Butler County, Kansas
Edith M. Anderson, 96, homemaker, died Monday, Feb. 4, 1991. No service.
Survivors: son, John Norton of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; daughter, Jessie Hedges of Columbus, Ohio. Carlson Funeral
Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 Feb 1991)
Baker, Marion E., 76, retired Southwest Valve Service owner, died Thursday, March 30, 1995. Service 10 a.m. Saturday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Steven of El Dorado, Scott of Broken Arrow, Okla.; daughters, Nita Freeman of Norman, Okla., Vicki
McClure of Hutchinson, Polly Bullard of Wichita; sisters, Mildred Martin of Howard, Hazel Illman of Salem, Ore.;
13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Hospice Inc., V.F.W. and American
Legion.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 31 March 1995)
Baker, Russell Eugene, 62, White and Ellis production superintendent, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Bill, Mike, Eddie, Russell, all of El Dorado; daughters, Sandra McClune of El Dorado, Marsha Armstrong
of Opelika, Ala.; stepsons, Mark Lamb, Zachary Lamb, both of El Dorado; brother, Marion of El Dorado; sisters,
Mildred Martin of Howard, Hazel Inman of Salem, Ore.; 15 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the
Kansas Oil Museum.
Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Dec 1992)
FLOSSIE BANKS, 76, of El Dorado, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 3 p.m. Friday, Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: son, Raymond, daughter, Bernice Kirkpatrick, both of El Dorado; brother, Raymond Gray of Towanda, Lloyd
Gray of Rosalia; sisters, Elsie VanWey of El Dorado, Laura Willhite of Rosalia; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Rosalia United Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 July 1985)
Banks, Jeanette A., 82, homemaker, died Monday, June 15, 1992. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Benny; sister, Elizabeth Anderson of Newton. Memorial has been established with First United
Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 June 1992)
EL DORADO - Barker, F. Esther, 89, homemaker,
died Oct. 28, 2007. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Prospect Baptist Church.
Survivors: son, Richard of El Dorado; daughter, Norma J. Sarcoxie of Newkirk, Okla.; grandsons, David and Zack
Barker; 6 great-grandchildren. Carlson Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 10/29/2007.
Bishop, Hattie H., 92, retired nurse, died Monday, April 20, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home,
El Dorado.
Survivors: son, Harold of Wichita; daughters, Maxine Towne of Towanda, the Rev. Lillie DaMetz of Haven; seven grandchildren;
17 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 April 1992)
Borger, Anna Louise, 91, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home; interment following
at Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia.
Miss Borger was born Nov. 17, 1910 in rural Greenwood County, Kan. the daughter of Alvin Henry and Ann Belle Olsen
Borger. She came to El Dorado in 1917 and graduated from El Dorado High School in 1928.
She began her library career 73 years ago in 1928 at El Dorado's Carnegie Library. She graduated from El Dorado
Junior College in 1930. She received her B.A. in Library Science from the University of Denver in 1946. She became
the head librarian at the Bradford Memorial Library in 1942 and worked until her retirement in Jan. 1976.
Her "retirement" was very short because the Butler County Historical Society hired her in March 1976
to start a research library at the museum. The library grew significantly under her careful and loving care to
over 4,500 volumes. The library has always been under the sole direction of Miss Borger, who at 91, still worked
every day.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors: sister and brother-in-law, Lucile and Quinten Anderson of Chanute. Memorial established with Butler
County Historical Society Library, Bradford Memorial Library and Butler County Community College Anna Louise Borger
Memorial Scholarship Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Jan 2002)
Braman, Hilma B., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002. Service 4 p.m. today, Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: son, Stanley of Lawrence; daughters, Noema Conner of Lyons, Karen Simonson of Denver; brother, Deacon
Hackler of El Dorado; sisters, Dixie Kropf of El Dorado, Sharon Marenco of San Jose, Calif., Joy Cox of Campbell,
Calif.; six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Prospect Baptist Church. Kirby-Morris
Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Jan 2002)
Brenner, Ellis, 85, retired Parsons State Hospital & Training Center grounds superintendent and greenhouse
operator, former Potwin, Newton, Eureka and Ottawa resident, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 1993. Services 10 a.m. Monday,
Burris-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, Parsons; 2:30 p.m., Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: wife, Lela; sons, Bob of Ottawa, Stan of Tucson; daughters, Jean Miller of Lake Havasu City, Ariz.,
Judy of Parsons; brothers, Bill of Douglass, Roy of El Dorado; sister, Letha of El Dorado; eight grandchildren;
11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with First Christian Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Nov 1993)
Brickley, Grace F., 100, retired telephone operator, died Monday, July 11, 1994. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Carlson
Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: daughter, Faye Seglem of Augusta; six grandchildren; 12 great- grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Rosalia United Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 July 1994)
Burger, Frances T., 101, retired registered nurse, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Blankenship
Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: daughters, Maryanna Root of Roseville, Minn., Frances Allen of Chicago; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Oct 1995)
Campbell, Lucile, 75, retired Beech Aircraft employee, died Tuesday, June 24, 1997. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Kirby-Morris
Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: no immediate survivors.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 July 1997)
Cannon, Agnes M., 96, homemaker, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 1996. Service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, Jimmy of Wamego; daughter, Mildred Dulany of Sulphur, La.; sisters, Bessie Simpkins of Sioux Falls,
S.D., Mildred King of Seatac, Wash.; three grandchildren; eight grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 5 November 1996)
EL DORADO - Cannon, Frances Louise, 84,
died Oct. 25, 2005. Service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Blankenship Cemetery.
