HARVEY COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITS
ABBEY, EARL
Newton, Kan., July 20 - Word was received here today that Earl Abbey, son of Mrs. F. L. Abbey of Newton was drowned in the gulf at Port Arthur, Texas, Sunday attempting to save a man who was struggling against the undertow. Abbey rushed into the water in his clothing and was dragged under. His father was Dr. Frank Abbey, pioneer physician who died a few weeks ago. (Hutchinson News, July 20, 1931)
Newton - Glenn Abney, 67, died Thursday at the Axtell Christian Hospital, Newton. Born Jan. 12, 1911 at Belle Fonte, Ark., he married Virginia May Dixon Dec. 12, 1936 at Belle Fonte. He was a retired welder for the Hesston Corporation and lived here since 1958.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, active in Boy Scouts and 4-H, all of Newton.
Survivors: widow, of the home; son: Robert H., Newton; daughter, Mrs. Glenda Tenner, Newton; brothers: Mark, Warrensburg, Mo.; Lewis, Belle Fonte; sisters, Mrs. Eva Cantrell, Everton, Ark.; Mrs. Mary Emma Wasson, Aurora, Mo.; one grandchild.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday at the church; the Rev. Jon W. Jones. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends
may call Saturday, Sunday and until 10 a.m. Monday at Draper-Cannon Funeral Home, Newton. Family suggests memorials
to the arthritis foundation. (Hutchinson News, November 25, 1978)
CRUM, HERMAN A.
Newton - Herman A. Crum, 91, died Oct. 24, 1990, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita.
He was born April 1, 1899, at Clay Center, the son of William F. and Maude Allen Crum. A resident of Newton since 1941, moving from Wellington, he was a retired independent oil operator.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Newton.
On May 25, 1922, he married Lola Williamson at Wichita. She died April16, 1978.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Petersons' Funeral Home Chapel, Newton with the Rev. James Anderson presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Friday at the funeral home. Private burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton.
Memorials may be sent to the church in care of the funeral home. (Hutchinson News, October 25, 1990)
Newton - Hulda E. Dill, 64, died Wednesday at Roseville Hospital, Roseville, Calif. Born Hulda E. Ollenburger Nov. 28, 1914 at Hillsboro, she married Clyde A. Abney Nov. 15, 1938 at McPherson. He died June 4, 1964. She married William C. Dill Sept. 20, 1967. He died Dec. 10, 1976. She was a retired saleswoman and was a former area resident.
Survivors: son Joe Abney, Newton; brothers: Raymond Ollenburger, Houston, Texas; Oscar Ollenburger, Everett, Wash.; Ezla Ollenburger, Sterling, Colo.; sisters, Mrs. Linda Lytle, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Louise Wolter, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Edna Wiles, Victorville, Calif.; two grandchildren.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Draper-Cannon Chapel, Newton; the Rev. David G. Jeske. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends may call 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and until service time at the chapel. (Hutchinson News, May 12, 1979)
Funeral services for Mrs. H. C. Hensley, formerly of Emporia who died in Newton Thursday were held Monday morning at the Duff undertaking parlors in Newton. Rev. O. M. Showalter, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Emporia, conducted the services.
Mrs. Hensley was born in Virginia in 1868 and was married in 1888 to Henry C. Hensley who survives her. She is also survived by five sons, Clarence Hensley, William Hensley, Henry Hensley Jr., Clayton Hensley and Lewis Hensley, and two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Jett and Miss Florence Hensley. She is survived also by two grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters, R. E. Barber of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Nora Nevitt of Saffordville; Mrs. Susie E. Grant, of Emporia, John W. Barber of Sedalia, Mo., and James R. Barber of Kansas City, Mo.
Interment was made in Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. (The Emporia Gazette, July 14, 1925)
Newton - Mollie Lowe, 94, died Jan. 1, 1990, at Friendly Acres Retirement Community, Newton.
She was born Sept. 15, 1895 at King City, Mo., the daughter of James M. and Ada F. Bowles Hall. A resident of
Newton most of her life, she was a homemaker.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Newton.
