Obituary of Martha Ellen Fisher Lacey
Published in the Howard Courant, Howard, KS, February 9, 1928 Martha Ellen (Fisher) Lacey
   Martha Ellen Lacey was born in Morgan county, Missouri, January 22, 1845, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kesner, January 26,
1928, aged 83 years and 4 days.  She was the daughter of Thomas and Matilda Fisher.
She was married to Jasper Newton Lacey on December 31, 1868.
   To this union was born six children, three boys and three girls, Charles and Laura dying in infancy, Louella May Duncan dying in 1904.
   The living are: James P. Lacey of Riverton, Wyoming; Fred E. Lacey of Blue Jacket, Oklahoma; and Mrs. Charles Kesner of Piedmont, Kansas.
She has 16 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, four brothers and one sister.
   She gave her heart to God when a young woman and was a faithful Christian until the death angel called her home.
   Funeral services were conducted by Mrs. Belle Reid Yates at the Piedmont Christian church, Friday, January 27 at 2 p.m., and the body
laid to rest in Forest cemetery.
Submitted by L. Morgan - Contributed by: Sara H. - 2008

Name of Deceased: Matilda Thressa (Kumberg) Lilleqvist
Date: 1997
Submitters Name: Kyle M. Condon

Obit: Matilda Thressa Lilleqvist, 102, died Aug. 25, 1997, at Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital.
She was born June 17, 1895, at Versailles, Mo., the daughter of Frank and Caroline Karsick Kumberg. A resident of Medicine Lodge since 1989, moving from the family farm near Sawyer, she was a homemaker.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Elm Mills HEU, Elm Mills Card Club, and Stitch and Chatter Club, all of Medicine Lodge. She had been manbed "Master Homemaker of the Year."
On Dec. 17, 1919, she married Walter R. Lillieqvist at Sawyer. He died in 1971.
Survivors include: a son, Lucky E. Lillieqvist, Pratt; five daughters, Laurene Johnson, Holtville, Calif., Ada M. Mitchell, Medicine Lodge, Pearl A Baker, Cheyenne, Wyo., Corlena F. Hunt, Wichita, and Vera I. Hanneken, Palm Desert, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 28, 1997, at the church, with the Revs. Jim Godbey and John Hamm presiding. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
Memorials may be sent to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge.