Obituaries & Funeral cards for Ellis County, Kansas

La Crosse, Kans., Sept. 4 - the Air Force flew a distraught Kansas mother to the bedside of her critically injured son and daughter-in-law in Sweden.

Mrs. William Appel, of La Crosse, learned her son and his wife, Lt. and Mrs. Jack Appel, had been critically injured in an auto accident 10 days ago near Vasterass in central Sweden.

She appealed to sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kans.) for help. Carlson arranged for Mrs. Appel to be flown from Philadelphia to Sweden on an Air Force transport plane. (The Hays Daily news, Wednesday, September 4, 1957)

Lund, Sweden, Sept. 6 - Capt. Jack L. Appel, 26, La Crosse, Kas., has died in a hospital here of injuries suffered in a two-car collision Aug. 22.

His wife, Ingrid, German-born, was injured seriously but doctors are hopeful she will survive.

Appel was stationed in West Germany with the U. S. Army. The accident occurred in central Sweden.

He was operated on at Vaesteras and later transferred to the Lund hospital in southern Sweden, but he died Tuesday. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

Wilfred J. Beyer, 56, of Wichita Falls, Texas, former Hays resident and retired printer, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.

Survivors: wife, Mary, son, James of Wichita Falls, daughter, Debra Walker of Lawton, Okla., brothers, Father Gregory of St. Francis, Hubie, Frank, Joe all of Hays, Gene of Kansas City, Kan., Richard, Ray, both of Wichita, Virgil of Clinton, Okla., sisters, Tillie Kisner of Great Bend, Marge Feldt of Grinnell; one grandchild. Brock's North Hill Chapel. (The Wichita Eagle, July 17, 1985, page 18A)

Walter Curtis Blackmun was born May 22, 1908 at Hays, Kansas, and passed away Nov. 5, 1929 at the age of 21 years five months and 21 days. Here at Hays he received his education and lived his life except for a year in California and a year in Chicago.

Early in his boyhood, when a member of the Methodist Sunday School he was baptized into membership in the Methodist Church. He was devoted to his parents, well liked by his comrades, a good worker, and apparently just at the beginning of a useful career.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Blackmun of Hays, his sister, Mrs. Dan Long of Denver, and among other relatives his cousins, Charles Blackmun and Margaret Yarborough of Kansas City and Mrs. Charles Hawkes of Hays. These and a host of his friends lament his untimely passing away.

Burial was Thursday in Mt. Allen Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. J. Wynne, at the Blackmun home. (The Hays Daily, Monday, November 11, 1929)

Andrew Breit, 67, Hays, a lifelong resident of Ellis county, died yesterday at Wichita Veterans Hospital.

Funeral services will be at Holy Cross church in Pfeifer at 9 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the church cemetery. (The Hays Daily News, Thursday, September 5, 1957)

CALVERT, CECIL

Hays - Cecil Calvert, 80, died Tuesday afternoon while doing business. He was a former state legislator from Gove county and state senator from the Hays district. At the time of his death he was president of the Hays Savings Association.

Calvert was born August 31, 1890, in Gove County and attended Gove County schools. He taught in Quinter for eight years, served as Quinter postmaster and then operated a furniture store there.

He married Lela May Songer, July 23, 1913 in Grainfield. They moved to Hays in 1929.

He served in the U.S. Army in W. W. II as a major in England. He was a member of the First Methodist Church and belonged to all the Hays Masonic organizations. he was past department commander, past grandmaster of the grand lodge and past grand respresentative of the I.O.O. F.

Survivors include the widow; daughters, Mrs. Nadyne Gibson, Long Beach, California; Mrs. Eleanor Mason, Odessa, Texas; Mrs. Gean Garry, Bronxville, New York; and nine grandchildren. (Great Bend Daily Trubine, September 2, 1970, page 2)

Mrs. Evelyn May Cron, 25 of Rush Center, was killed early this morning when the car in which she was riding rammed into a bridge. The accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. 2-1/2 miles west of Rush Center on K-96.

