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SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS

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Allen, Freeda E., 87, retired Wesley Medical Center director of housekeeping, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 3 p.m. today, Maple Grove Cemetery. Survivors: sons, Bill of Tacoma, Wash., Bob of Wichita; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Hillside Funeral Home East. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Anderson, James, 81, retired Jim Anderson Insurance Agency owner, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Hillside Funeral Home West.
Survivors: wife, Colene; daughter, Sandra Carmichael of Belle Plaine; brother, John of Burrton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Diabetes Association. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Babb, John E. Sr., 91, retired Babb's Conoco Service owner, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Resthaven Mortuary. Survivors: son, John Jr. of Wichita; daughter, Shirley Shattuck of Seattle; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Central Community Church. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Biggs, Merle Lee, 77, retired Union Pacific Railroad conductor, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City. Survivor: wife, Louise. Memorial has been established with Prairie Homestead Memorial Fund, Wichita. Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, Wichita. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Bolden Sr., Charles J., 55, of Muskogee, Okla., former Wichitan, Kansas Employment Division Apprentice Information Center director, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Beebe Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Muskogee. Survivors: sons, Charles Malcom, Elarryo, both of Evanston, Ill.; brother, Maurice of Muskogee; sisters, Willie Shade, Alberta White, both of Kansas City, Mo.; one grandchild. Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors, Muskogee. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Clanin, Maudie M., 67, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. tool grinder, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Cochran Mortuary. Survivors: son, Ray Chipman Jr., daughter, Mary Mehl, both of Wichita; brother, Ronald Foster, sisters, Ella Rhodes, Olive Hale, all of Enid, Okla.; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Clark, Kenneth H., 87, former owner, Clark Farm & Home of Strong City, died Wednesday, Jan, 10 1996. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home, Cottonwood Falls.Survivors: wife, Flo; son, Keith of Hays; daughter, Jane Meyer of Wichita; brothers, Lloyd of Strong City, Harold of Austin, Texas; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Strong City United Methodist Church. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Comley, H.L. "Hank," 75, retired Comley Lumber Co. proprietor, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Survivors: sons, Charles of Kansas City, Mo., Joseph of Shell Knob, Mo., William, James, both of Wichita; daughters, Teresa Henry, Mary Comley, both of Wichita; sisters, Lucille Comley-Dotson of Wichita, Teresa Comley Hamilton of Overland Park; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association and American Cancer Society. Downing & Lahey Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Davison, Herbert L., 84, of Mesa, Ariz., former Wichita resident, former Beech Aircraft Corp. and Boeing Wichita employee, retired small business owner, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. Service has been held. Survivors: wife, Vera; sons, Rex of Denver, Reid of Prairie Village; daughters, Roxana Robbie of Hermosa Beach, Calif., Janet Allerding of Harbor Springs, Mich.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild, Memorial has been established with Sunshine Acres, 633405 Higley, Mesa, Ariz. 85206. Falconer Funeral Home, Gilbert, Ariz. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

