Butler County, Kansas
ADAMS, AMY L.
AMY L. ADAMS, 82, of El Dorado, retired
registered nurse, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Christian Church, Potwin.
Survivors: sister, Ruth Pettit of Ozark, Mo.; a number of nieces and nephews. Memorial has been established with
Butler County Community College Nursing Department Scholarship Fund. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Oct 1987)
ADAMS, JANE (BUEDMAN)
Jane (Buedman) Adams, 87, homemaker,
died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
Survivor: husband, Merle. Memorial has been established with the Whitewater American Legion.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Sep 1990)
ADAMS, MERL ALEXANDER
Merl Alexander Adams, 82, retired
Neuman Implement & Hardware mechanic, died Jan. 26, 1991. Service 2 p.m. today, Lamb-Nutter Mortuary.
Survivors: brothers, Eugene of Clearwater, Orville of Madison, Oval of Kansas City, Mo., Frederick of Wichita;
sisters, Duaine Hamme of Harlingen, Texas, Pauline Gee of Ringwood, Okla., Lola Allen of San Antonio, Vada Beard
of Grove, Okla. Memorial has been established with the Whitewater American Legion, Post 65.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 31 Jan 1991)
ADAMSON, BILLY L.
Billy L. Adamson, 60, died Saturday,
Nov. 16, 1991. Services 1 p.m. today, Abundant Life Church, Hutchinson; 4 p.m. McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: wife, Neva B.; mother, Viola of Potwin; brother, Joe of Salina; sister, Marilyn Coats of Potwin. Johnson
& Sons Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Nov 1991)
ADAMSON, VIOLA
Adamson, Viola, 95, retired teacher,
died Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: son, Joe of Salina; daughter, Marilyn Coats of Potwin; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
Memorials established with Potwin Christian Church and Wheat State Manor, Whitewater. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 Aug 2001)
ADAMSON, WILLIE "BILL"
V.
WILLIE "BILL" V. ADAMSON,
79, of Potwin, retired W.V. Adamson Agricultural Truck Line owner and operator, died Monday, April 11, 1988. Service
2 p.m. today, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: wife, Viola; sons, B. L. of Hutchinson, Joe of Salina; daughter, Marilyn Coats of Potwin; sister, Velma
Toy of Osawatomie; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Potwin Christian
Church. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Apr 1988)
ALLENBAUGH, DOROTHY
L.
Allenbaugh, Dorothy L., 64, homemaker,
died Friday, Feb. 11, 1994. Service 2 p.m. today, McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: husband, Cecil; sons, Foster of Las Animas, Colo., Michael of Pueblo, Colo.; daughters, Sandra Kralick
of Haysville, Sara Osbment of Lamar, Colo., Kathy Trask of Worden, Mont.; brothers, Alvin Patterson of El Dorado,
Clifford Patterson of Potwin; sisters, Wilma Brenner of Potwin, Blanche Ferguson of Wichita, Marian Young of Midwest
City, Okla.; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; 10 stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with Perdue House, Wichita. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Feb 1994)
AUGUSTA - Beard, Robert K. "Bob,"
76, has gone to with our Lord on Jan. 7, 2004. He was born Oct. 24, 1927 in Neodesha to Neal and Golda (McRoberts)
Beard. He married Vada Mae Adams on March 29, 1948. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Michael on March
22, 1991 and sister, Roberta.
Survivors: wife of almost 56 years, Vada; son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Cindy of Augusta; daughter-in-law,
Kathy Beard Walker and husband, Gail of Bella Vista, AR; 7 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Services 1 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004 at Hillside Funeral Home, Augusta. In lieu of flowers, memorials to: Total Homecare and Hospice,
250 W. Douglas, Wichita 67202.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/10/2004.
AUGUSTA- Beard, Vada (Adams),
79, has gone to be with our Lord, Sunday, June 26th, 2005. She was born July 24, 1925 in St. John, Kansas to Anthony
and Delilah (Long) Adams. She retired from Motorola as an assembler. Ada was preceded in death by her husband of
55 years, Robert K. Beard; son, Michael Beard; and her parents and 13 brothers and sisters.
Survivors: son Kevin Beard and his wife Cindy, Augusta; daughter-in-law Kathy Beard Walker and her husband Gail,
Bella Vista, Ark.; brothers Orville Adams, Leander, TX; Oval Adams, Independence, MO; Fred Adams, Valley Center,
KS. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. Viewing 1-8 Tuesday with family to greet
friends from 6-8 and services 10 am Wednesday all at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Burial will be at McGill
Cemetery, Potwin, KS In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Kansas Humane Society, New Leash
on Life campaign.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 6/27/2005.
