Joseph Wolfe
OBITUARY---The Girard Press, Thursday, Nov. 21, 1895
IN MEMORIAM: Died, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1895, at 4:30 o'clock, Joseph Wolfe, Postmaster at Beulah.
The deceased, with a rugged constitution, had for over four weeks suffered intense agony, his old-time ailments becoming more severe. At times the ruthless hand of Death would apparently throw its cold and clammy hands on its victim, but "Uncle Joe" would rally and seemingly for a time there was hope for life; but, alas, that messenger who always clings to its victim at last claimed him, and our respected citizen passed to the other shore.
During the last week of this illness he was for a large portion of the time seemingly in a painless condition.
The subject of this sad notice was born in January, 1822, in Shenandoah county, Virginia. Thus he had lived above the allotted time for man. Had he lived until January, 1896, he would have been 74 years old.
When he was a youth of eight years of age his parents moved to the state of Ohio. The family, after a sojourn of a few years, went to Iowa, and again settled down to the hard fare of living in a new country surrounded by savages, the Indians and the wild beasts of the forest.
When Uncle Joe arrived at his majority he was united in marriage to Miss Lorene Poole, of Dubuque county, Iowa. This union was blessed with four children, one boy, David, and three girls, one daughter residing in Iowa, and Mrs. Thomas H. Rogers and Mrs. Fon Templeton in Kansas.
After leaving Iowa Mr. Wolfe resided in Cass county, Mo., and removed to Kansas in 1870, locating near the place where the site of the Gem school house now is, in Sheridan township, four miles south-west of Beulah. Here his first wife died a few years later.
In 1875 he was again married, to Mrs. Mary Bevans, who survives him. She and his son David, his daughter Nevada (Mrs. Rogers) and other relatives, were beside his bed when he breathed his last.
About seven years ago he sold his farm and moved to Beulah, where be breathed his last.
When Mr. Cleveland was elected President, Joseph Wolfe, as a clean Democrat, was appointed postmaster. He had strong recommendations from many of his Republican friends, who admired him for his straight Democracy.
He was a man who was blunt in what his honest convictions were. He had no blarney, no deceptive tongue. His motto was: "Honesty and truthfulness," speaking evil of no man. He despised a double-tongue man, either in politics, or otherwise. This was his everyday religion.
During his long pilgrimage in life he was, to some extent, singular as to the thoughts of Christianity, never making any outward profession of a saving grace, but while he was laying sick his mind was centered on a preparation for his change that he felt so confident would soon be realized. While in this state he made a bright profession of saving grace, telling his wife and friends that he was ready to depart in peace. So when the death struggle came he passed away in a calm way, and all was well.
Thursday at 1 o'clock the remains were taken to the U.P. Church, where Rev. Long, assisted by Rev. A. D. Wood, pastor of the M. E. Church, held a solemn service. There were a goodly number of old-time friends present to pay their respects to the departed neighbor.
After this funeral occasion the remains were followed by an aged wife, two children, two sons-in-law, and other relatives, together with a host of friends, to the Beulah cemetery, and there lain away in the cold abode that awaits all mankind.
Peace to his ashes. He was a noble specimen of an honest man, a kind husband and father--a father to the fatherless.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jennings cousins of the deceased, were present, and also Mrs. E. A. Wasser, Mr. and Mrs. F. Rogers, D. H. Young, and J. R. Clerihan, of Girard.
The following acted as pall bearers: A. Burns, Wm. Babcock, Mr. Graham, R. W. Ardrey, James Christy, Sr., and S. M. Fitzinger. J. R. CLERIHAN.
Lorena Wolfe
DEATH NOTICE: The Girard Press, January 8, 1874
WOLF--On the 6th inst., in Sheridan township, Lorena, wife of Joseph Wolf, aged 53 years.
"The earth has fallen cold and deep,
Above her narrow bier;
No wintry winds can break her sleep,
No thunders reach her ear.
"Though deep the slumbers of the tomb,
Though dark that bed of clay,
Yet shall she wake and leave that gloom,
For everlasting day."
