Obituaries
Archie Bre�wer, 74, died
Sunday at Bethel Deaconess
Hospital, Newton. He was born July
26, 1922 at Peabody, and mar�ried Fama Loretta Rowland
May 28, 1922 at Marion. He had lived in Newton since 1937.
Survivors include his broth�ers: Lee, Los Angeles; Merl,
Peabody and Owen, Kinsley.
Funeral will be
Wednesday at Draper-Can�non Funeral Home, Newton, with burial
in Prairie Lawn Ceme�tery, Peabody.
(abstract, Hutchinson News, June 28, 1977)
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Mrs. Rebecca
Brooks, who had been living with
her daughter, Mrs. O. A. Wiley,
Route 1, Emporia, died Friday.
Funeral services will
be Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Methodist church in Peabody.
Burial will be in the Peabody cemetery.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Jan. 7, 1939)
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Anna (Ratzloff) Frantz, 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1994. Graveside service Friday, Aug. 26, Peace Valley Cemetery, rural Durham; memorial service before at Central Heights Mennonite Church, Durham. Survivors include her sons, Daniel of Durham, David of Ramona, Jonas of Tampa, Leonard of Hillsboro; daughters, Esther Funk of Hillsboro, Edith Unruh of Enid, Okla.; brothers, Sam Ratzloff of Hillsboro, Harry Ratzloff of Oregon; sister, Olga Penner of Hillsboro; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. (abstract, Wichita Eagle, Aug. 25, 1994)
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Samuel H. Gill, of Florence, died
Sunday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock in
an Emporia hospital. The funeral will be Wednesday, with burial in Florence.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, July 29, 1935)
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Charles V. Goll, Peabody, died
Wednesday at an Emporia hospital after a sickness of almost one year,
He was born in Severance
October, 25, 1853. He lived near Olpe until about eight
ago, when he moved to Peabody.
Mr. Goll is survived by his wife
of Emporia, and seven children.
They are: Elmer, Oliver and Lee,
of Emporia; Mrs. May Watkins, of
Olpe; Mrs. Minnie Dubby and Mrs.
Maude Titel, of El Dorado, and
William Goll of Peabody.
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment
in Maplewood cemetery.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, July 18, 1928)
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Frank Hall, Florence, died
Wednesday evening at the Emporia home of
his sister, Mrs. Stanley Abel. Funeral services are incomplete, but burial will
be in Florence.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Jan. 15, 1948)
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The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Hamilton, 405 West 15th, Hutchinson, was buried yesterday afternoon at the Prairie Lawn cemetery, Peabody. A service was read at the grave.
(abstract, Hutchinson News, Apr. 26, 1938)
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Mrs. Marie Hein, 79, died Tuesday, July 20, 1993. Service Friday, July 23, Durham (Kan.) Park Cemetery, with a memorial service before, at the Durham Church of God.
Survivors: son, Manfred of Newton; brothers, Leon Galyardt of Russell, Marvin Galyardt of Newark, Calif., Robert Galyardt of Millington, Tenn.; sisters, Ann Eby, Elsie Nevart, both of Los Angeles, Bernice Meister of San Diego. (abstract, Wichita Eagle, July 22, 1993)
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Cottonwood Falls, Aug. 4, -- James Huntley, 34, of Florence, died this
morning in a Newton hospital, where he had been the
past two weeks with a broken back.
Verl Pruitt, also of Florence, is alleged to have assaulted
Huntley at the Austin Harbour
farm in Southwestern Chase county, the trouble between the men
having been the result of alleged
advances made by Pruitt to Mrs.
Huntley. After Huntley's injuries.
Pruitt was arrested in Florence and
placed in the Chase county Jail. He
was released on a $3,500 bond, raised
by his friends. However, Huntley's death may result in more serious charges against Pruitt.
Mr. Huntley is survived by his
wife and two children. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Nim Huntley,
of Cedar Point.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Aug. 4, 1939)
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Funeral services for Hugh Jackson,
who died Wednesday in Peabody,
were held this morning at 10 o'clock
at the Roberts-Blue Funeral chapel.
Burial
was in Toledo cemetery.
Hugh Jackson was born October
29, 1849, in Argyleshlre, Scotland
He came to Cottonwood Falls in
1880. He operated hardware businesses in Cottonwood Falls from
1880 to 1896, to Burlington from
1896 to 1897 and in Hartford from
1897 to 1910. He came to Emporia
in 1910 and lived here three years
before moving to Peabody. He married Barbara Ann Wilson on November 3, 1882, in Cottonwood Falls; she died August 9, 1930.
