Bertha J. Anderson

 
 
 Bertha J. Anderson, 101, died April 11, 1996, at Pratt Regional
 Medical Center.
 She was born March 5, 1895, at Ethridge, Tennessee, the daughter
 of James Andrew and Martha Luisa Spivy Clark.
 A Pratt resident for the past 10 years, she was a homemaker. She
 was a resident of Ulysses for 10 years and Medicine Lodge for 40 
 years.
 She was a member of Iuka United Methodist Church, Veterans of
 Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and Methodist Women, all of Medicine Lodge.
 On January 24, 1917, she married Everitt Anderson at Scott City.
 He died October 24, 1975.
 Survivors include: a son, Dale, Iuka; three grandchildren; 11
 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were hled Monday, April 15, 1996, at Larrison
 Mortuary, with Pastor Ken Keeling presiding. Burial was in the
 Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to Iuka United Methodist Church or Pratt
 Senior Citizens Center, both in care of the mortuary. 

Edward Mott

 
 
 Services for Edward B. Mott, 80, of Gilbert were 10 a.m. Saturday
 at Valley of the Sun Mortuary, 10940 E. Chandler Heights Road,
 Chandler. Mr. Mott, a rancher, was born in Manter, Kansas.
 Survivors include his wife, June; daughter Barbara Zacher; sons
 Lonnie and David; sisters Naomi Heinig, Genevieve Crowell, Daisy
 Duethett, Della Smith, Winnie Babb and Joan Hanson; and six
 grandchildren.
 Memorials: Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame,
 101 Pro Rodeo Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919. 

Everett L. Shelite

 
 
 Everett L. Shelite, 66, died June 2, 2000, at Via Christi
 Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus, Wichita.
 He was born June 8, 1933, at Kiowa, the son of Henry and
 Myrtle Shurts Shelite. He was a 1951 graduate of Sharon High
 School and attended Phillips University, receiving a bachelor's
 degree in geology. A lifetime Barber County resident, he was a
 mill superintendent and quality supervisor for National Gypsum,
 Medicine Lodge, for 30 years before retiring. He had also 
 taught school at Hennessey, Oklahoma.
 He belonged to the Community Bible Fellowship, Medicine Lodge,
 and served on the board of directors for South Central Telephone
 Association.
 On November 27, 1952, he married Marjorie Moore at Hunter,
 Oklahoma. She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Rockne, Kiowa, and Monte,
 Medicine Lodge; two daughters, Martha McDaniel and Robin Inslee,
 both of Sharon; three brothers, Richard, Enid, Oklahoma, Chester,
 Waynoka, Oklahoma, and Lawrence, Alva, Oklahoma; two sisters, Mary
 Shedd, Las Vegas, and Velma Haas, Medicine Lodge; and 12 grand
 children.
 He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Mildred; and
 a brother, Robert.
 Funeral services were held Sunday, June 4, 2000, at Community
 Bible Fellowship, Medicine Lodge, with Pastor Dwain Richert presiding.
 Burial was in Attica Cemetery, Attica.
 Memorials may be sent to the Community Bible Fellowship Building
 Fund, in care of Fisher Funeral Home.

Myrle Arlene 'Sally' Throckmorton

 
 
 Myrle Arlene 'Sally' Throckmorton, 82, died September 28,
 1994, at Friendship Manor Nursing Home, Kiowa.
 She was born August 31, 1912, at Capron, Oklahoma, the
 daughter of Walter S. and Mary Cora McArthur Wilcox. She
 lived for 57 years on the family farm near Capron, moving
 to Burlington in 1985, and to Kiowa in 1994. She was a
 homemaker and a clerk for McClain's Shoe Store in Alva,
 Oklahoma, for many years.
 She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Capron.
 On November 28, 1929, she married George B. Throckmorton
 at Alva, Oklahoma. He survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Emil Rogell Throckmorton,
 Oklahoma City, and George Eldon Throckmorton, Enid, Oklahoma;
 a daughter, Bonita Somerholder, Burlington, Oklahoma; two
 brothers, Harold Wilcox and Grover Wilcox, both of Oklahoma
 City; four sisters, Dorothy Fobes, Dallas, Texas, Wilda Caywood
 and Irene Tate, both of Enid, Oklahoma, and Stella Penland,
 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; and eight great-
 grandchildren.
 Funeral was at 1 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church,
 Capron, with Carolyn Murrow and D.L. Haarguess presiding. Burial
 was at the Capron Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the church,
 in care of the funeral home.