Elizabeth Poole
OBITUARY--Girard Press, July 20, 1905
POOLE--In Elk County, Kas., July 12th, 1905, of old age and general debility, Mrs. Elizabeth Poole, aged 75 years, 3 months, and 8 days.
Elizabeth Summers was born in Stephenson County, Ill., April 4th, 1830, and married to David Poole Jan. 6th, 1848. They resided in Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon and Kansas during their married life, the husband dying in Elk County, their latest home, in 1891. For a number of years they owned and occupied a farm three miles southwest of Girard, going from here to Oregon, and after a few years returning to Kansas and locating four miles north of Howard. Five children survive her, Mrs. E. A. Wasser, of Girard; Frank Poole and Mrs. Martha Akers, of Elk County; Monroe Poole, of Burlington, Colorado; and Marion Poole, of Pendleton, Oregon.
She was a member of the Baptist Church, joining the same in her young womanhood at Fairview, Iowa.
Her remains were shipped to Girard, arriving at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon over the Santa Fe Railroad, Interment taking place in the Girard cemetery. Rev. W. E. Bates, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated, short services being held at the cemetery. The pallbearers were Samuel W. Jones, H. W. Struble, W. C. Veatch, M. A. Ransom, R. M. Tiffany, and P. B. Bricker.
Note: Error on tombstone engraving of birth year. Her correct birth year was 1830.
Ida S. Poole
OBITUARY: Girard Press, October 22, 1874
POOLE--In Crawford township, on Thursday, October 15, 1874, of tonsilitis, Ida S., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Poole, aged 11 years and 20 days. It is said that Death loves a shining mark. In this instance one of the brightest and most happy-hearted children was carried off. Ida was loved and admired by all who knew her, and will be sadly missed from the circle of home, and by her school-mates.
E. A. Wasser,
OBITUARY-- March 1, 1917, Girard Press
E. A. Wasser, for Nearly Fifty Years in Charge of this Paper, Succumbs to the Last Great Enemy.
E. A. Wasser, senior editor of the Girard PRESS, who was said to be the oldest man in-length of service on one paper of any Kansas Editor, died at his home on West Buffalo street, last Saturday, February 24, 1917. He lacked only one year of having been editor of the PRESS for half a century.
Mr. Wasser had been confined to his home for thirteen months, but his condition became serious only about two weeks before his death. By a strange coincidence, the end came on the fourth anniversary of the death of his son Claude.
On Monday, the day of the funeral, business houses of Girard were closed and the body, lying in state in the family home, was visited by many. The funeral occurred from the M. E. church, whose large auditorium was filled, there being an unusual gathering of elderly people, old time friends of the deceased. The sermon, mostly a biography of the deceased, was by Rev. J.H. Paul, pastor of the church, and was founded on a test from Numbers: Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." The honorary pall bearers were: J. E. Raymond, P. B. Bricker, F. O. Mason, A. S. Johnson, D. C. Flint and W. L. Eddy. The active pall bearers were: Harry Bouck, Judge John Dowd, Dana Barker, R. L. Sullivan, Louis Grubb and H. W. Shideler. Interment was made in the family plot in the Girard cemetery.
SKETCH OF MR. WASSER'S LIFE.
Elias Albert Wasser was born in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1848. He was therefore, 68 years, 9 months and 12 days of age at the time of his death.
His parents, Elias C., and Catherine (Moser) Wasser, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German parentage. To them were born three other children. Of these, Kate, formerly a teacher in Girard, died some years ago. Another daughter, Lucy R. Krape, lives in Lena, Ill., and a son, Philip H., is a citizen of Girard. The father died when his family was quite young, and they were thrown largely upon their own resources.
The oldest residents of Girard remembers the mother, who made her home with her son in Girard until her death in the early seventies.
