BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITUARIES
ASMUSSEN, MABEL
Funeral services for Mabel Asmussen were held Sunday, April 28, at 2:00 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church. Rev. B. E. Faulkner officiating. Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery.
Casket bearers were Jerry Snyder, Gerald Shaver, Harry Bert Clay, Larry Bowers, Jack Asmussen and Mike Clay.
Hilyard Smith Funeral Home in charge of services.
Mabel Asmussen was born to Sara Jane Lillibridge and Jesse Sherman Asmussen on Sept. 7, 1895, at Chandler, Oklahoma. She moved at an early age with her parents to Douglass where her mother died in 1900 when Mabel was 6 years of age. She and her father made their home with uncles and aunts until she was 8 years of age. Her father purchased the farm ½ mile east of Douglass, which was her home until her health failed and she moved to the nursing home.
At the tender age of 8 years, Mabel was a loving daughter and homemaker, undertaking all the duties of the home, including gardening, canning, cooking, laundry, etc. In addition to these duties, she attended the Douglass school. Her father died in 1950 and Mabel continued to maintain the farm house for a total of some 70 years, until her death, after a lengthy illness.
She was survived by numerous cousins and friends.
Memorial services were held at the United Methodist Church on April 28, 1974. (Douglass Tribune, May 2, 1974)
Howard R. Baloun, 71, retired Cessna Aircraft Co. sheet metal worker, died Thursday, July 11, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Douglass Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Bell; daughter, Lasandra Howes
of Douglass; stepdaughter, Johna Smith of Missouri; brother, Eugene of Arizona; six grandchildren; 13 great- grandchildren.
Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta. (Wichita Eagle, Saturday, July 13, 1996)
BANNON,
ELANOR G.
Bannon, Elanor G. (Butler), 84, retired Douglass School cafeteria cook, died Monday, May 13, 1996.
Service 11 a.m. Friday, Douglass United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Gary of Glendora, Calif.; daughters, Carolyn Reheis of Bartlesville, Okla., Joanne Marsh of Catoosa,
Okla.; sisters, Ellen Johnson of El Dorado, Pearl Chambers of Parachute, Colo.; eight grand children; four great-grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with the Douglass City Library and Douglass United Methodist Church. Hilyard-Smith
Funeral Home. (Wichita Eagle, Wednesday, May 15, 1996)
BARE, MILDRED
L.
Bare, Mildred L., 85, homemaker, died Sunday, July 7, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church.
Survivors: daughters, Diane Mann of Rose Hill, Marilyn Schulze of Towanda, Deborah Hentzen of Wichita; 12 grandchildren;
15 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Douglass City Library. Hillside Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle, Monday, July 8, 1996)
BERG, WILDA
(MRS. HARRY)
Funeral services will be held at the Hilyard Smith Funeral Home at Douglass at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for Mrs.
Harry (Wilda) Berg, 91, of Douglass. She died Tuesday. The Rev. Darrell Hoffmaster, pastor of the Christian Church
at Douglass will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Douglass Cemetery.
Mrs. Berg was born at McPherson on Oct. 6, 1882, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Mew) Rosenberry. She was married
to Harry Berg at El Dorado on Feb. 22, 1911.
She was a lifetime resident of Douglass.
Survivors include two brothers, Joe Rosenberry
of Winfield and Dr. W. W. Rosenberry of Riverside, Calf., a sister, Mrs. Flossie Pendergraft of Winfield and several
nephews. (Douglas Tribune, Jan, 10, 1974)
BERGER,
DOROTHY (ROBERT)
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Rock United Methodist Church for Mrs. Robert
(Dorothy) Berger, 64, who died Wednesday. The Rev. B. E. Faulkner, pastor of the church, will conduct the services.
Interment will be in the Douglass Cemetery.
Mrs. Berger was born March 12, 1910 at Peabody, the daughter of Alvin and Clara (Kuruse) Rowland). She was married
to Robert Berger at Bentonville, Ark., on April 10, 1950. She was a member of the Rock United Methodist church.
