Butler County, Kansas
Johnson, Afton B., 97, homemaker, died Saturday, May 31, 1997. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Cassoday United Methodist
Church.
Survivors: son, Donald of Cassoday; daughters, LaWanda, Jean Wintermote, both of Wichita; five grandchildren; 15
great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Cassoday United Methodist Church. Kirby-Morris Funeral
Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 June 1997)
Johnson, Delight, 91, formerly of Halstead and Cassoday, homemaker, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1992. Service 10 a.m.
Friday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Delbert, Wilbur, both of Cassoday, Melvin of Portland; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 Nov 1992)
Johnson, Wilbur, 74, retired Kansas Turnpike Authority employee, died Sunday, April 5, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday,
Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: wife, Esther; son, James of El Dorado; brother, Delbert of Cassoday, Melvin of Scapoosa, Ore. Memorial
has been established with St. Jude Children's Hospital.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 April 1998)
CHARLES ELVIN KREISEL, 81, of El Dorado, retired farmer, was found dead Saturday, July 9, 1988. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday,
Cassoday (Kan.) Cemetery. Survivors: wife, Leatha; brother, David of Portland, Ore.; sisters, Hazel Russell of
Emmett, Idaho, Inez Ramsey of El Dorado. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Carlson
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 10 July 1988)
Services for Garnet R. McGregor, 77, Leon,
were held Monday at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. Burial was at Cassoday Cemetery.
Mrs. McGregor died Friday, Feb. 28, 1997, at Andover Health Care Facilities.
She was born May 30, 1920, at Argonia, the daughter of Wellington Carlton and Ada Penrod Hain.
She graduated from Friends University, Wichita.
She was a teacher in rural Butler County for 15 years.
She married Keith McGregor on Jan. 16, 1943, at El Dorado. He died Dec. 25, 1995.
Survivors include two daughters, Ruth Herpich, Lawrence, and Nancy Roberts, Leon; a sister, Claradene Blackburn,
Trenton, Mo.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the Parkinson Foundation in care of the funeral home.
(Lawrence Journal-World ~ 5 March 1997)
McGregor, Keith M., 73, retired dairy farmer, died Monday, Dec. 25, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Carlson Funeral
Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: wife, Garnet; daughters, Nancy Roberts of Leon, Ruth Herpich of Lawrence; five grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Dec 1995)
A.V. "Tom" McKown, 75, retired Mobil Oil Co. inspector, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Cassoday
United Methodist Church.
Survivors: sons, Ron of Wichita, Terry of El Dorado, Rick of Manhattan; brother, Lawrence, sister, Helen White,
both of El Dorado; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Carlson
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 Oct 1990)
KANSAS JOURNALIST WAS KNOWN FOR HER HARD WORK RUTH MEYER, WHO SPECIALIZED IN HUMAN INTEREST STORIES, DIED IN TEXAS AT AGE 98.
Ruth Meyer was one of those old-time journalists who mentored many a young reporter.
"When I first started working for the Eagle in 1953, she was already an old-time newspaper woman," said
Kathleen Kelly, former Wichita Eagle food editor. "I learned a lot from her by just having her go over my
copy. She knew everything about the newspaper, and back then, it used to be hot, dirty work. But she was a lady.
In what was then a man's business, she was one of the original careerwomen."
Ruth Meyer, a retired Kansas newspaper reporter and artist, died Monday in Austin, Texas. She was 98.
Her son, Bill, editor of the Marion County Record, said it was his mother's exuberance for her profession that
influenced him to become a journalist.
"I remember she went all over the state covering every county fair and dog catcher," Meyer said. "She
knew thousands of people across the state and she loved it."
Born Jan. 12, 1899, in Dewey County, Okla., Mrs. Meyer spent a lifetime collecting stories. She started her career
as a reporter on the Pratt Union and Pratt Tribune.
She married Otto Meyer in Pratt in 1924 and in 1927 moved with him to Cassoday, where they operated a garage, grocery
and restaurant.
Shortly after moving to Cassoday, she began writing feature stories for William Allen White's Emporia Gazette and
a column for Rolla Clymer's El Dorado Times.
In the 1940s, the Meyer family moved to El Dorado. Her husband worked at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, and she became
editor and publisher of the Whitewater Independent.
In 1950, she sold the paper and joined the staff of the Wichita Eagle, where she worked as food editor, real estate
editor and, at the time of her retirement in 1965, was a special feature writer who wrote human interest stories.
