EDMUND WAYNE AGARD, 72, of Andover, retired farmer and oil field worker, died
Wednesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta, 2:30 p.m., Piedmont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Verna Marie; son, David of Augusta; daughters, Loretha Powers of Augusta, Nadine Hancock of Wichita,
Arlene Hull of Sedan; brother, Gerald of Corona, Calif.; sister, Vinita Hawthorne of Derby; 13 grandchildren; 25
great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Andover Senior Citizens Building Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ December 19, 1985)
Glenn E. Armstrong, 62, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. painter, was found dead Thursday,
March 24, 1988. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Piedmont United Methodist Church. Campbell Funeral Home, Eureka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ March 25, 1988)
Hazel Armstrong, 88, homemaker, died Friday, Oct. 17, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Monday,
United Methodist Church, Piedmont.
Survivor: son, Glenn of Piedmont. Campbell Funeral Home, Eureka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ October 19, 1986)
MAUDE E. BELT, 91, of Wichita, homemaker, died Friday, Oct. 23, 1987. Service
pending.
Survivors: son, J.R. of Wichita; three grandchildren; one great- grandchild. Downing & Lahey Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ October 25, 1987)
Bowen, Frederick Orville, 81, died Tuesday, May 8, 2001. Service 3 p.m. Friday,
Hahn-Cook-Street & Draper Funeral Home, Oklahoma City; graveside service 3 p.m. Saturday, Piedmont.
Mr. Bowen was born in Piedmont, Kan. on Jan. 21, 1920. During his high school years, he was a track and field athlete,
receiving numerous awards and an offer of a scholarship. His specialty was the board jump and he broke a Kansas
state record in the event.
He served four years with the Army during World War II in the Aleutian Islands. He was a mess sergeant and took
pride in providing food to the troops.
Mr. Bowen was a resident of the Bellevue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for 16 years.
Preceded in death by his biological parents, William and Maud Brown; adopted parents, Fred and May Hutton and wife,
Samantha Bowen.
Survivors: Mary Lou Branda; grandchildren, Christopher D. Branda, Jennifer A. Branda; sister, Mary Burke of Topeka;
nephews, Bobby Burke; niece, Mary Jo; cousin, Gertrude Ray of Marion; friend, Tom Walbert. Memorial established
with Life Covenant Church, Edmond, Okla.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 10, 2001)
Ruth E. (Tomlinson) Bowen, 81, former housekeeper, died Tuesday, May 24, 1988.
Service 11 a.m. today, Piedmont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivor: brother, Clayton Tomlinson of Marietta, Okla. Watt Funeral Home. Amanda E. (Deathrage) Hayes, 97, homemaker,
died Tuesday, May 24, 1988. Service 2 p.m today, Petersen Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Ralph of Mulvane, Noel of Halstead; daughters, Fern Phipps, Lois Bombardier, both of Newton; 21
grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 26, 1988)
Bray, Dorothea Mae, 37, homemaker, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 1992. Service 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Full Gospel Chapel of Faith.
Survivors: husband, Bob; son, Michael at home; mother, Dorothy Gerkin of Piedmont; brother, Steve Gerkin of Howard;
stepbrother, Bobby Gerkin of Sarasota, Fla. Memorial has been established with Union Rescue Mission, 130 N. St.
Francis, Wichita, Kan. 67202. Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home, Eureka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 15, 1992)
Bright, John T. "Tommy," 40, self-employed construction worker, died
Monday, June 29, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Gibson-Koch-Friskel Chapel, Chanute.
Survivors: fiancee, Linda Edwards of Lidgerwood, N.D.; son, Jeremiah of Philadelphia; daughter, Hillary Bright
of Tulsa; father, Richard Bright of Claremore, Okla.; mother and stepfather, Ann and Delmar Robinson of Piedmont;
sisters, Lisa Bright of Claremore, Sarina Vail of El Dorado, Terri Barg of Severy; stepbrother, Danny Robinson
of Beaumont; stepsister, Charolette Bargdill of Latham; grandmother, Lillian Marks of Chanute. Memorial has been
established with Kansas State University Center for Basic Cancer Research, Manhattan.
(Wichita Eagle ~ July 2, 1998)
Buck, Morris W., 80, retired Wichita Board of Education cabinet shop foreman,
died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wichita; 1:30 p.m. Saturday,
Piedmont Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Esther; sons, David of Kechi, Lawrence of Swarthmore, Pa., Clifford of Piedmont; daughter, Sally
Wilson of Wichita; sisters, Cathryn Holley, Janetta Hildebrant, both of Pittsburg; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
one great-great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with the Holy Cross Lutheran School Library Fund, 600
N. Greenwich, Wichita, Kan. 67206. Downing & Lahey Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ February 7, 1997)
William Howard Buckley, 69, retired farm laborer, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 1988.
Service 2 p.m. Monday, Piedmont Cemetery.
Survivors: brother, Herman of Boise, Idaho; sister, Dorothy Fouts of Piedmont. Forsberg Funeral Home, Severy.
