OBITUARIES
RENO COUNTY, KANSAS
BATCHMAN, JOHN
St. John - Rites for John Batchman, 61, who died Thursday at Fullerton, Calif., will be held here at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow. A Stafford county farmer, he was spending this winter on the coast. Among surviving brothers and sisters are Frank and Jake Batchman and Mrs. Lena Spring of near St. John. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 16, 1938, page 4)
Great Bend - H. W. Blomenkamp, Great Bend painter for many years, died at a local hospital yesterday. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 16, 1938, page 4)
The funeral for Charles Harvey Bush will be at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Elliott-Gard Funeral chapel. The Rev. A. W. Altenbern will be in charge. Interment will be in Eastside Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 23, 1938, page 4)
The funeral for John Harvey Campbell who died in San Diego, will be at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning at the Friesen Mortuary. The Rev. Claude Miller will be in charge. Interment will be in Eastside Cemetery.
Mr. Campbell was born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, April 5, 1855. He moved with his parents to Lee County, Ill., in 1858 and the family came to Reno county in 1877. A year later Mr. Campbell homesteaded the farm in Stafford county which he owned at the time of his death. He was the only holder of an original government grant in Stafford county. He moved to Kansas city in 1896 and to Hutchinson in 1902. While here he was with the Hutchinson Carpet Co. He also engaged in the grocery and construction business. He retired many years ago.
Mr. Campbell is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Thomas, San Diego, Calif., and three sons, J. M. Campbell, Wichita, W. C. Campbell, Redonda Beach, Calif., and A. R. Campbell, Hutchinson; two brothers, P. L. Campbell, California and P. C. Campbell, Hutchinson. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 2, 1938, page 4)
Funeral services for Fred Freeman Corp, 64, 419 East B, who died yesterday at his home will be at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Johnson Funeral parlors. The Rev. Gordon Thompson will be in charge. Interment will be in Fairlawn cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 28, 1938, page 4)
The funeral for L. D. Crow, who died at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Friesen Mortuary. Interment will be in Eastside Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
Double funeral services will be at McPherson, Monday for Otis M. Decker, 48 and his son, Dwight, 22, both of whom met accidental death Friday.
Otis Decker was killed when he fell from a 30 foot pole near McPherson. The son who lives at corpus Christi, Tex., was killed in a motor car accident while enroute to McPherson for his father's funeral.
Otis Decker was a brother of Reuben R. Decker, tin shop operator of Hutchinson. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4.)
Double funeral services will be at McPherson, Monday for Otis M. Decker, 48 and his son, Dwight, 22, both of whom met accidental death Friday.
Otis Decker was killed when he fell from a 30 foot pole near McPherson. The son who lives at corpus Christi, Tex., was killed in a motor car accident while enroute to McPherson for his father's funeral.
Otis Decker was a brother of Reuben R. Decker, tin shop operator of Hutchinson. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
Jacob Dumler, Jr., 54, father of Alvin Dumler, Hutchinson Herald Reporter, died at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home four miles east of Russell. Death was caused by pneumonia. Mr. Dumler was ill less than a week.
A Russell county pioneer, Mr. Dumler was born in Blumenfeld, Russia, but came to Russell county, Kansas when only eight years of age. He lived in Russell county for 46 years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Dumler, three daughters, Mrs. Alvin Ochs, Galatia; Mrs. Armin Strecker and Miss Irene Dumler of the home; three sons, Alvin Dumler, of Hutchison, Adolph Dumler, Galatia and Earl Dumler, of the home; four brothers, two sisters and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Lutheran church in Russell. Interment will be in the Russell cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 16, 1938, page 4)
Bucklin - Mrs. V. D. Gray, 60, died Friday following a heart attack. Surviving are her widower, two sons and a daughter. (Hutchinson News Herald, November 21, 1937, page 4)
Former Reno County Settler Stricken
Hesston - J. P. Hershberger, 76, a resident of this community for nearly 25 years, was found dead in bed at his home near here Friday, dying as he was asleep.
