BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITUARIES
Wichita
Bennett, Anna May (Meier), 88, retired Boeing Wichita dispatcher, died Monday, November 2, 1992. Rosary 7 p.m. today, DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary, Wichita, services 10:30 a.m. Thursday, St. Anne's Catholic Church, Wichita 1:30 p.m. Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado.
Survivors sons, Melvin L. of Kissimmee, Fla., John L. of Wichita, daughter Betty L. McIntyre of Eureka, sister, Violet A. Donnelly of Wichita, 13 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, six great great grandchildren. Memorials have been established with St. Margaret Mary renovation fund, Wichita, and Sacred Heart Buidling Fund, Eureka. (Wic hita Eagle, no date, Submitted by Charlotte Bennett)
Jim Bennett, 15, Killed in Crash of Motor Scooter and Car
Skull Fracture Fatal to Caney Boy about Two Hours Following Accident
James Joseph Bennett, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bennett, who reside at the south edge of Caney on Highway 75, was injured fatally in a motor scooter-automobile crash just south of the city limits on the highway near his home at 6:55 o'clock yesterday morning.
The youth, a freshman in Caney high school, died at 9:20 o'clock in Scimeca Memorial hospital of a fractured skull. He was rushed to the hospital in a Graves ambulance.
Jim was carrier for the Bartlesville Examiner and was near the completion of his monring deliveries when the tragedy occurred.
He had made deliveries to Caney residences and had returned to his home to obtain papers that were to be sold in Caney business houses.
Tried to Retrieve Cap
According to Deputy Sheriff Ray Melton, who was near the scene of the accident and was among the first to arrive following the crash, James was riding north on his motor scooter when his cap blew off his head. He made a left turn according to the officer's information to retrieve the headpiece, and while doing so his motor scooter was struck by a 1942 Chevrolet 4-door sedan driving north by Edward Walford, Ramona, Okla., who was enroute to Caney to spend Easter with relatives.
Young Bennett was thrown from his machine and his head apparently struck a curbing. He never regained consciousness.
His mother glanced out a window of the Bennett home shortly after the crash and saw the boy in the street. She was among the first to reach his side.
Scene of the accident was near the Port of Entry.
The motor scooter was extensively damaged.
The tragedy enshrouded the entire community with shock and grief that a bright Easter Sunday sun could not obliterate.
Jim was a popular boy, not only among his schoolmates and teachers at Caney high school, but also with people of the town who respected him for his energy and a shy, friendly smile. He arose early every morning to carry his paper route, at the same time he was taking his full load of studies and other responsbilities in Caney High School. He and his younger brother, Jack, were real pals and were seen together often.
Lived Here Two Years
Jim was born at El Dorado, Kan.; Nov. 25, 1935. He resided there seven years, then moved to Leon, Kan., for a six year stay before coming to Caney two years ago.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, are a sister, Mrs. Martin (Betty) McIntyre, Coldwater, Kan.; two brothers Melvin Bennett, Wichita, Kan., and Jack of the home, and two nieces, Cora Anna and Connie Sue McIntyre, Coldwater.
Jim was a member of Sacred Heart Church. Rosary will be recieted at the Graves Chapel at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow (Tuesday) night.
Funearl services will be conducted in St. John's Catholic Church at El Dorado at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning by the Rev. Fr. P. J. Leahy and the Rev. Fr. William Ryan. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery at El Dorado. (Caney Chronicle, Monday, April 18, 1949 - Submitted by Charlotte Bennett)
WICHITA - Russell Dean Bennett, 34, died Sept. 7, 1992, at Wichita.
He was born Dec. 4, 1957, at Independence, the son of John and Charlotte Lamb Bennett. A resident of Wichita, he was a welder for J & J Fence Co.
He married Joann Bennett. She survives.
Other survivors include: two stepdaughters, Melissa Dohle and Amy Jo Dohle, both of Wichita; parents, Wichita; grandmother Anna Bennett, Eureka; and three brothers, Tony, Midwest City, Okla., James D., Wichita, and Ricky A., Ramstein, Germany.
Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. today at DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Chapel, Wichita, with the Rev. Mark Springs, presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to service time today. Graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. today in the Sunset Lawn Cemetery, El Dorado.
Memorials may be sent to the Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas in care of the mortuary. (Submitted by Charlotte Bennett)
Blake, Wilma L., 74, retired partner and bookkeeper with Blake Oil Co. and homemaker, died Monday, April 16, 2007. Service 10: 30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, El Dorado.
Survivors: husband, Edward L. of the home, daughters, Carol (Jeff) Saferite of El Dorado, Lori (Jim) Ruder of Benton, mother, Laura Needham of El Dorado, sisters, Betty Hummel of Fall River, Martha Ann Dale of El Dorado, grandchilren, Jeff (Robin) Saferite, Jr. of Lakeridge, Va., Chris Saferite, Monica Saferite both of El Dorado. Memorials may be made to Total Hospice or First Baptist Church. Carlson Funeral Home. (Submitted by Tim Peal Hummel)
Peal Lennie Harold, 92, retired Mobile Refinery control board supervisor, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1996. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta.
He was born Sept. 15, 1903, in Grain Valley, Mo., the son of Thomas Dudley and May Blanche (Petty) Peal. On Jan. 18, 1975, he and Irene Holem Whiteside were married in El Dorado. He retired from Mobile Refinery in Augusta. His memberships included St. John's Catholic Church, long-time member of the Elks Lodge, I. O. O. F. Lodge and Demolay.
Survivors include: wife, Irene; daughter, Pam Knowles of Everett, Wash., stepdaughter, May Ann Fioretto of Overland Park, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two daughters, one brother and three sisters. Memorials are to Bradford Memorial Library. Kirby Morris Funeral Home has the arrangements. (Submitted by Time Peal Hummel)
McIntyre, Martin S., 73, retired Kansas Turnpike Authority maintenance superintendent, died Monday, Aug. 8, 1994. Rosary 7 p.m. Thursday, service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home; graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado.
Survivors, wife, Betty; son, Virgil of Dana Point, Calif., daughters, Connie Angleton of Augusta, Cora Ann Diehl, Cindy Russold, both of Wichita, brothers, Virgil, Victor, both of Coldwater, 10 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Sacred Heart Catholic Church building fund. Eureka (The Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, August 10, 1994, Submitted by Charlotte Bennett)
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