SUMNER COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITS
SKIPPER, RUTH
Mrs. C. Skipper Dies; Services Wednesday
Services for Mrs. Ruth O. Skipper, 75, of Freeport, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Freeport Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. Skipper died Sunday in a Anthony nursing home.
Mrs. Skipper was born in Argonia and was brought to Freeport as a child. Her husband, Charles Skipper died in 1964.
Mrs. Skipper is survived by a son, David Skipper of Babbitt, Nev.; a brother, Hardy Herst of South Haven.
The Argonia Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. (Caldwell Messenger, June 3, 1971, submitted by Judy Mayfield)
Graveside Rites Held for Mrs. D. Ames
Services for Mrs. Darrel J. (Winifred) Ames, 55, of Newkirk, Okla., were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Stahl
Funeral Home at Newkirk, Okla., Graveside services followed at the Caldwell Cemetery.
Mrs. Ames, a sister of Kelley C. Williams of Caldwell, died Sunday night in the Ponca City Hospital.
Mrs. Ames was born in Grant County, Okla., daughter of Edd and Ella Williams, on October 31, 1915. She married
Darrel J. Ames on July 13, 1933, at Pawnee, Okla. They made their home in Caldwell and later in Newkirk. In 1937
they moved to Winfield, and returned to Newkirk in 1949.
Survivors include her husband; four sons, Darrel, Kerry and Michael of Newkirk, and Dennis of Anchorage, Alaska;
four daughters, Mrs. Sonja J. Gregory, Mrs. Mildred J. Elliott, and Misses Sharon Ames and Deanna Ames, all of
Newkirk; a brother, Kelley C. Williams, Caldwell. (Caldwell Messenger, June 3, 1971, submitted by Judy Mayfield)
Mrs. Edna Mae Durr, 77, 105 Plaza, died Wednesday afternoon at St. Anthony Hospital after a long illness. Born Nov. 4, 1892 in Arkansas City, Kan. to Mr. and Mrs. William Perry, the family came to Fort Dodge in 1893 and she grew up there.
On December 9, 1935 she was married at Garden City to Guy A. Durr and they lived on a farm 14 miles north of Dodge City until 1996 when they moved into town.
Survivors include the widower, Guy; two sons, Harold W. Orebaugh, Dodge City, and Donald Orebaugh, Fort Worth Tex., and a stepson Victor L. Durr, Dodge City; a sister, Mrs. Frances Hackney, Coldwater; nine grand children and 11 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hulpieu-Swaim Chapel with Rev. R.W. Treder in charge. Burial will be at St. Michael's Cemetery in Hodgeman County.
Note: this came from a Dodge City Kansas paper.
Her father, William Perry, was a Civil War Veteran from Illinois. He was born in 1841. He married Lucinda Harris in Wellington, Sumner County KS, 4 June 1894. Lucinda was born 18 July 1851 in Wirt County VA. They both died at the Kansas "Old Soldier's Home in Dodge City Kansas and are buried in the cemetery there.
Submitted by Pam McEachern 11-2010
DELORIS ANN SELEY, 70 of 708 E. 16th St. in Winfield, Kansas passed away July 26, 1995 at her home in Winfield.
Born June 9, 1925, in Perth, Kansas, she was one of 4 children born to Hugh and Katherine Burns McEachern. Reared in the Sumner County area, she received her education in Wellington, Kansas schools.
During WWll, she was employed with Boeing Aircraft Co. in Wichita, and on April 20, 1946, she was united in marriage to Robert O. Seley at Wellington. The couple made their first home in Winfield. Mrs. Seley was employed many years in the cafeteria at Southwestern College in Winfield, retiring in 1986, following 21 years service.
A Winfield resident for nearly 50 years, she was
a member of First Baptist Church in Winfield, and she was also affiliated with the V.F.W. and American Legion Auxillaries.
Her interests included her children and grandchildren, needlework, camping, baking, and collecting dolls.
Her family includes: Her husband, Robert Seley; Her sons: Garly Seley & wife Sharon, Manhattan Kansas; and
Steve Seley & wife Martha of Oklahoma City; He daughter: Bonnie Traynor& husband, Warren of Wichita, Kansas;
and 4 grandchildren; Shane Seley, Blane Seley; Kip Traynor and Stacey Traynor.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 3 brothers: Leo, Bob and Dick McEachern
Submitted by Pam McEachern 11-2010
Otto Shacklett Dead
The following is taken from the Arkansas City (Kan.) Daily Traveler of Monday, Dec. 5, and is pertaining to a young
man who formerly lived in Elgin and is well known here:
Death claimed another victim from this community when it came to Otto Shacklett at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Addie Shocklett, and his brother, Charles Shacklett, at 906 South A street.
