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BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS

OBITUARIES

AKINS, CARL B.

Services for Carl B.Akins, 2710 East Harry, Wichita, who died Tuesday, Dec. 10, in St. Francis Hospital were held Saturday, Dec. 14 in the Dietz-Pittman Colonial Chapel.

Byron Allen, minister of the Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints officiated. Mrs. Virgil Anderson, playing her own accompaniment, sang "Beautiful Isle," "Beyond the Sunset," and "It is No Secret." Casket bearers were Lonnie Patterson, Don Washburn, David Place, Jack Ward, Kenny Gaston, and Fred Nungesser.

Mr. Akins was born September 19, 1921 at Leon. He was the son of George and Delpha McCart Akins. Reared in this area, he has lived in Sacramento for the past 20 years, returning to Wichita last April. He has been ill for several months. He was a barber by trade. He was a member of the Christian church.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Earl V. Anderson, El Dorado; two sisters, Mrs. Bernice Bailey and Mrs. Rogene Washburn, both of El Dorado; a brother, Paul Akins, Sacramento; a son, Kenneth Lee Akins, three daughters, Mrs. Connie Darling, El Dorado, Paula Marie Akins, and Judy Akins, both of St. Joe, Calif. (El Dorado times, December 19, 1968)

BROOKER, EARL E.

Funeral services for Earl E. Brooker, 49, of Cassoday, who died Friday were conducted this morning at the Kirby Funeral Home chapel. Mr. Brooker was principal of the Cassoday Grade School.

The Rev. Curtis Fulton, pastor of the Florence Methodist church, officiated. Mrs. Noble S. Fritsche sang "Going Home" and "Beneath the Cross of Jesus," accompanied by Miss Dorothy Sandquist at the organ. Burial was in Memorial Lawn Cemetery at Parsons this afternoon with the Rev. Paul Hett officiating.

Mr. Brooker moved to Cassoday in August from Florence, where he was a teacher. He previously had taught at Caney, Kan., and at Warrenton, Mo. He was born at Healy, Kan. on April 4,1 918 and was married to June White at Parsons on Oct. 4, 1944. He held a degree from Kansas State College of Pittsburg and had done graduate work at the University of Missouri.

Mr. Brooker was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Florence Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge at Altoona, Kan., the Cassoday Lions Club, the Kansas State Teachers Association, the National Education Association, the Kansas Association of Elementary Principals, Butler County Teachers Association and the Leon Flint Hills Teachers Association.

Surviving are his wife; a son, Terry of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Judy Miller of Columbia, Mo., Pamela and Becky both of the home; his father, A. J. Brooker, of Fort Scott; five brothers, Clyde and Pat, both of Fort Scott, Bill of Coffeyville, George of Pittsburg, and Richard of Siloam Springs Ark., seven sisters, Mrs. Oral Lyons of Arco, Idaho, Mrs. Frieda Clark of Fulton, Kan., Mrs. Ellen Thiebaud of Parsons, Mrs. Virginia Dobyns of Mission, Kan., Mrs. Louise Rasmussen of South Gate, Calif., Mrs. Ruth Harrison of Kirkwood, Mo., and Mrs. Marilyn Minor of Fort Scott.

A memorial in Mr. Brooker's name has been established with the Cassoday Methodist Church. (El Dorado Times, December 4, 1967)

BUCHANAN, ROY O.

Funeral services for Roy O. Buchanan, 64, of Cassoday, were conducted Wednesday at the Cheny Methodist Church. Mr. Buchanan died at El Dorado Oct. 14.

The Rev. Dean R. Miller, pastor of the United Church of Christ, South Center, and the Rev. L. Russell Calcote, pastor of the Cheney Methodist Church, officiated. Mrs. Harold Bohm, Mrs. Bruce Ball, Frank Ryniker and Ivan Branine sang "In the Garden" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," accompanied by Mrs. Marion Heath, organist.

Casket bearers were Guy Moss, Glenn Cloe, Earl Linder, Tom Winkler, Frank Young, Wayne Casey, Dennis Cowan, and Guilford Cook. Honoary bearers were Melvin Wright, Herschel Casley, Clifford Finney, Bill Helton, Ray Aldridge, Bob Reilly, Tom Barrett, Buster Young, Paul Mann, and Charles Monard.

