Glen D. Baker, 91, of El Dorado, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994 at Knutson Manor Care Center. Services are 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Carlson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Township Cemetery, rural El Dorado.
He was born Dec. 11, 1902, in Fairview Township, the son of Joseph Warren and Hattie Pollock Baker and lived all his life in this area. He was a retired oilfield pumper and a meber of the First Christian Church and Farm Bureau.
Survivors include foster daughter - Pat Mitchell, of El Dorado; three foster grandchildren, nine foster great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, four sisters and a foster-son John Fry. (Butler County News, November 21, 1994)
Patricia C. "Pat" Baker, 61, Leon, former Dollar General Store manager, passed away on Monday, May 29, 2006.
Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, at Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado.
Her survivors include: husband, Leo; sons, John Levasseur, of Augusta, Sgt. Ted Levasseur of Ft. Riley, Timothy Baker of Leon, and Terry Baker of Augusta; sister, Martha Elliott of Las Vegas, Nev.; seven grandchildren.
Arrangements by Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
Driving at full speed, two heavy Santa Fe engines, drawing long trains met at the sharp curve near Rock south of Douglass late Friday afternoon killing two and injuring a third. It is reported a fourth man is being sought and is believed to be dead.
Charles H. Bennefield, fireman of the local, going north, was crushed to death between the engine and tender. George Johnson, engineer on the same train suffered bruises and scalds from which he died early Saturday in the Santa Fe hospital at Mulvane. George McIntosh, engineer of the south bond extra, was frightfully scalded. Conductor Harry Butts of the latter train was slightly injured.
The local is said to have been running against orders, trying to make Rock. The scene of the wreck is at a sharp curve, probably the sharpest on the Santa Fe branch. Both trains were running at full speed and wrecked cars are lying along the right-of-way for a distance of nearly a mile. Three extra gangs from the Santa Fe main line were rushed to Douglass to assist in clearing the tracks. The regular schedule probably will be restored Sunday. Trains now are running by way of Mulvane.
The three enginemen - two dead and the other injured - all had headquarters in Arkansas City. Bennefield has a wife and two children living at Strong City. (Walnut Valley Times, February 9, 1917)
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Dunsford Funeral Home Chapel for Vera Amy Bird, 74, of Wichita, who died last Friday at St. Francis hospital at Wichita. The Rev. Clarence Hamm conducted the services. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Vera Amy Bird was born Feb. 25, 1901 at El Dorado, the daughter of Ira W. and Nellie (Viets) McClure. She was married to George E. Bird at Harlingen, Tex., on June 16, 1936.
She was a member of the United Methodist church.
Survivors include her widower; a daughter, Mrs. Howard Berkley of Columbia, Mo., a brother, Jim McClure of Wichita, three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Ralston of Augusta, Mrs. Florence Burrie of Garden City and Mrs. Helen Fendley of Houston, Tex.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Joe McClure. (Augusta Gazette, April 14, 1975)
Mrs. J. E. Brown, Kansas pioneer, died at a Wichita sanitarium Monday. Death came on the seventy-fourth anniversary of her birth.
The body will be brought to El Dorado and services will be conducted in the Adventist church here at 1:30 Thursday, followed by burial in West Cemetery. There will be no floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to Butler county 32 years ago immediately following their marriage in Shawnee county. They settled on a farm 10 miles northeast of El Dorado and lived there until nine years ago when they removed to El Dorado. Both have been in a Wichita sanitarium for the last two months.
Mrs. Brown is survived by five children. They are: Mrs. E. C. Stansbury, El Dorado; Mrs. Fred Clark, Crawford, Neb., Frank Brown and Clem Brown, El Dorado; and Edward Brown who, when last heard from, was in South America. (Walnut Valley Times, January 8, 1917)
John G. Burner, early settler of south El Dorado township, died Tuesday morning of dropsy, aged 76 years. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock Wednesday. Burial in West cemetery.
