Butler County, Kansas
Butler County, Kansas
Belford, Alfred W., 78, retired city of Augusta
Water Department employee, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Dunsford Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Wilfred of Augusta, Dale of El Dorado; sisters, Lucille Ades of Leon, Sarah Walthers of Haysville,
Nellie Colburn of Benton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 August 1992)
Belford, Robert Clinton, 26, Master Buildings Construction Co. employee, died
Saturday, Nov. 26, 1994. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Indianola Cemetery.
Survivors: wife, Carrie, son, Christopher, daughter, Kasi, all of the home; parents, father, Dale Belford of El
Dorado; mother, Judy Humble of Arkansas; brother, Paul of El Dorado; grandmother, Mary Arbuckle of Wichita. Dunsford
Funeral Home, Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 27 November 1994)
WICHITA -- Thane B. Chase, 67, brother of Plains resident Athol C. Chase, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, in Wichita.
He was a resident of Wichita.
He was a retired accountant for Chase Enterprises Inc.
He served in the United States Navy and retired with the rank of LCDR.
Survivors include two sons, Frank B. Chase, Valley Center, and Thane B. Chase Jr., Glendale, Ariz.; one daughter,
Janet Elaine Chase, Wichita; one brother, Athol C. Chase, Plains; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
* Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Central Baptist Church in Wichita.
Friends may call until 5 p.m. today at the Dunsford Chapel at Dunsford Funeral Home in Augusta.
Memorials may be made to the Central Baptist Church Building Fund
(Southwest Daily Times ~ Liberal, KS ~ 19 Jan 2003)
HELEN H. CORBIN, 68, of Towanda, homemaker, died Monday, Jan. 19, 1987. Service 11 a.m. today, Dunsford
Funeral Home, Augusta.
Survivors: husband, Stanley; son, Mac of Augusta; daughter, Marcia Bevins of Pensacola, Fla.; brother, Orville
Hart of Augusta; three grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Jan 1987)
Jay D. Corbin, 32, Corbin Fish Farm assistant manager, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1989, of injuries
received in a hit-and-run accident. Service 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Central Baptist Church.
Survivors: wife, Anna; sons, Justin, Austin, daughter, Kayla, all at home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Corbin,
sister, Ann Harvey, all of Towanda. Dunsford Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 16 Sept 1989)
TOWANDA - Corbin, Mac S., 60, farmer of Towanda, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2006. Viewing 1 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday, and
service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, all at Headley Funeral Chapel in Augusta. Mac was born in Wichita on Aug.
24, 1945; he was the son of Stanley Franklin and Helen (Hart) Corbin. He is survived by: his father, Stanley Corbin
of Towanda; a sister, Marcia Bevins and her husband Larry of Pensacola, Fla.; nephews, Matthew Bevins of Pensacol
a, Fla. and Mark Bevins of Camp Pendelton, Calif.; a niece, Laura Bevins of Pensacola, Fla.; and several aunts
and cousins. Memorials to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice or Central Baptist Church.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 7/31/2006.
Corbin, Sidney L., 76, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001. Visitation with family
6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta; service 2 p.m. Saturday, Central Baptist Church, Augusta.
Preceded in death by son, Jay Corbin.
Survivors: wife, Helen; daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Gary Harvey of Towanda; daughter-in-law, Anna Esparza
of Towanda; brother, Stanley of Towanda; sisters, Lois Smith of Wichita, Charlotte Markley of Andover, Elizabeth
Weir of Detroit; five grandchildren. Memorial established with Central Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 7421 S.W.
Church Rd., Augusta, KS, 67010 and Hospice Inc., 313 S. Market, Wichita, 67202.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 29 Dec 2001)
TOWANDA - Corbin, Stanley F., 102, retired farmer and stockman, passed away Mon., Nov. 5, 2007. Family visitation Friday 5-7;
service 11 AM Sat,, Nov. 10, all at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
Survivors: daughter, Marcia Bevins and husband, Larry; 3 grandchildren; 1 great grandson; sister, Lois Smith. Memorials
to Central Baptist Church.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/8/2007.