He settled in Reno county years ago, later moving to Harper and in 1915 to his home near Hesston. Surviving are his widow and six children: Mrs. S. E. Fausnight of Akron, O. Mrs. Abe Hess, of Hesston; Harry of Palacious, Tex.; Ralph of Long Beach, California, E. D. a dairyman near Newton; and Allen of Newton. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 9, 1938, page 4)Phillip John Holland, 6 months old son, of Mr. and Mrs. George Holland, 604 West First Street, died yesterday at a local hospital. The funeral will be at 11 o'clock Monday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Roethmeyer, 620 Ave. F East, Father D. M. Reidy will be in charge. Interment will be in Eastside Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
The funeral for William H. Hower, who died Thursday, will be at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Johnson Funeral parlors. The Rev. Claude Miller will be in charge. Interment will be in Fairlawn cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)]
The funeral for J. R. Housh, Lincoln, Nebr., who died Wednesday night will be at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Friesen Mortuary. The Rev. W. F. Luper will be in charge. Interment will be in Burrton Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 23, 1938, page 4)
Sublette - Rites for Mrs. George Lindeman, 72, who died on cancer Friday night, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in the high school auditorium. Mr. Lindeman is city clerk. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 9, 1938, page 4)
Harry Mangold, RFD 3, was called to Zanesville, O., yesterday by the death of his sister, Miss Gertrude Mangold, 60, formerly of Hutchinson. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 30, 1938, page 4)
Independence - Ralph Murray, Cherryvale, succumbed last night in a Cherryvale hospital to burns suffered near here this morning when he was working on a high tension line. Murray, Kansas Gas & Electric company officials said, was a member of the "hot stick" gang working on high voltage lines. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
Mrs. J. P. Northern, 70, Dodge City resident since 1900, died yesterday. The funeral will be at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Surviving are six sons, three daughters and 12 grandchildren. (Hutchinson News Herald, November 21, 1937, page 4)
The funeral for A. R. Ogden, who died Thursday will be at 11 o'clock Monday morning at the Johnson Funeral parlors. Interment will be in Eastside Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, November 14, 1937, page 4)
The funeral for Edward A. Owens, Negro, will be at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Second Baptist Church. The Rev. Nickerson will be in charge. Interment will be in Fairlawn cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
Norton - Mrs. D. P. Ragland, 79, moter of Mrs. Ora Vawter, city librarian at Dodge City died at the state tuberculosis sanitarium Friday night.
She went to the sanitarium from Dodge City three weeks ago. She suffered a broken hip in a fall a few days ago. She had been a Ford and Haskell county resident since 1886. Surviving are eight sons and daughters. (Hutchinson News Herald, November 21, 1937, page 4)
The funeral for James Ray who died Friday will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Sego church, near Pretty Prairie. Interment will be in the Sego cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 2, 1938, page 4)
The funeral for Nick Renner, who died Friday, will be at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Johnson Funeral parlors. The Rev. W. O. Mulvaney will be in charge. Interment will be in Memorial Park cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
The funeral for Joseph Rickard, who died Friday, will be at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Elliott-Gard Funeral chapel. The Rev. Paul Hantla will be in charge. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
The funeral for Thomas B. Ross, Arlington who died at his home Friday will be at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Johnson funeral parlors. Interment will be in Eastside Cemetery. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
Great Bend - Mrs. John Olmstead has been notified of the death of her father, Will Rubart, Colorado Springs. He was a Barton county resident for many years before moving to Colorado 12 years ago. The body will be brought to Great Bend for burial. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 9, 1938, page 4)
Henry Scheuchzer, 48, 407 East Sherman, died from gas poisoning in a tourist cabin at Anaheim, Calif., Thrusday, according to word reaching here yesterday.
Mr. Scheuchzer left Hutchinson Dec. 15 on an extended motor trip. He visited in Galveston and the Rio Grande Valley for nearly a month before going to Anaheim where had lived in a tourist camp for nearly a week.
The body will be brought to Hutchinson, and will arrive here Monday. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 30, 1938, page 4)
Victor Scholtisseck, 67, 518 East Second, died early yesterday morning at a local hospital after an illness of several years. Mr. Scholtisseck was born in Switzerland, July 16, 1870. He had lived in Reno county 22 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna Scholtisseck; two sons, Thomas and Victor Jr., of the home and three daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Angleton, Pueblo, Col., Melba and Charity Scholtisseck of the home. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 16, 1938, page 4)
Mrs. Fred Schroeder, 53, mother of Elwyn Schroder, 619 West Seventh, died yesterday at her home northwest of Sterling. She had been an invalid for several years.
