Chase County Obituaries
BEEDLE--E. R. Beedle, 74, a resident of this county
for the past 46 years, died at his
farm home near Bazaar Monday morning
after a long sickness. The funeral
will be held at Bazaar Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and burial will be made in the Bazaar
cemetery.
Mr. Beedle was born in Momence, Ill.
He is survived by his wife and six children: Guy Beedle,
of Miami, Ariz.; Reuben Beedle, of
Peor�a, Ariz.; Carl Beedle, of Cedar Springs, Utah; Mrs. Edna Sauble,
of Springer, N. M., and Mrs. Maude
Johnson and Roy Beedle, of Bazaar.(5-8-1928)
BIELMAN--Mrs. Elizabeth Bielman died Tuesday morning at her
home in the Marble Hill neighborhood near Strong City. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Brown Chapel in Cottonwood
Falls. Rev. E. K. Resler, of Strong
City Methodist church, conducted
the services and burial was
in the Bazaar cemetery.(7-22-1939)
BYRAM--Mrs.
L. W. Byram, a long time resident of
Chase county, died at her home
near Clements Monday. She had
been in poor health several years.
She was born August 31, 1861, and came here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Crawford, when she was a baby.
She is survived by Mr. Byram and
10 children, Reese Byram, Boardman, Ore.; Mrs. Eunice Roberts, Chickasha, Okla.; Mrs. Floy Laughridge, J. Lee Byram, Frank Byram.
all of Cedar Point and Clements
vicinities: Mrs. Jennie Truex, Robinson; Mrs. Maria Overstreet, Newton: Mrs. Mayme Brown, Shawnee,
Ofela.; Mrs. Ernest Matti, Cottonwood Falls, and Mrs. Beth Mann,
of Newton; also
25 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the
Byram home at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon and burial will be
in the Cedar Point cemetery.(7-25-1935)
COOPER--Emanuel Cooper,
a Chase County resident for 77 years, died at
the county farm at Elmdale Monday, following a long illness. He
was born in Wisconsin September
5, 1852, coming to Chase county
with his parents when he was a
child. Survivors include
his brother, William
Copeland, Strong City, and a nephew, Martin Copeland, of western
Kansas. (7-25-1935)
DWELLE--�Funeral services for F. C. Dwelle, 70, who was found dead in the yard at his home,
Dwelle Bluffs Farm, near Cedar Point, Wednesday afternoon, were held
yesterday at his home. Interment was in Cedar Point Cemetery.
He was one of the early settlers near Cedar Point. He came from
New York and homesteaded the farm which has since been his home.
He married Anna Williams of Cedar Point in 1890. He is survived by
his wife and four children, Mrs. Edward Grimwood, Cedar Point; Miss
Ruth Dwelle, who teaches in Beloit; Donald Dwelle, who farms the home
place and Will Dwelle, a student at the State Agricultural College at
Manhattan. (2-11-1922)
EASTER--�Funeral
services for John Henry Easter were
held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Methodist church in Saffordville. Rev. H.
O. Scott conducted the services.
Burial was in Hillside cemetery in Toledo.
(7-22-1939)
EDWARDS--�Mrs.
Martha Ellen Edwards, died at the home of her son, Earl Edwards
home Wednesday afternoon, following a long illness. Mrs. Edwards
had been in a Kansas City hospital
for several weeks following a paralytic stroke. She was brought to the
Edwards home here about a week
ago. The funeral services were held at the Edwards home at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon and burial
was in the Bazaar cemetery.(6-6-1936)
FISHER--�James Grant Fisher, 68, died Saturday evening at his
home near Cedar Point. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Cedar Point Presbyterian church and burial was in Cedar Point cemetery. James Grant Fisher was born August 11, 1864, in Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, the son of Simon
Peter and Sarah Jane Fisher. At
the age of 18 he moved to Emporia
where he was engaged in construction work for the Santa Fe railroad.
He was married in Gordon, Texas,
March 29, 1894, to Miss Lula Pearl
Robinson, whom he met in Emporia.
