COFFEY COUNTY, KANSAS OBITS Obituary of Naomi Schisler Sims Astoria Argus, Astoria, Fulton County, IL - In ink unreadable Mrs. George Sims Dies In Kansas Mrs. George (Naomi Schisler) Sims of LeRoy, Kans., died Saturday morning, June 29, 1974, at the Burlington, Kans. hospital, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the Mattingly Funeral Home, with Rev. Paul Lynn, minister of the United Methodist Church in LeRoy officiating.  Graveside services and interment were at the LeRoy Cemetery. Mrs. Sims was born July 23, 1888, in Astoria.  She was married to George Sims in 1912 at Lewistown, and they have made their home in LeRoy for 62 years. Mrs. Sims is survived by her husband and a son, Eugene, as well as two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  Two sisters, Susan Lehman and Lora Schisler, and one brother, Will Schisler, preceded her in death. In spite of a severe handicap, Mrs. Sims maintained a steadfast interest over the years in her family, home, and many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Max Lehman of Astoria attended the funeral of Mrs. Sims. Obituary for Jesse Moren Bader, Doctor of Divinity Rushville Times, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, August 1963  Jesse M. Bader, 77, Dies In New York on Aug. 19 Word was received here this week thru a news bulletin of the World Convention of Churches of Christ in New York that Jesse M. Bader, native of Schuyler and resident of community of Bader, died on August 19 in New York city at age of 77.  Funeral services were held at the First Christian church in Atchison, Kans., on August 23.  He is survived by his wife, who will continue to live in New York.  Mr. Bader was general secretary of the world convention, which he founded and served as first president in 1930. Bio BODY SEVERED BY TRAIN Four-Year-Old Girl Caught by Engine in Yards Burlington, Kan., Dec. 21---Cordie Dennison, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dennison at Gridley, was run over by a Santa Fe freight train switching in the yards here yesterday and was literally cut in two. She died instantly. The body was taken to Eskridge for burial today. That was the former home of the Dennisons. The baby's mother, who was formery Miss Virgia Zinn, lived in Topeka for some time. (Augusta Daily Gazette ~ Wednesday ~ 21 Dec 1921 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler) Curtis Thaine Rhoads Born: 16 Dec 1914 California, Coffey,Kansas Died: 27 Mar 1983 Neosho Rapids, Lyon, KS, USA From the Emporia Gazette: Curtis Thaine Rhoads, 68, Neosho Rapids, died Sunday at his home. He was born Dec. 16, 1914, in rural Neosho Rapids, the son of Arthur F. and Lilly May Curtin Rhoads, and spent his life in Lyon County. He was a self-employed mechanic 40 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was married to Dora Elizabeth Gayer Sept. 2, 1936, in Cottonwood Falls. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Eugene "Gene" Rhoads and Joseph "Edward" Rhoads, both of Neosho Rapids; a daughter, Bonita Marie Albin, Neosho Rapids; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Mount Hope Cemetery in Neosho Rapids. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, is in charge of arrangements. (Submitted by Mary Ann Richardson) Dora Elizabeth Gayer Rhoads Born: 16 Jan 1916 Falls, Chase, KS, USA Died: 21 Jun 2004 Emporia, Lyon, KS, USA From Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, July 8, 2004. Rhoads, Dora Gayer Dora Elizabeth Rhoads, 88, formerly of Neosho Rapids, died June 21, 2004, at the Holiday Resort. The daughter of Jacob Edward and Tabitha Elizabeth Newman Gayer, she was born Jan. 16, 1916, in Cottonwood Falls. She married Curtis Thaine Rhoads on Sept. 2, 1936, at Cottonwood Falls. He died March 27, 1983. Mrs. Rhoads was a Baptist. She was a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital for many years before she retired. She is survived by a daughter Bonita M. Albin of Emporia; two sons, Eugene A. Rhoads of Emporia and Joseph "Edward" Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; seven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lilly Elizabeth Rhoads; one sister; one brother; one