Survivors include her widower, a son, Edward David of Wichita, a daughter, Marta of the home; five brothers, Lewis
Rowland of Atlanta, Will and Melvin Rowland, both of Augusta, Robert Rowland of Flint, MIch., and Herbert Rowland
of Moline. (Douglass Tribune, 1974)
BROWN, MAY
Funeral services for Mrs. John (May) Brown, 90, of Douglass, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home. She died Monday.
Survivors are a son, Wardell Harris of Topeka and two daughters, Mrs. Louis McNown of Hoyrood and Mrs. Harold McNown of Topeka. (El Dorado Times, October 3, 1974)
Funeral services will be held at the Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home at Douglass at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for May (Mrs. John) Brown, 90, of Douglass, who died Monday. The Rev. Darrell Hoffmaster, pastor of the Douglass Christian church will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Douglass Cemetery.
May Brown was born July 4, 1884 at Greensboro, N. C., and was married to John Brown on Dec. 25, 1904. She was a member of the Douglass Christian church.
Survivors include a son, Wardell Harris of Topeka; two daughters, Mrs. Lois McNown of Holyrood and Mrs. Harold McNown of Topeka, five grandchildren and five-great-grandchildren. (Augusta Gazette, October 3, 1974)
Funeral services will be held at the Douglass First United Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for Mrs. Jack Carl, 46, of Douglass, who died Tuesday. Interment will be in the Douglass Cemetery.
Survivors include her widower, three sons, jack, Jr., Jim and Larry of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Judy McNown and Mrs. Glenda Gulick of Douglass, her mother, Mrs. Dewey Winters of Douglass, a brother George Winters of Wichita; and two sisters, Mrs. Geneva Bannon of Douglass and Mrs. Ramona Alley of Rose Hill. (El Dorado Times, January 30, 1975)
Catherine M. Carl passed away January 28, 1975. She was born in Augusta, Kansas, March 31, 1928 to Dewey and Pruda Winters. She resided in Augusta until her marriage to Jack Carl, Sr., on Oct. 10, 1945. They made their home ona farm west of Douglass.
To this union of marriage, five children were born. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Douglass.
Catherine was preceded in death by her father, Dewey Winters. She is survived by her husband, Jac, 3 sons, Jack Jr., Jim and Larry all of the home, 2 daughters, Judy McNown and Glenda Gulick, both of Douglass, her mother Pruda Winters of Douglass, two sisters, Jenny Bannon of douglass, and Romona Alley of Rose Hill and 1 brother George Winters of Wichita, five grandchildren, relatives and a host of friends.
Services were held Jan. 31, 1975 at the First United Methodist Church, Douglass, with Rev. E. b. Faulkner officiating and Mrs. C. A. Ogg, organist., Mrs. J. A. Perisho, soloist. Casket bearers were Dale Watts, Eldon Gimple, Kenneth Bates, Don Whitted, Robert Kittle and Lawrence Alley.
She was laid to rest in the Douglass Cemetery.
Hilyard-Smith was in charge of the services. (Douglass Tribune, February 6, 1975)
CLARK, A. BERKLEY
A. Berkley Clark, 84, retired Mobil Oil Refinery employee, died Tuesday, July 2, 1996. Service 11 a.m. Friday,
Douglass Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Iona; son, Robert of Wichita;
daughter, Marlys McGuire of Haven; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Hillside Funeral Home of Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle, July 4, 1996)
COULTER,
INEZ V.
Inez v. Coulter, 77, passed away at Colonial Manor on Monday, July 22, 1974.
Inez was born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coulter.
Survivors are 1 sister, Margaret Pate of Bakersfield, Calif., and a niece Mrs. Harold Smith, Topeka, Kansas.
Graveside services were held on Tuesday, July 23, at the Douglass Cemetery.
Hilyard Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. (Douglass Daily Tribune, July 25, 1974)
COX, ROSE DELLENE
Rose Dellene Cox, was born June 3, 1952 at Winfield, Kansas. She was 23 years, 3 months, 18 days old. She died Sunday on Sept. 21, 1975 at 7:42 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
Rose attended school at Douglass for 12 years and graduated in 1970 from the Douglass High School.