Irving Burton of Great Bend, owner of the car, was taken to the La Crosse hospital for treatment of severe head cuts and a concussion.

Driver of the car, Raymond Stewart, also of Great Bend, suffered cuts about his left eye and a bruised nose.

Rush County Sheriff Bennie Parker said Mrs. Cron was apparently thrown from the car and died from a broken neck and head injuries. She had been living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buel in Rush Center, he said.

Stewart was unable to recall how the accident occurred and Burton is not yet well enough to be questioned, Sheriff Parker said this afternoon.

Investigating the accident were the sheriff's office, La Crosse police and the Highway Patrol. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

Kansas City, Sept. 5 - Milo Doane, 60, was killed today while trying to stop his car from rolling down a driveway at his home.

Doane apparently had left his car in the driveway while he went to open the garage door and noticed the car was rolling back down the drive.

Doane's keys were in the garage door which stood open a couple of feet. (The Hays Daily News, September 5, 1957, page 1)

Death has taken two brothers - both lifelong Ellis county residents - within two days of each other.

Funeral services for John Erbert, 71, were held today in St. Mary's Church in Ellis. He died Saturday in st. Anthony hospital here after a 3-year illness.

His 65-year-old brother, Frank who lived 2-1/2 miles north of Ellis, died Monday night at his home. He had been sick a year.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary's church and burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. Friends may call at Johnson Funeral chapel in Ellis after 7 p.m. tonight and until time of the services.

Frank Erbert is survived by his wife, Pauline, of the home and a daughter, Edna of Wichita. (The Hays Daily, Tuesday, September 3, 1957)

Funeral services for Frank Erbert were held Thursday morning at St. Mary's church. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

John Erbert a life-long Ellis county resident, died Saturday night in St. Anthony's hospital here after an illness of three years. He was 71 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's church, Ellis, and burial will bein St. Mary's cemetery. Friends may call at the Johnson Funeral chapel in Ellis until time of services.

Surviving are five children, Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, San Francisco, Calif.; Frank J. Erbert, Zurich, Mrs. Caroline Niernberger, Wilsey; Mrs. Doris Westhusin, Plainville, and Miss Viola Erbert, of the home. Mr. Erbert's wife, Anna, died in 1952. (The Hays Daily, Monday, September 2, 1957)

Funeral services for John Erbert were held Tuesday at St. Mary's church in Ellis, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

Monica Fisher, 92, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 10:30 a.m. today. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Hays.

Survivors, sons, Alvin of Ellis, Victor, Ralph, Francis all of Hays. Cyril of Phillipsburg, dauthers, Agnes Waldschmidt of Ellis, Georgina Jacobs of Gorham, dolores Pfannenstiel of Hays, brothers, Adam Rupp, Celly Rupp, Al Rupp, all of Hays, Connie Rupp of Kansas City, Mo., sister, Norine Younger of Newton. 60 grandchildren, 82 great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with St. John's Rest Home, Hays and St. John's Rest Home, Victoria Brock's North Hill Chapel. (The Wichita Eagle, September 25, 1985)

Had Cornea to Former Probate Judge After Long -Illness

John Gross, who had he lived until July would have; been a resident of Ellis County for half a century, died Friday night at Ellis. Mr. Gross was born at Mandawa, Wisconsin and came to Ellis County on July 4, 1880. For a long period of years he was probate judge of Ellis County, having resigned; four, years ago because of ill health. For the past two years he had been confined to his bed, Mr. Gross is survived by his widow. The funeral was this afternoon. (Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas) Monday, November 11, 1929, submitted by Candi Horton)

A holiday outing to Cedar Bluffs reservoir ended in tragedy for a Victoria family Sunday afternoon.

Melvin J. Gross, 33, drowned in Cover I on the lake's north side while wading with a party of 11 persons. Artificial respiration was applied 40 minutes and the Ellis fire department worked 20 minutes to revive him with a resuscitator, but to no avail.

