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Obituary of William P. Braizer
Lindsborg News Record, Friday, 6 Oct 1932
Mr. William P. Braizer Dead
Mr. William P. Braizer passed away at Asbury Hospital in Salina on Wednesday, October fourth at the age of forty years, ten months and twelve days.
Mr. Brazier was born in Salina, Kansas, and as a child and young man made his home with Mr. and Mrs. John Lamer near out city. Eighteen years ago he was married to Ella Van Horne and the couple made their home in Lindsborg until Mrs. Braizer's death which occurred several years ago. For the past seven years Mr. Braizer has been an invalid and has been cared for at the Mrs. Elizabeth Van Horne home in Salina.
Mr. Braizer is survived by two daughters, Arlone and Willella, and one son, Doris.
The remains will be brought to Lindsborg and funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Trinity M.E. Church. Burial in Elmwood cemetery.
submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Funeral of Maybelle "Dolly" Van Horne Buskirk
from a Salina, Saline, Kansas newspaper, Salina, Kansas (no proof of date) Died May 28, 1940
SERVICES FOR FORMER SALINAN HERE SATURDAY
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Ryan-Sullivan mortuary for Mrs. Dolly Van Horne Buskirk, 51, who died Wednesday of last week at Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Buskirk was born February 16, 1889, at Lindsborg, and had lived 20 years in Kansas City. She lived in Salina before moving to Kansas City.
Mrs. Buskirk is survived by five brothers, Fred Van Horne, Frank Van Horne and Harry Van Horne, all of Salina, and Dewey Van Horne and Ray Van Horne, both of Kansas City; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Jeffcoat, Ventura, Calif., and Margaret Van Horne, Kansas City, Mo.
Funeral services Saturday were conducted by Dean Hewitt B. Vinnedge of Christ Cathedral, and burial was at Lindsborg.
Note: Daughter of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Alice Van Horne Jeffcoat
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, October 23, 1981
VENTURA, CA - Alice V. Jeffcoat, 88, died Saturday at the Ventura hospital after a long illness.
She was born on July 8, 1893 in Lindsborg. She went to Ventura County 48 years ago after living in Abilene.
She was a saleswoman for 35 years, having last worked for Althea's Shop in Ventura. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Ventura and Eastern Star Chapter 11 of Abilene.
Surviving are a son Jack Jeffcoat, Hawthorne; one daughter, Jane Foote, Ventura; and four grandchildren.
The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in ivy Lawn Memorial Park with the Rev. Charles Simmons officiating. Burial will follow.
The Charles Carroll Funerai Home is in charge of arrangements.
Note: Daughter of Willard Putnam Van Horne and Margaret Elizabeth King. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Funeral of Dewey Ralph Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Monday 15 July 1957
Dewey R. Van Horne
The funeral for Dewey Ralph Van Horne, 59, 924 N. 3rd, will be at 10 am Tuesday at the Chapel Funeral Home, the Very Rev. Frederic Litchman officiating. Burail will be in the Lindsborg cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Van Horne died unexpectedly of a heart attack Saturday noon, at the home of L.C. Helbert, 845 E. Ellsworth, where he had been gardening.
Born Jan 29, 1898, in Lindsborg, Mr. Van Horne had lived in Salina the past 15 years.
Surviving are the widow, Pearl, three step-sons, Coy L. Ball and Clyde C. Ball, both of Denver, Colo., and Olin Eugene Ball, Assaria; two brothers, Fred, 121 S. Oakdale, and Harry, 243 N. Penn, and two sisters, Margaret and Mrs. Alice Jeffcoat, Ventura, Calif.
Note: Son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Frank Edward Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Monday, 25 August 1952
F.E. Van Horne
Frank Edward Van Horne, 61, died at 8 am Sunday in St. John's hospital. His home was at 138 S. 3rd.
Mr. Van Horne was born Sept. 25, 1890, and was a roofer. He had lived in Salina 40 years. His wife, Ruth, died June 3, 1944. Surviving are three brothers, Harry, Fred, and Dewey of Salina; and two sisters, Margaret Van Horne, Ventura, Cal., and Mrs. Alice Jeffcoat, Los Angeles, Cal.