She leaves to mourn her mother Donna Cox, her dad Randall Cox of Wichita. Four sisters, Joyce Houser, Margaret, Daina, Charlene and two brothers, Loren and Curtis Cox. Her grandmother Houser and a great aunt Alta Houser, several other aunts and cousins.
Her grandfather Lawrence preceded her in death.
She was a member of the First Christian Church. (Douglass Tribune, October 9, 1975)
Funeral services will be held at the Douglass First United Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for Fred Darter, 26 of Douglass. Interment will be in the Douglass Cemetery.
He was electrocuted Wednesday in an accident at the Vulcan Materials Corp at Wichita where he was working as a self employed contractor. Darter's ladder came into contact with a high voltage power line.
Sgt. D. Gadberry of the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department said Darter was standing on an aluminum scaffold and was attmpeting to lower his aluminum paint ladder when he accidentally swung it into the overhead line.
The Douglass man fell 30 feet from the scaffold to the ground, but Sgt. Gadberry attributed the man's death to electrocution, saying Darter was dead before hitting the ground.
Survivors include his widow, Sarah; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Dater of Douglass; a brother, Larry Darter of Douglass, and two sisters, Mrs. Janet Andrist of Kenner, La., and Mrs. Genevieve Hood of Boulder, Colo. (Augusta Gazette, September 5, 1974)
Fred Oliver Darter, was born May 15, 1948 in Winfield. He was a part of Douglass all of his life. He attended the Douglass public schools, participating in numerous extra curricular activities and graduating with honors in 1966.
He served four years with the United States Navy, including one year of duty in Vietnam. He served his country well for which he received meritorious recognition. He returned home after his service in the Navy.
He was married November 20, 1971 to Miss Sarah Petri in the Douglass Methodist Church. He began work as a structural steel painter to finance his education at Wichita State University. He entered the school of accounting and planned a career as a CPA.
Along with his painting and school work Fred found time to help with the family farming.
Fred was accidentally killed while at work in Wichita, Wednesday, September 4, 1974.
In addition to his widow Sarah, he is survived by his parents, J. Wilford and Vera Darter, Douglass, one brother, Larry, Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Janet Andrist, Kenner, La., and Mrs. Genevieve Hood, Boulder Colo., nieces nephews and host of friends.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 6, 1974 in Douglass First United Methodist church with Rev. B. E. Faulkner officiating.
Mrs. C. A. Ogg, served as an organist.
Casket bearers were Mark Ward, Larry Alley, Steve Haaga; Skip Bucher, Larry Bowers, and Paul Olmstead.
Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery. Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home was in charge. (Douglass Tribune, September 12, 1974)
Mary Emelia Dennis was born July 4, 1884 at Greensoboro, North Carolina, the daughter of Daniel and Mary Dennis. She passed away Sept. 30, 1974 at Great Bend, Kansas. She was known all her life by her many friends as May instead of Mary. Her mother passed away when she was a small child and she moved with her father, a sister, Josie and brother Summeral to Kansas in the 1890's.
They lived on a farm southwest of Douglass in her eary years. She was married to Alvah Sherman Harris at Douglass on Dec. 25, 1904.
She was a very devoted mother with a close relationship with her children and a very talented person and painted many beautiful oil paintings.
She was a member of the Douglass Christian Church.
Survivors include a son, Wardell Harris of Topeka, two daughters, Mrs. Almer McNown of Holyrood, Kansas and Mrs. Harold McNown of Topeka, Kansas. A sister Josie Jones of Oxford, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held in Hilyard Smith Funeral Home, Friday October 4, 1974 at 2:00 p.m.
Rev. Darrell Hoffmaster officiating and Mrs. C. A. Ogg serving as organist.
