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ROBERTS, Marvin L. Marvin L. Roberts, 71, Damar, died Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Graham County Hospital in Hill City. He was born May 15, 1936, in Damar to Eugene Wilbur and Jeanette Laura (Berland) Roberts. He married Hazel Herl on Oct. 18, 1958, in Hays. Survivors include his wife, of the home; five sons, Dale Roberts and Brad Roberts, both of Denver, James Roberts, Houston, Michael Roberts, San Antonio, and Kurt Roberts, Olathe; a daughter, Linda Finnerty, Wheatland, Wyo.; six brothers, Donald Roberts, Hays, Gayle Roberts, Overbook, Dwight Roberts, Cletus Roberts and Rick Roberts, all of Hill City, and Randy Roberts, Westminister, Colo.; six sisters, Betty Hamel-Lynch, Hays, Myrna Robben-Kline, Camdenton, Mo., Jeanine Noah, Wichita, Cynthia Wilson, Loveland, Colo., Judy Bomgardner, Jackson, Miss., and Teri Haulman, Broomfield, Colo.; 15 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Lynn. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Damar; burial at 2 p.m. Monday in Kansas Veterans Cemetery, WaKeeney. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. today at Stinemetz Funeral Home, Hill City, and from 9 a.m. until time of service Monday at the church. A vigil/rosary will be at 7 p.m. today at the church. Memorials are suggested to Masses or "Feed The Children" in care of the funeral home. [Source: The Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas), 8 March 2008. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
RUDMAN, Marie C. (Triplett) Marie C. Rudman, daughter of Charles M. and Myrtle Triplett, was born September 5, 1908 in Wallace County, Kansas; and departed this earthly life at the Graham County Hospital May 12, 1973 at the age of 64 years, 8 months and one week. At an early age she moved with her family to Graham County, where except for a brief period of time, she lived the rest of her life. She was a graduate of Bogue High School in 1928, and taught two terms of school in the Kenyon school district and two terms at the Spring Lake school. On August 15, 1932, she was united in marriage to Laroy Rudman of rural Palco, and to this union five children were born: Dick of Dallas, Texas; Marllys Voss of near Densmore, Kansas; Max of McPherson, Kansas; Sally Phifer of Bonanza, Oregon; and Rober Craig who died at birth. Marie spent all of her married life in the Reline community, where she was an active member of the Redline Church of God and a blessing to all who knew her and constant inspiration to her family. She leaves behind, her husband, Laroy; Dick, his wife Shirley and children Randy, Rondalyn and Rochelle; Marllys, her husband Roy, and children Mark, Royalyn and Renee Voss; Max, his wife, Charlene, and children Troy, Shane, and Lance Rudman; and Sally, her husband Gary, and son Chad Phifer; three brothers, Clarence Triplett of Hill City, Kansas; Harry Triplett of Elk City, Kansas; and Tom Triplett of Bogue, Kansas; one sister, Ruth Keleher of Wichita; and twenty-one nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her father and mother in 1955 and 1967, respectively, and an infant son. Memorial services were held Monday, May 14 at the Redline Church of God near Palco. Always a humanitarian, Marie dedicated her body to the Kansas University Medical Center for medical research, and the family requests that contributions be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society. [Source: Obituary clipping from unknown newspaper, contained within scrapbook of Gladys Blazier Born. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
SELTZER, Charles J. Charles J. SELTZER, son of Dice and Delia SELTZER, was born October 15, 1891 in Norton County, Kansas and passed away at the Norton County Hospital on July 12, 1978 at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 27 days. Charlie grew to manhood at Morland, Kansas. He attended school at Morland. On November 19, 1916, Charlie and Zelpha Lorraine SMITH were married at Morland. They farmed at Morland until 1945 when they moved to Lenora. He was a member of the Lenora United Parish Church, the Lenora A.F. & A.M. No. 181, the Lenora I.O.O.F. No. 439, and the Lenora Eastern Star Chapter No. 296. Survivors include: his wife, Zelpha, of the home in Lenora, Kansas; one nephew, Duane BORN; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters. Note: Burial was in Lenora South Cemetery. [Source: Funeral card, Lenora Cemetery Association records; submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