DeCruz, Juana A. Perez, 90, homemaker, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996. Service was Friday.
Survivors: daughters, Mary Kuhnert, Maria Anderson, both of Wichita, Rafy Reece of Tyler, Texas, Rita McDevitt of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc. Hillside Funeral Home East. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Denney, Robert Earl, 76, retired Boeing Wichita supervisor, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Hillside Funeral Home West, Wichita; 3 p.m. Saturday, Fredonia City Cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Dorothy Stevenson of Wichita; brother, John of Hartford; sisters, Lois Boyer of Tulsa, Wanda Bush, Vivian Laswell, both of Neodesha; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Dye, Helen E., 83, homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 12, 1996. Rosary 6 p.m. Monday, service 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Survivors: sons, J.D. of Escondido, Calif., Patrick of Colorado Springs; daughter, Marilyn Hill of Memphis, Tenn.; sister, Josephine Dye of Wichita; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. De Vorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Easter, Kevin Scott, 24, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department deputy, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Rosary 7 p.m. today, service 1 p.m. Wednesday, both at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Survivors: wife, Julie; parents, Rick of Derby, Janice of Wichita; brother, Jeff of Colwich; grandparents, Lloyd and Theda Blye of Colwich, Lyle and LeElla of Douglass. Resthaven Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Frey, Cleome D., 92, homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996. Service has been held. Survivors: sons, Paul of East Northport, N.Y., Robert of Monroe, Ind.; daughters, Lois Crane of Wichita, Dorothy Boon of Hopkins, Minn.; sister, Bernice Testa of Vineland, N.J.; 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Gaines, Lloyd T. "Rusty," 73, retired Gates-Learjet inspector, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Lakeview Cemetery. Survivors: companion, Genevieve Sheldon of Wichita; half-sister, Rosie Martin-Pratt of Newton. Memorial has been established with Via Christi-St. Francis Oncology Unit. Lakeview Funeral Home. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Gibson, James A., 35, Creative Interiors quality control manager, died Wednesday, Jan. 10 1996. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Lakeview Funeral Home. Survivors: wife, Cynthia; son, Joshua, daughter, Kazia, both at home; parents, D. Kent and Donna of Wichita; brother, M. Doug of Augusta; sister, Melody Miller of Wichita. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Holloway, Jim E., 33, Cessna Aircraft Corp. purchasing department buyer, died Friday, Jan. 12, 1996. Service pending. Survivors: daughter, Katie Ann, parents, John M. and Betty, all of Wichita; brother, John C. of Tallahassee, Fla.; sister, Mary Beard of Huntsville, Ala. DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Harris, Mildred R., 81, American Red Cross site manager and retired Amalgamated Meat Packers Union secretary-treasurer, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996. Services 10 a.m. Monday, Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home, Wichita; 3:30 p.m., Osborne Cemetery, Joplin, Mo. Survivors: sons, Larry of North Palm Beach, Fla., Jack of Elizabethtown, Ky.; daughter, Pat Watkins of Tonkawa, Okla.; brother, Ed Rutledge of Erin, Tenn.; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the American Red Cross and Hospice Inc. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Hirschfield, Jennifer M., 21, Kansas State University student and Hospice Care volunteer, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service pending. Survivors: parents, Mick and Trish Atteberry, brother, Christopher Atteberry, all of Wichita; grandparents, Rose Hooverson of Virogua, Wis., Jeanne Faudel of Genoa, Wis., Leland and Shirley Atteberry of Tecumseh. Downing & Lahey Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Holland, Walter, 92, farmer, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996. Service has been held.Survivors: sons, Wesley of Sulphur Rock, Ark., Gerald of Quitman, Ark., Bud of Cabot; Ark.; daughters, Nell McDonald of Newark, Ark., Flora Thomason, Mary Chippeaux, both of Wichita, Alma Adams of Buffalo, Shirley White of Harrison, Ark.; 26 grandchildren; 57 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren. Cochran Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Hopps, Martha E., 62, retired Social and Rehabilitation Services office assistant, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service 3 p.m. Thursday, Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survivors: daughter, Priscilla Catlin of Maize; brother, Alvah West of Derby; sister, Melba Rishell of Wichita; three grandchildren. Resthaven Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

James, Tony O'Neil, 20, Checkers Grocery Store employee, died Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996. Service 11 am. Saturday, World Harvest Word of Faith. Jackson Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Johnson, Samantha Lynn, infant daughter of Andrea Bagby and Martie Johnson, died Friday, Jan. 5, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Cochran Mortuary. Other survivors: grandparents, Tina and Dean Schlaback, Barbara Johnson, all of Wichita, Sam Bagby of Albuquerque, Robert Johnson of Spokane, Wash. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Kraus, Floyd Franklin, 75, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. welder, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996. Visitation 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, Resthaven Mortuary; service 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park, Tulsa. Survivors: daughters, Sharon Barnes of Olathe, Linda Shipp of Campbellsville, Ky.; mother, Anna of Tulsa; brother, Robert of Owasso, Okla.; sisters, Josephine Shipley of Bartlesville, Okla., Anna Batchelor of California; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Klenke, Sister M. Valeria, 91, retired nursing instructor, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Rosary 4 p.m. today, service 4 p.m. Wednesday, both at Resurrection Chapel, Mount St. Mary Convent. Survivors: brother, Richard, sister, Johanna, both of Spearville. Memorial has been established with the Sisters of St. Joseph Retirement Fund. DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Legions, Wallace C., 73, retired Coleman Co. machinist, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Resthaven Mortuary. Survivors: sons, Gary of Wichita, Larry of Oklahoma City; sister, Emma Lou of Washington, Mo.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Love, Sue Ellen, 72, retired St. Francis Hospital social service secretary, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Friday, White Chapel Cemetery. Survivors: son, Joseph of Wichita; daughter, Debbie Haas of Yates Center; sister, Oleita Mourer of Rogers, Ark.; seven grandchildren. DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