Survivors: brother, Woodrow Cannon of Newton; many nieces and nephews. Memorial: St. John's Catholic Church. Kirby-Morris
Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 10/27/2005.
Cannon, Jessie L., 103, retired rancher, farmer, cafe owner, died Monday, July 18, 1994. Service 10 a.m. Thursday,
Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado. No survivors. Memorial has been established with United Methodist Church,
Rosalia, and Christian Church, Rosalia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 July 1994)
VIVA E. CARTER, 93, of El Dorado, homemaker, died Thursday, April 16, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Carlson Funeral
Home.
Survivors: son, Bill of White City; four grandchildren; two great- grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 April 1987)
Chatfield, Ward Jay, 76, formerly of El Dorado, retired legal secretary and stenographer, died Monday, Jan. 4, 1993.
Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First Christian Church; 2 p.m. Thursday, Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: daughter, Susan Griswold of Colorado Springs; brother, Chester of Gladwin, Mich. Memorials have been
established with First Christian Church, Junction City, and First Christian Church, El Dorado. Johnson Funeral
Chapel.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 Jan 1993)
Gwendolyn Clark, 88, Wichita, died Sept. 13, 2005, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Services will be held at
11 a.m. Saturday in the Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado. She will be buried at the Blankenship Cemetery.
Gwendolyn was born Sept. 4, 1917, in Greenwood County, the daughter of Oliver Cromwell and Georgia Elliott Crookham.
She was a secretary for the Mobil Refinery in Augusta in the 1940s and she also worked at the Towanda Post Office
while living there. She was a homemaker and an avid gardener and an excellent seamstress. She enjoyed cooking and
quilting. She loved to travel and she had lived with her husband, Orval, who worked for Mobil Oil and lived in
Libya, Nigeria, Nebraska and Kansas. Her last international trip was taken to Zimbabwe on a mission trip when she
was 82 years old. Where ever she lived she was active with family, church and community activities. She was preceded
in death by two husbands, Willard Bell and Orval Clark.
Memberships included the First United Methodist Church of Wichita where she was a master quilter. She was a member
of the Quilters Circle and the Triad Sunday School Class. She had been a member of the 20th Century Club in Wichita
and the Federated Women's Club, Nakomis in Towanda.
Surviving family include three children, Janice and husband, Jack Groh, of Fayetteville, Ark., Craig and wife,
Jerrie Clark, of Eureka and Marita and husband, Dan Summers, of Hill City, grandchildren, Sean Groh, Ryan Clark,
Traci Clark, Brandon Clark, Valerie Larson and Brian Summers, great-grandchildren, Jess Groh, Jamie Clark, Jacob
Larson and Toria Larson.
Memorials have been established with the First United Methodist Church TV Ministry or the Heiffer Project International.
Contributions may be left with the Kirby-Morris Funeral Home which is assisting the family with their arrangements.
(Hays Daily News ~ 16 Sept 2005)
MARY J. CLARKSON, 45, of Rosalia, homemaker, died Sunday, May 18, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rosalia United
Methodist Church.
