Myra Elizabeth Esser
 
 
 Myra Elizabeth Esser, 88, died Dec. 7, 1996, at High Plains
 Retirement Village, Lakin.
 She was born Feb. 16, 1908, at Medicine Lodge, the daugher
 of George and Ada Mary Mounsey Mounsey. She was a graduate of
 Medicine Lodge High School and Southwestern College, Winfield.
 She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Martha 
 Circle of the church, the Golden Agers, the Community Club,
 and the American Legion Auxiliary, all at Medicine Lodge.
 On May 31, 1941, she married Allen Charles Esser at Medicine
 Lodge. He died Sept. 19, 1980.
 Survivors include: two sons, George C. Esser, Deerfield, and
 Robert A. Esser, Riverton, Wyo.; four grandchildren, Stacey
 Pollart, Jayna Bahntge, Robyn Beers and Justin Esser; and two
 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 13, 1996, at the
 United Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev. Jim
 Godbey presiding. Burial was in the Highland Cemetery, Medicine
 Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care of Larrison-Forsyth
 Mortuary, Medicine Lodge.

Doris M. Flatin


 Doris M. Flatin, 69, died March 30, 1997 at her home in Green River, Wyo.
 She had been in ill health the past four years.
 She was born July 9, 1927 in Wendell, Minn., the daughter of the late
 Knute and Mabel Pladsen Pikop. She attended schools in Minnesota. A resident
 of Green River from 1980 to 1989, she moved to Kansas, returning to Green
 River in July of 1996.
 She was a member of the First Assembly of God.
 She married Edwin Louis Flatin in Minnesota. He died in December of 1970.
 Survivors include: a son, Larry Flatin; a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy
 and Jerry Hill of Green River, Wyo., six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
 and several nieces and nephews.
 Cremation took place at the Vase White Mountain Crematory in Rock Springs.
 Inurnment was in Topeka, Kan.
 Vase Funeral Chapel, Rock Springs, Wyo. was in charge of arrangements.


Ronald Eugene 'Gene' Schulte
 
 
 Ronald Eugene "Gene" Schulte, 64, died March 30, 1997, at his home.
 He was born Sept. 8, 1932, at Pratt, the son of August and Rose Keiter 
 Schulte. A Pratt resident for four years, coming from Wichita, he was 
 a retired hydraulic specialist sales representative.
 He was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Pratt.
 On Oct. 13, 1995, he married Yvonne Johnson at Pratt. She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Brad, Chicago, and Mark, Wichita; two
 stepsons, Mike Stivers and Pat Stivers, both of Pratt; a stepdaughter, 
 Suzan Patton, Pratt; three brothers, Bob, Wichita, August, Russel and Ed, 
 Yukon, Okla.; three sisters, Connie Mobley, Wichita, Peggy Bradley, Medicine 
 Lodge, and Melva Scarbrough, Pratt; six grandchildren; and four step-grand
 children.
 Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at Sacred Heart Church, 
 Pratt, with Father Ted Skalsky presiding. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery, 
 Pratt.
 Memorials may be sent to Southwind Hospice or to the Sacred Heart Church, 
 both in care of Larrison Mortuary, Pratt.
 


George B. Throckmorton

 
 
 George B. Throckmorton, 95, died Nov. 30, 1996, at
 Friendship Manor, Kiowa.
 He was born May 6, 1901, at Capron, Okla., the son
 of Oscar F. and Cora L. Hopkins Throckmorton. A Kiowa
 resident since 1994, formerly of Capron and Burlington,
 Okla., he was a farmer and carpenter.
 He was a member of the Capron United Methodist Church
 at Capron, Okla.
 On Nov. 28, 1928, he married Myrle A. 'Sally' Wilcox
 at Alva, Okla. She died Sept. 28, 1994.
 Survivors include: two sons, Emil R., Oklahoma City,
 Okla., and George Eldon, Enid, Okla.; a daughter, Bonita
 Somerhalder, Burlington, Okla.; eight grandchildren; and
 eight great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1996, at
 Capron United Methodist Church, Capron, Okla., with the
 Rev. Carolyn Murrow presiding. Burial was in the Capron
 Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care of Fisher
 Funeral Home, Kiowa. 

