PETERSON, CHARLES & STOLENBURG, LAMONT

TWO FLIERS KILLED

Gove, Kansas, Nov. 2 - Charles Peterson, flying instructor for Pikes Peak Air Commerce, Inc., of Colorado Springs, and his companion, Lamont Stolenburg, a student flier, were killed today when their Eaglerock plane crashed upside down on the farm of George Emerson, four miles southwest of here. (Havre Daily news Promoter (Havre, Montana), November 23, 1929, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

HOLLIMAN, MRS DAVID MOTHER

Mr. and Mrs. David Holliman returned home February 17 from Colorado, where Mrs. Holliman's mother died at Longmont. Funeral rites were held at Gove, Kansas. Mrs. Holliman had spent several weeks in Longmont with her mother prior to her death. (Hamburg Reporter (Hamburg, Iowa), February 26, 1959, submitted Nancy Hannah)

ROEMER, IDA MAE (MRS. WILLIAM)

Mrs. William Roemer

Oakley - The funeral for Mrs. Ida Mae Roemer, 61, Oakley, will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Oakley Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Gove Cemetery, Gove, Kansas. Mrs. Roemer died Monday at St. John's Hospital, Salina, after a short illness. She is survived by the widower; seven children, one of whom is Mrs. Gail Schwartz 2115 Wesley, Salina; three brothers and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Packard, 320 S. 7th. The Rush Smith Funeral Home was in charge of Salina arrangements. (Salina Jounral (Salina, Kansas, January 18, 1961, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

BIRRER, GEORGE

News from Grainfield, Kansas, tells of the death of George Birrer, aged about 70. He was a pioneer of Riverside, and has many relatives in Washington and Johnson counties. Mrs. John Plough, mother of Deputy County Superintendent of Schools, Helen Plough, Iowa City, is a sister of Mrs. Birrer's widow, who was Miss Josephine Rummelhart. Four sons and two daughters also survive. He was a man widely known throughout Johnson and surrounding counties, and his many old friends will read the above announcement with sorrow. (Iowa City Press Citizen, February 21, 1923, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

Mr. Martin Birrer, Joe Rummelhart, Lewis Rummelhart, and Joe Melecker attended the funeral of George Birrer, a brother of the former, at Grainfield, Kansas, Friday. The deceased was a victim of influenza. (Iowa City Press Citizen, February 21, 1923, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

BEMISS, FRED J.

Winslow - Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Demiss, and son, Mike, returned from Grinnell, Kansas, where they attended funeral services Saturday, June 23, of Fred J. Bemiss, father of Mr. Demiss. Other survivors are his wife, Maud, four sons, and four daughters. Mrs. Florence Hebert, sister of Demiss, came to Winslow with the family, and then left for her home in Gardena, California. (Iowa City Press Citizen, February 21, 1923, submitted by Nanch Hannah)

BARCLAY, MARY ROYER

Steubenville - The wife of the last living grandson of Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ denomination and of Bethany College, died Saturday in her home in Grinnell, Kansas. Mrs. Mary Royer Barclay, 81, a wife of Dr. J. J. Barclay, was born in Missouri September 27, 1877. She was a member of the Grinnell Christian Church. Mrs. Kenneth A. Armitage, a niece of the deceased, lives in Steubenville. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, at Campbell Cemetery, Bethany, with the Rev. Alva Sizemore, LaBelle View Church of Christ, officiating. (Weirton Daily Times (WV), November 14, 1961, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

BARCLAY, JOHN JUDSON

Bethany, West Virginia - Dr. John Judson Barclay, Sr., grandson of the late Alexander Campbell, founder of Bethany College, died Tuesday at his home in Grinnell, Kansas. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Bethany; and a 32nd Degree Mason, Scottish Rite. He was also a member of the Christian Church of Oakley, Kansas. He is survived by two sons, J. Judson Barclay, Jr., of Grinnell, and Royer Barclay of Lindsborg, Kansas, and a daughter, Mrs. Max (Elizabeth) Martin, of Pawnee City, Nebraska, and five grandsons. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Royer Barclay, in 1961. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Campbell Cemetery. The Rev. Roderick Huron, minister of the LaBelle View Church of Christ of Steubenville will officiate. (Weirton Daily Times (WV), January 9, 1964, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