The funeral will be at 2 pm Tuesday at the Guy R. Ryan and Sons mortuary, with the Rev. Sam Green officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery at Lindsborg.
Note: Son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Fred Jacob Van Horne
From The Salina Journal, Salina Kansas, Tuesday 28 Jan. 1969
FRED J. VAN HORNE
The funeral for Fred J. Van Horne, 83, 121 S. Oakdale, will be at 9 am Thursday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral with Msgr. William Merchant officiating. Burial will be in Gypsum Hill Cemetery. Rosary will be at 7:30 pm Wednesday at Guy R. Ryan Sons mortuary.
Mr. Van Horne died Monday afternoon at his home.
He was born May 31, 1885, at Lindsborg. He was a retired furniture salesman and had last worked at Consolidated. He also had been employed by the Coffee, Geis and Burnaham furniture stores.
He was a member of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Golden Years Club, Knights of Columbus, third degree, and a charter member of the American Association of Retired People.
Survivors include the widow, Mary, of the home; a son, Vaughn F., 320 S. Santa Fe; a sister, Mrs. Frank Jeffcoat, Ventura, Calif.; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs. Jeffcoat is the last surviving member of the Van Horne family.
Friends may call at the mortuary.
Note: Son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. Fred married (1) Ruth Ellen Fritz who was the mother of his two sons, Verlyn Howard Van Horne and Vaughn Fritz Van Horne. He married (2) Mary Hessler. The wife mentioned in the obituary is Mary Genieve Baldwin his third wife. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of George Harrison Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Sunday, 15 January 1961
HARRY G. VAN HORNE
Harry G. Van Horne, 82, 234 N. Penn, a retired farmer and former marshal at Lindsborg, died Friday afternoon at St. John's Hospital.
Mr. Van Horne was a veteran of the Spanish American War. He was marshal at Lindsborg from 1921 to 1924. He had been a resident of Salina for 25 years.
He was born March 24, 1878, in Lindsborg. His wife, Mamie, died May 2, 1960.
Mr. Van Horne is survived by a brother, Fred, 719 E. Iron, and two sisters, Margaret Van Horne and Mrs. Alice Jeffcoat, both of Ventura, Calif.
The funeral will be at 2 pm Tuesday at the Guy R. Ryan Sons Mortuary, the Rev. J.E. Liljedahl officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park. There will be a V.F.W. service at the cemetery.
Friends may call at the mortuary.
Note: Son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Hiram Arther Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Thursday, 6 Feb 1930
H. A. VAN HORNE DIES - End Comes to Custodian of Roosevelt High School
The death of Hiram A. Van Horne, custodian of Roosevelt school, occurred Wednesday evening at 6:35 oclock at St. John's hospital. The cause of death was pneumonia. The family home of the decesed was at 904 West Walnut. Mr. Van Horne was born in Indiana, April 11, 1877, and had been a resident of Salina for the past ten years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sophia Van Horne and three children, Mrs. Edna Nelson, Salina, Mrs. Vada Walburn, of Denver, Colo., and Miss Mary Van Horne; his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Van Horne, Kansas City. Surviving brothers are Harry, Frank and Fred Van Horne, Salina, and Dewey, and Ray Van Horne, Kansas City; and surviving sisters are Mrs. Paul Buskirk, and Miss Margaret Van Horne, Kansas City, and Mrs. Frank Jeffcoat, Abilene.
The body will lie in state at the Ryan Funeral Home until the hour of the funeral, which has been set for Sunday afternoon at two oclock at the Funeral Home. Burial will be in Marquette.

Marquette Tribune, Thursday, 13 Feb 1930
Hiram A. VanHorne passed away at the St. Johns hospital in Salina at 6:35 o'clock on Wednesday evening, February 5, 1930, at the age of 52 years, nine months and 24 days. Pneumonia was the cause of his death.
The VanHorne family lived in Marquette for a number of years, moving to Salina about ten years ago where Mr. VanHorne was custodian of the Roosevelt school.