Mrs. Gross said members of three families were wading when they suddenly discovered he was missing. He did not have a life jacket, Mrs. Gross said.

Mrs. Gross, who was wearing a jacket, said she had drifted out from shore wand was picked up by a passing boat when she became panicky.

Several boys on the bank began a search for Gross when his disappearance was noticed. The body was recovered by Ernest Engle approximately 25 minutes after the alarm was first sounded. The lake has no resuscitator so it was necessary to Ellis for help.

Gross, a plumber, is survived by his wife and three sons, Johnnie, 7; Paul, 5; and Tommy, 3; one sister, Mrs. Cora Basgall, Los Angeles; two brothers Elmer of Los Angeles, Calif., and Don of Victoria, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gross, Catherine Rt. His wife is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Brungardt of Victoria.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Fiedlis church, Victoria, and burial will be in st. Fiedelis cemetery. (The Hays Daily, Monday, September 2, 1957)

Out of town relatives and friends here for the funeral of Melvin J. Gross were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Basgall, West Covina, Calif.; Elmer Gross, Granada Hills, Calif.; Mrs. J. N. Reuchel and Mrs. C. H. Van Slych, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Mrs. Bob Vinyard, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Herl, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Herl, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Herl and Robert Herl, Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herl, Marysville, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Herl and Mr. and Elmer Stocklein, Great Bend; Linus Gross, Fort Collins, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Leikam, Ness City; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Spies, Morland; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Iisley, McPherson; and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Silver and Bob Parker, Salina. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

William John Heronema, 44, an employee of Wiesner's Appliance store, died unexpectedly early this morning at his home, 109 East 15th. He had been ill and death was attributed to a heart attack.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph's church and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. Mr. Heronema had served as cemetery caretaker in addition to his other job. Friends may call at Morford's chapel after 6 p.m. tonight and until time for the services.

Mr. Heronema was born July 7, 1913 in Liebenthal. He is survived by his wife Alvina and two sons LeRoy and Edward of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heronema of Liebenthal; a brother, Alvin of Claflin, and seven sisters, Mrs. Matilda Basgall, La Crosse; Mrs. Veronica Burgardt, Ellinwood, Mrs. Helen Elliott, Mrs. Clara Wagner and Mrs. Christine Palmer of Great Bend; Mrs. Mary Alice Kennedy ofUdall and Mrs. Dorothy Karlin of Hays. (The Hays Daily, Monday, September 2, 1957)

FUNERAL SERVICES - CHAS. KROEGER, SR.

Funeral services for Chas. Kroeger, Sr., were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran Church, North of Ellis, in charge of Rev. D. Scholl. Interment was made in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Kroeger passed away Tuesday night after several months illness. (The Hays Daily, Monday, November 11, 1929)

Eugene L. Lang, 61, retired Travenol employee, died Tuesday, July 5, 1988. Service 10 a.m. Friday. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.

Survivors: wife, Verna; sons, Bob of Snyder, Texas, Jeff of Hays, daughters, Judy Koerner of Hays, Christine Haas of Garden City, brothers, Alex of Hays, Virgil of Kansas City, Kan. Mike of Sacramento, Calif., sisters, Irene Staab, Emma Brungardt both of Hays, Edna Critchfield of Hill City, Erma Silkman of Goodland, Ida Groff of Phoenix, Pat Riat of Topeka, Mary Jane Sowards of St. Louis. Brock's North Hill Chapel. (The Wichita Eagle, July 7, 1988)

Miss Margaret Leiker, 52, of 432 East 11th, died unexpectedly Saturday night while attending a movie performance at the Drive-In theatre with her fiancé, Frank Webber. While not critically ill, Miss Leiker had been under a doctor's care for a glandular condition and high blood pressure, according to a niece, Mrs. Mary Robl, who lived with her.

Mrs. Robl said her aunt had felt unusually well Saturday night and was in gay spirits when she left home. She became ill soon after arriving at the drive-in and died before reaching St. Anthony Hospital where she was taken by Mr. Webber.

