Lyon County, Kansas
Apps, Karen R., 19, East Emporia Veterinary Clinic employee, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 1993, as a result
of an automobile accident. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Allen United Methodist Church.
Survivors: companion, Paul Blair of Allen; father, Charles Apps of Emporia; mother, Carol Bracken, sister, Brenda
Choate, both of Allen; grandparents, Jim and Joann Ratterree of Admire, Mary Apps of Emporia, Melvin Bracken of
Topeka; great-grandparents, Ed and Elsie Bokay of Allen. Memorial has been established with Northern Heights High
School, Admire. Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Oct 1993)
AMERICUS Wilma Lea Besack,
74, homemaker, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 1989. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: husband, Bill; sons, William Jr. of Neosho Rapids, Jay W. of Bushong; stepbrother, Richard C. LeVaugh
of Milton, Fla.; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Bushong United
Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 Aug 1989)
Buchman, Brett E., 3, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 1998. Services, 10 a.m. Monday, Broadway Colonial Funeral Home,
Newton, 2 p.m. Monday, Bushong Cemetery.
Other survivors: mother and stepfather, Amy and Michael LaManton of Newton; father, Douglas Buchman of Council
Grove; brothers, Mitchell, twin, Brian, both of the home; stepbrothers, Clayton, Christopher, both of Council Grove,
Zachary LaManton, Colby LaManton of Elkart, Ind.; grandparents, Virgil and Verlene Buchman of Alta Vista, Lester
and Dianna Modlin of Bushong. Memorial has been established with Slate Creek Grade School S.M.H. Class.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 14 Feb 1998)
Burri, Clara Edna, 92, retired schoolteacher, died Sunday, March 30, 1997. Service 10 a.m Wednesday, Carlson
Funeral Home, Emporia.
Survivors: husband, Adolph; son, Darrel of Newport News, Va.; daughter, Carol Peterson of Springfield, Mo.; five
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Bushong Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 1 April 1997)
Choate, Dallas Jean, 2-year-old daughter of Billy Choate of Lyons and Brenda Choate of Allen, died Thursday,
Oct. 28, 1993, as a result of an automobile accident. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Allen United Methodist Church.
Other survivors: brother, William of Allen; grandparents, William and Florence Choate of Lyons, Carol Bracken of
Allen, Charles Apps of Emporia; great-grandparents, Jim and Joann Ratterree of Admire, Mary Apps of Emporia, Melvin
Bracken of Topeka; great-great-grandparents, Ed and Elsie Bokay of Allen. Memorial has been established with Lyons
United Methodist Church. Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Oct 1993)
EMPORIA - Cochran, Lilliebell "Lill," 85, died Aug. 1, 2007. Service 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Faith Lutheran Church.
Survivors: daughters, Donna Brown, Loetta Fowler, Clinda Dorrell; sisters, Willimina Birdwell, Emma Voorhees; 5
grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 8/4/2007.
Marion J. Cochran, 76, retired dock foreman for Santa Fe Trailways, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday,
United Methodist Church, Bushong.
Survivors: wife, Lill; daughters, Donna M. Brown, Clinda Sill, both of Wichita, Loetta Fowler of Emporia; two brothers;
five sisters; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with United Methodist
Church. Blair-Carlson Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 21 June 1985)
Cornwell, Manly E., 87, farmer, died Friday, June 28, 1996. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue- Barnett Funeral
Home.
Survivors: wife, Farrice. In lieu of flowers, memorial has been established with the Alzheimer's Association of
Kansas.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 June 1996)
COUNCIL GROVE
The funeral for S.M. "Max"
Davis, 80, of Council Grove will be
at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the United Methodist Church at Council Grove. The Rev. Stan Hughes of the church will conduct
the service. Emporia Masonic Lodge 12 and an Army detail from Fort Riley will conduct services at the burial, in
Bushong Cemetery. The family will meet friends at the church one hour before the funeral.
Memorial contributions to Midland Hospice Care of Topeka may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home,
P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mr. Davis died Sunday, July 25, 2004, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
The son of Lewis C. and Florence V. James Davis, he was born June 26, 1924, in Hilltop. He graduated from Bushong
High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Winged Arrow from 1944 to 1946.
He married Jeane Millison on May 9, 1945, in Woodland, Calif. She survives.