Survivors: husband, Vernon; sons, Daniel, Donald, daughter, Susan, all at home; parents, George and Winifred Miller,
brothers, James, William and Gerald Miller, sister, Dixie Banks, all of Waynesville, Mo. Memorial has been established
with Rosalia United Methodist Church. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 May 1986)
VALLEY CENTER - Claycomb, Charles Calvin, "Cal",
77, retired Coleman Company, Warranty Claims employee, died Thursday, July 3, 2003. Service 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Cochran Mortuary. Graveside service 3:30 p.m. Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia, KS.
Survivors: wife, Helen; sons, Keith Claycomb of ElDorado, Rick Claycomb of Valley Center, sisters, Mary McTavish
of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and Marge Lewis of Piedmont, KS. A memorial has been established with the American Heart
Association, 8630 E 32nd Court North, Wichita, KS 67226. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family via www.cochranmortuary.com
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 7/5/2003 - 7/7/2003.
Cross, James Lynn, 26, former U.S. Postal Service employee, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1994. Service 10 a.m. Saturday,
Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: parents, Edward and Madge of El Dorado; brothers, Robert of Towanda, Donald of Webb City, Mo.; sisters,
Peggy Clubb of Valley Center, Tammy Sue Hampton of El Dorado. Memorial has been established with First Church of
the Nazarene. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 Jan 1994)
EL DORADO - Ehrlich, Faye, 95, died Feb.
22, 2007. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Ralph, Ellis; daughters, Betty Hopper, Alberta LeVeber, Katherine Oliva, Lola Ankeny; sisters,
Rosalie Bayless, Viola, Betty Jean; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 2/23/2007.
Frye, Candy Sue, 30, homemaker, died Saturday, March 5, 1994, of injuries from an automobile accident. Service 2
p.m. today, Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: husband, Jack; sons, Brandon Lakin, Eric Lakin, daughters, Tasha Lakin, Angela Lakin, all of Rosalia;
stepson, Jacob of El Dorado; parents, Clifford and Jacqueline Sharp of Rosalia; brothers, Danny Sharp, Donny Sharp,
both of Rosalia, David Sharp of El Dorado, Dwayne Sharp of Towanda; sisters, Sierra Young of Wichita, Kathaleen
Spohn of El Dorado; one grandchild.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 March 1994)
JOSEPH A. GENTRY, 95, of Augusta, retired tool pusher, died Thursday, May 1, 1986. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dunsford
Funeral Home Chapel.
Survivors: wife, Nellie; stepson, Forest Womak of Kerrville, Texas; stepdaughter, Frances Kunkle of Wichita; two
grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 May 1986)
LOUISE T. GRANT, 80, of El Dorado, homemaker, died Monday, July 31, 1989. Service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Blankenship
Cemetery, Rosalia, Mo.
Survivors: son, Bobby of Newton; one granddaughter; one great-grandson. Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 Aug 1989)
Carrie B. (Ades) Gray, 82, homemaker, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home,
El Dorado.
Survivors: sons, Leroy, Edwin, Harley, all of Augusta, Delbert of El Dorado; daughter, Rosa Elliott of Wichita;
brothers, John, Ellis, both of Leon, Clifford of Augusta; sisters, Jane Riggs of Augusta, Annabelle Abraham of
Leon, Mazie Hobkirk of Wichita; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with the American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Sept 1990)
Emmett E. Gray, 85, retired oil field worker, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 1986. Service 10 a.m. today, Ball & Son
Funeral Home, McPherson.
Survivors: son, Harry of Galva; two grandchildren; three great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
Shiloah Manor Nursing Home, Canton.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Dec 1986)
FANNIE E. GRAY, 79, of El Dorado, retired cook, died Tuesday, July 22, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Carlson Funeral
Home.
Survivors: daughter, Betty Burden of Leon; sister, Golda Schueler, Edna Smith, both of Wichita; two grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Spina Bifida Camp Adventure.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 July 1986)
LEON - Gray, Lloyd H., 91, farmer-stockman,
died Oct. 31, 2006. Visitation: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5; Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, both at Carlson
Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: son, Lyle (Shirley) Gray of Leon; daughter, Judy (Joe) Cope of Rosalia; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren;
two great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/3/2006.
EDNA E. HAMMER, 79, of Augusta, homemaker, died Monday, May 4, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Blankenship Cemetery,
Rosalia.