Interment in the Douglass Cemetery. (Douglass Tribune, October 10, 1974)
Donegan, Isac Newton "Newt," 93, retired plumber and electrician, died Sunday, April 7, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Miles Funeral Service.
Survivors: stepsons, Charles Wooldridge of Cozad,
Neb., Hubert Wooldridge of Winfield; seven stepgrandchildren; 18 stepgreat-grandchildren; three stepgreat- great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Winfield Rest Haven. (Wichita Eagle, Monday, April 8, 1996)
DOWELL,
EARNEST G.
Funeral services were held at the Hilyard Smith Funeral Home in Douglass at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon for Earnest G. Dowell, 79, of Douglass. Interment was in the Douglass cemetery.
Earnest G. Dowell was born Jan. 13, 1895 in Oklahoma and was married to Opal Patterson Oct. 29, 1922.
Survivors include his widow; a son, Robert Dowell of Wichita, four daughters, Mrs. Delores Long of Altamont, Mrs. Etta Hawkesworth of El Cerrito, calif., Mrs. Alice Hoskinson of Washington and Mrs. Olive Miller of Wichita, two sisters, Mrs. Essie Ball of Cherokee, Oklahoma and Mrs. Grace Gitschlag of Yelma, Washington; 12 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Darrell Hoffmaster officiated and Mrs. J. C. Seal was the organist. Casketbearers were: Calvin Dowell, Brent Finley, Michael Hawkesworth, B. J. Nutter, O. L. Nutter and Jerry Quiring. (Douglass Tribune, January 2, 1975)
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Miss Della M. Dunagan, 80, of Douglass, a retired practical nurse.
She is survived by a brother, Leo Dunagan, and a sister Mrs. Grace Deyo both of Douglass. (El Dorado Times, September 28, 1974)
JOSEPH DUNLAP'S LIFE CLOSES AS GRANDSON'S BEGINS JOSEPH DUNLAP, 47, DIES WITHIN HOURS OF HIS DAUGHTER'S DELIVERY OF A BABY BOY.
Joseph Dunlap was hospitalized in intensive care
on Sunday, , suffering from a brain aneurysm, when one of his daughters appeared at his bedside.
Deanna Nguyen told her dad that she had just given birth to his first grandchild.
Mr. Dunlap couldn't respond, but the nurses thought
he could still hear, said his wife, Juanita. "We have to think he knew."
A few hours earlier, when Blaine Joseph was born, Juanita was there for the boy's delivery. "I watched life
come through," she said, "and then. . . ." a few hours later, her husband died.
Mr. Dunlap, a private investigator, was 47.
"We've been overwhelmed with joy and sorrow," Juanita said.
The sorrow began about a week earlier, on Oct. 5. Mr. Dunlap was working out on a weight machine at the West YMCA, when something felt terribly wrong.
He rose, staggered, fell.
He later told his wife that it felt like a bulldozer had crashed through him. In reality, a blood vessel in his
brain had burst.
At Columbia Wesley Medical Center, Mr. Dunlap and his family were told there was a chance that an operation could
help, but it was risky. When Mr. Dunlap was taken into surgery Friday morning, "It was a no-win situation,"
said Juanita. "We both kind of knew it."
Juanita had watched her husband fight for his life before, back in 1978, when he was shot in the abdomen, side
and wrist while moonlighting as a security guard.
She had prayed for his life to be spared, so he could help her raise their little girls, Deanna and Kori. Mr. Dunlap,
a former Wichita police officer who was working for the Sedgwick County district court marshal's office, recovered
from his wounds.
Back then, "I just kind of knew," Juanita said, that her husband would recover. "Some people don't
understand it, but I knew."
And with his "second chance," he "spoiled his girls," said Juanita. "He spoiled me."
Earlier this year, he "gave away" both of his daughters in a double wedding ceremony.
"He got his house in order, and then he could
leave us," said Juanita.
Mr. Dunlap worked for several years as an investigator for the federal public defenders' offices in Wichita, Topeka
and Kansas City.
"He was tenacious," said Charlie Anderson, one of Mr. Dunlap's former bosses at the federal courthouse
in Wichita.
