LYON COUNTY, KANSAS


Obituaries

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BERNHARDT, GEORGE F. -

George F. Bernhardt, 85, Leavenworth, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999, at the home. Mr. Bernhardt was born Jan. 5, 1914, the third child of four born to Frederick and Josie Bernhardt.

Following his graduation from Tonganoxie High School in 1931, he attended Emporia State Teacher's College in Emporia, Kan. He taught school for two years in Reno, Kan. In 1935, he went to work for the Tonganoxie State Bank.

The following year he went to work at the Leavenworth Savings and Trust Company. Mr. Bernhardt then embarked on his life-long career in real estate, insurance and banking which culminated in the opening of The Bernhardt Agency in the mid 1940s.

He served as a radio operator in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant. He married Margaret Hampel of Leavenworth on June 29, 1939, a marriage of 48 years which ended with her death in 1987. They were proud parents of two children, Gary and Janice.

Mr. Bernhardt was married on Dec. 29, 1989, to Dorothy Shalkoski.

Mr. Bernhardt served the Leavenworth Community faithfully for many years. He served as first chairman of the Leavenworth County Planning Commission, the first chairman of the Leavenworth County Regional Planning Commission, Chairman of the Federal Building/Post Office Committee, and was a member and Past President of the Present Leavenworth Country Club, which was built in 1960.

Mr. Bernhardt served on the Board of Trustees for Cushing Memorial Hospital for more than 30 years, including time spent as chairman. He also spent 36 years as a member of the Board of Directors at the Leavenworth National Bank, which also included time spent as chairman of the board. He served as president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Hotel Cody Building committee.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick and Josie Bernhardt; his brother Glen; sister Gladys; wife Margaret, and niece Shirley Givens.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy of the home; his daughter, Janice Bernhardt of Tonganoxie; his son, Dr. Gary Bernhardt, and his wife Nancy of Overland Park, Kan.; and step -daughter Sue Ann Shalkoski of Eagan, Minn.
He also leaves his step-son Vic Shalkoski of Overland Park, Kan.; three grandchildren, Kelli, Scott and Gabe; his sister, Mary Katherine Peterson of Seattle, Wash., several nieces and nephews, and countless friends and neighbors. We love and miss you George, take care.

Funeral services were held Oct. 15 at the First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth, Kan. The Rev. Tim Doty officiated. Burial followed in the Mt. Muncie Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to Cushing Memorial Hospital or Kansas City Hospice. Davis Funeral Chapel was in charge of the arrangements. (The Toganoxie Mirror, October 27, 1999)

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BLANKENSHIP, TYLAR LEA

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated this morning for Tylar Lea Blankenship, 17, who died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at Midland Hospice.
Cremation followed the mass, which was held at Mater Dei’s Holy Name Church in Topeka.
Tylar Lea Blankenship was born Sept. 14, 1990, in Topeka. Among her survivors is a grandfather, Dean Judson of Emporia.
Other survivors are her parents, Flint and Rose Mary Blankenship of the home; a grandfather, Bill McMurphy of Sabetha; her biological parents, Mark Harvey of Osage City and Jodi Judson McCubbin of Sabetha; four sisters, TaBetha and TeAira Harvey of Sabetha, Taygon Stinnett of Kincaid, and Tanneil Harvey of Osage City; and a grandmother, Ann Moench of Hurley, Mo.
A sister, Heather Blankenship, died July 30, 2006.
Memorial donations to Stormont-Vail Pediatrics Department, TARC, or Midland Hospice Care, may be sent in care of Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 SW Sixth St., Topeka KS 66603.
(Emporia Gazette ~ Monday, 7 Jan 2008)

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BURKHART, BARBARA D. "GINA"

Burkhart, Barbara D. "Gina"  Former Emporia resident Barbara D. “Ginaâ€� Burkhart died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006, at her home in Edgerton. She was 77. Mrs. Burkhart was a service representative for Contel Telephone Company in Gardner for 15 years before she retired in 1989. Earlier, she cleaned houses and provided child care. The daughter of Raymond A. and Marjory McKinney Jones, she was born June 14, 1929, at Topeka. She lived in Topeka before she moved to Emporia where she attended school. She married Marion Torrens in 1949 and they later divorced. She married Daryel D. Burkhart on Nov. 23, 1957, at Miami, Okla. He died in 2002. They moved from Hillsdale to Gardner in 1964. Mrs. Burkhart attended Gardner Baptist Church. She is survived by three sons, Dennis Torrens and Leonard Torrens, both of Emporia, and Walt Burkhart of Gardner; two daughters, Denise Hughes of Olathe and Michelle Reed of Edgerton; eight siblings; and seven grandchildren. Four sisters, Nancy, Leona, Dorothy and Ruth, died earlier. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Bruce Funeral Home at Gardner. Burial will be in Gardner Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions to Olathe Hospice may be sent in care of the funeral home, 106 S. Center, P.O. Box 192, Gardner, KS 66030.

MRS. LURA A. BRADLEY DEAD

Mrs. Lura A. Bradley died yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, after a three days' sickness at her home, 828 Merchant Street. Lura A. Southworth was born in 1837 at Bridgewater, N. Y. She was married to W. H. Bradley and came to Kansas in 1882, settling in Emporia, where she lived until her death. Mr. Bradley died May 4, 1903. Mrs. Bradley is survived by two daughters, Carrie Fay Bradley, of Emporia, and Mrs. Edwin S. Bower, of Lincoln, Kan., and a son, W. H. Bradley, of Loda, Ill. Mrs. Bradley was a member of the First Congregational church.

The funeral will be held at the Bradley home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Bradley's pastor, The Rev. J. H. Rice, will conduct the service sand interment will be in Maplewood.
(Emporia Gazette ~ February 22, 1915)