On Dec. 31, 1916 she married Fred C. Lowe, in rural Newton. He died Oct. 1982.
Survivors include: a son, Cameron, Halstead; two daughters, Teresa E. Menor; Oceanside, Calif., and Janice R. Hensley, Emporia; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Peterson's Funeral Home Chapel, Newton, with Rev. Dan Waters presiding. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. (Hutchinson News, January 2, 1990)
Alva Wayne Lafferty, 1027 Union st., and employee of the Blacktop Construction Company died Saturday morning in Newman Memorial County Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Draper Funeral Home in Newton, conducted by the Rev. Alfred Bartter, pastor of the Newton United Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. Jones Funeral Home, Lebo is in charge of the arrangements.
Alva Wayne Lafferty was born March 30th, 1904 in Lebo, and was married to Erna Kater Jan. 30, 1927 in Newton. He had been a resident of Emporia for the past 10 years. He was a member of the United Church of Christ in Newton. He is survived by his wife, of the home; one son, William, Kansas City; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Nick, Kansas City, Mrs. E. L. Hood, Walton and Mrs. Ray Marlatte, 920 Woodland st.; four sisters, Mesdames William and Herman Kater, Newton; Mrs. Oscar Lafferty, Ogden, Utah, and Sylvia Norton, Wichita and 11 grandchildren. (The Emporia Gazette, December 18, 1961)
Gustav E. Luchr, service manager for the Collins Volkswagon Agency and employee of the firm since 1963, died Friday in Elk Grove Village, Ill., where he had been vacationing with relatives.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Mennonite Church in Newton and burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. The Draper-Cannon Funeral Home, Newton, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Luchr has been a resident of Germany before he moved to Newton in 1953. The son of Wilhelm and Anna Marbs Luchr, he was born Feb. 4th, 1912, in Hamburg, Germany, and he was married to Thea Busch in 1935, in Germany. Mr. Luchr was a member of the Mennonite Church. He is survived by his wife, of the home; one son, Mike H., of Steamwood, Ill.; one daughter, Maples Luchr, Elmwood Park, Ill.; one brother, Arthur of Germany and two grandchildren. (The Emporia Gazette, November 27, 1971)
Emporia relatives have received news of the death of the Rev. George Wilber Nelson of Newton, the retired executive
secretary of the United Presbyterian Foundation of Kansas, and all Presbyterian Manors. He died Friday in the Halstead
Hospital. Mr. Nelson was the uncle of Mrs. Charles Hopper, 728 West Twelfth Ave., Mrs. Lawrence Bailey, 1530 Sherwood
Way, and Wayne P. Smith, Rt. 2, Mrs. Homer Smith, 1018 Commercial St., is a sister-in-law of Mr. Nelson.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First United Presbyterian Church in Newton. Burial will be
in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. (The Emporia Gazette, August 10, 1974)
Perry Wallace Oakes, 712 Wilson St., died this morning in Newman Memorial County Hospital. Mr. Oakes had managed a retail lumber business in Wichita for a number of years and was associated with the Credit Bureau in Emporia before he retired.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Roberts-Blue-Barnett Chapel. They will be conducted by the Rev. Judd Henry Jones, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, and the Rev. David W. Isaac, pastor of the Westminster United Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Newton.
Mr. Oakes was born Feb. 5th, 1887 in Filley, Mo., the son of George W. and Jessie E. Allen Oakes and he was married to Irene C. Coble on June 30th, 1909 in Newton. He had been a member of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association for many years and he had been the receipient of a Silver Beaver Award in recognition of his years of volunteer work in the Boy Scout program. Mr. Oakes was a member of the First United Methodist church in Emporia and he had been a member of the Emporia Kiwanis Club. Mr. Oakes was preceded in death by one brother, Harry, and he is survived by his wife, of the home; two sons, Kermit W., of 1502 Berkeley Road, and Erie D., of Phoenix, Ariz.; one half-brother, LeRoy Brown, who lives in Scotland; one half-sister, Mrs. W. E. Chambers, Rock Island, Ill.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (The Emporia Gazette, February 14, 1974)
Newton - Nellie Upchurch died Oct. 23, 1990 at Newton Medical Center.
