MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS OBITS CONNELLY, CHARLES L. Charles L. Connelly, the marshal of the city, who was killed by the bandits, was formerly a resident of Parke County, and lived near Annapolis. The Coffeyville Journal speaks very highly of Marshall Connelly as a citizen and of his bravery in the terrible fight where so many lives were sacrificed. He was born at Annapolis, Indiana, November 25, 1845. He was the fourth son of David Connelly. At the age of 17 he enlisted in Ninth Indiana Battery and served through the war. In 1867, he was married to Mary McCord. Two children, Bert and Grace, blessed their union. His wife died in 1874, and two years afterwards he was married to Sarah Alexander. This union was also blessed with two children but one of whom is living, Miss Jessie. In 1885 he moved to Kansas and became a teacher in the city schools of Coffeyville, and afterwards marshal. He was buried at Independence Kansas. - Rockville Tribune, 13 October 1892 - Submitted by James D. VanDerMark) BURRIS, ARNOLD VICTOR "VIC" Arnold Victor "Vic" Burris, 82 of 418 Pen St., died Wednesday evening at Coffeyville Memorial Hospital. Mr. Burris had been in ill health for six weeks. He was born Feb. 27, 1897, in Kingsville, Mo., to William P. and Dolly (Cluck) Burris. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1918 and was discharged in 1919. He worked for the Sinclair Oil Refinery until 1923, did construction work in the Coffeyville area until 1941 and worked for Kansas Lumber Company, retiring in 1962 as a truck driver. On Aug. 21, 1926, he married Velma L. Powell in Iola. He was a 50-year member of American Legion Post No. 20. He attended the Coffeyville Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife of the home; three sons, Leo of rural Cherryvale, Darol of Buena Vista; Colo., and Lloyd of Altamont; one sister, Goldie O. Powell, 1601 1/2 W. Eighth St.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ford Funeral Service Edgewood Chapel with burial in Robbins Cemetery. The family would welcome memorials to the Church of Christ, which may be left at the funeral service. Note: Goldie lived at 1602 1/2 W. Eighth St. (Coffeyville Journal, March, 14, 1979, Submitted by Marguerette Powell) BURRIS, VELMA LEONA Velma Leona Burris, 78, 418 Penn St., died Saturday morning (Jan 21, 1984) at Coffeyville Memorial Hospital. She had been a resident of Medicalodge Nursing Home West for the past three months. Mrs. Burris was born April 8, 1905, in Coffeyville to Oliver and Sarah (Krapp) Powell. She attended rural Coffeyville schools. On Aug, 21, 1926, she married Arnold Victor Burris in Iola. After their marriage, they made their home in Ponca City, Okla., before moving to Coffeyville in the early 1930's. Mr. Burris worked for Kansas Lumber Co. He died March 14, 1979. Mrs. Burris was a member of the Church of Christ of Coffeyville. She is survived by three sons, Leo of Cherryvale, Darol of Buena Vista, Col., and Lloyd of Coffeyville Route 2; three sisters, Ethel Myers of Waco, Texas, Edna Howard of Austin, Texas, and Alta Gunn of Houston; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Ford-Wulf-Bruns Colonial Chapel with burial in Robbins Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon on Monday. (Coffeyville Journal, Sunday, January 22, 1984, Submitted by Marguerette Powell) RIGGLE, MARY FRANCES (MRS. FRANK) Mrs. Frank Riggle Dead at Home Here End came Late This Afternoon to Former Nebraska Woman, Who Had Been Ill Two Years Mrs. Mary Frances Riggle, 71, wife of Frank Riggle, died at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon at her home 216 West North street, following an illness of two years. Mrs. Riggle was born October 17, 1858, at Rosehill, Mo., and came here with her family from Valentine, Neb., twenty-four years ago. Surviving her are her husband, two sons, Q. E. Riggle of Valentine, Neb., and Cecil Riggle of White Lake, S. D.; a daughter, Mrs. Winnie Rhodes, 216 West North street; three sisters, Mrs. Janie Welliver of Butler, Mo., and Mrs. A. D. Reed and Mrs. Fran Reed, both of Topeka; and a brother, E. I. Cluck of Salt Lake City, Utah. Six grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The sisters at Topeka will be here tomorrow. (Coffeyville Daily Journal, Wednesday Evening, January 15, 1930, Submitted by Marguerette Powell) Riggle Funeral Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Riggle, 71, who died yesterday afternoon at her home, 216 