BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITUARIES
BARKER, ARTHUR
Word comes of the death of Arthur Barker, son of Jack and Lizzie Barker at a hospital in Bartlesville, Oklahoma early a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1st, 1974. Cause of death was cancer. His body was cremated. A Mortuary in Bartlesville was in charge of his body.
Arthur was born Dec. 26th 1891 and grew to manhood on his parents farm nine miles west of Welch, Oklahoma then it was Indian Territory.
In the year of 1912 he married Jo Gamble, three children were born to this union. Daughter Verda preceded him in death. Survivors are his son, Kenneth Barker, Turlock, Calif., his daughter, Neva Farrington, Culver City, California, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren all in Calif.
He has two brothers still living. Curtis of Coffeyville, Kansas and Herbert of Howe, Okla.
Arthur lived several years in Douglass, with his sister Effie, brothers, George, Herbert and Ray. Effie died while living in Douglass in 1922. George died in a hospital in Welch, Oklahoma. Ray died in a hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Douglass Tribune, December 12, 1974)
Quintella M. Donnelly, 89, of Wichita, died Wednesday. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Culbertson Mortuary.
Quintella was a homemaker.
Survivors include her sons, Gerald and Clifford, both of Wichita; daughters, Verda Yeager of Leon, Wanna Mayfield of Lucerne Valley, Calif.; a brother, C. B. Parks, and sister, Dolly Laird, both of Tucson. (El Dorado Times, August 20, 1982)
Leon Mayor Dies at 72 in Wichita
Willard J. Edwards, 72, Leon, who served the city as mayor, died Tuesday at Wesley Medical Center.
His service will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado. Rev. Chester Bodenhamer will officiate and burial will be in the Leon Cemetery. Masonic graveside services will be conducted at the cemetery by the Joppa Lodge.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
he was born Feb. 22, 1909 in rural Leon to Josepheus and Devorah McCaffree Edwards.
He married Blanche Cooper April 20, 1932 in El Dorado. She survives.
He was a retired oil well driller. He also farmed and raised horses before he retired in 1976.
He was a member of the Joppa Lodge 223 where he was Past Master and a life member of the Wichita Consistory and the Leon Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Army in the 1930s.
Other survivors include a daughter, Letha Olinger of Satanta; three sisters, Lois Westervelt and Violet Fling, both of Leon and Ada Peterson of Wichita; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, November 27, 1981)
Mildred French, 83, Satanta, formerly Leon died Thursday at a Ulysses nursing home.
Her service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Leon United Methodist Church. Rev. Jack Williams will officiate and burial will be in the Butts Cemetery in Beaumont.
A memorial has been established with the Prairie View Community Methodist Church.
She was born Feb. 17, 1899 in Atlanta to William Benjamin and Eliza Bell Wolfe Lanier.
She married George Earl Parsons July 4, 1919 in Wichita. He died.
She married Theodore French in 1967 and he died in 1970.
Survivors include two daughter, Irene Tredway of Longton and Helen Edwards of Satanta; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, October 4, 1982)
Jessie O. Fultz, 84, Wichita, sister of Mary Spivey of Leon, died Friday at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita.
Her service was at 1 p.m. today at the Cochran Mortuary in Wichita. Rev. Charles J. Chipman officiated and burial was at the Little Walnut Cemetery in Leon.
She was born March 23, 1898 in Tiny, Mo., to Jessie and Mattie Griggs Easley.
She married Russell D. Fultz Oct. 7, 1916 in Wichita. He died in 1970.
Survivors include a son, Roy Fultz of Walnut; a daughter, Kathryn Schulte of Wichita; a brother, Chris Easley of Newton; another sister, Lois Young of Wichita; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A son Dewey Fultz, died Oct. 12. Twin daughters, Lula and Lola, also preceded her in death. (El Dorado Times, October 18, 1982)
Services Reported for Virgil Hartman
Virgil H. Hartman, former Douglass resident died August 9 in Boulder, Colorado. Services were held on August 12 in Boulder. He was the son of the late Monroe and Kate Hartman and brother of the late Mrs. Tom Davies, and the late George Hartman. Mr. Hartman was a railroad employee for many years and was a resident of Atwood, Ks. At the time of his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Winnie and three sons, Wesley, Victor and Dwight and a number of grandchildren. (Douglass Tribune, September 12, 1974)
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Douglass First United Methodist Church for Katie W. (Mrs. Charley) Hein, 84, of Douglass who died Sunday. Interment willb e in the Douglass cemetery.