McClellan, Maurine, 73, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Private family service will be held. Survivors: sons, Steven of Sterling, Thomas of Rock; three grandchildren. Cochran Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

McClure, C.D. "Mac," 81, of Dallas, former Wichita resident, retired Mobil Oil Co. research and development employee, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Memorial service 2 p.m. today, Elmwood United Methodist Church, Dallas. Survivors: wife, Marguerite; son, Dan, daughters, Sue May, Gay, addresses unavailable; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established with Elmwood United Methodist Church and Baddour Memorial Center, P.O. Box 69, Senatobia, Miss. 38668. Laurel Land Funeral Home, Dallas. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Mendenhall, JoAnn, 59, homemaker, died Friday, Jan. 5, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Survivors: son, Richard Zarr of Wichita; daughters, Lanna Klug, Glennda Warstler, both of Hutchinson, Bobbi Foss, Corrina Davis, JoAnn Davis, Charlotte Davis, all of Wichita; brother, Jerry Mendenhall of Wichita; sisters, Carrol Hastings of Los Alamos, N.M., Sharon Leis of Wichita; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Culbertson-Smith Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Miller, Luther L., 87, real estate broker, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Mission Chapel Mausoleum. Survivor: wife, Edith. Memorial as been established with Shriners Children's Hospital. Hillside Funeral Home East (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Moore, Jalen B., 8-month-old-daughter of Vincent Moore and Angie Pearson of Wichita, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Lakeview Cemetery - Garden of the Angels. Other survivors: brother, Christian Moore, sister, Tiara Pearson, both of Wichita; grandparents, Donnie and Pat Lee, Azrow and Grace Moore, all of Wichita, Hubert Hardeman of Muskogee, Okla.; great-grandparents, Clarence and Zuetta Washington of Wichita, Rose Hollis of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Hillside Funeral Home East. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Morrison, Jeannine H., 64, of Tulsa, former Wichitan, homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Service was Jan. 3. Survivors: husband, Robert; daughters, Linda Borofsky of Wichita, Terry Freeman of Houston; brothers, LeRoy Pierce of Pennsylvania, Clyde Pierce of California; sister, Francis Thompson of Iowa; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Victory Christian Center, Tulsa. Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow, Okla. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Park, Michael F., 36, former Spangles employee, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service has been held. Survivors: father, Herman of Haysville; brother, Rodney of Englewood, Colo.; sisters, Wanja, Verna, both of Haysville, Rita Kerr of Abilene. Broadway Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Paxson, Marion W., 86, retired owner of A-1 Plumbing Co. died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Broadway Mortuary. Survivors: son, Harry Dean, daughter, Adella Fitzpatrick, both of Wichita; sister, Helen Terry of Pleasanton; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Pickerill, Alvah "Pick," 90, retired Cessna Aircraft Co. sheet metal assembler, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Broadway Christian Church. Survivors: stepson, Donald Skipworth, stepdaughter, Mary Skipworth, both of Wichita; brother Earl of Parsons. Memorial has been established with Broadway Christian Church. Broadway Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Poe, Dorothy Mae, 78, homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary. Survivors: son, James Armour of Cave-In-Rock, Ill.; stepson, Charles Poe Jr. of Chicago; stepdaughters, Sandra Simmons of DeRidder, La., Lynette Jordan of Minneapolis, Minn.; brother, Don Shawver of Wichita; sister, Mildred Seely of Indianola, Wash.; nine stepgrandchildren; several stepgreat-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Ponds, Isaac, 63, retired farm laborer, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1996. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Hillside Funeral Home East. Survivors: wife, Lurlean; sons, Wilburn of Kansas City, Mo., Isaac Jr. of Tulsa; daughters, Ida, Marie, both of Tulsa, Shirley Freeman of Oakland, Calif.; stepson, Grady Charles of Jackson, Miss.; stepdaughter, Lisa Jones of Wichita; 20 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Rader, Phillip C., 64, retired banker, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church. Survivors: son, Brian, daughter, Stephanie, both of Wichita; brothers, Forrest of Houston, George of Granbury, Texas; sister, June Mollohan of Kingsdown. Memorial has been established with the Wichita Fellowship Club. Hillside Funeral Home East. (Wichita Eagle, January 10, 1996)

