Lyon County, Kansas
Obituaries
Arndt, Jane, 53, licensed practical nurse, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Wilson
Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Matthew Watts of Hartford, Mark Watts of Belvidere, Neb.; mother, Maxine Martin; brother, Dail
Martin; sister, Carolyn McHaley all of Madison; three grandchildren. Memorial established with Madison Educational
Assistance Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 January 2001)
Bartram, Lucille Mattie, 85, of Montclair, Calif., formerly of Olpe, former accountant and Harvey House
hostess, died Monday, April 11, 1994. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Fairview Cemetery, rural Olpe.
Survivors: son, Harold of Upland, Calif.; brothers, Melvin Laird, Seldon Laird, both of Springfield, Mo.; sisters,
Margaret Melton of Kearney, Mo., Alberta Cole of Seattle, Betty Lowe of Springfield, Agnes Cushman of Las Vegas;
two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one great-great- grandchild. Memorial has been established with Rose
of Sharon Fellowship Mission Fund. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 April 1994)
Baysinger, Clarence L., 82, retired Sauder Tank Co. truck driver, died Tuesday, July 20, 1999. No
service.
Survivors: son, Mike of Emporia; daughter, Cheryl Gorman of New Strawn; sisters, Fern Schmidt of Emporia, Norma
Dahlquist of Kent, Wash. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 July 1999)
Johnson, Ira G., 79, retired city of Emporia Street Department employee, died Saturday, April 10, 1993.
Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Margaret; sons, Jim of Wichita, Marvin of Lansing; sisters, Lillian West of Santa Maria, Calif.,
Mary Louise Smith of Ontario, Calif., Mary Ellen Schaumlerffel of Pomona, Calif.; three grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the Emporia Friends of the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 April 1993)
Johnson, Margaret Lucille, 75, former Logan Avenue School food service employee, former Madison resident,
died Wednesday, June 5, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Jim of Wichita, Marvin of Emporia; sister, Gertrude Holcomb of Cushing, Okla.; three grandchildren;
one great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with Emporia Friends of the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 June 1996)
Johnson, Marvin Wayne, 46, self-employed handyman, died Monday, Oct. 28, 1996. Service 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, Dwayne, daughter, Tracy, both of Bartlesville; brother, Jim of Wichita. Memorial has been established
with Emporia Friends of the Zoo.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 October 1996)
Kuertzel, Arlie William, 81, retired farmer and rancher, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 1998. Service 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Fairview Cemetery, rural Madison.
Survivors: wife, Ellen; daughter, Beulah Veatch of Emporia; sister, Eva Davis of Wichita; four grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Kansas Fish and Game Association. Brown-Bennett-Alexander
Funeral Home, Cottonwood Falls.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 October 1998)
Kuertzel, Roy Eugene, 53, former KVOE outdoor sports reporter, Sauder Real Estate maintenance supervisor,
died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Saffordville Methodist Church.
Survivors: companion, Pat Curry of Jefferson City, Mo.; son, Gary of Clarkston, Mich.; daughter, Kelly Dearing
of Wichita; parents, Arlie and Ellen Kuertzel, sister, Beulah Veatch, all of Emporia; two grandchildren. Memorials
have been established with Kansas Wildlife and Parks Boat & Water Safety Program and American Cancer Society.
Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 November 1997)
Clayton O. Martin, 77, retired Kansas Power & Light employee, died Friday, June 14, 1991. Service 3 p.m.
today, First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors: wife, Vonnie; daughters, Sharon Brickell of Colby, Diana Holdeman of Emporia, Deborah Wylie of Emporia;
brothers, Warren of Overland Park, Stanley of Topeka, Dale of Madison, C.R. of Hartford; nine grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren. Roberts-Blue Barnett Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 June 1991)
Martin, Dale C., 80, retired farmer, stockman and oil field worker, died Tuesday, July 16, 1996. Service
10 a.m. Friday, Wilson Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Maxine; son, Dail Dean, daughters, Jane Arndt, Carolyn McHaley, all of Madison; brothers, Warren
of Overland Park, Clarence Jr. of Hartford, Stanley of Topeka; six grandchildren; several great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with First Christian Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 July 1996)
MADISON - Martin,
Maxine, 85, died March
28, 2007. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Chirstian Church, Madison, Kan.