Survivors include three sisters. Mrs. Minnie Coonrod of Amson, Tex., Mrs. Emma Brandon of Wichita, and Mrs. Maggie Prigmore of Augusta. (Augusta Gazette, December 9, 1974)
Mrs. Bessie Krause, mother of W. V. Krause of Peabody, passed away last Friday evening. She was 77 years of age. She had been in failing health for many months.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Krause, Koni and Dee went to Belleville Friday evening and remained until the funeral Monday morning. In addition to W. V. Krause, the deceased is survived by two other sons, Gayle A. Krause of El Dorado and Dr. Charles Krause of Caldwell, Ida., eight grandchildren, a brother and a sister and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mabel Krause.
Services were held at the Central Christian Church in Belleville at 10:00 a.m. Monday with interment in the Chester, Neb., Cemetery. (Douglass Tribune, October 3, 1974)
Services Held For John W. Lee
John W. Lee, 84, of Rose Hill, passed away on August
31, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He was a resident of Retirement Manors in Rose Hill.
Services were held September 4 at the Rose Hill Friends Church.
Survivors include three sons, Dale of Canton, Tex.; Oral of Garden Grove, Cal. And Joe of El Dorado and two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Showalter of Rose Hill and Mrs. Sally Sprout of Fountain Valley, Cal., 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Durham-Thomas Funeral Home of Fredonia was in charge of the service at White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Wichita. (Douglass Tribune, September 12, 1974)
McCalla Services Held Here Today
Funeral services for William L. McCalla, 54, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Dunsford chapel with Rev. B.B.
Hinkson in charge. Burial will be made in Elmwood cemetery.
Mr. McCalla had been in poor health for four years. His death occurred at his home Sunday morning. He had been
a resident of Butler county for 50 years and had worked for the city for 16 years. He was a member of the Baptist
church.
W.L. McCalla was born in Atchison, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCalla. He was married to Glennys Hardesty
October 15, 1928 at Kingman. She survives as do a brother, Frank, of Zenda, and a sister, Mrs. Nick Rohrer of Elmo.
(Augusta Daily Gazette, April 18, 1949, submitted by Judy Mayfield)
Alfred N. "Shorty" McNickles, 1204 State
Street, the man who trodded the streets of Augusta with his canine pal, Toby, died yesterday while fishing at the
Augusta City Lake.
Graveside services will be at Leon Cemetery at 2 p.m. Saturday. Harlan Spencer will officiate. The Dunsford Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.
Authorities were called when Shorty did not return home last night after heading out for one of his frequent fishing
trips yesterday morning.
Local safety officers searched the lake area, the Whitewater River and even a lake a the Augusta Country Club where
Shorty sometimes went looking for frogs. They found him at the west side of the city lake around 3 o'clock this
morning.
Many Augustans knew the 81-year-old man. He was slender, stoop-shouldered, white-haired figure who often had a
red hunting cap pulled low over his eyes. His almost constant companion was Toby, who accompanied him on fishing
trips and walks throughout Augusta. During the summer months, Shorty had Toby on a leash in one hand and a fishing
poll in the other hand.
One of the things that delighted him the most was showing off his beagle hound to children. He once told a reporter
from the Gazette that more children pet Toby then any other dog in town.
His daughter, Patricia Lucille Bowen, brought Toby from Michigan in 1968 to Augusta as a Christmas present from
a grandson.
Walked 2 miles Daily
He walked around two miles daily. During those excursions, he would stop in to see friends along the way. Greetings
of "Hey, Shorty, how ya doing?" and "What's going on?"
Jo Westbrooks, director of the Augusta MIDKAP Senior Center, said that Shorty would come down to the center every
day to play pool with the other men. "He would bring Toby, too and tie him on a post in front of the center.
During hot weather, he would take water out to Toby in Styrofoam coffee cups and give Toby two or three drinks
at a time. Then he would come back in and play pool and return to give Toby some more water. He took care of that
dog like most people would take care of a baby."
During the street dances sponsored by the center, Shorty was a hit with the younger generation. "You could
say Shorty kept up with the times," Westbrooks added. "He danced almost every dance. Everybody wanted
to dance with him because he was a good dancer.
Shorty also enjoyed singing and several years ago sang "My Wild Irish Rose" in a Church Talent Show.