Reeves, T. Howard, 78, Reeves Lumber & Surplus owner, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Parkview Southern Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Wilsie; son, Tommie, daughter, Vicki Kinkaid, both of Wichita; brothers, Maurice of Little Rock, Ark., Jake of Springdale, Ark., John of Longview, Texas, Charles of Conway, Ark.; sisters, Helen Denosky, Mary Cook, Hazel Rhea, Jean Paul, all of Conway, Bennie Sheppard of Little Rock, Barbara Simpson of Marshall, Ark.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Parkview Southern Baptist Church. Old Mission Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Renard, John E., 75, retired Jackson Brothers Auto automobile painter died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Resthaven Mortuary. Survivors: wife, Marie; sisters, Golda Brown of Boise, Idaho, Ruth Nigh of Vinita, Okla., Mildred Corbin of Ponca City, Okla., Wanda Johnson of Kemp, Texas; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Sample, Donald Ray "Don," 60, of Kansas City, Mo., former Wichitan, Holiday Sand & Gravel Co. boat captain, died Friday, Jan. 5, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survivors: wife, Bonnie; daughters, Dawn Sample of Kansas City, Mo., Rayetta Spina of Waldorf, Md.; father, Donald Sample of Independence, Mo.; sister, Pat Dilla of Phoenix; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Kansas City Hospice of the Northland, 4256 N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, Mo. 64116. Resthaven Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