Opal E. Sowards

 
 
 Opal E. Sowards, 89, died November 24, 1999, at Kidron Bethel
 Health Care, North Newton.
 She was born October 18, 1910, at Kiowa, the daughter of James
 G. and Anna H. Edwards Myers. A Newton resident since 1959, moving
 from Medicine Lodge and a Kidron Bethel Health Care resident since
 1994, she was a homemaker.
 She belonged to Newton Assembly of God.
 She married Luther A. Sowards at Raton, New Mexico. He died
 October 30, 1981.
 Survivors include: a daughter Linda Newfeld, Newton; a grand
 daughter, a great-grandson; and several nephews and nieces.
 She was preceded in death by four brothers, James, Frank,
 Dewey and Ralph Myers; and four sisters, Bertha Bond, Florence
 Myers, Ethel Myers and Ruth Sowards.
 Funeral services were held Monday, November 29, 1999, at
 Petersen Funeral Home, Newton, with the Rev. John Hubbard
 presiding. Burial was in Restlawn Gardens of Memory Cemetery,
 rural Newton.
 Memorials may be sent to the Kidron Bethel Health Care, in
 care of the funeral home.

J. Keith Stauffer

 
 
 J. Keith Stauffer, 87, died July 17, 1995, at Pratt Regional
 Medical Center, Pratt.
 He was born August 4, 1907, at Iola, the son of John Theodore
 and Catherine Rebecca Remsberg Stauffer. A Larned resident since
 1980, moving from Arlington, he was a retired state highway 
 employee.
 He was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church, Larned.
 On June 11, 1960, he married Neta Smith at Medicine Lodge. She
 survives.
 Other survivors include: four sons, Harold Keigh, Hutchinson, 
 J. Charles, Inman, Glenn Earl, Rawlings, Wyoming, and Ray Dean, 
 Kent, Washington; a daughter, Mary Fern Woods, Pratt; a brother,
 Leonard, Mulvane; a sister, Ellamae Duklow, Hemet, California;
 a stepson, James Bohard, Larned; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-
 grandchildren; and nephews and nieces.
 Funeral services were held Friday, July 21, 1995, at Morrel 
 Funeral Home, Larned, with the Rev. Roger Larsen presiding. Burial
 was in the Larned Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to the donor's choice in care of the
 funeral home. 

Juanita Burkes

 
 
 Juanita Burkes was born April 7, 1916 to Nora and Harvey Dodd in 
 McWillie, Oklahoma. She passed away Arpil 7, 1996 at St. Francis
 Hospital in Wichita.
 Juanita grew up on a small farm outside McWillie, Oklahoma, one
 of 15 children. She graduated from High School in Aline, Oklahoma
 and remained in the McWillie and Carmen area all of her early years.
 She married Ted DeLano in Lambert, Oklahoma in 1934. To this union
 were born two children; a daughter, Jeanne (DeLano) Schiff and a son,
 Dick DeLano. After Ted's death she took the children and moved back
 to the farm at McWillie. She married Harold Burkes of Carmen, Oklahoma
 in 1939. To this union three children were born, two daughters and a 
 son; Beverly (Burkes) Selby, Lewis K. Burkes and Belinda (Burkes)
 Youssefich. The family moved to Medicine Lodge in 1951 where Harold
 worked as a plumber. He preceded her in death in 1958.
 Medicine Lodge was Juanita's home for the rest of her life. She
 made many friends over the years, and loved to talk about old times.
 Juanita took great pride in being able to call Medicine Lodge home.
 She was equally proud of her Oklahoma heritage.
 In later years, Juanita was happiest just being at home, feeding
 and watching the birds in her yard, working in her flower beds, or
 crocheting and making things for her grandchildren and great-grand
 children. Anyone who visited Juanita knew what was important to her.
 As you entered her small trailer you were greeted with family pictures
 covering the walls.
 Juanita worked at the Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital for many
 years. She had been a member of First Christian Church in Medicine
 Lodge since 1953.
 She is survived by her children, Jeanne Schiff and her husband
 Daryl of Sharon; Dick DeLano and his wife Vonda of Oxford; Beverly
 Selby and her husband Kenneth of Las Vegas, Nevada; Lewis H. Burkes
 and his wife Catherine of Radium; and Belinda Youssefich and her
 husband Joseph of Seattle, Washington; sixteen grandchildren and
 seventeen great-grandchildren; one brother, Garold Dodd of Eugene,
 Oregon and one sister, Ila Koon of Vernon, Texas.
 She was loved by her family and will be greatly missed.

