SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
OBITS
Wyman Baxter, 60, was found dead Firday in his room a the Norva Hotel, 401 Kansas.
Dr. J. L. Lattimore, district coroner, who performed an autopsy, said Mr. Baxter had a liver ailment and emphysema, a lung disease.
Mr. Baxter was born June 6, 1905 at Blue Rapid. He was a certified public accountant.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Jaderborg, Oberlin, and Mrs. Roy Young, Wichita.
Parker Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Saturday, June 12, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Clara Black Services Set In Scranton
Scranton.--Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Covenant Church here for Mrs. Clara Evelyn Black, 77, Scranton, who died Friday at an Osage City nursing home.
She was born August 23, 1887 in Osage County and had lived at Scranton the past 25 years.
Survivors include a son, Albert H. Black, Mobile, Ala.; three daughters, Mrs. Lois Williamson, and Mrs. Doris Wilson, both of Scranton, and Mrs. Bernice Kingman, San Mateo, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Floy Wyman, Independence, Mo., and Mrs. Mary Warner, Hoisington; eight grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Overbrook Cemetery. Baker Funeral Home at Overbrook is in charge of arrangements.
Services arrangements are pending at Parker Mortuary for Henry G. Boldt, 58, 708 Madison, who died Monday at a Topeka hospital after suffering a heart attack a few hours earlier. Burial will be in National Cemetery at Fort Leavenworth.
He was born March 22, 1907 at Berlin, Germany. He was employed as a draftsman by McGrath
Engineering Inc. He was a member of Capitol Poast No. 1 of the American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Michaline Boldt, at home; a son, Robert Boldt, Harvey, Ill.; and a daughter, Georgian Boldt, at home. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, August 10, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Mrs. Anna Bell Bowman, 70, 218 E. Norris, was found dead at her home Friday. Dr. J. L. Lattimore, Shawnee County Coroner, said she died Tuesday apparently of a heart condition.
She was born in 1895 in Nashville, Tenn. She had lived in Topeka about 45 years. She was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Her husband, Campbell Bowman, died n 1944.
Services are pending at Gaines and Son Funeral Home. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Saturday, August 7, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
William Boyce Dies at Home
Holton.--William M. Boyce, 85, died Friday at his home here.
He was born July 3, 1880 near Hoyt. He lived at Soldier before moving to Holton in 1942. He was a member of the Baptist Church. he was a retired blacksmith.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Boyce, at home; two sons, Ernest Boyce, 1322 N. Logan, Topeka, and Harvey Boyce, Independence, Mo.; three daughters, Rose Boyce and Mrs. Marie Winters, both of Holton, and Mrs. Goldie Faunce, Amarillo, Tex.; three brothers, Frank Boyce and Harry Boyce of Valley Falls, and Ora Boyce, Coyle, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Emma Wagner, Coyle, Okla.; and 15 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton. Burial will be in Holton Cemetery. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Saturday, July 24, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church at Valley Falls for Mrs. Rose Ann Butts, 92, 126 Boswell, who died Friday in a Topeka hospital.
She was born Nov. 12, 1872 at Valley Falls where she lived until moving to Topeka in 1947. She was a member of First Christian Church at Valley Falls and was a charter member of Rebekah Lodge No. 652 at Valley Falls.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Bonar, at the home; a sister, Mrs. Emma Smith, Valley Falls; a grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Valley Falls Cemetery. Hagge Funeral Home at Valley Falls is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Sunday, June 13, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Services for Oscar Mack Byler, 75, Route 2, will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home with burial in Half Day Cemetery, Elmont. He died Saturday in a Topeka hospital after a short illness.