ANDOVER - Duggan, Karol Sue (Curmode) was born March 8, 1949 in Denver, Colorado to Doris June (Braun) and Arthur Eugene Curmode. She
went home to our Lord and Savior after a courageous and inspiring four year battle with cancer on December 25,
2005. She was a loving wife and partner to her husband, Wayne and mother to her children, William, Kara Diane and
Joshua. She was an avid quilter and member of the Rose Hill, KS Country Rose Guild. She loved to travel and get
quilt fabric from other states to make more quilts for her children and grandchildren. She was a member of Faith
Baptist Church and a long time member of the Andover Community. She is survived by husband, Wayne, two sons and
daughters-in-law, William E. and Kristy Duggan of Andover, and Joshua Wayne and Stephanie Duggan of Belle Vista,
Arkansas, one daughter and son-in-law, Kara Diane and Nicholas Frank of Andover, and five grandchildren, Grant
Michael Duggan, Riley Hudson Frank, Christian and Samia, all of Andover and Benjamin Duggan of Belle Vista, Arkansas.
Services will be 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, December 28, 2005 at Faith Baptist Church in Andover with interment at
Indianola Cemetery south of Benton. Viewing will be Tuesday from 4pm-8pm, with family present from 6pm-8pm at Hillside
Funeral Home in Augusta. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in her name at Victory in the Valley,
917 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67214.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 12/27/2005 - 12/28/2005.
Harper, Nora B., 98, former resident of Prairie Homestead Retirement Home in Wichita, died March 15,
2005 in Lenexa, KS. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2005 at Indianola Cemetery, S.W.
Tumbleweed Rd., rural Andover.
Survivors: daughter and son-in-law, Mary A. and Edward Wentworth of Lenexa; grandchildren, Ray Wentworth of Houston,
TX, Joyce McCawley of Kansas City, MO, Diane Cory of Omaha, NE; 12 great-grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Memorials
may be made to Prairie Homestead, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and Kansas City Hospice. Advantage Funeral &
Cremation Services, Lenexa, KS. (913) 631-9700.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/17/2005.
Kunce, Frances Ayres, 85, of Sigourney, Iowa, formerly of Augusta, died Friday,
Nov. 1, 2002. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Central Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by husband, Rev. James S. Kunce; parents, Milton and Edith (Smith) Ayres; brothers, Wayne and
Allan Ayres.
Survivors: son, Brad of Oklahoma City; daughter and son-in-law, Jill and Harrison Moore of Sigourney, Iowa; six
grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Hillside Funeral Home Augusta.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Nov 2002)
ARTHUR C. MULCH, 90, of Augusta, retired farmer, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Downing &
Lahey Mortuary.
Survivors: daughter, Ilene Phillips, brother, Albert, both of Wichita; sisters, Bertha James of Iola, Clara Criser
of Augusta; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with American Red Cross.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 July 1985)
Nelson, Charles O., 94, retired Boeing Wichita flight line employee, died
Thursday, July 8, 1999. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Indianola Cemetery, Andover.
Survivor: brother, Robert Osborn of Wichita. Memorial has been established with the Central Baptist Church, Augusta.
Lakeview Funeral Home, Wichita.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 July 1999)
Nelson, Irene W., 86, retired U.S. Postal Service clerk, died Wednesday,
Nov. 12, 1997. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Indianola Cemetery, rural Andover.
Survivor: husband, Charles. Lakeview Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Nov 1997)
Pierce, James R., 76, retired Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. residential
installer, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Patricia; daughters, Cheryl Price, Diane Shumate, both of Wichita; sister, Vesta Watkins of El
Dorado; three grandchildren. Memorial established with Via Christi Hospital Cancer Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 19 Dec 2002)
Loren J. Ralston Jr., 54, Learjet senior staff specialist, died Tuesday,
March 5, 1991. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Pawnee Avenue Church of God.
Survivors: wife, LeMoine; sons, L. James III, Timothy, daughter, Joni Hawks, all of Wichita; father and stepmother,
Loren J. Sr. and Vera J. of Port Charlotte, Fla.; sister, Mary Jane Browning of Palm Bay, Fla.; six grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with World Impact. De Vorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 March 1991)
Ralston, Loren James Sr., 82, of Port Charlotte, Fla., formerly of Wichita,
retired Boeing Wichita manager, died Wednesday, June 10, 1998. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Vera; daughter, Mary Browning of Palm Bay, Fla.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial
has been established with Shriner's Hospitals for Crippled Children, 12502 N. Pine Drive, Tampa, Fla. 33612-9499.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 June 1998)
Ralston, Vera Julia, 87, of Palm Bay, Fla., formerly of Wichita, retired
Boeing Wichita and Honeywell executive secretary and homemaker, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001. Service 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East.
Preceded in death by husband, Loren J. Sr. and stepson, Loren James Ralston Jr.