Gerald D. 'Jerry' Hughes

 
 
 Gerald D. 'Jerry' Hughes, 68, died October 16, 2000, at his home
 in Sharon.
 He was born November 20, 1931, at Drummon, Oklahoma, the son of
 V. Floyd and B. Vivian Spellmon Hughes. He was a resident of Sharon
 since 1965 coming from Harper. He was a school teacher. He served
 with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
 He belonged to KNEA, the American Legion, Sharon, and Sharon
 Community Church, Sharon.
 On July 22, 1978, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, he married Raydene L.
 Weaver. She survives.
 Other survivors include: two daughters, Lori L. Wilcox, Anthony,
 and Abby Lyn Hughes, Miami, Oklahoma; two step-sons, Michael G. 
 LaCore, Cunningham, and Gary Lee LaCore, Mulvane; a step-daughter,
 Diana L. Miller, SHaron; a sister, Dorothy F. Smith, Cherokee, 
 Oklahoma; five grandchildren, Kasey Drosselmeyer, Justin Wilcox,
 Clay Wilcox, Danielle LaCore, and Montana Miller.
 Funeral services were held Thursday, October 19, 2000, at Sharon
 Community Church, Sharon, with Rev. Darrel Boyd presiding. Burial
 was in Sharon Cemetery, Sharon, with Military Rites by U.S. Army
 Fort Riley.
 A memorial in Mr. Hughes name has been established to benefit
 children. Memorials may be sent in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral
 Home, Medicine Lodge.

Vada T. Hansen

 
 
 Vada T. Hansen, 70, died October 17, 2000, at Via Christi Regional
 Medical Center, St. Fancis Campus, Wichita.
 She was born July 16, 1930, at Medicine Lodge, the daughter of
 George F. and Audrice M. Lonker Crosby. She was a resident of Medicine
 Lodge since August of 1999 coming from Yuma, Arizona. She was a high
 school secretary. She was active in Genealogy, had been secretary for
 ForestService and had been Postal Clerk in Glide, Oregon.
 She was a member of United Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, and
 VFW Auxiliary, Glide, Oregon.
 On November 24, 1948, she married Roy Allen Hansen at Roseburg,
 Oregon. He survives in Medicine Lodge.
 Other survivors include: three daughters, Fay A. Rust, Grants Pass,
 Oregon, Marcie Brodersen, Tacoma, Washington, and Shawnee T. Hansen,
 Anacortes, Washington; one sister, Eloise Carter, Sutherlin, Oregon;
 seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by a son, Steven Allen Hansen, July 1973.
 Graveside service was held Friday, October 20, 2000, at Highland
 Cemetery, Medicine Lodge, with Rev. Jim Godbey presiding.
 Memorials may be sent to the Barber County Historical Society in
 care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge. 

Gladys Marie Hinton

 
 
 Gladys Marie Hinton, 71, died April 7, 2001, at Kingman Community
 Hospital.
 She was born October 12, 1930, at Bourbon, Missouri, the daughter
 of Forest Dale and Eura Golden Cates Lincoln. A Kingman resident
 since 1958, she was a certified nurses aide at Kingman Community
 Hospital.
 She was a member of the Christian Church, Medicine Lodge.
 On March 18, 1948, she married Carl Hinton at Mexico, Missouri.
 He survives.
 Other survivors include a son, Paul, Kingman; daughter, Connie 
 Dorsey, Arma; brother, Kenneth Lincoln, Sheldon, Missouri; sister,
 Lucille Willingham, Hollinsburg, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; nine
 great-grandchildren.
 Graveside services were held Tuesday, April 10, 2001, at the
 Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman.
 Memorials may be made to the Kingman County Cancer Care Group
 in care of the Livingston Funeral Home, P.O. Box 453, Kingman,
 Kansas, 67068. 