He was a farmer and rancher in northern Lyon County for 58 years. son, James Scott Davis, raised cattle for 20
years. He was county director for Lyon County of the Kansas Livestock Association.
As a member of the Bushong school board in the mid-1950s, Mr. Davis was instrumental in the consolidation of schools
to form Northern Heights High School. He served a second term on the U.S.D. 251 school board when Americus was
unified with Northern Heights. He was timer and scorekeeper for the Northern Heights basketball games for many
years.
He was a member of American Legion Moreland-Clayton-Edmonds Post, Masonic Lodge 335 and Lulu Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star, all at Allen, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Emporia, Rock Creek Watershed
and the Farm Service Agency of Lyon County (formerly ASCS).
Mr. Davis was a member of the Council Grove United Methodist Church.
He is also survived by one son, James Scott Davis of Council , who raised cattle with him for 20 years; one daughter,
Sally Burri of Williamsburg, Va.; and five grandchildren.
A brother, Lt. Morris P. Davis with the U.S. Army Air Corps, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 27 July 2004)
Day, Jane, 84, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. She is survived by sister, Bette L. Barnes and husband,
William of Tulsa. Graduate of Friends University and Missionary for Oriental Missionary Society in Korea. Funeral
10 a.m. Thursday at DeVorss Flanagn-Hunt Mortuary; burial 3 p.m. Thursday, Bushong (Kan.) Cemetery.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 3/1/2006.
Day, Melba Maude, 85, retired Postmaster, died Monday, Nov. 20, 2000. Visitation with family 7 to 8 p.m.
Friday, Carlson Funeral Home, Emporia; service 2 p.m. Saturday, Allen United Methodist Church.
Survivors: sons, William of Mulvane, Allen of Topeka; daughter, Phyllis Hess of Topeka; ten grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorials establis hed with Allen United Methodist Church and Lulu Chapter OES 135.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 Nov 2000)
Ralph A. Duncan, 79, of Aurora, Mo., former Emporia resident, retired Phillips 66 Service Station owner
and operator, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Rosemary; son, Arlie "Pat" of Cape Fair, Mo.; stepdaughters, Elsie Magee of Sacramento,
Calif., Rosemary Belden of Groton, S.D., Marian Robbins of Joplin, Mo.; brother, Faye of Americus; sisters, Ethel
Worcester of Americus, Villa Cornwell of Shawnee Mission; two grandchildren; several step-grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 4 Dec 1987)
Elsie B. (Mallory) Frizzell, 75, homemaker, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 1990. Service 10:30
a.m. Thursday, Allen United Methodist Church.
Survivors: daughters, Nancy Plankinton of Allen, Florence Choate of Lyons; sisters, Marie Haywood of Emporia, Flossie
Frederickson, Dorlean Stinson, both of Salina; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorials have been
established with Allen Senior Citizens Center and Allen United Methodist Church. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home,
Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 9 Oct 1990)
Frank Edward Frizzell, 85, Frizzell Repair Shop owner and operator, died Sunday, June 11, 1989. Service 2 p.m.
Thursday, Allen United Methodist Church.
Survivors: wife, Elsie Bell; daughters, Florence Choate, Nancy Plankinton, sisters, Iona Mann, Wanola Pykiet, all
of Allen; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Emporia Salvation Army.
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 June 1989)
EMPORIA - Givens, Adila "Dolly,"
95, died Jan. 17, 2008. Service 10:30 a.m. Monday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Robert, Edward, Walter and Jack Shoup; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/19/2008.
GRIMMETT, JANIE KAY
Janie Kay Grimmett, 26, died Monday,
Nov. 18, 2002, at Newman Regional Health.
The daughter of Tom Olan and Nora Lee Walz Grimmett, she was born Oct. 17, 1976, in Monroe, Wash.
Miss Grimmett is survived by her parents; a daughter, Sylvia Mayetta Grimmett of the home; four sisters, Jeannie
Clark of Emporia, Tina Watson of Casselberry, Fla., Jerrie Lee Danford of Panama City, Fla., and Rose Ann Burian,
whose address was unavailable; and two brothers, Michael Danford of Youngstown, Fla., and Terry Danford of Cocoa
Beach, Fla.
Three brothers, Dennis Danford, Mark Danford and Frank Danford, and her grandparents died earlier.
No services are planned.
Memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association or the Lyon County Cancer Society can be sent to the
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 19 Nov 2002)
Esther M. Haas, 89, retired music teacher and writer, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1990. Memorial service 2 p.m.
