MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS OBITS Obituary of Mary Filson Abner Cherryvale, Kansas Republican, 20 November 1891 Died, in Kansas City, on Monday, Nov. 16, 1891, at 3:15 o'clock a.m., Mrs. J. W.Abner, aged 31 years, 10 months and 13 days. The body was brought down from Kansas City Tuesday arriving over the Santa Fe at 4:25 a.m., and was met at the depot by friends and relatives. The remains were taken to the house of her mother, Mrs. Filson, on east Third Street. The sermon was preached at the Baptist Church by Rev. C. R. Rice. Mrs. J. W. Abner, nee Miss Mary Filson, was born in Owen Co. Ind. February 6, 1860. She came with her parents to this state in 1871, and located at Independence where they lived ten years, and from there the family moved to this city, and she has been a resident here until a year ago when she visited her sister, Ollie, in Kansas City, and became acquainted with and married the gentleman whose name she now bears, on the 27th of last December, the product of this union was a little stranger whose advent into this world caused the mother to give up her life, the little one surviving her. Mollie was well known to all our citizens. She was a jolly, good-natured girl and will be sadly missed by all of her associates. Her mother, sister and husband has our heartfelt sympathy in this, their dark hour of affliction. Let your convolvation (sic) be in the thought that "He Doeth All Things Well." Submitted by Barbara Ziegenmeyer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Margaret died in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., KS Margaret Cluck Dies Last Night Mrs. Margaret Luella Cluck, 87, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leslie W. Hancock, 304 West North. She had been in failing health a number of years and seriously ill since suffering a stroke Jan. She was born Feb. 19, 1862, at Germantown, Wayne county, Ind. Following the death of her mother in 1866, she moved with her father and other children to near Kingsville, Mo. On Mar. 14, 1881, she was married at Holdren, (Holden), Mo, to William Robert Cluck, who died here Nov. 20, 1945. They came to Coffeyville from Noblesville, Ind., in 1904. Survivors, other than the daughter here are three other daughters, Mrs. M. F. Kinney, Ft. Worth, Tex., Mrs. George F. Bell, and Mrs. William J. Jones, Tulsa; four sons, William E. Cluck, Whiting, Ind.; Harry O. Cluck, Tulsa; Cecil F. Cluck, Zionsville, Ind., and Chester F. Cluck, Big Springs, Tex.; 13 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending the arrival of relatives from a distance. Mrs. Margaret Luella Cluck Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Luella Cluck, 87, of 304 West North, who died Sunday were held at 11 a.m. today at the Ford Chapel. Rev. L. C. Wells officiated, and burial was in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers were Leslie W. Hancock, William E. Cluck, Robert Brittain, George F. Bell, Chester F. Cluck and Woodrow Harrison. This obit came from a folder at the Coffeyville library and date of death was not on it but cemetery records there showed Margaret Luella Cluck 87 F white widowed date of death 1-15-1950 buried 1-18-1950 Coronary Thrombosis housewife 304 West North place of death same Born in Germantown, Ind. Dr. Dickinson Ford Funeral Home. Tombstone shows date of birth as Feb 19, 1862 Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clyde Hershal House Clyde H. House, 79, died at his home at 408 Penn, Friday night (03 Feb., 1978) after an extended illness. Clyde Hershal House was born Sept. 17, 1898 at Astoria, Mo., to Thomas Franklin and Amanda Ellen (Edwards) House. He spent his early youth in the Cabool, Mo. vicinity and graduated from High School at Sparta, Mo. He came to Coffeyville in 1928 to work for the Sinclair Refining Company. On August 14, 1929, he married Edna Eugenia Wood at Houston, Mo. She survives in their home. They made their home in Coffeyville and he continued working at Sinclair until the plant closed in 1949. He transferred to the Chicago Sinclair Plant for seven months before returning to Missouri to farm. In 1952 he moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where he operated service stations. He retired in 1960 and returned to Coffeyville in October 1975. He was a charter member of the First Baptist Church at Rio Rancho, N.M., and a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church here. Survivors besides the wife of the home include three daughters, Mrs. Dean (Marguerette) Powell of 409 N. Willow, Mrs. Al (Marlene) Hillman of Olympia, Wash., and Mrs. Wayne (Marilyn) Wilken of Kansas City; a son, Master Sgt. Duane Clyde House, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; two sisters, Mrs. Freda Hill, and Mrs. Thelma Kitchell, both of Albuquerque, N.M.; and thirteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, in the Ford Funeral Service Colonial Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edna Eugenia House Edna Eugenia House, 77, of Coffeyville, Kansas, died at her home on Friday, March 31, 1989. She was born May 15, 1911 near Cabool, Missouri to William S. and Iva Candes (Fielden) Wood. She attended