The cause of death was pneumonia and was very sudden. The deceased for several months has been employed by the
Times at Eldorado. Thursday morning he reported for work, suffering with what appeared to be a bad cold. By noon
he was so much worse that his employer thought it best for him to come home until he could recover. He arrived
in the city Thursday evening and went to his mother’s home. He took to his bed there and was never able to leave
it. He grew worse gradually until death came as relief of his suffering.
Otto was 19 years of age. He was a splendid young man and was heartily liked and highly respected by every one
who came in contact with him. He was a good boy and one who attracted you at first meeting.
The funeral hour has not been announced yet. If the sister, Miss Maggie Shacklett, arrives here from Arizona in
time, the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. If she is unable to get here the funeral hour and services will
be announced later. (Farmers' Champion, Elgin, Oklahoma, December 15, 1915, submitted by Dale Donlon)
Ruth L. Beane, 83, Topeka, Died Tuesday, April 29th 2003 at the Topeka retirement home. She was born on June 17th, 1919 in Wellington, Kan. to James Weber and Carrie McManis Palmer.
Mrs. Bean graduated from Wellington High School.
She lived in northern California, Guam and in Hawaii before moving to Studio City, Calif, where she lived most
of her life until coming to Topeka in 2000.
She was an interior decorator, designing and manufacturing draperies for a large department store in southern California.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Wellington,
and the SAMS Radio Club in Studio City.
She married Leo Scheward in 1942. He preceded her in death. She later married Frank Beane. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include two brothers, Philip Palmer of Ingram, Texas, James Palmer of Amarillo, Texas and several nieces and nephews.
Cremation is planned. A celebration of life will be held at the McCrite Tea Room, Bldg, 1608, starting at 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2003. Inurnment will be at the Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kan. at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the organization of the donor's choice.
Arrangements by Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kan. 66604 (Submitted by Pam McEachern)
Roger Lynn Roberts Obituary, Wellington Daily News. Roger Lynn Roberts, 62, passed away August 7, 2005 at his home in Broken arrow, Okla.
Roger was born on May 10, 1945 in Wellington to Truman and Dorothy McEachern Roberts. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Boyd Roberts of the home, sons Craig Roberts and family of Loveland, Colo., Dan Roberts and family of Tulsa, Okla., bonus children Tari BigPond and husband Jerry of Owasso, Okla., Mike Stephenson of Gallatin, Tenn., sister Susan and husband Deb Wallace of Wichita, brother Tom and wife Julie Roberts of Wellington, sister Sally and husband Kent Beattie of Houston, Texas, brother Steve Roberts of Ashboro, N.C., sister Nora and husband Brian Mathews of Lees Summit, Mo, Randy Roberts of Silsbee, Texas, aunts Tudy Sneed and Geraldine McEachern of Wellington, numerous cousins, nephews, nieces, and seven grandchildren.
He graduated from Wellington High School with the Class of 1961, served in the United States Coast Guard, and attended college in Pittsburg where he received a degree in Heating and Air Conditioning. Roger was currently co-owner of EMR Service in Tulsa with his partner Dale Elam.
Visitation will be held at the Southlawn Chapel, Wed., Aug. 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2005 at Moore's Southlawn Chapel in Tulsa. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn Chapel is in charge of services.
INFORMATION FROM MEMORIAL CARD
In Loving Memory of Roger Lynn Roberts.
Date of Birth: May 10, 1943 in Wellington, Kansas
Date of Death: August 7, 2005 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Place and time of service Moore's Southlawn Chapel 10:00 a.m. Thurs. Aug 11, 2005
Officiating: Father Valentine Ndebilie
Music: Pianist Billie Kay Sawyer - Ave Maria - Amazing Grace
Pallbearers: David Boyd, Brian Mathews, Deb Wallace, Craig Roberts, Dan Roberts, Duke Burge
Honorary Pallbearers: Dale Elam, Mark Hughes, Wayne Boyd, Doug Boyd, Dale Boyd
Reception following at the home: 19604 E. 49th St., Broken Arrow (193rd & 49th East) (Submitted by Pam McEachern)
Helen E. "Moe" Adler Information from Memorial Card
January 3, 1912 Wellington, KS
October 10, 1992 Hastings, NE
Services at Hastings Monday October 12, 1992: 10:30 A.M. Butler Volland Chapel
Clergyman: Rev. W.C. Westman
Music Chapel Music
Services at Wellington:
Tuesday, October 13, 1992: 2:00 P.M. Frank Funeral Home
Clergyman: Rev. Fred Pinkerton
Interment: Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, KS
Casket Bearers: Grandsons Eric Moe and Timothy Stechman
Friends: Elmer Headley, Charlie Caudillo, Fred Cottle, Manuel Soria
Honorary Casket Bearers: Rex Winn (Submitted by Pam McEachern)
Wellington Unemployed Man Commits Suicide
Wellinton - Walter clay, 27, unemployed laborer, killed himself with a shotgun in the apartment of his brother-in-law, Linus Walcher, Dr. R. H. Downing, Sumner county coroner, said after investigating Clay's death.