"He was just an outstanding investigator . . . and as nice a person as you'll ever meet," Anderson said.
While working as a federal investigator, Mr. Dunlap was honored by the Federal Criminal Investigators Association for helping establish the innocence of a man who had been wrongly imprisoned.
"He was an extrovert - gregarious," Anderson said of Mr. Dunlap. "He liked to talk, but he knew when to keep his mouth shut."
Two years ago, Mr. Dunlap struck out on his own with a business he called Hawk Eye Investigations. His eldest daughter, Kori Young, worked part time in his office.
The day before he died - the day before he became a grandfather -Kori told him that she was pregnant.
"Oh, Pookie," he said, moving his lips but unable to make himself heard. "I'm so happy. So happy."
Services for Mr. Dunlap will be at 1 p.m. today
at Broadway Mortuary in Wichita and at 3 p.m. at the Douglass Cemetery in Douglass. Two small roses will placed
beside his head, said Juanita, to represent the grandchildren he didn't have a chance to know. (Wichita Eagle,
Wednesday, October 16, 1996)
GIBSON,
WARD L.
Ward L. Gibson, 91, retired farmer, died Tuesday, July 16, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Douglass (Kan.) Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Gary of Douglas; daughters, Inez
Damon of Douglass, Marihelen Anesi of Dewey, Okla.; brothers, Clarence of Salina, Raymond of Houston,; 10 grandchildren;
14 great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Douglass Senior Citizens Center. Hilyard-Smith Funeral
Home. (Wichita Eagle, Thursday, July 18, 1996)
GILMER,
LENA
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Douglass United Methodist Church for Lena gilmer, 82, of Douglass,
who died Tuesday at the Highland Manor nursing home at Winfield. The Rev. B. E. Faulkner, pastor of the United
Methodist Church, conducted the services. Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery.
Miss Gilmer was born April 9, 1891, the daughter of Marcell and Sally (Browning) Gilmer. She was a member of the
Douglass United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. J. A. Perisho sang "In the Garden,"
and "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. C. A. Ogg. Pallbearers were Jack Wade, Delbert Wade, Jack
Barker and Loren Burns. (Douglass Tribune, January 3, 1974)
GOEMAN,
GEORGE
Funeral services were held Wednesday for George Goeman, 72, of Hutchinson who died Sunday. He was a retired shipping clerk for Brown Wholesale Co. Burial was at Douglass.
Surviving are his widow, Frances; a son, Robert D. Goeman of the home and a sister, Mrs. Clyde Edwards, Harrisburg, S. D. (Douglass Tribune, 1972)
Services were conducted at the Douglass United Methodist church, August 18, at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. B. E. Faulkner, Mrs. C. A. Ogg served as organist.
Robert O. Graves was born August 19, 1974, in Wichita, Kansas, and passed away August 15, 1974. He lacked four days being 50 years old. He spent all his childhood until college days in Douglass, graduating in 1942 from Douglass High School.
Douglass Methodist Church was his home church from youngest childhood. He joined the church when Rev. Watts was in Douglass. Robert was church custodian for several years before he left for college at Wichita University. His working life was spent in banking. Starting in the 4th National in Wichita, he also served as a State and National Bank Examiner for several years. He retired because of failing health in 1973 from the Eskridge State Bank, Eskridge, Ks. Robert was president and owner of the bank. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Methodist Church of Eskridge.
He is survived by a son, Robert Jr., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orie Graves.
Casket bearers were: Jim Bucher, Dale Packham, Wayne McNown, Harold Cooley, Robert Newman and Richard Williams.
Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery. (Douglass Tribune, August 1974)
Norman "Rock" E. Harcourt, Harcourt, 75, retired Beech Aircraft industrial engineer, died Monday, Dec. 23, 1996. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Smith Mortuary, Derby.