half brother, three half sisters; and two granddaughters. The service was June 25, 2004, in Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids. The Rev. James Scott of the Cornerstone Baptist Church conducted the service. Mrs. Rhoads was cremated. Memorial contributions to the Neosho Rapids Community Building may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801. From the Emporia Gazette: Jul 2004 Neosho Rapids The service for former Neosho Rapids resident Dora Elizabeth Rhoads, 88, of Emporia will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids. The Rev. James Scott of the Cornerstone Baptist Church will conduct the service. Mrs. Rhoads has been cremated. Memorial contributions to the Neosho Rapids Community Building may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801. Mrs. Rhoads died Monday, June 21, 2004, at the Holiday Resort. She was a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital for many years before she retired. The daughter of Jacob Edward and Tabitha Elizabeth Newman Gayer, she was born Jan. 16, 1916, in Cottonwood Falls. She married Curtis Thaine Rhoads on Sept. 2, 1936, at Cottonwood Falls. He died March 27, 1983. Mrs. Rhoads was a Baptist. She is survived by a daughter, Bonita M. Albin of Emporia; two sons, Eugene A. Rhoads of Emporia and Joseph "Edward" Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; seven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. A daughter, Lilly Elizabeth Rhoads, died earlier, as did one sister, one brother, one half brother, three half sisters and two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Janice Rhoads. (Submitted by Mary Ann Richardson) RHOADS, FREDERICK "FRED" ARTHUR Born: 24 April 1871 Keokuk, Iowa, USA Died: 23 Apr 1948 Emporia, Lyon, KS, USA from The Emporia Gazette Arthur F. Rhoades Dies at Emporia Arthur Frederick Rhoades, 210 Constitution died Friday night, April 23, 1948 at 8:20 o'clock at the Newman Memorial County hospital. Mor Rhoades was a retired farmer. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue funeral home in Emporia with Rev LeRoy Hay, pastor opf the First Christian church, in charge of the services. Burial in the Lebo Creek cemetery. Mr Rhoades was born April 24, 1871, in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of the late Mr and Mrs I.A. Rhoades. He came to Pawnee Rock in 1881, and moved to Hartford in 1890. He moved to Emporia about 1938. Mr Rhoades married Lillie Mae Curtin in Hartford, June 19, 1892. He has been retired from farming for two years. Mr Rhoades is survived by his wife of the home; four sons, John A. Rhoades, of Neosho Rapids; Sam Rhoades, 127 Congress; Arthur Rhoades, 2 South Constitution; and Thaine Rhoades, 116 South Rural; two daughters, Mrs Alice Perkins, 327 Sunnyslope; and Mrs Hazel Baumgardner, 727 Congress; 22 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. From the Lebo paper: Rites for A. F. Rhoads Funeral services for Arthur Frederick Rhoads, who lived at 210 Constitution and who died Friday at the Newman Memorial County hospital were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts Blue funeral home. The Rev. LeRoy May, pastor of the First Christian Church was in charge of the services. Mrs. W. S. Hancock sang accompanied by Mrs. Robert Melton. Pallbearers all grandsons of Mr. Rhoads were Jimmy Rhoads, LeRoy Rhoads, James W. Rhoads, Wayne Rhoads, Clair Rice and Roy W. Rice. Burial was in the Lebo Creek cemetery. Out-of-town relatives and friends who attended the services were Mr and Mrs John Rhoads, Merle Rhoads, Richard Rhoads, James Rhoads, and Mrs. Lottie Winann of Neosho Rapids; Mrs Nellie Collins of Topeka; Mr and Mrs William Curtain and Mr and Mrs William Curtain Jr, of Wichita. (Submitted by Mary Ann Richardson) RHOADS, LILLIAN "LILLIE" MAE CURTIN Lillian "Lillie" Mae Curtin Born: 24 July 1877 Missouri Died: 04 Apr 1964 Emporia, Lyon, KS, USA From the Emporia Gazette 09 April 1964 Mrs. A. F. Rhoads Mrs. Arthur Frederick Rhoads, 86, of 605 Sylvan St, died Saturday, Apr 4 in St. Mary's hospital. Lillie May Curtin, the daughter of Mary Francis Huffman and W. H. Curtin was born July 24, 1877, in Missouri. She was married to Arthur F. Rhoads in 1892 in Hartford. He died in April of 1948. She was a member of the Christian church of Hartford. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. W. R. Perkins, four brothers, James, Joseph, Will A and Bert Curtin, and two sisters, Alice and Bessie Curtin. Surviving are four sons, John and C. T. both of Neosho Rapids. S.D., 102 Market St, and I.A., 524 Rural St. one daughter, Mrs. R.E Baumgardner, 337 Sunnyslope St. one sister Mrs. I Beals, Tracy Calif. 27 grandchildren and 77 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, Apr 4 in the chapel of the Roberts Blue Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev W. Howard Helverson, pastor of the First Christian church, conducted the services. Burial was in the Lebo Creek cemetery. (Submitted by Mary Ann Richardson) BENNETT, MRS. Burned to Death An Aged Lady Fatally Burned While Reading her Bible Burlington, Kan., Dec. 28 - Word was received here today from Westphalia that Mrs. Bennett, the mother of F. S. Bennett, was fatally burned last night while sitting on a low stool reading her Bible as was her habit before going to bed. The lamp fell over setting fire to her clothing. Mrs. Bennett was so badly injured that she died in great agony in a short time. She was alone at the time of the accident. (Topeka Weekly Capital, December 30, 1898, page 6) SHOCKLEY, ULA URIE LEBO — Ula Urie Shockley, 104, of Winfield, formerly of Lebo, passed away Dec. 6, 2010, at Cumbernauld Village. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Lebo United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo. Memorials are to the Lebo United Methodist Church or Cumbernauld Village. Contributions may be sent to Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo, KS 66856 (Winfield Courier, 2010, submitted by Kyle M. Condon) NOELL, JULIUS HATCHER Obituary, The Daily Republic, Burlington, CoffeyCo, KS, Monday March 17, 1924: Grandpa J Noell - Pioneer Resident - Dies near HoltonJulius Noell, one of the pioneer residents of Coffey county, died Saturday night March 15, 1924 at the home of his daughter, near Holton, Kans. at the age of about 95 years. Mr Noell's home was in this county near Hartford. Mr Noell was at one time county superintendent of Coffey county and taught school for a number of years. E A Stone sent his hearse to Holton Saturday night to bring Nr Noell here and burial will take place this afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Otter Creek (Baker) Cemetery. (Buried Row 18B, Grave 144)The Daily Republic, Burlington, CoffeyCo, KS, Monday March 18, 1924: Noell Funeral TodayThe funeral of Julius Noell was postponed from yesterday afternoon until 10 o'clock this morning at Strawn. One of the cars containing part of the relatives had trouble near Burlingame Sunday night, and was so badly delayed that it did not reach Hartford until too late to have the services yesterday. (Daily Republican, Burlington, March 17, 1924, submitted by FOFG) Newspaper unknown:PIONEER CITIZEN BURIED TUESDAYThe funeral of Julius H Noell, one of the pioneer citizens of Coffey county, was held at the Christian church in Strawn Tuesday morning in charge of Rev Mr Hughes, formerly M E pastor at Hartford, and the body laid to rest in Otter Creek cemetery. It had been planned to hold the funeral on Monday afternoon, but bad roads and car troubles delayed the arrival of the relatives so the services were postponed until Tuesday. Rev Mr Hughes preached a splendid sermon and appropriate music was furnished by Miss Myrtle Farmer, Mrs Jesse Baxter, Hayward Theodore and Guy J Spencer with Mrs E C Pennybaker as pianist. At request of the family a male quartet from Burlington, composed of F R Hammond, John Redmond, W M Scott and E M Young was present and sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. The pall bearers were Jesse Baxter, Mike Foley, Chas Hoach, Geo Theobald, S A Hutchinson, and Frank Atherly. Henry Hamman had charge of the burial. Several cars came down from Hartford for the funeral.A number of relatives from a distance were present, but the almost impassable roads kept many old friends from attending the services."Twas November 9, 1828. The