Mr. Jackson belonged to the Odd
Fellows lodge in Burlington and
was a Methodist.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. S. H. Bennett, 211
North Olive, Peabody; a sister, Miss
Helen Ann Jackson, Argyleshire.
Scotland, and a brother, Duncan
Jackson, Argyleshire, Scotland.
Out-of-town friends and relatives attending the services
were: Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bennett,
Miss Cora Bennett, Miss Helen Bennett and Mrs. Hugh Whipby, all of
Peabody.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Jan. 10, 1936)
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Aleda L. Johnson, 73, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 1996. Service Wednesday, Kaiser Cemetery, Durham, with a memorial service before.
She is survived by her husband, Clement; sons, Duane Kaiser of Durham, Eldon Kaiser of Lehigh; daughter, Betty Houghton of McPherson; stepson, Armin Johnson of Lubbock, Texas; brothers, Vernon Clark of Bartlesville, Okla., James Clark of Galva; sisters, Norma Couoghenour of McPherson, Lois Roth of Perry, Okla.; six grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren.
(abstract, Wichita Eagle, Nov. 4, 1996)
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Clinton D. Lantis, Emporia,
an interior decorator, died Monday
evening at 7 o'clock at Newman Memorial County hospital.
He was born February 8,
1866, in Decatur, Neb., the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lantls.
He married Ada Ely on March 23,
1946. He is survived by his wife and
two sons by a former marriage,
Lawrence Lantis, of Topeka, and
Leonard Lantis, of Moscow, Iowa;
one granddaughter and two grandsons.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
morning at the Thompson funeral home in Marion. Burial was In the Marion
cemetery.
Out-of-town relatives attending
the services were Mrs. Clinton D.
Lantis, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Ely
and Mrs. Hazel Rutherford, of Emporia; and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Lantis and family, of Topeka.
(abstract, Emporia Weekly Gazette, Apr. 28, 1949)
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Isaac R. Miller, 68, a retired rural
mall carrier, died Sunday night at St. Mary's hospital in Emporia.
He had been living with his niece, Mrs. J. E. Kelsheimer, since moving from Marion three years ago to Emporia
Mr. Miller was
born May 19, 1864, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. He came to Kansas when he when a young man and
was married about 50 years ago to
Miss Nellie Lynch, of Emporia. She
died in Marion in 1920. Mr. Miller
is survived by a son, H. Ross Miller
of Chisholm, Minn.
Funeral services will be at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at the
Button Funeral home. Another service will be Wednesday afternoon in Marion, with burial in the Marion cemetery.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Jan. 30, 1933)
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Loran B."Fuzzy" Nuss, 72, Hillsboro, died Sept 25, 2004. Service Wednesday, at Zion Lutheran Church with burial at Durham Baptist Cemetery, Durham, KS.
Survivors include his wife, Lois; sons, Bradley, Stanley, Loren Mark, Gary, Brian; daughter, Peni Jo Ens; sister, LaVonne Wenrich; 14 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. (abstract, Wichita Eagle, Sep. 27, 2004)
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Elizabeth H.
Popp, 74, of Hillsboro, died Aug. 18, 1992, at a nursing home there.
Born Nov. 22, 1917, at
Durham, she was the daughter of William
H. and Caroline Breckel Popp.
She was a member of the Church
of God, Durham.
She is survived by a brother,
William Popp, Durham; a half-brother, Solomon H. Popp, Sacramento; and a half-sister, Vera I.
Popp, Phoenix.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday
at the Hillsboro Memorial Chapel,
Hillsboro. Burial will be in
the Durham Park Cemetery,
Durham. (abstract, Hutchinson News, Aug. 20, 1992)
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Mrs. Thomas M. Potter, of Peabody, died Wednesday morning at Christ Hospital, Topeka, of peritonitis. She was taken to Topeka a week ago to undergo an operation there. The body was taken to the family home Peabody later that day. She was the wife of Senator Potter, a prominent stockman and ranchman of Peabody, who is also a member of the Kansas senate.
(Emporia Gazette, Oct. 20, 1910)
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Mrs. Emma Riggs, of Florence,
died this morning at 6:15 o'clock at
the Emporia home of her son, H. M. Riggs,
after several months'
illness. Funeral services will be
held at Florence, Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock in the First Methodist
church.