Born at Antonino, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Anas Leiker, Miss Leiker had spent the greater part of her life in Hays. She was a seamstress employed at different cleaning establishments until last year when she began working privately at her home. Her niece and two children made their home with her.

Known to practically everyone in Hays, Miss Leiker was highly regarded by friends and employers as a capable, friendly and reliable person.

Surviving are three brothers and five sisters, Dan Leiker, Bushton; Linus Leiker, Olathe; Ed Leiker, Hays; Mrs. Gene Ruder, Olathe, Mrs. Hershel Rader, Hays; Mrs. Ben J. Brungardt, Gorham; Mrs. Herbert Hoff, Claiflin; and Mrs. Ed Condit, Great Bend. There are a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Tuesday morning at 9 at St. Joseph's church and burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. The body will be at the Morford mortuary until the hour of services. (The Hays Daily, Monday, September 2, 1957)

Funeral services were held for Miss Margaret Leiker at St. Joseph's church with the Rev. Father Bertrand in charge. Pallbearers were Herbert Hoff, clafflin; Gene Ruder, Olathe; Harold Leiker, Olathe; Dan Leiker Jr., Macksville; Dick Condet, Great Bend and Bob Brungardt, Hays. Burial was in St. Joseph's Cemetery. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

Tony T. Phlieger, 65, farmer, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 1986. Service 10 a.m. today, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.

Survivors: wife, Doris, sons, Tony Jr., of Goodland, Jerry of Hays, daughters, cathy Bryant of Hays, Carol Kratzberg of Kansas City, Mo.; sister, Agnes Bittel of Hays; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice of the Plains, Hays, Hays Memorial Chapel. (The Wichita Eagle, December 23, 1986, page 4B)

The Train Robbers - Who Sam Bass Really Was (from the Omaha Bee) - The right name of Bass was not ascertained until the bodies of the two robbers were brought for burial to Ellis. Of course the arrival there of the dead bandits created intense excitement and everybody viewed the faces of the deceased as they 'lay in state' in their coffins. Among the number who paid their respects to the thieves was a Mrs. Jacobs, who upon seeing the face of Bass exclaimed, "he was my husband," and stated that his right name was William Potts, and that he had a tattoo on the right hand, between the thumb and first finger, and a figure of a dancing girl on the right arm. The lid of the coffin was raised and his hand and arm examined, and sure enough, the marks were found according to Mrs. Jacobs' statement.

Mrs. Jacobs was formerly the wife of a man named Jacobs, who was for a time recorder of deeds at Wichita, Kansas, and who died a drunkard. His widow afterward married Potts, but she learned that he had a wife in Pennsylvania and left him. she had not seen him for eighteen months, and neither knew the whereabouts of the other. (Dodge City Times, October 27, 1877)

Henry Rohr, 75, retired farmer, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. today. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Hays.

Survivors: wife, Mary; sons, donald of Littleton, Colo., Allen, Charles both of Hays, daughter, Jeanette Billinger, brother, Nick, Clarence all of Hays, sisters, Sara Befort, Mary Ruder, Lidwina Gross, Helen Tholen, all of Hays, Alice Leiker of Kansas City, Kan. Rita Ogden of Kansas City, Mo.; 10 grandchildren. Brock's North Hill Chapel. (The Wichita Eagle, February 22, 1985)

Nick Rohr, 75, retired farmer and carpenter, died Friday, Oct. 17, 1986. Service 10 a.m. Monday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays.

Survivors: wife, Louise, son, Maurice, daughters, June Koerner, Marge Meyers, brother, Clarence all of Hays, sisters, Sarah Befort, Mary ruder, Lidwina Gross, Helen Tholen, all of Hays, Alice Leiker of Kansas City, Kan.; Rita Ogden of Kansas City, Mo.; 13 grandchildren. Hays Memorial Chapel (The Wichita Eagle, October 18, 1986, page 17A)

Clyde W. Rothgeb, 85, of Kansas City, Mo., former Hays resident, retired Hays Public Schools administrator, died Thursday, April 20, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Fredonia City Cemetery.