Florence Wells

 
 
 Florence Wells, 96, died Nov. 26, 1996, at Kiowa district
 Hospital.
 She was born Oct 19, 1900, in Barber County, the daughter
 of Dwight P. and Sarah C. Boyer Mills. A Kiowa resident since
 1978, moving from Aetna, she was a homemaker.
 She was a member of the Southern Baptist Church, Kiowa
 On Dec. 2, 1921, she married Vernon D. Wells at Wichita.
 He died Dec. 15, 1969.
 Survivors include: four daughters, Marion Carthrae, Kiowa,
 Elaine Tyler, Wichita, Anne Jackson, Belpre, and Ellen Circle,
 Ozark, Ala.; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 2
 great-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral service were held Saturday, Nov. 30, 1996, at the
 Southern Babtist Church, Kiowa, with Pastor Alan Locke pre-
 siding. Burial was in the Highland Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care of Fisher Funeral
 Home, Kiowa.


Chad L. Blackwell

 
 
 Chad L. Blackwell, 32, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
passed away on December 19, 1996, at the Broward
Medical Center. Chad died of complications from
a car accident the morning of December 17, 1996.
 Chad was born in Winfield, Kan., and had been
a Fort Lauderdale resident since 1984. Chad
graduated from high school as Shawnee Mission
Northwest in Lenexa, and attended college at the
North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston
Salem, N.C. Chad began his dancing career with
the Miller-Marley School of Dance in Kansas City.
From there he danced with the Forst Lauderdale
Ballet Company, Opryland, in Nashville, Tenn.,
Lotto World in Seoule, Korea, Beauty and the
Beast at MGM/Disney World, Orlando, Fla. and the
musical, Cats in Hamburg, Germany. Chad appeared
twice on the television show, Star Search, and
was a finalist in 1993.
 Chad will be sadly missed by his father, Lee
Blackwell, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., his mother,
Jackie Snodgrass, Arkansas City, Kan., his sister,
Jennifer Blackwell, Atlanta, Ga., and his grand-
mother, Maude Blackwell, Medicine Lodge, as well
as aunts and uncles and many cousins, along with
a host of friends from all over the world.
 A celebration of Chad's life took place at the
Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on
December 21, 1996. A special performance of the
musical, Cats, will be held in his honor on
December 30 in Hamburg, Germany.

Donna Lorene Clarke

 
 
 Donna Lorene Clarke, 79, died Dec. 14, 1996, at Cedar
Crest Manor, Medicine Lodge.
 She was born March 19, 1917, in Barber County, the
daughter of Ernest H. and Nelle F. Shanks McKaig. A
lifetime Medicine Lodge resident, she was a homemaker.
 She was a member of First Christian Church, she 
taught Sunday school and sang in the church choir, all
in Medicine Lodge. She was a member of the Kansas Farm
Bureau, the Forest City Ladies Aid, a 4-H leader, and
a member of the Mingona Farm Bureau.
 On May 5, 1935, she married Dale Arthur Clarke at
Medicine Lodge. He died Feb. 7, 1994.
 Survivors include: a daughter, Esther F. Hudson, 
Haysville; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grand-
children.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1996, at
First Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev.
Tom Walters presiding. Burial was in Highland Cemetery,
Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to First Christian Church, 
Medicine Lodge, in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral
Home, Medicine Lodge. 

Elmer William Conner

 
 
 Elmer William Conner, 90, died Dec. 22, 1996, at
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital.
 He was born Sept. 24, 1906, in Barber County, the
son of Andrew J. and Maidie I. DeArmond Conner. A
Medicine Lodge resident for most of his life, he 
was a production superintendent for Olsen Oil
Company.
 He was a member of United Methodist Church, Delta
Lodge #77 A.F.&A.M., Royal Arch and Lorraine Chapter
No. 39 Order of Eastern Star, all of Medicine Lodge,
Scottish Rite, York Rite, Consistory, Wichita, and
Shrine AKDAR Temple, Tulsa, Okla.
 On Jan 26, 1925, he married D. Violet Davis at
Medicine Lodge. She survives.
 Other survivors include: a son, E.E. "Gene", Dewey,
Okla.; two daughters, Maida Anne Holser, Medicine
Lodge, and Esther Firth, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 14
grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-
great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996,
at United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jim Godbey
presiding. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Medicine
Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care of
Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge. 