roseate hues of the morning were making their appearance in the eastern sky, when a little blue-eyed baby boy came into a humble home in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County, Virginia. This boy was one among ten children, six girls and four boys, who were welcomed into this the home of Caleb and Nancy Ann Noell. And thus began the career of Julius Hamilton (s/b Hatcher) Noell, the subject of this sketch, who was destined to span out nearly a century of time, or more exactly 95 years, 4 months and 6 days before the call to go hence to that bourne from which no traveler e'er returns.In these mountains he grew up and when young manhood was reached, wooed, won and wed Frances Ann Douglass in 1852. To this union six children were born, all of whom except William Caleb Douglass, now of Fontaria, Kansas, passed on before in infancy or early childhood.The call of the West came to him and his, just as it has come to thousands of others and in 1856 they bade farewell to the home in Virginia and cast their lot with Kansas. In the spring of 1857 he landed in Coffey county, and pre-empted a claim on south Big creek some two miles below where the town of Bangor was later laid out. Here he lived enduring the hardship of frontier and pioneer life, interspersed however with its joys and hopes of the future, until in 1862, when in a few brief weeks he lost two brothers and his wife. With three motherless children, the future looked dark enough indeed.Later he met Martha William Casey, with whom he was united in marriage, August 3, 1862, and a new home was begun in the west. To this union ten children were born, six boys and four girls, of whom two, the oldest and the youngest, have passed on before: Sarah Ellen some 7 years ago and Harvey Orville just 8 months ago.For fifty years his life was interwoven into the active history of Coffey county in things political, religious and educational. Officially he held the offices of Trustee and justice of the peace of Liberty township and deputy county clerk and register of deeds when the county seat was at Hampden.He taught school almost every year from the time he came west until 1881 and thus he came in contact with the young life of the county, whose friendships he cherished all down his later pathway. - One happy and enjoyable event was last fall when four of his old pupils, Tom Harris, Wayne Myers, Frank Atherly and Mark Atherly dropped in on him and helped him while a few hours just after he had passed his 95th milestone.In early life he united with the Methodist church. Later on while living on North Big creek, he united with North Big Creek Baptist church. Later on he again was connected with Methodist church at Hopewell and then at Bethel. He was always faithful at his post: was faithful in attendance on church services even when in later years, his eye was dimmed and his ear dulled.In 1905 the mother of his later family was called home, since which time his life has been in the homes of his children, the most of which time was with Harvey.On the morning of March 15, 1924 as the sun was again lighting up the eastern sky, the candle which for so long shed forth its rays, flickered out. The Father had called home the spirit which had tenanted the house of clay, and today tribute is rendered to his earthly remains, though the real tribute is rendered in and by the lives of the many whom his life has urged onward and upward to better and nobler things in life.In the recent World War seven of his grandsons were in the service, five of whom were over seas. He passes away leaving 76 living descendants: 9 children, 11 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren. The children living are Douglas of Fontana, Kan., Geo McClellan of Visalia, Calif., Carl M of Exeter, Calif., Charles W of Syracuse, Kan., Norbourne E of Richmond, Calif., Mrs Jennie Roser of Roseberg, Ore., Mrs Essie Pilkington of Osawatomic, Kan, Mrs Zora Shull of Oskaloosa, Kans., at whose home his life ebbed away, and Henry A of Hartford, Kan. The last Leaf on the Tree has fallen. Back to index Copyright © 2012 to Kansas Genealogy Trails' Coffey County host & all Contributors   All rights reserved