LYON COUNTY, KANSAS
Obituaries
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The
10-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bain died Saturday morning. The funeral was held at the Colored Baptist
church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment was made in Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ November 6, 1902)
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ALDEN A. BAKER
A.
A. Baker, a former Emporian and one of the wealthiest men in Kansas City, died Monday morning of paralysis. Mr.
BAker was a member of the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company, of Kansas City. He was in business her ten years when
that company had a house here. In the early days. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Miss Stella, who have often
visited here. The funeral was held Wednesday.
(Emporia Gazette ~ July 30, 1903)
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The
funeral of Albert Bennett was held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Bennett home on Neosho street. The body was
brought here by his wife and his mother. The services were conducted by Rev. W. C. Madison. The pall bearers were
Justin Soden, Jas. Thompson, Jas. Griffith, Marsh Warren and E. W. and W. L. Smelser. Interment was made at Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ November 13, 1902)
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George F. Bernhardt, 85,
Following
his graduation from
The
following year he went to work at the Leavenworth Savings and Trust Company. Mr. Bernhardt then embarked on his
life-long career in real estate, insurance and banking which culminated in the opening of The Bernhardt Agency
in the mid 1940s.
He
served as a radio operator in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant.
He married Margaret Hampel of
Mr.
Bernhardt was married on
Mr.
Bernhardt served the Leavenworth Community faithfully for many years. He served as first chairman of the Leavenworth
County Planning Commission, the first chairman of the Leavenworth County Regional Planning Commission, Chairman
of the Federal Building/Post Office Committee, and was a member and Past President of the Present Leavenworth Country
Club, which was built in 1960.
Mr.
Bernhardt served on the Board of Trustees for
He
was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick and Josie Bernhardt; his brother Glen; sister Gladys; wife Margaret,
and niece Shirley Givens.
He leaves his wife, Dorothy of the home; his daughter, Janice Bernhardt of Tonganoxie;
his son, Dr. Gary Bernhardt, and his wife Nancy of
He also leaves his step-son Vic Shalkoski of
Funeral
services were held Oct. 15 at the First Presbyterian Church,
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BLANKENSHIP, TYLAR LEA
The Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated this morning for Tylar
Lea Blankenship,
17, who died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at Midland Hospice.
Cremation followed the mass, which was held at Mater Deiâs Holy Name Church in Topeka.
Tylar Lea Blankenship was born Sept. 14, 1990, in Topeka. Among her survivors is a grandfather, Dean Judson of
Emporia.
Other survivors are her parents, Flint and Rose Mary Blankenship of the home; a grandfather, Bill McMurphy of Sabetha;
her biological parents, Mark Harvey of Osage City and Jodi Judson McCubbin of Sabetha; four sisters, TaBetha and
TeAira Harvey of Sabetha, Taygon Stinnett of Kincaid, and Tanneil Harvey of Osage City; and a grandmother, Ann
Moench of Hurley, Mo.
A sister, Heather Blankenship, died July 30, 2006.
Memorial donations to Stormont-Vail Pediatrics Department, TARC, or Midland Hospice Care, may be sent in care of
Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 SW Sixth St., Topeka KS 66603.
(Emporia Gazette ~ Monday, 7 Jan 2008)
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Mrs. Lura A. Bradley died yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, after a three days' sickness at her home, 828 Merchant Street. Lura A. Southworth was born in 1837 at Bridgewater, N. Y. She was married to W. H. Bradley and came to Kansas in 1882, settling in Emporia, where she lived until her death. Mr. Bradley died May 4, 1903. Mrs. Bradley is survived by two daughters, Carrie Fay Bradley, of Emporia, and Mrs. Edwin S. Bower, of Lincoln, Kan., and a son, W. H. Bradley, of Loda, Ill. Mrs. Bradley was a member of the First Congregational church.
The
funeral will be held at the Bradley home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Bradley's pastor, The Rev. J. H.
Rice, will conduct the service sand interment will be in Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ February 22, 1915)
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BURKHART, BARBARA D. "GINA"
Burkhart, Barbara D. "Gina" Former Emporia resident Barbara D. âGinaâ Burkhart
died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006, at her home in Edgerton. She was 77. Mrs. Burkhart was a service representative for
Contel Telephone Company in Gardner for 15 years before she retired in 1989. Earlier, she cleaned houses and provided
child care. The daughter of Raymond A. and Marjory McKinney Jones, she was born June 14, 1929, at Topeka. She lived
in Topeka before she moved to Emporia where she attended school. She married Marion Torrens in 1949 and they later
divorced. She married Daryel D. Burkhart on Nov. 23, 1957, at Miami, Okla. He died in 2002. They moved from Hillsdale
to Gardner in 1964. Mrs. Burkhart attended Gardner Baptist Church. She is survived by three sons, Dennis Torrens
and Leonard Torrens, both of Emporia, and Walt Burkhart of Gardner; two daughters, Denise Hughes of Olathe and
Michelle Reed of Edgerton; eight siblings; and seven grandchildren. Four sisters, Nancy, Leona, Dorothy and Ruth,
died earlier. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Bruce Funeral Home at Gardner. Burial will be in Gardner
Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions to
Olathe Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, 106 S. Center, P.O. Box 192, Gardner, KS 66030.
