SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS
BILYEU, KATHLEEN MARIE
Bilyeu, Kathleen Marie, 53, passed away Sat. Nov. 4. Her Grandmother,
Kathleen, taught her to crochet and she won 3rd place at the KS State Fair Needle Arts in 2006. Visitation: 4 to
6 p.m., Thursday at Cochran Mortuary. Graveside: 1:30 p.m., Saturday at Lorraine Ave. Cemetery, 85th St. N &
Greenwich Rd. Survived by best friends, Sally Huber and cat, Tabby.
(Wichita Eagle ~ November 9, 2006)
Blaine, Elaine D. (Tieszen), 40, Sumner
County Family Care Center physicia ns assistant, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001. Visitation with family 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Cochran Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Thursday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church; burial to follow at Lorraine
Avenue Mennonite Church Cemetery.
Survivors: husband, Dale; son, Nathan of the home; parents, Walter and Wileta Tieszen of Haysville; brothers, Galen
Tieszen of Wellington, Lowell Tieszen of Durham, N.C., Delbert Tieszen of Halstead. Memorials established with
Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Hospice Inc. and Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. Condolences
may be sent to the family via www.cochranmortuary.com
(Wichita Eagle ~ February 7, 2001)
Bowles, James C., 60, retired Service
Steel Co. truck driver, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Saturday, University Friends Church.
Survivors: sons, David, Bub, Jace, mother, Nellie, all of Wichita; brothers, David of Diamond Bay, Calif., J.W.
of San Antonio, Texas, Bill of Wichita; sister, Nellie Peters of Wichita; 10 grandchildren. Memorial has been established
with Hospice Inc. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ December 19, 1996)
Bowles, Mary Ann, 60, retired Coleman
Co. outing products secretary, died Thursday, Nov. 7, 1996. Service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite
Church.
Survivors: husband, James; sons, David, Bub, Jace, parents, Reuben and Susie Janzen, all of Wichita; sisters, Janice
Ratts of Wichita, Becky Janzen of Merriam. Memorial has been established with Hospice Inc. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ November 9, 1996)
Janzen, Reuben R., 93, retired Cessna
Aircraft tool and dye dept. employee, died March 26, 2006. Visitation 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Affinity Mortuary;
service 11 a.m. Thursday, Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church, 655 S. Lorraine. Preceded in death by wife of nearly
70 years, Susie.
Survivors: daughters, Janice and husband, Jerry Ratts of Wichita, Becky Janzen of Merriam; grandsons, David Bowles,
James D. Bowles and wife, Susan, Jace Bowles and wife, Jennifer all of Wichita; granddaughters, Rosanna and Coral
Munoz of Kansas City, Mo. In lieu of flowers, memorial has been establis hed with Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church,
655 S. Lorraine, Wichita, KS 67211.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 3/28/2006 - 3/29/2006.
Janzen, Suzanna M. "Susie,"
94, homemaker, died May 4, 2005. Visitation 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Affinity Mortuary; service 10 a.m. Saturday,
Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: husband, Reuben; daughters, Becky Janzen of Merriam, KS, Janice Ratts of Wichita; 5 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren. Services entrusted to Affinity Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 5/6/2005.
Brack, Naomi June, 68, went to be with her maker August 18, 2006.
Born in Hillsboro, Kan. July 2, 1938 to Rudolph and Agnes Riesen. Moved to Newton, Kan. in the fall of 1941; moved to Gotebo, Okla. with her mother and stepfath er in November of 1950. She was baptized in a church near Gotebo, Okla. Graduated from Gotebo High School in 1956. Returned to Newton and attended Bethel College one year. Moved to Wichita where she met Delmar Brack. They were married Dec. 28, 1957 at the Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church. To this union, a son, Craig Brack, was born Nov. 13, 1959.
Preceding her death was her father, Rudolph Riesen; mother Agnes Riesen Schmidt; stepfather Walter Schmidt; and former husband Delmar Brack. She is survived by, her sons Craig Brack and his wife Dina, and Jeff Farney; grandson, Matthew; brother, Harold Riesen and wife Shirley; niece, Pamela Waller; grand-niece, Chelsie Waller, all of Wichita; and many friends and relatives.
Visitation from Noon to 5 p.m. Monday; Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006,
all at DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Chapel. Memorial with Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 8/20/2006.
Claassen, Henry W., 75, retired USD
259 teacher and administrator, died Monday, Sept. 25, 1995. Memorial service 10:30 a.m. Friday, Bethel College
Mennonite Church, North Newton.