rural schools in Texas County, Missouri. On August 14, 1929 she married Clyde Hershal House at Houston, Missouri. After their marriage, they made their home in Coffeyville where Mr. House worked for Sinclair Refinery until 1949. They then moved to Chicago for seven months, then moved to Missouri where they farmed before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. House retired in 1960 and they moved back to Coffeyville in 1975. Mr. House died in Coffeyville on February 3, 1978. Edna attended Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church where she served as president of Baptist Women and was a substitute Sunday School teacher. Surviving are a son, Duane Clyde House, San Antonia, Texas; three daughters, Marguerette Powell of Coffeyville, Marlene Hillman of Lacey, Washington, and Marilyn Meek of Overland Park, Kansas; 14 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild. Services were Tuesday, April 4, 1989 at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Colonial Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ July 3, 1930 THOMAS FRANKLIN HOUSE PASSES Thomas Franklin House was born February 26th 1867 at Cabool, Mo., departed this life, after a long illness, June 24 1930, at his home, at 616 North Maple, Coffeyville, Kansas, making him 63 years, 3 months and 28 days of age. On May the 9th, Tom, as he was familiarly known, was stricken with paralysis. Every thing was done that loving hands could do, but having a complication of other things, he suffered patiently until God saw fit to take him home. He suffered several strokes and was not able to speak for several days before his death. He had been a member of the Baptist church for years. In 1889 he was united in marriage to Amanda E. Edwards at Cabool, Mo. To this union were born eight children, two having preceded him to the great beyond. He is survived by his widow, Amanda E. House, H. H. House, C. H. House and Miss Freeda House, all of Coffeyville, Kansas, Mrs. W. T. Caffey, Claremore, Oklahoma, Mrs. S. E. (E. S.) Dellinger and Mrs. Paul Kitchell of Springer, New Mexico, five grandchildren and other relatives. (my note: grandchildren were Charles, Anita Jean, Carl, and Dale. The fifth grandchild was probably Rosemary, step-daughter of Florence Dellinger.) All of the children were present except Mrs. Mitchell (Kitchell) and Mrs. Dellinger, they having been with him in his early sickness. Funeral services were held at the Skinners funeral home in Coffeyville, June 25 at 2:00 p.m. conducted by Rev. Riney pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery. A large crowd of friends and neighbors were present to pay their last respects to this good man and the floral offering was beautiful. Mr. House spent practically all of his life at Cabool, having left here December, 1928. (NOTE: The Coffeyville Journal did not include an obituary for Tom or even the mention of his death. I also looked for, but did not find, any mention of my July 27, 1930 birth in the Coffeyville Journal. I was born in the same home that Tom died in. North Maple is now called Penn Street, another street east is now called North Maple.) Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILLIAM R. CLUCK, 83, DIES HERE LAST NIGHT Resident Here 41 Years Was Seriously Ill Since Fall at Home a Week Ago The Coffeyville Daily Journal, Wednesday, November 21, 1945 William Robert Cluck, 83, died at 9:30 last night at his home, 304 West North, after a week's illness. He had been in failing health the past 8 years and serious since a fall at his home a week ago. Born on Aug. 30, 1862 at Holden, Mo., Mr. Cluck had been a resident of this community since 1904, coming here from Noblesville, Ind. He was a retired carpenter and at one time had been engaged in farming. Survivors are his wife, Margaret Luella; four daughters, Mrs. Leslie W. Hancock, 304 West North, Mrs. William J. Jones, and Mrs. George F. Bell, both of Tulsa, and Mrs. M. F. Kinney, Ft. Worth, Tex.; four sons, William E. of Whiting, Ind., Harry O. of Tulsa, Cecil F. of Zionville, Ind. and Chester F. of Big Springs, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Delbert Reed, Topeka, Mrs. Frank Reed and Mrs. Janie Welliver, both of Eldorado Springs, Mo.; a brother, Ed of Topeka; 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the Ford funeral home from where funeral arrangements will be announced later pending word from relatives at a distance. Funerals William Robert Cluck Services were held this afternoon in the Ford chapel for William Robert Cluck, 83, who died Tuesday night at his home 304 West North. The Rev. N. J. Westmoreland officiated. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers were: Albert Rhodes, Frank Kinney, George F. Bell, Leslie W. Hancock, Willard and Jack Penn. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cluck Child Dies Here Coffeyville Daily Journal, Monday Evening, June 27, 1921 Stella Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Cluck of Chicago, Ill., died at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. Cluck's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cluck 304 West North street, of cholera infantum. Funeral services were conducted at the Skinner Funeral Home at 2 o'clock this afternoon by Rev. H. V. Spear and the burial was made in Fairview cemetery. The child was aged 2 years, 2 months and 16 days. It's mother is a sister of George Hodges of the Home Tailors and was called here a month ago owing to the illness of her father, W. H. Hodges, who is in a very critical condition at the home of George Hodges, 808 Lincoln. Edgar, the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Cluck, also is very ill but is improving. The illness of the children is believed to have been caused by a change of climate and of water. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another Cluck Child Dies Coffeyville Daily Journal Friday Evening, July 1, 1921 Edgar Leon, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cluck of Chicago, died at the home of Mr. Cluck's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cluck, 304 West Martin street (mistake in paper, should have been North street), at 11:30 o'clock last night following a week's illness of bowel trouble. The child was aged 4 years, 6 months and 17 days. His little 2 year old sister, Stella Louise died of the same complaint last Sunday afternoon and the burial was made here last Monday afternoon. Mrs. Cluck was called here recently from Chicago, where Mr. Cluck is connected with the Sinclair refinery, on account of the illness of her father, W. H. Hodges, and the children became ill after their arrival here. The funeral services for the little boy will be conducted at the grandparents' home at 2 o,clock tomorrow afternoon by Rev. H. V. Spear. The burial will be made in Fairview cemetery. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. B. Cluck Died Today Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, Thursday, August 8, 1918 Weekly Journal Death certificate has date of death as August 2, 1918 J. B. Cluck, aged 84, died at the home of his grand-daughter, Mrs. Glessie Rhodes, 602 North Maple, at 11:00 this morning. Old age was the cause of death. Deceased had made his home in Coffeyville for the past thirteen years. Two sons and five daughters survive. The sons are, W. R. Cluck 304 West North street, and E. J. Cluck, Salt Lake City. The daughters are Mrs. J. F. Smethers, West Second street; Mrs. W. P. Burris, 418 North Maple; Mrs. Mary Riggle, 602 North Maple; Mrs. J. C. Welliver, Butler, Mo, Mrs. A. D. Reed Topeka. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the late residence, 602 North Maple. Burial will be in Rockville, Mo., beside that of the late wife. The hour of the funeral has not yet been set. All of the relatives except the son who lives in Salt Lake City, are now here. (Would be Jacob Brazeal Cluck, "believe" Smethers was spelled Smithers. Jacob was born 16 Oct, 1834, Wilson Co., TN. He married Sarah Elizabeth Bradshaw Sept 6, 1857,at Holden, MO. The couple moved to Coffeyville in 1904. That street North Maple is now called Penn Street, named after the Penn family) Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SARAH ELIZABETH CLUCK Coffeyville Daily Journal, Wednesday Evening, May 30, 1906 Sarah Elizabeth Cluck, was born in Johnson county, Mo., March 15, 1840; died Saturday morning, May 26, 1906 at the home of her son, E. (Edd) I Cluck, on North Maple, age 66 years, 2 months and 11 days. After an illness of three weeks today her voice is hushed, her body lies still in death and her spirit has taken its flight to the God who gave it. She, the mother of nine children, leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her loss. We leave her with Him who said, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live again." We look again at His words and read: "This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. And if by her crossing over the cold stream of death led into the kingdom of God, she will have accomplished more in her death than could in life. Let us hope that it may be even so. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ R. Y. KENNEDY DIES THE COFFEYVILLE JOURNAL, Sat, March 17, 1934 (Excerpt from Obituary) The flag in the Plaza was at half mast today, as Coffeyville mourned the death last night of Mayor R Y Kennedy. A heart attack claimed the Mayor's life about 7:35 o'clock last night, shortly after he had left the KGGF studio in THE JOURNAL building, where he had delivered his weekly Sunday School lesson broadcast. The Mayor was found dying on the parking by Sgt Dick Smith, Army recruiting officer, in front of the Smith home, 210 West 7th St, as Sgt Smith left his home to go downtown. Smith summoned an ambulance and a physician, but it was believed the Mayor's life had ebbed away before aid came. In 1886 he was married to Miss Axa B Wink near Sterling, IL, and two years later they established their home on a farm in the Sandy Ridge vicinity, northwest of Coffeyville. Mr Kennedy taught school in that vicinity nine years in addition to farming. Moving into Coffeyville, he became a member of theCity Schools faculty, and retained his connection with the Coffeyville schools twenty-six years...He taught history and psychology...He retired from school work in 1917, to enter the real estate and insurance