Kathryn Eileen Johnson

 
 
 Kathryn Eileen Johnson, 49, died Dec. 25, 1996, at
the Columbia-Aurora Presbyterian Hospital, Aurora,
Colo.
 She was born Jan. 3, 1947, at St. Louis, Mo., the
daughter of Clemel L. and Margaret E. Bailey Sawyer.
She was a reesident of Auburn-Washburn (Topeka) from
1969 to 1986 moving then to Washington County. She
had moved from there to Medicine Lodge in 1992. She 
received her BA from Wichita State in 1970 and her
Masters at Kansas State in 1986. She was a school
teacher and librarian.
 She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at 
Wichita State and the Greater Barber County Historical
Association in Medicine Lodge.
 On Dec. 27, 1969, she married Darly L. Johnson at
Wichita. He survives.
 Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 30, 1996, at
the First Christian Church, Medicine Lodge, with Rev.
Tom Walters presiding. Burial was in the Old Mission
Cemetery, Wichita.
 Memorials may be sent to the Greater Barber County
Historical Association and The Society of Parrot
Breeders and Exhibitors, in care of Larrison-Forsyth
Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge. 

Cathleen Fay Stricker

 
 
 Cathleen Fay Stricker, 58, died Dec. 24, 1996, at
Wichita.
 She was born July 23, 1938, at Great Bend, the
daughter of Peter and Bertha A. Hoffman Schlegel. A
resident of Wichita since 1975, she had lived most
of her life in Kiowa. She was a homemaker and a
secretary.
 She was a member of the United Methodist Church 
in Kiowa.
 On June 20, 1958, she married Edward John Stricker
at Kiowa. He died Feb. 8, 1989.
 Survivors include: three sons, Richard Allen Stricker,
Andover, Michel Pete Stricker, Wilmer, Texas, and
Robert Scott Stricker Wichita; a daughter, Lori Ann
Jones, Wichita; parents, Pete and Bertha Schlegel,
Kiowa, grandmother, Marie Hoffman, Fort Collins, Co.;
and six grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 27, 1996,
at the United Methodist Church in Kiowa, with the
Rev. Bill Dyar presiding. Burial was in Riverview
Cemetery, Kiowa.
 Memorials may be sent to the United Methodist 
Church, Kiowa, in care of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 


Bill E. Scott

 
 
 Bill E. Scott, 76, died Dec. 25, 1996 at
Kiowa.
 He was born Nov. 1, 1920, in Barber County,
the son of Warren Ed and Cora M. Hardison
Scott. He was a Wichita businessman and 
insurance adjuster. He lived in Wichita for
34 years, moving to Kiowa in 1990.
 He was a member of the United Methodist
Church in Kiowa.
 On Aug 16, 1969, he married Virginia Vogel
Curfman at Wichita. She survives.
 Other survivors include: six sons, John
Scott, Kansas City, Kans., Larry Curfman,
Eagle, Idaho, Bruce, Rex and Chuck Curfman,
all Wichita, and Byron Curfman, Telluride,
Colo., three daughters, Pat Scott, Jacksonville,
Fla., Kimberly Kanne, Foley, Minn., and Kay
Wealand, Elmdale; 21 grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 29, 
1996 at the United Methodist Church in Kiowa,
with the Revs. Bill Dyer and Mike Kanne
presiding. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery,
Kiowa.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care
of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 



Thelma L. Griswold

 
 
 Thelma L. Griswold, 86, died Jan. 7, 1997 at
Anthony.
 She was born Feb. 1, 1910, in Barber County, 
the daughter of Van and hattie Valentine Utter-
back. A longtime Anthony resident, she was a 
retired bookkeeper.
 She was a member of First Baptist Church.
 On Oct 15, 1930, she married John F. Griswold
at Medicine Lodge. He died Dec. 29, 1966.
 Survivors include: a son, Jim, Lake Winnbago,
Mo., four sisters, Ora Caywood, Goddard, Imogene
Dornon, Argonia, Helen Wood, Farmington, N.M. and
Laverne Jelinek, Bluff City; three grandchildren;
five step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
and four setp-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan 11, 1997,
at Williams Funeral Home, Anthony, with the Rev. Tom
Marker presiding. Burial was in the Forest Park
Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church of
Anthony in care of the funeral home. 