Surviving are the widower; the son in Hutchinson her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meggers, Ellinwood; three sisters, Mrs. Louise Hauser, Ellinwood, Mrs. Louise Hauser, Ellinwood, Mrs. Frank Yarmer, Gunnison, Col., and Mrs. Will Krampe, Geneseo; and two brothers, George Meggers, Ellinwood and Will Meggers, Raymond. (Hutchinson News Herald, November 14, 1937, page 4)Word was received yesterday of the death of Mrs. William P. Shuyler, of La Mesa, Calif., who was killed in an automobile accident Friday. Her husband, a brother of Harry Shuyler, 1924 North Ash St. recently returned home from a visit here. He formerly lived in Hutchinson and was a teacher in Reno county schools. (Hutchinson News Herald, October 31, 1937, page 4)
Hutchinson Man Killed; Four Injured When Car and Transport Collide
Bert Smith, Oil Field Worker, Killed Instantly as Thrown from Car, The Side of Which was Sheared Away
Death claimed one of six persons riding in a motor car which collided with a gasoline transport at Fourth and Halstead shortly after 11 o'clock last night. Four other occupants were injured.
Bert Smith, 33, oilfield worker, of Hutchinson and Wichita, was killed instantly.
Mrs. Bert Smith, 28, suffered a cut eye and internal injuries.
R. M. Campbell, oilfield worker, 510 East Sixth, suffered severe lacerations about the face.
Mrs. R. M. Campbell suffered a mangled face, severe scalp cut possible skull fracture and other injuries.
Patsy Campbell, 6, suffered fractured collar bone, severe face cuts, bruises and concussion.
Gwendolyn Campbell, 5, was not injured.
Mrs. Campbell and little Patsy Campbell were still unconscious early this morning. They were believed in critical condition.
Dwight Gamber, 28, Great Bend, driver of the gasoline transport for the Falcon Refinery of Great Bend, and the person or persons with him escape injury.
Gamber told police and highway patrolmen that he stopped the gasoline transport for the railroad switch tracks at Fourth and Halstead.
No train was in sight, he said, and he had started to pull away, "I looked in the rear view mirrow when I started to slow down," he said, "and there was no car anywhere near."
An Awful Bump
"Then as I started to pull away, there was an awful bump and the truck jumped forward 20 to 30 feet.
I saw the car spinning off to the left, spilling out bodies. It was terrible."
Campbell was driving the other car. With him in the front seat was Bert Smith.
In the back seat were Mrs. Campbell, who was seated directly behind Smith, Mrs. Smith and the two children. The children asleep across the women's laps.
Sheared as By Knife
The force of the impact sheared off the side of Campbell's car as completely as if the work had been done with a giant knife.
The windshield was ripped out, front support torn away, front door torn off, door hinge supports ripped loose, rear door and rear window cut open. The interior of the car was completely exposed.
Smith caught the full force of the terrific impact. Crushed, his neck broken, Smith died instantly, and his body fell from the whirling car to the pavement.
Campbell Thrown Out
Campbell too was thrown out, lighting on his shoulder. His face had been splattered with broken glass. His upper lip was ripped open to the bone. His chest was severely bruised.
Glass spewed on the persons in the back seat, and Mrs. Campbell caught much of it on her face. Her upper lip was cut wide open, her chin, cut to the bone, her scalp cut to the skull her right eye spurted blood.
Mrs. Smith, suffered a cut eye and bruises about the chest. Although severely injured, police found her leaning over the body of her husband, pleading that he still lived.
Little Gwendolyn, who had been asleep jumped from the open car unhurt but crying. Blood from the other persons was on her clothing. Crying and bewildered she ran in circles until Gamber picked her up and placed her in the cab of his truck.Unconscious in Car
Little Patricia knocked unconscious lay in the car unnoticed for several minutes. Police finally extracted her from the bottles and glass, taking her to the hospital in the third relay of ambulances.