Survivors: wife, Wanda; sons, Kenny of Peck, Lyn
of Glenn Heights, Texas; daughter, Susan Hannon of Indianapolis, Ind.; brother, Harold of Norman, Okla.; sister,
Elnora Vaughn of Independence, (Kan.); 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle, December 27, 1996)
HAYNES,
EMMETT E.
Emmett E. Haynes, 76, retired general contractor, died Saturday, July 6, 1996. No service.
Survivors: wife, Bonny; son, Bill, daughter, Liz, both of Wichita; step son, C.J. Del Forge of Lutz, Fla.; brother, Ralph, sister, Hazel, both of Wichita; two grandchildren; two great- grandchildren. Memorials have been established with the Douglass Historical Museum and the Kansas Humane Society. Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home. (Wichita Eagle, Sunday, July 7, 1996)
Funeral services for Katie W. Hein, age 84, who passed away Dec. 8, in Winfield, Kansas were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 in the First United Methodist Church in Douglass. Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery.
She was born March 5, 1890 in Illinois, the daughter of Gerhard and Lena Knollenburg. She lived in the Douglass area since early childhood.
On Dec. 25, 1911, she married Charles Hein in Douglass, Kansas. He passed away in April of 1972.
She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and The Douglass First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Minnie Coonrod, Anson, Texas, Mrs. Emma Brandon, Wichita and Mrs. Maggie Prigmore of Augusta.
Funeral services directed by Hilyard Smith Funeral Home. (Douglass Tribune, December 12, 1974)
William W. Hartenbower, 42, of Belle Plaine, Kans., died May 2, 1975. He was born July 6, 1932 at Winfield, Kansas and lived in the Douglass area all of his life.
He married Shirley Hartline, July 25, 1968 in Wellington, Kans.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Nina Hartenbower, Douglass, a son, Fredrick Hartenbower, Beloit, Kansas, three daughters, Jan, Beloit, Sherry, Belle Plaine and Brenda Munro, wellington, 1 grandson, Scott and Mrs. Vera Blood, aunt.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 5, 1975 at 2:00 p.m. in Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home with Rev. Darrell Hoffmaster officiating. Mrs. J. c. Seal served as organist and Mrs. J. A. Perisho, soloist. Interment in Douglass Cemetery.
Casket bearers were Jack Wade, Pete Kunkel, Eldon Wakefield, Bill Taylor, Claude Jenkins and Clayton Brandon.
Hilyard Smith Funeral Home conducted the services. (Douglass Tribune, May 8, 1975)
Mrs. Charley (Katie W.) Hein, 84, of Douglass died Sunday.
She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Maggie Prigmore of Augusta, Mrs. Emma Brandon, Wichita, and Mrs. Minnie Coonrood, Amson, Texas.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Douglass. Hilyard Smith Funeral Home is in charge. (El Dorado Times, December 9, 1974)
Lois Fern Hull, whose final rites were held in
Douglass on Monday, July 8, at the Douglass Cemetery, was the remaining child of pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hull.
The Hull homestead was the first house on the south side of the road east of Eight Mile creek on the diamond school
road.
Lewis Hull was a decendant of the Pilgrim, John Alden. His family was very musical. The boys sang in quartets at State gatherings.
Lois and her sister, Myra, were teachers. Myra was an instructor in English at KU at the time of her death. She gathered and published folk songs the pioneers brought to this area. (Douglass Tribune, July 18, 1974)
Funeral services were held at the Hilyard Smith Funeral Home at Douglass Monday afternoon for Gerhard H. Knollenberg, 82, of Douglass, who died Friday at a Winfield nursing home. Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery.
He was a retired farmer and grocery store owner.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. John Watt of Winfield and four sisters, Mrs. Minnie Coonrad of Anson, Tex., Mrs. Lawrence Brandon of Wichita, Mrs. Katie Hein of Douglass and Mrs. Ray Prigmore of Augusta. (Douglass Tribune, February 18, 1974)
Margie E. Knollenberg, 88, retired Boeing Wichita employee, died Friday, Jan. 5, 1996. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Clyde; brother, Fred Newman
of Lamar, Colo. (Wichita Eagle, January 7, 1996)
LAWTON,
JANICE LYNN
Funeral services for Janice Lynn (Mrs. Robert)
Lawton of Sioux Falls, S. D. was held in Byrd Snodgrass colonial chapel at 10:00 a.m. Jan. 4, 1975.