Survivors: wife, Meribeth; sons, Victor of Davis, Calif., Tom of Salina; daughters, Margaret Toews of Tel Aviv,
Israel, Susan Jantzen of Newton; brothers, Ernest, Art, both of Beatrice, Neb.; nine grandchildren. Memorial has
been established with Bethel College. Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 27, 1995)
Claassen, Meribeth Nachtigal, 72,
homemaker, died Monday, Sept. 27, 1999. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Bethel College Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sons, Tom of Salina, Victor of Davis, Calif.; daughters, Margaret Toews of North Newton, Susan Jantzen
of Newton; brother, Paul Nachtigal of Grandby, Colo.; 10 grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Bethel
College Handicap Accessibility Fund. Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 28, 1999)
Edwin Friesen, 67, retired Beech Aircraft
Corp. chemical engineer, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991, in Australia. Service 2 p.m. today, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite
Church. Memorial has been established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church. Cochran Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Twila; son, Eric of Wichita; daughter, Jennifer of Los Angeles; sisters, Liz Mierau, Edna Ratzlaff,
both of Henderson, Neb., Erna Graber of Freeman, S.D., Hilda Peters of Lincoln, Neb.; one grandchild. Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ November 19 & 23, 1991)
EDWIN TIMOTHY FRIESEN, 35, of Wichita,
carpenter, died Wednesday, April 27, 1988. Memorial service 7:30 p.m. Monday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: son, Benjamin, parents, Edwin and Twila, brother, Eric, all of Wichita; sister, Jennifer of Santa Monica,
Calif. Memorial has been established with Inter-Faith Inn, 2020 E. Central, Wichita, Kan. 67214. Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ April 30, 1988)
Gaeddert, John H., 97, retired Cates
Laundry employee, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1992. Service 7 p.m. Tuesday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivor: sister, Rosina Bartel of Newton. Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ August 10, 1992)
Harms, Edwin M., M.D., 95, opthamologist,
died Friday, March 1, 2002. Visitation with family 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Petersen Funeral Home; graveside service
9:30 a.m. Thursday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church Cemetery, rural Wichita; memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday,
Bethel College Mennonite Church.
Survivors: daughters, Mary Harms of El Dorado, Jeanne Strahler of Wichita; brother, Dr. Harold Harms of Rustan,
La.; sister, Martha Harms of North Newton; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Memorial established with
Bethel College.
(Wichita Eagle ~ March 3, 2002)
SADIE (RATZLAFF) HARMS, 82, of Wichita,
homemaker, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 1988. Memorial service 7 p.m. Wednesday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: husband, Dr. Edwin Harms; daughters, Mary Harms of El Dorado, Jeanne Strahler of Wichita; sisters, Katherine
Blair of Hillsboro, Esther Schrag of North Newton; four grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Bethel
College Student Endowment Fund and the Kauffman Endownment Fund. Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 20, 1988)
LEROY W. HIEBERT, 67, of 6000 Clarendon,
retired Boeing Military Airplane Co. experimental electrician, died Tuesday. Service 3:30 p.m. Friday, Downing
& Lahey Mortuary.
Survivors: wife, Lois; sons, Michael of Wichita, Lon of Miami, Fla.; daughters, Cindy Hogle of Overland Park, Jean
of Prairie Village; brother, Melvin of Hillsboro; sisters, Lenora Johnson of McPherson, Helen Flaming of Dallas,
Ore.; two grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
(Wichita Eagle ~ March 28, 1985)
Kauffman, Irene Zimmerly, was born May 12, 1933 in Orrville, OH to Clarence J. and Florence Miller Zimmerly. She accepted Christ at the age of nine and joined the Smithville Brethren Church. She graduated from Smithville High School in 1951, attended Goshen College, Goshen, IN and received her BSN degree in 1957. She was married to Ellsworth Kauffman on August 11, 1957 at the Smithville Brethren Church, to this union 5 children were born. She continued her education receiving two Master Degrees from Wichita State University, one in education and the other in nursing. She moved with her family to Kansas in 1968 and taught 12 years at the Wesley School of Nursing. She was a consultant for Butler County Community College. She later taught for 3 years with the Nursing School at St. Joseph Hospital. For 12 years Irene was Director of Health Services at Friendly Acres Retirement Community in Newton. After retiring from Friendly Acres, she did Patient Assessment for 5 years at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her 5 children; Judith Ann Kauffman and her sons Sean and Lyle of Albuquerque, NM; Lisa Beth and Chad Kelley and their daughters, Taylor and Brittany of Overland Park; Eric and Melody Kauffman and their children Starla and Conner; Kurt and Diane Kauffman and their children, Chase, Paige and Tyler; and Kathleen Kauffman, all of Wichita. One grandchild preceded her in death.
