Christian Ammeter, 87, of Burns, a retired farmer and stockman, died Sunday at the Peabody Memorial Nursing Home in Peabody. Service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Burns, the Rev. Wayne Sharp officiating. Burial will be in the Ebenezer Church cemetery.
He was born on Dec. 24, 1896, in Burns, the son of Alfred and Fannie Frey Ammeter. On Jan. 2, 1925 he married Rose B. Mattheyer in Tecumseh, Okla. Mrs. Ammeter died Feb. 25.
Survivors include his son, Sherwin of Florence; two daughters, Kathryn (Mrs. Robert) Ireland of Valley Center and Carolyn Holm of Wichita; brother, Fred of Pampa, Texas, three sisters, Bertha Harris and Lee Bell of Waverly, Texas, Rosemary Manning of Newton; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Rose, one sister and his wife.
Friends may call at Draper Cannon Funeral Home at Florence through Wednesday. (Butler County News, March 13, 1984)
Fred W. Ammeter, 72, retired Phillips Petroleum Pipeline Co. supervisor, died Friday. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, St. Mary's Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Burns.
Survivors: wife, gay; sisters, Bertha Harris, Elizabeth Bell, both of Waverly, Tenn., Rosemary Manning of Newton. Memorial has been established with American Cancer Society. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado. (El Dorado Times, May 27, 1984)
Fred W. Ammeter, 72, of Pampa, Texas, a former Burns resident, died Friday evening in Amarillo, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Burns.
Memorials are to the American Cancer Society. A more complete obituary will appear in Monday's edition of The Times.
Kirby-Morris Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. (Butler County News, May 26, 1985)
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose B. Ammeter, 80, of Burns, who died Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Peabody Memorial Nursing Home in Peabody, were held Monday, Feb. 27 at the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Burns. Burial was in the Ebenezer Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Ammeter was born April 7, 1903, in Chandler, Okla., the daughter of Robert and Mary Frey Mattheyer. She married Chris Ammeter at Tecumseh, Okla., on Jan. 2, 1925. The couple had lived in Burns all of their married life until moving to the Peabody Memorial Nursing Home on Dec. 10, 1983.
She is survived by her son, Sherwin of Florence; two daughters, Kathryn (Mrs. Robert) Ireland of Valley Center and Carolyn Holm of Wichita; two brothers, Robert Mattheyer of Davenport, Okla., and Frank Mattheyer of Chandler, Okla., a sister, Kathryn Reid of chandler, Okla., 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, March 12, 1984)
Elton Edgar "Tony" Bell, 87, retired electric and communications engineer for Phillips Petroleum Company, of Waverly, Tenn., died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1992, in Waverly. Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Burns, Kan.
He was born Oct. 3, 1905 in Burns, to Fernando and Virginia (Smith) Bell. During WWII he served in the U. S. Army. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, and was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge and Scotish Rite Bodies. He was married to Elizabeth Ann (Lee) Ammeter.
Survivors include: wife, Elizabeth, several nieces and nephews. (El Dorado Times, Dec. 10, 1992)
Frank Brenzikofer, 93, Burns, died Thursday at Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Burns, with burial to be in the Ebenezer Cemetery. Rotz Funeral Home, Florence is in charge.
A memorial to the Ebenezer Methodist Church has been established with Bill Wyss in charge.
Mr. Brenzikofer, whose wife died in 1970, is survived by five sons, Arnold of Kansas City, Mo., Bill of Burns, Frank Jr., of Phillipsburg, LeRoy of Houston, Texas, and Harold of Emporia; five daughters, Mrs. C. L. Bayes of Valley Ceneter, Mrs. Jack Boyt of Hutchinson, Mrs. Helen Walsh of El Dorado; Mrs. John Weber and Mrs. S. W. Shinn, both of Burns, and numerous grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, July 17, 1976)
BURNS - William J. Brenzikofer, 74, retired businessman, died Friday, Jan. 30, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Burns United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Belle; sons, Richard of Burns, Robert of Florence, daughter, Joyce Anne McMannis of Burrton; brothers, Arnold of Butler, Mo., Frank of Phillipsburg, Leroy of Houston, Harold of Emporia, sisters, Ruth Weber, Martha Shinn both of Burns, Helen Walsh of El Dorado, Ida Belle Boyd of Hutchinson, Edna Mae Bayes of Valley Center, nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Burns Community Center. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. (El Dorado times, February 2, 1987)
Ernest "Boots" Dauber, age 88, of Burns, died Tuesday, June 13, 1989 at Kindran Bethel Nursing Home of Newton. Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Carlson's Colonial Chapel. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery at Burns.