Mr. Burner was born in Illinois and came to Butler county in 1871. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Alta H. Kennedy, Snow; Oscar B. Burner, Latham, Obid Burner, Earl Burner and Edgar Burner at home. Frank Burner, Gagg, Oklahoma and Mrs. Kris Linebarger, El Dorado. (Walnut Valley Times, January 1917)
BYBEE, MAMIE GLADYS (MRS. ARTHUR)
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Saturday morning at the Old Mission Mortuary at Wichita for Mamie Gladys (Mrs. Arthur) Bybee, 64, of Wichita. She died Thursday. Interment will be in the Old Mission Cemetery.
Survivors include her widower, a son, Robert J. Elliott of Wichita; four stepsons, A. E. Bybee, Robert A. Bybee and James H. Bybee of Wichita and John D. Bybee of Clearwater; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Don DeHoff of Wichita; two brothers, Lee A. Elliott and James F. Elliott of Augusta, a sister, Mrs. Louise Fudge of El Dorado, a niece, Mrs. Mildred Rich of Clayton, N. J.; 18 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. (Augusta Gazette, April 10, 1975)
Denver, Jan. 10 - Col. W. F. Cody, the noted scout and plainsman breathed his last at 12:05 today. He died at the home of his sister, Mrs. May Becker. (Walnut Valley Times, January 1917)
The funeral of Harris Grove, 14, who died of injuries received when he was thrown against the side of the rig on the Cook No. 6 Sunday evening was held from the home at 2:30 Tuesday. The service was conducted by Rev. C. E. King, pastor of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Roy Cowan, Mrs. George A. Hughes, Mrs. G. F. Ambrose and Miss Anna Anderson had charge of the music. Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Hughes sang "Goodnight, but Not Farewell." The Sunday School class of which Harris was a member attended in a body. The Eighth grade of the city schools, which Harris attended was dismissed and also attended in a body.
The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful. Burial was in Belle Vista Cemetery. (Walnut Valley times, February 2, 1917)
HACKLER, BERTA WILSON (MRS. JOHN W.)
Long time Butler county resident, Mrs. John W. Hackler (Berta), 83, 1203 Orient, died at her home June 29. Services were held at the Kirby Funeral Home chapel, July 2 with Rev. Carl Bush, Temple Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in the Cassoday cemetery.
Larry Patton sang "The Old Rugged Cross," and "When They Ring The Golden Bells," with Mrs. Earl Hodges at the organ.
Casket bearers were Tom Hackler, Ronnie Hackler, Eldon Kropf, Joe Ging, Paul Anderson, Robert Andrews and Weldon Braman.
Honorary bearers were Lee Hackler, Joseph Reed, Hurley Hackler, Jr., Don Cox, James Cox, Tim Reed, John Kropf, Alan Morenco and Randy Hackler.
Born October 18, 1891, in Long Lane, Mo., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Wilson (Valla N. Lemons) Mrs. Hackler was married February 4, 1912 at Buffalo, Mo. The couple came to Butler county in 1920. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1962. Mr. Hackler died in 1966.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Stanley barman (Hilma) and Mrs. A. H. Kropf (Hope), both of El Dorado route three, Mrs. Ira Cox (Joy), Campbell, Calif., Mrs. Al Morenco (Sharon), San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. Melva Reed, Garland, Texas; six sons, Hurley F., Fesasterville, Pa., Kefton L. Whitesboro, Texas, Andra "Duke", Sunnyvale, Calif., E.L., El Dorado route three, Perry W., El Dorado route two, and D. W., El Dorado route one; a sister, Mrs. Noel Kohler, Long Lane, Mo., a brother, Burley Wilson, Springfield, Mo., 30 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, two brothers and three grandchildren. (Butler County News July 10, 1975)
Mrs. Frank (Daisy) Ham, 93, of Whitewater, died Sunday at the Peabody Memorial Nursing Home at Peabody.
The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Federated Church at Whitewater. Burial will be in the Brainerd cemetery , Brainerd. Lamb Mortuary of Whitewater has charge.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth Taylor of Whitewater and Mrs. Buena Chase of Ottawa, Ill., and a son-in-law, Sam Ravenscraft of Whitewater. (El Dorado Times, March 10, 1975)
James Hedrick, 74, of 715 N. Georgie, Derby, father of Mrs. Norma Swain of El Dorado, died Thursday. He was a retired custodian for the Derby public schools.