Elias attended public school until his thirteenth year, when he entered Penn Hall Academy, at Penn Hall, Pa. While attending school he studied and worked at odd times to learn the printer's trade. He worked at this trade several years in Aaronsburg, Bellefonte, and Oil City, Pa. In 1868, at the age of twenty he came to Kansas, stopping a short time at Crawfordsville, a small town located about two miles northwest of Girard. The town long ago ceased to exist.
A few months later he went to Ft. Scott, where he, Dr. Warner and M. Winters formed a partnership to publish the "Fort Scott Press." The next year Messrs. Wasser and Warner, bought the interest of Mr. Winters, and moved their paper to Girard. Here they published the first issue of the 'GIRARD PRESS" November 11, 1869.
In 1871 the Land Leaguers, of this county, and the railroad company were in a biter quarrel about titles to land. the PRESS fearlessly published facts as its editors found them. Some of these articles were displeasing to certain irresponsible members of the Land League, and one night they burned the PRESS office with all its equipment. But the PRESS came out as usual that week, and not a fact was suppressed nor whitewashed.
In 1873, Dr. Warner sold his interest to A. P. Riddle, who afterwards became lieutenant governor of Kansas. In 1885, Mr. Riddle sold out to D. C. Flint, who remained with the PRESS until 1896, when he sold his interest to Mr. Wasser. Then Mr. Wasser took his son Albert M., into partnership under the firm name of Wasser & Son, and as such the firm continued until the son's death in 1912. The son's widow then took up the work and continued in the firm until October, 1915, when she sold her interest to H. W. Shideler, who is still owner of that share. Throughout all these years, Mr. Wasser had been the director of the policies of the paper, and deserves great credit for the extensive circulation and splendid reputation it enjoys.
Until his health and strength began to fail a few years ago, no paper in the land was edited any better than was the PRESS. In content and style, it was unexcelled.
Mr. Wasser has always stood for prohibition, women's suffrage and clean government. In his general attitude toward public affairs he has been progressive but not radical, conservative, but not narrow. His paper has always been Republican in politics. Mr. Wasser has never aspired to any high political honors, but he has served as post master of Girard for twelve years. He has always taken a keen interest in politics and has had pronounced views upon all issues that have arisen.
The life of Mr. Wasser looks like a career indeed. Beginning work as a printer at the age of thirteen, he mastered all phases of the work of a country newspaper, and rounded out a complete career extending through a period of fifty-six years.
Had he been permitted to live another year, he would have achieved his ambition to edit the PRESS for a full half century.
He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was the last of the charter members of the Girard Lodge. he was also a member of the Lutheran Church.
On March 15, 1874, he was married in Girard, to Miss Mary Olive Pool who survives him. To them were born four children, two boys, Albert M. who dies April 30th, 1912, and Claude P. who lost his life in the performance of his duty as a member of the fire department in Oklahoma City, February 24, 1913, and two girls, Ida, general delivery clerk at the Girard Post Office and Louise, at home. a grandson, Vernon, is also a member of the family.
MR. WASSER'S Character, as analyzed by Rev. Paul in his Sermon.
In his public life Mr. Wasser was an example to the community. For forty-nine years he had been an editor, which is a most responsible, position to hold, because the influences of the press moulds public opinion and fashions character. He was fair-minded in his views, and championed the cause of public and civil good, as he saw it. Beside being an editor for so long Mr. Wasser served the people of Girard for twelve years. His public life was always exemplary, promoting the best interests of the community.
In his business life Mr. Wasser's conduct was in keeping with the golden rule. "Do unto others as you would that they should do to you." He was scrupulously honest and abhorred the very appearance of crookedness in a business deal.
Mr. Wasser's private life was right and noble. He kept the house in which he lived clean and "set in order". He had not a single bad habit and lived every day alike, dutiful to home, business and the public interests.
During his failing health he was patience personified, appreciating every attention and kindness shown him by his loved ones and friends.
Mr. Wasser's spiritual life was of the quiet type. He joined the Lutheran Church in his youth and remained so until his death. He showed sympathy for the churches of the city by contributing to the extent of his financial ability to their support.
