Obituaries
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MARTIN, C. L. MRS.
Mrs. C. L. Martin, Emporia, mother of two El
Doradoans, died Sunday in an Emporia hospital. She would have been 73 years old Tuesday. Mrs. Martin was the mother
of Mrs. Glenn Jones, 516 South High and Clyde Martin, 240 State. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday
at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home at Emporia and burial will be in Blakely cemetery at Madison. (El Dorado
Times, April 17, 1969)
McAULEY, BEULAH G.
Beulah G. McAuley, 78, of Emporia died this morning at Holiday
Resort.
The time and place of services will be announced by Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home.
Beulah Geraldine McAuley died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at the Holiday Resort where she was a resident. She was
79.
Mrs. McAuley was a teller at the Admire Bank in Emporia for five years before she retired 23 years ago.
The daughter of John and Lottie Gaines Metcalfe, she was born April 7, 1928, at Americus. She married Charles W.
Lewis on Aug. 30, 1949. He died Aug. 21, 1972, at Emporia. She married Leroy Austin “Mac” McAuley
in 1985 at Miami, Okla. He died July 18, 2003, at Emporia.
Mrs. McAuley was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Candy L. Schade of Emporia; one son, Stan C. Lewis of Vancouver, Wash.; two stepsons,
Bill Lewis of Charleston, Ill., and Don Lewis of Sun City West, Ariz.; three brothers, Ronald E. Metcalfe of Emporia,
John H. Metcalfe of Concord, Calif., and Chet Metcalfe of Golden Valley, Ariz.; three grandchildren; six stepgrandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. Two brothers, George William Metcalfe and James L.
Metcalfe; and three sisters, Gwen Tatman, Mildred Willey and Freda M. Bacon, died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The Rev. Joe Tuttle of Bethel
Baptist Church will conduct the service. Burial will be in Americus Cemetery at Americus. The family will meet
friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175,
Emporia, KS 66801. (Emporia Gazette ~ Monday ~ 17 Dec 2007)
McCALLON, DOROTHY AILEEN BIRK
Dorothy Aileen McCallon of Burlington died
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. She was 87. Mrs. McCallon was elected Coffey County
Treasurer in 1964 and served for 20 years until she retired. She also was a homemaker and helped her husband farm.
The daughter of Joseph J. and Ruth R. Tipton Birk, she was born Aug. 16, 1920, on the family farm southwest of
Burlington. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1939. She moved to Burlington in 1964. She married Charles
A. Ellis on Feb. 28, 1940, at the Methodist parsonage at Lebo. They lived on a farm south of Lebo, later moved
to Gridley, the Otter Creek Community and, in 1952, to LeRoy. Mr. Ellis died in a hunting accident on Dec. 20,
1963. She married Albert D. McCallon on April 16, 1993, at Overbrook. He died Sept. 3, 1993. Mrs. McCallon was
a member of the United Methodist Church in Burlington. She was a member of the B.P.W., TOPS and the Rebekah Lodge.
Earlier, she helped her children with 4-H and other activities. For the past six years she has lived with her granddaughter,
Monique Burns, and her family in Burlington. She is survived by one daughter, Betty Skillett of Emporia; two sons,
Bob Ellis of Overbrook and Bill Ellis of Winthrop Harbor, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. One
sister, Wanda Miller; and four brothers, Harold Birk, Rex Birk, Paul Birk and Edward Birk, died earlier. The funeral
will be at 1:30 p.m Wednesday at the United Methodist Church in Burlington. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery
at Lebo. The family will meet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Jones Funeral Home in Burlington. Memorial
contributions to the church may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839. (Emporia
Gazette ~ 15 Oct 2007)
MACKEY, WILLIAM
William Mackey, aged about 50 years died at his home in Center township, Lyon county on Thursday at 1 o’clock of
paralysis. He was an old and highly respected citizen of that community. He leaves a wife and five children. (Topeka
Weekly Capital, June 28, 1894, page 5)
MCLEAN, MARGARET
Mrs. Margaret McLean died at her home north of Emporia last Wednesday, after a long and painful illness. Mrs. McLean
was a native of Scotland and came to this country in 1880, since which time she has been a resident of Lyon county.
(Topeka Weekly Capital, June 28, 1894, page 5)