Gracey V. Scott (Mrs. Byron) Scott, 77, of Leon died Tuesday.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Broadway Mortuary in Wichita.
Survivors are her husband, three sons, Louis Robbins of Eureka, Tracey Robbins of Okemah, Okla., and Gerald Robbins of Leon; four daughters, Mrs. Violet Cook of Gridley, Calif., Mrs. Bertha Morgan of Mora, Minn., Mrs. Nadine Burton of Wichita and Mrs. Betty Fanning of Rose Hill; two brothers, Felix Bradley of Towanda and Paul Bradley of Wichita and a sister, Mrs. Hazel Lynn of Wellington. (El Dorado Times, February 15, 1978)
Ottie O. (Mrs. Harry) Seipel, 86, of Augusta died March 9.
Services were held March 11 at the Parsons Funeral Home at Anthony.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Willis Jones of Arkansas City and Mrs. Byron Allen of Augusta; a brother, S. W. Watkins of Anthony and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Young of Casper, Wyo., and Mrs. Ruth Bendon of Los Angeles. (Leon News, March 15, 1978)
Lula F. (Mrs. James) Sinor, 66 of Wichita, died Sunday.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Broadway Mortuary in Wichita with burial at 2 p.m. at the Hamilton (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors are two sons, Raymond and Richard Fessenden; her mother, Mrs. Verdie Brown, and a brother James Frogge, all of Wichita, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Sphar of Leon. (El Dorado Times, September 13, 1976)
SKELTON, MARGARET VALERIE (STONE)
Margaret Valerie (Stone) Skelton, 94, Augusta, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007.
Viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Reeder Davis Schindler Funeral Home in Linden, Texas.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, at First Southern Baptist Church in Augusta. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at New Colony Cemetery in Linden, Texas.
Mrs. Skelton was born in Cass County, Texas on Dec. 22, 1912, the daughter of the late Charles Clem and Hettie Minnis (Frazier) Stone.
On Dec. 25, 1935, she married the late James Robert Skelton in Linden. She was a teacher in Cass County rural schools in the 30's, joined Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Alpha Upsilon Chapter in Dec. 1936.
She is survived by: daughter, Carolyn Mikish and her husband, Richard of Augusta; sister, Charlie Dell (Stone) Whatley; sister-in-law, Althara (Skelton) McDuffie; brother-in-law, John Harold Skelton, all of Linden, Texas; granddaughter, Melynnie Williams and husband, Tom of Newton, and Cathy Ryan of Andover; grandchildren, Zach Boucher and his wife Michelle, Chelsea, Caitlyn and Chandler Williams; one great great-grandson, Dylan Scott Boucher; a host of nieces and nephews.
Memorials to the First Southern Baptist Church in Augusta, or New Colony Baptist Church Cemetery in Linden, Texas.
Arrangements are under the direction of Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
Services for Mrs. Emma B. Smith, 72, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Leon Cemetery. She died Saturday.
Born at St. Paul, Kan., she lived here approximately 40 years. Her husband, Benjamin died in 1966.
Survivors include five sons, Laverne, Hamilton, Kan., Benford, Hays, Kan., Donald, Augusta, Roy, Yates Center, and Ray, El Dorado; three daughters, Mrs. Alvin Adkins, Hayward, Calif., Mrs. Henry Webb, San Lorenzo, Calif., and Mrs. Gene Scott, San Antonio, Tex., a brother John Houge, Burden, Kan., and a sister, Mrs. Jess Mott, Chicago.
Miles Funeral Home has charge. (El Dorado Times, November 10, 1969)
Elsie Fern Sphar, 82, of Leon, died Wednesday at the Mid America Nursing Center.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Leon Christian Church with the Rev. Vernon Frantz of Leon and the Rev. Art Wilson of Burden officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery, northeast of Burden.
Mrs. Sphar was born Dec. 5, 1896, near Burden, the daughter of Adam and Hannah Simon. She married George L. Sphar on June 3, 1919 at Winfield. She was a member of the Methodist Church and of an Extension Homemaker Unit.