SHOOK, DAVID WILLIAM

David William Shook, 75, passed away Wednesday, November 5, at Amarillo, Texas. The son of Dan and Laura Eby Shook, David was born November 14, 1894, at Quinter, Kansas. He was a veteran of World War I and had farmed in the Green area. Survivors include his wife, Zella of Greene, a son Robert of Scottsdale, Arizona, and two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Weiland of Tempe, Arizona, and Mrs. J. A. Jewell of Waverly. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, November 9th, at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Wayne Gjerde officiating. Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery with Reid's Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. (Greene Recorder (Iowa), November 12, 1969, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

MILLER, EVERETT BAKER

Mrs. Howard Burtner of Keedysville, has received word of the death of her brother, Everett Baker Miller, of Quinter, Kansas. He was 91 years of age. He was born near Keedysville on the Ecker farm, now owned by Richard Smith and was the son of Benjamin F. Miller and Matilda (Ecker) Miller. He operated the Little Mill near Sharpsburg for a number of years and helped to plant the maple trees on the grade from Sharpsburg to Antietam Station. He and his wife, the former Minnie Miller, moved to Oklahoma in 1902. Four children survive: Leon, Ralph, Mrs. Mary Bowman, and Mrs. Ruth Jamison. His surviving sister, Mrs. Amos Brumgardner, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is the last surviving member of the family of 13 children. The deceased was a brother of the late John A. Miller of Keedysville and Ernest A. Miller, Hagerstown, well known in the area. (Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland), July 20, 1957, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

PRATT, JOSEPH A.

Pratt, Joseph A. age 77, 200 North Lincoln, Jefferson City, passed away November 2, 1971, at St. Mary's Hospital, after a lingering illness. Mr. Pratt will lie in state at Freeman Mortuary after 11 a.m. on Thursday. Funeral services will be conducted in the Freeman Chapel on Thursday evening at 8:00 p.m., the Rev. Donald Gardner officiating. Interment will be at Quinter, Kansas on Saturday. (Jefferson City Post Tribune (MO), November 3, 1971, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

MUCHMORE, RAY B.

Death Notices

In Redwood City Sunday, April 12, 1953, Ray B. Muchmore, husband of Charlotte M. Muchmore, father of Robert B., Richard W., and the late Lt. Raymond P. Muchmore; son of Mrs. Viola Muchmore and brother of Mrs. Nona Knoblaugh, Clyde E. and Floyd S. Muchmore; also survived by four grandchildren. A native of Gove County, Kansas. Age 61 years. A member of the Stanford Gold Club. Funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Layne & Tinney funeral home, 717 Jefferson ave. Redwood City. Interment, Alta Mesa Memorial Park. (Times (Cal), April 13, 1953, submitted by Nancy Hannah)

HANSEN, JACOB

Monday morning, March 20th [1933], death claimed one of this community's oldest residents, Jacob Hansen, father of Andrew Hansen, Clay Center's genial chief of police. Perhaps not many people knew that Mr. Hansen, Sr., lacked only a few months of being 90 years of age, since he seemed so keen and alert to his last day. Typical of the early frontiersman that he was, it might be said of Mr. Hansen that “He died with his boots on.” For the past four years he had made his home here with his son and family, where he was always given kindly attention, and he was contented and happy. He was especially fond of the Hansen children. Monday morning Mr. Hansen ate his breakfast as usual, and during the forenoon his daughter-in-law took him in some papers to read. When Andy went in to call his father for the noon meal, he was startled to learn that he had answered a previous summons. Death had come to him in the natural order of life, as he sat in his chair reading or writing.

