Atchison County Kansas Obits

ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS

OBITUARIES

DALEY, PETER

Atchison Globe, July 12, 1881

Peter Daley, a carpenter lately employed at the Atchison and Nebraska shops, died at 1:00 this morning. Funeral from his residence at the corner of 5th and Q, South Atchison, at 9 o clock tomorrow morning.

DAVIS, DAUGHTER

Atchison Globe, May 8, 1888

The nine year old daughter of A. Davis, a colored man employed at the water works pump house, and residing at No. 432 South Sixth street, died last night of diphtheria.

DEGAN, MARY

Atchison Globe, July 30, 1881

Died - In this city at one o clock this morning, of typhoid malaria, Mary Degan, wife of Owen Degan, aged 36 years,9 months and 29 days. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 2 o clock p.m.

DeGINAC, INEZ

Atchison Globe, November 14, 1879

Died - Inez, aged 17 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. DeGignac. Funeral at 2 o clock from the family residence, corner Eleventh and Parallel streets.

DEANE'S MOTHER

Atchison Globe, December 3, 1879

Colonel Deane s mother died at home in Highland last Sunday, and funeral takes place today.

DENNENY, EVA MARIE

Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Marie Denney, 38, sister of Elmer and Lewis Berry of Atchison, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Newcomer chapel in Kansas city. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Graceland cemetery in Weston. Mrs. Denneny was killed in an automobile accident in Kansas City. (The Atchison Daily Globe, Friday, July 9, 1954)

DONAHUE, MARY

Atchison Globe, Sept. 9, 1882

Died - Mary Donahue, oldest daughter of Hon. Joseph Donahue, aged 6 years and 6 months; at 1 o'clock tomorrow from the family residence eight miles west of Atchison.

DONAHUE, THOMAS

Atchison Globe, December 20, 1887

Thomas Donahue died at his residence near Farmington at 9 o'clock p.m., Saturday December 17. The funeral took place yesterday at 8 o'clock a.m. from the residence to Effingham burying ground.

DOWD, EFFA

Atchison Globe, July 27, 1882

Effa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dowd, aged 10 months. Funeral tomorrow afternoon, July 28, at 2 o'clock, from the residence at 604 T street.

DUFFY, MARY

The Globe, September 3, 1878

Died - At 3:20 this morning, Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Duffy, aged 7 years and 2 months. Funeral from the residence, corner 9th and Parallel, tomorrow at 2 p.m.

DYER, EARL JOSEPH

Mildenhall, England, Earl Joseph Dyer, supply sergeant at the big U. S air base here, was found hanged in his barracks, Sunday morning, the U.S. Air Force said today. There was no evidence to suggest foul play, officers said.

Dyer, who had been stationed in Britain 11 months, leaves his widow, Betty and five children at (1533 Lott St) Topeka, Kan.

He was due to return to the United States in December after an 18 month tour of duty in Europe. (Atchison Daily Globe, March 3, 1955, submitted by J. Rice)

DYER, JOHN M.

John M Dyer, 76, died in a Leavenworth hospital Saturday afternoon. Cancerous condition in the stomach caused the death. Until about 12 years ago, Mr Dyer was a residence of Atchison County. Since then, he has been living at Easton.

Mr Dyer was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky. When he was a young man, he moved to Atchison County. About 50 years ago, he married Miss Josephine Hays, of Iatan. Mr Dyer was a farmer and at times fowllowed the trade of stonemason.

He is survived by his wife, by three sons, Joe, Charles, and John all of Kansas City and by five daughters, Mrs Ralph Havis, Mrs Arch Bonnell, Mrs Nellie Englert, all of Atchison and Mrs Ernest Lewis and Mrs Ed Reed, both of Meriden, Kas.

The body was brought to Atchison Saturday night and is at the Swain & Douglass undertaking parlors. Burial will be in the Sumner Cemetery. The time of the funeral has not been set. (Atchison Daily Globe, July 12, 1925, submitted by J. Rice)

DYER, JOSEPHINE

Mrs Josephine Hayes Dyer, widow of John M. Dyer, died at 1:35 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs Ralph Havis, 713 S street, at the age of 71 years. She was visiting her daughters home, her residence being at 628 South Eleventh Street, Kansas City, Ks. Mrs Dyer was born in Atchison County and lived here practically her entire life, moving to Kansas City in the fall of 1917. She was the daughter of Alexander and Mary Ann Hayes, Atchison county pioneers, who settled near Oak Mills before the Civil War. She attended school in Oak Mills neighborhood and on September 6 1875 was married to John Dyer at Iatan, Mo. Squire Heath, justice of the peace, performing the ceremony. Mr Dyer died July 11 1925. They were the parents of 12 children, three of whom died in infancy. A son Frank A Dyer was killed in an automobile accident at Kansas City, November 22, 1924. Surviving are eight children, three sons and five daughters, as follows, Joseph, Charles and John Dyer, all of Kansas city, Ks. Mrs Ida Lewis and Mrs Hazel Reed, both of Meriden, Kan.; Mrs Ruth Bonnell and Mrs Gladys Havis, both of Atchison and Mrs Nellie Englert, Kansas City, Mo. Seventeen grandchildren also survive. The body is at the Swain & Douglass undertaking parlors. Funeral arrangement have not been perfected. Burial will be in the Sumner Cemetery, where her husband and children are buried, and the time of the funeral will not be determined until the weather will permit access to the cemetery. (Atchison Daily Globe, October 14, 1930, submitted by J. Rice)