Monday, United Methodist Church.
Survivors: grandnephew, Chris Sellers of Helena, Mont.; grandniece, Lenore Hoehl of Phoenix. Memorial has been
established with Lyon County Humane Society. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 24 Nov 1990)
HOLLE, ERMA OLLIE
Erma Ollie Holle, 97, of Topeka, died
Thursday, June 3, 2004, at St. Francis hospital in Topeka.
She will be buried at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bushong Cemetery; the Rev. James Darby of First United Methodist Church
in Emporia will officiate.
The daughter of August and Emma Reinke Holle, she was born Sept. 6, 1906, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The family moved to Bushong in 1908.
Miss Holle worked for 46 years as a Reliefograph typist for Capper & Stauffer Communications in Topeka. She
retired in 1974.
Her survivors include a niece, Eunice Gunkel of Emporia.
A brother, Elmer F. Holle, and a sister, Norma D. Holle, died earlier
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorials in her name to the Bushong United Methodist Church.
Donations may be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 5 June 2004)
Earl Eugene Jackson, 63, J.D. Miller & Sons Inc. shop foreman, died Saturday, July 27, 1991. Service 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: wife, Ruth; sons, Ron of San Francisco, Steve of Emporia; daughter, Judy Danz of Scottsdale, Ariz.;
father Marion of Bushong, brother, Montie of Bushong; sister, Wilma Swartz of Alta Vista; five grandchildren.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 July 1991)
Jackson, Marion O., 90, retired farmer and school bus driver, died Monday, Jan. 10, 1994. Service 2 p.m. Thursday,
Bushong Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Montie of Bushong; daughter, Wilma Swartz of Alta Vista; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren;
one great-grandchild. Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia.
Wichita Eagle ~ 11 Jan 1994)
Kirk, Harold L. "Bud," 65, retired Santa Fe Railway clerk, died Friday, April 24,
1992. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: nephews, Danny Kirk of Lawrence, Kim Kirk of Emporia, Tom Kirk, David Kirk, both of Lebo, Steven Kirk
of Kansas City, Kan. Memorial has been established with Grace United Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 26 April 1992)
Minnie W. Lewis, 86, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Bushong United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, William H. of Centralia; daughter, Gloria Kater of Newton; brother, Harold Reaka of Topeka; four
grandchildren; five great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Bushong United Methodist Church in
care of Blair-Carlson Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 15 July 1985)
MARCOTTE, VIRGIL
J.
The funeral for Virgil J. Marcotte, 80, of rural Allen will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Derrek Belase will conduct the service. Burial will be in Bushong Cemetery at Bushong.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice may be sent in care the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS
66801.
Mr. Marcotte died Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at his home. He had not retired and still continued his career as
a farmer and rancher.
The son of Albert and Eva Hubet Storey Marcotte, he was born March 24, 1923, in Vermillion, S.D. He married Dorothy
Reidel on Feb. 3, 1945, in Emporia. She survives.
Mr. Marcotte is also survived by a son, Virgil Dean Marcotte of Matfield Green, and two sisters, Jeannette Rowland
of Admire and Velma Martin of Marion.
A brother, Lewis Marcotte, and a sister, Dora Bremenkamp, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 19 March 2004)
MARSH, DELPHIA MARY
Delphia Mary Marsh, 84, died Friday,
March 25, 2005, at the Holiday Resort, where she was a resident.
Mrs. Marsh was a homemaker.
The daughter of Milus and Edith Holloway Holleman, she was born July 24, 1920, at Temple, Texas. She married John
Marsh. He survives.
Mrs. Marsh was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She also was a member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.
She is also survived by four sons, Ray Marsh of Allen, James Marsh of Americus, Everett Marsh of Ottawa and Earl
Marsh of Bluff City; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A halfbrother, Bill Emmert, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Claudia Bakely will conduct
the service. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery at Bushong. The family will meet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday
at Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers, contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home, 501 W. Sixth
Ave., Emporia, KS 66801, for a memorial to be designated later.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 26 March 2005)
John Henry Marsh of Emporia died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006, at the Flint Hills Care Center.
Services are pending at Charter Funerals-Emporia Chapel.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 1 Nov 2006)
Marsh, Maud, 84, former Bushong Grade School cook, died Thursday, Oct. 26, 1995. Service 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, United Methodist Church.