Mrs. Sophia Berden, wife of J. B. Berden, died Monday at 1 o'clock at the
Berden home six miles southeast of Emporia on the Hartford road. She was 56 years old and leaves besides her husband
one son, Roy W. Mrs. Berden has lived twenty-three years in the home in which she died. She was a member of the
Baptist church.
(Emporia Gazette ~ September 3, 1903)
The funeral for Mrs. James Bratt was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Grace Methodist church. Rev. Bamsburg conducted the services and interment was made in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs. Bratt died last Sunday. She was born in Delaware county, New York,
in 1841. Her parents were Orlando and Nancy Hale. She was married to James Bratt in 1859. The following year they
moved to Wisconsin and from Wisconsin to Kansas, where they have made their home for the past twenty-seven years.
The following children survive her: Edwardeau Bodine, Maude Girth, Bessie Evans, Henry Bratt, Blanche Seno, Richard
Bratt, Jessie Evans and James Bratt. She had a great many friends and their kindness to the time of sorrow the
family expresses thanks.
(Emporia Gazette ~ December 17, 1903)
MRS. GEORGE BENTHIEN DEAD
Mrs. George Benthien, aged 81 years, died Monday at the Benthien home on the corner of Kansas avenue and East street. The Benthiens came to Emporia from Michigan in the fall of 1879, and have lived here ever since. Mr. Benthien has been a tailor in Emporia for the past twenty-seven years.
Mrs. Benthien leaves a husband, George Benthien, six children, three sons and three daughters. The children are Mrs. Amelia Hoffman, of Albuquerque, N. M., Mrs. Marg Schiller, of Oxford, Mich.; Mrs. Edith North, Wymore, Nebr.; Lewis A. Benthien, Charles Benthien and William Benthien, of Emporia.
Rev. J. H. J. Rice conducted the funeral services at the house Tuesday at
2 o'clock and the interment was made in Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ February 21, 1907)
Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin, who, it is supposed, was the oldest woman in Lyon
county, died Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Swink, at Neosho Rapids. Mrs. Baldwin was 99
years of age last April. About a month ago her daughter noticed that she was beginning to fail in health. A few
months ago a family reunion was held at the Swink home, at which five generations were present, Mrs. Baldwin being
the oldest person who was present. Mrs. Swink, who is 73 years of age, is her only living child. Mrs. Baldwin was
born in Dexter, Me., where she was brought up. From Maine her parents went to Pennsylvania where her husband died
about thirty-two yearsw ago.
(Emporia Gazette ~ September 12, 1907)
The funeral of R. E. Brown will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock from the Wigwam. The body will be taken from the house at 1 o'clock to the Wigwam, where the services will be conducted by the Emporia order of Red Men. Mr. Brown had been a member of this organization for forty years.
Mr. Brown is survived by four sons. One of the sons, Joh, was with his father when he died. He was about 68 years old. For many years he tilled a small farm near the junction of the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers. Sixteen years ago he moved to town, and since then has lived in a little house belonging to him at 17 Mulberry street.
"Dad" Brown, as he was familiarly called, was a kind, gentle and
patient man, loved by all who knew him. Up until his last period of illness he took an active interest in the affairs
of his lodge, and was one of its most loyal members.
(Emporia Gazette ~ February 6, 1909)
MRS. MARY BRISLEN DEAD
Mrs. Mary Brislen died last evening at her home, eight miles northwest of town, from injuries received from a fall the night before. Accidentally falling she broke a leg, and, being 89 years old, she did not rally from the shock of the accident.
Mrs. Brislen was born in Campbellton, Scotland, May 29, 1820. She came in this country forty years ago, and for thirty-three years had lived in Kansas. Eight children were born to her and her husband, who died before she left Scotland, and of these, four survive. They are Neal, Thomas, Alec, and Annie. The last named three lived with their mother, and Neal has a farm near here. Mrs. Brislen was the grandmother of Robert Austin and Mrs. John Bostwick, of Topeka, and Mrs. Eliphalet Swan, of Beloit, all of whom arrived this afternoon. Mrs. Brislen was a life-long member of the Presbyterian church.
The funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 1:30
o'clock. The interment will be in Maplewood. Rev. S. L. Grigsby will conduct the funeral services.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 1, 1909)
Virgil Bowers, the 3-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bowers, of 323
East Street, died Saturday night. The funeral services were held at the grave at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and interment was made in the Catholic cemetery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ April 13, 1909)