Butler county Missouri obit13.txt Newspaper obituary extractions Submitted by Sherry Link Newspaper obituary extractions ---------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Sat., Sept 14, 1912: FARMER KILLED IN A RUNAWAY Mr. Richy, Hurried From Vehicle on Long Hill at James R. Hogg’s Farm, Dies JUSTICE SENT TO VIEW REMAINS, GET TESTIMONY Cornoner Appraised of Accident When Starting to Hold Inquest in Another Part of County. A farmer named Ritchey, said to live a short distance from Poplar Bluff on the river road to the south, was killed at noon today in a runaway on the long hill at James R. Hogg’s farm, west of the city. The farmer’s team was frightened and plunged madly down the slope. The driver was thrown out and it was believed his neck was broken when he struck the ground. A call was sent in to Coroner Davidson but when he received it he had made arrangements to hold an inquest in a killing case at Blue Springs, and he could not again reach the informant by telephone. At 2 o’clock this afternoon a messenger was sent in to report that Richey’s body still lay beside the road, and Dr. Davidson authorized Justice of the Peace John Poynor to accompany the messenger and view the remains. The justice went out to do so and take whatever testimony there was to be obtained. It was expected that the body would be brought to the city immediately after the inquiry, and Richy’s family communicated with. (also on the Front page of this edition …) -------------- FATALLY SHOT WHILE HUNTING George Reading, Jr. Succumbs to Would Few Minutes After Reaching his Home. ROMBAUER YOUTH HURT IN TAKING GUN FROM BUGGY Injury Saps Life Before Poplar Bluff Physician Can Reach Victim of Weapon – 15 Years Old. George Reading, Jr., was fatally shot this morning while he was drawing a gun from a rig in which he and Roy Clevlen of Rombauer had gone hunting at Swan Lake, this county. He died a few minutes after being carried to the home of his father, George Reading, at Rombauer. The victim of the accident was only fifteen years of age. He and Clevlen had gone out for sport at Swan Lake. Arriving there, young Reading started to take his gun from the buggy. The weapon was obstructed in some way and discharged, the full charge entering the boy'’ body in the left armpit. Realizing the gravity of the wound, young Clevlen lifted his friend’s inanimate figure into the vehicle and raced to the Reading home. Dr. Ellis of Poplar Bluff was hastily summoned and he rushed to Rombauer, but before the doctor could reach there Reading had passed away, surviving only a few moments after reaching home. The family was prostrated by the accident and friends grieved over the youth’s death. No arrangements for the funeral had been perfected this afternoon. ------------------ Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Fri., Feb. 10, 1961: LOCAL MAN KILLED IN CAVE IN OF SEWER DITCH -- John Flanakin, Son of Mr. And Mrs. Royal Flanakin Of West Harper, Killed At Pacific, MO John Flanakin, 39 year old Poplar Bluffian, was killed instantly in a sewer constructing accident at Pacific, Mo., about 10 o’clock this morning. A foreman for the H. E. Blinne Constructing Company, Flanakin and another workman whose name was not learned here, were connecting a pipe in a deep sewer ditch when the sidewalls of the trench caved in. Other workmen were not at the scene but arrived there shortly after Flanakin was buried beneath the heavy movement of earth and the other man, who was rescued and escaped serious injury, was buried up to the waist. Workmen said the earth in the area had been freezing and thawing and it is believed the thaw had caused the earth slide. Flanakin had worked on the project, a city sewer construction program at Pacific, Mo., for the past year. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Flanakin, 1105 Harper Street, he resided at 314 South Seventh Street with his wife, Mrs. Wanda Flanakin and their three children, a step-daughter, Janice, 8, and Joni, 3, and Jeanie, 5. Relatives said he spent the weekends here with his family and spent his working days at Pacific. Survivors also include a daughter by a previous marriage, Mrs. Sandra Ross, of Evansville, Indian, a brother, Royal Flanakin, Jr., a music supervisor in the Ferguson, Mo., school system, and a sister, Mrs. Arlene Bloomer of Phoenix, Arizona. He was born at Hendrickson, August 5, 1921, and graduated from the Poplar Bluff Hugh School in 1940. His father is employed at the Kroger store and his mother, Mrs. Birdie Flanakin, is a teacher at the Kinyon School. He is a member of the First Christian Church. Fellow workmen said Flanakin had often expressed a fear of wall cave-ins while he was engaged in sewer line construction. The project at Pacific in near completion. Fellow workmen at Pacific advised Mayor John S. West of the accident this morning and Chief of Police Eldon Whitworth and the family minister informed the family about the tragedy. The body was taken to a Pacific, Mo. funeral home and will be returned here for funeral services. -------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Tues., Feb. 14, 1961, pg 8: JOHN W. FLANAKIN Funeral services for John W. Flanakin, 39-year-old foreman who was killed Feb. 10, in a construction accident at Pacific, Mo., were held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the First General Baptist Church on North Main Street. The Rev. Melvin Ferry officiated and burial was in the City Cemetery. ------------------------ Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Friday, Mon., Mar. 19, 1962: Mrs. Hendrickson, Died Last Night; Rites Wednesday Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Hendrickson, 92 year old well known pioneer Butler County resident and mother of James D. Hendrickson, editor of the daily American Republic, died at 11:11 last night after a three year illness attributed to the infirmities of age. She resided at 729 Mill Street. Mrs. Hendrickson was 92 on January 1 and was one of 13 children of the Harwell family. She was born in the north part of Butler county January 1, 1870 and spent her entire life in this area. She was married to James D. Hendrickson Sr., in 1893. For a time they resided on a farm and later moved to Poplar Bluff where her husband was in the lumber business for a number of years. He died 28 years ago. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons, Clyde H. Hendrickson of Wellington, Kan., and James Hendrickson of Poplar Bluff; a step-daughter, Miss Mae Hendrickson of Wellington; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She also leaves three brothers, Dr. J. Lee Harwell, C. M. Harwell and S. G. Harwell all of Poplar Bluff; and two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Graham of Piedmont and Mrs. John Mauns of Tulsa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Frank-Cotrell Chapel with the Rev. George Poe officiating. Burial will be in the City Cemtery. ------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Tues. Nov. 12, 1964, pg 7: GEORGE HENDRICKSON DIED YESTERDAY AT V. A. HOSPITAL George William Hendrickson, 512 South D. Street, Poplar Bluff, died yesterday at the Veterans Hospital. He had been ill for several years. He was born on Nov. 30, 1891, at Hendrickson. Survivors include his widow, two sons, Billy Joe of Overland and Norman of Poplar Bluff; four step-children, Clarence Stucker, Ester Shepard, Marie Moore, all of Poplar Bluff, and Leslie Stucker of Baltimore; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a member of the American Legion and a world War I veteran. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, at the Frank-Cotrell Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. (note: George was the s/o Simon J. Hendrickson & Eliza Virginia Casey) ---------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Friday, June 23 1967, pg 3: A. Hendrickson, Local Resident, Died Yesterday Albert Hendrickson, 84, a retired Missouri -Pacific Railroad section foreman and a resident of 1811 Indiana who had been in poor health for several years, died at 9:30 a.m. yesterday at the Missouri-Pacific Hospital in St. Louis. A life-long resident of Butler County, Hendrickson was born December 18, 1882, at Hendrickson. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of the World and the First Baptist Church. On September 23, 1906, he married Ethel Etheridge, who died October 30, 1965. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ray Hart of Poplar Bluff; a son, Nolan Hendrickson of Long Beach, Calif.; five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Frank-Cotrell Chapel. The Rev. John Gilbert will conduct the services and burial will follow in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Frank-Cotrell Funeral Home from 7:30 p.m. today until time for funeral services. [Albert was the s/o Simon J. Hendrickson & Eliza Virginia Casey] ------------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1969 Front Page, picture of Mr. Hendrickson at his desk, caption reads JAMES D. “JIM” HENDRICKSON, retired Telegraph and City Editor of the Daily American Republic, died following a heart seizure at his home at 1003 Gardner Street at 1:45 this morning. Jim Hendrickson, A Retired Daily American Republic Editor, Died Today James David “Jim” Hendrickson, retired telegraph and city editor of the Daily American Republic, died at 1:45 this morning following a heart seizure suffered at his home at 1003 Gardner St. He was rushed to the Doctors Hospital in a J&J ambulance and pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:05 a.m. Born at Hendrickson, Mo., July 6, 1894, he was 74. A former Missouri Pacific railroad clerk, he left the railroad and became associated with the late John H. Wolpers a few days before the Daily American Republic became a daily newspaper May 1, 1923. After completing high school, he taught school then became assistant secretary of the Poplar Bluff YMCA before joining the newspaper. He often commented he lived as a newspaperman during one of the world’s most exciting periods of change – a period he saw grow from the horse and buggy days to the space age. A prolific writer, he served as Associated Press correspondent and wrote for metropolitan newspapers and magazines during his newspaper career during which time he trained many young men who went from the Daily American Republic to other careers in journalism. Among them were Art Wallhausen who became publisher of the Charleston Enterprise-Courier, Joe Western who is now Washington corespondent for the All Street Journal; the late J. L. Swindell who became editor of the Pampa Tex. News; John Hildebrant, now public information director of the U.S. Department of State in Munich, Germany, and many others. Never too busy to discuss his (cont’d to page 2A) profession with young people, he guided many neophyte high school journalists to successful careers in the business. Always interested in the city’s youth, he was first chairman of the Poplar Bluff Park Board and gave many hours of time in setting up the city’s park program. He was a senior member of the Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and belonged to the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge. He was the first chairman of the Poplar Bluff band board when it was established in the 1930’s and was the first president of the Southeast Missouri Sportsmen’s Association, and organization in which he held an honorary membership. During World War II, he served as a captain in the Missouri Guard organization. He was chairman of the Missouri and Kansas Associated Press Wire Editors Association in 1964 and 1965 and worked diligently to improve the Missouri Associated Press report. He was the first Butler County resident enrolled in the Medicare program. Member of a pioneer Butler County family, his late grandfather Nathan W. Hendrickson founded the town of Hendrickson, 14 miles north of Poplar Bluff. Since his retirement from the Daily American Republic May 1, 1965, he was associated with his wife, Mrs. Norma Hendrickson, in operation of the Hendrickson Wholesale Company at 406 Highway 67 South. He and the former Miss Norma Smith were married at Greenville June 1, 1934. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Gary of Atlanta, Ga., and Paul Hendrickson of Highland, Ind.; a brother, Clyde Hendrickson, and a sister, Miss Mae Hendrickson of Wellington, Kan.; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Two sons, James Lee Hendrickson and Dennis Marlow Hendrickson preceded him in death. Dr. Bradford B. Powell, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate at services to be held at the Frank-Cotrell Chapel at 2 Friday afternoon with burial in the Woodlawn Cemtery. Visitation at the Frank-Cotrell Chapel will be from 7 until 9 tonight and Thursday night. ---------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Wed. August 13, 1969 - pg 8A: R. S. EDMISTON OF HENDRICKSON DIED YESTERDAY Raymond S. Edmiston, 61-year-old truck driver of Hendrickson, died Tuesday in the Lucy Lee Hospital following an illness of three months. He was born Jan. 18, 1908 in Hendrickson. Edmiston was a member of the Fourth Baptist Church in St. Louis. Survivors include a son, Raymond Edmiston, Jr., Davenport, La.; a brother Fred Edmiston, St. Louis; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Malone, Poplar Bluff; and Mrs Leathie Woods, St. Louis; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Frank-Cortell Funeral Chapel. The Rev. T. R. Tackett will officiate and burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at the funeral home. (note: Raymond was the son of John M. Edmiston & Nancy Jane Hendrickson, the d/o Simon J. Hendrickson & Eliza Virginia Casey) ---------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Thurs., June 5, 1969 pg 4: MAY HENDRICKSON DIES, SERVICES ARE SATURDAY Miss May Hendrickson, 84 year old resident of Wellington, Kan., died Wednesday at the Riverview Manor in Oxford, Kan., after an illness of three and a half years. She was born Aug. 18, 1994 at Hendrickson. In 1913, she became a Deaconess in the Methodist Episcapal Church of St. Louis. She received an AB degree from Wesleyan College, in Bloomington, Ill., and in 1941 received a Master’s Degree from Northwestern University. She worked as a Psychiatric Supervisor of Socail Welfare. She is survived by one brother, Clyde Hendrickson of Wellington, Kan. Services will be held in the Frank-Cotrell Chapel at two p.m. Saturday with Dr. Bradford Powell officiating. Burial will follow in the City Cemetery. (May was the d/o James D. Hendrickson Sr. and Jennie M. Estes Rash) ---------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Friday, Mon., July 7, 1986, pg 7: Clyde Hendrickson Former Poplar Bluffian Clyde Hendrickson, 83, of Wellington, Kan., died Saturday morning in St. Luke’s Hospital in Wellington. While in Poplar Bluff he worked for the Bank of Poplar Bluff and was an office business manager at Ruth Wholesale Lumber Co. He was associated with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. until ill health forced his retirement in 1963. He was born Nov. 7, 1902, near Poplar Bluff, and he attended Poplar Bluff schools. A graduate of the Class of 1921, Mr. Hendrickson attended his 65th year reunion in May in Poplar Bluff. He moved to Wellington in 1955, where he was a member of the First Untied Methodist Church. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 150, where he was past master, a Consistory and Midian Shrine member in Wichita, Kan., past patron of Order of the Eastern Star, a charter and life member of Sumner County Shrine Club and a member of the Wellington Lions Club for over 30 years where he was secretary treasurer for many years. He was married to Bula May Henson on Feb. 18, 1928, in Poplar Bluff, and she survives. Other survivors are one son, Marshall David Hendrickson of Merriam, Kan.: and two grandchildren. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at his church, with burial in Highland Cemtery in Winfield, Kan. Services are under the direction of Hawks Funeral Home in Wellington. The family requests any memorials be made to the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association or the building fund of his church. [Clyde was the s/o James David Hendrickson sr. & Elizabeth Ann Harwell] --------------------- Daily American Republican Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO – Sunday, Dec. 27, 1987 pg 8A: Ernest N. HENDRICKSON (photo) WILLIAMSVILLE – Ernest Nathan Hendrickson, 85, of rural Williamsville died at 5 p.m. Friday at Westwood Hills Health Care Center. He had been in ill health for the past seven months. He was a retired machine operator. Mr. Hendrickson was born Dec. 13, 1903, in Hendrickson. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and was a lifetime Butler County resident. Survivors include one brother, Clarence Hendrickson of Clearwater, Fla.; one sister, Alice Baxter of Keokuk, Iowa; and one daughter-in-law, Ruth Hendrickson of Poplar Bluff; and four grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Larry Davis will officiate. Burial will be in New Oak Hill Cemetery. Masonic services and visitation will begin at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. [Ernest was the s/o Nathan Ward Hendrickson & Annie Louis Dalton]