SETCHELL, Hartley Wesley Hartley Wesley, son of Hartley J. and Carrie A. Setchell was born at Van Cleve, Marshall co., Iowa, June 17th 1886, and moved with his parents to Logan, Phillips co., Kansas in September 1887. Died Thursday, April 1st, 1926 age 39 years nine months and fourteen days. In 1891 when Hartley was five years of age in his sister Clara was only a few months old their mother died after a short illness with typhoid fever. In 1892 Hartley J. Setchell and R. Clara Shurtz were united in marriage, which made it possible for the children to again have a mother's care. In June 1901 the family moved to Morland, where Hartley worked together with his father until the year 1921. In the meantime attending and graduating from the business College of Salina, and also completing a course in farming at the Kansas State Agricultural College of Manhattan, Kansas. While attending college of Manhattan he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church of that place; later transferring his membership to Morland where he has since retained it although the past five years his attendance has been at Studley Kansas. He was united in marriage to Mary Estella Walts on February 9th, 1921, at Manhattan, Kansas, by the Reverend J. M. McClelland, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They began their life together on their farm one and one-half miles east of Studley and 3 miles west of Morland where they lived until his death. On Monday morning March 29th, Hartley was taken ill with intestinal influenza, but fever was reduced Tuesday and he seemed to be improving Wednesday and Thursday with the exception of occasional suffering and pain caused by the disease settling in his kidneys. On Thursday evening the attending physician's pronounced his condition as not being serious and that he had excellent chances for a speedy recovery. From 6 p.m. on he seemed to be resting easy, was cheerful and conscious. About 8:15 p.m. he remarked to his brother Fred that he was tired and sleepy and wished he might go to sleep. He relaxed and was almost asleep when suddenly he opened his eyes wide, and life passed from him without a struggle or word of warning that the end was near, for at about 8:30 he was crossing the Bar to join his mother. Adrelalin [sic] was given him as quickly as possible but it fails to rally his heart. He was a member of the following lodges of Morland Kansas [Remainder missing] Note: Burial was in the Morland Cemetery. [Source: Obituary clipping from unknown newspaper, contained within scrapbook of Gladys Blazier Born. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
SHEPARD, Arlene Louise (Kerfoot Williams Wells) Arlene L. Shepard, 74, died Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at the Graham County Hospital. She was born July 3, 1925, in Lenora to Harold H. and Erma Fay (Thuma) Kerfoot. She was a homemaker and longtime area resident. Survivors include her husband, Cleo, Hill City; five sons, Sam Williams, Cimarron, Dean Williams, WaKeeney, Gary Williams, Norton, Steve Williams, Hill City, and Paul Williams, Damar; three daughters, Sheila Yenglin, Grand Junction, Colo., Sherry Skubal, Morland, and Leann Morford, Hill City; two sisters, Laurene Cone, Medford, Ore., and Jacqueline Kinion, Phoenix; many grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Sam Williams Sr. and Art Wells Jr., a sister, Pat Overby, a son, Mark Williams, and a daughter, Janna Gingles. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Lenora South Cemetery. Visitation will be until 8 p.m. today at the Spencer Chapel, Hill City. Memorials are suggested to the Hays dialysis at Hays Medical Center. Note: Burial was in the Lenora South Cemetery. [Source: The Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas), 2 June 2000. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
SHEPARD, Joseph Henry The Life of Henry Shepard Joseph Henry Shepard, son of Ancle and Helen Shepard, was born January 28, 1878 and Gaylord Kansas. He moved with his family has a small boy to Edmond where he attended schools and grew manhood. He was married to Ella Saum in 1900. They made their home on farms near Lenora and following his retirement in 1940 to be moved to Lenora. He has been a resident of the Dawson Place in Hill City for the past two years. Following two weeks in the Graham County Hospital, he passed away Sunday night, August 28, 1966 at the age of 88. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Ella in 1961, two children: Dorothy, who died in the age of six and Jay, who died at the age of one. He was also predeceased by eight sisters. He is survived by four sons and four daughters: Jack Shepard of Lenora, Mrs. Vesta Schmidt of Seattle, Washington, Mrs. Esta VanPatten and husband Homer of Jerome, Idaho, Mrs. Erma Emmons and husband, Charles, of Penokee, Kansas, Dallas Shepard and wife, Meryl of Clifton, Colorado, Mrs. Opal Storer and husband, Buzz of Hoxie, Eugene Shepard and wife, Nelda of Hill City, Cleo Shepard and wife, Cleona of Flagstaff, Arizona. He is also survived by 25 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren, and 7 great great-grandchildren. He was a kind and loving father and friend and will be missed by his many friends. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Lenora Church of God...[remainder of obituary missing]. Note: Burial was in Lenora South Cemetery. [Source: Obituary clipping from unknown newspaper. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
SHEPARD, Lee Richard Lee Richard Shepard, 20, Penokee, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, near Penokee as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born June 19, 1984, in Hoxie to Kenny Dee and Karen Kay (Bellerive) Shepard. He was a student at the Hutchinson Community College majoring in fire science. Survivors include his parents, Penokee; a brother, Nicholas Shepard, Penokee; and a sister, Sonya Shepard, Penokee. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Hill City; burial in the Penokee Cemetery. A Christian wake service will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at the church. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Spencer-Stinemetz Funeral Chapel, Hill City, and from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Graham County Emergency Medical Services. [Source: The Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas), 23 Dec 2004. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard
SHEPHERD, Infant girl The Baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shepherd, July 17th died Wednesday night the 21st, and was buried in the Anderson cemetery Thursday. This young couple has resided in this community but a short time but have gained many friends who sympathize with them in their bereavement. [Source: Hill City Republican (Hill City, Kansas), 29 July 1909.]
SMITH, Elsie May Elsie May Smith, daughter of Scott and Nettie Smith, was born at Morland, Kansas, June 23d, 1896, died at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norton, Pulaski, New York, October 13, 1918 age 22 years, 3 months and 21 days. Her mother died about 13 years ago and for a number of years she made her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Baird. One brother preceded her in death about a year ago. During her four years of student life at the Kansas State Normal School at Hays, she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. George Bellman to whom she became a daughter beloved. Those who remained to lament her departure are her father, Scott Smith, one brother, James, who is in France with the American army; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Baird, who cared for her through her girlhood days, and other relatives and friends not a few. The deceased was converted and having confessed her faith in the Lord Jesus was received into the Trinity Lutheran church at Hays, Kansas March 31, 1918. She was also a member of the order Rebeka at hays. She was a talented young woman, a natural elocutionist, brilliant and vivacious. We quote a sketch from the Ellis County News concerning her departure to New York to teach: "By this time Miss Elsie May Smith, who for several years has made her home with Mrs. George Bellman, has reached New York state where she will teach school during the ensuing year. Elsie has always lived in the short grass region and New York with its Knickerbocker history and tradition will no doubt have many new things to teach her, but we are sure she will have new and wholesome ideas to hand out to the kids of the empire state. Miss Smith is typical of the many people who come here, work their way through school and go out to help do the big work of the world." But all plans do not mature to our earthly satisfaction and two months after she left for New York her body was back for burial. God's ways are not always easily understood, but while His eye is on the sparrow not one of his little ones will be forgotten. The services were conducted by Rev. R. C. Myers of Morland at the Anderson Cemetery where interment was made. No other service was held because of the influenza epidemic which is sweeping the country and was the cause of Miss Smith's death. [Source: Obituary clipping from unknown newspaper although probably the Morland Monitor, contained within scrapbook kept by Gladys Blazier Born. Submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