She moved to Marion in 1965 and began working on the staff of the Marion County Record, covering the courthouse
and writing feature stories. Her Personality Profile was especially popular with local readers, Bill Meyer said.
He remembers that his mother had varied interests - including china painting and weaving.
He also remembers that she was a hard worker.
"She would work until she was completely, physically exhausted," he said.
And she valued her family.
"I remember one time my son was going to play a blackbird in a MayFair," Bill Meyer said. "She drove
1,000 miles to see him be a blackbird. His part only lasted 15 seconds but that was the kind of person she was.
She was determined and she had an unbelievable drive."
She moved to Austin in 1990 to be near her daughter's family.
Survivors include her son, Bill Meyer; daughter, Ruth Elaine Weaver, Austin; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
and one great-great grandson.
A memorial has been established in her name with the Kansas Newspaper Foundation, 5423 S.W. Seventh, Topeka, Kan.
66606.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Sept 1997)
Miller, Harry Lee, 73, retired Mobil Refinery welder, died Sunday, April 1, 2001. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Cassoday
United Methodist Church, Cassoday.
Survivors: wife, Wanda; sons, Craig of Murray, Ky., Phillip of Stillwater, Okla.; daughters, Karen Karsten of Baxter
Springs, Karol McLaren of El Dorado; stepson, David Fowler of El Dorado; stepdaughter, Michele McGlinn of Lawton,
Okla.; brother, Herman of Cassoday; sisters, Ramona Unruh, Ruth Williams both of El Dorado; 12 grandchildren; five
stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorial established with American Cancer Society. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 April 2001)
MARIE MILLER, 93, of Cassoday, homemaker, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, United Methodist
Church, Cassoday.
Survivors: sons, Harry, Herman, both of Cassoday; daughter, Ruth Williams of Wellington, Ramona Unruh of Hiwasse,
Ark.; nine grandchildren; 17 great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Nov 1986)
Neukirch, Eddie, Midwest Security Systems guard, died Tuesday, June 21, 1994. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Faith Assembly
of God Church, Salina; 3 p.m. Thursday, Cassoday Cemetery, Cassoday.
Survivors: wife, Peggy; son, Fred of Salina; daughters, Carolyn Guise of Salina, Becki Carlson of Scandia; stepson,
Eddie Boyer Jr. of Glasco; stepdaughters, Janet Anderson of Concordia, Jane Studt of Glasco, Pennie Kloos of Salina;
brother, Calvin of Onega; sisters, Edna McClain of Onega, Lou Ella Dahlquist of Garfield; 10 grandchildren. Geisendorf-Rush
Smith Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 June 1994)
Anna J. Parker, 96, homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 15, 1990. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Cassoday United Methodist Church.
Survivors: brother, Paul Cooper, sister, Alta Cornwell, both of El Dorado. Memorial has been established with United
Methodist Church. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 Jan 1990)
Parsons, Etta M., 93, homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cassoday (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, J.B. Diller Parsons; daughter, Karen Rippert of Hutchinson; sons, Herbert Spain Jr. of Strong
City, John Spain of Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Memorial
established with Good Samaritan Center. Elliott Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Jan 2003)
J.B. Diller Parsons, 91, died Feb. 26, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson.
He was born Oct. 24, 1914, in Cassody, the son of Phillip H. and Melinda Diller Parsons. He graduated from Cassody
High School in 1933. A resident of Hutchinson for the past six years, moving from Cottonwood Falls, he was a farmer
and rancher before going to work for the Atchison/Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad as a signal maintainer, retiring Oct.
31, 1979.
He belonged to First United Methodist Church, El Dorado, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signal Men, Local No.
33. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
On July 23, 1946, he marred Etta M. Craig in Fallon, Nev. She died Jan. 9, 2003.
Survivors include: a daughter, Karen Rippert and husband, Richard, Hutchinson; two stepsons, Herbert Spain Jr.,
Strong City, and John Spain, Arizona; two grandchildren; a great-grandchild; 10 step-grandchildren; eight step-great-grandchildren;
and four step-great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Lois Bone; and two sisters, Leah Ayers and Roberta Brandley.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Cassody Cemetery, with the Rev. Kim Biery presiding, with military
graveside rites conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with the family
present from 5 to 7 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary.
Memorials may be sent to the Good Samaritan Center, in care of the funeral home.