Survivors: wife, Opal, one nephew, two nieces. Timmons Funeral Home, Fredonia. (The Wichita Eagle, April 23, 1989, page 7D)

She was born Nov. 22, 1920, in Atlanta, Kan., to Albert and Cora (Smith) Whiteman. Her mother died when she was 14 years old. She attended Friends Haviland Academy and teacher's college in Hays, Kan., after which she taught school in Kansas for several years. She also served briefly as a minister in Chandler, Okla. She came to Oregon to teach in Bend, then settled in Newberg after further education at the University of Oregon.

On June 23, 1963, she was married to Walter Schaad. They lived in Newberg and she taught School at Mabel Rush Elementary School.

She was a member of the Newberg Friends Church where she taught Sunday school and wrote devotionals for the Fruit of the Vine. She enjoyed flowers and gardening and was active in the Garden Club. She also enjoyed reading, traveling and entertaining guests.

Survivors include: brothers ,Russell Whiteman of Burden, Kan., and Earl Whiteman of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; sisters Eunice Mullen of Bethany, Okla., and Arlene Otto of Burden; numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother Selma and brothers Raymond and Eldon.

A memorial service was held Nov. 25 at Newberg Friends Church following the Sunday service. (November 2007, submitted by Kyle M. Condon)

Francis E. Schumacher, 42, Schwaller's Lumber Co. employee, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. today, St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Hays.

Survivors: wife, Sharon, sons, Scott, Kevin, daughter, Kimberly all at home; father, Isidor of Hays, brothers, Melvin, Marvin, Ralph, Edward, Donald all of Hays, Cletus of Wichita; sisters, Evelyn Dreher of Hays, Delores VonFeldt of Golden, Colo., Carol Staab of Kansas City, Mo. Hays Memorial Chapel. (The Wichita Eagle, January 29, 1986, page 4D)

Kenneth W. Simmons II, 51, of Kansas City, Mo., former Hays resident, retired insurance adjustor, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1989. Service 4 p.m. today, Mount Moriah Terrace Park Chapel, Kansas City, Mo.

Survivors: son, Mitchell of Kansas City, Mo.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Simons of Sun City, Ariz.; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Dream Factory, Kansas City. (The Wichita Eagle, February 3, 1989, page 4D)

Virgil O. Standish, Jr., 61, of Colorado Springs, formerly of Hays, automobile dealer, died Thursday, June 15, 1989. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Kansas Presbyterian Church, Hays.

Survivors: wife, JoAnn, sons, Barton L. of Carlsbad, Calif. Scott of Kansas City, Mo., stepson, Douglas S. Harned of San Diego, stepdaughter, Holly Ann Sides of Redmond, Ore., sister, Betty Schmidt of Great Bend, five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Pikes Peak Hospice. Swan Law Funeral Directors, Colorado Springs. (The Wichita Eagle, June 17, 1989)

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Morford Chapel for Mrs. Della Pearl Moore Thomas who died Thursday after a long illness.

The Rev. Loyal Miles will be in charge of the service. Pallbearers are Charles Patterson, Vivian Meckle, Adrian McNutt, Elmo Meade, Donald Riggs and Marvin Wycoff. Burial will be at Mt. Allen Cemetery.

Surviving are Mrs. Thomas are her husband, Roy and four brothers, Melvin, Thomas, and Dick Moore, all of Hays and Robert Moore, Ellis. (The Hays Daily News, September 1, 1957, page 9)

Sister Emerita Unrein, 82, of Fond du Lac, Wis., former Hays resident, retired teacher, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 1988. Services have been held in Fond du Lac.

