Obituaries
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Phillips, Blake Spencer, born Feb 10, 2005, died April
22, 2005. Graveside Service 1pm, Mon at Phillips Cemetery, Reading, KS. Survived by mother Sausha Phillips, Wichita;
grandparents, Kenny & DeeAnn Phillips, Andover; grandmot her, Carla Hudson, Augusta; uncles Jordan & Jeramy
Phillips, Andover: great-gr andparents, Gene & Sharon Coleman, Wichita; great-great grandmother, Leona Robison,
Coquille, OR; numerous great-aunts, great-uncles, & cousins. Preceded in death by great-grandparents, Ken &
Ester Phillips, Osage City, KS; great-gr andfather, Lawrence Robison, Coquille, OR. The family would like to extend
a special thank you to St. Joseph NICU & Harry Hynes Hospice. DeVorss.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 4/24/2005 - 4/25/2005.
Ray Edward Ponder, 2038 W. Eighth Ave., died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, at the Kansas Veterans Home in
Winfield. He was 91.
Mr. Ponder moved to Emporia in 1969 and worked for The Emporia Gazette as a typesetter
until 1981, when he retired. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1941 to 1945 in the 40th Infantry
Division, and served in the southern Philippines, Luzon and Bismarck Archipelage.
The son of James M. and Hester M. Harvey Ponder, he was born March 15, 1916, at Puckett,
Miss. He married Freda N. Hale on Dec. 23, 1978, at Emporia. She survives.
Mr. Ponder was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He also was a member
of Tyrian Masonic Lodge 427 of Brandon, Miss.; York Rite Bodies of Jackson, Miss.; Scottish Rite Bodies and Shrine
Arab Temple, both of Topeka; and American Legion Ball-McColm Post 5 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Lowry Funston
Post 1980, both of Emporia.
He is also survived by two daughters, Mary Feast of Haysville and Jere Lynn Vile of
Libertyville, Ill.; one sister, Annele Pierce of Graceville, Fla.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A brother, Garland Ponder, and a sister, Vesta Sharp, died earlier.
Mr. Ponder donated his body to the University of Kansas School of Medicine for teaching
and research.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the little chapel at the First
United Methodist Church.
The family requests that, instead of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the
Shriners Hospital for Children, 2001 S. Lindburgh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63131, or Hospice Care of Kansas, 1491
Main, Winfield, KS 67156. (Emporia Gazette ~ Wednesday, 10 October 2007)