(Hutchinson News ~ 27 Feb 2006)
Petrie, Betteanne, 72, vending service bookkeeper, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Dr. Kevin of Wichita; brothers, Tom Jacklin of Waterloo, Iowa, Robert Jacklin of American Canyon,
Calif.; sister, Dorothy Nicholas of Waterloo; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American
Cancer Society. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Aug 1993)
Prewitt, Bertha E., 98, homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 31, 1997. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Cassoday United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Ralph, daughter, Marie Eggens, both of Cassoday; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with Cassoday United Methodist Church. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 Feb 1997)
Prewitt, Glen I., 91, retired farmer, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cassoday United Methodist
Church.
Survivors: wife, Frankie; brothers, Guy of El Dorado, Paul of Hemet, Calif. Memorial has been established with
Cassoday United Methodist Church. Carlson Funeral Home.
Garden Plain
Hagenbuch, Virginia M., 69, formerly of Independence, retired registered nurse, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995.
Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Potts Chapel, Independence.
Survivors: son, Danny of Wichita; two grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Jan 1995)
RAYMOND N. PREWITT, 61, of Cassoday, rancher, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 1987. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Cassoday United
Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Melba; sons, Raymond "Chip" Jr., Jerry, both of Cassoday, John of Broken Arrow, Okla.;
daughter, Debbie Reinert of Lincoln; mother, Bertha, brother, Ralph, both of Cassoday, sister, Ethel Marie Eggens
of Arkansas City; four grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Susan B. Allen Home Health Care
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, El Dorado. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 Nov 1987)
Charles R. "Andy" Rains, 71, retired Cities Service Co. employee, died Wednesday, April 21,
1986. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: daughters, Lynne Carlson of El Dorado, Shari Lee of Matfield Green. Memorial has been established with
National Rifle Association. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 May 1986)
Ramsey, Inez R., 97, homemaker, died Wednesday, May 22, 2002. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Cassoday (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Robert of El Dorado; daughter, Doris Shomber of Edmond, Okla.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 May 2002)
JOHN H. RAMSEY, 87, of El Dorado, Ramsey's Auto Repair owner and operator, died Monday, April 25, 1988. Service
3 p.m. Wednesday, Cassoday (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Inez; son, Robert of El Dorado; daughters, Mary Lou Dickerson of Lake Matthews, Calif., Doris
Shomber of Edmond, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American
Heart Association. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 April 1988)
JOHN ROBERT RAMSEY, 23, of El Dorado, Edwards Construction worker, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1989. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday,
Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: parents, Robert and Norma of El Dorado; sister, Traci McCorgary of Wichita; grandparents, Keith and
Ila Harwick, Inez Ramsey, all of El Dorado. Memorial has been established with Suicide Prevention Association.
Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 August 1989)
Reed, Melva H., of McKinney, Texas, formerly of Cassoday, 60, retired Rockwell Corp. computer operator, died Sunday,
March 20, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cassoday United Methodist Church.
Survivors: sons, Joseph of Dallas, Timothy of Princeton, Texas; daughters, Vicki Reed of Dallas, Pamela Hartwig
of Princeton, Tina Baker of The Colony, Texas; brothers, Kefton Hackler of Grove, Okla., Erie, Perry, Ardra, Deacon,
all of El Dorado; sisters, Hilma Braman, Hope Kropf, both of El Dorado, Joy Cox of Campbell, Calif., Sharon Morengo
of San Jose, Calif.; 13 grandchildren. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 March 1994)
Doris Mildred Price Rohmeyer, 87, Topeka, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, at Midland Hospice.
Mrs. Rohmeyer was born Aug. 17, 1916, in Clearwater, the daughter of Earl Ruben and Nancy Ellen Kearns Price. She
attended elementary school in Elbing and graduated from Marysville High School in Marysville in 1934.
On Sept. 23, 1940, Doris married Harry Lee Rohmeyer at Cassoday. The early years of their marriage were spent on
a farm in the Cassoday community. After leaving the farm in 1956, the family lived in numerous locations throughout
Kansas while Harry was employed in construction. In 1966, they moved to Riley, where Doris resided until 1997,
when she moved to Topeka, to be nearer her oldest daughter.
Throughout her life, Doris was active in church and in the United Methodist Women as well as the Home Demonstration
Unit. Doris also was active in Rebekah's, in which she held various offices. Mrs. Rohmeyer was a gifted seamstress
and enjoyed sharing her gift with others.