Survivors: son, Dail; daughter, Carolyn McHaley, both of Madison; sisters, Loma Jean Panek of Okla., Colleen Rhodes
of Wash.; 7 grandchildren, several Great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild. Wilson Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/29/2007.
B. Rosalee Nichols, 80, died Monday, Nov. 10, 1986. Service 2:30 p.m. today, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: brother, Charles of Madison; sister, Bernice Stair of Emporia. Vina A. Creecy, 85, former teacher, died
Sunday, Nov. 9, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Christian Church, Covington, Okla.
Survivors: son, Lowell of Lewisville, Texas; daughters, Berniece Castle of Colorado Springs, Carolyn Graber of
Clovis, N.M.; brothers, E.V. Garling of Lubbock, Texas, Eugene Garling, Kenneth Garling, both of Clinton, Okla.;
sister, Mrs. Ruey Caldwell of Clinton, Okla.; 13 grandchildren; nine great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Christian Church, Covington. Henninger-Allen Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 November 1986)
Parker, John Henry IV, 29, construction employee, died Saturday, July 22, 2000. Service 2 p.m. Monday,
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Amanda; sons, Bryan Bartee, Tristan, both of Emporia; daughters, Alana Wylie, Rebecca Hart, Norma
Parker all of Emporia; mother, Tressa Sweetland of Wichita; father, John III of N. M.; three sisters, including
Kathryn Corbin of Wichita; grandparents, John Sr. of Tucson, Frosty and Norma Sweetland of Farmington, N. M.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 July 2000)
Donald B. Stafford, 73, of Angel Fire, N.M., former Emporia resident, retired Santa Fe Trailways trucking company
sales agent, died Sunday, May 24, 1987. Service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Westside Baptist Church, Emporia.
Survivors: son, Damon, stepson, David Reyes, stepdaughters, Stephanie Reyes, Pattie Van Pelt, all of Albuquerque;
brothers, Ray, Richard, Frank, all of Ukiah, Calif., Orville of Hamilton, Alfred of Zephyr Hills, Fla.; sister,
Ramona Searcy of Dallas; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Diabetes Association.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 May 1987)
Adelgunda
"Della" Heine Rathke
Born: 24 Feb 1855
Rosenberg, Kaliningrad, Russia
Died: 14 Apr 1939
Olpe, Lyon, Kansas, USA
Olpe Woman Dead
Special to the Gazette:
Olpe, April 14- Mrs. Adelgrende Rathke, 84, who lived 8 1/2 miles southwest of Olpe, died at 9 o'clock this morning
at her home. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Rathke Funeral Sunday.
Special to the Gazette:
Olpe, Apr 15.- Funeral services for Mrs. Adelgrende Rathke, who lived 8 1/2 miles southwest
of Olpe and who died Friday, will be Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral home. Pastor Barber,
of Wichita, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Olpe cemetery.
Mrs. Rathke was born in Russia on February 24, 1855. She was married to John Eidmann Rathke in Russia. She came
from Russia to South Dakota in 1877, moved to California, and from there to Olpe in 1895. Her husband died in Olpe
31 years ago.
Surviving are five sons, Fredrick Rathke, John Rathke, Samuel Rathke, William Rathke, and Joseph Rathke, all of
Olpe, and a daughter, Mrs. Albert Grampke, of Olpe; and 40 grandchildren and 53 great grandchildren. Mrs. Rathke
was a member of the Lutheran Church at Olpe.
The Rathke Funeral.