Violet B. Hart

 
 
 Violet B. Hart, 94, died Jan 11, 1997 at Good
Samaritan Nursing Home, Winfield.
 She was born Dec. 14, 1902, in Woods, County,
Okla., the daughter of Eusebius N. and Nancy
Elizabeth Berry Hart. A lifelong Kiowa resident,
she was a secretary for the United Methodist
church.
 She was a member of United Methodist Church,
Kiowa.
 Survivors include: four nephews, Vernon Hart,
Medicine Lodge, Harry Roberts, Knoxville, Tenn.,
Louis Roberts, Memphis, Tenn., and Bethel Snyder,
Sun City, Calif.; and eight nieces, Lorena Garman,
Kiowa, Naomi Ives, Wichita, Norma Fincher and
Eleanor Shriner, both of Medicine Lodge, Judy
Johnson, Winfield, Ramona Nersund, Apache Junction,
Ariz., Mabel Snyder, Cunningham, and Maxine Hart,
Fall River.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997,
at United Methodist Church, Kiowa, with the Rev. Bill
Dyar presiding. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery,
Hardtner.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care of
Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa. 


Alice L. Hill

 
 
 Alice L. Hill, 82, died Jan 6, 1997 at
 Oklahoma City, Okla.
 She was born Sept 25, 1914, in Woods
 County, Okla., and the daughter of James
 Wilbur and Margaret Murphy Thomas. A 
 Hardtner resident, formerly of Wichita,
 Haysville, and Kiowa, she was a retired
 Beech Aircraft employee.
 She was a member of First Christian
 Church, Haysville.
 In 1933 she married Herbert C. Hill in
 Woods County, Okla. He died March 25, 1966.
 Survivors include: a son, Patrick, Clinton,
 Mo.; two daughters, Crysta Jean Keltgen,
 Independence, Mo., and Mary Ann Gallon,
 Oklahoma City, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; and
 16 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan 8, 
 1997, at United Methodist Church, Hardtner, 
 with the Rev. Lew Van Der Wege presiding. 
 Burial was in the Hardtner Cemetery, Hardtner.
 Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa, was in charge of
 arrangements. 


Darrel L. Criswell

 
 
 Darrel L. Criswell, 74, died Jan 18, 1997, at Scott
 County Hospital, Scott City.
 He was born May 21, 1922, in Beaver County, Okla.
 the son of James Oscar and Cora Ethel Boren Criswell.
 A Scott City resident since 1973, coming from Medicine
 Lodge, he was a self-employed painting contractor.
 He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the
 American Legion Post No. 183, both at Scott City.
 On May 17, 1949, he married Edith M. McCoy at McCook,
 Neb. She survives.
 Other survivors include: four daughters, Diane Simpson,
 San Antonio, Texas, Carolyn West, Cherly Turley, and Mary
 Comba, all of Scott City; three brothers, Norman, Hobbs,
 N.M., Norval, Seymour, Tenn., and Larry, Odessa, Texas;
 a sister, Doris Davis, Balko, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; 
 and one great-grandchild.
 Funeral Mass was held Wednesday, Jan 22, 1997, at St.
 Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City, with Father Michael
 Helms presiding. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery,
 Leoville.
 Memorials may be sent for Masses or to the Grand-
 children's Education Fund, both in car of Price & Sons
 Funeral Home, Scott City. 


Hugh R. 'Punk' Cox

 
 
 Hugh R. "Punk" Cox, 84, died Feb 8, 1997, at
 Friendship Manor Nursing Home, Kiowa.
 He was born Aug. 30, 1912, at Sharon, the son
 of Joseph and Elizabeth Garner Cox. A lifetime
 resident of Barber County, he was a rural mail
 carrier.
 He was a member of the United Methodist Church
 at Kiowa, past president of the Barber County
 School Board, and was a Past Master of Masonic
 Lodge No. 278, Midian Shrine, and the Wichita
 Consistory.
 On July 31, 1933, he married Doris Newkirk at
 Cherokee, Okla. She survives.
 Other survivors include; a son, Larry Cox,
 Texas City, Texas; a daughter, Jerry Roy, Bryan,
 Texas; a brother Maurice Cox, Wichita; a sister,
 Opal Henderson, Wichita; three grandchildren; and
 three great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb 9, 1997
 at the United Methodist Church in Kiowa, with the
 Rev. Bill Dyar presiding. Cremation will follow 
 the service.
 Memorials may be sent to the South Barber
 Scholarship Fund, in care of Fisher Funeral Home,
 Kiowa. 


