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CUMMINGS, AUDREY G. Audrey G. Cummings, 87, homemaker, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 1988. Services 11 a.m. Monday, United Methodist Church, Minneola; 2:30 p.m. Monday, Banner Cemetery, rural Sublette. Survivors: husband, Wynn; son, Ted of Atlanta, Ga.; daughters, Marjorie Myrick of Dodge City, Fern Straney of Grand Junction, Colo.; brother, Alvoree Burr of LaJunta, Colo.; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Kansas Alzheimer's and Similar Diseases Association. Minnis Mortuary, Minneola. (The Wichita Eagle, December 30, 1988) CURTIS, ORRIN T. Sergeant Orrin T. Curtis, Ashland, farmer, was at one time a member of the legislature was killed in the battle of Manila. He was a member of the Nebraska First Regiment. (Emporia Gazette, February 6, 1899, page 1) HOFFMAN, JOSEPHINE M. Mrs. Josephine M. Hoffman, 94, of Ashland died Tuesday morning in the Ashland Hospital. Born Sept. 8, 1873 in Treabandorf, Austria, she married Henry Hoffman Nv. 12, 1889 in Odin. He preceeded her in death in Aug. 14, 1915. Mrs. Hoffman had been a resident of Ashland since 1925. She was a former resident of Claflin. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, the Altar Society and the Daughters of Isabella. She is survived by six sons, including Conrad Hoffman of Claflin; two daughters; 43 grandchildren; 98 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the church. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Holy Family Cemetery in Odin. A Rosary will be recited at the Brown Mortuary in Ashland at 8 o'clock tonight. A rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. Thursday in Odin. (Great Bend Daily Tribune, January 3, 1968, page 2) KING, LENA S. Lena S. King, 91, ran a 480-acre wheat farm until age 88. Died after heart surgery,
Saturday in Minneola. (USA Today, June 24, 1988) Eunice Marie Minor, 66, homemaker, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, United Methodist Church, Minneola. Survivors: husband, J.W. Jr.; sons, John of Kansas City, Mo., Lawrence of Mansfield, Ohio, Floyd of Dodge City; daughters, Jeanine Mills of Dodge City, Kathleen Lutz of Wright; sisters, Ila Plantz of Golden, Colo., Esther Shaner of Colorado Springs; 15 grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Diabetic Association and the Southwest Kansas Association for Visually Impaired. Minnis Mortuary. (The Wichita Eagle, November 27, 1989) MURPHY, JAMES The trouble in which Mr. Murphy came to his death was between Henry Montgomery, a livery man of Englewood and S. P. Mitchell, of Ashland. Two weeks ago Mitchell and Montgomery had some trouble at Ashland but after a few hot words they separated. Montgomery went back home to Englewood. His next trip to Ashland was on Thursday, March 9th, and he was armed. Mitchell saw him, and also armed himself. Murphy, being friends of both went to them one at a time and tried to settle the difficultly. While talking to Montgomery in a stairway Mitchell walked up and one of the men fired. It is not known who fired the first shot. Montgomery stepped back into the stairway and Mitchell stepped around into a store entrance. The two men poked their guns out around the corner and fired at each other. Murphy got out of the stairway and instead of going straight out across the street he walked up past where Mitchell stood and was shot. Mitchell also received two wounds. Murphy was brought to the hospital here Wednesday afternoon and had his leg amputated by Dr. Purdue, but the inflammation had become so great that Murphy died yesterday morning. Mrs. Murphy came in over the Santa Fe yesterday and was met at the train by Harry Bone, Sheriff Surgrue, of Clark County, who is here on the grand jury and W. H. Weldon a cattleman of Clark County. She seemed afraid to ask of the condition of her husband, but as soon as they were in the hack she inquired nervously: How is Jim? The faces of the men was answer enough. The pathetic scene which followed would have brought a moment of sudden sympathy to the heart of even the most careless. The body will be taken away today. (The Wichita Daily Eagle, March 18, 1898) NOLAND, CARL A. Carl A. Noland, 64, of Ashland, died Friday at the Ashland District Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1916 at Greensburg, he married Elsiee Schiffner at Wichita March 7, 1943. He was a retired Northern Natural Gas Co. employee and a past master of Ashland Masonic Lodge 277. Survivors: the widow, of the home; sons, Arthur Kent, Stafford, and John carl, Laverne, Okla.; daughter, Mrs. Tom (Linda) Berryman, Ashland; brother, Bill, Logan; sister, Mrs. Esther Lowe, Mullinville; six grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Presbyterian Church; Rev. Harley Pryor. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery at Mullinville. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m Monday at Myatt Funeral Home. Family suggests memorials tothe Ashland District Hospial equipment room. (Hutchinson