(Wichita Eagle ~ January 31, 1988)
George R. Buffalow, 76, retired farmer and stockman, died Saturday, April 1, 1989.
Service 2 p.m. Monday, Zimmerman Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Irene; son, Gordon of Howard; daughters, Myrna Winn of Midland, Texas, Mary Harrod of Howard,
Sharon Cowden of Leawood; sisters, Inez Bohon of Augusta, Dorothy McMillen of Knoxville, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the Howard Twilight Manor Nursing Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ April 2, 1989)
Buffalow, Gordon R., 52, farmer, rancher and Boeing Wichita employee, died Saturday,
Oct. 27, 2001. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Howard United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Susie; son, Garret of the home; daughters, Kari Blackwell of Wichita, Angie Shaver of Augusta,
Kim Buffalow of the home; mother, Irene Buffalow of Howard; sisters, Myrna Winn of Midland, Texas, Mary Harrod
of Howard, Sharon Cowden of Leawood; two grandchildren. Memorial established with Howard Twilight Manor. Zimmerman
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ October 30, 2001)
Loren Joseph "Joe" Burke, 77, retired IDS Financial Corp. divisional
manager, former school administrator and Eureka resident, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1990. Services 9 a.m. Friday,
First United Methodist Church, Topeka; 1 p.m., Piedmont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Robert H. of Topeka; daughter, Mary Jo Kenny of Highlands, N.J.; brothers, Norris of
Wichita, Harrison of Dodge City, Ernest of Fort Worth; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with First
United Methodist Church and the Shriners Crippled Children's Fund, c/o Arab Shrine Temple, Topeka. Penwell-Gabel
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ November 29, 1990)
Mary Neoma Hutton Burke, 94, Topeka, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2002, at a Topeka
nursing home.
Mrs. Burke taught in rural schools in the Flint Hills near Eureka, Rolling Ridge, Star, Piedmont and Halvorson
near Thrall. She traveled horseback to her first three jobs. She later was a substitute teacher in Topeka.
She was born March 14, 1908, in Greenwood County, the daughter of Charlotte May Moore and Frederick Montgomery
Hutton. Her parents participated in the Cherokee Strip Run in 1893. She earned a teaching certificate at Emporia
State Teachers College. She lived in Mayetta, Lyons, Ottawa and Hutchinson before moving to Topeka in 1945. She
attended Washburn University.
Mrs. Burke was a member of First United Methodist Church, where she served as treasurer for the Womens Society
of Christian Service, and the YOMAC Sunday school class. She also was a member of the American Association of University
Women, the YWCA, Toastmistress Club and the Order of the Eastern Star.
She married Loren Joseph "Joe" Burke on Dec. 23, 1934, in Wichita. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include two children, Mary Jo Kenny, Highland, N.J., and Robert H. Burke, Topeka; five grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Piedmont. Mrs. Burke will lie in state from 4 to 9 p.m. today and
9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 1047 S.W. Gage Blvd., Topeka, 66604;
or the First United Methodist Church, 600 S.W. Topeka Blvd., Topeka, 66603.
(Topeka Capital-Journal ~ December 19, 2002)
Calvert, Audrey, Jerolene, 73, retired Boeing Wichita sheet metal mechanic, died
Thursday, June 15, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Piedmont, (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Gregg of Wichita, Alan of McKinney, Texas; daughters, Patty Fortin of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Joanna
Britt of Wichita, Jany Calvert of Wichita; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Resthaven Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ June 17, 1995)
Calvert, Gregory, 53, retired Coleman Co. employee, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2001.
Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Piedmont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: brother, Allen of Melissa, Texas; sisters, Patty Fortin of Eugene, Ore., Joanna Britt, Jany Goodvin
both of Wichita. Downing & Lahey Mortuary East.
(Wichita Eagle ~ August 3, 2001)
Cass, Claude R., 90, retired C.R. Cass Honey Co. owner and carpenter, died Saturday,
June 13, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home, Eureka.
Survivors: wife, Grace; stepsons, Gary Warsteler of St. Paul, Randy Warsteler of Galesburg, Terry Madl of Parsons;
stepdaughters, Shirley Anderson of Farlington, Jeanie Anderson of Thayer, Linda Sanchez of Chetopah; brother, Francis
of Severy; sister, Marjorie Marrs of Afton, Okla.; 21 stepgrandchildren; 14 stepgreat-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ June 14, 1998)
Lewis S. Chamberlain, 83, retired farmer, died Monday, May 14, 1990. Service 2
p.m. Wednesday, Zimmerman Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Keith of Severy, Wayne of El Dorado; brother, Glenn of Howard; sister, Margie Talley of Woodlands,
Texas; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Greenwood County Hospital,
Eureka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 15, 1990)
Lorene Chamberlain, 74, homemaker, died Friday, Aug. 15, 1986. Service 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Zimmerman Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Lewis; sons, Keith of Severy, Wayne of El Dorado; brother, Darrel McLean of Topeka; sisters,
Dolores Riley of Silver Springs, Md., Maxine Metcalf of San Diego, Lois Armstrong of El Dorado; four grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ August 17, 1986)
Chaplin, Vienna M., 60, certified nurse assistant, died Sunday, May 6, 2001. Service
11 a.m. Friday, Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home, Eureka.
