverly Herren of Great Bend. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Kim McCullough in 1983.
Olme and Sharp Funeral Home had the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, Aug. 27, 1994)
Robert G. Barnes, 66, of Wichita, retired office equipment salesman and used-car dealer, died Tuesday, March 22, 1994. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Broadway Mortuary in Wichita and at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Cedar Vale (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors include: wife, Mary, son Larry of Towanda, daughter, Debbie Sauer of Wichita, brothers, Griffie of Hawthorne, Calif., Harlan of Gardena, Calif., Kirby, Sidney both of Wichita, five grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, Mar. 23, 1994)
Floyd Clifton Barnhill, 102, of Garfield, Ark., died Thursday, Oct. 6, 1994. Graveside services will be held Tuesday in Fayetteville National Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion Post 100 of Rogers and Masonic services will be conducted by Masonic Lodge Washington No. 1 of Fayetteville.
He was born in South Dakota, the son of James Thomas Barnhill and Rose Freeman and moved to Arkansas from Kansas in 1973. He was a farmer, a Mason and past master of the Masonic Lodge 56 in Spring Hill where he was a member for 65 years. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Olathe.
Survivors include: daughter, Edna Caskey of Rogers, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews in El Dorado.
Burns Funeral Home in Rogers, Ark. has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, Oct. 10, 1994)
Claude E. Beal, 74, of Augusta, retired Coleman Co., engineering lab employee, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1994. Services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Hillside Funeral Home in Augusta. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
He was born April 25, 1920, in Coffeyville, the son of Otis and Viola M. (Young) Beal. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. On June 17, 1944, he and Marjorie Goff were married in Rockford, Ill.
Survivors include: wife, Marjorie, sons, Dale of San Antonio, Texas, Patrick of Augusta, daughter Judy Riggs, of Augusta, brothers, Harold, Robert, both of El Dorado, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren.
Memorials are to the Cumberland Community Church. (El Dorado Times, Sept. 7, 1994)
Isaac Raymond Beach, 81, of Emporia, formerly of El Dorado, retired Emporia Public Schools custodian, died Monday, Sept. 12, 1994. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors include: son, Edd of Hohenwald, Tenn., daughter, Mary Fuller of Emporia, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.
Memorials are to the First Baptist Church building fund. (El Dorado Times, Sept. 14, 1994)
Charles L. Beeney, 65, of Nickerson, retired J. H. Shears & Sons heavy equipment operator, died Friday, June 3, 1994. Services were held Monday morning in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson.
Survivors include: wife, Mary, son, Charles III of El Dorado, daughter Polly Kohns, Darline Borrows both of Warrenton, Mo., Betty Zumalt of Nickerson, stepson, Larry Buck of Arkansas, stepdaughter, Sally Bennett of Nickerson, brother, Frank of Burrton, sisters, Hazel Eden of Colorado, Betty True of Buhler, 13 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, June 6, 1994)
Mary L. Beeney, 62, of Nickerson, homemaker, died Tuesday, August 23, 1994. Services are 10 a.m. Friday in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson.
Survivors include, sons Larry Buck of Ashdown, Ark., Charles Jr. III of El Dorado, daughters, Betty Lou Zumalt of Nickerson, Sally Bennett-Smith of Macksville, stepdaughters, Pauline Kohrs, Darlene Burrows, both of Warrenton, Mo., brothers, Jerry Howe of Marathon, Iowa, Garry Howe of Spencer, Iowa; sisters, Peggy Haburn of Fort Worth, Nancy Jansen, Julia Nolting, both of Spencer, Georgia Ancke of Honolulu, Patricia Fenimore of Salt Lake City; 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren.
Johnson & Sons Funeral Home in Hutchinson has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, Aug. 25, 1994)
Joseph B. Bell Jr., 63, of Lubbock, Texas, formerly of Chanute, Mesa Medical Centers owner and president, former banker, died Monday, Aug. 22, 1994.
Survivors include wife, Gay, sons Joseph III, Troy both of Moline, Randy of Hamilton, Ala., David of Westminister, Colo., daughters, Kim Imhof of Towanda, Levia Zimmerman of Martinville, Ind., stepsons, Bryan Cline of Lubbock, Blake Cline of Fort Worth, stepdaughter, Zinda Hitch of Lubbock, brother Keith of Lipscomb, Texas, sister, Dee Dee Meier of Pryor, Okla, 11 grandchildren.
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, Sept. 21, 1994)
Samuel P. Bell, 77, of Salina, retired Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. frame and cable division employee, died Saturday, June 11, 1994. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Geisendorf-Rush Smith Funeral Home.
Survivors include: wife, Martha, daughters, Donna jean Ethridge of Manhattan, Karen Hoffman of Topeka, Koleen Zimmerman of Salina, sisters, Mary Bell of Salina, Beulah Rohymeyer of El Dorado, Florence Brooks of Denver, five grandchildren, one great-grandchild.