Survivor: son, B.L. of El Dorado; sisters, Fern Hurt of El Dorado Springs, Mo., Iva Perry of McCune; three grandchildren;
one great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with the American Diabetes Association. Carlson Funeral Home,
El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 6 May 1987)
RALPH O. HAMMER, 83, of El Dorado, retired teacher, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1988. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Carlson Funeral
Home.
Survivors: daughters, Ruth Mitchel of Lawrence, Lois Starr of Towanda; sister, Alta O'Donnell of College Station,
Texas; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Bradford Memorial Library.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Dec 1988)
Hickman, Edith V., 84, homemaker, died Sunday, May 9, 1993. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Gordon of El Dorado, Jerry, Jack, both of May, Texas; daughters, Betty Griffith of El Dorado,
Patricia Weichold of Topeka, Billie Bigelow of Rogers, Ark.; brother, Glen Wilcox of El Dorado; 16 grandchildren;
19 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 11 May 1993)
EL DORADO - Jackson, Marjorie E., 87, died
Feb. 2, 2007. Visitation 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Carlson Funeral Home; graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Blankenship
Cemetery. Survivors: sons, Kenneth (Cindy), Larry (Judy); daughter, Joyce Gilliland; daughter-in-law, Phyllis Jackson.
19 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Feb 2007)
Juby, Mildred E., 81, homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 1998. Service 11 a.m. today, Blankenship Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Harold of Rosalia, Bill Starkey of Milmont, Pa.; daughter, Marjorie Sutter of Rosalia; stepdaughter,
Thelma Davis of Seattle; sisters, Letha Stice of Eureka, Maxine Fox of Madison; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Rosalia Christian Church. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Feb 1998)
EMMA L. KING, 85, of El Dorado, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El
Dorado.
Survivors: sons, Herman of Hutchinson, Larry of Wichita; daughter, Jean Cain of Yucaipa, Calif.; six grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Jan 1985)
Glen M. Kirk, 84, rancher and horse breeder, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Campbell-Kelley
Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Mary; daughters, Joan Gryder, Nancy Lewis, both of Eureka; stepson, Dr. Kenneth Zabel of Lee's
Summit, Mo.; stepdaughters, Virginia Matthews of Independence, Mo., Mary Shorten of Pittsburg; 16 grandchildren;
one great-grandchild. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 Feb 1992)
Lula E. Knox, 87, homemaker, died Thursday, April 11, 1991. Service 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, Howard Knox of El Dorado; daughters, Agnes Claunch of Lucerne, Calif., Arlone Cowles of El Dorado;
brother, Glen Wilcox, sister, Edith Hickman, both of El Dorado; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with Parkinson Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 12 April 1991)
JOHN M. KORMANIK, 33, of Haysville, Fruehauf Trailers salesman, died Saturday, June 14, 1986 as a result of a drowning
accident. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: wife, Roy Ann; son, Rod Dowell, daughters, Kayci Kormanik, Kelci Kormanik, Ann Dowell, all at home;
mother and stepfather, Isabel and Don Mangels of El Dorado; brothers, Joe of Alta Vista, Bill of El Dorado; sisters,
Ruth Wallace Lee, Mary Lou Neukirch, both of Wichita.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 June 1986)
WILLIAM F. LIGGETT, 72, of El Dorado, rancher, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 1988. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Carlson Funeral
Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: wife, Catherine; sons, Scott, Michael, daughter, Judith Lynn, all of Rosalia; sister, Grace Hefton of
El Dorado; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with St. Jude's Children's
Hospital.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Sept 1988)
HELEN M. LUCAS, 91, of El Dorado, homemaker, died Thursday, March 17, 1988. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Kirby-Morris
Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Glenn of El Dorado, Avery of Leon; daughter, Martha Leonhard of Leon; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Rosalia (Kan.) Christian Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 March 1988)
LEON - Lucas, James "Bill," 80, farmer and stockman, died Nov. 30, 2004. Service 2 p.m. Friday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Betty; son, Mark; daughters, Sherry Lucas, Rene' Kehres; sister, Esther Canon.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/2/2004.
GLADYS M. MARLEY, 68, of El Dorado, homemaker, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Church of
the Nazarene.