Jacob Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6, 1843, and his life covered a period of 89 years, 8 months and 14 days. He received his schooling and grew to manhood in his native country. In 1870 at the age of 27 years he came with a group of friends to the United States, locating first in Iowa. He was married to Catherine Marie Julius at Sabule, Iowa, October 17, 1871, and they resided there for some time, later coming to Kansas. They first located in Lincoln county. In 1879 they went to western Kansas, where he took a homestead in Gove county, or on “Kansas’ Great Desert” as it was then known. This was their permanent home. Neighbors were few; crop failures plentiful, and work hard to get. Gathering buffalo bones and hauling them 70 miles and receiving $5.00 in return was one way of making a living. Mr. Hansen was a typical frontiersman and punched cattle all the way from No Man’s Land to Gove City, at times being in the saddle for thirty-six hours at a time. He also caught wild horses through western Kansas and eastern Colorado; later breaking them for work and selling for $10 to $50. With his farming and ranching it kept him busy providing for his family. In his prime he measured six feet one inch in height, weighed 225 pounds and was a tower of strength. One of his outstanding characteristics was his great love for horses, and it was no trick at all for him to break wild horses. Although of a rugged type Mr. Hansen was always kind and big hearted.

It was said of him that everybody he met as he rode over the plains of Gove and adjoining counties was his friend.

Mr. Hansen was raised in the Lutheran faith and had been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for fifty-eight years. Mrs. Hansen preceded him in death March 24, 1922. Four daughters and three sons survive their parents, namely: Mrs. Mary Morse and Ditlof Hansen of Gove; John of Oakley, Kansas; Mrs. J. M. Cooper of Torrance, Calif.; Mrs. J. A. Donielson of Jerico Springs, Mo.; Mrs. L.E. Boss of Los Animas, Colo.; and Andrew Hansen of Clay Center, Kansas. Andy is the youngest member of their family. Also 30 grand-children; 32 great-grand-children and two great-great-grand-children survive.

A short funeral service was held at the Schwensen Chapel in Clay Center Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, with Rev. J. C. Boyce of St. Paul’s Episcopal church officiating. Appropriate music was furnished by Mrs. J. C. Boyce and Miss Lillian Gay, with Mrs. Dean Resler as accompanist. The services were largely attended.

he city officials and police squad attended in a body out of respect for the Hansens and the floral offerings were profuse and beautiful.

Andrew Hansen and son Frank accompanied the body to their old home at Gove, and the final rites were held there Wednesday afternoon, where burial was made in the Hansen family plot.

No adequate tribute can be paid these veterans of early days who did the full share toward the development of this country. (Clay Center Dispatch, submitted by Edie DeWeese)

CHENEY, HAROLD D.

Harold D., 79, of Oklahoma City, died April 28, 1991. The son of Frank and Paulina Cheney, he was born October 29, 1911 in Gove County, Kansas. He was a veteran of World War II where he served in the 75th Infantry Division. A member of the Lakeside United Methodist Church, he was known to all the congregation for his love, compassion and sincere bear hugs. He was the lay leader of the church for the past 15 years. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the staff of Hyroops Big and Tall Shop for the past 11 years. Harold is survived by his wife, Juanita E. Cheney of Oklahoma City; daughter, Shirley J. Beesley and husband, Howard of Pensacola, Florida; daughter, Pat Reynolds of Norman, Oklahoma; and daughter, Pearl Kirkham of Oklahoma City; 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren; 3 sisters, a brother; and many other friends and relatives. Memorial donations may be made to the Lakeside United Methodist Church. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, 1991, at the Lakeside Unite d Methodist Church. Interment will be at Resthaven Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Smith & Kernke Funeral Directors. (The Daily Oklahoman, May 1, 1991)

COX, M. LESTER

WINFIELD - M. Lester Cox, 83, Lyndon, Kan., died June 26, 1991, in a nursing home in Winfield. He was born in Goodrich, Kan., and moved to Lyndon in 1971. Mr. Cox farmed in Linn County, Kan., and was an agricultural extension agent in Chautauqua, Chase, Riley and Gove counties in Kansas. He retired in 1971. He was a 1930 graduate of Kansas State College. He was a member of the Lyndon Methodist Church and the Linn County and Lyndon historical societies. Survivors include his wife o f 58 years, Ruby Cox, Winfield; a son, John Cox, Kearney; a daughter, Joanne Black, Burden, Kan.; three brothers, Frank Cox, Richmond, Kan., Gordon Cox, Oroville, Calif., and Lindley Cox, Wichita; two sisters, Madeline Hegi, Tahoka, Texas, and Marjorie Ison, Overland Park; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services were June 29; burial in the Goodrich Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the church. (The Kansas City Star, July 2, 1991)

GOVE, HOWARD W.