MRS. E. A. WASSER
OBITUARY - November 24, 1921 in the Girard Press
MRS. E. A. WASSER: Mary Olive Poole, daughter of David and Elizabeth Poole was born in Dubuque County, Iowa, February 6, 1852. She passed to her reward November 20, 1921.
She was married to Elias A. Wasser, March 15, 1874. There were born to this union four children, Albert M., Ida May; Claude Poole and Louise. The husband and sons preceded her to the great beyond. The daughters and a grandson, Vernon, survive her. She also leaves three brothers, Marion Poole of Oregon, J. Frank of Howard, Kans., and Monroe of Colorado Springs, and a sister, Mrs. Mattie Akers of Timpas, Colo.
Mrs. Wasser was a member of the Methodist Church. She was a good mother and neighbor. She bore patiently her affliction for many years and passed peacefully to rest when her hour came.
Her husband was the founder of the Girard Press in 1869, and its editor until his death in 1917. It was their privilege to witness the development of Crawford County and a part of their burden to assist in its growth.
They worked hard and they wielded a wonderful influence for good in this community.
Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday, conducted by Rev. G. S. Sutton. One brother, Monroe Poole and the sister, Mrs. Mattie Akers, were here for the funeral.
Miss Ida M. Wasser
Published in newspaper dated July 18, 1963.
OBITUARY-- Miss Ida M. Wasser Dies Saturday Morning.
Miss Ida M. Wasser, 86, died at her home early Saturday morning. She had been in ill health the past several months.
Miss Wasser was born February 21, 1877 in Girard and lived here all of her life. She was the general delivery clerk at the postoffice here for more than 48 years, retiring in 1947.
Miss Wasser was the daughter of E. A. Wasser, founder and many years editor and publisher of The Girard Press. At his death about 46 years ago, Mr. Wasser ranked as a dean of newspaper publishers in Kansas.
Survivors include one sister, Miss Louise Wasser of the home and one nephew, Vernon Wasser of the home.
Rev. Robert E. Jones conducted funeral services at 3 p.m. Monday in the W. D. Smth chapel. Mrs. Enid (last name not legible) was organist. Burial was in the Girard cemetery.
Pallbearers were Tom Cordry, Bill Burge, Willard Mead, Walter Scholfield, Ivan Breneman and Ralph Shideler.
LOUISE WASSER
OBITUARY-- January 19, 1978 Girard Press
LOUISE WASSER - Louise Wasser, 95, died Friday evening at San Pierre, Indiana. She was born June 19, 1882 in Girard, the daughter of Elias and Mary Pool Wasser, she lived all of her life in Girard until moving to San Pierre where she entered the little Company of Mary Nursing Home. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Girard. She is survived by one grand niece, Mrs. Mary Lu Morrison, San Pierre, Indiana. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the W. D. Smith Chapel in Girard. Burial was in the Girard Cemetery.
ALBERT M. WASSER
OBITUARY---The Girard Press, Girard, Kansas, Thursday, May 2, 1912
ALBERT M. WASSER, THE JUNIOR EDITOR OF THE PRESS, DEAD.
Albert M. Wasser, the junior editor of the PRESS, departed this life at the home of his parents in this city Tuesday morning, April 30th. He had been at Mission, Texas, Since the latter part of February to escape the cold weather and with the hope of benefiting his health. His condition became such that he was taken to a sanitarium in Brownsville, where an operation was performed to relieve him of dropsy superinduced by a cyst on the liver, and a week ago Friday his mother and Dr. V. T. Boaz, left for that place. They found him alive, but in a critical condition. He insisted on being brought home, and they arrived here, together with his wife, last Sunday morning. He apparently rallied some, but Tuesday morning he quietly sank to sleep, having retained consciousness until near the end.
He was born Dec. 25th, 1874, being 37 years, 4 months, and 5 days old, most of which time was spent in Girard. He attended the city schools and also Baker University at Baldwin, although he did not graduate.
He was a member of the band at the national Military home at Leavenworth in 1893, taking instruction under Pro. Morelles, and an excellent musician.