Schlehuber, Douglas Franklin, 44, Wal-Mart automotive mechanic, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Hillside Funeral Home East. Survivors: father, Harvey, mother, Naomi, both of Park City; sisters, Dorleen Martens of Park City, La Donna Wells of Englewood, Colo., Denise Kliewer of Fort Collins, Colo. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Schneller, Frank A., 82, retired John Weitzel Inc. supervisor, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Cochran Mortuary. Survivors: wife, Meekie; daughter, Marilyn Wenzel of Wichita; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Olivet Baptist Church and Hospice Inc. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Seglem, Norman Nelson, 72, of Port Charlotte, Fla., formerly of El Dorado, retired Navy chief petty officer, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Lemon Bay Funeral Home, Englewood, Fla. Survivors: wife, Lois; sons, Mark of Dallas, Kevin of Atlanta, Ga., Wylie of Port Charlotte, Ted of Wichita; brothers; Melvin of Wichita, Marvin of Payson, Ariz.; sisters, Marybelle Chastain of St. Louis, Dorothy Schwantes of Winfield; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice of Southwest Fla. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Shaw, Eathel Lee, 94, homemaker, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Maple Grove Cemetery. Survivors: brother, Jack Lee of Peoria, Ariz.; four grandchildren. Downing & Lahey Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Shelton, Bobbie L., 80, homemaker, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Resthaven Mortuary. Survivors: husband, William; son, Aaron of Kearney, Mo.; daughters, Dorothy Nelson, Sharon Puetz, Jean Howard, all of Wichita; sisters, Ollie Breed, Comma, both of Texarkana, Texas, Jewel Caddenhead, Lera Luttrell, both of Hooks, Texas, Freddie Steelman of Burleson, Texas, Evelyn Marks of Downey, Calif.; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the National Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri, 1900 W. 47th Place, Suite 107, Westwood, Kan. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Simons, Joseph F., 53, laborer, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996. Service 2 pm Saturday, Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard. Survivors: son, Joseph Jr. of Albuquerque; daughter, Tina Hodges of Wichita; sisters, Jacqueline Clogsdon of Plano, Texas, Mary Lou Dyrland of Kelso, Wash.; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Alcoholics Anonymous. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Smith, Lorene Grace (Zimmerman), 75, retired Paris Beauty Salon beautician, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary. Survivors: sons, Jon Kirshberger of Wichita, Ferd Kirshberger of Monroe, Va.; daughter, Freddie Chaffin of Wichita; seven grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Salvation Army. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Spurgeon, Alice Mae, 67, retired Bill's Cafe waitress, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 10 a.m. today, Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survivors: husband, Lawrence; sons, Tommy Callison of El Dorado, John Callison, Randall Callison, both of Wichita; daughters, Judy Ruckman of West Virginia, Ruthy Caldwell, Peggy Fuksa, both of Wichita; brother, Chester Speer of Geneseo; sister, Wilma Shannon of McPherson; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Resthaven Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Stolz, Leonard E., 73, retired nursing home owner, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996. Rosary 7 p.m. Friday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Saturday, Church of the Magdalen. Survivors: wife, Betty; son, Leonard Jr. of Pembroke Pines, Fla.; daughters, Connie Stolz-Nelson of Redmond, Wash., Sally Stolz of Wichita, Kathy Stolz-Yocom of Blackhawk, Colo.; brother, Bob of DeFuniak, Fla.; sister, Mary MacLeod of Wichita; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Via Christi - St. Joseph Medical Center campus Diabetes Treatment Center. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, January 11, 1996)

Sullivan, Frances G., 79, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. planner, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Cochran Mortuary. Survivors: husband, Richard; daughters, JoAnn Oaks, Betty Johnson, both of Wichita; brother, Ross Graham of Fort Scott; sisters, Mary Lowe of Colorado Springs, Esther, address unavailable, Margie Woods of Arkansas; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. (Wichita Eagle, Friday, January 12, 1996)

Vaughan, Georgia B., 87, retired elementary school teacher, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Antioch Christian Church, Wichita; 3 p.m., Highland Cemetery, Ashland. Survivors: sons, Eugene of Chicago, Robert Jr. of Boulder City, Nev.; brother, Ellis Baker of Sun City, Ariz.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Hillside Funeral Home East. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, January 10, 1996)

Webb, Olmeta, 88, retired Jack Wheeler Grocery clerk, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 1996. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary Survivors: brothers, Creigh Overstreet of Cleveland, Okla., LaVaughn Overstreet of Wichita; sister, Ventrice Reeves of Wichita. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

White, Wilma, 56, retired Cessna Aircraft Co. production worker, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Lakeview Funeral Home. Survivors: son, Tommy of Mecker, Okla.; daughter, Debra of Wichita; brothers, James Loftis of Wichita, Melvin Loftis, Alvin Loftis, both of Denver, Lawrence Loftis of County Line, Okla., Russell Loftis of Claremore, Okla.; sisters, Stella Wood of Wichita, Linda Busby of Claremore, Evelyn Skaggs of Duncan, Okla.; three grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, January 13, 1996)

Williams, Bertha May, 86, retired Sedgwick County tag office clerk, died Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Survivors: daughters, Lorna Webb of Edmond, Okla., Judith Williams of Lakewood, Colo.; brother, Elmer Wood of Tulsa; sister, Paula Krenke of Wichita; two grandchildren; five great- grandchildren. Culbertson-Smith Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, Tuesday, January 9, 1996)

SHIELDS, JOHN HENRY

Capt. J.H. Shields Has Passed Away

Death Came to Him Late Thursday Afternoon

During the Past Year He Had Been Failing – Was Wichita’s Postmaster

Captain John H. Shields, who has been postmaster of this city since June 26, 1913, died at his home on Water and Orme Streets a little after 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the age of 72.