He was born Aug. 7, 1889, at Melbourn, Ark., and had lived in Topeka since 1956. He was a retired engineer with Missouri Pacific Railroad.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cecil Byler, of the home; eight daughters, Mrs. Albert Hume, Midwest City, Okla., Mrs. C.O. Davidson, Fremont, Calif., Mrs. Ramsey Moore, Benton, Ark., Mrs. LeRoy Varney, Smyrna, Tenn., Mrs. Harold Wood, Route 2, Mrs. Wayne Dougherty, Route 6, and Mrs. Roy Murray, Route 5; two sons, Bill Byler, Orlando, Wash., and Mack Byler, Jr., Route 5; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Copeland, Neosho, Mo., and Mrs. Caroline Copeland, El Cajon, Calif., and 22 grandchildren. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Sunday, July 11, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Former KU Dean, T.D. Carr Dies.
Lawrence.--T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the University of Kansas school of engineering and architecture from 1947 to 1957, died Sunday in Washington, D.C. He was 71.
The retired Navy captain and his wife had recently driven from their home in Scottsdale, Ariz. to visit relatives and friends on the East Coast.
Death apparently was caused by a heart attack.
A brief memorial service will be held in Washington, with cremation and burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Date for the services was not selected.
At K.U. Carr took an active part in university administration and in working with business and industrial leaders of the state.
For a time he was the University of Kansas faculty representative for the Old Big Seven athletic conference. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, August 10, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Dr. Thomas Arthur Case, 79, 1221 Frazier, died Saturday in a Topeka hopsital after along illness.
He was born Jan. 5, 1886, in Barton County. He was retired veterinarian. He moved to Topeka in 1958 from Nickerson. Dr. Case was a graduate of Kansas State College School of Veterinary Medicine.
He was a member of Nickerson Masonic Lodge, AF&AM No. 43.
His wife, Lillian, died in 1950.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Knecht, 1221 Frazier; three sons, Dr. Glenn I. Case, Kawanee, Ill., Dr. R.A. Case, Bartonville, Ill., and Dr. Arthur A. Case, Columbia, Mo.; and 15 grandchildren.
Services arrangements are pending at Parker Mortuary. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Sunday, August 8, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home for Mrs. Betty Jean Crary, 46, who died Thursday at her home, 1501 W. 1st, after a long illness.
She was born June 6, 1919 at Junction City and had lived in Topeka since 1948. She was a member of the Central Congregational Church where she had been a deaconess and an officer in the Women's Fellowship. She was a member of PEO, Medical Auxiliary, Topeka Junior League and alumnae of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Survivors include her husband, Dr. John E. Crary, three sons, Van Crary, Thomas Crary, and Dougals Crary, and a daughter, Carolyn Crary, all of the home; her father Dr. R.W. VanDeventer, Wellington; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Pfadt, Laramie, Wyo., and Mrs. Patrick Raymond, Wichita.
Entombment will be in Mount Hope Abbey. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, July 23, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Rites Pending For Lillie Dunn
Burlingame.--Mrs. Lillie Dunn, 75, Burlingame, died Monday at a Lyndon nursing home.
She was born Oct. 6, 1889 at Scranton and spent all her life in Osage County.
A son, Clyde Dunn died in 1928.
Survivors include her husband, Matt Dunn, at home;
a son, Lloyd Dunn, Ponca City, Okla.; three daughters, Mrs. Mildren Tibke, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Ella Fenwick, 2426
Wisconsin, Topeka, and Mrs. Ruth Hutchison, 900 High, Topeka, and Charles Hutchison, Osage CIty; six grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Carey Funeral Home at Burlingame is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, August 10, 1965,
transcribed by Jim Laird)
Scott Allen Ewing, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin G. Ewing, Route 4 Topeka, died Sunday in a local hospital where he was born Saturday.
Besides his parents of the home, survivors include three sisters, Diana Ewing, Lola Ewing and Glenda Ewing and two brothers, Larry Ewing and Steve Ewing all of the home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Ewing, 647 Grandview and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Frakes, Route 4.
Services are pending. Ted Tibbets Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Monday, June 21, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Perry.--Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian Church here for Pearlie Fisher, 82, Perry, who died Monday at a Winchester hospital.