Charles Albert Heflin

 
 
 Charles Albert Heflin, 79, died August 7, 1997, at his home.
 He was born July 10, 1918, at Sawyer, the son of Albert T.
 and Vina Bell Gilham Heflin. A life-time Pratt County resident,
 he was a retired carpenter, co-owner of Heflin Contract Freight
 Delivery Service and worked for Pratt Feedlot.
 He belonged to First Church of God, Pratt.
 On February 18, 1940, he married Mary Rosella Mallonee at
 Medicine Lodge. She survives.
 Other survivors include: three sons, Roger A. and Raymond L.,
 both of Wichita, and Ronald D., Pratt; seven daughters, Linda
 S. Haworth and Roberta I. Mayes, both Pratt, Vina M. Woodward,
 Cunningham, Nancy L. Brown, Wichita, Doris L. Williams, Kansas
 City, Missouri, Rosemary Reed, Medicine Lodge, and Ruth J. Heflin-
 Cooper, Stillwater, Oklahoma; two brothers, John L., Cunningham,
 and Samuel A., Blythe, California; three sisters, Madaline
 Anderson, Hastings, Nebraska, Louella G. Hayes, Medicine Lodge,
 and Betty J. Hurt, Pratt; 21 grandchildren; and 35 great-grand
 children.
 Cremation took place. Memorial graveside servic was held Monday
 August 11, 1997, in Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, with the Rev.
 Douglas J. Enick presiding.
 Memorials may be sent to the Albert McFall Memorial Cancer Fund
 in care of Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary, Pratt.

B. Emma Adams

 
 
 B. Emma Adams, 93, died November 7, 1999, at Medicine Lodge
 Memorial Hospital, Medicine Lodge.
 She was born May 23, 1906, at Dodge City, the daughter of
 Elmer J. and Ora G. Heany Sanders. A Medicine Lodge resident
 since 1927, moving from Wellington, she was a homemaker and
 during World War II worked at National Gypsum Company.
 She belonged to First Christian Church, HDU and the Veteran's
 of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all of Medicine Lodge, and the National
 Gypsum Auxiliary.
 In 1922, she married Virgil J. Adams at Quinlan, Oklahoma. He
 died in September 1976.
 Survivors include: two daughters, Betty J. Dary, Wichita, and
 Verlene Kutz, Valley Center; a brother, Glenn Sanders, Woodward,
 Oklahoma; a sister, N. Frances Menefee, Wichita; nine grandchildren;
 12 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by a son, Leon; two daughters, Audrey
 Bartholomew and Charlene Adams; four brothers, Charles, Sylvester,
 Cecil and Archie Sanders; and five sisters, Ida Knight, Hazel Adams,
 Etta Mae Prunzinski, Maxine Jackson and Florence Sanders.
 Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Larrison-Forsyth Funeral
 Home, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Tom Walters presiding. Friends
 may call from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. to service time
 Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery,
 Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the VFW Auxiliary, in care of the funeral
 home. 

Wilfred Lee Potts

 
 
 Wilfred Lee Potts, 23, died April 9, 1996, at Wesley Medical Center,
 Wichita, as a result of an auto accident near Isabel. 
 He was born May 26, 1972, at San Bernadino, California, the son of
 Daniel L. and Sharon M. Bortzer Potts.
 A Medicine Lodge resident for six months, formerly of Isabel and
 Dodge City, he was a truck driver for Builders Transport, Medicine
 Lodge.
 He was a member of the Kansas Army National Guard.
 On Jun 16, 1994, he married Twyla Kay Evans at Dodge City. She
 died April 8, 1996.
 Survivors include: father, Independence; mother and stepfather,
 Sharon M. and Fred Douglas, Dodge City; and three sisters, Sarah
 Parsons, Independence, Elizabeth Meacham and Hannah Potts, both of
 Dodge City.
 Funeral services were held Monday, April 15, 1996, at Forsyth
 Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. David Graves presiding.
 Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge. Military honors 
 were presented by the Kansas Army National Guard. 