Public visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the Cochran Mortuary.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, 655 S. Lorraine. Memorials have
been established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, and The Arc of Sedgwick County.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family via www.cochranmortuary.com.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 12/19/2004.
Matthies, K. Eugene "Mout," 68,
formerly of Buhler, Arrow Laboratory director of mechanical testing, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1994. Memorial service
3:30 p.m. today, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Wichita.
Survivors: wife, Della; sons, Mark of Redmond, Wash., Scott of Chap-lin, Conn.; daughters, Kristin Schmidt of Peabody,
Janelle Fischer of Wichita, Jo Bauer of Topeka; brothers, Milo of Kansas City, Mo., Orville of Overland Park; 11
grandchildren. Memorials have been established with Sedgwick County Zoo and Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church. Cochran
Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ February 26, 1994)
Mierau, Marilyn D., 60, retired U.S.D.
259 elementary school vocal music teacher, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000. Viewing 2 to 8 p.m. today, Cochran Mortuary;
graveside service 9 a.m. Saturday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church Cemetery; memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday,
Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: sisters, Cora Lee Regier of Aurora, Neb., Madeline Martin of Pratt. Memorial has been established with
Gideon Bible Society. Cochran Mortuary. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.cochranmortuary.com
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 1, 2000)
Osborne, Dr. Conrad C., 55, family
practice physician, died Thursday, Sept. 16, 1993. Graveside service 4 p.m. today, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church
Cemetery; memorial service 3 p.m. Sunday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: wife, Lila; son, Craig of San Francisco; daughters, Jan, Jill, both of Wichita; parents, Chester and
Eva of Hesston; brothers, Philip, David, both of Hesston, Stanley of Harper; sisters, Zonda Befort of Mazeppa,
Minn., Rachel Koppenhaver of El Dorado, Grace Osborne of Newton. Memorials have been established with Lorraine
Avenue Mennonite Church, Victory in the Valley and Wesley Family Practice Residency Program. Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ September 18, 1993)
Michael Chinedu Ozor, infant son of
William and Adella Ozor, died Saturday, June 1, 1991. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cochran Mortuary.
Other survivors: brothers, Andrew, Matthew, both at home; grandmother, Rachel B. Kanagy of Belleville, Pa. Memorial
has been established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church-Children's Library.
(Wichita Eagle ~ June 3, 1991)
Pauls, Clara, 88, homemaker, passed
away July 31, 2006. Visitation 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Hillside Funeral Home West; memorial service 11:45 a.m. Friday,
Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, 655 S. Lorraine, Wichita 67211. Clara is preceded in death by her husband, Jake.
Survivors: son, Vernon of Gardner; daughters, Sharon Pauls of Wichita, Sondra Horning of Hutchinson; brothers,
Wilbur Bahre of Topeka, Roland Bahre of Lyons; sisters, Juanita Otte of Moundridge, Dorothy Goering of Hutchinson;
2 grandchildren. Memorials may be given to Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 8/2/2006 - 8/4/2006.
Pauls, Jake R., 80, retired Beech
Aircraft employee, died Monday, July 14, 1997. Memorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: wife, Clara; son, Vernon of Olathe; daughters, Sharon Pauls of Wichita, Sandra Horning of Hutchinson;
brother, John of Inman; stepbrother, Dr. Daniel Pauls of Parsons; sister, Anna Ediger of Inman; two grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church. Hillside Funeral Home West.
(Wichita Eagle ~ July 16, 1997)
Plenert, Florine M., 79, of Bel Aire,
died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004. Florine was a 5th and 6th grade school teacher for many years in the school districts
of Kingman, KS, Viborg, SD and Wichita Public Schools. After retirement she remained active in church and educational
activities. Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, 655 S. Lorraine.
Survivors include: husband, Harold; son, Keith of Council Bluffs, IA; daughter and her husband, Connie and Jeff
White of Bel Aire; grandchildren, Joshua and Erin White. Memorials: Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church and Freeman
Academy/ Arboretum in Freeman, SD. Cochran Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 9/2/2004 - 9/3/2004.