Survivors: brother, Peter Unrein of Hays, sisters, Mary dorzweller of Hays, Josephine Brungardt of Kansas City, Mo., Agnes Brungardt of Wichita, Lena Michels of Twin Falls, Idao. Memorial has been established with Nazareth Heights, Highway 23, Fond du Lac, Wis., 54935. Zacheri Funeral Home, Fond du Lac. (The Wichita Eagle, October 17, 1988)

Gilmore S. Wann, 58, a lifelong resident of Hays died at 6:30 this morning in La Grange, Ill., where he and Mrs. Wann had visited at the home of their daughter, Mrs. James Hagen, for several months.

Surviving are Mrs. Wann and daughter, Mrs. Hagen, three grandchildren; Wann, Kimberly and Gilmore Hagen, two brothers, Wilfred Wann of Hays and a sister Mrs. Louise Harwood of Manhattan.

Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed but there will be graveside services at Topeka where burial will be.

Born in Hays, Gilmore Wann had been graduated from the Hays high school and later attended the University of Kansas, the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich., and the State College, Manhattan. An enthusiastic athlete, he grained prominence as a basketball and tennis player in his college days. His interest in athletics never waned and his support was assured for every athletic project engaged in by Hays.

Returning to Hays after several years spent in California at the end of his college days, "Gill" as he was known to his legion of friends, entered the insurance business and managed the estate of his father the late C. M. Wann. His friendliness and genial disposition made lifelong friendships for him that were a personal and a business asset.

When it was discovered he had developed a cancer, Gil and Mrs. Wann went to La Grange to be with their daughter and where excellent facilities for the treatment of cancer were available. However, the advanced stage of the malady when it was discovered made the case a hopeless one. His death today takes the first of the children of one of Hays' most highly respected early day families. (The Hays Daily, Monday, September 2, 1957)

Burial services for Gilmore S. Wann will be Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka. Mrs. Wann telephoned friends in Hays this afternoon. Gilmore Wann died Monday morning at La Grante, Ill., where he and Mrs. Wann were visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. James Hagen and Mr. Hagen. (The Hays Daily, Tuesday, September 3, 1957)

Burial services for Gilmore S. Wann will be Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mount Home Cemetery, Topeka. Mrs. Wann telephoned friends in Hays this afternoon. Gilmore Wann died Monday morning at La Grange, Ill., where he and Mrs. Wann were visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. James Hagon and Mr. Hagon. (The Hays Daily News, September 3, 1957, page 1)

El Dorado, Sept. 6 - Word has been received here of the death Wednesday in Montgomery, Ala., of Charles S. Warre, 64, former Kansas superintendent of oil production for the Cities Services Oil Co. (The Hays Daily News, September 6, 1957, page 1)

Richard Joseph Wasinger, Jr., 26-year-old son, of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wasinger, 504 Fort Street, was killed early this morning in the collision of his motor car and a gasoline transport truck, northeast of Lyons. Edwin A. Wedge, 48, of Wichita, driver of the truck was not injured.

Surviving besides the parents are sisters and brothers: Mrs. Carolyn Lonnon, Ellis; Robert, who is serving with the United States Navy in Japan; Rose Ann, Roger, Susan, Paula and Laura of the home.

Richard, who had spent the weekend at the home of his parents here had left at 4 o'clock this morning to return to Wichita where he was employed by the Western Electric Co. it was his custom to spend the week-end here.

Born in Hays, Nov. 26, 1931, Richard was graduated from Hays high school in 1949. In 1951 he went to Korea where he served 18 months with construction engineers in the Army. In the fall of 1952 he ws employed by the Western Electric Co., at Wichita where he was working at the time of his death.

Upon receiving word of their son's death through the highway patrol Mr. and Mrs. Wasinger left immediately for Lyons at the time the News went to press had not returned to Hays. No details of the accident were available. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made according to relatives in Hays. (The Hays Daily, Tuesday, September 3, 1957)

Funeral services for Richard wasinger Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wasinger who was killed in the collision of his car with an automobile transport truck early yesterday morning near Lyons, have not been arranged. Mr. and Mrs. Wasinger are waiting to hear from a son, Robert, who is serving in the United States Navy, stationed off Yokosuka, Japan.