BERLIN, HENRY "HANK"
Berlin, Henry "Hank", 62,
Total Petroleum Co. oil tanker driver, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Lamb-Nutter Mortuary,
Whitewater.
Survivors: son, Rodney of San Antonio; daughters, Patricia Deleon of El Dorado, Laura Racy of Wichita; brothers,
Wilfred of Siloam Springs, Ark., Glen of Fort Wayne, Ind., Jerry of Wichita, Don of McPherson; sisters, Lela Knecht
of Belleville, Ill., Mary Dixon of Wichita, Judy Davis of Wichita Falls, Texas, Laura Fisher of Bentley; four grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Jan 1997)
BERRYMAN, GLEN C.
POTWIN - Berryman, Glen C., 96, died Feb. 7, 2007. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Potwin
Christian Church. Survivors: wife, Leora; sons, Gene, Gilbert, Roger; daughter, Sherry Coats; 9 grandchildren.
Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Feb 2007)
BIGGS, ALDEN H.
ALDEN H. BIGGS, 69, of Charlotte,
Mich., formerly of Potwin, Pet-Diehls Milk Co. field representative, died Saturday, April 29, 1989. Service 2 p.m.
Friday, McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: wife, Betty Jean; sons, Alan of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Michael of Charlotte; brothers, Lawrence of Madison,
Howard of Strong City; one grandchild. Memorial has been established with the Amercian Heart Association. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 May 1989)
BIGGS, DOROTHY L.
MADISON - Biggs, Dorothy L., 92, retired elementary teacher, died March 31, 2006. Service
10:30 a.m. Tuesday, United Methodist Church. Survivors: son, Leonard of Madison; brother, Myron Mollohan of Valley
Center; sisters, June Trombla of El Dorado, Fern Giltner of Mont.; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Wilson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 Apr 2006)
Biggs, Howard W., 80, farmer and rancher, died Sunday, March 23, 1997. Service 3 p.m. Wednesday, McGill Cemetery,
Potwin.
Survivors: wife, Gladys; daughters, Sharon French of Georgetown, Texas, Sue Mountain of Cottonwood Falls; seven
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Strong City United Methodist Church.
Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home, Cottonwood Falls.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 March 1997)
BIGGS, LAWRENCE E.
Lawrence E. Biggs, 77, former Potwin
resident, retired farmer and rancher, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1991. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Lamb- Nutter
Mortuary, Whitewater.
Survivors: wife, Dorothy; son, Leonard L. of Park City; daughter, Carole Yesconis of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; brother,
Howard of Strong City; five grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Kansas
American Agriculture Movement.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Oct 1991)
POTWIN - Biggs, Ronald Leroy,
85, a retired farmer/stockman, died Sept. 8, 2003. He was born Jan. 10, 1918 on the Riverview Farm, rural Potwin
to Jesse and Clara (Kiser) Biggs. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003 at the Swiss Church, Whitewater, KS.
Ronald attended grade school and high school in Potwin and graduated from El Dorado High School and Kansas State
University with a B.S. degree. He married Lorieta Steiner on June 18, 1943, she died May 19, 1970. On Aug. 7, 1971
he married Wanda Ullum. He was a member of the Swiss Church and Gideons International.
Survivors: wife, Wanda of the home; sons, Scott Biggs, Potwin, Terry and Gary Ullum of Hutchinson; daughters, Jane
Ward, Medicine Lodge, Jeanette Crum, Hutchinson; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Memorials to Gideons
International and Reno County Hospice. Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 9/10/2003.
BLAISDELL, ELEANOR
A.
Blaisdell, Eleanor A., 80, homemaker
and retired Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital cook, died Saturday, July 14, 2001. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Carlson
Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Lawrence, Jim; daughter, Candy Smith all of El Dorado; brother, Lee Mullins of Wichita; sisters,
Viola Turner of Valley Center, Hazel Barkley of Littleton, Colo.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Jul 2001)
BRENNER, BERTHA ELIZABETH
BERTHA ELIZABETH BRENNER, 84, of Potwin,
homemaker, died Tuesday, April 21, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Christian Church.