Twyla Kay Potts

 
 
 Twyla Kay Potts, 22, died April 8, 1996, as a result of an auto
 accident near Isabel.
 She was born December 16, 1973, at San Jose, California, the
 daughter of John K. and Edna Ordway Evans.
 A Medicine Lodge resident for six months, formerly of Isabel and
 Dodge City, she was a homemaker.
 On June 16, 1994, she married Wilfred Lee Potts at Dodge City.
 He died as a result of the same accident.
 Survivors include: parents, Isabel; four brothers, Walter Ordway,
 Ukiah, California, Jeffery Evans; Pratt, her twin, Gary Evans,
 Garden Valley, California, and Joey Evans, Isabel; and two sisters,
 Toni Lynch, Fontana, California, and Jill Evans, Isabel.
 Funeral services were held Monday, April 15, 1996, at Forsyth
 Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. David Graves presiding.
 Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge. 

Hazel Alice Parr

 
 
 Hazel Alice Parr, 56, died Sunday, June 16, in Medicine Lodge.
 She was born March 6, 1918, in Medicine Lodge. She was a member
 of the First Christian Church, OES, and Educational Secretary
 Association. She was the clerk of the Board of Education, USD
 #254.
 She is survived by three brothers, Don Parr, Coolidge, Arizona,
 Riley Dillman Parr, Wichita, John Parr, Medicine Lodge; and a
 sister, Doris Parr, Medicine Lodge.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 18, at 10:30 a.m. in
 the First Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, with Rev. David
 Bradshaw officiating.
 Burial was in the Highland Cemetery.

James Loren Bell

 
 
 James Loren Bell, 84, died July 28, 2000, at Hilltop Manor,
 Cunningham.
 He was born August 22, 1915, at Afton, Oklahoma, the son of
 John Franklin and Maude Belle Angell Bell. A resident of Nashville
 for 36 years, moving from the Union Chapel community, he was a
 farmer and stockman.
 He belonged to First Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, was a
 4-H leader, an Eagle Scout board member and served on the Union
 Chapel Church board.
 On April 25, 1942, he married Fern Hazel Funk at Medicine Lodge.
 She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Lawrence Bell, Medicine Lodge
 and David Bell, Isabel; a daughter, Rita M. Kimball, Medicine Lodge;
 a sister, Mary Hommertzheim, Medicine Lodge; 11 grandchildren; and
 two great-grandchildren.
 He was preceded in death by a daughter, Glenda Faye Bell; six 
 brothers, Dick, Charles, Elmer, Harley, Oliver and an infant,
 Franklin; four sisters, Ella Howell, Florence Moomau, Margie Reed
 and Pearl DeMore; and a grandson, Michael Duane Kimball.
 Funeral services were held Monday, July 31, 2000, at First
 Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Tom Walters presiding.
 Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the Hilltop Manor Nursing Home, in care
 of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge.

Edith M. Amerine

 
 
 Edith M. Amerine, 88, died August 7, 1997, at Kiowa District
 Hospital.
 She was born March 7, 1909, in Linn County, the daughter of
 Edgar J. and Josephine Starks Mock. A Kiowa resident since 1969,
 moving from Corwin, she was a homemaker.
 She belonged to United Methodist Church, Kiowa, and the Order
 of Eastern Star.
 On December 24, 1927, she married Richard F. Amerine at Arlington.
 He died July 3, 1987.
 Survivors include: two daughters, Lois Mitchell, Temecula,
 California, and Joyce Lynam, Dallas; six grandchildren; and eight
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 12, 1997, at United
 Methodist Church, Kiowa, with the Rev. Bill Dyar presiding. Burial
 was in Riverview Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to the church or to Kiowa District Hospital
 Memorial Fund, both in care of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 

Keith Kaufman

 
 