She was born at San Francisco, the daughter of Arthur and Emma Pierson LeDieu. A resident of the Newton area most of her life, she was a homemaker.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Santa Fe A. F. L. and Royal Neighbors, all at Newton.
On May 19, 1955, she married Henry T. Upchurch at Tucumcari, N.M. He survives.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, with the Rev. Alden Dick presiding. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Peterson's Funeral Home, Newton. (Hutchinson News, October 25, 1990)
Funeral services for Virgil L. Walker, who died at the Cottonwood Manor Sunday were held Tuesday morning at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Chapel. The Rev. Paul Ansley, pastor of the Christian Church at Madison, conducted the services. Mrs. Robert Lenigan was the organist. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery at Newton.
Pallbearers were Messrs. Carl R. Hamm Jr., Leroy Postler, Curtis W. Bliss, Roy Vogts, Edward F. Wilson, Glenn S. Wilson and William L. Phillips. Out-of-town relatives who attended the services were Messrs. And Mesdames Carl Hamm Sr., Ray Hiner, William Phillips, Leroy Postler and Mrs. Cora Kehl and Dana Kehl, all of Valley Center; Mrs. Helen W. Fooshee, Newton; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis W. Bliss, Neosho Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carlson and family, Wichita; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson, Topeka; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vogts and family, Olpe. (The Emporia Gazette, August 21, 1974)
Newton - Reeca L. Young, 83, died Sunday at Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton. Born Reeca L. Hall, Sept. 30, 1896, at Bluffton, Indiana, she married Jacob M. Young in 1913 at Vincennes, Indiana. He died July 1, 1979. She was a retired assemblywoman for Boeing Aircraft Company. She was a resident of the area for 46 years.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors: son, Earl H., Kansas City, Mo.; daughter, Mrs. Pauline Glenn, Newton; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton; the Rev. Alvin Daetwieler Jr. Friends may call Tuesday at Draper-Cannon Funeral Home, Newton. (Hutchinson News, July 1, 1980)
Newton Pioneer Dead - M. M. Kendall Dies from Fall Occurring Years Ago - Newton, Kan., April 4 - M. M. Kendall, one of the early settlers of Newton died here Thursday evening from the effects of paralysis, brought on by a fall received several years ago. Mr. Kendall was at work on the roof of an elevator and fell sixty feet, striking his head. Though not killed outright, Mr. Kendall received injuries which years after caused his death. The deceased was a prominent member of the Baptist Church and belonged to the Masons. (The Wichita Daily Eagle, April 5, 1903)
O. H. Tantum for four years a resident of this city and Fort Dodge, died at Newton, Kansas, on Sunday afternoon last of quick consumption. Mr. Tantum left this city a few months ago in poor health, and his death is no surprise to those who were intimately acquainted with him. The deceased was a native of Allentown, N. J. during his residence here, he was in the employ at different times of Wright & Langton, Ft. Dodge, Cox & Boyd, Dodge House, and in the Dodge City Postoffice. He was a young man generally liked and his death is deeply regrettd by a large number of friends. Mr. Tantum was married to a young lady of this city, Miss Patterson, last summer and since their marriage they had been living with the bride's parents in Newton. (Dodge City Times, January 8, 1881)
Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 23 - Judge Joseph W. Ady, a prominent attorney, formerly of Newton, Kan., died here today of consumption. He was 55 years of age. (The Wichita Daily Eagle, September 24, 1901, page 2)
The funeral services of John G. Lohman, 63, who died Saturday will be held from the home at 503 North Plum street tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. R. L. George of the First M. E. Church in charge.
The body will be taken to Halstead where funeral services will be conducted at the Cheatum and Nelligan funeral chapel at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Owen of the First Methodist Church in charge. Interment will be in the family burial lot in the Halstead cemetery beside his wife.
