Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
Mrs. Matilda Fithian died Saturday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Earl Anderson, 807 Grover Avenue. She had been sick for several weeks. Old age and its accompanying infirmities, caused her death. The funeral was held at the home yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. John H. Bright conducted the service. The singers were Misses Mamie Higgs and Anna Cotton, Messrs Clayton Patterson and Leverette Fitts. Miss Mildred Niesley was at the piano. The body was taken to Mrs. Fithian's old home in Cincinnati, Ohio, for interment. A grandson, R. P. Fithian, of Osage City, accompanied the body. The pall-bearers were W. T. McCarty, John Henning, S. Altman, M. V. Cagney, Ed Everett and N. B. Haynes.
Mrs. Fithian's maiden
name was Matilda Foote Pierson. She was born in Camden, N. J., in 1821, where she lived until after her marriage
to Adaniah Fithian. She and Mr. Fithian moved to Cinnati after their marriage, and she lived there until five years
ago, at which time she came to Kansas. Mr. Fithian died more than fifty years ago. Since coming to Kansas Mrs.
Fithian lived two years with her son, W. C. Fithian, and three years with her granddaughter, Mrs. Earl Anderson.
Mrs. Fithian had been a Christian all her life. She joined the Presbyterian Church when a young girl. She is survived
by one son, W. C. Fithian, of Emporia, having outlived two other sons and a daughter. She leaves four grandchildren,
Clyde Fithian, of Emporia; R. P. Fithian, of Osage City; H. L. Fithian of New Orleans, and Mrs. Earl Anderson of
Emporia.
(Emporia Gazette ~ May 25, 1914)
The funeral of Roy Fees was held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First Christian church. The funeral procession left the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Francis, where the body has been lying today, shortly after 2 o'clock, and went to the church for short services. Rev. O. I. Smith preached the sermon from James 4:14, "For what is your life?" The address was a touching one and appropriate to the memory of the young man who so willingly gave his life in attempting to save another. A quartet, Misses Helen Shoecraft and Lulu Weyler, and Harry Wayman and Jess Shepherd, sang a number of selected hymns, and Miss Shoecraft a solo. The flower remembrances were most abundant and beautiful. The pall-bearers were Joe Cowan, L. H. Barnes and Frank Gadberry, fellow mail-carriers of Fees, C. B. Wilhite, of the A. O. U. W. lodge, and Ray Miller and James Copple, companions in the camping party which was broken up so tragically.
The post office
was closed after 2 o'clock this afternoon and the carriers made only the morning delivery.
(Emporia Gazette ~ August 12, 1910)
FUNERAL OF Wm. A. FURGESON
The funeral of Wm.
A. Furgeson, who died Saturday afternoon was held at the home five and a half miles northeast of town Monday afternoon.
The deceased was 46 years old and leaves a widow and a son. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Free Masons.
The funeral was in charge of the Free Masons. After the ceremony the body was sent to Deerfield, Mich., Mr. Furgeson's
old home.
(Emporia Gazette ~ July 17, 1902)
Yesterday morning Judge Frost died at the home of his son, Merrit Frost, twenty miles north of town. Judge Joseph Frost was probate judge of this county ten years ago and was one of the oldest settlers of the county. He came here in the fifties and settled on a farm twelve miles north of Emporia, where he lived till he made his home with his son, Merrit Frost. Mr. Frost was eighty-six years old. He has always been active in the politics of his district and the county. His wife, three sons and two daughters survive him. One of his sons, David Frost, lives in Emporia.
Mr. Frost died of no particular disease, simply old age. He was one of the pioneers who are passing away so fast. With each of them goes a thousand memories of the early days, of the struggles they made in building up what is now Lyon county.
The funeral was held this morning at 10
o'clock and the interment was made in the Frost cemetery near Mr. Frost's old home, twelve miles north of Emporia.
(Emporia Gazette ~ August 27, 1903)