Mrs. Rohmeyer was preceded in death by her husband on March 24, 1981. Her parents, an infant sister and brother,
Henrietta Clara Price and Clifford Floyd Price, also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Rohmeyer is survived by two brothers, Carl Lee Price and Joseph Dale Price, both of Marysville; a half brother,
E. R. Price, Arkansas City; and half sister, Helen Lee Price, WaKeeney; two daughters, Nancy Karlea Landman and
her husband, Dean, Topeka, and Karen Marie Ackerman and her husband, Myron, Wichita; and one son, Graydon Ray Rohmeyer
and his wife, Brenda, Hayesville, N.C. She also is survived by five grandchildren: Deborah Kay Landman Glaum, Linwood,
Derrick Ray Rohmeyer, Cleveland, Ga., Michael Dean Landman, Valley Falls, Deneice Elaine Rohmeyer McKnight, Panama
City, Fla., and Amy Dawn Ackerman, Wichita; four great-granddaughters; two great-grandsons; one stepgreat-grandson;
and one stepgreat-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Highland Park United Methodist Church. Burial will be at 2:30
p.m. Saturday in Cassoday Cemetery in Cassoday. Viewing will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at the church, where family
visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka is in charge of arrangements. Services were initially
planned for Thursday but were rescheduled to accommodate travel arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Highland Park United Methodist Church,
United Methodist Church of Riley, or Midland Hospice and sent in care of Davidson Funeral Home, 1035. N. Kansas
Ave., Topeka, 66608.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ 11 Feb 2004)
Schowalter, Eno, 81, retired farmer, died Monday, Aug. 28, 1995. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Opal; sons, Dean of Benton, Dalin, Virgil, both of El Dorado; daughter, Darlene Adams of Graham,
Texas; brother, Aldine of Burrton; sisters, Ruby Bright of Norwalk, Calif., Laura Lea Sharp of Portola, Calif.,
Gerry Hunter of Palo Alto, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
the El Dorado Alzheimer's Support Group.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Aug 1995)
Schowalter, Opal, 89, homemaker, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Dean of Benton, Dalin, Virgil both of El Dorado; daughter, Darlene Adams of El Dorado; brothers,
Jacob Loucks of Wichita, Martin Loucks of Fredonia; sisters, Anna Stucky of Moundridge, Bertie Gouchenour, Nora
LaCounte both of Wichita, Edma Mae Steele of Carson City, Nev.; 11 grandchi ldren; 13 great-grandchildren. Memorial
established with American Diabetes Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Jan 2001)
Schuler, Herman Joseph, 89, carpenter and builder, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cassoday United
Methodist Church.
Survivors: sons, Wayne Swanson of San Antonio, Lee Schuler of Valley Center, Robert Schuler of Jasper, Texas; daughter,
Geraldene Brown of Osage Beach, Mo.; brother, Frank of Muskogee, Okla.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Cassoday United Methodist Church. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Feb 1998)
Schuler, Sgt. Robert "Bob," 55, of Jasper, Texas, formerly of Cassoday, retired Texas Dept. of
Public Safety sergeant, died Sunday, July 8, 2001. Graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Veronica; stepsons, Art Achariyakosol, Brendan Achariya kosol, Christopher Achariyakosol all of
Austin, Texas; brother, Lee of Augusta; sister, Gerry Brown of Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. Memorial established with
Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology for ALS, Houston, Texas. Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home, Jasper,
Texas.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 July 2001)
Smith, Sharyl J., 56, homemaker, died Thursday, March 14, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, Bill; sons, Randy of Derby, Richard, Ron, both of Nevada, Mo., Rusty of Newton, Rocky of Cassoday;
sister, Christy Wagner of Thornton, Colo.; 14 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer
Society. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 March 1996)
Smith, William J. "Bill," 62, retired Hardee's Restaurant manager, died Wednesday, March 1,
2000. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Randy of El Dorado, Richard of Nevada, Mo., Rusty of Newton, Rocky of Cassoday; daughter, Valery
Smith-Nocciolo of Waldorf, Md.; mother, Ruby of Nevada, Mo.; brother, Jack of Branson, Mo.; sister, Ronda Smith-Couch
of Bernaugh, Mo.; several grandchildren. Memorial has been established with American Cancer Society. Carlson Funeral
Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 March 2000)
Sunbarger, Stephen M., 90, of Denver, formerly of Cassoday, retired builder and finish carpenter, died Monday, March 3,
1997. Service 1:30 p.m. today, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: nieces, Elizabeth Yeager of Denver, Janet Chapman of Wichita; nephew, Joe of Dallas. Kirby-Morris Funeral
Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 April 1997)
Teter, A. Ewing, 74, farmer, died Friday, Jan. 13, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: wife, Rachel; sons, A. Eldon of Eureka, James of Burns; daughters, Mary Margaret Young, Judy Langhofer,
both of Cassoday, Patsy Watkins of Burns; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established
with Midian Shrine Plane of Mercy and El Dorado Lake Wildlife Care Center.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 Jan 1995)
UNRUH, CHESTER E. "CHET"
Chester E. "Chet" Unruh of Cassoday
died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. He was 84.