business with the late Andy Curry, a former Mayor of Coffeyville...Mr Kennedy was elected Mayor of Coffeyville last April 4...and took office April 15th. Besides his wife, Mr Kennedy leaves four daughters, Mrs Charles (Flo) Brooks of Warrior, Ala., Mrs J H (Dode) Payne, and Mrs W J (Gretchen) McCoy of Copan, Okla.,and Mrs E W (Leah) Patterson of Pittsburg, Kansas; two sons, D T (Dude) Kennedy of Nowata, Okla, and M H (Mang) Kennedy of El Dorado, Kan., two sisters, Mrs Ed (Grace) Janverin of Morrison, Ill., and Mrs William (Katherine) Brown of Waitsburg, Wash., and ten grandchildren. NOTE: The Kennedy graves are in Elmwood Cemetery, on the south edge of Coffeyville. Turn off US 169 (Walnut St) on 16th or 17th Street (or follow the Dalton Graves Signs); go west a couple of blocks. The Kennedy graves are on the last lane next to the west fence, west and slightly north of a large mausoleum. They face west and are in order from the north: Flossie Kennedy Axaphia Kennedy R Y Kennedy 1889-1921 1862-1956 1861-1934 Submitted by Jayne Kennedy Sweger (one of the 14 grandchildren) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rev. John Cleveland Thursday, April 26, 1888, Coffeyville Journal Gone to Their Reward - Rev. John Cleveland died at Kallock, Montgomery County, KS, April 20, 1888 aged 70 years, one month and 22 days. Mr. Cleveland leaves an aged wife, now in her 81st year and one daughter, Mrs. Crapp (should have been Krapp) with her family to mourn his loss. Mr. Cleveland was ordained to the ministry in the Baptist denomination in August 1861. His work for the Master has been mainly of a pioneer character in Illinois and Texas. He lived in Kallock for a number of years. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was buried by Keystone Lodge No. 102 A.F. & A. M. Rev. L. J. Dyke officiated at the burial. Text: Matthew 10-22. "He that endureth to the end shall be saved" and Rev. 2-10: "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." The funeral occurred on Saturday afternoon and was largely attended by friends and neighbors. Funeral records show John Cleveland was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Montgomery Co, KS. Since John Krapp, his son-in-law, took care of funeral arrangements and paid for a plot of eight a short time after the funeral it is believed that John Cleveland and his wife, Lydia are buried in that plot in unmarked graves. According to funeral records, Lydia died at age of 83, Feb. 6, 1890, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery. No obituary was found. Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILLIAM P. BURRIS DIES AT HOME HERE Funeral Rites Monday for Resident of Coffeyville Past 40 Years; burial in Robbins Cemetery. William Perry Burris, 78, died at 9 c'clock last night at his home, 418 Penn, following an extended illness. (Death certificate shows date of death as 14 June, 1946 and he was born in 1868 not 1866) The retired laborer was born Aug. 28, 1866, at Kingsville, Mo., in (______ several words were left out of newspaper) 1896. (That is the date William Perry married Sarah Elizabeth "Dollie" Cluck. They were married 13 May 1896 in Warrensburg, Johnson Co., M0). Obit continues on with; They came to Kansas in 1906. He had lived at his present home since that time. Mrs. Burris died Nov. 26, 1943. Survivors are two sons, Arnold Burris of the home and Guy Burris of Joplin, a daughter, Mrs. Jack Powell, Route 1; three brothers, Andy of San Leandro, Calif., Henry of Kingsville, Mo., and Emmett of Pleasant Hill, Mo., and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Ford chapel with the Rev. N. J. Westmoreland officiating. Burial will be in the Robbins cemetery. (My note: Robbins is a rural cemetery west of Coffeyville. Andy, Henry and Emmett were half brothers of William Perry. Sarah Elizabeth "Dollie" Cluck Burris died 22 Nov., 1943, have death certificate. Jack Powell was named George Grant Powell and called Jack, both he and his wife, Goldie Ora Burris Powell, were my husband's parents.) Submitted by Marguerette Powell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MRS. DOLLIE BURRIS, 70, DIES HERE YESTERDAY Dies After Short Illness in Home Where She Had Lived 37 Years - Funeral Friday Mrs. Dollie Burris, 70, wife of William Perry Burris, died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home 418 Penn, where she had been ill several weeks. She was born in Holden, Mo., and had lived in the same house here 37 years. Survivors besides her husband include two sons, Arnold V. Burris, Coffeyville, and Cpl. Guy J. Burris, Thomasville, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Goldie Ora Powell, Route 1; two brothers, Robert Cluck, Coffeyville, and Edward Cluck, Salt Lake City, Utah; three sisters, Mrs. Susie Reed, Topeka, Mrs. Myrtle Reed and Mrs. Janie Welliver, both of Eldorado Springs, Mo. Services, under direction of Mills funeral home, will be conducted Friday, 10 a.m., by the Rev. N. J. Westmoreland in the Mills chapel. Burial will be in Robbins cemetery. Submitted by Marguerette Powell back to index Copyright © 2007-2008 to Kansas Genealogy Trails' Montgomery County host & all Contributors All rights reserved