Survivors: daughter, Phyllis Dorcas of Waverly; sisters, Emma Geisler of McFarland, Harriett Dillingham of Topeka;
two grandsons; two great- grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Bushong United Methodist Church. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 30 Oct 1995)
MILLISON, BILLIE MARIE (GIGAX)
Billie Marie (Gigax) Millison, 58, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
office secretary, died Tuesday, July 21, 1987. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church.
Survivors: husband, Roy E.; daughter, Lisa Conner of Pratt; brother, Wayne Gigax of Springfield, Mo.; sister, Janet
Richards of Fort Myers, Fla.; one grandchild. Memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 July 1987)
Elsie Mae (Houk) Moreland, 92, homemaker, died Sunday, March 20, 1988. Service 10:30
a.m. Wednesday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: sons, Paul E. of Wichita, Edward Eugene of Dallas, Larry W. of Charleston, S.C.; daughter, Doris Peters
of Emporia; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with the American Cancer Society, Lyon County Unit.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 22 March 1988)
MORELAND, MILDRED
KITTIES
Allen native Mildred Kitties Moreland, 90, of Wichita died Friday, July 9, 2004.
She was to be buried this afternoon in Bushong Cemetery after services in Wichita.
Mrs. Moreland taught in public schools in Wichita for U.S.D. 259, before she retired.
The daughter of Francis Clayton and Anna Newcomb Day Rieff, she was born March 4, 1914, in Allen. She married Paul
E. Moreland on May 8, 1938, in Allen. He died Jan. 27, 2003.
Mrs. Moreland is survived by two daughters, Frances Holdsworth of Winchester and Trish Hutchinson of Wichita; a
son, Everett H. Moreland of Burlington, Colo.; a sister, Bonnie Fehr of Emporia; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Botanica, The Wichita Gardens, 701 N. Amidon, Wichita, KS 67203.
Messages to the family may be left at: www.cochranmortuary.com.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 13 July 2004)
MORELAND, PAUL EVERETT
Americus native Paul Everett Moreland, 88, will be buried Friday afternoon in Bushong Cemetery.
The graveside service is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Moreland, a retired Wichita public-school teacher, died Monday, Jan. 27. 2003. His funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Friday at Southwest Presbyterian Church in Wichita.
He was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Americus to Everett L. and Elsie M. Houk Moreland. He married Mildred K. Reiff on
May 8, 1938, in Allen. She survives.
Mr. Moreland is also survived by a son, Everett H. Moreland of Burlington, Colo.; two daughters, Frances Holdsworth
of Cottonwood Falls and Patricia Hutchinson of Wichita; two brothers, Gene Moreland of Dallas and Larry Moreland
of Charleston, S.C.; and a sister, Doris Peters of Emporia. Six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also
survive.
Memorials in his name can be sent to the church, 1511 W. 27th St. South, Wichita, KS 67217.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at COCHRANMORTUARY.COM.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 29 Jan 2003)
Mounkes, Darrel G., 87, retired teacher and principal, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001. Service 10 a.m. Saturday,
St. Mark Lutheran Church.
Survivors: wife, Norma; son, Maj. Jay Mounkes of Travis Air Force Base, Calif.; daughter, Sallee Dixson of Stillwater,
Okla.; stepson, Larry Marquez of Aptos, Calif.; stepdaughter, Gloria Schamber of Hays; brother, Clarence of Emporia;
sisters, Eleanor Greene of Las Vegas, Frances Thompson of Cottonwood Falls, Darlene Bloom of Winston-Salem, N.C.;
five grandchildren; five stepgran dchildren; seven stepgreat-grandchildren. Memorials established with American
Cancer Society and American Diabetes Association. Bryant-Christians Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 3 Oct 2001)
MOUNKES, HAROLD L.
The funeral for Harold L. Mounkes, 76, of rural Allen will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Larry King of Good News Christian Fellowship at Marion. Burial will be in Bushong
Cemetery at Bushong.
Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Association may be sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
Mr. Mounkes, a farmer and rancher for 26 years, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at Newman Regional Health.
The son of Robert Joe and Pearl Emmell Mounkes, he was born Jan. 20, 1929, at Bushong. He married Betty Sattler
on Aug. 12, 1948, at Emporia. She survives.