Downing said Clay committed suicide the discharge striking him in the chest and shot lodging in his heart. The coroner said no inquest will be held.
Walcher told officers he left his apartment for a short time this afternoon. On his return, he said, he found Clay's coat in the apartment but no sign of Clay. Investigating he found the body in a clothes closet, a shotgun at its side. Clay's widow survives. (Hutchinson News Herald, December 26, 1937, page 4)
Upon the arrival of the Rock island train yesterday morning, due here at 10 o'clock, news of a sad accident occurring at Caldwell, Kansas, was received. The accident resulted in the death of D. W. Van Horn, a well known citizen and banker living at Wellington, Kansas who was run over by the cars in an attempt to board a moving train, an account of which is given more fully in yesterday evening's Wellington Mail, and says:
This city was shocked early this morning to hear of the horrible accident which before D. W. Van Horn, resulting in his death. He was on his way to his home in this city from Clerandon, Texas. At Caldwell he left the train and went into the railroad dining room to get something to eat. When he had finished he remarked to a friend that he guessed he would go and send a message. As he opened the door he noticed that the train was just pulling out. He ran to catch it and in his attempt to get on he slipped and fell under the wheels, getting both legs cut off just a little above the knees.
On seeing him fall, the conductor stopped the train and by the assistance of passengers soon had him in the depot on a cot where he remained until he was brought to Wellington. Medical aid was summoned but little hope was entertained from the first that he could recover, he being in such poor health and quite old. Yet he was conscious all the time and seemed to suffer but little.
His family and c. A. Gambrill, Ed Hayes and Judge McBride went down on the 10 o'clock Santa Fe. He recognized them immediately and bade them goodbye. He seemed confident that he could not live. Dr. Robertson the physician summoned, advised them to bring him to Wellington on the noon freight which they did. He died while on the way, near Corbin.
Mr. Van Horn was a well-to-do citizen and lived in Wellington for many years. During the past two or three years he has been connected with a bank in Clarendon, Texas, and spent most of his time in that city, only coming home occasionally to pay his family a visit. He has a large acquaintance here and his friendship extends as far as his acquaintance. His family which resides in this city consists of his wife, three daughters, Misses Ida and Blanche Van Horn, and Mrs. Ed Smith and one son, Master DeWitt Van Horn.
The deceased was born 61 years ago in Lockport, N.Y. He served in the civil war, first as second lieutenant, later as captain and aide-de-camp, then as lieutenant colonel and was finally discharged as captain. He enlisted from New York at the opening of the rebellion and was discharged April 15, 1866. His commission was signed by Abraham Lincoln, president and E. M. Stanton, secretary of war. He was elected to membership in James Shields post, G. A. R. in this city last Friday night but had not yet been mustered in. It was the intention to muster him in next Friday night. (The Wichita Daily Eagle, March 2, 1899, page 5)
MATTHEWS, GRACE HAZEL (RUSSELL)
Funeral Card for Grace Hazel (Russell) Matthews
Born: February 25, 1891 Milton Kansas (Eden Twp, Sumner County, KS)
Deceased: May 28, 1982 Wellington, Kansas
Graveside Services: Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kansas.
June 1, 1982 2:00 pm
Minister: Rev. James Rodda, First Presbyterian Church, Wellington, Kansas.
Interment: Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kansas.
Family information from Pam McEachern 10-10-2011.
