Johnson County Obituaries
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Obituaries published after 1923 will be abstracted to avoid copyright violations.
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SAGE --
W. E. Sage, a carpenter from Olathe, Kas., was found at Eighth and Main Streets late Saturday night in an unconscious condition, and died as he was being taken to the Emergency Hospital. Dr. J. S. Snider, deputy coroner, announced the death was due to natural causes. Mr. Sage was about 45 and is survived by his wife and two children all of whom live at Olathe.
(Kansas City Star, April 28, 1919)
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SHARES --Died, in the bounds of the Olathe
church, Johnson Co., Kans., April 20, 1892,
Chas. W. Shares, aged 23 years, 2 months
and 26 days. Funeral by the Brethren in the
Methodist church, in Edgerton. Text, 1 Sam.
20:4. -- by Isaac H. Crist. (Gospel Messenger, May 1892)
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SIZER --Minnie Sizer, 17 year old daughter of E. L. Sizer, was terribly burned at noon yesterday and died at their Olathe home last night. She was trying to light a fire with kerosene from a 5-gallon can and it caught fire. She was a deaf-mute. She ran upstairs with her clothing ablaze and her parents and brother were severely burned in putting out the fire.
(Kansas City Star, July 2, 1911)
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SMITH --Mrs. Katherine E. Smith, 3903 Wabash ave., died last night at Wesley Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Spring Hill and was 26 years old. Her husband, Marvin Rex Smith, a small daughter, her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. W. A. Stillwell, Hillsdales and a brother, George Stillwell, Camp Funston, survive. Burial will be in Spring Hill [death cert says burial in Hillsdale].
(Kansas City Star, Mar. 11, 1918)
See copy of death certificate here.
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STAUFFER --Miss Margaret Stauffer, who was a nurse in the Federal hospitals in
Memphis in the Civil War and was associated with "Mother" Bickerdike, Mrs. Mary Maxfield and other famous army nurses, died yesterday morning at her home in Merriam, Kas., where she had lived for 28 years. She is survived by one sister and two brothers who are older than she. David J. Stauffer of Bevins, Kas., the eldest, is 93; Mrs. Barbara Milton, widow of George Milton of Merriam, Kas., is 89; Share Stauffer of New Bedford, Ill., is 86. The three who survived were born in Pennsylvania. Miss Stauffer was born in Ohio. Miss Stauffer's was a singularly quiet life who tranquility was disturbed only in the few years she was performing what she considered a patriotic duty by nursing the sick and the wounded in the army hospitals. She came to Kansas 28 years ago and purchased an 80-acre farm in Johnson County near Merriam. There she lived with her housekeeper and farm help until a few years ago when she built a cottage and went to live in the town. She was quite active and was able to manage the manage the details of her farm until a few weeks ago. She was a member of the G.A.R. post of Shawnee, Kas. After a funeral service at her home at 2 o'clock this afternoon the body will be sent to Goshen, Ind. It will be accompanied by John R. Foster of Merriam, whose wife is a niece of Miss Stauffer.
(Kansas City Star, July 29, 1909)
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STREHLOW --Mrs. Effie M. Strehlow died June 14 at Trinity Lutheran Hospital. She was a resident of Chillicothe, Mo. Services will be June 16 from Julien Chapel, with burial in the Olathe Cemetery.
(abstract, Kansas City Star, June 15, 1941)
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STRODE --Fred B. Strode, who for about four years reported the grain markets for The Star, died at the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. J. L. Price of Olathe, Kas., last night, shortly after 9 o'clock. Mr. Strode had been ill with typhoid fever for eight weeks and was thought to be well on the way to recovery when he had a set back yesterday. His death was a great shock to his friends on the 'change where he was well liked by everybody and also to his associates in The Star office. He had lived in Kansas City for about 14 years and for 10 years was with Bradstreet and Dun's commercial agencies. He was 43 years, 6 months old at the time of his death. His wife and 11 year old daughter survive him. He was born in St. Louis in 1858, and his mother, and a brother and sister live there. The funeral will be at Olathe Thursday afternoon.(Kansas City Star, Feb. 20, 1901)
ALSO:
Frederick Bates Strode, son of Mrs. T. V.
Strode, of No. 422 Washington avenue, and
a brother of Garrard Strode. Public Administrator, died at Olathe, Kas., on Tuesday. The funeral and Interment will be in
Olathe. (St. Louis Republic, Feb. 21, 1901)
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STUDEBAKER --Isaac Studebaker, 81 years old, died last night at his home at 706 1/2 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kas. He had lived in Olathe until six months ago, and the body will be taken there for burial.
(Kansas City Star, Dec. 24, 1909)
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STULL --Mrs. Florence Emma Stull, 67 years old, died yesterday at her home in Kansas City. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude King of the home. Burial will be in Olathe.
(Kansas City Star, June 28, 1919)
See copy of death certificate here.
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