It has been learned that the collision of the Wasinger car with the transport truck occurred at an intersection on a sand road and skid marks for a long distance showed Richard had made a desperate effort to stop his car which struck the transport broadside. (The Hays Daily news, Wednesday, September 4, 1957)

Word has been received from the commanding officer of the naval aircraft carrier, Bon Homme Richard, upon which Robert Wasinger is serving that the carrier is at sea and Robert will be unable to come home for the funeral of his brother, Richard Wasinger, Jr.

Funeral services for Richard wasinger, Jr., who was killed in a traffic accident have been set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's church. (The Hays Daily News, Friday, September 6, 1957)

Funeral services for Mrs. Lorena Weldin, 73, of WaKeeney, who died this morning at Trego-Lemke hospital, WaKeeney, will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the WaKeeney Presbyterian church. Burial will be in the WaKeeney cemetery.

Mrs. Weldin who had lived for 20 years in Wakeeney is survived by two daughters and a sister; Mrs. Opal Boles, Wichita; Mrs. Berniece Albin, WaKeeney and Mrs. Maude Cochran, Colorado Springs, Colo.

The body will be at the Hendricks Funeral Home from 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon until the funeral hour. (The Hays Daily News, Monday, September 16, 1957)

Salina, Kans., Sept. 7 - A 10-year-old girl riding a bicycle was killed this afternoon when she was struck by a car driven by a 13 year-old girl.

Killed was Mary Jo Wilson, a 10 year old boy Mike Davis, who was riding a bicycle beside her was struck by the bar, but he was released after examination at St. John's hospital.

Police Lt. Bud Tillett said Brenda's father, Cecil Eoff, was teaching her how to drive. In starting the car she apparently became confused and the vehicle shot across the street out of control, pinning the Wilson girl against a tree, Tillett said. (The Hays Daily News, September 8, 1957, page 1)

Sharon Elaine, 43, died September 11, 1989 at O. M. H. Born October 28, 1945 in Hays, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her father Frank Wing, and two brothers. She is survived by her mother, Helen Wing of OKC. Also survived by members of her home, Nancy Arden, friend and companion of 18 years; her three devoted Boston Terriers, Niki, Tobi and Libby and her four cats, Alex, Jesse, Cagney & Lacey. Sharon is also survived by uncles, aunts and many cousins in western Kansas and her "adopted" family, "Grandmother" Grace Perkins, Churck & Janelle Arden, Claudia, Billy and Cindy Ellis and her many friends. She also leaves her extended family in the laboratory at Deaconess Hospital. Sharon attended school in western Kansas, Bethany Nazarene college and OU where she received her BS and her masters in Public Health. She began working at Deaconess Hospital in 1965 in admissions. She became Chief Medical Technologist of the Deaconess Laboratory in 1976 and remained working daily until she entered OMH on August 9, 1989. She loved gardening and her yard. She enjoyed traveling especially her yearly trip to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Video games and income tax (helping others do theirs) were her major vices. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her and depended on her for her "logic" and wisdom. Sharon fought fiercely for a year against cancer. Memorials may be made in her name to the "Tree of Life" at Deaconess Hospital. Memorial services will be held 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 14, 1989, at HAHN-Cook/Street & Draper Chapel with burial later in Leoti, Kansas. The family wishes to express the gratitude and appreciation for the dedication and compassion of the entire staff Bone Marrow Transplant unit at Oklahoma Memorial Hospital. (The Daily Oklahoman, September 13, 1989)

Berniece F. Young, 56, homemaker, former Plainville resident, died Tuesday, July 29, 1986. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Hays Memorial Chapel, Hays.

Survivors: husband, Eugene, son, James of Cadillac, Mich.; daughters, Mary Pfaff of Brownell, Terri Hurtel of Hays, sister, Rosemary Hein of Kansas City, Mo., nine grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Leukemia Foundation. (The Wichita Eagle, July 31, 1986, page 5D)