Hazel was my great aunt. She was born on the homestead in the Milton area. She was the fifth child of Charles Farrington Russell and Eveline Martin. Charles was from Racine County, Wisconsin and Eveline was from nearby Walworth, County. On March 1877 Charles left Wisconsin and came to Kansas to homestead the land in Kansas. In December 1878 Charles and Eveline were married in Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Soon after, they came to the homestead and started their life together. (Submitted by Pam McEachern)
(Yoder) Joe Lamblin received a telegram today with the sad news of the death of his mother at Belle Plains, Kans. She was about eighty years of age but had only been sick a short time. As it was impossible for Mr. Lamblin to reach Belle Plains in time to attend the funeral he did not go. (Haven Weekly Journal Haven, Reno County, Kansas September 16, 1899 page - 4 *** column - 3 submitted by Rose Stout)
A Sad Death By Accident
Estle George Iles, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Iles of this city, and a switchman in the Rock Island railroad yards,
was accidently killed Wednesday morning of last week about 2 o'clock February 7, 1912. In undertaking to effect
a coupling between two cars he accidently caught his foot in an open frog, and not being able to extricate it in
time, he was borne down by the approaching car and crushed so badly that he died in about twenty minutes. Being
thus striken down so suddenly and unexpectedly while at his post of duty, it was not only a severe shock to his
devoted wife, his parents, and his brother, but it was startling news to the entire community. In view of his
untimely death, as it seems to us on the side of eternity, the profoundest sympathy for the bereaved one is felt
by all, while words of commendation relative to the life and character of the deceased are freely spoken by those
who knew him. As an evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow railroad men, they contributed liberally
to purchase a beautiful floral harp for the funeral. The A.O.U.W. has also expressed their regard for him by doing
all in their power to give him a fitting burial and to comfort those who were most dear to him and his tiesof blood
relationship, while the church keeps the pace with the other organizations and friends in tributes of respect and
expressions of sympathy.
Estle G. Iles was born in Pratt, KS, Nov 20, 1888. While he was yet young his parents moved to Herrington, KS
for a while and then to Caldwell, KS about seventeen years ago. Here he grew up to manhood and attended public
schools. After leaving the public school he took a course in higher education in the Baptist University of Decatur,
TX, for four and one half years.
While in that institution he first met Miss Faye Brindley of Maypearl, TX, who was attending the same school, and
to whom he was united in marriage July 14, 1910. There he also united with the Baptist Church. After closing
their studies in the university, the happy couple located in Caldwell where they have since resided and where Estle
met his sad and untimely death at the age of 23 years, 2 months, and 18 days. He leaves a wife and a baby six
months old, a father, a mother, and a younger brother Rolla, to mourn his early demise.
The deceased was a Christian, a clean moral young man, a beloved son, an affectionate brother and a true and devoted
husband. A short time before his decease he said he felt that he was right with God. His position, which required
him to work at night and sleep during the day, prevented him from attending church as he had been in the habit
of doing before he went to railroading, but it was his purpose to consummate a change as soon as possible which
would enable him to take part in the services of the church. There are thousands of people in the world whose
vocations deprive them of church privildges. They are doing necessary work that somebody must do for the well-being
of others. It is hard enough to live a christian life with all the helps of the church at their command, but how
much more difficult it is for those who are necessarily isolated from this great grace! They deserve our sympathy,
our prayers, and our charity, as we cannot rightly expect as blameless lives from them as we do from those who
enjoy all the privileges and benefits of the public sanctuary two or three times a week. Hence they should be
regarded as heroes in their struggles of life. Therefore, while we are sitting in our comfortable pews enjoying
all the delightful and uplifting privileges of the house of God, let us remember the heroes and heroines who are
compelled to forego these means of grace and even expose their lives in order to make it possible for the rest
of us to enjoy them, and also to ride in ease and safety at the rate of 30 to 40 miles an hour, communicate with
our friends in distant states once or twice each week, exchange commodities with remote sections of this country
and other parts of the globe in a marvelously short time and reap the benefits of their labors in a hundred other
ways; and as we thus remember them let us speak words of appreciation and encouragement to them while they are
living and at the same time extend to them a helping hand when they need it. Let us do unto them as they are doing
unto us.
The funeral was conducted from the Baptist church on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. February 9, 1912 by Rev.
J.N. Kidd, pastor of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. ?.M. Myers, pastor of the Christian church and the remains
were interred in Caldwell cemetery to await resurrection of the just.
--J.N. Kidd
(Caldwell Messenger, February 14, 1912, submitted by Liz Randolph)
Bury Mrs. C. Iles Today
Funeral services were held in the Christian church today for Mrs. Emma Iles, 78, who died in her home here Saturday evening.
Death resulted from a 12 day sickness of kidney trouble and colitis.
Rev. Jess Sankey had charge of the services. Internment was made in the Caldwell cemetery.
Mrs. Iles is survived by her husband, C. Iles,
a son Rollie Iles of El Reno, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Nairn, who lives on East Central Avenue. (Caldwell Messenger,
October 2, 1933, submitted by Liz Randolph)
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