Born April 20, 1900 in Sistersville, W. VA., to John Joseph and Mary C. McCamey McNickles, he was one of nine children
in his family growing up in the oil fields of West Virginia. He went through the eighth grade and then worked in
drilling rigs and in the oil fields.
He married Mary Lucille Cox April 30, 1942 in Winfield. She survives.
He worked at the Mobil Oil Refinery here 21 years before retiring in 1965. He was a pipe fitter and worked in the
maintenance department.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Other survivors include a daughter Pat Bowen of Leon; a sister Bertha Mitchell of St. Petersburg, Fla. (Augusta
Daily Gazette, August 27, 1981, submitted by Judy Mayfield)
Mrs. McNickles Passes Apr. 28
Mrs. John J. McNickles, aged 78 years, died late Monday night at he home at Leon following an illness of several
months.
Mrs. McNickles had been a resident of Leon for the past 15 years and previously had lived on the Harmon lease,
west of El Dorado near Florence and in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. She was born in Clarion Co., PA., March
20, 1863, and was married at Fairview, PA., April 13, 1882. Her husband died last November 25. Mrs. McNickles was
a member of the Leon Methodist church and formerly belonged to the Ladies of the McCabees.
Surviving are two sons, T.V. McNickles of Long Beach, Calif., and Alfred N. McNickles, of Leon, and two daughters,
Mrs. Mildred Conley, of Leon, and Mrs. Bertha B. Mitchell, of Cottonwood Falls. Three daughters, Stella, Margaret
Lulu and Alfreda, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Leon Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 and interment will be
made in the Leon cemetery. The Byrd Funeral Home is in charge.
Mrs. W.S. Marshall, Mrs. Lloyd Eckel, Mr. Walter Dilts and Mr. J.A. Marshall, accompanied by Mrs. J.R. Souders
at the piano sang, "The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago", and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye."
Mrs. Willard Morgan, accompanied by Mrs. J.R. Souders at the piano sang, "Going Home".
Pallbearers included A.W. Ray, Elvin Willhite, Frank Gibb, O.R. Brenton, Frank Mantooth and Frank Green. (The Leon
News, May 2, 1941, submitted by Judy Mayfield)
Lamar Price, 61, of Wichita, a former porter at the Stock Yards Exchange Barber Shop, died Wednesday. He was a brother of Mrs. Katie Mae Handcock of Douglass.
Other survivors are his widow, Edith; three stepsons, two other sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hamby and Mrs. Arvilla Pittman both of Wichita and two half brothers.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Baptist Church in Wichita. (El Dorado Times, September 5, 1974)
Hazel Richey Rites Saturday
Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the Dunsford Funeral Home Chapel for Hazel Marie
Richey, 72, who died Thursday at the Augusta Medical Complex. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
Hazel Richey was born Feb. 27, 1901 at Joplin, Mo., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hodson. She was married
to Fred F. Richey at Newton on April 11, 1932. He preceded her in death on Aug. 1, 1965.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. L.B. Strother of Martinsville, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. G.T. Price of Anderson,
Ind.; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. (Augusta Daily Gazette, November 23, 1973, submitted by
Judy Mayfield)
Wayne Seal, 39, of 1708 Chimney Swift Lane, West Columbia, S. C., were held at 2 p.m. Sun. Sept 15 in First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. H. Edwin Young.
Wayne died Wednesday Sept. 11 in the airplane crash near Charlotte, N. C.
Born at Rock, Kansas, he ws the son of Chet and Vivian Seal. After completing his tour of duty with the U.S. Airforce, he attended Furman University in Greenville.
He began his news broadcasting career in South Carolina in radio and was news director for WIS-TV in Columbia from Sept. 1965 to March 1967. At that time, he became news secretary to Gov. Robert E. McNair.
He served on the governor's staff until 1970. He was appointed executive director of Southern Education Communicative Association in 1970 and served as its president until Oct. 1973.
In 1973, he joined the news department of WCIV-TV in Charleston and was named manager of news and public affairs in June of this year.
Surviving are his widow, Nancy Caldwell Seal; a daughter, Carolyn Marie; two sons, Steven Wayne and John Caldwell of the home; his parents of Rock, Kansas; three brothers, Kenneth Eugene, Keith Raymond and Gary Warren and one sister, Mrs. James Ford of Douglass, Kansas.