West North street, will be held at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Skinner funeral home, in charge of Rev. W. L. Hastie, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, while interment will be in Fairview cemetery. Pallbearers will be O. B. Stalker, E. L. Collins, H. W. Livingston, Dick Wilson, Clark McNeal and Claud Roach. A daughter, Mrs. Dollie Burris, 417 North Maple street, was inadvertently omitted from the list of Mrs. Riggle's relatives as published yesterday. Note: Mrs. Dollie Burris, 418 (not 417) North Maple street was her sister. North Maple was later change to Penn street. (Coffeyville Daily Journal, Thursday Evening, January 16, 1930, Submitted by Marguerette Powell) BADER, LOUIS ALVA Obit: Alva & Carl Bader Deaths H. O. Bader received notice last week of the death of his nephew, Alva Bader, which occurred at his home in Leroy, Kansas, January 2, {1925} at the age of 66. Mr. Bader was the eldest son of Mr. And Mrs. John L. Bader and was born in Browning township where his boyhood was spent. He will be remembered by older inhabitants of Browning, where he attended school. Mr. Bader was also notified of the death of another nephew, Carl, the youngest son of his brother, John L., which occurred December 26 {1924}, near his home in Los Angeles. His death was caused by the auto in which he was riding, alone, plunging over a precipice. A pathetic feature of this death was the finding of the body 24 hours after the accident occurred, with his terrier dog lying on his breast, guarding his body. This nephew also attended school in Browning but left here when the family moved to Kansas, when but a small boy. (Submitted by Ida Maack Recu) BADER, CARL Obit: Alva & Carl Bader Deaths H. O. Bader received notice last week of the death of his nephew, Alva Bader, which occurred at his home in Leroy, Kansas, January 2, {1925} at the age of 66. Mr. Bader was the eldest son of Mr. And Mrs. John L. Bader and was born in Browning township where his boyhood was spent. He will be remembered by older inhabitants of Browning, where he attended school. Mr. Bader was also notified of the death of another nephew, Carl, the youngest son of his brother, John L., which occurred December 26 {1924}, near his home in Los Angeles. His death was caused by the auto in which he was riding, alone, plunging over a precipice. A pathetic feature of this death was the finding of the body 24 hours after the accident occurred, with his terrier dog lying on his breast, guarding his body. This nephew also attended school in Browning but left here when the family moved to Kansas, when but a small boy. (Submitted by Ida Maack Recu) HOUDASHELT, LOUISA J. (STRAIN) DIED Mrs. Louisa J. Houdashelt died at her home in this city Monday noon, May 10. Her extreme age was perhaps the direct cause of her death, though she had been in poor health for several weeks. She was up and about the house Sunday morning abut after noon she became some weaker and when she was forced to take to her bed, it was observed that she could not last much longer, though every attention was given her. She was unconscious some of the time but recognized her people and called for them at intervals, but when the end came……….. The funeral was held at the Christian church in this city Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. John Gier and the remains were laid to rest in the Walnut Cemetery by the side of her husband who had passed to the glory world several years ago. A large body of people were present to pay their respects to the kind mother and benefactor of the present generation, and though the time had come when she could not much longer remain with her loved ones, yet when the cold reaper death came to claim her it was not without grief that they gave her up who had so long been their comfort and counsel. She loved her people and especially did she love her children, and it was blessed to know that even at the last she could speak the names of her two remaining children and call for them to come to her bedside. She and her daughter lived together and it was a good privilege to the son that he lived close so that he was ever at his mother's side also and always ministering to her every want. Mother and her welfare were thoughts always before him, though he was cumbered about with the many other duties and obligations of life. Louisa Jane Strain was born in Princeton, Ind., February 27, 1819, and was therefore 91 years, two months and 17 days