Survivors: stepdaughter, Mary Jane Browning of Palm Bay; daughter-in-law, LeMoine Ralston of Andover; brothers,
Max Scofield, Elwin Scofield both of Belleville; sister, Velma Anderson of Upland, Calif.; five grandchildren;
13 great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions to the charity of donors choice. Downing & Lahey Mortuary East.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Jan 2002)
Philip Harper Snodgrass, 73, retired farmer, died Monday, Oct. 2, 1989. Service
10 a.m. Thursday, Central Baptist Church, rural Augusta.
Survivors: wife, Mary; son, Glen of Augusta; daughter, Myra Snyder of Sand Springs, Okla.; sister, Elizabeth of
Springfield, Mo.; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorials have been established with Central Baptist
Church and the American Cancer Society. Dunsford Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Oct 1989)
Stewart, Mabel D., 94, homemaker, died Friday, March 5, 1999. Service
10 a.m. Tuesday, Kirby-Morris Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Paul of Towanda, Nicky of Lawton, Okla.; daughters, Lucille Fry of Forsyth, Mo., Roberta Hampton,
Vickie, both of Wichita; 22 grandchildren; several great- and great-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with the Methodist Church Quilters.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 March 1999)
Wallace, Noel K., 70, retired Radford (Va.) University professor, died
Thursday, July 30, 1992. Rosary 7:30 p.m. today, St. Patrick Catholic Church; services 10 a.m. Monday, St. Patrick
Catholic Church; noon, Indianola Cemetery. Survivor: daughter, Lisa M. of Wichita. Downing & Lahey Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 2 August 1992)
LOUIS J. WALTHER, 72, of Haysville, Wichita Eagle-Beacon circulation
service representative, died Friday, Feb. 27, 1987. Prayer vigil, 7 p.m. today, Cochran Mortuary, service, 1 p.m.
Monday, St. Anne's Catholic Church.
Survivors: wife, Sarah Sally"; sons, Charles, Lynn, both of Wichita; brother, Charles, sister, Evelyn Cain,
both of Louisville, Ky.; six grandchildren. Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 March 1987)
Elsie White, 95, Dodge City, died Monday, March 20, at the Ft. Dodge Kansas Soldiers Home.
Her graveside funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, March 25, at the Indianola Cemetery in rural Benton with Pastor Robert D. Hanthorn of Central Baptist Church officiating.
Mrs. White was born on April 16, 1899 at Burns as the daughter of Charles H. and Emma Silvers Sidener.
In 1973, she married Virgil F. White at El Dorado. He preceded her in death in 1993.
The homemaker is survived by son, Charles W. Angleton of Grand Junction, Colo.; step-son, Tom White of El Dorado; daughters, Lois E. Bookman, step-daughter, Bonnie Angleton, both of Grand Junction, Mary Brant of Chanute; brother, Lon Sidener of Yuma, Ariz.; eight grandchidren; and four great-grandchildren.
Dunsford Funeral Home of Augusta is in charge
of the arrangements.
(Augusta Daily Gazette ~ Thursday ~ March 23, 1995)
White, Elsie Flora, 95, homemaker, died Monday, March 20, 1995. Service
10 a.m. Friday, Indianola Cemetery.
Survivors: son, Charles Angelton, daughter, Lois Bookman, both of Grand Junction, Colo.; stepson, Tom of El Dorado;
stepdaughters, Mary Brant of Chanute, Bonnie Angleton of Grand Junction; brother, Lon Sidener of Yuma, Ariz.; eight
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Dunsford Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 23 March 1995)
White, Virgil F., 97, farmer and stockman, died Tuesday, April 20, 1993.
Service 11 a.m. Friday, Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta.
Survivors: wife, Elsie; son, Thomas of El Dorado; stepson, Charles Angleton of Grand Junction, Colo.; daughters,
Mary Brant of Chanute, Bonnie Angleton of Grand Junction; stepdaughter, Lois Bookman of Grand Junction; sister,
Louise Shaw of Tulsa; 10 grandchildren; several great- and great- great-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 April 1993)
The El Dorado Times
Thursday, March 10, 1966
Services Set for Accident Victims
Funeral services will be conducted Friday and Saturday for three young El Dorado men killed in a one-car wreck
at Wichita early Wednesday.
Rites for Jack E. (Butch) Myers, 22, of 628 North Washington, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dietz-Pittman Colonial Chapel. The Rev. Thomas D. Riddle, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Lawns cemetery.