His physician, who had been passing a quarter of an hour before, dropped in, examined his heart and found it in excellent condition. The captain was about to take an automobile ride for fresh air when his head dropped and he was dead. Heart failure was the immediate cause of death.

For a year or more Captain Shields had been failing rapidly in health. His friends mentioned it to one another that he was not long for this world, but he did not realize it himself. He kept at his work all thru the hot weather. Some two months ago his limbs began to fail him and eventually became almost entirely paralyzed.

An Outing Every Day

He was taken out in a wheel chair every day and during the last three or four weeks suffered great emaciation of body. His indomitable spirit, however, sustained him, and he never for a moment felt that he could not resume his duties in the post office.

Tuesday he said he wanted to go to his polling precinct to vote for President Wilson and reluctantly abandoned his purpose in deference to the council of his family.

This is the third time within the last three years that death has invaded the Shields cottage, the home of the family for twenty-four years. His wife, who had been an invalid for several years, was the first to depart. Then one of his daughters was taken from him and now he is gone. Some seven or eight years ago his son, Robert Prather Shields, who was getting a fine start in the world died at St. Joseph, Mo. All of these sorrows had a considerable effect upon the health of Captain Shields, for although he had a strong spirit, his closer friends knew that he grieved greatly in secret.

A Native of Georgia

Captain Shields was not a Kentuckian as many people supposed. He was a native son of Georgia and came from an Irish stock that settled in that section before the Revolutionary War. He was born near Madison and while a sister of his still lived a few years ago he made a visit to the old homestead and had a delightful sojourn there. He was born in 1844 and became a printer – and a good one – early in life.

At the age of 17 he joined Cobbb’s legion of the Confederate Army and served throughout the war where the fighting was thickest. He saw all the privations of army life as the cause was losing and the soldiers were hungry and ragged most of the time, but he had a stout heart and never lost confidence in ultimate victory until his prime hero, General Robert E. Lee, offered his sword to Grant at Appomatox Court House in April 1865. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania, Knoxville, Chickamaugua and Gettysburg.

General Gordon, His Guest.

When General Gordon, the famous Confederate Chieftain, came to Wichita sixteen or seventeen years ago Captain Shields had him as a guest and it was good to hear them going over war time together.

When Captain Shields came to Wichita 31 years ago the story gained currency here that a romance in the South led him into a duel in which he killed his opponent. The rumor exaggerated the facts. The truth was that he had sent a challenge to another Confederate soldier but the latter apologized and the duel was never fought.

After the war Captain Shields was married to Miss Sarah J. Butts in Morgan County, Georgia and to them nine children were born, four of whom survive.

When the fires of Democracy burned low in Wichita, Captain Shields kept them aglow. He was not a demonstrative Democrat, but he was very loyal and it was because of that loyalty that Senator Thompson secured the post office for him three and one-half years ago. He was then 68 years of age and never had held a public office.

The Captain was genial in his disposition, very polite and courteous and was often referred to as a type of the Old Southern gentleman. He was a very strong Baptist and was a constant attendant at that church. He was one of the early members of the Wichita Lodge No. 22, A. O. U. W. and served as it’s Master Workman for a term. He had a wonderful affection for his invalid wife and nursed her fondly thru her long years of illness.

Funeral Service Saturday

The funeral of Captain Shields will be held Saturday at 3:30 o’clock at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Guy L. Brown, pastor of the church, will preach the funeral sermon. Post office men and women will escort the body from the home to the church and employees from the Post office will be pall bearers.

The body will be in state at the residence from 10 until 12 o’clock Saturday. The casket will not be opened at the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. I.W. Gill is in charge. (Wichita Eagle, November 10, 1916, submitted by Judy Mayfield)

BROCKERT, MAY

The funeral services for May Brockert, 13 years old, killed accidentally Sunday, near Maize, will be held in the Maize United Brethren church this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Wichita Undertaking company is in charge.
(Wichita Eagle ~ Monday ~ January 2, 1917 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)

GLOVER, ALLEN M.