William D. 'Bill' Green

 
 
 William D. 'Bill' Green, 51, New Bern, N.C., died
 Feb 7, 1997, at Craven Medical Center, New Bern.
 He was born Feb 21, 1945, in Moody, Mo., the son
 of Noble J. and Beulah M. Harding Page. A long-time
 Kiowa resident, he was an electrician
 He married Mary E. Lancaster. She survives in
 New Bern, N.C.
 Other survivors include: five daughters, Jackie
 Nipko, Palm Bay, Fla., and Shannon Bivan, Kimberly
 Bell, Elizabeth Green and Jennifer Green, all of 
 New Bern; his mother, Beulah Page, Kowa; father,
 Nobel Green, Nixa, Mo.; a brother, Gary Green, Kiowa;
 and four grandchildren.
 Graveside services were held Tuesday, Feb 11, 1997, 
 in Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa, with the Rev. Virgie
 Davis presiding.
 Memorials may be sent to the Kiowa Library in care
 of Fisher Funeral Home, Kiowa.


Ada R. Hartman

 
 
 Ada R. Hartman, 96, former Kiowa resident, died
 Feb 3, 1997, at the Eureka, Ill. Apostolic Christian
 Home.
 She was born Jan 17, 1901, at Granby, Mo., the
 daughter of Ben and Marie Pfister Farney. A longtime
 resident of Kiowa, she had moved to Fairbury, Ill.,
 in 1953. She was a homemaker.
 She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church.
 On May 3, 1925, she married Godfrey Miller at
 Burlington, Okla. He died May 8, 1937. On Oct. 25,
 1953, she married Dave Hartman at Burlington, Okla.
 He died Nov 8, 1971.
 Survivors include: two sons Godfrey C. Miller, El
 Dorado, and Dr. Robert J. Miller, Peoria, Ill.; two
 stepsons, Melvin Hartman, Fairbury, Ill., and Harvey
 Hartman, Watseka, Ill.; a daughter, Doris Bahr,
 Sabetha; four stepdaughters, Mable Springer and
 Lucille Schurter, both Ft. Scott, Ruth Hartman,
 Peoria, Ill., and Evelyn Malaimare, Simi Valley, Ca.;
 two brothers, Dr. Joe Farney, Sabetha, and Ben 
 Farney, Spring Hill; five sisters, Mary Aberle,
 Sabetha, Dr. Esther Farney-Davies, LaQuinta, Ca.,
 Deborah Aberle, Wichita, Rosemary Bean, Ft. Myers,
 Fla., and Ann Ussi, Glendale, Ca.; 15 grandchildren;
 31 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
 Funeral services wer held Saturday, Feb 8, 1997, at the
 Apostolic Church, Kowa, with Ronald Allenbach and Jeff
 Bahr presiding. Burial was in the Apostolic Christian
 Cemetery, Burlington, Okla.
 Memorials may be sent to the Eureka Apostolic Christian
 Nursing Home, in care of Fisher Funeral HOme, Kiowa.


Nina Mae King

 
 
 Nina Mae King, 90, died Feb 5, 1997, at
 Wichita.
 Formerly of Medicine Lodge, she was a
 retired special education teacher for the
 grade school.
 She is survived by a son, Charles, Wichita;
 7 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 10,
 1997, at Resthaven Mortuary Chapel, Wichita,
 with Dr. Ted Jacobs officiating. Burial was
 in Resthaven Gardens of Memories, Wichita. 



Wilbur F. 'Bill' Larson

 
 
 Wilbur F. 'Bill' Larson, 93, died Jan. 19, 1997, at
 Attica Nursing Home, Attica.
 He ws born Oct. 2, 1903, at Concordia, the son of 
 John F. and Emma B. Larson. He attended Cloud County
 Schools and graduated from Concordia High School. He
 was a farmer in Cloud, Republic and Clay counties. He
 retired and moved to Concordia in January 1968. In
 November 1992 he moved to Medicine Lodge. On Oct 26, 
 1994, he moved to the nursing home in Attica.
 He was a member of The Baptist Church, Concordia,
 served on the school boards, township boards, Farm
 Bureau, Extension Board, Co-op Elevator Board, Soil
 Conservation Board and Cloud County Fair Board.
 On Oct. 9, 1928 he married Esther A. Thomas at
 Concordia. She survives.
 Other survivors include: a son, Bob, Medicine Lodge;
 three daughters, Emalyn Wartman, Johnson, Joyce Hansen,
 Colby, and Janet Henning, Berryton; a brother, Howard,
 Miltonvale; 10 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
 Graveside service were held Wednesday, Jan 22, 1997,
 in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, with the Rev.
 John Wilkens presiding.
 Memorials may be sent to the Baptist Church of
 Concordia or Attica Nursing Home 302 N. Botkin, Attica, 
 KS 67009 