Survivors are her husband of the home; a son, George R. of rural Leon, three daughters, Mrs. Luella F. Fench of Athens, Ill., Mrs. Dorothy Flattery of Leon and Mrs. Phyllis Kinglsey of Leon, 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Miles Mortuary of Burden is in charge of arrangements. (El Dorado Times, March 15, 1979)
Waunita Stareck, 98, Benton, died on Thursday, Feb. 15.
Graveside service was held this morning at the Benton Cemetery.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1909 in Furley, the daughter of Samuel and Mable (Ocker) Osmon. She lived in Oklahoma as a child. Waunita married Leon F. Stareck on July 6, 1927, and they lived in rural Benton for over 60 years. She spent 11 years in Augusta and the last six years at Lakepoint Nursing Center in El Dorado. She was a member of the Benton Christian Church and V.F.W. auxiliary.
Her survivors include: sons and daughters-in-law, Eldon and Mary Frances Stareck of Benton and Ray and Judy Stareck of Garden City; sisters, Virgalene Lance, Grand Junction, Colo. and Iola Griffin, Atchison; grandchildren, Ralph Cecil Stareck of Augusta, Cathy Linaweaver of Clever, Mo., Debbie Lucas of El Dorado, Larry Stareck of Wasilla, Ark., and Dave Stareck of Benton; five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon; brothers, Clarence, Everett, Sam and Mark; a sister, Maydene Van Arsdale.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials in her memory for the Salvation Army.
Carlson Funeral Home in El Dorado has direction of the arrangements. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
Norma J. Stevens, 79, Douglass, president of Stevens Lumber, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007.
Visitation until 8 p.m. this evening, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, at Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home in Douglass.
Memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at the First Christian Church in Douglass.
Norma is survived by: daughter, Jan Scaffidi of Douglass; sister, Virginia (Charlie) Bird of Augusta; brothers, Harold (Valetia) Arnold of Augusta, and Don (Katherine) Arnold of Hillsboro; grandsons, Aaron Scaffidi of Augusta, and Tim Stevens (Jennifer) of Olathe; two great-grandchildren, Lauren and Grant Stevens.
She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn, parents, Harold and Florence Arnold and son Michael.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church, 303 E. 4th, Douglass KS., 67039. Tributes may be viewed and sent to www.smithfamilymortuaries.com.
Arrangements by Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home in Douglass. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
Mrs. Catharine Sturges, 62, of Leon, died January 11 at the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital.
Services were held Saturday morning at the Bluestem High School auditorium at Leon and Saturday afternoon at the Graves Baird Chapel in Sedan with burial in the Rose Dale Cemetery at Hewins.
Mrs. Sturges was born Feb. 28, 1915 at Hewins, the daughter of George Church and Lucy Howe. She was a resident of Sedan until 1966 when she moved to Leon. She married Charles L. Sturges Sept. 13, 1935, at Sedan and he died Dec. 19, 1976. She was a schoolteacher at Leon and was a member of the First United Methodist Church at Leon and the Order of Eastern Star at Sedan.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Van (Letty) Pinckard of Fairfield, Calif., four sons, John of Salem, Ore., George of the U.S. Navy at Key West, Fla., Herb of Wichita and Darrell of Russell, two sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Evans of Wellington and Mrs. Ruth Bloxom of Pratt and 20 grandchildren.
Graves-Baird Funeral Home of Sedan was in charge of arrangements. (Leon News, January 18, 1978)
SWIGERT, JACKIE "JACK" CHARLES
Jackie "Jack" Charles Swigert, 51, passed away, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007.
Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. this evening at Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home, Augusta.
Funeral service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Community Crossroads Church. Interment at Kuster Cemetery, Augusta.
Survivors: brother, Don Swigert, Wichita; nieces, Megan Miller and Brenna Miller, nephew, Joshua Swigert; five great-nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by: parents, Charles Clyde and Beulah "Maxine" (Rothlander) Swigert; infant brother, Ronald Swigert, and infant twin sister, Jacquelyn Swigert.
Memorial established with Community Crossroads Church, 720 State Street, Augusta, Kansas 67010.
Arrangements by Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home, Augusta. (Augusta Daily Gazette, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007. Submitted by Diana Herrman)
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