Survivors: husband, Donald; sons, Harlan of Fredonia, Francis of Piedmont; daughter, Glenda Chaplin of Olathe;
mother, Leota Henley of Eureka; brother, Ralph Henley of Topeka; sister, Doris Williams of Madison; three grandchi
ldren. Memorial established with Greenwood County Cancer Support Group.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 8, 2001)
Claycomb, George, 70, retired Quality Chevrolet parts department employee, died
Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1993. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Culbertson- Smith Mortuary; 3:30 p.m., Piedmont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Naomi; sons, Charlie of Derby, Dean of Wichita; daughter, Gloria Morton of Flower Mound, Texas;
brother, Calvin of Valley Center; sisters, Mary Jane McTavish of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, Marjorie Lewis of Piedmont;
six grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 9, 1993)
Harold W. Colyer, 94, retired Arnold and Colyer Grain Co. owner, died Sunday,
April 23, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Campbell Funeral Home. Survivors: daughters, Margaret Gragg of Howard,
Jean Grundy of Eureka, Hope Eisenbach of Kalamazoo, Mich.; six grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
the Kansas State University Center for Basic Cancer Research.
(Wichita Eagle ~ April 25, 1989)
Conyers, Herbert H. Sr., 83, retired Lawrence Systems auditor, died Sunday, Sept.
13, 1992. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Bethany United Methodist Church; 2:30 p.m., Piedmont Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Beatrice; sons, Herbert H. Jr., Gary, Larry, all of Wichita; brothers, John of Midwest City, Okla.,
Galen of Waxahachie, Texas; sisters, Retta Sheeley of Yates Center, Jessie Oblander of Aurora, Colo., Pauline Oblander,
Dorothy Winfrey, both of Eureka, Addie Kruse of McGregor, Texas; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with Bethany United Methodist Church. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 14, 1992)
Conyers, John B., 67, of Oklahoma City, former Eureka and Wichita resident, retired
painter and interior design contractor, died Wednesday, April 5, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Piedmont (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Rick of Oklahoma City; daughters, Deborah Farrar of Oklahoma City, Jeanette Delano
of Edmond, Okla.; brother, Galen of Waxahachie, Texas; sisters, Retta Sheeley of Yates Center, Jessie Oblander
of Aurora, Colo., Addie Kruse of McGregor, Texas, Pauline Oblander of Eureka; three grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with Piedmont United Methodist Church. Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home, Eureka.
(Wichita Eagle ~ April 6, 1995)
CONYERS, ROSABELLE BERNICE SHAW
Conyers, Rosabelle Bernice Shaw, 86, went to be with her Lord Sept. 7, 2003. Service
10 a.m. Thursday, Broadway Mortuary; burial will take place at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Piedmont (KS) Cemetery, where
she will be buried next to her husband of 41 years, Harvey Conyers and infant children, Carolyn and Mark. Bernice
attended Emporia State Teachers College and McPherson Central College, earning a teaching certificate in 1936.
She taught for three years in a one-room country school. She met Harvey Conyers, a school principal at Sallyards,
Piedmont and Haverhill, KS, shortly thereafter and they married on Oct. 6, 1939 at Eureka, KS. Bernice and Harvey
raised four sons and relocated the family to Wichita in 1952, moving from Leon, KS. In her lifetime, her love of
music and the ability to play the piano provided her the opportunity to play for worship services at a small rural
Lutheran church outside of Eureka, KS, assist with music productions at several of the schools where her husband
was principal. For many years she taught young children to play the piano. She had an excellent singing voice and
was able to provide entertainment and enjoyment for family and others throughout the years of her life. She taught
herself to play the organ and was church organist for 16 years and adult Sunday school teacher for 25 years both
at Mt. Olivet and West Side United Methodist churches. She was an avid reader and used her love of reading to stay
abreast of world and local events. She was a fruitful provider of Wichita Eagles "letters to the editor,"
when moved. She provided service to others by volunteering in the late 1950's to be a National Defense Block Mother,
ready to provide evacuation route information to those if Wichita had become a target for nuclear attack. She wrote
poetry for special occasions, cooked school lunches, taught music and was also a substitute teacher in many of
the communities where she lived. Finally she was a grandmother and great-gr andmother. Survivors include: sons,
Glen of Joplin, MO, John of Palatine, IL, Gregg of Wichita, Chris of Kechi; sisters, Genevieve Martinie of Shawnee,
Mary Kearn of Miltonvale, Martha Francis of Eureka, Anita Haesemeyer of Mesa, AZ; 6 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren.
Memorial established with Prairie Homestead, 1605 May, Wichita, KS 67213. Services by Broadway Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 9/9/2003.
PIEDMONT - Coon, June D. (Ray), 86, retired Omaha Zoo food service employee ,
died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003 at the Piedmont
Cemetery. Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 10/18/2003.
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