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Retired Captain Gordon L. Frantz
Funeral services for Retired Captain Gordon L. Frantz, 80, Lawrence, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2010, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
Private family burial with full military honors will follow Friday at Leavenworth National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 3:30 p.m. until the service hour Thursday at the funeral home. .
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Lawrence Humane Society, or the American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Ilah Jane Molby Miller
Ilah Jane Molby Miller Funeral services for Ilah Jane Molby Miller, 76, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with Chaplain Wilton Detweiler officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Miller died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar. She was born Jan. 29, 1934...(missing)
Elizabeth Cowie Kennedy
Graveside services for Elizabeth Cowie Kennedy, 95, Lacon, Illinois, will be private. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy died Sunday, September 19, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lacon. She was born October 14, 1914, in Lawrence, the daughter of Ernest E. and Eleanor (Pierson) Cowie. She graduated from Kansas State University.
Eleanor M. Remlinger
Funeral services for Eleanor M. Remlinger, 80, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with Bishop Peter Steimle and Larry Day officiating. Private interment will be later at Leavenworth National Cemetery. Mrs. Remlinger died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at her home.
Mildred Irene Petefish Allen
Private graveside services for Mildred Irene Petefish Allen, 95, Baldwin City, will be Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Allen died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. She was born Jan. 1, 1915, in the Sigel neighborhood of rural Douglas County, the daughter of Alva E. and Daisy Hickock Petefish.
William D. Naff
William D. Naff Funeral services for William Dale Naff, 78, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Southside Church of Christ, with Mark Abshier officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence. Mr. Naff died Monday, September 6, 2010, at his home. He was born November 3, 1931, in St. Paul, Kansas
Mary Ellen Rausch Paulson
Funeral services for Mary Ellen Rausch Paulson, 75, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be at 2 p.m. at Grinter Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Paulson died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 29, 1934, in Olathe.
Joyce Gamble Brabham
Rosary for Joyce Gamble Brabham, 85, of Houston, will be 9 a.m. Thursday, followed by the funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church, Houston. Burial will be at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston.
Mrs. Brabham died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002, after a long illness.
Born June 25, 1917, at Montezuma, she was the daughter of Herbert and Ethel Gamble. She graduated from Cimarron High School and received a nursing degree and registered nurse's certification from St. Catherine's School of Nursing, Garden City, in 1938.
She moved to Houston in the early 1950s where she raised four children. She worked as a nurse for 60 years, served on the board of directors of the Official Registry of Professional Nurses, and was a member of Sienna Roman Catholic Church.
Survivors include two sisters, Julia Beckerman and Phyllis Cox, and a brother, Herbert Gamble Jr., all of Wichita; three daughters, Judith Krause, Vicki Schiavolin and Karen Brabham; a son, John Brabham; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Keith Gamble; and two sisters, Gertrude Regnier and Donna Stewart.
Visitation hours are from 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday at the church. Memorials in the form of a nursing scholarship may be made in the name of Joyce Gamble Brabham, in care of Sister Aquinata Penka Scholarship at Dominican Sisters, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530.
Cook-Walden Chapel of the Hills Funeral Home, Austin, Texas, is in charge of arrangements.
Harold Dean Sapp
Dean Sapp, 61, a well-known horseman in the Fiesta parades at Santa Barbara, Calif., died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002, after a battle with Iymphoma.
Born at Ingalls on Sept. 30, 1940, he was the son of Leslie and Hattie Thompson Sapp. As a teen-ager, he spent summers as part of a family crew harvesting wheat from Texas to Manitoba, Canada. After graduating from Cimarron High School and serving in the U.S. Army in Germany, he went to California to complete his education. He earned a bachelor's degree in electronics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and also obtained his teaching credentials and a master's degree in counseling at Cal Poly.
In 1972, he moved to Santa Barbara and taught industrial arts at La Cumbre Junior High School. For nine years he helped lead the La Cumbre Outdoor Club on weekend camping trips. When budget cuts curtailed the district's industrial arts program in 1981, he left teaching to work for the Hope Ranch Association. He later worked for the county of Santa Barbara. For the past nine years, he worked as an engineering technician for the Publics Works Department. One of his proudest achievements was building his home on West Camino Cielo.
He is survived by his sons, Ivan and Sevrin; three brothers, Clarence, Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, Canada, Ralph, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada, and Ross of Upton, Wyo.; and five sisters, Jane Sapp, Washington, D.C., Betty Patton, Dobbins, Calif., Lessie Dome, Omaha, Neb., Eve Blum, Medford, Ore., and Hazel Flowers, Cimarron. He was preceded in death by a sister, Marilou Whiting.