Boyd E. Phillips

 
 
 Boyd E. Phillips, 73, died Feb 6, 1997, at St. Mary's
 Mercy Hospital, Enid, Okla.
 He was born April 7, 1923, in southwestern Barber County,
 the son of Everett and Nancy Septer Phillips. He attended
 the Lake City school system and graduated from high school
 in 1941. An Alva resident, having lived at Corvallis, Ore.,
 Nucla, Colo., Grove, Okla., and Bernice, Okla., he worked
 as a machinist, owning and operating the Phillips Machine
 Co. in Nucla until he retired in 1978.
 He attended the United Methodist Church, was a 50 year
 member of the Norwood, Colo., Masonic Lodge No. 111, and 
 a life member of the Scottish Rite consistory, Grand 
 Junction, Colo., Disabled American Veterans and Veterans
 of Foreign Wars Post 1362, Pratt. He was a U.S. Army
 veteran of World War II.
 On April 5, 1947, he married Laurice Hiett at Vancouver,
 Wash. She died Dec 11, 1975. On Feb 23, 1982, he married
 Edna Mae Slack Powell at Las Vegas, Nev. She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Everett and Jay, both
 of Elko, Nev.; a duaghter, Janice Markely, Oak Harbor, 
 Wash.; a stepson, Roger Powell, Kiowa; a stepdaughter, Kay
 Lynn Glass, Sturgeon, Missouri; a brother, Ivan, Pratt; a
 sister, Esther Freeman, Medicine Lodge; 15 grandchildren;
 and four great-grandchildren.
 Funeral service wre held Sunday, Feb 9, 1997, at Wharton
 Funeral Chapel, Alva, with the Rev. David S.H. Cressman
 presiding. Burial was in the Lake City Cemetery, Lake City,
 Kan., with military graveside service by Pratt Veterans of
 Foreign Wars Post No. 1362.
 Memorials may be sent to the United Methodist Church at
 Alva or at Lake City in his memory.



Jeannine Vincent Riney

 
 
 Jeannine Vincent Riney, 61, died Feb 8, 1997, at Via
 Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus,
 Wichita.
 She was born June 9, 1935, at Hardtner, the daughter
 of Alanzo and Mildred V. Walker Vincent. A resident of
 Medicine Lodge since 1982, moving from Ingalls, she 
 was a homemaker.
 She was a member of the United Methodist Church,
 Medicine Lodge, and Faith Circle of the church. She
 was the organist and pianist at the church, and had
 also served in that capacity at Pierceville Federated
 Church and Ingalls Federated Church. She had belonged
 to Rainbow Girls in her high school days.
 On April 1, 1956, she married Glen L. Riney in
 Medicine Lodge. He survives.
 Other survivors include: a son, Alan Riney, Cimarron; 
 three daughters, Glenda Davis and Diane Kelley, both
 Cimarron, and Cindy Kreutzer, Valley Center; two sisters,
 Veldeen Moss, Medicine Lodge, and Patsy Eytcheson, 
 Augusta; nine grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997 at
 the United Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, with the 
 Rev. Jim Godbey presiding. Burial was in Highland 
 Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church in care of
 Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge.


Marie Elizabeth Stockwell

 
 
 Marie Elizabeth Stockwell, 73, died Jan 30, 1997, at
 Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital.
 She was born May 7, 1923, at Danville, the daughter
 of Christopher C. and Zelma M. White Ogden. A Medicine
 Lodge resident for nearly all her life, she was an
 optometrist's assistant and a homemaker.
 She was a member of United Methodist Church, the
 Church Prayer Circle, the Leisure Center, Veterans of
 Foreigh Wars Auxiliary, Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital
 Auxiliary and the S.W. Council on aging.
 On Dec. 25, 1941, she married Bruce Boyd Stockwell at
 Anthony. He survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Larry B., Mariposa,
 Calif., and Kelly D., Medicine Lodge; a daughter, Vickie
 M. Keever, Scottsdale, Ariz.; six grandchildren; five
 step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb 4, 1997, at
 United Methodist Church, Medicine Lodge, with the Rev.
 Jim Godbey presiding. Burial was in the Highland Cemetery
 Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church or to the Leisure
 Center, both in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home,
 Medicine Lodge. 