News, March 22, 1981, page 72) Esther A. O'Dell, 82, homemaker, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 1989. Memorial service 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Cornelius Episcopal Church. Survivors: daughters, Susan Gardner of Dodge City, Alice of Homewood, Ill.; two grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Minneola Nursing Home and the Kansas Alzheimer's and Similar Diseases Association. Swaim Funeral Home. (The Wichita Eagle, February 28, 1989, page 8D) RANDALL, FRANCES M. Randall, Frances M., 88, retired teacher, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Ashland United Methodist Church. Survivors: son, Warren of Dallas; daughter, Charlene Hughes of Ashland; sisters, Mildred Snyder of Waverly, Doris Dove, Ruth York, both of Houston, Sybil Mauk of Wichita; four grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Ashland Health Center and United Methodist Church. Myatt Funeral Home. (The Wichita Eagle; November 12, 1996, Submitted by Kisha Blair) RATZLAFF, GLENN L. Glenn L. Ratzlaff, 45, farmer and trucker, died Tuesday, March 28, 1989. Service 3 p.m. Friday,Minneola High School auditorium. Survivors: wife, Melva Gean; sons, Jonathan Wayne, James Henry, daughter, Vanessa Gean, all at home; mother, Mona of Minneola; brother, Gayland of Oakley; sisters, Linnette Jones of Minneola, Brenda Riebel of Nickerson. Memorial has been established with the Kansas Odd Fellows Eye Bank, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Minnis Mortuary. (The Wichita Eagle, March 30, 1989) REED, SAMANTHA Mrs. Samantha Reed, aged about 40 years, died at the hotel in Minneola on Saturday morning. Mrs. Reed had been in poor health for some time. The Globe-Republican mentioned last week the burning of her home on the south line of the county and to add to this misfortune death claims the unfortunate worman. She leaves no family. Mr. W. S. Easton, who has been appointed administrator, expressed the body to Hutchinson where the funeral took place, being done at the request of the deceased. Only a little personal property was left by deceased. (The Globe Republican, March 5, 1896) ROBERTS, BEN B. Former Ballplayer Dies at Ashland Ashland - Ben B. Roberts, 54, one time professional baseball player but for more than thirty years a farmer in Clark County is dead at his home here from a paralytic stroke. The funeral will be held here this afternoon. The widow survives. (Hutchinson News Herald, April 17, 1938, page 13) SPILLMAN, LUTHER S. Luther S. Spillman, 61, former resident of Ashland, died Wednesday evening in Ardmore, Okla., of a heart attack. Born May 2, 1909 at Scott City, Miss., he married Frances Zimmerman June 29, 1928 at El Dorado. She died July 12, 1964. He married Ida Francis July 6, 1965. He is survived by the widow of the home; two sons, Melvin of Garfield, and Richard of Cut Bank, Mont., and one daughter, Melissa of the home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Ashland, Rev. Jay Anderson officiating. Burial in the Ashland Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the Brown Mortuary Ashland. The family suggests memorials to the cancer fund. (Great Bend Daily Tribune,
May 7, 1971, page 2) LOIS STATTON, 83, TAUGHT WICHITA CHILDREN FOR 35 YEARS Women either stayed home or became teachers when Lois Statton was growing up
in WesternKansas in the early part of the century. ''I think she always wanted to be a teacher. Our aunts were teachers and some of our cousins, and so she thought she would be one too," said Pauline Statton of Liberal, her sister, who also became a teacher. Lois Statton died Wednesday in Wichita. She was 83. She spent 35 years teaching elementary school students in Wichita. Miss Statton, who was born on March 3, 1903, was brought up on a farm with her brother and sister in Minneola. Her parents had come to western Kansas in a covered wagon in the 1880s, said Pauline Statton. Miss Statton took her first teaching job right after graduating from high school. It was in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Haskell County. After the stint in Haskell, she went