Survivors: husband, Lee; sons, Henry of Wichita, David of El Dorado, Lonnie at home; sisters, May Fuller, Daisy
Anderson, both of El Dorado, Grace Henline of Ponca City, Okla., Freda Martin of Pampa, Texas; seven grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 Aug 1986)
Marley, Lee O., 84, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. enployee, died Thursday, March 6, 2003. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
First Church of the Nazarene, El Dorado.
Survivors: sons, Henry of Wichita, David of Port Arthur, Texas, Lonnie of El Dorado; eight grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren. Memorial established with First Church of the Nazarene. Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 March 2003)
Clay E. Martin, 92, retired farmer and stockman, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 1989. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Carlson
Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivor: sister, Hattie Bishop of Wichita. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Sept 1989)
MAUK, PATRICIA ANN (WORRELL)
LEON - Mauk, Patricia Ann (Worrell), 71, died Sept. 16, 2005 in Baton Rouge, LA. Visitation 12-1:30 p.m.
Wed, Carlson Funeral Home; service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Blankenship Cemetery, Rosalia, KS. Survivors: husband, Pete;
son, Dirk; daughter, Pam Faciane; brothers, Joe, Robert, Beryl, Jerry; sister, Wilma Simmons; 4 grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 18 Sept 2005)
McLaughlin, Lelamae, 72, homemaker, died Friday, Aug. 5, 1994. Service 10:30 a.m. today, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: stepmother, Jane Riggs of Augusta; sons, Jackie Church of Belle Fourche, S.D., Eddie Church of Toppenish,
Wash.; sister, Audrey Cryderman of Augusta; five grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 August 1994)
Violet C. (Nicholas) Moege, 74, former Augusta resident, homemaker, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1988. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Blankenship
Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: husband, Herman Robert; brother, Harley Nicholas of Lyons; sisters, Lillian Bussett of Kellyville, Okla.,
Lydia Johnson of Anthony, Nellie Borger of Newton. Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Oct 1988)
HAZEL A. MOORE, 69, of El Dorado, retired restaurant cook, died Saturday, June 6, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: son, John of El Dorado; sisters, Ruby Gerardy of Atchison, Gladys Hale of Wichita; three grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the American Lung Association.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 June 1987)
Naill, Max K., 72, Blue Goose Tavern owner, died Saturday, July 2, 1994. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Kirby-Morris
Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Ethel; sons, Mike L., Steven C., both of El Dorado; daughter, Janett A. Frady of Tucson; brother,
Bill of Wichita; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 July 1994)
Laura Newby Humphries, 87, former drugstore owner and operator, died Monday, Oct. 16, 1989. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Blankenship
Cemetery, Rosalia.
Survivors: son, Olin of Enid, Okla.; brother, Karl Nelson of Rosalia; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
two great-great-grandchi ldren. Memorial established with Colwich Health Center. Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 17 Oct 1989)
NICHOLAS, MARGARET A. (THAIRE)
Margaret A. (Thaire) Nicholas, 77, homemaker, died Monday, Dec. 18, 1989. Service 2 p.m. today, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: brother, Grover Thaire of Philadelphia; sister, Violet Conde of El Dorado; stepbrothers, Marshall Landers
of Great Bend, Calvin Landers of California. Memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society and
the Cedars Nursing Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 20 Dec 1989)
EL DORADO - Noble, Mona K., 82, died September
6, 2004. Service 2 p.m. Friday (today) at Blankenship Cemetery. Survivors; son, John C. Noble, Jr. of Broken Arrow,
OK; 5 grandchildren. Kirby Morris Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 9/10/2004.
WAYNE NOBLE, 77, of rural El Dorado, farmer, stockman and retired Mobil Oil Co. employee, died Saturday, Jan.
30, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Kirby- Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Albert of rural El Dorado, Jim of Ferndale, Wash.; brother, John C. of Oklahoma City; sisters,
Mary Margaret Wood of Clements, Pearl Borger of El Dorado; three grandchildren. Memorial has been established with
the Butler County 4-H Council Scholarship Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 31 Jan 1988)
O'Donnell, Alta (Hammer), 88, former teacher, died Monday, Feb. 2, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Blankenship Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Jack of Portsmouth, Va.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday,
Carlson Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Feb 1998)
Edna J. Olsen, 97, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. today, Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Survivors: sons, Cecil, Kenneth, Clarence, all of Eureka; daughter, Mary Olsen of Fort Collins, Colo.; brother,
Glen Kirk of Eureka; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 April 1986)
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