SMITH, Lowell Claude "Bill" Lowell Claude Smith son of Arza and Myrtle YOCOM SMITH was born June 6, 1909 on a farm in Graham County, Kansas and passed away at the Norton County Hospital in Norton, Kansas on December 2, 1979 at the age of 70 years, 5 months and 26 days. Bill grew to manhood 12 miles south of Lenora and attended the Chicago rural grade school and graduated from the Lenora high school. On June 10, 1933, Bill and Alice Opal CHEESEMAN were married at the home of the bride's parents in rural Lenora, Kansas. He was in the newspaper business all his life, as linotype operator, reporter, editor, and finally owner and publisher with his wife, Opal. They had owned and operated several newspapers over the years, first the Logan Republican, the Larned Chronicle, the Central City Republican, the Logan Republican, Bill and Opal had published the Lenora News for 24 years during the time they operated the Selden Advocate for a few years. They retired from the newspaper business in 1978. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and had served in Lenora as mayor, member of the City Council, member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Lenora A.F. & A.M., No. 181, past member of the Lenora I.O.O.F. and member of the Salina Consistory of the Isis Temple, Salina. Survivors include: his wife, Opal, of the home; two sons and their wives, Laurel and Dorothy SMITH, Manhattan, Kansas, Kelvin and Glenda SMITH, Long Island, Kansas; three brothers and their wives, Virl and Marie SMITH, Yakima, Washington, Ray and Jennie SMITH, Hoxie, Kansas, Dale and Doris SMITH, Denver, Colorado; two grandchildren, Lowell Clark SMITH, Manhattan, Kansas and Rachelle SMITH, Long Island, Kansas; other relatives and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Laverne Carl Smith, two brothers, Kenneth Laverne and Roland Smith. Note: Burial was in Lenora South Cemetery. [Source: Funeral card, Lenora Cemetery Association records; submitted by Jackie Wilson Goddard.]
STINEMETZ, Blanche Funeral card of Blanche Stinemetz Born: Montezuma, Kansas, December 4, 1889 Departed this life: Hill City, Kansas, September 5, 1977 Services: Spencer Chapel, Wednesday 10:00 a.m., September 7, 1977 Clergyman: Pastor Jon Hanna Interment: Memorial Lawn Cemetery Music: Mr. Ronald Radcliff, Soloist; Mrs. Duane Radcliffe, Pianist Casket bearers: Herbert Hale, Delbert Worcester, Warren Rowe, James Jones, Lewis Stinemetz, Earl Wood [Source: Funeral card, Lenora Cemetery Association records.]
SUMMERS, Elizabeth Died Jan. 22, 1894, Sister Elizabeth Summers, aged 92 years -- months and 28 days. Mrs. Summers was born in Macon county N. Y. -- was a member of one of Eli Cam-bell's congregations while he w- yet a member of the Freewill Ba-tist Church. She lived an exempl-ry christian for over 70 years an- has gone to that home promised t- the faithful. Funeral services were conducte- from the house of her son, William Summers in Bryant township by the writer, J. H. Conner. Note: Burial was in Brush Creek Cemetery. [Source: Transcript from Hill City Reveille (Hill City, Kansas), 26 January 1894; Graham County Historical Society, Brush Creek Cemetery file.]
SUMMERS, Lewis Franklin Lewis Franklin Summers, died at his home December 15th, 1899 at 12 o'clock p.m. The deceased was 14 years 8 months and 22 days old. The family have the sympathy of their many friends in their late bereavement. The services were conducted at the house. Elder, J. H. Conner officiating and the remains were entered in the Brush Creek Cemetery. [Source: Transcript from Hill City Republican (Hill City, Kansas), 21 December 1899; Graham County Historical Society, Brush Creek Cemetery file.] Again Death has called another one of Mr. and Mrs. Summers family. Last Friday their son Frank was laid to rest in the Turner cemetery. His beautiful characteristics will long be remembered by his many associates.... [Source: Transcript from People's Reveille (Hill City, Kansas), 21 December 1899; Graham County Historical Society, Brush Creek Cemetery file.]
SUPER, William Infant Son Dies William Super, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Super, of Gettysburg township was born Friday, November 27th and was buried in the Rock Creek cemetery the following day. [Source: The Hill City Times, (Hill City, Kansas), 3 December 1931. Submitted by Jan Beecher.]