WICHITA - Harold R. Plenert, 85, retried Wichita school psychologist and teacher, died Sunday (Jan. 27, 2008).
Harold was born April 2, 1922, near Hillsboro to Albert and Olga Plenert. They preceded him in death.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethel College in 1948 and Master of Arts degree in elementary education
from Colorado State College of Education in 1955. He worked as a teacher, principal and school psychologist for
40 years in public schools in South Dakota and Kansas.
Harold was moved by his Christian faith to a lifetime of service for the welfare of children and advocating for
justice and peace for all.
Survivors include a son, Keith of Council Bluffs, Iowa; a daughter, Connie (Jeff) White of Bel Aire; a sister,
Anne (Kenneth) Carrel of Allen, Texas; grandchildren, Joshua (Amber) and Erin White; and great-grandchildren, Tyler
and Courtney Anton and Jackson White.
He also was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Florine (Waltner), and a brother, Eugene Plenert.
Memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the church, 655 S. Lorraine, Wichita, KS 67211, or the Education Fund
of Peace and Social Justice Center of South Central Kansas, 1407 N. Topeka, Wichita, KS 67214.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.cochranmortuary.com.
(Newton Kansan ~ January 31, 2008)
Richert, Margaret, went to be with
the Lord, Sat. Jan. 24, 2004, after a full life of 90 years. Family Visitation 2:00 - 4:00pm, Sun. Feb. 1, 2004
at the Broadway Mortuary, Wichita, KS. Memorial Services will be 1:00pm, Mon, Feb. 2, 2004 at Lorraine Ave. Mennonite
Church. Margaret lived every day faithfully as a mother, grandmother, wife, nurse, friend hostess and care giver.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Lorraine Ave. Mennonite Church or Hospice Care of Kansas. Services by Broadway
Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle on 1/30/2004.
Richert, Sam, 83, retired Sedgwick
County social worker, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1993. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Cemetery;
memorial service 1:30 p.m., Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: wife, Margaret; daughters, Helen Papageorgiou of Cary, N.C., Ruth Elaine Adams of Wichita; four grandchildren.
Memorial has been established with Bethel College. Broadway Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ November 18, 1993)
Strahler, Jeanne M., 64, German language translator, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004.
Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Cemetery.
Survivors: sons, Rudolf, Martin and Eric all of Wichita; sister, Mary Harms, El Dorado; 5 grandchildren. Cochran
Mortuary.
Published in the Wichita Eagle from 1/25/2004 - 1/26/2004.
Tieszen, Walter E., 75, retired science
and mathematics teacher and Sedgwick County Superintendent of Schools, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002. Visitation
with family 6 to 8 p.m. today, Cochran Mortuary, 1411 N. Broadway; service 10 a.m. Saturday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite
Church.
Survivors: wife, Wileta of the home; sons, Galen of Wellington, Lowell of Durham, N.C., Delbert of Hesston; brother,
Charles of Newton; sisters, Vernelle Wedel of Moundridge, Helen Sanders of Eugene, Ore., Darlene Gilchrist of Hays;
eight grandchildren. Memorial established with Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, 655 S. Lorraine, Wichita, 67211.
Condolences may be sent to the family via www.cochranmortuary.com
(Wichita Eagle ~ November 29, 2002)
NORTH William Rich Voth, 3-year-old son of Tim and Caroline Voth, former Topeka
residents, died Wednesday. Service 7 tonight, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Wichita.
Other survivors: sister, Rachel at home; grandparents, Dr. Eldon and Margaret Rich of North Newton, Stanley and
Elsie Voth of Henderson, Neb.; great-grandmother, Matilda Voth of Newton. Memorial has been established with Parents
Against Leukemia and Malignancies Society, 818 N. Emporia, No. 303, Wichita 67214, in care of Dr. David Rosen.
Cochran Mortuary.
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 24, 1985)
Wiebe, Christine Ruth, 45, writer
and former Venture House clinic nurse, died Wednesday, May 24, 2000. Visitation with family 6 to 8 p.m. today,
Cochran Mortuary; memorial service 1:30 p.m. Friday, Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church.
Survivors: mother, Katie; brother, James Wiebe both of Wichita; sisters, Susan Harms of Wichita, Joanna Wiebe of
London, Canada. Memorials have been established with Mennonite Central Committee, Akron, Penn., Catholic Worker,
Chicago, and Hospice Inc. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.coch ranmortuary.com
(Wichita Eagle ~ May 25, 2000)
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