Emma E. Schrock

 
 
 Emma E. Schrock, 90, died Feb 4, 1997, at
 Friendship Manor Nursing home, Kiowa.
 She was born Dec 13, 1906, at Princeville,
 Ill., the daughter of Albert and Lydia Harter
 Herrimann. A Hazelton resident since 1931, 
 she was a homemaker and seamstress.
 She was a member of United Methodist Church,
 Kiowa, and United Methodist Women.
 On April 8, 1931, she married George H.
 Schrock at Hiawatha. He died Aug. 10, 1992.
 Survivors include: two sons, LaMoine, Hazelton,
 and Elwyn, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; a brother,
 Ralph Herrmann, Sabetha; a sister, Irene Isch,
 Sabetha; three grandchildren; three step-grand
 children; seven great-grandchildren; and five
 step-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral service were held Friday, Feb 7, 1997 
 at United Methodist Church, Kiowa, with the Rev.
 Bill Dyar presiding. Burial was in the Riverview
 Cemetery, Kiowa.
 Memorials may be sent to the church or to
 South Wind Hospice, both in care of Fisher Funeral
 Home, Kiowa. 

Otto Henry Thom

 

 Otto Henry Thom, 91, died Dec 27, 1996, at Cedar
Crest Manor, Medicine Lodge.
 He was born Dec. 21, 1905, at Ravenna, Neb., the
son of C.T. and Mary Peterman Thom. A Medidicine
Lodge resident since 1994, moving from Isabel, he
was a farmer and rancher.
 On Feb 26, 1931, he married Ruth Louise Monrad
at Mesa, Ariz. She died Oct. 17, 1991.
 Survivors include: a son, Bob Thom, Derby, a
daughter, Phyllis N. Roth, Mission; six grand-
children; and seven great-grandchildren.
 A memorial service was held Saturday, Jan 11, 1997,
at Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine Lodge,
with the Rev. Jim Matthews presiding.
 Memorials may be sent to the Isabel Senior Center
or to the Medicine Lodge Library, both in care of
the funeral home. 


Edith L. Trantham

 
 
 Edith L. Trantham, 89, died Jan 22, 1997, at Medicine
Lodge Memorial Hospital.
 She was born Dec 17, 1907, at Gage, Okla., the daughter
of Darius V. and May I. Axtell Woodward. A resident of
Barber County for most of her life, she was a school
teacher.
 She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the
Presbyterian Woman, Golden Agers, and the Leisure Center,
all of Medicine Lodge. She also belonged to the Kansas
Teachers Association, the NEA and the BPW. She was very
active in getting the Leisure Center started.
 In 1927 she married Ben F. Mullikin in Medicine Lodge.
They divorced in 1947. On July 19, 1948, she married Bud
Trantham in Anthony. He died Dec 22, 1974.
 Survivors include: a son, Ben F. Mullikin Jr., Corpus
Cristie, Texas; two daughters, Virginia M. Chance, 
Medicine Lodge, and Phyllis M. Inslee, Ada, Okla.; two
sisters, Virginia Measday and Joyce Westbrooks, both of
Deming, N.M.; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren;
and six great-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan 25, 1997, at
the First Presbyterian Church in Medicine Lodge, with 
Mr. Wayne DeVries presiding. Burial was in the Highland
Cemetery, Medicine Lodge.
 Memorials may be sent to the church or to the Leisure
Center, in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, Medicine
Lodge. 



Robert Louis Thompson

 
 
 Robert Louis Thompson, 73, died Feb 1, 1997,
 at Columbia Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
 He was born Oct. 1, 1923, at Perth, the son
 of George Marion and Jesse Crisler Thompson.
 A Coldwater resident since 1975, moving from
 Sun City, he was a retired track foreman for
 the Santa Fe Railroad.
 He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and
 the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both at
 Wellington. He was a U.S. Army veteran of
 World War II.
 On April 19, 1973, he married Frances Mc
 Grath at Coldwater. She survives.
 Other survivors include: two daughters,
 Susan Maddox, Wichita, and Sheryll Tusinger,
 Tishomingo, Okla.; a stepson, Stephen McGrath,
 San Diego, Calif.; three step-daughters, Shirley
 Stone, Lake City, Donna Young, Great Bend, and
 Mickey Raye, Kansas City, Mo.; a sister, Elsie
 Scriven, Wellington; four grandchildren; five
 step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and
 four step-great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb 5, 
 1997, at Hatfiled-Prusa Funeral Home, Coldwater,
 with the Rev. Virginia Carthrae presiding.
 Burial was in Bethany Cemetery, Perth.
 Memorials may be sent to the Coldwater 
 Nutrition Site in care of the funeral home. 
 