The deceased was born in Indiana April 11, 1877. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sophia VanHorne and three children, Mrs. Edna Nelson of Salina, Mrs. Vada Walburn of Denver, Colorado, and Miss Mary VanHorne of Salina; also his mother Mrs. Elizabeth VanHorne of Kansas City. Surviving brothers and sisters are Harry, Frank and Fred VanHorne of Salina, Dewey and Ray VanHorne of Kansas City, and Mrs. Frank Jeffcoat of Abilene. Also a number of relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held at two o'clock at the Rayn Funeral Home in Salina in charge of Dena Strohn of Christ's Cathedral, and a short service at the Marquette Cemetery where interment was made.
Note: Son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Margaret Elizabeth King Van Horne
From a Salina newspaper (no proof of date)
FORMER SALINAN DIES - Death Again Enters Van Horne Family, Mother Passes Away
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Horne, 70, former Salina resident but for the past eight years living in Kansas City, Mo., died in that city Saturday. She had been in ill health for some time. Death was due to arterial sclerosis.
Fred Van Horne, South Oakdale avenue and Harry and Frank Van Horne of this city, are sons of the deceased. Her death marks the third visit death has made in the Fred Van Horne family within recent weeks, a daughter-in-law and a grandson of that family having died here recently following a tragic explosion in the home where mother and baby, Mrs. Vaughn Van Horne and baby son, Bobby Dale, were fatally burned. Fred Van Horne had gone to Kansas City the day of that tragedy and only just arrived there when a telegram recalled him here to the deathbed of his daughter-in-law, who passed away before he could return to Salina, and to that of his son, who was badly burned but who is recovering.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Horne was born April 15, 1861, in Hebron, Ind. Her immediate family includes the husband, Willard P. Van Horne; the three sons in Salina, Fred, Harry and Frank Van Horne; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Jeffcoat, in Abilene; and three children in Kansas City, Mrs. B.C. Buskirk, and Margaret, Dewey and Ray Van Horne. There are 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. One brother, George King lives in Hebron, Ind. Mrs. Van Horne was a member of the Episcopal church. The body will be brought to Salina, arriving this afternoon about 5 oclock, it will be taken to the Ryan Funeral Home to lie in state until the time of the funeral, which is to be held there at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon Tuesday, with Rev. Donnon Strong, dean of Christ Cathedral in charge. Interment will be in the cemetery at Lindsborg, Kas.
Note: submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Mrs. Mamie T. Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Tuesday, 3 May 1960
Mrs. Mamie T. Van Horne, 79, 243 N. Penn, died at 5:30 pm Monday in St. John's Hospital. Mrs. Van Horne was born Dec 5, 1880, in Marquette and moved to Salina in 1925. She was a member of the Lutheran Church and the Spanish War Veterans auxiliary. Surviving are the widower Harry, and four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Swanson, 344 N. 12th, and Mrs. Elle Holm, Mrs. Eleada Yarnell and Mrs. Elva Carlson, all of Marquette. The Guy R. Ryan Sons Mortuary will announce funeral arrangements.

The Salina Journal, Friday 6 May 1960
Mrs. Mamie T. Van Horne
The funeral for Mrs. Mamie T. Van Horne, 79, 243 N. Penn, will be Saturday at 2pm at the Guy R. Ryan Sons Mortuary, the Rev. J.E. Liljedahl officiating.
Friends may call at the mortuary until the service. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Pearl M. Ketchum Ball Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Monday 18 Jan 1960
MRS. PEARL M. VAN HORNE
Mrs. Pearl M. Van Horne, 61, 137 N. Front, died at 11:30 pm Sunday at St. John's Hospital.
Survivors include three sons, Coy L. Ball, 137 N. Front; Clyde P. Ball, Denver, Colo., and Olin E. Ball, Assaria; three brothers, Homer Ketchum, Aldrich, Mo., and Alf and Herman Ketchum, Jane, Mo., 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Dewey R. Van Horne, died in July, 1957.
The funeral will be at 2 pm Wednesday at the Chapel Funeral Home, the Rev. George Wattenbarger officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Note: Dewey R. Van Horne was the son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Death of Raphael "Ray" Van Horne
From a Salina newspaper, Salina, Kansas (no proof of date)
Former Salina Man is Victim of Pneumonia
Raphael Van Horne 43, died at his home in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday. He formerly lived in Salina. Relatives from Salina who expect to attend the funeral are his nephew, Verlyn Van Horne, and four brothers, Fred, Frank, Dewey and Harry Van Horne. Funeral services are to be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in Kansas City. Death was caused by pneumonia.