Mr. Fisher was born in 1883 at Perry and spent most of his life in the Perry community. He served in the Army three years and worked in grain elevators in the Perry area before he retired.
He was a charter member of the Perry Christian Church and was a former member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A sister, Mrs. Roscoe Jenkins, Oskaloosa, survives.
Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery at Oskaloosa. Hampton Funeral Home at Oskaloosa is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, August 10, 1965)
Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Brennan Funeral Home for Mrs. Virginia Green, 41, 717 Jewell, who died of a heart attack while floating on an inflated inter tube a few feet from shore at Lake Wabaunsee near Eskridge Monday.
Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Mrs. Green will lie in state from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Brennan Funeral Home where a rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday, July 14, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Chris F. Hartman, 85, formerly of Morrill at Brown County, died Tuesday at Topeka nursing home.
He was born Feb. 7, 1880 at Bern in Nemaha County. He was a retire farmer.
Survivors include five sons, Albert Hartman and Herman Hartman, both of Clifton, Louis Hartman, Eugene, Ore., Willard Hartman, 2235 N. Taylor, and Wilbert Hartman, 11501 N. Kansas; two daughters, Mrs. Saloma Scheele, Clay Center, and Mrs. Verena Meyer, Shawnee-Mission; a brother, Henry Hartman, Fairview; 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Parker Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, July 23, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Ray Roy Hickman, 71, 1809 Van Buren, died Thursday at a Topeka hospital.
He was born Feb. 2, 1891 in Graham County and lived in Topeka since 1903. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
A brother, Olden Hickman, 1721 Harrison, survives.
Gaines and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Friday, June 11, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Roy Jensen, Sr., 74, 1272 Washburn, died Monday in a local hospital after a long illness.
He was born Dec. 5, 1890 at Osage City, and had been a Topeka resident since 1916. He was associated with the Seymour Packing Company for 41 years. He was manager of the company's Mankato division and also operated the premium poultry division here, retiring in 1957.
Mr. Jensen was a member of the First Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Jensen, of the home; a son, Roy Jensen, Jr., 1275 Jewell; three daughters, Mrs. James Weir, 1514 Medford, Mrs. Harold Miller, Wichita, and Mrs. H.J. Creager, Afton, Okla.; eight grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. E.H. Cluff, Lyndon.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home with burial in the Lyndon Cemetery. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, May 18, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Holton.--Clyde Elmer Joy, 89, Hoyt, died Monday at a Holton hospital after a short illness.
He was born March 25, 1885, at Hoyt. He was a lifelong resident of Hoyt and a retired carpenter.
Mr. Joy was a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, and the Hoyt Grange, all at Hoyt. He was a member of the Scottish Rite of Topeka.
Survivors include his wife, Eva, of the home; a son, Mark Joy, Hoyt; a daughter, Mrs. Clydia Bostwick, Hoyt; a sister, Mrs. Guila Bailey, Hoyt; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Methodist Church at Hoyt. Scottish Rite of Topeka will conduct the service. Graveside service will be conducted by the Hoyt Masonic Lodge. Burial is in the Hoyt Cemetery.
Mercer Funeral Home of Holton is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, June 29, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Local Woman Dies of Illness
Mrs. Lillian M. Losey, 2037 N. Polk, died Sunday at a local hospital after a short illness. She was 94.
Mrs. Losey was born Feb. 1, 1871, at St. Croix County, Wis., and moved to Topeka in 1925 from Abilene.
She was the widow of William Henry Losey, who died in 1938.
Mrs. Losey was a member of the Central United Brethren Church here.
Survivors include three daughters, Grace Losey,
2037 N. Polk; Mrs. Myra Esther Crippen, Seneca; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Stirtz, 1327 Polk, and two grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Central United Presbyterian Church building fund.
