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WICHITA COUNTY, KANSAS OBITS BEGOLE, ELIZABETH CARY Kansas teacher Elizabeth Cary married Edgar R. Begole cmcq in 1939, and his profession swept her into the drama of World War II and a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines. One of about 3,000 Caucasians in the Philippines rounded up by the Japanese in 1942, she and her husband and 1-year-old son, Michael, were imprisoned on the campus of the University of Santa Thomas in Manila for three years. They were among the survivors when the Allied liberation came Feb. 2, 1945. Mrs. Begole died Sunday in a local nursing home. She was 87. She and her husband had been living in Richmond since about 1988. Their son, Michael Begole of Richmond, said she was a native of Leoti, Kan., and a graduate ofKansas State Teachers College. Her husband, a chemical engineer, left for a job in the Philippines soon after they were married. She followed a year later. They were living on Luzon Island and had welcomed a baby son when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. When the Japanese occupied the Philippines, they took all personal possessions and money from Caucasian prisoners and moved them to the Santa Thomas campus, Michael Begole said. The Begole family lived with "minimal sanitation and where the only medication available was aspirin, and that was in short supply," Michael Begole said. "You made do with what you had. There was malnutrition. The adults tried to make sure the children got enough to eat." When the camp was liberated. Mrs. Begole weighed 80 pounds, he said. "Although there was no systematic brutalization
as at some camps," Michael Begole said, "my dad was taken once to witness an execution of three prisoners,
young men, who were caught climbing back into camp. They were beheaded. He didn't know if he also was to be executed." Mrs. Begole spent the rest of her life as a mother, housewife and sometime-substitute teacher. She and her family lived in Iran (where they adopted an orphaned girl), Libya, Indonesia, Canada and Texas before coming to Richmond. Mrs. Begole was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Glen Allen. Survivors, besides her husband and son, include a daughter, Dr. Mary Begole of Vancouver, Canada. Plans for a memorial service were incomplete. The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to the Christ Church Episcopal Church Building Fund, 5000 Pouncey Tract Road, Glen Allen, Va. 223060. (Richmond Times - Dispatch (VA), August 24, 1998) CHILDS, WALTON W. Walton W. Childs, 80, of Aurora died Nov. 14. Services were Nov. 18. Mr. Childs was born in Leoti, Kan., on Aug. 23, 1919. He married Mildred Fay Jennings, 1990. He served in the Army during World War II. He was a member of Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 4815 and Masons. Survivors include his wife; daughters Dinah Wright of Ohio, Rosemary Janas of Kansas and Sharon Fischer of Arizona; sisters Lorene Harvey and Rose Peters, both of Kansas, Hattie Minnick of California; three stepchildren; 10 step-grandchildren; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren (Rocky Mountain News, November 20, 1999, page 14B) DOWNS, DARRELL V. The family of Darrell V. Downs regretfully announces his passing. Born December 20, 1933 in Leoti, Kansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 13, 1998. Darrell, a veteran of the Korean War, pursued a career in law enforcement. In 1986, he retired as Chief of Police for the City of Warr Acres. He is preceded in death by his parents, one brother and two sisters. He will be dearly missed by his wife Janice of 27 years, their children, Shelly, Glenn, Sheryl, Lori, Julie; a brother, Glenn, and a sister, Shirley. His twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild will always remember their "Papaw." Services, Gene Adams Funeral Service, Tuesday, August 18, 1998, 10:30 a.m., interment, Bethany Cemetery. (The Daily Oklahoman, August 17, 1998, page 18) HOISINGTON, ALBERT Albert Hoisington's father was a newspaperman; other relatives published the weekly Enterprise Journal. So it surprised no one that he bought that paper and ran it for 43 years. But his real interest was the daily lives of Enterprise citizens, an avocation well served by his vocation, said his son, Sam, who carries on the tradition as a pressman for the Salina Journal. "He would like to be remembered as a person who enjoyed people, in particular visiting with people and sharing their thoughts. He had a genuine care for other people. He enjoyed laughing with them," Sam Hoisington said. And every week for more than four decades, his newspaper gave him an excuse to visit with people, inquire about their families and their businesses. Mr. Hoisington, 79, of Enterprise, died Saturday. He was born April 22, 1906, in Leoti to Roy Hoisington and the former Margaret Riley. The family moved to Enterprise in 1912. He attended Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina for a year and then returned to Enterprise. He worked as a pressman and printer for Shadinger Printers in nearby Abilene. He married Aileon Chandler on Nov. 6, 1927. When he bought the Journal in 1936, he prided himself on crafting news stories and injecting a sense of community togetherness into what he wrote. "He genuinely wanted to do something right, where it would read well for whatever organization" the interview's subject was representing, his son said. He was a volunteer fireman for 15 years and played
trumpet with city bands in Enterprise and Abilene. He was a member of the Kiwanis, Lions and Commercial clubs,
a life member of the Enterprise Mason Lodge and was a 32nd Degree Mason in the Salina Consistory. In 1979, he sold the newspaper to the Junction