Miss Emma Elizabeth Taggart
was born July 12, 1861, in Thompson county, New York. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Taggart. Miss Taggart came to
Florence in 1880 and two years
later married Delma Riggs on
August 31, 1882.
Surviving relatives are four sons,
Arthur and Calvin Riggs, Florence,
and Hervey M. and Ernest D. Riggs,
Emporia; two daughters, Mrs. Robert D. Lumley, Emporia, and Mrs.
Pearl B. Meenach, Spokane. Wash.;
a brother, C. B. Taggart, Muskogee,
Okla.; an aunt, Mrs. E. H. Weeks,
Tallahasse, Fla., and 11 grandchildren.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Jan. 16, 1935)
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Funeral services for O. A. Wiley,
Rt. 5, who died Thursday at his
home, were held Monday afternoon in the Roberts-Blue-Barnelt
Chapel. Burial
was in the Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody. Relatives from
out of town who attended were
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bugbee,
Gary, Darrel and Jolynn, Prairie
Village; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wiley,
Sylvan Grove; the Rev. and Mrs.
J. P. Wiley, Allen; Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Brooks and Floyd, Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Brooks, Bessie Tuttle,
Clyde Tuttle, John Brooks and Jon
Brooks, Peabody; Mrs. Jesse
Wright and Larry, Ottawa; Ruth
Davis, Marion; Mr. and Mrs. E.
J. Brooks, Lawrence; Irma Fetro
Cassoday, and Berniece Brooks,
Florence.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Aug. 9, 1960)
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Cedar Point, Feb. 8.--Jackson Williams, a resident of Marion County for twenty-five years, died last week. He was born near Sugar Grove, Virginia, and came to Oklahoma before locating to Marion County. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. John Heckler, and one son, Bryant Audrey Williams.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Feb. 8, 1926)
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Funeral services for Henry E.
Woolheater, who died Friday afternoon at the Emporia home of
his daughter, Mrs. Rachel Hart, will be held Sunday afternoon at the graveside in
the Peabody cemtery at Peabody.
The services will be In charge of the
Peabody Masonic lodge, of which
Mr. Woolheater had been a member
or 50 years.
Mr. Woolheater, son of Rachel
Lockwood Woolheater and Henry
Steele Woolheater, was born April
10, 1859 at Monroe, Jasper County,
Iowa. His father died when he was
nine months old and he and his
mother and only brother, Ed Woolheater, went to New York to live
with the mother's people. They came
to Kansas In 1874 and settled at
Peabody which was their home for
many years. After the death of his
mother and in May, 1885, Mr. Woolheater went to Lane County, Kansas, where he homesteaded a claim,
taught school and was elected clerk
of the district court for two terms,
1892-1896.
He married Annie Laura Dunstone
at Ness City, November 29, 1894.
They moved from Dlghton in 1897
to Mitchell, Ind., where Mr. Woolheater was editor of the Mitchell
Commercial. In 1902 they returned
o Peabody, and in 1903 Mr. Woolheater was appointed deputy clerk
of Marion county and the family
moved to Marion which has been
their home since that time. He was
elected county clerk for two terms,
1906-1909.
For 15 years Mr. Woolheater was
in the employ of the Orient and later the Santa Fe railroad at Runnymede, from which position he retired in 1930. Since that time he hac
made his home with his daughter In
Emporia and at the family home In
Marion.
While in Lane county he studied
law and was admitted to the Kansas
bar in February, 1895. Later he was
a member of the Marion County bar
He was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church and Odd Fellows
at Marion, and of the A. F. & A. M
at Peabody.
He is survived by his widow, one
son, Harold E. Woolheater; three
daughters, Mrs. Rachel Hart, of
Emporia, Ada Woolheater of Marion
and Doris Woolheater, of Bucklin;
two granddaughters, Jean and Carolyn Woolheater, of Wichita. His eldest daughter, Louise Woolheater
died in 1919. His brother, Ed Woolheater, a Santa Fe conductor, was
killed in a railroad accident at
Colorado Springs in 1901.
(abstract, Emporia Gazette, Feb. 13, 1937)
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Ben Zitterkopf, 82, died Wednesday, June 14, 1995. Services, Saturday, June 17, at Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, Hutchinson, with burial at Durham Park Cemetery, Durham.
Survivors include his sons, Larry of Hutchinson, Dennis of Wichita; a brother William Zitterkopf of Lincoln, Neb.; a sister, Elizabeth Garrett of Newton, Emelia Laubhan of Durham; four grandchildren.
(abstract, Wichita Eagle, June 16, 1995)
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