Other survivors are his widow, Leila; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Connely, Parsons and Mrs. Alice Miller, fair Haven, N.J., and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Pleasantview Baptist Church at Derby and burial at 5 p.m. Saturday in Mound Valley Cemetery at Mound Valley. Smith Mortuary at Derby is in charge.
A memorial has been established with the Pleasantview Baptist Church. (El Dorado times, April 11, 1975)
James M. Higgins, 70, 206 North Residence, father of three El Doradoans and himself a 35 year resident died Friday July 4 at Allen Memorial hospital. Services were held Tuesday at the Kirby Funeral Home chapel. Interment was in Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
Rev. Letha Wood of the Living Water chapel officiated. John Higgins and John Higgins Jr. sang "Peace in the Valley," and "Farther Along." Rev. Loyola Seth played the organ accompaniment.
Casket bearers were Leo Osborne, Loren L. Ruggles, Carl Rosebraugh, Lenoard "Dick" Smith, John d. brown and Alvin Hiedeman.
Honorary bearers included Mervin White, T. Ed Smith, Jim Owen, Kenneth C. Fabian, Claude H. Blanchard, Max E. Harris, Robert Ward, Gilbert Currie, Joe Brunson, Herb Mills, Ernest Gower, John F. Johnson, Leo Goodwin, John Cooper and Al Waller.
Mr. Higgins was born December 21, 1904 in wagoner, Okla., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Higgins (Mary Ida Elam). He married Hattie Berryhill in 1933.
Mr. Higgins was a retired pipefitter for Skelly Oil refinery.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Emma Kay Finey, 1263 Douglas road, and Mrs. Ruth Scott, 1237 South Summit; one son, Lee Roy Higgins, 1610 West Sixth, three sisters, Mrs. Nola Stevens, Locust Grove, Okla., Mrs. Jane Turnhan, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Emma Davenport, San Antonio, Texas, one brother, John Higgins, Tulsa; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers. (Butler County News, July 10, 1975)
Mrs. John Hoehn, 76, of Alton, Ill., died this morning at the St. Joseph hospital of Alton. She was the mother of Mrs. Richard Soehlke, 1825 Circle Drive, El Dorado.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's Catholic Church at Alton. Burke Funeral Home has charge.
She is survived by one son, John Hoehn, Perioa, Ill., four brothers, three sisters, and five grandchildren. (El Dorado Times, April 25, 1975)
Truman, Hunter, 82, of Zenda, died Saturday at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital. He had been living at the Mid American Nursing Home. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include one son, Wayne Hunter, of Corbin, three daughters, Donna Hunter El Dorado, Lola Skinner, Albuquerque, N.M., and Maxine Caviness, Wichita; two sisters, Mrs. Nell Nuehler, Sawyer and Mrs. Orris Case, Hutchinson.
The funeral will be at Kingman. Dietz-Carlson Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. (El Dorado Times, July 7, 1975)
The funeral of Andrew R. Johnson, 52, who died at his home in Towanda, January 17, was held from the Methodist church in Towanda at 10:30 Friday. Services were conducted by Rev. Wm. Blood, pastor of the church. Burial will take place in Towanda cemetery. Mr. Johnson married Miss Lucretia Livery in 1892, who survives him. He was a member of the Methodist church and the Knights of Pythias. (Walnut Valley Times, January 26, 1917)
Joseph T. Lafferty, well known throughout the southwest as an attorney, died suddenly in Kansas City Tuesday night.
Mr. Lafferty formerly resided in Winfield where he was a law partner of W. P. Hackney. He was a brother-in-law of Federal Judge John C. Pollock. He moved from Winfield to Kansas City a few years ago. (Walnut Valley Times, January 26, 1917)
Dean LaRue, 41, Augusta, Love Box Company employee, died Saturday, May 27, as the result of a truck-train accident northeast of El Dorado.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 31, at Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado. Interment will follow in Janesville Cemetery in Hamilton.
Dean was born on May 3, 1965, the son of Dean and Dorothy (Clark) LaRue, Sr. On Aug. 9, 1986, Dean and Paula Atkerson were united in marriage in El Dorado.