Survivors: daughters, Jo Whiteside of Potwin, Sue Eldenburg of Durant, Okla.; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Christian Church. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Apr 1987)
Brenner, Gladys M., 81, homemaker and waitress, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 1994. Services, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Cochran
Mortuary, Wichita; 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: son, Leonard Potter, daughter, Norma Brown, both of Wichita; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 Sep 1994)
Brenner, Neva Iona (Russell), 84, homemaker, died Monday, April 5, 1993. Service 10:30
a.m. Thursday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: brother, Ray Russell of Whitewater; several nieces and nephews. Memorial has been established with Christian
Church, Potwin. Lamb- Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Apr 1993)
Briscoe, Bertha Marie, 76, homemaker, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lamb-Nutter Mortuary,
Whitewater.
Survivors: husband, John; brother, Frank Clark of Haven; sister, Ruth Mikle of Kalamazoo, Mich.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 Aug 1994)
Brockert, Nannie B., 92, retired Boeing Wichita mod mechanic, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2000. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Culbertson-Smith Mortuary.
Survivors: sons, Clair Hudspeth of Fayetteville, N.C., Cletus Hudspeth of Corpus Christi, Texas; stepson, Kenny
of Ohio; 16 grandchildren; nine great-gr andchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 Sep 2000)
Broyles, Betty L., 89, homemaker, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001. Visitation with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. today,
Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater; service 2 p.m. Monday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: sons, Robert of Albuquerque, James of O'Fallon, Texas, Daniel of Wichita; daughters, Shirley Hinnen
of Albuquerque, Donna Whiteside of El Dorado, Marilyn Coats of Potwin; sisters, Myrtle Jones, Vivian Leith both
of Longview, Texas; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. Memorials establis hed with Potwin Christian Church
and Wheatstate Manor.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Sep 2001)
Broyles, Kenneth F., 91, retired farmer, City of Potwin water superint endent, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001.
Visitation with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater; service 10 a.m. Saturday, Potwin
Christian Church.
Survivors: wife, Betty; sons, Robert of Albuquerque, James of O'Fallon, Ill., Daniel of Wichita; daughters, Shirley
Hinnen of Albuquerque, Donna Whiteside of El Dorado, Marilyn Coats of Potwin; brother, Leon of El Dorado; sister,
Alice Angell of Raytown, Mo.; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchild ren. Memorials established with Potwin Christian
Church and Wheatstate Manor.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Jan 2001)
Harry Raymond Cain Jr., 33, Ritchie Sand Co. truck driver, died Thursday, Jan. 3,
1991, as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: parents, Harry and Velma Cain of Benton; brothers, Danny of Potwin, Jerry of Towanda; sisters, Bonnie
Stephens, Cindy Herrman, both of Benton; grandparents, Charles and Violet Tallman of Eureka. Memorial has been
established with Potwin Christian Church. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 Jan 1991)
Cain, Velma R., 64, homemaker, died Monday, May 18, 1998. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: husband, Harry; sons, Danny of Potwin, Jerry of El Dorado; daughters, Cindy Herrman of Potwin, Bonnie
Stephens of Benton; father, Charles Tallman, brother, Roger Tallman, sister, Thelma Edris, all of Whitewater; eight
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Potwin Christian Church. Carlson Funeral
Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 May 1998)
Chase, Beverly A., 64, homemaker and retired bank stock processor, died Tuesday, July 23, 2002. Visitation
with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Bob Lamb Funeral Home; service 10 a.m. Saturday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: husband, Robert; son, Randall of Beaver Creek, Ohio; daughter, Lorie Unger of Furley; mother, Bernice
Harvey; brother, Lloyd Harvey both of Potwin; four grandchildren. Memorials established with Harry Hynes Memorial
Hospice and Victory in the Valley.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 Jul 2002)
CLIFFORD C. CHERRYHOLMES, 63, of Potwin, retired farmer, died Monday. Service 2:30
p.m. Wednesday, McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: son, John of Potwin; daughters, Candice Cox of Great Bend, Nancy Dain of Wichita; brother, J.T. of Denver;
four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Veterans Administration Hospital, Topeka. Lamb Mortuary,
Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 March 1985)
Coats, Charles Arthur "Chuck," 59, Norcraft Co. craftsman, died Monday, April 10, 2000.
Visitation with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater; service 2 p.m. Friday, Potwin Methodist
Church.
Survivors: wife, Marilyn; son, Michael of Potwin; daughter, Pamela McQuisto n of Potwin; mother, Margaret Coats
of El Dorado; brothers, Harold of El Dorado, Richard of Boise, Idaho; sister, Joan Sommers of Potwin; three grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with United Methodist Church and Muscular Dystrophy.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 April 2000)
Harry W. Coats, 83, retired refinery employee, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 1988. Service 2 p.m. today, Potwin
Christian Church.