Attending the services from here were Mr. and Mrs. Chet Seal and Gary of Rock; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Seal, Ken and Kevin; Mr. and Mrs. James L. Ford; Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Seal; Mrs. Sidney Olmstead, Miss Teresa Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jones and Greg all of Douglass. (Douglass Tribune, September 26, 1974)
Oscar Clyde Trefethen son of Hattie and Samuel Trefethen, was born at Lucas, Russell County, Kansas on May 15, 1906.
He grew up around the Lucas area and attended the Cheyenne school.
After leaving home, he worked in the oil fields all over Kansas and Oklahoma as a driller. He had many skills and worked at all, during his life including carpentering, roofing, salesman and farming. Making friends all areas of his work.
Well liked by his friends and neighbors who called him "Chief."
A member of the Greenwood Baptist Church at Ottawa, Kansas.
Oscar passed away Sept. 24, 1974 at 4:00 p.m. at the age of 68. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers; Jim and Eugene, 2 sisters Lucy Thays and Alice Nettleton.
Survivors include his widow Vivien, 2 sons, Dave and Don both of Colorado Springs, Colo., 4 grandchildren, 3 brothers, Alfred of Golden, Colo., Lee and Vernon both of Douglass, a sister Blanch Garrison of Hill City, Ks., a multitude of nieces and nephews and a host of friends and neighbors.
Services were held at Bronson United Methodist Church Friday, Sept. 27, 1974 by Ralson-Hutton Funeral Home, Moran, Kansas.
Glenn Kunkle, Jr. was in charge.
Interment in Fairview Cemetery. Mildred, Kansas. (Douglass Tribune, October 3, 1974)
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ at Douglass at 3:00 Sunday for Harry Glen Young 76, of Douglass.
Bill Freeze conducted the service.
Interment was in Cumberland cemetery.
Harry Glen Young was born Sept. 5, 1898 at Whitefield, Ill., the son of Jasper Newton and Fanny R. Young. He was married to Lucille Olive Guest at Wichita on Oct. 21, 1925.
He was a former Augusta resident and was a retired mechanic and former owner of the Uptown Auto Service. He was a member of the Church of Christ and the American Legion. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War I.
Survivors include his widow; two sons, Keith Young of Douglass and Norman Young of Augusta, two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Alley of Douglass and Mrs. Wanda Salmans of Augusta; two brothers, Glyde and Bud Young of Ozark, Mo.; four sisters Mrs. Lola Graffis of Joliet, Ill., Mrs. Katherine Wilson of Quincy, Mo., Mrs. Florence Brammer of Townsend, Mont., and Mrs. Marylnn Geren of Monterey, Calif., and 12 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Bruce.
Services were conducted jointly by The Dunsford Funeral Home of Augustad and the Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home of Douglass. (The Douglass Tribune, April 26, 1974)
MORRISON, DARRIN
KENT
Darrin Kent Morrison, 25, of El Dorado, died Friday, July 31, 1998, at Grove, Okla. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Carl-son Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
He was born July 4, 1973, at Tuscon, Ariz., to Ron and Beverly Gagnon Morrison. He spent most of his life in El
Dorado and was a former student.
He is survived by his mother, Beverly Morrison of El Dorado; his father and step-mother, Ron and Johnnie Morrison
of Grove, Okla.; two brothers, Chris Morrison of Grove, Okia., and Kirk Morrison of El Dorado; one sister, Trudi
Cook of El Dorado; his grandmother, Irene Gagnon of Tuscon, Ariz.; and three nieces and one nephew.
Memorial contributions may be made to El Dorado High School for a baseball scholarship and may be left at Carlson
Funeral Home of El Dorado, which is in charge of the arrangements. (El Dorado Times, July 1998)
DIED---Little Nora B. Whitted, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Whitted, died May 4th, 1896, aged 24 days. The death of little Nora made a sad and lonely home. She has gone to the world above, where the angels shall sing for ever more.
God is with her now, we know; and may God dwell
with the many relatives and friends who witnessed and mourned her death. She shall never suffer any more or have
any troubler. God be with our darling.
OUR DARLING
We are parted once, our darling,
To be parted never more.
But we'll meet you, our darling,
Over on the other shore.
God has called you, our darling,
For he chose you as his own.
We will great you, our darling,
When we reach our heavenly home.
How we miss you, our darling,
Troubles all we must wear.
We'll be happy, our darling,
On that day so bright and fair.
FERNA A. GILBREATH.
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