to college in Pittsburg, where she received a teaching degree and specialized in music. When she completed her degree, she returned to Minneola to teach in the public schools. ''When she lived in Minneola, the church always had her sing for the funerals. She had a beautiful soprano voice and she loved to sing," said her sister. After three years of teaching in Minneola, Miss Statton moved to Wichita and began teaching first- and second-graders. During her years in the Wichita public school system she taught at Park, Hyde and Stanley elementary schools. In addition to teaching grade-schoolers, she taught Sunday school at Hillside Christian Church, where she was an active member and was involved in Christian Women's Fellowship activities. ''She did a lot of work for our church, all kinds of things. She did lots of tatting and knitting for us," said Ernestine Rogers, a friend of Miss Statton's and also a member of the Christian Women's Fellowship group at Hillside Christian Church. In addition to her church work, Miss Statton was an avid bridge player and gardener. "She always had a little garden, even in town. She raised tomatoes and she was always proud that she could make them grow big, the way she liked them. And, she had lots of flowers and she'd make them bloom too," said her sister. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Presbyterian Manor Chapel. Graveside services will be Saturday at the Minneola Cemetary. A memorial fund has been established with the Leukemia Society of America. (The Wichita Eagle, September 18, 1986) SUGHRUE, MIKE Ashland, Kan., Jan. 2 - Sheriff Mike Sughrue died here this afternoon after a long and painful illness. he was an old frontiersman and an Indian fighter, and numbered among his farmer comrades the late Henry Inman and Buffalo Bill Cody. He had been elected sheriff of Clark County as often as the law would allow. The people were anxious to vote for him and he was jut entering on his ninth year in the office. He, with his twin brother, Pat of dodge, has done more to clear this country of criminals than any other man. He will be buried Sunday by the Grand Army, the body lying in state in the court house Saturday. (Kansas Semi-Weekly Capital, January 4, 1901, page 3) TILLMAN, BELVA MAE Little Belva Mae Tillman, one year and one week old, died Monday, July 20 at the home of her parents, 1210 N. 13th Street. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tillman and three sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Ashland Cemetery. I. P. Ramsey was in charge. (Kansas Whip, July 24, 1936, page 6) TINDALL, JESS H. Jess H., was born near Croydon IN. Aug. 9, 1904, died Dec. 16, 1986 in OKC. He graduated fromMinneola KS. High School and attended Kansas State University. He was an aeronautical engineer for Beech Aircraft Co. in Wichita KS. and retired in 1971 after 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Leta Raye; daughter, Dianne Hennes; stepdaughter, Pam Morava; stepson, Dan Dayhuff; grandchildren, Kim, Stephanie and Jeff Morava and Julie and Clint Dayhuff; sister, Elizabeth Nesbitt and brother, William Tindall; and a host of friends from his church. He was a Master Mason with the Bestor G. Brown Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite Temple in Wichita KS., an Associate Master with Myrtle Lodge No. 145 and India Shrine Temple in OKC. Memorial services 2pm Thursday, at St. Pauls Episcopal Cathedral, 127 N.W. 7, directed by the Vondel L. Smith & Sons Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to his church or a charity of your choice. (The Daily Oklahoman, December 17, 1986) WASINGER, FRANK PETER Frank peter Wasinger, 75, Ashland, died June 21, 1983, at the Harper County Community Hospital in Buffalo, Okla. Born Nov. 11, 1907 at Victoria he married Katherine Francis schreiner April 30, 1934 at Sitka. A longtime area farmer, he was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ashland and the Knights of Columbus. Survivors: widow of the home; son, Richard E. Ashland; daughter Caroline F. wasinger, Hutchinson; sisters, Rose Boxler, Pagosa Springs, Colo., Anna Dinkel and Amelia Schiefelbein, both of Topeka; Helen Brown, Victoria. The rosary will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ashland. Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, Father John J. Maes. Burial will be at the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 am. until 7 pm. Thursday at the Myatt Funeral Home in Ashland. (Hutchinson News, June 23, 1983, page 18)
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