Millie O. Lawrence Wallace

 
 
 Millie O. Lawrence Wallace, 88, died Feb 8, 1997, at
 Wesley Medical Center, Wichita.
 She was born April 14, 1908, at Melrose, the daughter
 of Elmer E. and Eva Lyon Davis. A Medicine Lodge resident
 since 1976, moving from Kingman, she was a school teacher
 and homemaker.
 She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the
 Woman of Trinity, both at Medicine Lodge, and a former
 member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Nashville.
 In 1928, she married Albert Lawrence. He died in 1959.
 In 1967, she married Claud Wallace. He died in 1971.
 Survivors include: two sons, Kent E. Lawrence, Zapata,
 Texas, and Layle D. Lawrence, Mount Morris, Pa.; a daughter,
 Marilyn M. Lenkner, Hutchinson; a brother, Marvin Davis,
 Lexington, S.C.; a sister, Aileen Kite, Baxter Springs;
 five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Monday, Feb 10, 1997 at St.
 John's Lutheran Church, Nashville, with the Rev. Paul
 Beyer presiding. Burial was in the church cemetery in
 Nashville.
 Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home Medicine Lodge, was in
 charge of arrangements. 


Roy Cylvestor Zordel

 
 
 Roy Cylvester Zordel, 61, died Feb 9, 1997 at Hays
 Medical Center, St. Anthony Campus, Hays.
 He was born June 23, 1935, at Ransom, the son of
 Walter W. and Josie Clodfelter Zordel. He attended
 Cyrus Country School, Ransom High School and Dodge
 City Community College where he played football. A
 lifetime Ransom resident, he was a foreman for Deines
 Manufacturing Company in Ransom.
 He was a member of Ransom Volunteer Fire Department
 and Ness City Men's Bowling Associaton. He worked on
 the chain crew for Ransom High School football games.
 On July 31, 1954, he married Ellen Esther Fairbank
 at Ransom. She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Allen, Topeka, 
 and Michael, Medicine Lodge; two daughters, Tami
 DuBois, Idaho Springs, Colo., and Julie Zordel, Dodge
 City; three brothers, Walter Jr., Albert and August,
 all of Ransom; four sisters, Anna Nora Freeman, Bucklin,
 Lila Reeder, Dodge City, Ida Mae Decker, Hooker, Okla., 
 and Dollie Shoupe, Missoula, Mont.; and 10 grandchildren.
 Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb 12, 1997, at
 United Methodist Church, Ransom, with the Rev. Wayne
 Stephens and Pastor Marjorie Ediger presiding. Burial
 was in the Ransom Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to American Cancer Society or
 Hays Medical Center, Oncology Department, Hays, both
 in care of Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City.


Kenneth M. Armstrong

 
 
 Kenneth M. Armstrong, 63, died Jan. 30, 1997, at his
 home in Medicine Lodge.
 He was born April 10, 1933, in Isabel, the son of 
 Earl E. and Marie Fetters Armstrong. A resident of 
 Medicine Lodge since 1961, moving from Sawyer, he was
 a line-crew foreman for WestPlains Energy from 1961 to
 1994.
 He was a member of the Church of Christ, Medicine 
 Lodge, coached girl's softball, served on the Alva
 Bible Chair Development Board, and was a bible teacher
 and treasurer. He served with the U.S. Army during the
 Korean Conflict.
 On Sept. 13, 1953, he married Rosalee Hamm at Isabel.
 She survives.
 Other survivors include: two sons, Eric D., Isabel,
 and Darrin S., Edmond, Okla.; a daughter, Deborah D.
 Bryant, Edmond, Okla.; a brother, Jim, Isabel; three
 sisters, Darlene Hamm, Pratt, Eunice Green, Anchorage,
 Alaska, and Patricia Armstrong, Wichita; and 10 grand-
 children.
 Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 3, 1997, at
 the Church of Christ, Medicine Lodge, with John Hamm
 and Hartsell Johnson presiding. Burial was in the
 Isabel Cemetery.
 Memorials may be sent to the church or to Southwind
 Hospice in care of Larrison-Forsyth Funeral Home, 
 Medicine Lodge.