Mr. Lohman was born at Summerfield, Illinois, August 27, 1859. He came to Halstead, Kansas in his teens where he was engaged in the pump and plumbing business.
On June 3, 1890, he was united in marriage to Martha Elizabeth Rapp. He moved his family to Hutchinson in 1913 and has resided here ever since. He was employed at the heating plant of the Santa Fe until a few months before his death.
He is survived by four daughters; Miss Emily Lohman and Miss Margaret Lohman at home; Mrs. W. M. Stahiheber, of Halstead, Kans., Mrs. B. V. Bird of Hutchinson and two sons, George J. Lohman of Hutchinson and John G. of the U. S. S. Mississippi, Pacific Fleet at Panama Canal.
He is also survived by two brothers: George Lohman, Halstead, and Henry Lohman of St. Louis, Mo. Besides the relatives the deceased leaves many friends. His kind and generous disposition has endeared him to all who knew him. (Hutchinson News, March 27, 1923)
John E. Frasier, pioneer of the Halstead community who died this week was laid at rest yesterday at Halstead. Rev. Dan Pickett of Kansas City, a Quaker minister conducting the simple funeral.
A daughter, Mrs. Maude McDaniels of Hutchinson and three sons, Herman of Redlands, Cal., John of San Diego, Cal. and James of Halstead, survive.
Mr. Frazier was a resident of Harvey county since the early '80's. He served two terms in the state legislature also was county superintendent of schools and for many years served as chairman of the Republican county committee. (Hutchinson News, September 3, 1927)
Halstead, Jan. 25 - R. W. Berry, who got his start as a ? carrier in Halstead, later became a lawyer in Halstead and later at Newton died this week at Great Falls, Mont., where he has resided for several years.
He was virtually elected as county attorney in 1892 but he was counted out and the next year or so moved to Great Falls where he had ever since lived. He was married about 1892 to Mrs. Emma Turner, a teacher in the Halstead schools who with one son survive.
Mr. Berry was elected prosecuting attorney at Great Falls a number of years ago and last election he was a candidate for public administrator but his Democratic opponent claimed the election. A recount of the votes completed a day or two before Mr. berry's death gave him the election by nine votes. (Hutchinson News, January 25, 1929)
Eugene William Maschoff --- Newton, KS – Eugene William Maschoff, 64, died May 28, 1984, at Bethel Deaconess
Hospital, after a short illness. Born Nov. 15, 1919, at Tampa, he married Esther Johnson Sept 14, 1947, at Newton.
He was the retired assistant postmaster of Newton, and had lived in Newton since 1921.
He was a member of the Zion Lutheran church, Newton, and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Survivors: wife, of the home; daughters, Marsha Wood, Cheltenham, Pennl; Barbara O’Bryan, Newport Beach, Calif.;
sisters, Mickey Cook, Hutchinson; LaVella Albaugh, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Hermione Lana, Denver; five grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the church; the Revs. David Johns and Otto Truog. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery,
Newton. Friends may call at Petersen Funeral Home, Newton. Memorials to the church or the American Heart Association.
(Hutchinson News, May 30, 1984, submitted by Rose Stout)
NEWTON----Corinne Spoonemore, 6, of Newton, drowned Sunday near Stratton, Colo. Born Jan. 21, 1963, at Lincoln, Neb., she had lived here one year, moving here from Olympia, Wash.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Kenneth L. Spoonemore, Newton; grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Spoonemore, Mt. Hope; sisters, Mrs. Roy Shoftak, Polson, Mont.; Judith, of the home; brothers, George, Korea; Kenneth, Jr., Newton.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Peterson Funeral Home, Newton; Rev. Loren Andersen. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home. (Hutchinson News ~ August 16, 1969 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
NEWTON---Kenneth L. Spoonemore, 39, of Newton, drowned Sunday near Stratton, Colo. Born March 3, 1930, at Parker, S.D., he married Priscilla McCormick. He had lived here one year, moving here from Olympia, Wash.