On the 7th of December 1896, he was married to Alice G. Beezley, who survives him and who proved a most devoted wife.
He grew up in and around the printing office, and August 6, 1896, became the partner of his father, E. A. Wasser. His salutatory read: "I will do the best I can." And he always did, proving a valuable helper until his health failed.
He was appointed postmaster of Girard in 1899, taking charge of the office April 1st, and continuing nine years, or until April 1st, 1908, and during his incumbency free city delivery and several rural delivery routes were installed.
As a son and partner he always proved himself reliable, as a citizen he was progressive, and as an editor he added vigor and spice to the paper. he was honest and square, and despised trickery and corruption.
He made a brave fight to regain his health, and never yielded until the day before his death, when he whispered to his mother, "Mother, I have made my fight", and seemed to realize that the end was at hand.
The funeral services will be held in the M. E. Church in Girard today (Thursday), at 3 o'clock, p.m., Rev. Oliver C. Bronston officiating. May he rest in peace.
OBITUARY -- Arcadia Sunlight, May 10, 1912
THE GIRARD NEWSPAPER MAN WAS VICTIM OF TUBERCULOSIS
Allie M. Wasser died at the home of his father, E. A. Wasser, the veteran editor of the Girard Press, in Girard at 8:15 o'clock this morning. He had suffered from tuberculosis for the past three or four years, but made a strong fight against the disease and at one time it was thought that he had won, because his health had improved so noticeably. This was a year ago. However, the disease took a new hold and finally conquered.
Mr. Wasser was born and reared in Girard and was known as a promising young man, being endowed with ability which was shown in spite of the ravages of the disease that had marked him for its own. He was past 37 years of age and was the junior member of the firm of Wasser & Son of the Girard Press. He competed two terms as postmaster a few years ago. Nearly a year ago he went to southern Texas and lived in the open in the hope that he would be benefited and for a time was gaining but a few weeks ago the final attack came and his relatives wee called to Mission, Tex., along with Dr. V. T. Boaz, a few days ago. After their arrival he expressed a desire to come back to his home and his wish was gratified and he arrived in Girard Sunday morning. Mr. Wasser was well known in Pittsburg. Pittsburg Headlight.
CLAUDE P. WASSER
Daily Oklahoman of Feb. 24th
OBITUARY -- CLAUDE P. WASSER KILLED IN OKLAHOMA CITY. Thrown From an Engine While Responding to a Fire Alarm.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock last Monday morning the writer was called to the telephone at his home in Girard and received the following startling message:
"Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 24th, Claude P. Wasser died at 2:15 a.m. V. P. Drake, Captain."
It was like a bolt out of a clear sky. He had been a member of the Oklahoma City fire department for the past two years, and was acting as driver on engine No. 2 at No. 2 fire station. At 8:36 o'clock Sunday evening an alarm of fire was given and he responded.
From the Daily Oklahoman of Feb. 24th we glean the following details: Claude P. Wasser, aged 33, living at 312 East Third street, driver of fire engine No. 2, is reported dying in a local hospital as a result of a fall at Second street and Gary Avenue while making a run to a fire of incendiary origin in a vacant shack at 816-818 East Second street early Sunday night. His skull is fractured in several places and his lower jaw broken. While he is conscious and able to recognize his wife and friends, he is unable to speak.
Wasser was driving the engine east on Second street as fast as the horses could run. the Gary avenue crossing is not paved. A ditch and then a ridge were struck as the wheels left the Second street paving. As they struck the ridge the driver fell between the galloping horses. Mo. 9 automobile hose wagon, driven by Leroy Jones, with five others aboard, was close behind. The drop of the engine in front into the ditch hid its light from the hose cart crew. They saw an object in front and thought it was a coat.