City Union, but he continued to write articles as a contributing editor until his retirement in 1982. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Enterprise United Methodist Church under the direction of Martin Funeral Home of Abilene. Survivors include his sons, Albert J. of Warrensburg, Mo., Richard C. of Chapman, John R. of Goddard, Samuel K. of Enterprise, Thomas J. of Lawrence; a daughter, Janice Marie Frey of Liberal; brothers, Duane of Florence, Ala.; Roy of Hollandale, Fla., Robert of Omaha; sister, Mildred Hobson of Wichita; and 19 grandchildren. A memorial has been established with the United Methodist Church. (The Wichita Eagle, October 7, 1985) JAY, DORIS JEAN Jay, Doris Jean, 70, retired cook, died Saturday Nov. 6, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Leoti United Methodist Church.Survivors: son, Ron of Paxton, Neb.; daughter, Terryl Henderson of Dodge City; brother, Kenneth Smith of Copperas Grove, Texas; sister, Dorothy Allen of Dodge City; six grandchildren; five great- grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Horizons Mental Health and Arrowhead West Endowment Fund. Larrison Mortuary. (Wichita Eagle, November 8, 1999, page 10A) McDONNELL, BERNARD "BERNIE" V. Bernard ''Bernie'' V. McDonnell, 87, Lee's Summit, MO, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 1998, at John Knox Care Center. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at McGilley State Line Chapel, 12301 State Line Rd.; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Friends may call 7-8 p.m. Friday at the chapel, where a rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Mr. McDonnell was born November 25, 1910, in Leoti, KS. He lived in the Kansas City area for most of his life. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and worked for Kansas City Power & Light for 50 years. He was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church, Kansas City, MO, and VFW Jack Ray Post 5789, Lee's Summit. He was preceded in death by his wife, Naomi McDonnell, in January, 1997, four brothers, and two sisters. He is survived by a sister, Agnes Turner, Lee's Summit, MO, and many nieces and nephews. He was loved and will be greatly missed. (Arrangements: McGilley State Line Chapel) (Kansas City Star, April 10, 1998, page C4) QUEZADA, RETHA L. MOODY Quezada, Retha L. Moody, 60, of Watonga, Okla., formerly of Garden City and Leoti, waitress, died Thursday, June 10, 1999. Service 10:30 a.m. today, Wichita County Cemetery, Leoti. Survivors: sons, Clifton Smith of Oklahoma, Michael Kirk of Dallas, Randal Lee of Garden City; daughters, Delinna Smith of Scott City, Julie Ann and Sherry Lynn, address unknown, Thomasiana Hoffman of Dallas, Miketo Kirk of Watonga, Moninie Ramirez of Kansas City; sisters, Betty Smith of Scott City, Iva Hoffman of Holcomb; 18 grandchildren. Garnand Funeral Home. (Wichita Eagle, June 16, 1999, page 12A) RAYNES, JEREMY CHRISTIAN Jeremy Christian Raynes, 16, rural Leoti, Kan., formerly of this area, was pronounced dead Feb. 29, 1992, at a hospital in Leoti. He was born in WaKeeney, Kan., and lived in this area before moving to Wichita County, Kan., in 1991. Jeremy was a junior at Wichita County High School, Leoti. He played on its football and basketball teams and was a member of its W Club, band, jazz ensemble, choir and scholar bowl team. He was a member of the Leoti Presbyterian Church and vice president of its youth group. He was a past member of the Full Faith Church of Love, Shawnee. He was a student member of the Kansas Band Directors Association and a member of the Kansas Music Educators Association district band, the Kansas State Lions Club band and the Leoti Community Choir. Survivors include his parents, Clint Raynes and Jeannette Evans Raynes, a brother, Jeffrey Raynes, and a sister, Amy Raynes, all of the home; his paternal grandfather, A.L. Raynes, Great Bend, Kan.; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Evans of Bethlehem, Pa.; a paternal great-grandmother, Stella Roush, Chanute, Kan.; and a maternal great-grandmother, Jeannette Casaccio, Bethlehem, Pa. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the high school auditorium; graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Great Bend Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Jeremy Raynes music scholarship fund. One-car accident kills Kansas teen LEOTI, Kan. - A former Kansas City area teen-ager
was fatally injured Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident northwest of Leoti. SOWERS, CHARLIE Charlie Sowers, 60, of Wheat Ridge died Feb. 15 in Denver. Services were Feb. 20. Mr. Sowers was born in Leoti, Kan., on May 16, 1936. He married Rose Lee McNabb-Osborne, 1963. He was a custom-home builder and real estate broker. He was a member of the Elks. Survivors include his wife; sons Charles Osborne of Montana, Robert Osborne of Frederick; sister Audrey Huber of Kansas; brothers Stan of California, Sid and Randy, both of Kansas; six grandchildren; a great-grandson. (Rocky Mountain News, March 9, 1997, page 10B) WHITHAM, FRANK Frank Whitham, a horse breeder and banker, died on Wednesday in the crash of his private plane near Goodland in western Kansas. He was 62. Mr. Whitham, whose mare Bayakoa twice won the Breeders' Cup Distaff, died along with his pilot and co-pilot. They were en route to Mr. Whitham's ranch in northern Montana. The plane carrying Mr. Whitham, Wilford (Bud) Palen, 65, the pilot and Bill Tucker, 47, the co-pilot, went down after radioing that it had missed the Goodland airport and was flying on to McCook, Neb., the Federal Aviation Administration said. Mr. Whitham was chairman of Western State Bank in Garden City, Kan., First State Bank in Leoti, Kan., and First National Bank in Lamar, Colo. Mr. Whitham lived in Leoti; Mr. Tucker and Mr. Palen were from Scott City, Kan., where the flight originated. Bayakoa, Mr. Whitham's best-known horse, had her most famous success in the Breeders' Cup Distaff in 1990, in which Go For Wand, a 3-year-old filly, broke a leg and had to be destroyed. Bayakoa also won the Breeder's Cup Distaff in 1989 and received the Eclipse Award for best older female in 1990. Bayakoa ended her career with 21 wins out of 39 races from 1986 to 1991 and earned $2.8 million. (New York Times, December 18, 1993, page 24)
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