Survivors include the widow; mother, Mrs. Josephine Spoonemore, Mt. Hope; daughters, Mrs. Roy Shoftak, Polson, Mont.; Judith, of the home; sons, George, Korea; Kenneth Jr., Newton; sister, Mrs. Delbert Aulner, Sioux Falls, S.D.; brothers, Arthur, Mt. Hope; Howard, Edward, Leonard and Louis, all of Sioux Falls, S.D.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Peterson Funeral Home, Newton; Rev. Loren Anderson. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends may call at the funeral home. (Hutchinson News ~ August 16, 1969 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)
Newton, KS – Otto R. Schmidt, 82, died Saturday evening at Bethel Home for the Aged after a two-year illness.
Born Aug. 9, 1885, at Moundridge, he married Matilda Thimm Nov. 22, 1919, at Newton. He owned a harness shop and
tire and auto parts shop in Newton.
Member: Bethel College Mennonite Church; Senior Citizen’s Club, both of Newton.
Survivors: The widow; daughter, Mrs. Edythe Magnuson, Chapman, Neb.; brother, Clarence, Newton; sister, Mrs. Hilda
Marquis, Newton; three grandchildren.
Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Draper Funeral Home, Newton; Rev. Russell Mast. Burial: Moundridge. Call: Until service
time at the funeral home. (Hutchinson News, Monday, November 20, 1967, page 2, column 5, submitted by Rose Stout)
Newton, KS – Timmy Dale Wehry, nine, died unexpectedly at his home sometime early Sunday morning. He was born
March 11, 1958, at Newton.
Member: Faith Mennonite, Newton.
Survivors: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wehry, Jr. Newton; sisters, Janice and Karen, both of the home; grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Schrag, Moundridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wehry, Sr., Peabody. (Hutchinson News, Monday,
November 20, 1967, page 2, column 6, submitted by Rose Stout)
From Arlington --- Ed. News – Last Tuesday afternoon as Topeka Zimmerman and his brother William were going southwest on the Sun City road, with a heavy load of lumber, the team took fright and became unmanageable. Topeka, the oldest, was thrown from the wagon and both wheels passed over his body, from the effects of which he died after suffering intensely for two days.
Mr. Zimmerman was a young man, about twenty-three years of age and lived with his parents at Burrton. When the accident occurred he was about one-half mile west of this place on the way to his claim in Pratt county. He was brought to Dr. Morton’s house where he was kindly cared for until death relieved him of his sufferings. His parents were sent for and arrived Thursday evening. The mother was almost crazed with grief to find her son with whom she had parted only two days before then in the full vigor of youth, now with the pallor of death on his face with only life and consciousness enough left to whisper once, faintly the word “Mother.” The funeral took place Saturday. (Hutchinson News (Weekly) Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Thursday, December 5, 1878 page – 2 *** column – 3 submitted by Rose Stout)
Arlington --- Mr. I. Zimmerman, living three miles south of here, gave us the following details of a sad accident
that happened to his eldest son, last Tuesday, about eighteen miles south of Hutchinson. While driving down a
hill, about half a mile south of Arlington, in Reno county, with a pair of mules and some two thousand eight hundred
feet of dressed lumber on the wagon, and while his younger brother was on the ground trying to lock one of the
wheels, the team started on a run, soon throwing him to the ground on his face, and one front and hind wheel passed
over his body just below the shoulders, breaking three or four ribs loose from the spinal column; he got upon his
feet but staggered and fell. The sheriff of Reno county happening along in a buggy at the time took him to the
house of a doctor near by, where all was done that could be. He was the first child born in Topeka, the city giving
him the name of Topeka Franklin. He was hauling lumber from Wichita for some parties living in the southern part
of Reno county. Some hopes are entertained by the doctors for his recovery but the chances are nearly even, the
extent of his injuries internally not being known. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman started for his bedside last Thursday
morning. (--- Burrton Telephone. Hutchinson News (Weekly)
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Thursday, December 5, 1878 page – 2 *** column – 3 submitted by Rose Stout)
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