At the hospital Campbell demanded to see his children and would not be pacified by word that they were "all right."
"I've got to see them." He said, "I've got to see Gwendolyn. She's my little pal."
Child Calm
And in the waiting room, little Gwendolyn, calmest of all persons in the surgery of the hospital calmly gave the reporter most of the facts concerning the persons involved in the crash. She seemed especially worried about "my daddy, my big pal."
In Campbell's car highway patrolmen found three liquor bottles, two of which contained small quantities of what they said was liquor.
Campbell and Mrs. Campbell, Chief Louis D. White, said, had been drinking.
Campbell barely able to talk because of his badly cut lip said he was a rig builder but had been unemployed for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Smith's sister, Miss Violet Reed, employe at the Bisonte, said that her sister and Smith had returned from a vacation in Texas only a few days ago and had been making their home with Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Eloria Newport, 117 East 22nd Wichita. They recently moved to Hutchinson.
Driver Cries
Gamber brushed tears from his eyes at the police station. He thought the man killed was the father of the two little girls until officers told him otherwise.
"I've got a boy just the same age as that little girl. (He meant Gwendolyn, 5) She kept asking me over and over if her daddy was hurt. I had to lie to her, he said bitterly."
"As soon as I saw what happened, I picked up the little girl and put her in the cab of my truck. I didn't want her to see that." (Hutchinson News Herald, January 16, 1938, page 4)DEATH DRIVER TO COUNTY JAIL
Campbell to Face Manslaughter Charges because of WreckR. M. Campbell, 510 East Sixth unhappily read a warrant yesterday afternoon in the sheriff's office. A few minutes later he was jailed.
Campbell will face manslaughter charges in connection with the death of his six year old daughter Patsy, and an oil worker friend, Bert Smith, in an auto crash last Saturday night. Wesley E. Brown, county attorney announced.
On Four Counts
Brown said Campbell would be tried on four counts of first and fourth degree manslaughter for each of the deaths. The complaint was signed by J. L. Monaban, state highway patrolman, Brown reported.
Three allegations of culpable negligence will be made against Campbell driver of the death car which crashed into the rear of a loaded gasoline transport Brown said.
They will be that he was driving at excessive speed, was driving while drunk and was not watching the road while driving at high speed, Brown listed.
Arrainged This Week
Before he was "dressed" into jail, Campbell was reassured by a friend that Mrs. Campbell and their second daughter, Gwendolyn, 5, would be cared for while he was in jail.
He will be arraigned early this week, Brown said. Before Campbell entered the jail, Turnkey J. F. Kelly painted his wounded and sutured lips cut by glass in the crash with an antiseptic. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 23, 1938, page 1)
H. E. Spangler, 70, died yesterday morning at his home in Gooding, Idaho, where he had lived since leaving Ness county a few years ago. Mr. Spangler was a member of a pioneer Kansas Family. He was a brother of S. S. Spangler, of Hutchinson and J. D. Spangler of Wichita. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 16, 1938, page 4)
Ellinwood - Rites for Herbert Sprinker, 72, resident of Ellinwood for 57 years will be held here tomorrow. He died Friday night. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Joe Blazier, Ellinwood and Mrs. Anna Young, Aurora, Ill, and two brothers, Nicholas Ellinwood and Henry, Newton. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 30, 1938, page 4)
Mrs. Henry V. Voth, 29, Inman, died early yesterday morning at a local hospital. Mrs. Voth is survived by her husband; her parents Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Buller, Newton and Miss Katheryne Buller, Newton and P. A. Buller, California. The body has been taken to Buhler for the funeral and interment. (Hutchinson News Herald, January16, 1938, page 4)
Nickerson - Mrs. M. Will about 85, who had been making her home with her son, Mahlon Wilt, five miles east and one mile south of Nickerson, died yesterday from pneumonia. She suffered a stroke. (Hutchinson News Herald, January 9, 1938, page 4)
Frank E. Winters, 66, a resident of Reno County for many years, died at 6:15 o'clock last night at the county hospital after an illness of many weeks. He has no known relatives. (Hutchinson News Herald, November 21, 1937, page 4)
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