Cremation took place at McDermont Crocket Mortuary in Santa Barbara. The family will be at Grayco Over 50 Sunday evening and at noon Monday to receive guests.
A graveside memorial service will be 10 a.m. Monday at Cimarron Cemetery, with the Rev. Charles Kerr officiating. Memorials are suggested to Hart's Adoptive Riding Program, in care of Hazel Flowers, Box 582, Cimarron, KS, 67835.
Beulah R. Donovan
TRIBUNE - Beulah R. Donovan, 80, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.
She was born Aug. 3, 1922, at Utica, the daughter of Bernard and Vinnie Taylor Hagstrom.
A homemaker, she had been a resident of Greeley County since 1940.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church and Kuder Senior Citizens Center, both at Tribune.
On March 31, 1940, she married Oren Donovan at Scott City. He survives.
She is also survived by two sons, Dennis Donovan, Grand Junction, Colo., and Dan Donovan, Tribune; a brother, Ed Hagstrom, and a sister, Bertha Pinkston, both of El Cajon, Calif.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. MST Friday at the United Methodist Church, Tribune, with the Rev. Gary Gooding officiating. Burial will be in Greeley County Cemetery, Tribune.
Visitation hours are from 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Price & Sons Funeral Home, Tribune.
Memorials are suggested to the church or Kuder Senior Citizens Center, both in care of the funeral home.
Earl W. Cook
Earl W. Cook, 94, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002, at St. Catherine Hospital.
He was born Sept. 29, 1907 in northern Finney County, the son of Henry Clay and Esta (Mohr) Cook.
A lifetime Finney County and Garden City resident, Mr. Cook graduated from Garden City High School and attended Garden City Junior College for two years, where he served as an assistant to agriculture instructor J.D. Adams.
He married LeVerne Ellis Sept. 29, 1930, in Newton.
He worked for Bullard Electric until 1947, when he started his own business, Cook's Refrigerator Sales and Service.
He retired in the mid-1990s.
He was an active member in the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society and taught many classes offered to its members.
Mr. Cook enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling with his wife in their motorhome.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Garden City.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, William, Carl and Clayton Cook; and two sisters, Mae Jester and Laura Whitman.
Along with his wife, Mr. Cook is survived by four daughters, Joan O'Brate, Topeka, Jean Murry, South Coffeyville, Okla., Janet Bowlby and Judy Taldo, both of Garden City; one sister, Nora Montgomery, Garden City; 13 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City, with Rev. Robert Cousins officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery, Garden City.
Friends may call at Garnand Funeral Home 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church or the donor's choice in care of Garnand Funeral Home.
Samuel E. Swann
Samuel E. Swann, 42, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002, at his home in Garden City.
He was born May 19, 1960, in Garden City, the son of Daniel "Carl" and Juanita Mae (Hicks) Swann.
Mr. Swann attended Garden City schools and worked for Hapes Trucking as a driver before serving for 23 years as the welding shop supervisor for Bocats, later J & A Livestock Co.
His interests included fishing, camping, playing pool and motorcycles. His life revolved around his family and friends.
He also was a member of the National Rifle Association.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Terri Swann, of the home; four sons, Scott Swan of Fort Bragg, N.C., Daniel Swann of Garden City, Levi Swann of the home and Gavin Swann of the home; a daughter, Riley Swann of Topeka; a brother, Bill Case of Oak Harbor, Wash.; a sister, Carla Bakken of Garden City; and one granddaughter.
Calling hours will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Garnand Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church in Garden City, with the Rev. Donald E. Carter officiating.
Burial will be at Valley View Cemetery, Garden City.
Memorials may be given to the Swann Children's Education Fund, in care of Garnand Funeral home.
Ida Belle Upjohn
Ida Belle Upjohn, 84, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2002, in Yelm, Wash.
She was born July 30, 1918, in Fort Sill, Okla., the daughter of Thomas Abner and Blanche Edna Shank Ellison.
Mrs. Upjohn was a teacher and one of the original "Rosie The Rivetters" in naval shipyards during WWII.
She also was a member of First Baptist Church in Yelm, and Yelm Senior Center.
She married Leonard Mc Bee in 1939.
She later married Calvin Upjohn July 18, 1949. He died April 17, 1992.
She was preceded in death by two sons and one sister.
She is survived by two sons, Arvin Mc Bee of Yelm and David Upjohn of Vancouver, Wash.; a sister, Doris Thon, Tribune; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Utica Cemetery, with the Rev. Mark Randolph officiating.
Memorials may be given to the Ida Belle Upjohn Memorial Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, P.O. Box 161, Leoti, KS 67861.