Service time will be announced by Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Monday, June 7, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Death Claims Topeka Man, Noah Marker
Noah F. Marker, 2823 Wisconsin, died Monday in a Topeka nursing home. He was 95.
A Topeka resident the past 25 years, Mr. Marker was born Jan. 27, 1870 in Ozawkie.
A retired Jefferson County farmer, Mr. Marker was a member of Pleasant Valley Grange, Church of the Brethren in Ozawkie, and Masonic Lodge, AF&AM in Oskaloosa.
Survivors include four sons, Clarence Marker, 1615 Boswell; Otis Marker, Lawrence; Roy R. Marker, Manhattan; and Dr. D.I. Marker, Topeka; four daughters, Mrs.
Nettie McLain, 1207 Jackson, Mrs. Martha Johnson, 304 Western, Mrs. Belle Jones, Perry; and Mrs. Mary Moody, Brandon, Ore.; 22 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary with burial in Ozawkie Cemetery. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, June 15, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
W. McMillen, 85, Dies Here After Illness
William C. McMillen, 85, 348 Jewell, died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness.
He was born July 18, 1879 at Chapin, Iowa, and had been a Topeka resident since 1906. He was employed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 33 years, retiring in 1938.
Mr. McMillen was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 51, AF&AM, and the Telephone Pioneers Club of America.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Julia McMillen, of the home; two daughters, Grace McMillen, of the home, and Mrs. Cornelia Snyder, Ames, Iowa; three grandsons; two brothers, Frank W. McMillen, 2020 Clay, and C.C. McMillen, 507 Polk; and a sister, Mrs. Lorin (Eunice) Dodge, 1040 Orleans.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Monday, June 21, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Oskaloosa Blaze Victim, 56, Dies
Oskaloosa.--Roscoe Miller, 56, Oskaloosa, who was severely burned in an accident July 19 at his service station here, died Monday at the University of Kansas Medical Center at Kansas City, Kan.
Miller was pumping gasoline into his car at the station when the fuel ignited and he was engulfed in flames. He suffered burns over 90 per cent of his body. Cause of the fire was undetermined. He was born August 22, 1908, at Valley Falls and spent most of his life in the Oskaloosa community. He had operated the service station about 18 years.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge No. 14, AF&AM, and Royal Arch Masons Chapter No. 9, all at Oskaloosa and Zabud Council No. 4 in Topeka.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Miller, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Ernie Baharoghi, Hagerstown, Md.; a son, Charles Miller, Oskaloosa; his mother, Mrs. Nellie Miller, Granger, Wash.; four brothers, Roy Miller, Anchorage, Alaska, Raymond Miller, Melbourne, Iowa, Raphael Miller, Hogansville, Ga., and Russell Miller, Kennewick, Wash.; four sisters, Mrs. Mildred Dean and Mrs. Roberta Haag, both of Granger, Wash., Mrs. Geneva Ingram, Zillah, Wash., and Mrs. Esther Ferrell, Valley Falls; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Methodist Church at Oskaloosa. Masonic graveside services will be at Pleasant View Cemetery at Oskaloosa. Hampton Funeral Home at Oskaloosa is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, July 26, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Mrs. Rosa E. Newman, 81, formerly of 715 Lawrence, died Wednesday at a Topeka hospital after a long illness.
She was born Dec. 22, 1883 in Shawnee County. She lived in Delia before moving to Topeka in 1916. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Archie L. Newman, 506 Locust, and John H. Newman, 904 Orleans; four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Newman will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Thursday, June 17, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
McLouth.--Service arrangements are pending at Bradford Funeral Home here for Orville R. Osborn, 79, McLouth, who died Saturday at a Kansas City, Kan., hospital. Burial will be in McLouth, Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 10, 1894, at McLouth and spent all his life at McLoth where he owned and operated a fee store the past 36 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church and Lyra Masonic Lodge No. 356, both at McLouth.
