ANSLOVER, SARA ALICE
Sara Alice Anslover, 83, Salina, died Monday, Jan.
23, 2006.
Mrs. Anslover was born Sara Alice Ellenberger on
May 9, 1922, at Hoxie, to Rush and Pearl (Bloomheart) Ellenberger. She was the office manager for the Saline County
K-State Research and Extension office. She was a member of University United Methodist Church, Lady Elks and Order
of the Eastern Star. She married John Anslover on Dec. 24, 1946, at Beverly.
Survivors include her husband, John, of the home;
two sons, John W. "Jack" Anslover and wife Cathy of Salina and James R. "Jim" Anslover and
wife Lauri of Omaha, Neb.; and five grandchildren, Nicole Anslover of Lawrence, John E. "Jed" Anslover,
Rachel Anslover and Andrew "Drew" Anslover, all of Salina, and Shannon Anslover of North Platte, Neb.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at University
United Methodist Church, Salina, the Rev. David Bolz officiating. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday
in Beverly Cemetery, Beverly.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's
choice.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday at
Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth, Salina 67401. (Salina Journal, January 25, 2006)
BERGMAN, JERRY L.
WICHITA--Jerry L. Bergman, 58, Wichita, formerly
of Salina, died Monday, Aug. 12, 2002.
Laura Kness of Abilene is a daughter.
Mr. Bergman was a D.O.D. Enterprises heating and
air conditioning employee and a B-29 "Doc" Restoration Project volunteer.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug.
16, 2002, at Broadway Mortuary, 1147 S. Broadway, Wichita. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Beverly Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Harry
Hynes Memorial Hospice. (Abilene Reflector - Chronicle August 15, 2002)
BRADSHAW, EDWARD
J.
Edward Joseph Bradshaw, 77, passed away Friday,
Dec. 16, at Hayward, Calif., after a five-month illness. He was a former resident of Lincoln where he was in the
newspaper business for several years.
Among the survivors are two daughters, Mrs. John
(Cleo) Raffety, Jackson, Miss., and Juanita, California; one sister, Mrs. Helen Vetter of Kansas City, Mo., and
several relatives in the Topeka area.
Graveside funeral services were conducted at the
St. Patrick's Catholic cemetery, Lincoln, Friday, Dec. 23, the Rev. Norman Leiker in charge.
[Tombstone gives year of birth as 1890 but has
never been completed; year of death has not been filled in.] (Lincoln
Sentinel - Republican, January 5, 1967, Submitted by Alberto Nunez)
BRADSHAW, MYRTLE
Word reached here Tuesday morning of the death
of Mrs. E.J. Bradshaw, who passed away Monday night [April 26] at the Halstead hospital where she had been taken
Sunday for treatment. Although she had been in failing health for several months and had been at the Halstead hospital
for a major operation some time ago, Mrs. Bradshaw had improved and only recently had been able to walk about her
yard. However, her condition became alarming last week and on Saturday arrangements were made to take her to the
hospital again. Her daughter, Mrs. John Raffety, and Mr. Raffety, Wichita, took her to the hospital Sunday and
while enroute to Halstead she became critically ill, growing weaker until the end.
A resident of Kansas all her life, Mrs. Bradshaw
had lived in Lincoln for 25 years, coming here from Topeka. At the time of her death she was aged 48 years. Surviving
are her husband, E.J. Bradshaw of the home, and two daughters, Mrs. Cleo Raffety, Wichita; Mrs. J.J. Bono, Los
Angeles; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services are to be held Thursday from St.
Patrick's Catholic church. Interment will be made in the St. Patrick's cemetery south of Lincoln. [Tombstone gives
year of birth as 1895.] (Lincoln Sentinel - Republican, April 29, 1943, submitted by Alberto Nunez)
BURDICK, EDWARD
Last Friday morning about 2;30 o'clock, lightening
struck the house of Ed. Burdick, of Beverly, killing him as he lay asleepl A heavy rain was falling at the tie,
accompanied by violent lightening and thunder. Mr Burdick's house was a story and a half frame, and he and his
wife were sleeping upstairs. In an adjoining room were sleeping there four children, the eldest about 10 years
old. Mrs Burdick was awakened by the lightening striking the house with a terrific crash. The bolt struck the chimney,
and desended into the chanber, where one part killed Mr. Burdick whithout waking him/ His wife, frightened by the
uproar, tried to awaken him, but realized his condition at once and immediately aroused the neighboors. Mr Burdick
was found with a few slight burns upon her person, while his face bore the appearance of peaceful sleep and there
was no evidence of suffering or of his having awakened. A large part of the plastering in the room where the children
slept was knocked from the wall and hles were knocked through the aiding (Maybe attic) in a dozen differnet place,
upstairs and down, and pieces of siding were lying in the yard that had been blown off the house.
Mr. Burdick was about 34 years of age and had lived
in this vicinity for 10 years. He moved to beverly when the town was founded and lived there until his death.
He was industrious, economicl and un upright citized
in every respect. He was personally very popular and his death is much regretted by all who knew him. (Burial in
Beverly Cemetery birth Aug. 21, 1857 death June 20, 1888)(submitted by Penny Ross)
MICHELS, ESTELLA
Funeral services for Mrs. Estella Michels, 87,
will be held at the Methodist church here Sunday. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Burton Lovelady. Mrs.
Michels died in Clayton at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W.P. Hendrickson. She was born Sept. 24, 1863 at Wayne
County IL, the daughter of Archie and Mary Ann Copeland Melrose. She was married to Albert Michels in 1882. Nine
years later they moved to Lincoln, where Mr. Michels died in 1932. She was amember of the Methodist church here.
Survived are two daughters and one son - Mrs. Hendrickson, Mrs. Mina Lee Hughes, Kansas City MO; Charles William
Michels, Beloit. Ten grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive. (The Salina Journal, Kansas, February
11, 1951, submitted by Christine Walters)
SAFFORD, TRUMAN C.
In Pottersburgh, Lincoln Co. Kansas, on Oct. 1st
1885 of paralysis. Truman C. Safford in his 70th year. (October 2, 1885, submitted by Duncan Allen)
SMITH, EARL
LINCOLN--Earl Smith, 77, Lincoln, died Saturday,
Feb. 10, 2001, at Salina Regional Health Center.
Michial E. Smith of Solomon is a son.
He was born Nov. 23, 1923, at rural Lincoln County
and was a lifetime resident of the area.
A memorial service was today at Harrison-Hall Funeral
Home, Lincoln, the Rev. Harry Cross officiating. Private inurnment will be at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lincoln United Methodist Church or American Cancer Society. (Abliene Reflector-Chronicle,
February 12, 2001)
SMITH, ILAH
FAYE
Ilah Faye Smith, 79, Ottawa, died Monday, Feb.
21, 2005, at Olathe. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hall Chapel, 111 E. Elm St., Lincoln, with the Rev. Kaye
Metzler officiating.
She was born Sept. 4, 1925, at Barnard to Frank
Ray and Ona Jane (Adams) Dowlin.
She married Earl Smith. He preceded her in death.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, JoAnn Heins, Ottawa,
and Kay Lynn Hartzell, Baldwin City; and a sister, Beulah Mae Bross, Salina.
She also was preceded in death by two sons, Michael
Earl Smith and Stephen Charles Smith; and a brother, Charles William Dowlin.
Private inurnment will be at Beverly City Cemetery.
(Ottawa Herald, February 24, 2005)