Funeral services for Mrs. Adelgrende Rathke, who died Friday at her home 8 miles southwest of Olpe, were held at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Roberts-Blue chapel. Mr. Barber, of Wichita, was in charge of the service. E.J. Roberts
and R.G. Roberts sang, accompanied by Mrs. Glenn A. Blue. Pallbearers were all grandsons of Mrs. Rathke. They were
Edward, Oscar, Ernest, George, Arthur and B. Rathke. Burial was in the Olpe cemetery.
John F Schroeder
Born: 03 Nov 1849
Kubitz,Mecklenburg,,Germany
Died: 14 Jul 1925
Olpe,Lyon,Kansas,USA
From the Emporia Gazette
14 Jul 1925
John Schroeder Dead
John Schroeder, sr., died this morning (Tuesday) morning at his home nine miles southwest of Olpe, cancer being
the cause of his death. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Olpe, with
the Rev. Mr. Thayer of Abilene in charge of the services. Interment will be made in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
west of Olpe.
Mr. Schroeder came to Center Township from Germany 37 years ago. He was 75 years old.
17 Jul 1925
Funeral services for John Schroeder, who died Tuesday were held this (Friday) afternoon at the Olpe Methodist Church.
Rev. Thayer of Abilene preached the funeral sermon. Interment was made in the Pleasant Ridge cemetery west of Olpe.
Sons and sons-in-law acted as pallbearers.
22 Jul 1925
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their assistance and sympathy during the illness and death of our
beloved husband and father, John Schroeder, and for the floral
offerings.
Mrs. John Schroeder and Children.
Charlotte
Wilhelmina Reimer
Born: 17 Mar 1856
Mecklenberg,, Germany
Died: 6 Jun 1932
Olpe,Lyon,Kansas,USA
Emporia Gazette 07 Jun 1932
Mrs. Minnie Schroeder Dead.
Mrs. Minnie Schroeder, 76, died at 8 o'clock Monday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Rathke, southwest
of Olpe. Funeral arrangements have not been made. The casket will be open at the Roberts-Blue funeral chapel.
Mrs. Schroeder's maiden name was Miss Minnie Reamer. She was born March 17, 1866 in Germany, where she was married
to John Schroeder 58 years ago. The family came to the United States in 1889, settling near Olpe, where Mr. Schroeder
died July 14, 1925. Mrs. Schroeder was a member of the International Bible Students association. She is survived
by four children. Mrs. Rathke and John Schroeder, Olpe; Mrs. Alice Kludas, and Carl Schroeder, Lincolnville.
Funeral of Mrs. Schroeder.
Emporia Gazette 11 Jun 1932
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Schroeder, who died Monday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Rathke, southwest
of Olpe, were held at 2 o'clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral home, followed by services at 3 o'clock at the Olpe
Methodist Church. Rev. J. L. Thayer conducted the services and Mrs. Charles Chase, Mrs. Mervin Lambeth and Mrs.
Thayer sang,
accompanied by Mrs. R. M. Irwin. Interment was in the Olpe cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Rathke, Fred Kludas,
John Schroeder, Carl Schroeder, Walter Schroeder, and Arthur Rathke.
John Theodore Schroeder
Born: 04 Jul 1875
Kubitz, Mecklenburg, Luxembourg, Germany
Died: 15 Aug 1964
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, USA
From the Emporia Gazette
17 Aug 1964
John T. Schroeder Dead
John T. Schroeder, 218 State St., a retired farmer, died Saturday morning in Newman Memorial County Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Roberts-Blue-Barnett Chapel, conducted by the Rev. A.R. Aschbrenner,
pastor of the Messiah Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery southwest of Olpe.
John Schroeder was born July 4th, 1875, in Mecklenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the son of John and Minnie
Hines Schroeder, and came with his parents to the Olpe community in 1887. He was married to Regina Rathke Nov.