His survivors include: his wife of the home; daughters, Sherry Mosier of Augusta and Jenny LaRue of the home; brothers, Larry LaRue, El Dorado and Gary LaRue of Burns; sisters, Tammy Wynn of Leon and Denise LaRue of Bartlesville, Okla.; grandmother, JoAnn Bates of El Dorado; grandfather, William Roscoe Clark, Whitewater; three grandchildren.
Dean died at the same time as his parents.
Memorials in his memory may go to the Kansas Wildlife Association and may be left at Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
The funeral of Irvin R. Layton, was held at 10 o'clock Tuesday, conducted by Rev. W. A. Sharp pastor of the Baptist church. The body was shipped via the Santa Fe to Pilger, Neb., for burial.
Mr. Layton was 78 years old and died Sunday night after an illness of months. He is survived by eight children: Arthur Layton, El Dorado; Frank Layton, Augusta; T. C. Layton, W. G. Layton and H. M. Layton, Pilger, Neb.; Mrs. Emma Whitney, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Etta Pilger Plainsview, Neb.; Mrs. Lulu Vemish, Pilger, Neb. (Walnut Valley Times, January 19, 1917)
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles C. Lewis, who died Wednesday at her home, 634 North Star Street, were held at the Byrd Funeral Home Saturday afternoon with Rev. Paul D. Womeldorf, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating. Mrs. Roy Morris played and sang "Old Rugged Cross" and "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me." Pallbearers were: Howard Cook, Charles Cook, Cecil Warren and Levi Baker. Interment was made in Sunset Lawns Cemetery. (El Dorado Times, Monday, June 17, 1940, Volume XXI, Number 171)
Mrs. John P. Martin, 821 Oak Street, died here last evening following a serious illness of two weeks. Sixty-nine years old, she had been in ill health several years.
Mrs. Martin had resided in El Dorado since 1915, coming here from Terrill, Okla., where she had lived 20 years. She was married to J. W. Sanders at Ozark, Mo., in 1892 and in 1921 married Mr. Martin. The latter died, however, in 1931. The El Dorado woman was a member of the Christian Church at Ozark, Mo., and formerly belonged to the Eastern Star.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Iza May Hays, of Wichita; four sons, Bynum, Fremont, Cruce and Eugene Sanders, all of El Dorado; two sisters, Mrs. Josie Walker of Bradleyville, Mo., and Mrs. Ida Blankinship, of Stillwater, Okla., a brother, Neeley Harris, who resides in Oklahoma and six children.
Funeral services will be held at the Byrd Funeral Home Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and interment will be made in Sunset Lawns cemetery. (El Dorado Times, Monday, June 17, 1940, Volume XXI, Number 171)a
Dale Marzolf, 89, of Ottawa, formerly of El Dorado, died Monday Jan. 31, 1994 at K.U. Medical Center. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home in Ottawa. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado.
He was born July 31, 1904, near Glen Elder, the son of John and Anna (Fisher) Marzolf. He served as a mechanic in the U.S. Army during WWII. On April 4, 1947, he and Alma Othelle (Thompson) Bailey were married in Kansas City, Mo. She died Aug. 31, 1987.
In 1948 he moved to El Dorado where he worked as a mechanic for Morris Oil Company. He retired in 1973 as a mechanic from Paterson Chevrolet in Ottawa. He was a former board member for Franklin County Rural Water District No. 2 and had been a volunteer and sponsor for the Ottawa Junior Wranglers Horse Club.
Survivors include: daughters, Barbara Sikes of Gentry, Ark., Virginia Williams of Hammond, La., Mary Ann Young of Lyndon; son, Glenn Bailey of El Dorado, brother, Melvin Marzolf of Glen Elder, sister Beatrice Galladay of Glen Elder; 12 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, 19 great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Dora Marzolf, four brothers and two sisters.
Memorials are to the University of Kansas Medical Center Burn Unit. (El Dorado Times, Feb. 2, 1994)
Mrs. May Gaskill-McCurdy died at her home near tuttle, Okla., Friday morning. She was about 35 years of age. The body will arrive in Potwin, her childhood home, Saturday evening. An infant, one week old, survives her.