of age at the time of death. This was a long life but yet all these years were spent in useful service for her family. She always was a busy woman and her hands were never idle, even in the last days of her life she always found something to do. She was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Strain and was married to Robt. Montgomery about 1835. Two sons were born to this union, Robert, Jr., and Benjamin F. Benjamin died in early childhood and Robt. Died about 1877 in Kansas and was buried in the Walnut Cemetery. The father died March 1, 1842 and January 4, 1846, the subject of this sketch was married to Henry Houdashelt who also had previously been married; to this union were two sons born: Benjamin Franklin Boudashelt, born Dec. 8, 1836; John Tyler Houdashelt born July 27, 1841. To the last union eight children were born as follows: Henry M., born March 28, 1897, Mrs. Mary J. Darby, Walnut, Kans., Jas. M., died in early life; Oliver P., died in infancy, Laura Houdashelt, born Nov. 6, 1854, Nancy E., born Oct. 21, 1852, Chas J., born Dec. 20, 1856, Asbury Houdashelt, Walnut, Kans. All the children are now dead except Mrs. Darby and A. Houdashelt who reside at this place. Uncle Henry Houdashelt and family came to Kansas from Billnots in July 1879 and located on the farm where A. Houdashelt now resides. The husband and father died, March 21, 1896 and was buried in the Walnut Cemetery. Grandma Houdashelt made a profession of Christianity many years ago but did not attend church much and was content to live the Christian way at home. She was always found doing good both in the way of caring for her family and ministering to the needs of humanity. In fact she was mother to all who knew her and the words of the minister who preached the funeral were that she had been a mother to him and had helped him when he could not help himself. He had reference to …… threshing machine. He spoke from life's experience and his words were uttered with much feeling. As was his experience, so was the experience of many others who knew the influence of Grandma's ministering hands. Uncle Henry was eccentric in many of his views and especially of Christianity. He went to the Evangelist Harlow in the big Harlow meetings at the Christian church here in the summer of 1893 and demanded baptism of him providing he did not demand of him an earthly church fellowship. Harlow's commission was to baptize in the name of Christ and he suffered him. He would not take membership with any church but wished to obey his Lord in Christian baptism. Besides the two children she leaves a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren besides multitudes of friends to mourn the loss of a good woman and a friend in all humanity. (Walnut, Crawford County, Volume XV, Submitted by Ruth Zerby) GALLOWAY, EDITH PAULINE Notice has been received that Edith Pauline Galloway, 87, mother of Rex Galloway, a former El Doradoan; grandmother of Patrick P. Galloway of El Dorado, died Jan. 31 in Pawhuska, Okla. at the hospital. Graveside services were held 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at the Rest Lawn Cemtery in Coffeyville. She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star (Sunrise Chapter) both of Nowata. When the Galloways were residence of El Dorado, Mrs. Galloway visited with her son and family often. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Leo C. (Mildred) Ray of Pawhuska, Okla, a son Rex Galloway of Sand Springs, and six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Johnson's Funeral Directors of Pawhuska were in charge of arrangements. (El Dorado Times, February 15, 1985) JAY, GRACE MAE Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jay, rurual Cherryvale, yesterday morning buried their infant daughter, Grace Mae Jay. The child was stillborn Wednesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Grandparents of the infant are Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Jay of Neodesha and Mrs. C. S. Egrenbright of Independene. Rev. Alvie Hinman held a short service at the home. Burial was in the Barnes Cemetery at Neodesha in charge of the McDaniel funeral service. (The Cherryvale Republican, Friday, November 25, 1932) GRAFTON, JANE A. GRAFTON, Mrs. Jane A. ( Formerly of Normal, Ill.) d. at the res. of her dau. Mrs. E. L. Campbell, Independence, Kans. Feb. 2, 1873, aged 58 yrs. (Central Illinois obituaries, 1871-1880 (compiled from old newspapers) by Milo Custer Bloomington, Illinois (1912) Transcribed by Teri Colglazier) BENNETT, TILLMAN (TED) D. Dies at Mercy Hospital Tillman (Ted) D. Bennett, 60, of Tyro industrial engineer at the Cooperative Booster Station, near Caney, died at 4:25 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Hospital. He had been critically ill two weeks, but had been in failing health the past two years. Mr. Bennett entered the hospital on March 25. Funeral services are to be held at 10 o’clock Saturday morning at the Potts Funeral Home. The Rev. Jack T. Barron, pastor of the First Christian church, will be assisted by the Rev. Max Manning, Pastor of the First Assembly of God Church, will officiate Graveside services will be conducted at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Sunset Lawn Cemetery in El Dorado. A native of Indiana , Mr. Bennett was born on October 21, 1900. He came to Montgomery County approximately 10 years ago from El Dorado. He had been an employee of the oil company more than 30 years. His marriage to Mrs. Millie M. Crawford took place in Bartlesville on August 24, 1955. Surviving besides the widow , are two sons, Melvin of Wichita, John of Hutchinson, and a daughter Mrs. Martin (Betty ) McIntyre, Wichita, are all children of a previous marriage. Other survivors are these step-children: Guy Crawford, Osceola, Mo., Clyde of Tyro, Mrs. Ed (Opal) Flanagan, Independence. Mrs. Lee (Maxine) Boggs, Vally Mound and Howard Crawford, Independence. Eleven grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren also survive. Two brothers, Larry Bennett, Montpelier, Ind,. And Pearl Bennett, Hollyrood, Kansas., and a sister Mrs. Ethel Carnes, Montpelier, Ind., are additional survivors. A son preceded Mr. Bennett in death. Mr. Bennett was a member of the Christian church. He was also affiliated with the industrial engineers. (Independence Daily, Reporter - Submitted by Charlotte Bennett) FULLER, GEORGE ALLEN George Allen Fulmer, 70, 1240 N. Choctaw, Dewey, retired Atlantic Richfield employee, and area resident since 1968, died at 2:45 a.m. on Thursday in the Coronary Care Unit of the Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center where he had been a patient since Monday. A Rosary will be said for Mr. Fulmer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in the Dewey Funeral Home Chapel. The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated for Mr. Fulmer at 10 a.m. on Saturday in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Dewey. The Rev. John Cefal will be the celebrant. The funearl cortege will drive overland to Humboldt, Kan. Committal prayers, dedication of grave and interment will be directed in the Mount Hope Cemetery by the Arnold Moore Funeral Service. A native of New York, Mr. Fulmer was born July 17, 1912. He was the son of the late Margaret Mary McKay Fulmer and Horace Allen Fulmer. When he was two years old the Fulmer family moved to Cherryvale, Kan. He was reared and received his education in the Cherryvalve community and was a student at the Catholic Parochial School here. He was employed with Prairie Pipe Line Company and following 43 years association was retired in 1974. In 1939, Mr. Fulmer lived in Marceline, Mo., for three years. In 1942, he became a resident of Carrollton, Mo., as he continued his work with the Sinclair Company and in 1953 the Fulmers moved to Iola, Kan., for a five year residence. The family moved to Humboldt, Kan., for one yeaer and later lived in Independence, Kan., for eight years. He and the former Mrs. Vera Lusk were married on May 25, 1957, at Larned, Kan., and lived at Mazon, Ill., for six years before moving to Independence, Kan., in 1962. Fulmer was associated with the Sinclair Company as it was merged with Atlantic Richfield where he remained until he was retired. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Dewey. Mr. Fulmer will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of the Arnold Moore Funeral Residence on Friday and will be removed to the Dewey Funeral Home where he will lie in state Friday evening and until the Mass on Saturday morning. Suviving Mr. Fulmer are his wife, Mrs. Vera Fulmer, 1240 N. Choctaw, Dewey; two sons, Joseph Allen Fulmer, Pryor, Okla., and John Deloss Fulmer, Prescott, Kan.; one daughter, Mrs. Harry L. (Patricia) Lane, Fulton, Kan.; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A sister, Miss Mary Flmer, preceded him in death. (Submitted by Janis Fulmer) FULMER, WASHINGTON G. Washington G. Fulmer, died suddenly