Motorcycle Patrolman Murray, just behind the second fire conveyance, came on the prostrate fireman. He was immediately taken to the Post Graduate hospital where it was found that his head had been fractured in several places, his lower jaw and nearly every tooth broken. No injuries were found on the rest of this body. The fractures were caused, attending physicians state, by the fall or from the hoofs of the horses. They believe the wheels or the engine and the hose wagon missed him on each side. He was conscious, but unable to speak. He recognized and smiled at his wife. Opiates were given to relieve his pain. Dr. George Hunter, city physician, early Monday morning, said Wasser's condition was very critical and that there was small hope for his recovery.
Wasser has been with the fire department nearly two years. he formerly was in the employ of the street railway company, and has lived in Oklahoma City five years.
After the driver fell the horses ran on until they reached a hydrant near the blaze, according to Sylvester Scanlon, the engineer who rode with Wasser. The shacks that burned were empty. They had been occupied by negroes, and were owned by A. Westbrook. The loss is estimated at $200.
Fire Chief Mark Kesler says the blaze was started by young negro hoodlums of the neighborhood, who have burned half a dozen barns, with a number of horses inside, during the last few months. He said the same gang tried to set fire to one house three times. They do this to see the fire apparatus in operation, he says. Wasser is the second victim of what the chief terms this incendiary gang. Captain George was killed more than a year ago in a run to a fire of such origin, the chief declares. He says the parents of the boys or other negroes will not tell who the guilty are. The injury to Wasser has stirred Chief Kesler and he says he is going to call on the police and run these incendiaries down.
A telegram had been sent earlier stating that he was seriously injured, but did not reach Girard until after the one giving the news of his death.
His body was prepared for burial and services were held at the fire station Tuesday evening, after which it was brought to Girard, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Roxey Wasser, Chief M. H. Kesler, Capt. V. P. Drake, and Mrs. F. C. Tennery; a neighbor and friend. They reached this city at 3:53 Wednesday morning, the remains being taken to the home of this parents. Funeral services were held in the M. E. Church at 2:30 o'clock, p.m., and burial took place in the Girard Cemetery. The pall bearers were Chief M. H. Kesler, Capt. V. P., Drake, W. S. Hitch, W. H. Ross, D. W. Jackson, and Hugo Nicke, the latter four being Girard firemen.
From Rev. Bronston's remarks we take the following: Claude P. Wasser was born in the city of Girard, Kansas, March 19, 1880, and died in Oklahoma City, Feb. 24th, 1913, aged 32 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was raised in this city and received his schooling here. he worked some in the PRESS office, and for awhile in the railroad station. Later he was employed by the street railway company and had the distinction of running the first electric car between the city of Pittsburg and Girard. He also took the first car around the square in this city.
He was married January 27th, 1901 to Mattie H. Perkins in Girard. One child, Vernon, was born from this union. The mother died in 1905. Mr. Wasser subsequently moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. There he was married to (the rest of the article is not legible).
ARTHUR DONALD BURTON
OBITUARY--Pittsburg Morning Sun
ARTHUR DONALD BURTON--Arthur Donald Burton, 81, of 1213 E. Eighth St. died at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1991, at the Medicalodge South Nursing Home. He had been ill the past two years and a resident of Medicalodge for the past four months.
Mr. Burton was born on April 11, 1910 in Arkansas City, Kan., to William Harrison and Catherine Betz Burton. He attended schools in Arkansas City.
He married Helen Ruby Huffmaster on Dec. 12, 1931, in Fayetteville, Ark. They came to Pittsburg from Siloam Springs, Ark., in 1942.
Mr. Burton was a long time machinist, working for the Katy Railroad in Parsons and the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Osawatomie and for the Kansas Southern Railroad in Heavener, Shreveport and Pittsburg. He retired in 1962.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pittsburg, Baker Grange, member and the past master of the Pittsburg Masonic Lodge No. 187, Consistory of Fort Scott, and Mirza Shrine of Pittsburg. He had served as a coach for the Masonic Lodge for many years. He was a member of the Rob Morris Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, member and Past Grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of the Banner Rebekah Lodge.