Survivors: daughter, Shirley Vogelman of Burns; stepsons, Bob Chase of Dayton, Ohio, John Chase of Akron, Ohio;
brother, Roy of Potwin; four grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorial has been
established with the American Cancer Society. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Oct 1988)
Coats, Margaret, 88, homemaker and retired Avon representative, died Wednesday, June 14, 2000. Visitation
with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Bob Lamb Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Saturday, Potwin United Methodist Church.
Survivors: sons, Bus of El Dorado, Richard of Boise, Idaho; daughter, Joan Sommers of Potwin; sisters, Mildred
Lambert of Sun City, Calif., Gladys Biggs of Cottonwood Falls, Betty Egoian of Pnole Way, Calif.; 12 grandchildren;
16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with Wheat State Manor Van Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 June 2000)
Roy H. Coats, 87, retired Vickers Refinery controlman, died Monday, Oct. 23, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Thursday,
United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Margaret; sons, Buss of El Dorado, Chuck of Potwin, Richard of Boise, Idaho; daughter, Joan Sommers
of Potwin; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Christian Childrens'
Ranch, Eagle, Idaho. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 25 Oct 1989)
Collingwood, Sally Rice, 70, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 11, 2007.
Funeral Service 1:00 p.m., Monday, April 16, 2007, at Eastminster Presbyterian Church. Sally was born in Newton,
KS on May 8, 1936, the daughter of the late Ronald and Julia Rice. She spent her childhood years in Abilene, KS
and graduated from Abilene High School. Sally was preceded in death by her brother Frederick Rice. Sally graduated
from the University of Kansas in 1958. She married the love of her life, G. Wheat Collingwood, on August 6, 1960,
and they made their home in Wichita, KS for 46 years. Sally was the mother of Julie Anne Collingwood Blumenthal
(married to Michael Blumenthal) and grandmot her of Sarah Bay and Katherine Grace, all of Prairie Village, KS.
Sally took joy in everything that Julie, Sarah Bay, and Kate did. Sally taught kinderga rten early in her marriage,
and actively participated throughout her adult life in the Junior League of Wichita, the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority,
the 20/20 Limited Investment Club, the Wesley Hospital Board, the Institute of Logopedics, and Bible Study Fellowship.
A devoted wife, a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister, and a loyal friend, Sally will be dearly missed
by all who knew her. A memorial has been established with the William Koller Memorial Movement Disorders Research
Fund. Services by Broadway Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 4/13/2007 - 4/15/2007.
EL DORADO - Cornelius, Evelyn Juanita,
homemaker, died March 29, 2005. Visitaion with family 6:30 to 8 p.m.; service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Lamb Funeral
Home, Whitewater.
Survivors: husband, Joe; son, Gaylord; stepson, Tom; stepdaughters, Jody, Peggy; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren;
5 great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/31/2005.
Raymond Franklin Criger, 66, retired Diversified Mobile Homes Inc. assemblyman, died
Wednesday, April 1, 1987. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Golden Flames Free Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Ellen; son, Donald of Marysville, Wash.; brothers, Royal of Burns, Wilbert of El Dorado; sisters,
Virgie Smith of Neosho Rapids, Martha Wyss of Burns, Nora Moore of Kahoka, Mo.; two granddaughters. Memorial has
been established with Golden Flames Free Methodist Church. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 April 1987)
Criger, Wilbert "Bill," 75, retired Air Force aircraft mechanic, died Monday, Oct.
8, 2001. Visitation with family 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, Bob Lamb Funeral Home, Whitewater; service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Trinity Methodist Church, El Dorado; graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: wife, Dee; daughter, Cynthia Thompson of Kansas City, Mo.; stepsons, Michael Delaney of LaPorte, Texas,
John Delaney of Cleveland, Texas, Jim Delaney of Aurora, Colo.; stepdaughter, Brenda Tweedle of Deer Park, Texas;
sisters, Virgie Smith of Emporia, Nora Moore of Kahoa, Iowa, Martha Wyss of Burns; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorial established with Trinity Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Oct 2001)
Goldie B. (Dutoit) DeMott, 75, homemaker, died Friday, April 8, 1988. Service 2 p.m.