Mr. Mounkes is also survived by two brothers, Duane D. Mounkes of Allen and Glen Mounkes of Pueblo, Colo.; two
grandsons; and two great-grandsons.
A daughter, Ramona Van Gordon, and four brothers, Andy Mounkes, Richard Mounkes, Chester Mounkes and Calvin Mounkes,
died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 29 July 2005)
Pio, Agnes Wilhemina, 72, homemaker, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 1992. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, Kendall Funeral Chapel.
Survivors: husband, Mel W.; sons, Rex of Edgerton, Steve of Allen; daughter, Kelly Fleming of Edgerton; stepdaughter,
Willetta Krause of Elwood; brother, Frank Behrens of Allen; sisters, Alma Kracke of Herington, Ella Schlesener
of Burdick; eight grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; nine stepgreat-grandchildren; one stepgreat-great-grandchild.
Memorials have been established with the Council Grove Senior Citizens Center and Calvary Lutheran Church, Council
Grove.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 8 Aug 1992)
ALLEN - Plankinton, Nancy Lee,
65, died Nov. 3, 2007. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Allen United Methodist Church.
Survivors: son, Robert; daughter, Dawn Stanford; sister, Florence Choate; 6 grandchildren. Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 11/6/2007.
PYKIET,
WANOLA ELIZABETH
The funeral for Wanola Elizabeth Pykiet, 84, of Allen will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Allen United
Methodist Church. Burial will be in Bushong Cemetery near Bushong. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday at
the Memorial Chapel of the Flint Hills in Council Grove.
Memorial contributions to the Allen United Methodist Church or the Allen Senior Center can be sent to the funeral
home, 137 N. Union St., Council Grove, KS 66846.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.funeralchoice.com.
Mrs. Pykiet died May 7, 2004, at her son's home in Douglass.
She was a telephone operator in Bushong and Allen for many years and, later, a meat-trimmer at IBP in Emporia before
she retired. She also was a volunteer worker at the Allen Senior Center.
Wanola Elizabeth Frizzell, the daughter of Richard E. and Maggie Loretta Swope Frizzell, was born May 27, 1918,
at McFall, Mo. She married Harold "Ike" Pykiet on Sept. 21, 1935, at the Lyon County Courthouse. He died
July 7, 1982.
Mrs. Pykiet was a member of the Allen United Methodist Church and Allen Rebekah Lodge 670.
She is survived by two sons, James Pykiet of Douglass and David Pykiet of Omaha, Neb.; a daughter, Phyllis Miller
of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister, Iona Mann of Emporia; six grandsons; six stepgrandchildren; nine great-grandchildren;
16 stepgreat-grandchildren; and 14 stepgreat-great-grandchildren. A son, Richard Paul Pykiet; two brothers, Olin
Frizzell and Frank Frizzell; a sister, Leona Adcock; and a granddaughter, Rebecca Jane Pykiet, died earlier.
(Emporia Gazette ~ 9 May 2003)
Reaka, Donald A., 72, farmer and retired Lyon County highway department employee, died Saturday, April 27,
1996. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Roberts- Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivors: brothers, Kenneth of Mechanicsburg, Pa., Clarence of Warsaw, Ohio, Duane, Robert, both of Kansas City;
sister, Wilmadell Barton of Buckner, Mo., Mary Nelson of Lindstrom, Minn., Dorothy Schiesser of Allen. Memorial
has been established with the Allen Senior Center.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 28 April 1996)
Swarner, Lettie, 97, retired teacher, former Bushong resident, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 1996. Service 2 p.m.
Thursday, Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Survivor: sister, Clara Burri of Bushong. Memorial has been established with Bushong United Methodist Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 13 Feb 1996)
BUSHONG - Traylor, Melissa LouAnn,
died Jan. 18, 2005. Service 2 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church, Emporia.
Survivors: parents, Patrick Traylor and Diane Brownback; brothers, Cody and Garrett Traylor, Trevor and Tanner
Brownback; sister, Ashley Brownback; grandmothers, Mary Lou Traylor, Betty Ann Burns. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral
Home.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 2/8/2005.
Howard L. Woodruff, 73, painter, died Friday, Dec. 5, 1986. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Carlson Funeral Home.
Survivors: sisters, Bess, Grace Carstensen, both of Emporia. Memorial has been established with Beta Sigma Phi
Heart Fund.
(Wichita Eagle ~ 7 Dec 1986)
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