Mr. Dauber was born May 2, 1901 at Burns, the son of Gottfried and Elizabeth Bernzi Cofer Dauber. He was a retired truck gardener, and lived in Burns area all of his life. He was a member of the Ebenezer Methodist Church, and Modern Woodman of America. He married Nona Sayer, Aug. 19, 1929, in El Dorado. She survives.
Other survivors include one son, Don Dauber of Jetmore; and one daughter, Hazel Dixon of Louisburg; one sister, Ruby Hart of Oklahoma City, Okla.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by six brothers, six sisters. Memorial is with Ebenezer Methodist Church and Eden Mennonite Church of Burns. Carlson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (El Dorado Times, June 14, 1989)
Services for Ernest A. "Boots" Dauber, age 88, of Burns, were held Saturday afternoon at Carlson's Colonial Chapel. Burial followed at Ebenezer Cemetery, Burns. He died Tuesday, June 13, 1989.
The Rev. Charles Claycomb, pastor of Ebenezer Methodist Church Burns, officiated at the services. The Eden Mennonite Men's Quartet from Burns sang "Amazing Grace" and "The Old Rugged Cross."
Casket bearers were Floyd Guggisberg, Jack Hart, Jerry Wagner, John Edgar Dauber, Roger Fedde and Duane Dauber. (El Dorado Times, June 20, 1989)
Mrs. Mabel Dorland Dauber, 84, former resident of El Dorado, died Saturday at Greensburg.
Services are tentatively set for 2 p.m. Monday at Greensburg.
Mrs. Dauber is survived by her husband, Ed, of Greensburg; two sons, Robert Dorland of Wichita, and Gene Dorland of Virginia Beach, Va., and five daughters, Evelyn (Mrs. Ed) Foster and Billie (Mrs. Jim) West, both of El Dorado, Ruth (Mrs. O. L.) Darby of Lee's Summit, Mo., Maurince (Mrs. Robert) Frink of St. John and Marion (Mrs. Larry) Adams of Lyons; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, July 21, 1979)
Mary J. Dauber, 88, homemaker, of Enid, Okla., formerly of Burns, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1993, at the Enid Regional Hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Carlson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Burns.
She was born Sept.5, 1905 in Illinois to John and Etta Rogers Pierce. She moved to Enid in 1980 from Wichita where she had lived for two years. She lived most of her married life in the Burns area.
On Nov. 10, 1928, she and Frank Dauber, were married in Marion. He preceded her in death April 25, 1978.
Survivors include: son, John of Towanda; daughter, Peggy Hodges of Enid, Okla; brothers, John Pierce of El Dorado, Jim Pierce of Burns, sisters, Belle Brenzikofer of Florence, Bernice Lutt of Cedar Point, Mae Foster of Augusta; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one sister. (El Dorado Times, November 17, 1993)
Arnold R. Gfeller, 84, of Rural Route 1, Burns, died Thursday, Oct. 9, 1986, at St. Luke's Hospital in Marion. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in rural Burns. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
He was born Jan. 9, 1902 in Butler County. He married Alice Brenzikofer on May 9, 1926 in Butler County. He was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church, and the Farmers Grain Cooperative.
Survivors include his wife, Alice, of the home, three sons, Don of Burns, Richard of North Augusta, S. C., and Harold of El Dorado; one brother, Tad of Wichita, two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Hahn, Wichita and Mrs. Hulda Westerhaus, Wichita, 16 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at Draper-Cannon Funeral Home in Newton from 5-9 p.m. Friday, all day Saturday and 1-9 p.m. Sunday. Memorial is to the Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Burns. (El Dorado Times, October 10, 1986)
Katherine Gfeller, 86, 1405 Lawndale, died Thursday at Allen Memorial Hospital. She had lived near Burns most of her life and moved to El Dorado one year ago.
Services will be held Monday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at the Ebenezer United Methodist church southwest of Burns and burial will take place at the Ebenezer cemetery.
Mrs. Gfeller was a charter member of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church and also belonged to the United Methodist Women's organization. She was born Dec. 15, 1887, in Clay County and married Arthur F. Gfeller on Feb. 25, 1909 in Burns.
Her husband preceded her in death as did her daughter Emma, one brother and one sister. Survivors include: two daughters, Rosemary Gfeller of the home, Mrs. Kenneth Locke of Jefferson City, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Rose Zieman of Degraff, Kan.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials can be made to the Ebenezer United Methodist Church, to Bill Wyss of Route 1, Burns or the Dietz colonial Funeral Home. (El Dorado Times, 1974 - the obit from the obit scrapbook didn't give the month and day)
Walter Heath, 92, died Saturday morning at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kirby-Morris Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Ebenezer Cemetery, near Burns.