They moved to Cedar
Point, settling on a farm north of
town. They
also lived in Cedar Point and in Emporia. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher were
members of the Cedar Point Presbyterian church. He is survived by his
wife; a daughter, Mrs. Elva Alice
Stephenson; a son, Simon Peter
Fisher; six grandchildren, Max
Fisher, Rex Lowman, Don Devere
Stephenson, Carol Lee, La Verne and
James Edward Fisher, and a sister,
Mrs. Ella Holcomb, of Overland
Park.(7-26-1933)
FISHER--�Mrs. John Fisher died at her home in Cedar Point Wednesday
evening, after an illness of several weeks. She
was sixty years old. Survivors include her husband,
who recently suffered a stroke, and three children:
Glen Fisher, of Dodge City, Mrs. Lannie Wisler and
Mrs. Mabel Aves/Ayes, of Florence. Burial was in the
Cedar Point cemetery. (12-4-1925)
FLOWERS--�Mrs. Jane Flowers died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Shaft,
Wednesday morning following a
long illness. Burial will be Friday afternoon in the Cedar Point cemetery.(1-12-1939)
JENNINGS--�Charles Jennings died at El Dorado on Monday, after a long illness. He was one
of the old settlers of Chase County, and lived on a farm between Bazaar and
Matfield Green for most of his life. About six months ago he moved to El
Dorado. Services were at Bazaar on Wednesday, and burial was in the Bazaar
Cemetery.(8-4-1932)
JONES--�Mrs. Edward Jones died at a Newton hospital Wednesday morning, after an
illness of six weeks. She lived southeast of Cedar Point. Survivors include her husband and four children: George, William, Louise and Edna Mae; her mother, Mrs. Grazer, of Newton and a brother, William Grazer, of
Peabody. Funeral services will be Friday morning at the Catholic
church in Florence.(1-12-1939)
LANTRY--�The death of Barney Lantry at his home in
Strong City removes a strong character from
public life. A man without education, he
pushed his way to the front far beyond men
better equipped in every way. He was
naturally a money maker and everything he
touched turned to gold. In Strong City he
was king of the town and his word was law.
(Lawrence Daily World, December 9, 1895)
LANTRY--�Henry E. Lantry, aged 44, successor to the firm of B. Lantry
& Sons, died of heart failure at his home in Strong
City Wednesday afternoon. He drove out on the ranch
looking at his cattle the day before. He came home and
took violently sick during the night. Dr. J. M. Hamme
was summoned. Dr. Hamme found his heart weak and gave
him some stimulants. While he was sitting on a chair
in his room, his head fell on his breast. Dr. Samuel
Steele was called, but found him dead. Mr. Lantry leaves a
widow, a daughter of 13 and a son of 11. He was said to
be the largest railroad contractor in the world, having
at present a three years' contract filling the China
basin in San Francisco for the Santa Fe, which will cost
millions. His crusher, just west of Strong City, had
recently started up on a very large scale to reballast
the Santa Fe in this part of the state. His fathter, B.
Lantry, who died several years ago, started the business
on a small scale. The Lantrys owned and operated grading
outfits in several parts of the United States. One of
their achievements was the building of the cog railroad
to the top of Pike's Peak. It is said their firm did
more grading for the Santa Fe than all other outfits.
(Emporia Gazette, April 21, 1904)
LANTRY--�Mrs. Mary Jordan Lantry, age 70, died at her
home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on September
27. She was the widow of Henry E. Lantry and
was a former Strong City resident. (abstract, Emporia Gazette, Sept. 29, 1936)
LAUGHRIDGE--�Lemuel
Laughridge, 31-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs. W. B. Laughridge, who
live a mile east of here, was almost instantly killed
Monday morning
when his car hit a truck driven
by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Newley, of
Clements. The accident occurred at
the French Creek bridge east of the
Laughridge home. He wat thrown from the car
and died from a broken back
He was born in Clements April 20 (29?), 1912, and was a graduate of the Cedar Point Rural
high school. He was a farmer. Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon in the Cedar
Point Presbyterian church and burial will be
in the Cedar Point cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
brother, Whitt, and two sisters,
Vivian and Jean.(7-26-1933)
LONG--�Mrs. Lelia L. Long died Monday morning at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Meuli,
southwest of Emporia
Funeral services will be Wednesday
morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Sutton funeral home. Interment will be in
thc Cedar Point cemetery.
Lelia Whitlock was born
May 1, 1910, at Cedar Point. She moved to Lyon county in 1925 and
was married to Raymond Long, Dec. 17, 1925 at Marion. She is survived
by her husband, her mother, Mrs. H. E. Meuli/Meull, her twin sister, Mrs. Lillian
Ludwig of Cedar Point; two other sisters, Mrs. Mildred Keener/Kerner of
Marion and Mrs. Minnie Mulchoff, of Marion.(3-12-1931)
MCCABE--T. H. McCabe, Bazaar, died early Saturday
morning in St. Mary's hospital in
Emporia. Funeral services will be Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock In St. Anthony's church
in Strong City, with burial
in the Bazaar cemetery,
Mr. McCabe was born March 16.
1874. at Bazaar and has been a
life-long resident of this community. He is survived by his widow;
two daughters, Mrs. R. W. Evans,
Winslow, Ariz., and Mrs. H. R.
Rohwedder, Harper, Iowa; a son,
Thomas Edward McCabe, of the
home; his mother, Mrs. Jane McCabe, Bazaar; a sister, Miss Sarah
McCabe, and a brother, J. B. McCabe, both of Bazaar.(3-23-1926)
MEAD--Mrs. P. A.
Mead, for many years a resident of
Cedar Point, died Sunday evening in
a Wichita hospital.
Josephine
Frank was born south of Cedar
Point October 30, 1863, and was
married to P. A. Mead in 1882. Almost all their married life was spent
on a farm near Cedar Point, except when they
lived in Idaho from 1929 to 1933.
Mrs. Mead is survived by her husband and eight children, Beryl
Mead, of the home; Roy Mead, of
Blackfoot, Idaho; Mrs. Clara Stine,
Saffordville; Mrs. John B. Griffith,
Cedar Point; Mrs. John Sauble,
Newton; Willis Mead, Bridgeport,
Ore., and Phillip Mead and Mrs.
Clarence Wilson, Cedar Point. Funeral services were to be held at the
John Griffith home this afternoon,
and burial was to be in Cedar Point
cemetery.(1-31-1934)
NORTON--�P. J. Norton,
81, well known Chase county man
died in Wichita Sunday morning.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the ranch
home of Mrs. Victoria Norton, a sister-in-law. Burial will be at the
Bazaar cemetery. Mr. Norton was
born in Indiana January 31, 1853, came to Chase county in April
1859 and lived here until 1931. The past three years
he lived in the Masonic home in Wichita. For
many years he was paymaster for
Lantry Brothers, contractors, who
did much railroad construction work
years ago, and later he was engaged in
the real estate and insurance business.(3-26-1934)
PENNINGTON--�S. L. Pennington, of near Matfield Green, was killed instantly when struck by lightning while he was driving his tractor. His wife witnessed the incident, relating that she saw
the lightning hit the tractor and
that her husband fell from the
seat in a cloud of smoke. The
tractor ran wild, making a big circles in the field, stopping only
when the shovels went deep into
the ground. He was well known
in Bazaar and Matfield vicinities, and prominent in the Methodist church of Cottonwood Falls,
where he taught a Sunday school
class. Besides his widow, he is survived by a son in New York and a
daughter in Pittsburgh, Pa. Funeral services will be in Augusta.
(7-25-1935)
READ--�Mrs. J. W.
Read died at her home Friday,
following a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Reed home
east of Cottonwood Falls Sunday.
Elizabeth
Jane Wolf was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Wolf and
was born in Orange county, Indiana, January 5, 1857.
She is survived by her husband, one daughter Miss Nellie Read,
and one son,
Wilmer Read, all of this place; one
grandson, Duane Read; two sisters,
Mrs. Ellen Spangler and Miss Anna
Wolf, and two brothers, Henry and
John Wolf, all of Iuka, Ill.(7-25-1935)
SMITH--�C. I. Smith died Monday noon in a Marion hospital, after a long illness.
Mr. Smith was born in Virginia
in 1873 and came to Kansas in
1897.
He was preceded in death by two of his children, the
surviving children being Mrs. Frank
Grimwood, of Saffordville, and
John Smith, of Cedar Point.
Funeral services will be in the
Presbyterian chur ch Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will
be in Cedar Point cemetery.(3-15-1938)
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