Mrs. McCurdy was a daughter of Samuel Gaskill of El Dorado. Mr. Gaskill, Mrs. R. E. Joseph, a sister and Harvey Gaskill a brother, left Friday for Tuttle to accompany her body home. Until her marriage about a year ago, Mrs. McCurdy was postmistress at Potwin. (Walnut Valley Times, January 5, 1917)
Samuel McFall, 65, "man of mystery" at the county farm, died there Tuesday. McFall disappeared from Nortonville four years ago. A brother identified him here, but the identification was disputed by McFall who refuse to leave the county farm. (Walnut Valley Times, February 2, 1917)
Beulah Fern Scholfield, 88, 2101 Dearborn, died yesterday at the Augusta Medical Complex Inc. Her service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Dunsford Funeral Home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
She was born April 24, 1891 at Altamont to George and Mattie Foust Luman.
She married Walter B. Scholfield Nov. 22, 1911 in Pittsburg. He preceded her in death in 1975.
She was a member of the First Baptist church.
Survivors include five sons, Mick Scholfield and Dick Scholfield, both of Augusta, Gene Scholfield of Garfield, Ark., Joe Schofield of Winfield and Victor Scholfield of Wichita, two daughters, Elese green of Licking, Mo., and Marty Michael of Atlanta, Ga., 15 grandchilcren and eight great-grandchildren and one great great grandchild. (Augusta Gazette, Dec. 28, 1979)
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Augusta First Baptist Church for Walter Bright Scholfield, 85, who died at the Augusta Medical Complex Monday. The Rev. Paul Thompson will conduct the services. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Walter Scholfield, was born April 25, 1889 at Girard, the son of James and Martha (Potter) Scholfield). He was married to Beulah Fern Muman at Pittsburg on Nov. 22, 1911.
He attended Baker University and the Moody Bible college at Chicago and was a retired evangelist singer. He was a member of the First Baptist church.
Survivors include his widow: five sons, Gene Scholfield of Eureka Springs, Ark., Mick and Vic Scholfield of Wichita, Dick Scholfield of Augusta and Joe Scholfield of Winfield; two daughters, Mrs. Elese Green of Licking, Mo., and Mrs. Marty Michel of Atlanta, Ga., 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. (Augusta Gazette, April 14, 1975)
Eunice C. Schorn, 66, Newton, mother of Sylvia McGee, Augusta, died Monday at Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Newton. Msgr. Irvin F. Lampe will officiate and burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Newton.
The rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Draper Cannon Chapel in Newton.
She was born Feb. 12, 1913 in Montrose, Mo., to Nelson and Catherine Meyers Cole.
She married Harold F. Schorn July 20, 1937 in Montrose, Mo.
She owned Schorn's Drapery in Newton and wrote a daily column "Eunice Says" for The Newton Kansan.
Schorn was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Altar Society and Daughters of Isabella. She was on the board of governors at Benedictine College in Atchison.
Survivors include her husband, Harold Schorn of the home, six sons, William N. Schorn, Exton, Pa., Robert H. Schorn, Overland Park, Bernard E. Schorn, Wilmington, Del. (Augusta Gazette, October 31, 1979)
Louis M. Schulte, 77, of Wichita, a retired KG&E Electric company superintendent, died Friday.
Services were to have been held today at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church at Wichita.
Survivors are his wife, Evalena; three brothers, Earl, Clyde, and Delbert all of Wichita and four sisters, Mrs. Alvena Wherell and Mrs. Catherine Bradshaw both of Newton, Mrs. Pauline Schild of Augusta and Mrs. Velma Johnstone of Goff. (Augusta Gazette, August 20, 1979)
Mrs. Laura L. Smith, 84, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N. W. Wilcox, near Keighley Thursday after a protracted illness. The funeral was held from Harmony church in Glencoe at 1 o'clock Saturday. Rev. E. W. Freeman of Leon conducted the services. Burial took place in Quito Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was born in New York January 25, 1833. She was married to William Weast and moved to Wisconsin. In 1872, the family came to Kansas and located near Quito, where Mr. Weast died many years ago and was among the first buried in Quito cemetery. They experienced all the hardships incident to pioneer life and the opening and taming of the wilderness. In 1886, she married Samuel L. Smith, who died in 1898.
She was the mother of five children three of whom survive. They are: F. C. Weast, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Mrs. N. W. Wilcox, Leon; Henry V. Weast, Leon. (Walnut Valley Times, February 9, 1917)
Walter "Pop" Stockman, 90, Douglass, passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2006, after a long illness.