The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Cassoday United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Cassoday
Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado.
A native of Greensburg, he was born to Pete and Laura Schmidt Unruh on Aug. 6, 1919. The family moved to the Cassoday
area in 1938.
During World War II, he served as a medic assigned to the 8th Army Air Corps, based out of Blackpool, England;
he served from January 1942 to November 1945.
He married Virginia Reynolds on Aug. 6, 1946, in El Dorado. She survives.
Mr. Unruh worked for 34 years for the Santa Fe Railroad and retired Feb. 15, 1983, as a middle division section
foreman.
He was a member of the Cassoday United Methodsit Church, the Cassoday Lions Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and American Legion, both in Emporia.
Mr. Unruh is also survived by two sons, Allan Unruh of Greenwich, Conn., and Jim Unruh of Lawrence; three daughters,
Carol McLaughlin of Emporia, Sue Reece of Wichita and Linda Polston of Herington; two brothers, Arthur Unruh of
Wichita and Jake Unruh of Broken Arrow, Okla.; one sister, Marjorie Unruh of Wichita; nine grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Two brothers, Amos Unruh and Harry Unruh, and a sister, Laverna Rohmeyer, died earlier.
Memorials in Mr. Unruh's memory to the Cassoday United Methodist Church or the Cassoday Senior Citizen Center may
be sent in care of the Carlson Funeral Home, 200 S. Starr St., El Dorado, KS 67042.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 23 Feb 2005)
Unruh, Curtis Harold, 72, retired carpenter and rancher, died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Cassoday
United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Ramona; son, Allen of Derby; brothers, Paul of Greensburg, Henry of Bakersfield, Calif., Albert
of San Francisco, Ed of Cheney; sisters, Helen Nimmo, Margaret Boice, both of Laguna Hills, Calif., Virginia Stackley
of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Shirley Seminoff of Crestview, Fla., Anna Smith of Hesston; two grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Cassoday United Methodist Church. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Oct 1999)
UNRUH, HARRY FRANKLIN
The funeral for Harry Franklin Unruh, 71, of Emporia will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the First United
Methodist Church. The Rev. Jim Darby of the church and the Rev. Kenneth Armstrong of West Side Baptist Church will
conduct the service. The graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. in Cassoday Cemetery at Cassoday. The family will
meet friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo, Cassoday United Methodist Church or the First United
Methodist Church can be sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mr. Unruh died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
He worked for McClure Motor Company in El Dorado from 1949 to 1964; at John North Ford in Emporia from 1964 to
1969; founded Unruh Automotive in 1979 and retired in 1992. He then worked part time for Bluestem Farm and Ranch
Supply from 1993 to the present.
Harry Franklin Unruh, the son of Pete and Laura Schmidt Unruh, was born Jan. 11, 1931, in Kiowa County. He married
Mary E. Cooper on June 21, 1951, at the Cassoday Methodist Church in Cassoday.
Mr. Unruh was a member of the Evening Kiwanis and the Bluestem Swingers Square Dance Club.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Doug Unruh of Emporia; a daughter, Debby Unruh James of Emporia; three brothers,
Chester Unruh of Emporia, Arthur Unruh of Wichita and Jake Unruh of Broken Arrow, Okla.; a sister, Marjorie Unruh
of Wichita; and four grandchildren. A brother, Amos Unruh, and a sister, Laverna Rohmeyer, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 30 Nov 2002
UNRUH, VIRGINIA "GINNY"
M.