Allen M. Glover, 66, of 1339 S. Santa Fe, a retired maintenance engineering employee of Beech Aircraft Corp., died Sunday. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Broadway Mortuary. Burial will be in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. (The Wichita Beacon, September 11, 1967, submitted by Cheryl King)

LEWIS, GLENN A.

Glenn A. Lewis Services Tuesday

Services for Glenn A. Lewis, 57, of 808 W. 53rd N., assistant manager and buyer for Self Services Drugs for 21 years, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Cochran Mortuary. Burial will be in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He died Saturday.

Born in Douglass, Kan., he came to Wichita in 1941 from El Dorado, Kan. For 13 years he was manager of the Safeway market at Volutsia and Kellogg.

Survivors include his widow, Marjorie; two sons, David W. and Richard M., Wichita; a daughter, Mrs. Glenna D. Bails, Wichita; his mother, Mrs. Mamie Luce, El Dorado, and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Rogers, Akron, Ohio, and Charlotte Marie Luce, El Dorado.

Additional note: he lived from May 11, 1914 – August 7, 1971 (Wichita Eagle, August 1971, submitted by Connie (Lewis) Fagg)

LEWIS, MARJORIE D. (CHRISTIANSEN)

Marjorie D. (Mrs. Glenn A.) Lewis, 61, of 808 W. 53rd St. N., retired Nice Greenhouse floral designer, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Third Ward.

Survivors: sons, David W. of Wichita, Richard M. of Norwich; daughter, Glenna Kuehn of South Coffeyville, Okla.; brothers, Henry C. Christensen of Wichita and John G. Christiansen of Provo, Utah. Memorial has been established with Genealogical Society of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints c/o Bishop Earl McIntyre, 6840 Trinity Circle, Wichita, 67226. Cochran Mortuary.

Additional Note: she lived from about 1920 – August 9, 1981(Wichita Eagle, August 12, 1981, submitted by Connie (Lewis) Fagg)

DAVIS, FRANK

FUNERAL TO BE HELD HERE MONDAY FOR FORMER WICHITAN

Funeral services for Frank Davis, 18, formerly of Wichita, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Peter Claver church with Father Henry, O.F.M., officiating.

Mr. Davis was drowned Thursday in Des Arc., Ark., where he had moved four years ago with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Davis.

Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, George and Johnny, both of Des Arc; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Miller, of Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant, of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Eva Rogers, of Trenton, Ill. and Mrs. Mary McConico of 1930 Ohio.

Citizens funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
(Wichita Eagle ~ August 24, 1952 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)

SMITH, OMA

BODY OF WICHITA WOMAN IS TAKEN FROM BIG RIVER

Is Located 138 Miles from Point Where Car Left Ferry in Oklahoma

THREE LOSE LIVES

The body of Mrs. Oma Smith of Wichita was recovered yesterday from the Arkansas river, 138 miles by water from where she and two other persons drowned when an automobile plunged from a ferry into the Grand river at Disney, Okla., late Tuesday night.

Three highway workers sighted the body near Webber Falls, Okla., and summoned the sheriff who directed its removal.

The body was taken to Muskogee and identified by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hill of Porter, Okla. The body will be taken to Pryor, Okla., today where funeral arrangements will be completed.

Searchers had dragged the high and muddy waters of the Grand river near the scene of the accident for four days without success. The bodies of Saine Bradley, 56, Disney saw mill owner, and Hazel Craig, registered nurse, were taken from the automobile after it had run off the end of the ferry.

Three other persons in the car escaped. They were Garland Alexander, Disney welder; Albert Wright, tavern employee, and Billie Evans, Vinita boxing promoter.

Wright, driver of the car, pleaded guilty at Pryor Thursday to a charge of driving an automobile without a driver's license and paid a $10 fine. County Attorney H. A. Kehn said no other action in the case was contemplated.
(Wichita Eagle ~ Monday ~ May 23, 1938 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)