No services will be held.
His survivors include: daughters, Sue Carol and Gerald Helten of Douglass and Georgiana Lorraine Clark of Laurel, Mont.; sister, E. Frances Shaffi of Carmel, Calif.; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Luci, in 1991.
Memorials may go to Hospice Care of Kansas, 206 E. Central, El Dorado, 67042. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Friday, June 2, 2006. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
Mrs. Jean L. Swanson, 64 of Wichita, former professor of Inter-American University in Puerto Rico, died Monday.
Survivors are a son, Jon Littlefield of Lillesville, N.C. a daughter, Anny Yvonne, Littlefield of Aquadilla., Puerto Rico; her mother, Lillie Sullivan of Wichita; a brother, Eugene Littlefield of Vernon, Texas and a half brother, Mike Sullivan of Augusta.
Downing Laney Downtown Mortuary of Wichita is in charge of arrangements. (Augusta Gazette, December 27, 1979)
Glenn E. Tallman, 55, cowboy, of El Dorado, died Friday, Dec. 1, 1995 at HCA Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fairview Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 4, 1940, in Potwin, the son of Charles and Violet Tallman.
Survivors include: parents, Charles and Violet Tallman of Eureka; son, Wesley Tallman of El Dorado, brother, Roger Tallman of Whitewater, sisters, Velma Cain of Potwin and Thelma Edris of Whitewater, two grandchildren.
Lamb Nutter Mortuary of Whitewater has the arrangements. (Butler County News, December 4, 1995)
Funeral services will be held at the Dietz Carlson Funeral Home at El Dorado at 10 o'clock Monday morning for Mrs. Jim (Mae) Teel of Buena Park, Calif., who died Tuesday. Interment will be in Sunset Lawns Cemetery at El Dorado.
She was a former resident of El Dorado.
Survivors include her widower, James; two sons, J. C. Teel, Jr., of Anaheim, California, and Raymond Teel of Russell; a brother, John Motley of Augusta; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Hudson of Houston, Tex.; and a half-brother, Tom Perry of LaPorte, Tex., six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. (Augusta Gazette, April 16, 1975)
Hugh Thompson, 72, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Will Condell, Friday morning after several weeks suffering from cancer. Funeral services were conducted at the Condell home at 2 o'clock Sunday.
Hugh Thompson was born in Scotland. He came to America with his parents when a small boy and they located in New York City, where he grew to manhood. He married Miss Mary McClellan in about 1876 in Newburg, N.Y. In 1879, they came to Kansas and located on a claim three miles southwest of El Dorado, which he still owned at the time of his death. Mrs. Thompson died October 21, 1913. Three children survive. They are William J. Thompson, who lives on the old home place, Frank Thompson of Wichita and Mrs. Will Condell who lives at Hazford Place, two miles north of El Dorado.
Mr. Thompson was a member of the Baptist church and a good man. (Walnut Valley times, January 5, 1917)
Funeral services will be held at the Dunsford Funeral Home Chapel at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon for Richard Dean Willing, 44, who died Saturday. The Rev. Paul Thompson will conduct the services. Interment will be Elmwood cemetery.
Richard Dean Willing was born July 28, 1930 at Augusta, the son of Lawrence and Lula (Richardson) Willing. He was married to Marie Louise Selvage at Augusta on June 9, 1954.
He was a pipeline operator for Anadarko Productions at the time of his death and was a member of the First Baptist church.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn and Janice Willing of the home; two brothers, Harold Willing and Don Willing of Augusta; two sisters, Mrs. Shirley Wiles of Augusta and Mrs. Helen Fulton of Harper; a half-sister, Mrs. Bea House of Douglass and his mother, Mrs. Lula Willing of Augusta. (Augusta Gazette, April 14, 1975)
Miss Melissa Wise aged 59, died at the home of her sister Mrs. Robinson in Beaumont, Saturday, January 13th of pneumonia. Miss Wise was a native of Indiana born March 16, 1857. She had been a resident of Butler County 45 years. The funeral was announced Monday. Burial will take place in Beaumont cemetery. (Walnut Valley Times, January 9, 1917)
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