Howard W. "Jack" Gove, 85, Mound City, Kan., died March 18, 1992, at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born in Gunnison, Colo., and moved to Mound City 80 years ago. Mr. Gove owned Mound City Lumber and Grain from 1933 until he retired in 1971. Earlier he owned a tire shop in Mound City. He was a past mayor of Mound City. He was a member of the Mound City Federated Church and the Mound City Historical Society. He played in the Linn County (Kan.) Cowboy Band and sang in the Mound City Quartet. He was a member of the Fort Scott (Kan.) Country Club and the Fort Scott Investment Club. He attended the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Washington University, St. Louis. Survivors include his wife, Anne Gove of the home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church; burial in Woodland Cemetery, Mound City. The family suggests contributions to the church. (The Kansas City Star, March 20, 1992)

GRAY, FLORENCE R.

Mrs. Gray formerly taught at the White Oak School in Independence, and also in Buckner, Edgerton in Johnson County and in Wellington, Mo. She retired in the early 1950s. She was a member of the Missouri Teachers Association.

She was a member of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Oak Gove Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Home Economics Club. She was a lifelong Oak Grove resident.

Survivors include cousins. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Royer Chapel, Oak Grove; burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel. (The Kansas City Star, June 16, 1991)

HAGSTROM, BENJAMIN "TED"

Benjamin ""Ted'', died August 3, 1989. He was born in Gove County, Kansas April 17, 1915. He grew up in a small farming community near Utica, Kansas, in a large family. Ted enlisted in the United States Army in 1935 at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was discharged with a physical disability in 1937. Upon discharge, he attended a business college in Kansas City, Missouri and, from 1940 to 1948, worked for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Kansas City, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. He began July 10, 1963 as a narcotics agent for the Narcotic Enforcement Division, State Crime Bureau (later to become the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation); appointed Chief of the Division of Regulated Drug Enforcement on the State Bureau of Investigation in 1967. He then went to work for the Oklahoma Board of Medical Examiners in June of 1970 as an investigator from which he retired January, 1980. He was a member of the Oklahoma Peace Officers Association and a lifetime member of the Disabled American Vets. Ted married Lorida Fink April 4, 1974. She survives him with her three children he took to his heart, Andra Bufkin of Moore, Diane Gilson, also of Moore, Don Fink of Oklahoma City, and eight grandchildren. He is also survived by a daughter, Jean
Renfro-Davies, Tulsa; four sons, Robert, Bedford, Mass., Dale, Westfield, New Jersey, Glenn, Oklahoma City, David, an MD, Lubbock, Texas, and eleven grandchildren. Two brothers and four sisters also survive him. During his retirement years, Ted spent most of his time helping his large family and their children as well as his loving neighbors and friends. He was always there'' when anything was needed from building to babysitting. We will all miss Grand Ted In an ultimate act of giving, Ted donated his remains to the Oklahoma School of Health Sciences. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 5, 10:00 a.m. at the Antioch Christian Church, S.W. 119th and S. Portland. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Children's Convalescent Center , Bethany, will be appreciated. (The Daily Oklahoman, August 4, 1989, page 24)

LONGACRE, HELEN

Helen Longacre, 85, Evergreen, Colo., formerly of this area, died Feb. 21, 1991, in a nursing home in Evergreen.

She was born in Gove, Kan., and lived in Prairie Village and Clinton, Mo., before moving to Colorado six years ago. Mrs. Longacre did alterations for Swanson's on the Plaza until 1960. She was a member of the Cherokee Christian Church, Prairie Village. Her husband, Ralph Longacre, died in 1983. Survivors include a daughter, Marcia Ann Kirby, Kittredge, Colo.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Kittredge Community Church. (The Kansas City Star, February 22, 1991)