Mr. Buchanan was employed by the Phillips Petroleum company for more than 34 years and was chief engineer of the pumping stations at Cassoday and Madison. He had lived at Cassoday since 1955, prior to that residing at Medicine Lodge and Cheney. He was born at Old Thomas, Okla. on Jan. 14, 1903 and was married to Grace Winters at Pratt on Jan. 18, 1929. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Kenneth J. Buchanan of Searcy, Ark., and Roy B. Buchanan of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; three brothers, Frank Buchanan and Owen Buchanan of Boron, Calif., and Warren Buchanan, of El Reno, Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Virginia Churchill of Boling, Tex., and Mrs. Sadie Harvey of Lamont, Calif. There are two grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, October 21, 1967)

BULLOCK, MASON

Mason Bullock, formerly of El Dorado, died Monday at Winterset, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Winterset in the Collins Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife, Doris, two daughters, Mona and Debbie and three sons, Ronnie, Robert and Lee, all of the home. Local survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Bullock, Cassoday; two sisters, Mrs. Wilma Young, Cassoday and Mrs. Eva Riggs, Wonsevu, a brother, Maurice Bullock, El Dorado, a daughter, Mrs. David Wardlaw, El Dorado, and a son, Larry Bullock, Santa Ana, Calif. (El Dorado Times, February 17, 1972)

BUTTS, SETH O.

Seth O. Butts, 64, a retired carpenter, died Friday.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta. Burial will be in Butts cemetery, near Leon.

He was born at Leon and came to Wichita in 1911.

Survivors include four sons, Set, Independence, Mo. Harold, Wichita, Edgar, South Bend, Ind., and David, Odessa, Tex., and a brother, Gilbert, Wichita.

CAMERON, JAMES ROSS

James Ross Camerson, 76, Tulsa, died Monday, May 29. Services were Friday at Tulsa Baptist Temple. Burial rites were in Moore's Eastlawn Chapel, Memorial Park, Tulsa.

He was born in 1876 in Cassoday, the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. E. Cameron, early Cassoday settlers. He married Beulah Yarberry, who died in 1955. He was retired from Sun-Ray Oil company, and at the time of his death, was a part-time bookkeeper. He was active in the Tulsa Baptist Temple and taught a Sunday School class.

Survivors include: two sons, G. Neal, Inola, Okla., and James O., Tulsa, two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Tuner, Tulsa and Mrs. Joanne Brubaker, Zion, Ill., and 12 grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, June 5, 1972)

COFFELT, ROGER

Roger W. Coffelt, 56, of Culver City, Calif., a former resident of Cassoday, died Thursday at Beverly Glen hospital in that city.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at the Kinglsey Gates Mortuary in Culver City. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood, Calif.

Born at Sycamore Springs, Mr. Coffelt lived at Cassoday until 1935. He moved to California and had lived there since. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Edna Thompson of Los Angeles, a former Cassoday resident; his wife, a daughter, a brother, Lawrence Coffelt of Emporia and four grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, no date given)

CROSS, GARRETT W.

Funeral services for Garrett W. Cross, 78, of Florence, were conducted Saturday at Cottonwood Falls. Mr. Cross was a former Butler County resident. He died Thursday at St. Lukes hospital in Marion.

He was born May 2, 1892 at Goffs, Kansas and moved to Cassoday about 1900. he was married to Freddie McLaughlin Sept. 14, 1926 at El Dorado. He was a farmer and a veteran of World War I.

Surviving are his widow, seven sons, Neil Cross of Topeka, James Cross of Matador, Tex., Jerry Cross of Rigby, Idaho, Marion of Dillon, Mont. Paul Cross of Culver City, Kansas; Doran Cross of Black Canyon, Ariz., and Dan Cross of Sun City, Kansas, two daughters, Mrs. Mary Watchous, of Concordia and Mrs. Carol Heine of Newton; one half-brother, Lawrence Richards of 933 North Main and 20 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother, five sisters, one half-sister and one half brother. (El Dorado Times, September 21, 1970)

DUNCAN, ROBERT JESSE

Funeral services for Robert Jesse Duncan, 24, Benton , who was killed in a truck accident Wedneday, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Palmyra Baptist Church near Benton with the rev. Ernest Clark, pastor, officiating.

The accident occurred Wednesday when the loaded gasoline truck he was driving went out of control and crashed in a ditch four miles south of Florence.

He was born April 5, 1938 at Benton and was a resident of Benton most of his life.

Mr. Duncan was a member of the Palmyra Baptist Church and the Towanda Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his widow: Karen, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duncan, Benton; one son, Randy Lee of the home, a brother, Gerald, Benton, and a sister, Martha Ann Duncan, also of Benton.

Graveside services will be conducted by the Towanda Masonic Lodge at Benton Cemetery. (El Dorado Times, Thursday, January 17, 1963)

GIBSON, JOHN H.