1st, 1900, in Olpe. He had been a resident of Emporia since 1947, and he was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife and two sons, Carl and Ernest, and he is survived by four sons, Walter, of
5 South Merchant St.; Ben, of Olpe; Fred, of 418 Constitution St., and Sam, of Madison; four daughters, Mrs. J.C.
Kettner, 915 Prairie St., Mrs. Clare Robertson, Chanute; Mrs. Frank Ohm, 406 Constitution St., and Mrs. C. L. Davis,
1006 Congress St.; one brother, Carl, of California; one sister, Mrs. Alvina Kludas, of New York, 28 granchildren
and 50 great grandchildren.
18 Aug 1964 List is corrected
An incorrect list of the survivors of John T. Schroeder appeared in the obituary in the Monday edition of The Gazette.
Mr. Schroeder is survived by four sons, four daughters and one sister, Mrs. Fred Rathke, 122 West St. There are
also several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife and two sons and by a brother and sister. Carl Schroeder and Alvina Kludas
who were inadvertently mentioned as survivors.
19 Aug 1964
The Schroeder Funeral
Funeral services for John T. Schroeder, 218 State St., who died Saturday in Newman Memorial County Hospital, were
held Tuesday afternoon in Roberts-Blue-Barnett Chapel, conducted by the Rev. A.R. Aschbrenner, pastor of the Messiah
Lutheran Church. Trevor Lewis sang, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Plummer. Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Larry
L. Davis, Wilbert E. Kettner and Gilbert R., Edgar, Dale G. and Darrell Schroeder. Burial was in the Zion Lutheran
cemetery southwest of Olpe.
Relatives who attended from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schroeder and Vicki and Mr. and Mrs. Gale Schroeder
and Douglas, Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schroeder and Kathryn Crist, Olpe; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schroeder, Topeka,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Schroeder, Valley Center, and Karen Schroeder and Mrs. Walter Schroeder Jr., Hutchinson.
(Submitted by Mary Ann Richardson)
Regina
Renata Adelgunde Rathke
Born: 8 Sep 1877
Mission Hills, Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Died: 6 Dec 1928
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, USA
From the Emporia Gazette
07 Dec 1928
Mrs. Schroeder Dies
Mrs. John T. Schroeder, age 51 years, died at 4:20 o'clock Thursday morning at the Newman Hospital in Emporia,
where she had been a patient for two weeks. She is survived by her husband, John T. Schroeder, and nine children.
The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran church southwest of Olpe.
A short service will be held at 1:30 O'clock at the Dumm funeral home in Emporia. The services will be conducted
by Rev. Gerhard Miessler, pastor of the Messiah Lutheran church of Emporia.
Interment will be made in the Rosenberg cemetery which is the churchyard cemetery of the Zion Lutheran church southwest
of Olpe.
11 Dec 1928
Mrs. John T. Schroeder.
Mrs. John T. Schroeder, who died December 6 at the Newman Memorial County hospital, was born
September 9, 1877, in South Dakota. Her maiden name was Regana Rathke, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Rathke. She moved with her parents to a farm near Olpe in 1895.
She was married to John T. Schroeder, of Olpe, November 1, 1898. Nine children, all of whom survive. Mrs. Schroeder
is survived by her husband, John T. Schroeder, five sons, Walter, Benjamin, Carl, Fritz, and Sam; four daughters.
Mrs. Nettie Kettner, and Clara, Gladys and Leona all of the home at Olpe, her mother, Mrs. J.E. Rathke, of Olpe,
one sister, Mrs. Della Gamke, of Olpe, and five brothers, Fred, Sam, Joseph, John and William Rathke, all of Olpe.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Zion Lutheran church, six miles southwest
of Olpe. A short service was held at 1:30 o'clock from the Dumm funeral home in Emporia. Rev. R. Miessler, pastor
of the Messiah Lutheran church in Emporia, conducted the services. Interment was in Rosenberg cemetery, six miles
southwest of Olpe.
The five sons of Mrs. Schroeder were pallbearers.
(Submitted by Mary Ann Richardson)
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