Services for Virgil D. Williams, 23, and Charles K. Williams, 18, both of 924 Orient, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Dietz-Pittman Colonial Chapel. The Rev. Ivan H. Hansen, pastor of the First Christian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Lawns cemetery.
Virgil Williams was born Jan. 11, 1943, at Eureka. He had lived in El Dorado since childhood and was currently employed by the Northeastern Drilling Company. He was a member of the National Guard.
Charles Williams was born at El Dorado May 16, 1947, and had lived here all his life. He was also employed by the Northeastern Drilling Company.
Surviving them are their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Cleo C. Williams, 924 Orient; six sisters, Mrs. Doris Higgins, 1021 North Gordy, Mrs. Lawrence Edwards, Towanda,
Mrs. Carol Faulkner, Augusta, Mrs. Dorothy Harder, 924 Orient, Miss Peggy Diane Williams and Miss Sheryl Lynn Williams,
also of the home; and three brothers, Vernon Williams, Great Bend, LeRoy Williams, Florence, and Richard S. Williams,
of the home.
(Submitted by Tamara Harder Hogoboom)
BORN: DECEMBER-1-1957 DIED: NOVEMBER-22-2002
Dana Doree Fretz, 45, Beaumont, Texas, formerly of Augusta, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002.
Her funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 25, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Beaumont.
An additional service will be held at I P.M. Friday, Nov. 29, 2002 at the Augusta First United Methodist Church.
Interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery.
Dana, loving mother, wife and daughter, was born Dec. 1, 1957, in Wichita, the daughter of Marland R. and Vicky
S. Varner Boucher.
She graduated from Augusta High School in the spring of 1975, where she was a home coming queen candidate.
She attended Butler County Community College in El Dorado and dental assistant school in Wichita.
On Sept. 3, 1977, she married Allen Kenneth Fretz Jr., in the Augusta First United Methodist Church, where she
had been baptized. Dana was initiated into the P.E.O. Sisterhood on May 3,1983. She was the third generation and
28th family member of the organization.
In November of 1983, Dana and Kenny moved to Beaumont when Mobil Refinery in Augusta was closed. The have one son,
Kyle Doran Fretz who attends Westbrook High School. Dana was a very active member of the Wesley United Methodist
Church.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, son, and parents are: grandfather, Raymond D. Boucher of Augusta; aunt,
Kathy Baker of Plano, Texas; numerous other family members and many friends who will miss her dearly.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 5144, Beaumont, Texas, 77726; American
Heart Association, Beaumont Division, P.O. Box 7015, Beaumont, Texas 77726; Leukemia Society of America, 10777
Northwest Freeway, Suite 600, Houston, Texas, 77092; Beaumont Public Library, 801 Pearl, Beaumont, Texas, 77701.
Broussard's Mortuary of Beaumont had charge of the arrangements. Local arrangements were directed by Hillside Funeral
Home of Augusta.
(Submitted by Marland Boucher)
BORN: FEB. 9, 1918 DIED: MARCH 18, 2001
OBITUARY:
Lovey A. Boucher
Lifelong Augusta area resident Lovey Arlene Boucher, 83, died Sunday, March 18, 2001, at the Lakepoint Nursing
Center.
Her funeral will be at 1 P.M. Wednesday, March 21, at First United Methodist Church, 2420 N. Ohio.
Rev. Keith Dudeck will officiate and burial will be in Elmwood Cem..
She was Born Feb. 9, 1918 northwest of Augusta as the daughter of Albert Mansfield and Lillie Martha "Harris"
Patterson .Lovey was the 10th of 11 children. Three sisters and seven brothers preceded her in death.
On April 1, 1937, she and Raymond D. Boucher were united in a ceremony at the Sedgwick Co.,
Courthouse in Wichita. He survives.
Mrs. Boucher was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
In addition to her husband, she leaves a daughter, Kathleene Sue Baker of Plano, Texas; two sons,.
Ross Elton Boucher of Leon, and Marland Ray Boucher of Garfield,Ark.; three grandchildren, Dana Fretz
of Beaumont, Texas, Heather Hepburn of Conroe, Texas, Shannon Morgan of Lewisville, Texas, and
two great-grandchildren, Kyle Fretz and Austin Hepburn.
A memorial has been established with the First United Methodist Church building fund.
Hillside Funeral Home of Augusta is in charge of arrangements.
in charge of arrangements.
(Submitted by Marland Boucher)
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