Officiating was Rev. A. m. Marshall of the Central Christian Church in Wichita. Interment was in the Douglass,
Ks., Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, a son, Richard and a daughter, Jeane both at home; her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Galbraith of Wichita, two sisters, Mrs. Susanne Kovac of West Los Angeles, Calif., and Miss Lisa C. Galbraith of Austin, Texas and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Olvae Piper all of Douglass. (Douglass Tribune, January 1975)
Loren Edward Miles was born December 20, 1930 at LeHunt, Kansas and passed away July 23, 1974 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
Funeral services were held Thursday, July 25, 1974 at 2:00 p.m. in Hilyard Smith Funeral Home. Rev. Darrell Hoffmaster officiating. Mrs. Keith Bush served as organist played "One Day At A Time." Burial was in Douglass Cemetery.
Casket bearers were: Robert Johnson, H. L. McLaughling, Eldon Wakefield, Lloyd Stollings, Joe Keitel and Jack Wade.
Survivors include his wife, Betty, 3 daughters, Kathy Miles, Mrs. Karen Schouten, of Douglass and Mrs. Connie Chinn of Rose Hill, 2 brothers, Vernon Miles,
exington Park, Md and Robert Miles of douglass; 1 sister, Mrs. Delbert Dillard and his father, Lawrence Miles both of Dumas, Texas.
Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. (Douglass Tribune, Thursday, August 1, 1974)
Funeral services for Charlie T. Nichols were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 11, 1975 in the Rock United Methodist church, Rev. Keith Dudeck and Rev. B. E. Faulkner officiating. He died Saturday, Feb. 8.
He was born Dec. 17, 1914 in Clarkson, Kentucky to E. Jabe and Sara Nichols. He married Mary b. Sprague on Aug. 17,1940.
Survivors include his wife, Mary, 3 daughters Mrs. Paul Dixon, Houston, Texas, Mrs. Jack Schuneman of Leon and Mrs. Monty Troutman, Belle Plaine, 6 brothers, Ralph, Cecil, Hayward and Wayward of Winfield, Thomas of Rock and Taylor of Salina, Okla., 5 sisters, Mamie Gardner, Edith Cutruell and Pearl McDonald of La Junta, Colo., Darlene McGlothlin of Wichita and Edna Foster of Fairfax, Okla., and 3 grandchildren.
Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery. Hilyard Smith Funeral Home conducted services. (Douglass Tribune, February 20, 1975)
Omer F. O'Donnell, 79, former county treasurer
and retired Butler County clerk, died Friday, April 26, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Vida; sons, Jim of Douglass, Jerry of Gladewater, Texas; brothers, Ira Lee of Wichita, Keith of
Topeka; sisters, Nadine Wait of Benton, Lela Veerland of Haysville; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with the United Methodist Church Building Fund. Hillside Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle, April 28, 1996)
POLK, ALFRED
M.
Alfred M. Polk, passed away February 25, 1975, in Apache Junction, Arizona. He was born May 17, 1903 in Warsaw,
Indiana. He lived in the Douglass area since 1908 before retiring to Arizona in 1959. He was a retired carpenter
and grocer.
He married Dorothy Goodwin, May 17, 1923. To this union of marriage, six children were born. He was a member of the Douglass Christian Church.
He is survived by his widow, Dorothy; four sons, Frank, Phoenix, Jim and bill, both of Douglass and Raymond, Lawrence, Kansas; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita McCune, Rose Hill, Ks., and Mrs. Freda Gillum, El Dorado, KS., and one brother, Ralph of North Manchester, Indiana, 18 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
He had 3 sisters and 1 brother who preceded him in death.