Note: Raphael (Ray) was the son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. He was born in Lindsborg, Kansas. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Funeral of Ruth Nelson Van Horne
The Salina Journal, Monday 5 June 1944
MRS. VAN HORNE IS DEAD - Funeral of Salina Woman To Be Held Tomorrow
Mrs. Ruth Van Horne, 57, wife of Frank Van Horne, Salina, died at 5 Saturday afternoon at the state hospital in Topeka following a long illness.
She was a native of Kansas, born in McPherson April 2, 1887, and came to Salina in 1911 to make her home. There are three sisters, Mrs. Anna C. Larson, McPherson; Mrs. Emma Nordlund, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Mae Walker, Salina; and three brothers, Martin Nelson, Van Nuys, Calif., L.N. Nelson and Samuel W. Nelson, Los Angeles, Calif.
The body is at the Ryan Mortuary, where the funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2, Rev. B.R. Lantz in charge. Interment is to be in Elmwood cemetery, Lindsborg.
Note: Frank Van Horne was the son of Willard Putnam and Margaret Elizabeth (King) Van Horne. submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>

Obituary of Willard Putnam Van Horne
From The Salina Evening Journal, Salina, Kansas Monday, February 6, 1916:
KANSAS FOR 40 YEARS - W. P. Van Horne Died Last Night After Illness of Several Months.
Willard P. Van Horne, a retired farmer, died at his home at 342 Center Street, last night at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Van Horne had been sick for several months and death was not unexpected. He had lived in Kansas for over 40 years. He was born at Joliet, Ill., on December 7, 1853.
For many years Mr. Van Horne lived in the vicinity of Lindsborg and later moved to that city. For 16 years he served as city marshal and as deputy sheriff of McPherson county. Five years ago the family moved to Salina.
Besides the widow, who was Miss Margaret King, there are nine children living. They are H.A. and G.H. Van Horne of Marquette; Mrs. Frank Jeffcoat of Abilene; Fred, Frank, Dewey, Raphael, Maybelle and Margaret, all of Salina. Mrs. Ella Brasier, who died at Lindsborg five years ago was a daughter; Ruby, a daughter, died 15 years ago. A brother lives at Lowell, Ind., and two sisters of Hebron.
Burial will be at Lindsborg. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed.

Salina Evening Journal, Salina, Kansas Tuesday, February 8, 1916
Van Horne Funeral Service - Will Be Held Wednesday Morning at 8:30 O'clock.
Funeral services for Willard P. Van Horne, who died Sunday at his home 342 Center Street, will be held Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock from Christ Cathedral. Father V.V.M. Beede will be in charge of the service. The body will then be taken to Lindsborg where Father Beede will conduct funeral services in the English Lutheran Church. Interment will be in the Lindsborg Cemetery.

Lindsborg News & Records: 11 Feb 1916
Van Horne
Willard Putnam Van Horne died at his home at No. 342 Center Street at 10:30 o'clock Sunday night after a lingering illness. On Saturday morning a fire burned out one room of the house but it is not believed that the shock in any way hastened Mr. Van Horn's death.
Mr. Van Horne lived here five years, coming here from Lindsborg. He lived in the vicinity of Marquette and Lindsborg 35 years before that. For some time he was city marshal of Lindsborg and fifteen years ago was sheriff of McPherson county.
He was born in Joliet, Ill., December 7, 1853 and was aged 62 years, 1 month and 20 days. He was married to Margaret Elizabeth King, December 10, 1877 and she survives. the surviving children are: H.A. and G.H. of Lindsborg; Mrs. Frank Jeffcoat of Abilene; Fred, Frank, dewey, Raphael, Maybel and Margaret Van Horn of Salina. Two children are dead.
Brothers and sisters are Harrison Van Horn of Lowell, Idaho, (should be Indiana), Mrs. Emma Wright of Herbon, Ia. -Salina Union
The funeral services were conducted from the local English M.E. church on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. White officiated. Burial was made in Elmwood cemetery.
submitted by Lisa S. <Lisarps@gmail.com>