Virginia "Ginny" M. Unruh, 77, of
Cassoday died Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at Newman Regional Health.
The daughter of Elmer and Gladys Teater Reynolds, she was born May 26, 1927, in Little River. The family moved
to El Dorado when she was in third grade.
She married Chester E. Unruh of Cassoday on Aug. 6, 1946, in El Dorado. He died Feb. 21, 2004.
Mrs. Unruh was a member of the Cassoday United Methodist Church.
She is survived by three daughters, Carol McLaughlin of Emporia, Sue Reece of Wichita and Linda Polston of Herington;
two sons, Jim Unruh of Lawrence and Allan Unruh of Greenwich, Conn.; three brothers, Homer Reynolds, Richard Reynolds
and George Reynolds; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A sister, Helen Garber, and five brothers, Jack Reynolds, Claude Reynolds, Frank Reynolds, Alfred Reynolds and
Earl Reynolds, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Cassoday United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Cassoday Cemetery.
The family will meet friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado.
Memorial contributions to the church or the Holiday Resort may be sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 1213, El Dorado,
KS 67042.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 23 July 2004)
Watkins, Eleanor E., 88, retired Boeing Wichita employee and homemaker, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1992. Service 10 a.m.
Friday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Leonard Fisk Jr., Howard G., both of El Dorado; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 Sept 1992)
Watkins, Leonard F. Jr., 65, lawyer, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 1993. Service 2:30 p.m. Monday, Cassoday (Kan.) United Methodist
Church.
Survivor: brother, Howard of El Dorado. Memorial has been established with Masonic Crippled Children. Carlson Funeral
Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Aug 1993)
Donald A. Welty, 52, of Denver, former Winfield resident, mechanic, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1987. Service 2 p.m.
Monday, Cassoday Cemetery.
Survivors: daughter, Kaylynn of Red Cloud, Neb.; brothers, Sam of Oxford, Lloyd of Rock Springs, Wyo.; sister,
Janie Randall of Winfield. Memorial has been established with Alcoholics Anonymous. Miles Memorial Chapel.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Nov 1987)
Bashore, Myrtle, 99, homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998. Service is private.
Survivors: son, Vincent of California; daughters, Jean Reinhold of North Carolina, Pat Cameron of El Dorado; five
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Jan 1998)
BISHOP, HAZEL MAY (GARABRANDT)
Bishop, Hazel May (Garabrandt), 93, homemaker, died Monday, Nov. 27, 2000. Service 2 p.m. Friday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, Oliver of Westmont, Ill.; daughters, Ethel Davenport, Carol Love both of El Dorado; six grandchildren;
15 great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Salvation Army.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Nov 2000)
Charles, Keith A., 83, retired farmer and heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000. Service 2 p.m. Friday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: companion, Ethel Simpson; sons, Bob of Valley Center, Randy of Laurel, Mont.; daughters, Lue Asmussen,
Lois Watson both of El Dorado, Lolita Rudicel of Overland Park; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren. Memorials
have been established with Hospice Inc. and Prospect Baptist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 Oct 2000)
LYDIA ANNA CONDELL, 70, of El Dorado, retired nurse, died Thursday, March 5, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist
Church.
Survivors: husband, Logan; son, John of Yankton, S.D.; daughter, Ellen Sprecher of Fort Worth; four grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 March 1987)
Farthing, Lloyd I., 77, retired baker, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1998. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Fern; sons, Garry of Shreveport, La., Bill of Onalaska, Texas, Jerry of Lafayette, La.; daughter,
Nancy LeWellyn of Tampa, Texas; brothers, Jim of Missouri, Joe of Huntsville, Texas; sisters, Velma Potter of El
Dorado, Norma McKee of Flint, Texas, Ginger Joy of Moore, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Memorials
have been established with Hospice Inc. and the American Legion.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Nov 1998)
Dorothy B. McCreight, 67, former Wichita and El Dorado resident, retired Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation
Services employee and former Cardwell Manufacturing Co. employee, died Thursday, July 26, 1990. Services 11 a.m.
Saturday, Penwell-Gable Funeral Home; 3 p.m., Chelsea Cemetery, rural El Dorado.
Survivors: brothers, Stewart of El Dorado, Raymond of Amarillo, Texas; sisters, Laveria Meelson, Edith Wineteer,
both of Wichita. Memorial has been established with the Arthritis Foundation, Topeka Chapter.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 July 1990)
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