Services were held Mach 1, 1975 in Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home, Douglass with Rev. Darrel Hoffmaster, officiating and Mrs. J. C. Seal, organist, Mrs. J. A. Perisho, soloist. Casket bearers were the grandsons, Jay Polk, Mike Polk, Brad McCune, Greg Polk, Jimmy Polk, and Kendall Gillum.
Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery.
Hilyard Smith Funeral Home in charge. (Douglass Tribune, March 6, 1975)
Joseph E. Rosenberry, 85, of Winfield passed away Feb. 12, 1975. He was born Aug. 13, 1889 I Henry, South Dakota to J. E. and Sara Rosenberry.
He married Ruth Asmussen on Nov. 26, 1914 in Douglass. She passed away in 1967. Survivors include a son, J. W. Rosenberry of Douglass, 2 daughters, Mrs. Thelma Wilson of Wichita and Mrs. Ruby Williams of Grenola, a brother Dr. W. W. Rosenberry of Riverside, Cal., a sister, Mrs. Floissie Pendergraft of Winfield, 8 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat. Feb. 15 at 10:00 in the Douglass Christian Church. Rev. Darrell Hoffmaster officiating.
Interment was in the Douglass Cemetery.
Services by Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home. (Douglass Tribune, February 20, 1975)
Marian L. Schulte, 73, homemaker, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Lakeview Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Clyde; son, William of Peck;
daughters, Jan Boehm of Augusta, Marilyn Barton of Edmond, Okla.; brothers, Woody Pursselley of Wichita, Glenn
Pursselley of Durham, N.C.; six grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Victory in the Valley and Meals-On-Wheels.
(Wichita Eagle, August 30, 1996)
SPRAGUE,
BARTON
Funeral services will be held at the Douglass Christian Church at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon for Barton Sprague,
58, of Monroe, La., who died Monday in an automobile accident near McAlester, Okla. Interment will be in the Douglass
Cemetery.
He was a former resident of Douglass and was employed as a chemical engineer at Monroe at the time of his death.
Survivors include his widow, Ethel; a son, David Sprague of Birmingham, Ala., a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Powell
of Many, La., his stepmother, Mrs. Carmen Sprague of Douglass and a sister, Mrs. Mary Nickols of Rock. (Douglass
Tribune, May, 1974)
TAYLOR,
JEREMY ALLEN
Jeremy Allen Taylor, 23, U.S. Air Force senior airman, aircraft mechanic, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, McConnell Air Force Base Chapel; 3 p.m. Douglass Cemetery.
Survivors: parents, Lawrence and Vickie of Douglass;
sister, Starlina Taylor-Absetz of Wichita; grandparents, Alvin and Martha Taylor of Chattanooga, Tenn., Lloyd and
Roberta Denton of Hixson, Tenn. Memorial has been established with Rose Hill High School Soccer Program, c/o Bank
IV, 1617 S. Rock Road, Wichita. Attn. Melinda. Smith Mortuary, Derby. (Wichita Eagle, July 2, 1996)
WADE, NINA
MAE
Nina Mae Wade, 82, R. R. Douglass, passed away September 26, in Augusta.
She was born May 24, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio to Edward and Alice Baker Kunkle. She lived in this area most of her life. She married Perry Wade on March 10, 1915 in Wichita, Ks., Mr. wade passed away in 1962.
Survivors include 5 sons, Jack, Verne, Delbert, Eugene all of Douglass, and Victor of Burden. A daughter Mrs. Margaret deJarnette of Pittsburg, Missouri and a sister Mrs. Bernice Loos of El Dorado, 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the Douglass First United Methodist Church, Rev. Jerry Calvert officiating. (Douglass Tribune, October 2, 1975)
Carl Zimmerman, 75, Mulvane, retired Mobile Oil Co. employee of Cessna Aircraft Co., will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, (Today) in First Baptist Church, Derby. Interment will be in the Douglass cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, Melva, and two brothers, Wayne of Eureka, Kans, and Clair of Wichita.
Smith Mortuary, Derby is in charge of arrangements.
(El Dorado Times, May 1974)
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