Besides his wife, survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Leona Knapp, Leavenworth, and Mrs. Orvella Shultz, Tonganoxie; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Ridgeway and Mrs. Mildred McPherson, both of McLouth; two brothers, David Osborn, McLouth, and Luther Osborn, 1665 W. 21st, Topeka, and four grandchildren. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, August 10, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Overbrook.--W.D. Patton, 83, Clinton, died Saturday at Overbrook where he had been visiting.
He was born Feb. 8, 1882 at Clinton in Douglas County and spent most of his life in the Clinton community. He as a member of the Clinton Presbyterian Church. He was a retired carpenter.
Survivors include a son, Richard L. Patton, Denver, Colo.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Clinton Presbyterian Church with burial in Clinton Cemetery. Baker Funeral Home at Overbrook is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Sunday, June 6, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
A.D. Shafer, Silver Lake, Dead at 57
Silver Lake--Albert D. Shafer, 57, was pronounced dead on arrival at Stormont-Vail hospital, Topeka, Sunday night after he suffered an apparent heart attack at his home earlier.
Mr. Shafer was born Feb. 8, 1908, near Silver Lake and had been a resident of this area all his life. He had attended Kansas State University and was active in farming at the time of his death.
He was a member of the Silver Lake Methodist Church, Lake Lodge No. 50, AF&AM and Loyal chapter No. 176 of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian A., of the home; a daughter, Beth Shafer, 2420 W. 22nd, Topeka; his mother, Mrs. May D. Shafter, Silver Lake.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker Mortuary with burial in Prairie Home Cemetery. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Monday, June 14, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Nellie Symns Rites Slated
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist Church at Whiting for Mrs. Nellie Green Symns, 89, Topeka, who died Tuesday at a Topeka hospital after a long illness.
She was born August 16, 1875 at Whiting, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Green. She was educated at Campbell College at Holton, Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia and the University of Kansas. She taught in schools at Whitiing and in government schools at Fort Wrangell, Alaska, in the late 1890's.
Survivors include a son, Frank Symns, Whiting; five daughters, Mrs. Warren Sinning, 1518 Wayne, Louise Symns, Topeka, Mrs. William Sunderland, 1168 Warren, Mrs. Raymond Tripp, Ashland, Ky., and Mrs. Richard Good, Washington, D.C.; and four grandchildren.
Burial will be in Whiting Cemetery. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Wednesday, August 11, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
Lola Turner Dies; Rites In Holton
Holton.--Mrs. Lola Esther Turner, 74, Holton, died Monday at a hospital here after a short illness.
She was born Dec. 20, 1890 near Holton and spent all her life in the Holton and Denison communities.
She was a member of First Christian Church, VFW Auxiliary, Order of Eastern Star and Rebekah Lodge, all at Holton.
Survivors include her husband, James Turner, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Cantall, and Mrs. Dee Dock, both of Holton, and Joan Turner, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis, Holton, Mrs. Dayna Ryan, Manhattan; and Mrs. Rilma Wiggins, Buffalo, N.Y.; two brothers, Charles Wilkerson, 1901 Dudley Road, in Topeka, and Robert Wilkerson, South Gate, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mercer Funeral Home at Holton. Burial will be in Holton Cemetery. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Tuesday, July 6, 1965, transcribed by Jim Laird)
McLouth.--Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church here for Mrs. Myrtle E. Young, 79, Route 1, Oskaloosa, who died Saturday in a Topeka hospital after a long illness.
She was born Oct. 9, 1885 in Clinton County, Mo., and had lived near Oskaloosa 19 years. She was a member of the Methodist Church at Waverly.
She was married to William Young, Jan.29, 1901 in Smithville, Mo. He died August 18, 1963.
A son, Ralph Young, of the home survives.
Burial will be in McLouth Cemetery. Bradford Funeral
Home at McLouth is in charge of arrangements. (The Topeka Daily Capital, Monday, July 12, 1965, transcribed by
Jim Laird)
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