Survivors include his wife of the home; one son, Bruce A. Burton of Tulsa, Okla.; one daughter, Helen E. Henderson of Bowie, Md.; five granddaughters; one grandson; six great-grandsons, and two great-granddaughters. He was preceded in death by a daughter and one great-grandson.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in the Brenner Chapel, with the Rev. J. L. Robbins of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Pittsburg Garden of Memories. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Brenner Chapel, with Masonic Services conducted by the Pittsburg Masonic Lodge at 7:30 p.m. Friends may call at the Brenner Chapel after 10 a.m. Friday.
Pittsburg Morning Sun
BURTON--Arthur Donald, 81, of 1213 E. Eighth St., died Wednesday. Services will be 11 a.m. today at the Brenner Chapel with the Rev. J. L. Robbins of the First Baptist Church officiating. Linda Sams will sing "Whispering Hope" and "One Day at a Time" accompanied by James Wilson on the organ. Burial will be in the Pittsburg Garden of Memories. Pallbearers will be Fred Maxwell, Dick Rhuoms, David Littrell, Kenneth Burton, Lowell Geisler, and Waldo Seiburg. Honorary pallbearers will be Kevin Holmes, Firdous Jrant, Clayton Davidson, Bill Norton, Ron Schultz, David Whitaker and John Gamble.
HELEN RUBY BURTON
OBITUARY--HELEN RUBY BURTON
Helen Ruby Burton, 81, formerly of Pittsburg, died 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1995, at the Larkin-Chase Health Care Center at Bowie, Md. She had been in ill health the past 15 months.
She was born March 13, 1914 at Elm Springs, Ark. to Harlan and Rettie George Huffmaster. She attended schools at Elm Springs and graduated from the Elm Springs High School. She married Arthur D. Burton, Dec. 12, 1931, at Elm Springs. He preceded her in death Dec. 11, 1991.
She was a seamstress for the Palace Clothing Company and Coulter McGuire's men's stores in 1942. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Worthy Matron of the Rob Morris Chapter Order of the Easter Star, Banner Rebekah Lodge and the Baker Grange of Pittsburg. She also was a past District Aide and former member of a grand committee of the Order of the Eastern Star of Kansas.
Survivors include a son, Bruce A. Burton of Tulsa, Okla; a daughter, Helen E. Henderson of Bowie, Md.; a brother, Jesse Huffmaster of Waldo, Ark.; two sisters, Lelia Byrd of Fayetteville, Ark., and Virginia Ferrell of Willow Springs, Ill. and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter and a great-grandson.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Brenner Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Robbins of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Pittsburg Garden of Memories. There will be Eastern Star Services conducted by the Rob Morris Chapter Order of Eastern Star at 7 p.m. today at the Brenner Chapel. The family will receive friends following the services until 8 p.m. Friends may call at the chapel after 2 p.m. today.
Olinda Marie Mundt
Olinda Marie Mundt, 88, of rural Pittsburg, died at 9:25 p.m. Saturday, April 17, 2004, at
Medicalodge South of Pittsburg. She was born Feb. 2, 1916, at Pittsburg, to John C. and Louise C. (Grotheer) Mundt. She was a graduate of College High School.
She was a lifelong Pittsburg area resident. She was a clerk at F.W. Woolworth Co. for 34 years, retiring in 1981. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran Women's Missionary League, the Zion Quilters, the Pleasant Prairie FCE and the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. She also was active in 4-H and served as a community leader. She was one of the first hospice volunteers at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include two sisters, Eleanor Mahnken and her husband, Alfred Mahnken, of Pittsburg, who provided for her care, and Erna Jakolat of Grand Rapids, Mich.; three nephews and four nieces, including Kathryn Richard of Arma and Lois Ziesenis of Frontenac, who helped provide for her care; eight great-nephews, seven great-nieces, four great-great-nieces and one great-great-nephew.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Raymond Mundt. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Theodore Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Brenner Mortuary Chapel, where friends may call after noon today to sign the register. Arrangements are under the direction of Brenner Mortuary, 114 E. Fourth St.
Information submitted 2004 by: Peggy Kreiger
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