 Keith Kaufman, 58, died August 6, 1997, at Medicine Lodge Memorial
 Hospital.
 He was born February 20, 1939, at Kingman, the son of Gilbert G.
 and Cora Albright Kaufman. A Medicine Lodge resident since 1966,
 coming from South Haven, he was a retired school teacher and coach,
 having taught for 33 years. After retiring, he was employed by Farm
 Bureau Insurance Co. as a crop adjuster.
 He attended First Christina Church, Medicine Lodge, and belonged
 to the Kansas National Education Association.
 On June 19, 1969, he married Jean Sisson at Medicine Lodge. She
 survives.
 Other survivors include: a son and daughter-in-law, Alan K. and
 Susan, Bedford, Texas; a daughter, Julie K. Kaufman, Littleton,
 Colorado; and two granddaughters, Kristen Kaufman and Kelli Kaufman,
 both of Bedford.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, August 9, 1997, at the First
 Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, with Rev. Rom Walters presiding.
 Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
 Memorials may be snet to the church or to the Susan G. Komen
 Foundation, both in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine
 Lodge. 

Dorothy F. Dick

 
 
 Dorothy F. Dick, 81, died January 25, 1999, at Riverside Health
 Center, Wichita.
 She was born March 11, 1917, at Sharon, the daughter of Peter
 J. and Mary E. Ast Eck. A lifelong Sharon resident, she was a
 homemaker.
 She belonged to St. Boniface Catholic Church, Sharon.
 On November 19, 1946, she married Delbert W. Dick at Sharon. He
 died October 4, 1987.
 Survivors include: two sons, Ken, Clearwater, and Randy, Sharon;
 two daughters, Carol Seaman, Lahoma, Oklahoma, and Joan Carter, San
 Antonio, Texas; three brothers, Ed, Steve and Vernon, all of Sharon;
 two sisters, Mildred Laudick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Lucille
 Laudick, Isabella, Oklahoma; nine grandchilden; and three great-
 grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.
 Funeral services were held Friday, January 29, 1999, at St. Boniface
 Catholic Church, Sharon, with Father Anthony Suellentrop presiding.
 Burial was in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Sharon.
 Memorials may be snet to the Special Olympics for Kasey Dick in care
 of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 

Nellie Watson McGee

 
 
 Nellie Watson McGee, 94, died October 18, 1994, at Fountainview
 Villa Nursing Home, Ashland.
 She was born January 24, 1900, at Willow Springs, Missouri, the
 daughter of Jacob and Helen Stephens Moore. A resident of the Clark
 County area most of her life, she was a homemaker.
 She was a member of First Baptist Church at Ashland.
 On December 4, 1921, she married Otis Pearl Watson at Englewood.
 He died January 5, 1969. On March 15, 1979, she married Daniel McGee
 at Arnett, Oklahoma. He survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Otis Watson, Asland, and Dwight
 Watson, Montezuma; two daughters, Juanita Marton, Wichita, and Wanda
 Lechman, Coldwater; two stepsons, James McGee, Lincoln, Nebraska,
 and Gene McGee, Laurel Hill, North Carolina; a stepdaughter, Doris
 Kimberly, Medicine Lodge; a brother, Flem Moore, Ashland; 13 grand-
 children; 28 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
 Graveside services were held Saturday, October 22, 1994, at Highland
 Cemetery, Ashland.
 Memorials may be sent to the nursing home or to the church, both
 in care of Myatt Funeral Home, Ashland.

Jack D. Fox

 
 
 Jack D. Fox passed away July 13, 1995, at his home in Hays, at 
 the age of 51.
 Jack was born July 23, 1943 in Marion, the son of John and
 Margaret Quinlan Fox. He worked as an oil field worker. On September
 1, 1962 at Fairway, he was united in marriage to Valerie Rosenberg.
 Their home had been Hays since 1988 when they moved from Medicine
 Lodge.
 Jack is survived by his wife Valerie of Hays; sons Jack of Hays
 and James of Larned; daughter Marcie Kaminska of Medicine Lodge;
 parents Mr. and Mrs. John Fox of Tampa and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Conant
 of Herington; one grandchild; and brother John (Larry) Fox of Willis.
 Funeral services were held on Monday, July 17, 1995, at Zeiner
 Funeral Home in Marion, wiht the Rev. Hugh Floyd officiating. Burial
 was at Claney Cemetery with Zeiner Funeral Home in charge.
 Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Hays Medical Centery, 201 E.
 7th, Hays. 

Orville M. Freeman

 
 
 Orville M. Freeman, 83, died July 19, 1995, at Wesley Medical
 Center, Wichita.
 He was born September 5, 1911, in Pratt County, the son of L.
 G. and Susie Bird Freeman. A longtime resident of Barber County,
 he was retired from Clarke Oilfield Corporation.
 He was a 50-year member of the American Legion in Medicine
 Lodge, and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
 On Auugust 1, 1942, he married Esther Phillips at Pratt. She
 survives.
 Other survivors include: a daughter, Lesta and husband, Robert
 Esser of Riverton, Wyoming; grandson, Justin Esser, U.S. Navy,
 Orlando, Florida; granddaughter, Robyn and husband Cody Beers,
 Cheyenne, Wyoming; great-grandson, Brady Beers; four sisters,
 Mary Barstow, Hutchinson, Bonnie Chinn, Coats, Virginia Radcliffe,
 Seattle, Washington, and Betty Lutz, Macksville; 25 nieces and
 nephews and lots of good friends.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, July 22, 1995, at Forsyth
 Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Jim (cut off).

Wayne Robert Knowles

 
 
 Wayne Robert Knowles, son of Robert S. and Julia Knowles. He
 was born July 19, 1932 in Sun City, Kansas and died July 15, 
 1995 in San Francisco, California.
 He was preceded in death by his father.
 Survivors include: his mother, Julia Knowles, Pratt; three
 sons, Robert, Thomas and William all residing in California;
 three brothers, Glenn, Claremore, Oklahoma, Keith, Paducah,
 Kentucky, and Dale, Yukon, Oklahoma; two sisters, Lucy Mae
 McCarthy, Carthage, Missouri, and Janet Boggs, Overbrook,
 Kansas; and one granddaughter.
 He was cremated.

Anna Marie Koblitz

 
 
 Anna Marie Koblitz, 88, died February 13, 1999, at Kiowa Manor,
 Kiowa.
 She was born October 11, 1912, at Buffalo, Oklahoma, the daughter
 of John Leslie and Amanda Brooks Miller. A longtime resident of
 Barber and Harper Counties, she was a homemaker.
 She belonged to Kindom Hall, Alva, Oklahoma.
 On October 11, 1934, she married Alva L. Koblitz at Anthony. He
 died December 27, 1982.
 Survivors include: two sons, Ivan, Hazelton, and Bruce, Anthony;
 a daughter, Marilyn Alexander, Hazelton; a sister, Agnes Waggoner,
 Cherryvale; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
 She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
 Graveside service was Tuesday, February 16, 1999, in Bethel
 Cemetery, Amorita, Oklahoma.
 Memorials may be sent to the Kingdom Hall or the Kiowa Manor 
 Activity Fund, both in care of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa.

J.D. Vandiver

 
 
 J.D. Vandiver, son of James A. and Minnie Reid Vandiver, was born
 on August 13, 1921 at Washington County, Arkansas. He passed away
 on Monday, July 3, 1995 at the High Plains Baptist Hospital in
 Amarillo, Texas at the age of 73.
 He was graduated from Winslow High School in Winslow, Arkansas.
 He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II in the
 European Theatre.
 He married Geraldine Catlin on December 16, 1947 at Kingman.
 In 1960, they moved to Canadian, Texas from Cortez, Colorado. He
 was an oilfield worker for many years and later owned and operated
 the Mobil Service Station in Canadian.
 He is survived by his wife, Geraldine, of the home; his son,
 Steven Vandiver, and his wife, Donna, of Garrisonville, Virginia;
 two brothers, Paul Vandiver of Winslow, Arkansas, and George Vandiver
 of Lincoln, Nebraska; three sisters, Ruth Claxton of Oklahoma City,
 Oklahoma, Birdie DeVore of Winslow, Arkansas, and Boby Jean Sparkman
 of Wichita; three grandchildren, Christopher, Jason and Tasha; and
 other relatives and friends.
 Services were held Thursday, July 6, at Spring Grove Cemetery,
 Anthony, with the Rev. John Schnelle presiding. The American Flag
 was presented by Doris Kastens and Howard Wimmer of American Legion
 Post #54.
 Memorials may be given to the Hemphill County Library in Canadian,
 Texas in care of Elliott Mortuary, Anthony.