Memorials are to the American Heart Association. (El Dorado Times, June 17, 1994)
BENJAMIN RUTH 'DEENE' WESTFALL
Ruth "Deene" Westfall Benjamin, 70, of Wichita, formerly of Beaumont, a retired oil secretary, died Wednesday, July 6, 1994. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cochran Mortuary Chapel.
Survivors include: husband, Wayne, son, Duane of Atlanta, Ga., daughter, DeAnn Guthrie of Wichita, two grandchildren. Memorials are to the American Heart Association and the Oil Secretaries Fund, C/O Duncan Secretarial Service, 200 W. Douglas, Suite 240, Wichita, Kan. 67202. (El Dorado Times, July 8, 1994)
Marie Bloesser, 82, of Kingman, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1994. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Livingston Funeral Home.
Survivors include: daughters, Marilyn Bel' of Medicine Lodge, Carolyn Scheer of Garden Plain, brother, Garland Simoson of El Dorado, sisters, Lucille Mueller of Churchville, Va., Juanita Bett of Littleton, Colo., 18 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with Kingman Christian Church. (El Dorado Times, Feb. 18, 1994)
Mamie (Walker) Blue, 85 of Wichita, homemaker died Thursday, March 31, 1994. Services are pending.
Survivors include: sons, Douglas of El Dorado, Harold of Wichita, Andrew, Howard, both of Los Angeles, Charles of Lawrence, daughters Lula Sanders, Daisy Blue-Tanner, both of Wichita, Geraldine Marshall, Barbara Ward, both of Kansas City, Mo., 25 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren. Jackson Mortuary has the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, April 1, 1994)
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Brent aged resident of this community who died at her home here Tuesday, were held yesterday afternoon at the Byrd Funeral Home. Rev. C. E. King, retired Methodist minister formerly of El Dorado but now residing in Wichita, officiated. Interment was made in Sunset Lawns Cemetery.
The following persons, all grandsons of Mrs. Brent, were pallbearers: Gerald Fillmore, W. T. 2-O, of St. Louis, Mo., Harold Fillmore, Seaman, 1-0 of Hutchinson, Gene Brent of Wichita, L. O. Oliver of Benton, Brent Bolin of Leon and Willard Gibson of El Dorado.
Mrs. Baxter Logan sang two solos, "Jesus Savior Pilot Me" and "The Lord Painted a Garden." Mrs. Hazel Raymond sang a solo, "There is no Disappointment in Heaven." The accompaniments were played by Mrs. Paul Hudson. (El Dorado Times, Feb. 19, 1944, volume XXV, #70)
Alma Teresa Brooks, 75, a resident of El Dorado for 50 years, died today at Harris hospital in Fort Worth, Tex., after an extended illness.
She was a member of St. John's church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Raymond B. Kelly Sr., of Fort Worth and 13 nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. John's church with the Rev. Gerald F. Rowan officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vista Cemetery.
Recitation of the rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Kirby Funeral Home chapel. (El Dorado Times, May 13, 1967)
Miss Alma Teresa Brooks who died Saturday, May 13, in a Fort Worth, Texas hospital had lived in El Dorado fifty years before going to Texas six months ago. The home here was at 405 North Star street.
Miss Brooks was born may 15, 1892 in Anderson, Ind., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dudley Brooks (Theresa Birmingham). She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Raymond B. Kelly Sr. of Fort Worth; two nephews and a niece, Raymond G. and Dr. Gordon B. Kelly and Mrs. Edwin Ryan of Fort Worth. A brother, Fred Brooks, died February 24, 1962.
Services were held Monday morning in St. John's Church, the Rev. Fr. Gerald F. Rowan officiating. Mrs. Joseph E. Moreland was the organist. The casket bearers were Tom Hand, Joseph E. Moreland, Lein A. Martindale, Frank Vervynck, Harry W. Brown and Raymond Siegrist. Interment was in Belle Vista.
Recitation of the Rosary was Sunday night at the Kirby Funeral Home. (El Dorado Times, May 18, 1967)
Charles W. Butts, Native of Butler, Dies at Winfield
WINFIELD - Charles Wallace Butts, 89, retired teamster and a native of Butler County, died Sunday.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Morris Funeral home.
Born in Butler County, he came to Winfield in 1912.
Survivors include a son, Paul, Houston, four daughters, Mrs. Jay Harrison, Newkirk, Okla., Mrs. Audrey Pritz, Grants Aspp., Ore., Mrs. Arnold Swenson, Wichita, and Mrs. Earl Tamerson, Winfield; two brothers, Clarence, Kingman, Kansas., and Logan, Wichita; and three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Wakefield, Leon, Kan., Mrs. Lura Bacon, El Dorado and Mrs. Loko Winn, Grants pass. (El Dorado Times, July 24, 1967)
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