Heath was born Dec. 9, 1888 in Benton, the son of George and Emma Atkinson Heath. He came to the El Dorado area in 1966 from Newton. In 1915 he married Fannie Stackley in El Dorado. She died in 1960. Heath was a retired engineer with the Santa Fe Railroad, having had 59 years of service. He retired in 1966.
Memberships included the Temple Baptist Church, Santa Fe Railroad retirees, the Newton Masonic Lodge and the Shrine Club.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Helen Dunnivan, Muskogee, Okla., three sisters, Mrs. Blanch Higganbotham, Wichita, Mrs. Ida Gaskill and Mrs. Maude Reiserer, both of El Dorado, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, January 31, 1981)
Hattie Heyman, 95, of Burns, died Saturday at Peabody Memorial Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church of Burns, with Tom Bandy officiating. Burial will follow the services in the Ebenezer Cemetery.
She was a mother and homemaker and a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church of Burns.
Mrs. Heyman, a life long resident of Burns, was born Feb. 27, 18909 in Burns, the daughter of Ferdinand and Josephine Czern Herzig. She married John Calvin Heyman on Jan. 5, 1910, in Burns. He preceded her in death on April 18, 1962.
She is survived by two sons, Frank of Burns and John H. of Merced, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Rose Edwards of Phoenix, Ariz.; and seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be until 9 p.m. today at Draper-Cannon Funeral Home in Newton. (El Dorado Times, July 8, 1985)
HEYMAN, SOPHIA ELIZABETH "BETTY"
Sophia Elizabeth "Betty" Heyman, age 66, of El Dorado, died at her home, Sunday, Oct. 1, 1989. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Burial follows at Ebenezer Cemetery.
Mrs. Heyman was born Sept. 4, 1923, in El Dorado, the daughter of Harley and Emma Bayes Poe. She has lived in the Butler County area al of her life. In 1939 she carried Mason Bullock. In Nov. of 1945, she was united in marriage to James Heyman. He died in 1963. For many years Mrs. Heyman worked in several area restaurants. Most recently she did private sitting for families. She attended the Ebenezer United Methodist Church. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary.
Survivors include son, Larry Bullock of Battle Ground, Wash.; daughter Betty Jane Wardlaw of El Dorado, brothers Clifton Poe of Apple Valley, Calif., William Poe of Sterling Heights, Mich.; sisters, Virginia Hamilton of Osseo, Mich., Mary Causey of El Dorado; six grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Jack, Roy, and Lafe Poe, and one sister, Martha Hammann. (El Dorado Times, Oct. 3, 1989)
A lifetime area resident, Mrs. Paul Heymann (Alice), 80, Burns, Route One, died Thursday, June 26, at Allen Memorial Hospital. Services were held Saturday in the Ebenezer United Methodist Church with interment in the Ebnezer cemetery.
Rev. O. J. Bernhardt officiated. Organist was Mrs. Earl Hodges and vocalist was Mrs. Herman J. Miller. She sang "In the Gardens."
Casket bearers were William Wyss, Alan Wyss, Fred Spinden, Sam Spinden, Mark Miller and Glen Strotkamp.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vogleman (Elizabeth Spinden), Mrs. Heymann was born June 14, 1895 in Lincoln township. She married paul Heymann on June 17, 1917 in Burns. He died May 6, 1975.
Survivors include a son, Harold, Burns route one; a daughter, Pauline Heymann, Cincinnati, Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Freda Horton, Hays. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Vera, five sisters and two brothers.
A memorial has been established in her name with the cardiac care unit at Allen Memorial hospital. Donations can be made through the hospital or the Kirby Funeral Home. (Butler County News, July 3, 1975)
A lifetime resident of the Burns area, Paul Heymann, 85, died Tuesday, May 6, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at the Ebenezer United Methodist church and interment was in the Ebenezer cemetery.
Rev. O. J. Bernhardt, retired, officiated at the services. Mrs. Herman Miller sang "The Old Rugged Cross," accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Earl Hodges.
Casket bearers were William Wyss, Alan Wyss, Fred Spinden, Sam Spinden, Mark Miller and Glenn Strotkamp.
Mr. Heymann, of Burns route one, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Heymann (Johnette Heiman). He married Alice Vogelman on June 17, 1917, in Burns. She survives him.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Pauline, Cincinnati, Ohio, a son, Harold, Burns, route one; a sister, Mrs. Annie Notz, Kanorado. Mr. Heymann was preceded in death by one daughter.
A memorial has been established in his name with the Susan B. Allen hospital cardiac care unit. Donations may be made through the Kirby Funeral Home. (Butler County News, May 15, 1975)
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