Many Leon folks were interested but sorry to learn of the passing of a former Superintendent of Leon schools, John H. Gibson, 85, of Wichita, on Friday, following an illness of 3 days.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Potwin Christian Church, with the Rev. Ernest Leirerer, pastor, officiating. Interment was made in the Potwin Cemetery with Lamb Mortuary of Whitewater in charge.

Mr. Gibson served as superintendent of schools at Leon and left here in 1915 for El Dorado then was here again in the fall of 1916 to the spring of 1919.

He was also a former banker of Butler County. He was a retired director of the Kansas State Bank, and formerly held controlling interest in the Potwin State Bank and the People's State Bank of Whitewater. He sold his interest in the Potwin State Bank in 1946, and moved to Wichita, where he had since resided. He served 25 years in the banking business and 18 years in educational work.

Besides Leon he served as superintendent of schools at Douglass, Augusta, Whitewater and Oskaloosa.

He was a member of the Potwin Christian Church and the Douglass Masonic Lodge.

He was born Oct. 19, 1879, near Douglass, and was married to Grace Noble in December, 1904 at Oskaloosa. They were parents of two children, a son Leland, who was killed in a car accident January 23, 1938 and a daughter Virginia. Mrs. Gibson also preceded him in death.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Deubler, Wichita; two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Cleo Craft, Latham. (El Dorado times, 1965)

HANNON, EDNA SARAH

Several of the older citizens in the Leon vicinity will remember Mrs. Edna Sarah hannon, 89 of Wichita, who died November 4, 1968. She was the former Edna Case, a daughter of the Allen cases who once operated a grocery store in Leon on the corner just south of the present Leon Locker & Market. Edna was a good friend of Miss Margaret Dedrick and her family; and was born at Leon.

She was married to Lon Hannon, a grocer, who died in 1957. They had resided in Wichita after leaving Leon in 1915.

Funeral services were held November 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the downing Downtown Mortuary, with burial in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. C. E. Audbury of the home, and Mrs. Lea Kincaid, also of Wichita. (El Dorado Times, November 21, 1968)

HARSH, MAUDE E.

Mrs. Maude E. Harsh, 75, Cassoday, died Wednesday at Axtel Hospital, Newton. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cassoday Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Matfield Green Cemetery.

Born August 10, 1896, at Matfield Green, she was married December 13, 1918 to Samuel Harsh at Matfield Green. They moved from Matfield Green to Cassoday in 1929.

Before she was married she was a school teacher in the Matfield Green area. She was a member of the Christian Church and Cassoday Pinochle club.

Survivors include her husband, of the home, and one sister, Mrs. Althea Bullock, Cassoday.

Two brothers preceded her in death.

Kirby Funeral Home is in charge. (El Dorado Times, October 28, 1971)

LANDERS, CHARLIE ROBERT

Services for Charlie Robert Landers, Cassoday, were held Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Briggs-Gamel Funeral Home chapel, Lampass, Tex. Interment was at that Naruna, Tex., Cemetery. Rev. Adrian Coleman officiated. Kirby Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements.

Mr. Landers died November 12, at the Ft. Dodge Soldiers' home in Dodge City.

He was born April 22, 1896, Burnett county, Tex. In 1920 he married John Helen Hartley who died in 1927. In 1943 Mr. Landers moved from El Dorado to Cassoday. He was a retired farmer.

Mr. Landers was a member of the Naruna Baptist Church, the American Legion, Disabled veterans, charter member of the Lions Club of Cassoday and a veteran of World War I.

Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Arlene Scribner, El Dorado, route four; two sons, Charlie C. Landers, Houston, Tex., and John Albert Landers, Oklahoma City; twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One son and two brothers preceded him in death. (El Dorado Times, November 18, 1971)

McGREGOR, ROBERT L.

Robert L. McGregor, 55, of Santa Cruz, Calif., a former resident of the Bluestem region, died suddenly Thursday night. Funeral services are pending.

Mr. McGregor was born at Cassoday on March 7, 1914. He attended schools in Cassoday and Rosalia, but had lived in California since 1932. He had engaged in construction work and more recently was in the real estate business.

Surviving are his wife, Marian; his mother, Mrs. Jessie B. McGregor of Leon; three sisters, Mrs. Carl Fisher of Ogden, Kan., Mrs. Emmett Gifford of Wichita, and Mrs. Jessa Ferna Gould of Leon; and three brothers, William A. McGregor of Vinita, Okla., Harrison E. McGregor of Riley, Kan., and Keith M. McGregor of Leon. (El Dorado Times, September 13, 1969)