Thursday evening about 9 o'clock at the home of George W. baldee, Otsego street, aged 54 yaers. He was taken sick on Sunday, but was not considered in a dangerous condition until the day of his death, when heart trouble set in, which, with other complications, proved fatal. Mr. Fulmer will be kindly remembered by the older residents as he spent his early life in llion, at one time being employed in the store of Hugh Fagan. About 20 years ago he went to Kansas, where he remained until a short time ago, when he returned to Ilion and entered the employe of I. W. Ingersoll, at the Otsego street grocer. Mr. Fulmer was born in Columbia, where he worke don the farm until he came to Ilion. His first wife was a sister of Hon. W. A. Matteson of Utica. He was a member of several orders, including the Masons, being a sir knight, also the A. O. U. W. of which he received the degree of honor. He also went to the front at the beginning of the civil war. In politics he was a staunch republican and while in Kansas he held the office of county clerk and county treasurer, and was nominated to the Kansas state senate, but was defeated by a small margin. The funeral was largely attended from the old family homestead in North Columbia, Sunday afterr, the services being conducted by Rev. G. P. York, a former pastor of the church at that place. The local lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen sent a beautiful floral piece, and the following members of the order acted as bearers; P. H. Harter, George Passage, and I. E. Ball. Pallbearers: John Weller, D. M. Tallman, F. N. Quaife, Nicholas Ackler, David Edick and J. A. Clapsaddle. Myrtle Lodge, No. 27, Degree of Honor of which deceased was also a member, was largely represented and presented a large floral emblem. The interment was made in the family burial plot. Deceased is survived by one son and three brothers, Henry Fulmer of Kansas, Arthur Fulmer of Moravia, and Manuel Fulmer of North Carolina. (Submitted by Janis Fulmer) FULMER, ALLEN MRS. Former Resident of Vernon Dies Vernon - CS - Word has been received by Miss May McKay of Vernon of the death on Jan. 29 at Independence, Kan., of her sister, Mrs. Allen Fulmer, following several months illness. She was a native of Canada, the daughter of the late John and Mary Mah?dy McKay and was born Oct. 23, 1878 in Quebec Province. When she came to the United States she made her home with her aunt, Mrs. Solomon Butler. She was engaged in nursing in Rome. In 1906, she was married to Allen Fulmer, an employee of the G. D. Pohl Engine Works. Six years later they went to Kansas to live. Mr. Fulmer died two years ago. Surviving besides Miss McKay are a son, George Fulmer of Kansas; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews in Sherrill, Vernon and Little Falls. The funeral was held in Independence, Kan. (February 6, 1957, submitted by Janis Fulmer) LOW, JOSEPH HEATON Joseph Heaton Low, son of Ulysses Grant & Elmira Heaton Daughters, was born Sep. 20 1905 in Bronson, Ks. He died 1992 in Sun City, Az. Married Mildred Makemson, daughter of Charles Thomas & Anna Maher Makemson of Neosho Co., Ks. They had two children. Joseph was a surgeon and had his practice at Coffeyville, Ks. until he retired to Arizona. (Submitted by Ann Baughman) BRADLEY, ALMIRIA (THOMPSON) We learn from Mr. Samuel Coleman of the death of Mrs. Almira Bradley, wife of the late Joseph Burr Bradley, who died near Coffeyville, Kansas, some six weeks since, where she was living, taking care of her youngest son, a young man of some 18 years of age. Mr. Bradley had died at the same place some two years previously. Mrs. Bradley was a daughter of Major Thompson, one of the pioneers of Henry and the west side of the river. (Henry Repbulican, November 27, 1879, submitted by Nancy Piper) HOCKEN, AMERICA MRS. At Independence, Kan., Sept. 10, America, aged 50 years, wife of Samuel Hocken, formerly of Lacon. (Henry Republican, September 21, 1876, submitted by Nancy Piper) MILES, LAWRENCE PERRY Near Elk City, Kan., March 27th, of pneumonia, Lawrence. (Henry Republican, April 14, 1881, submitted by Nancy Piper) NORRIS, MYRTLE R. Mrs. Myrtle R. Norris, 81, a resident of Montgomery County most of her life, died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday in Mercy Hospital in Independence. She was born on May 13, 1897 in St Clair County, Mo., to Lee and Anna (Little) Barker. She was the youngest of five children and the last survivor of her immediate family. She came to Kansas in a covered wagon with her parents, one sister and two brothers, settling on a farm east of Liberty. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cherryvale. On November 4, 1918, she and Henry Norris were married . He died on May 5, 1978. Survivors include a son Paul Norris of Cherryvale and a granddaughter, LuAnn Rhodes of Cherryvale. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 3 at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in Cherryvale. The Rev. Gene Dewitt and teh Rev. Wayne Hett will officiate. A memorial in Mrs. Noriss' name has been established at the First Baptist Church and may be left with Wayne Darling Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are being handled. (Cherryvale Citizen, November 1, 1978, submitted by Robert King) NORRIS, HENRY "HANK" Henry (Hank) Norris, age 84, of R.R. 2 Cherryvale died may 5, in Mercy Hospital where he had been since April 24. He had been in ill health for some time. He was born January 26, 1894, one mile south of the present residence and had lived in the vicinity all his life. He was a retired farmer and stockman. He was a veteran of World War I. On November 4, 1918, he was married to Myrtle Barker who survives at the home. Also surviving are one son, Paul Norris and one granddaughter both of Cherryvale. Graveside services were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Wayne Hett officiating. Interment was under direction ot the Wayne Darling Funeral Home. (The Cherryvale Citizen, May 10, 1978, page 11, submitted by Robert King) ASHENS, BESSIE M. Bessie M. Ashens, age 91, 135 Whalen St., Cherryvale, died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Mach 30, 1989 at the Cherryvale Medi-Lodge Nursing Home where she had been a resident since June 1987. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 1989 at the Darling & Burns Chapel with the Reverend Ken Rogers, pastor of the United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery, under the direction of the Darling & Burns Chapel. Memorial remenbrances to the American Heart Association may be left at Darling & Burns Chapel. Bessie Melvina Ashens was born on April 3, 1897, in Lawrence County, MO, the daughter of William and Delica (Johnson) Norris. She grew up and attended school in Lawrence County and moved to Aurora MO. On September 25, 1917, at Aurora, she was united in marriage ro Ransom J. Ashens. He died on November 23, 1959. She was a charter member of the BAptist Church, Newtonia, MO. Survivors include on son, Joe Ashens, Cherryvale. Three brothers; Ivan Norris, Chowchilla, CA; Joe Norris, Glendora, CA; and Paul Norris, Branson, MO. One sister, Pearly Conley, Placerville, CA. She was preceded in death by four brothers and three. sisters. (The Cherryvale Gazette, April 4, 1989, page 3 submitted by Robert King) Dorothy E. Booe: Dorothy E. Booe, 61, of 1529 W. Laurel, lot 5, died at 5:24 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 1995, at Mercy Hospital where she had been a patient since February 16. Dorothy Evelyn Booe was born December 24, 1933 at Savonburg, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Myrtle (Beeman) Nordt. she graduated from Humboldt High School, Humboldt, Kansas in 1951. On September 26, 1952 in Humboldt, Kansas she was united in marriage to Don Booe and they were later divorced. She worked in various fields both before and after her marriage, and also was an artist who exhibited in art shows in Kansas and neighboring states. She was well known of her pen and ink drawings on paper and porcelain. she had just completed a genealogical history of early Montgomery County schools and had spent many years researching the history of her family. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Independence. She was also a member of the Montgomery County Genealogical Society and the Southeast Kansas Genealogical Society. Survivors include 3 sons, Tony Booe of Lake Arrowhead, California, Tim and Tracy Booe both of Chanute; 1 daughter Cindy McCoy of Independence, Kansas; 2 sisters Margaret Lassman of Chanute, Kansas and Frances Foster of Independence, 1 brother Carl Nordt of Chanute and 10 grandchildren. Dorothy was preceded in death by her father and mother, her sister Helen and her twin sister, Betty. Submitted by Freda Webb) Shirley Ann Boring: CHERRYVALE - Shirley Ann Boring, 83 of Cherryvale died on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at Elm Haven West in Parsons, Kansas. Viewing was held Sunday, June 15, at Potts Chapel of Cherryvale. Funeral services were held Monday, June 16 at New Hope Christian Church of Cherryvale with the Rev. Gerald Zuck officiating. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale. Memorials are suggested to the New Hope Christian Church and may be left with Potts Chapel. Shirley was born on December 20, 1924, in Cherryvale to Fred and Ruby (Weiser) Boring. she attended school and graduated in Cherryvale. She was employed as an assembler at Gregg Cabinets before her retirement and was a life time member of the New Hope Christian Church of Cherryvale. Survivors include her cousins, Ruby Phelps of Coffeyville, Mel and Del Heidelman of Coffeyville, Jack and Deloris of Sullivan, Mo., Geoerge Weiser of Coffeyville, Jack and Judy Litty of Florida, Harriett Gill of Cherryvale and Susanne and Pat Bell of Cherryvale. (Submitted by Freda Webb) Chrisope, Olive Frances: Olive Frances McMahon Chrisope, born January 4, 1915 in Cherryvale, KS to Ralph Scott McMahon and Anna Ione Means McMahon, the youngest of 6 children, all of whom preceded her in death. Frances awoke in God's Hands on Mrch 2, 2007, surrounded by her family. Frances graduated from Cherryvale High School in 1932. She was an active member of Wickline Methodist Church, NOAH Club, taught Sunday School and was in the Order of Amaranth. She married Herbert Dunsworth Chrisope, August 26, 1934, who preceded her in death after 56 years of marriage, having 4 children. She is survived by daughter, Suzanne Carol Russell, son, Thomas Ronald, son Gerald Scott, daughter, Judith Elaine Porter; 13 grandchildren; and 1 great-great grandchild. Thanks to Harlene Gartrell, Preferred Hospice, Noel Leola Irwin and Sheryl West and Noel, for their loving care. Services will be 10 a.m. March 8, 2007 at Wickline United Methodist church, under the directions of Ford Funeral Service. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale, KS. (Submitted by Freda Webb) Geraldine M. Christy SHAWNEE - Geraldine Marie Christy, 83, of Shawnee and a Cherryvale native died Friday, 28 May 2004 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fairview Cemetery in Cherryvale. Friends may visit from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Amos Family Chapel in Shawnee. Memorials are suggested to KU Endowment Association, c/o the Palliative Care Unit or the Leukemia Society. Mrs. Christy was born Jan 27, 1921 in Cherryvale to George and Anne Marie (Gentry) Lowder. She married Ricxhard Christy in 1951 and they made their home in the Kanss City Area for over 50 years. Mrs. Christy worked for the U.S. Corps of Engineers both in Parsons and Washington, D.C. and then worked for J.C. Penney in their credit office before retiring. She was also a volunteer with the Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Mrs Christy is survived by two daughters, Janna Christy-Bittel, Longmont, Colo and Lisa Riley, Emporia; and four grandchildren. (Submitted by Freda Webb) Dorothy Elizabeth Bush Blackwell, Okla. Dorothey Elizabeth Bush, 76, of Blackwell, formerly of Cherryvale, Kansas died Feb 2, 2000 in Blackwell. Funeral services were held Saturday at Trinity Lutheran church, Blackwell, with the Rev. Thomas Ramsey of Ponca City, Okla. officiating. Interment was held at Blackwell Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home, Blackwell. Casketbearers were Derek Patrick, Tim Patrick, David Patrick, Mark Blubaugh, Greg Parker, Steve Parker, Jerrod Bush. Phillip Scott and Josh Harrold. Memorial remembrances are suggested to the Blackwell Nutrition Center or Meals on Wheels and may be received at the funeral home. Mrs. Bush was born June 16, 1923 in Cherryvale, to Theodore L. and Sarah Jame (Friley) Moon. She attended Cherryvale public schools graduating in 1940. On Aug. 16, 1941 she married Raymond F. Bush in Cherryvale where the couple then settled. In 1950 athey moved to Blackwell. Her husband survives at the home. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Blackwell and of the Dorcas Society. Other survivors include four daughters, Ralene Patrick, Denver, Colo., Sherry Blubaugh, Ponca city, Sue Parker, Houston, Texas and Jeannie Harrold, Oologah, Okla. a son Kent Bush, Blackwell, 16 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. (Submitted by Freda Webb) SICKELS, WALTER S. Walter S. Sickels Buried Here Yesterday Sudden Heart Attack Proved Fatal To Coquille's City Treasurer At His Home Monday Evening W. S. Sickels, a resident of Coquille since 1924, and city treasurer for the past eleven years, passed away at his home on East Second street very suddenly Monday evening, a few minutes after five o'clock. He had suffered a fainting spell in the recorder's office, where he has been on full time duty as assistant to Recorder Leslie for several years, that afternoon and had been treated by Dr. J. D. Rankin at the Coquille Hospital. Apparently he had recovered from the attack for when Mr. Leslie took him home in the latter's car at five o'clock he greeted Mrs. Sickels in a most cheerful manner and aside from a paleness showed no evidence that all was not well with him. He sat down to take off his shoes and after removing one of them and after removing one of them suddenly fell back gasping and was gone before Dr. Rankin could get there. He suffered a similar fainting spell about a year ago and had been suffering more or less since with what he thought was indigestion, but his heart was more affected than either he or Mrs. Sickels realized. Funeral services were held at the Gano Funeral Home at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Chas. M. Guilbert, vicar of St. James Episcopal Church, officiating. Mrs. Maud Woodyard sang, "Abide with Me" and "Lead Kindly Light," being her selections. Pallbearers were Lafe Compton, F. S. Emery, R. A. Wernich J. S. Barton, I. A. Elrod and Dr. R. F. Milne. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery. Walter Stoddard Sickels was born in Independence, Kansas, December 26, 1871, being 68 years of age the day after last Christmas. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Sickels, early day residents of that city. T. N. Sickels was publisher of the Independence Daily Reporter, and Walter grew up in the newspaper business, publishing the Report at the time his father had an official position at the state capital, Topeka. When the elder Mr. Sickels sold the Reporter, his son became an accountant and was with the Kansas Natural Gas Co. for a number of years. On February 21, 1921, he was united in marriage to Catherine Seward and they left Kansas a couple of years later, going to Los Angeles. They came to Coquille in 1924. Mr. Sickels was in the tax department for a short time when E. P. Ellingsen was sheriff, but soon left the county's employ to take the position of cashier in the Farmers & Merchants Bank. Jno. [John] E. Ross, its manager, was a lifetime friend of the deceased and Mr. Sickels remained in the bank until its failure in the early thirties when so many banks were forced to close their doors. When J. Arthur Berg became mayor in January, 1929, Mr. Sickels was appointed by him as city treasurer, and he continued at that post during Mr. Berg's four terms and was reappointed by Mayor Rankin and again by Dr. R. F. Milne, when he became mayor last year. A few years ago when the city business became to voluminous for one man to handle, Mr. Sickels was appointed to a full time position in the recorder's office and continued there until his death. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine Sickels; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Taylor, of Independence, Kansas, Mrs. Pansy S. Young, of Coquille, and three brothers, W.N. Sickels, whose headquarters are in Billings, Mont.; Jas. [James] M. Sickels, of Lubbock, Texas, and E.A. Sickels, of Tulsa, Okla. He was the eldest and the first to be called of the six children of his parents who grew to maturity. Mr. Sickels was a man with a strong personality, one who never hesitated to express his convictions, but nevertheless he was extremely popular and beloved by those who knew him and the expressions of sympathy and regret are eloquent of the high esteem in which he was held. And yet the general public and acquaintances did not realize the kindly nature, and the many lovable qualities which he possessed as did those more intimately acquainted with him. There was a depth and human understanding in Walter's make-up which placed him on a high plane. In his younger days Mr. Sickels was an ardent band man, a cornetist, and for years was one who helped keep the band functioning in his home town. He had been a 32d degree Mason and a member of the Shrine. Walt Sickels was a good man. They do not come any finer. (Coquille Valley Sentinel, Mar. 28, 1940, pg.1, submitted by Robyn Greenlund) back to index Copyright © 2010 to Kansas Genealogy Trails' Montgomery County host & all Contributors All rights reserved