Monday, McGill Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Gene of Blue Mound; daughters, Nadine Strunk of Wichita, Betty Macy of Potwin; brother, Kenneth
Dutoit of Kansas; sisters, Pauline Blake, Carolyn Barnett, Glenda Phillips, all of Tulsa; six grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren. Lamb-Nutter Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 April 1988)
Diemart, Donald H., 94, retired Butler County Soil and Conservation Service employee and farmer, died Saturday,
March 30, 2002. Service 1 p.m. today, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Ellen; daughters, Phyllis Diemart of Mohawk, Mich., Julia Duncan of New Castle, Va., Janet Fowe
of Olympia, Wash.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Trinity United Methodist
Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 April 2002)
Diemart, Edward K. "Ed," 40, Newton Days Inn assistant manager, died Sunday, Dec.
18, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Survivors: son, Justin, daughter, Sarah, both of Wichita; brothers, Frank Jr. of Towanda, Rickey of Park City,
James of Tulsa; sister, Katherine Griffith of Wichita. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
Hillside Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 Dec 1994)
DIEMART, WALTER "DIZ" H.
WALTER "DIZ" H. DIEMART, 74, of El Dorado, retired oil field technician, died Tuesday,
Oct. 13, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Potwin (Kan.) Christian Church. Survivors: wife, Olga; sons, Roy C. of Wendell,
Idaho, Glen K. at home, Terrance J. of Olathe, Timothy R. of El Dorado, Jon M. of Wichita; brother, Donald H. of
El Dorado; 12 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Lupus Foundation. Lamb Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Oct 1987)
TOWANDA - Emmons, Roger B.,
65, retired truck driver and service station operator, died April 21, 2004. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Towanda United
Methodist Church of Christ.
Survivors: wife, Jean; sons, Bennett of Towanda, Brian of Potwin; brothers, Dudley of Cambridge, Daryl of El Dorado;
sisters, Betty Nelson, Darlene Fry both of Arkansas City; 7 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Memorial established
with Hospice Care of Kansas. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 4/22/2004.
LEROY EVERETT, 62, of Haysville, retired Everett's "Mr. A.G." grocery store owner and operator,
died Friday, Feb. 5, 1988. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Cochran Mortuary, Wichita.
Survivors: wife, Thelma M.; sons, Bob, Don, both of Haysville, Rick of Wichita; daughter, Jill Wendt of Haysville;
sister, Dorothy Carmichael of El Dorado; six grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Haysville Community
Library.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Feb 1988)
Everett, Thelma M., 78, retired Everett's Mr. A.G. owner and operator, died Monday, July 15, 2002. Visitation
9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with family present from 6 to 8 p.m., today, Smith Mortuary, Haysville; service 10 a.m. Thursday,
McGill Cemetery, Potwin.
Mrs. Everett was born Feb. 19, 1924 in Neal, Kan., the daughter of the late Earl Julius and Corinne Gladys (Cochran)
Ray. On Jan. 16, 1945, she married Leroy Everett at Oakland, Calif. He died Feb. 5, 1988.
Preceded in death by son, Dean Allen Everett; daughters-in-law, Glenda and Roberta Everett and brother, Robert
Ray.
Survivors: sons and daughter-in-law, Bob Everett, Don and Peggy Everett all of Haysville, Rick Everett of Wichita;
daughter and son-in-law, Jill and Carl Wendt of Wichita; brothers, Melvin Ray, Marvin Ray both of Daytona Beach,
Fla.; sisters, Betty Whiteside of Potwin, Margaret Garrett of Huntington Beach, Calif.; grandchildren, Kelly Everett,
Jim Everett, Jeff Everett, Eric Wendt, Kristy McKeller, Julie Everett; great-grandchildren, Kendra Wendt, Brandon
Wendt, Andrew Everett, Matthew Everett. Memorial established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market,
Wichita 67202.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 July 2002)
Jacob Raymond Foulk, 74, retired Kansas Turnpike maintenance foreman and Vickers Refinery employee, died Thursday,
June 21, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Potwin Christian Church.
Survivors: wife, Marilyn; sons, Charles Raymond, Robert Lee, daughter, Linda Jean Cunningham, all of Potwin; brother,
Harley of El Dorado; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Potwin Christian Church. Lamb-Nutter
Mortuary, Whitewater.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 June 1990)
Bessie M. Fowler, 88, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Church of the Nazarene, Newton.
Survivor: sister, Mary Gates of Newton. Memorial has been established with First Church of the Nazarene. Draper-Cannon
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 March 1985)
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