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Bob Stephens
NEVADA, Mo. - Bob Stephens, 76, of Nevada, formerly of Winfield, died March 7, 1999, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Dr. William Cox will officiate. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Burden Cemetery. The Rev. Gerald Graber will officiate.
A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.MO
Bob Stephens
NEVADA, Mo. - Bob Stephens, 76, of Nevada, formerly of Winfield, died March 7, 1999, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Dr. William Cox will officiate. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Burden Cemetery
with the Rev. Gerald Graber officiating.
A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society.
Stephens was born Aug. 15, 1922, in Walker, Mo., to Charles and Mary E. (Wolfenbarger) Stephens.
On Jan. 4, 1943, he married Gale McCord in Miami, Okla. She died in 1976.
On Dec. 21, 1986, he married Joan Earnshaw in Kansas City, Mo.
During World War II, Stephens served in the Army Air Corps as an aerial gunner on a B-24 Liberator with the heavy bombardment group in the 15th Air Force in Italy. He was awarded a medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight while participating in combat missions in northern Italy, Austria and Germany.
For 33 years, Stephens lived in Winfield where he owned and operated The Red Top Drilling Co. In 1977 he returned to Nevada where he operated a cattle ranch until retiring in 1994.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Stephens, Nevada; two daughters, Linda Herburger and Nancy McCoy, both of Wichita; two brothers, Bill Stephens, Marionville, Mo., and John Stephens, Nevada, Mo.; a sister, Lou Livingston, Baltimore, Md.; five grandsons, six great-grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren and 21 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Stuart Mossman
Services for Stuart L. Mossman, 56, who died March 2, 1999, were held at 2 p.m. March 6 in the First Presbyterian Church. The Revs. Steven Souther and Diane Massey officiated. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
Music included "Sailor's Hornpipe" and "Ragtime Anne" performed by Gary Palsmeier, Mike Barrett and Chris Fisher and "May the Circle Be Unbroken" performed by Rebecca Risinger.
Honorary casket bearers were Gar Bethel, Michael Burckhardt, David Nielsen, James Risinger and Wilbur Smither.
Casket bearers were Dan Daniel, Art Eskridge, Chris Fisher, Eddie Holick, Gary Palsmeier, Dick Barnes, Craig Duncan and Sam Ontjes.
Memorial contributions can be made to any charity.
Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Lela Jennings
WICHITA - Lela B. Jennings, 84, homemaker, of Wichita, died March 8, 1999.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillside Funeral Home West.
A memorial has been established with the Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 West Zoo Blvd., Wichita, KS 67212.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Jennings, Winfield; a daughter, Sara Windsor, Wichita; a sister, Velma Williams, Dearing; one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
Alice Kurtz
WESTPHALIA - Alice Kurtz, 72, of rural Westphalia, died March 9, 1999, at her home.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Home in Burlington. Burial will be in Westphalia Cemetery.
Friends may meet with the family at the funeral home from 7 to 8 tonight.
Memorials have been established with Midland Hospice and Tisdale United Methodist Church.
Kurtz was born Jan. 6, 1927, in rural Cowley County to Perry and Sarah (Swartz) Miller. After graduating from Winfield High School, she attended Southwestern College and earned a degree in education. She taught home economics in Grenola and Fowler, then served as home extension agent in Rice and Ford counties until her marriage.
On April 25, 1964, she married Wayne Kurtz, and they lived on a farm north of Westphalia. She judged 4-H exhibits at county fairs until last fall
Kurtz was a member of the United Methodist Church of Westphalia and later the Garnett United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Wayne Kurtz, and a son, Darwin Kurtz, both of Westphalia; two brothers, Ralph Miller and Philip Miller, both of Winfield; a sister, Mary Weigle, Rogers, Ark.; and a half-sister, Leona Cranston, Winfield.
Elmer Bartram
BEATRICE, Neb. - Elmer F. Bartram, 85, of Beatrice, died March 8, 1999, at Parkview Care Center.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Fox Funeral Home. The Rev. Earl D. Copsey will officiate. Burial of the cremains will be in Evergreen Home Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by Bitting-Norman Post 27 of the American Legion in Beatrice.
A memorial has been established with the Church of the Nazarene. Contributions can be made through the funeral home.
Bartram was born Aug. 19, 1913, in Liberty, Neb., to Ulysses Grant and Rena (Maguire) Bartram. He attended schools in Barneston, Neb., and Violet, Neb.
On Dec. 20, 1932, he married DeWaine Holmes in Hiawatha. They lived in Berwick before moving to Sabetha. During World War II he served in the infantry in the U.S. Army in France and Belgium and received numerous medals.
Bartram then returned to Sabetha where he was assistant manager of Summers IGA Market. He was also a member of the Congregational Church and a volunteer firefighter.
In 1951 the Bartrams moved to Barneston where he managed Mike Young Market and then owned and operated Bartram Market. In 1956 they moved to Beatrice, and he was meat manager at Grant Street Grocery.
Bartram was a member of the Church of the Nazarene of Beatrice and Bitting-Norman Post 27 of the American Legion.
His wife died Jan. 7, 1996. A daughter, Beverly Graham, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Rich Bartram, Broken Bow, Neb.; a daughter, Eleanor Thompson, Winfield; a brother, Jim Bartram, Sabetha; a sister, Alice Hervey, Mesa, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pearl Critchlow
BLACKWELL, Okla. - Pearl Gladys Critchlow, 94, of Blackwell, formerly of Winfield, died March 8, 1999, at the Blackwell hospital.
Services were held at 10:30 a.m. March 10 in Highland Cemetery
at Winfield. The Rev. Bud Cook officiated. Roberts and Son Funeral Home of Blackwell was in charge of arrangements.
Critchlow was born Oct. 1, 1904, in Caldwell, to Chester Field and Mary Ellen (Halverstad) Miller. She was raised in Winfield.
On Dec. 31, 1920, she married Thomas Irvin Critchlow in Winfield. They operated a shoe repair shop in Winfield. After her husband died in 1957, Critchlow continued to operate the business. She retired in 1966 and moved to Nardin, Okla. In the early 1970s she moved to Blackwell.
Survivors include two brothers, Ernest W. Miller, Omaha, Neb., and Melvin J. Miller, address not given.
Anne Schwantes
OXFORD - Anne V. Schwantes, 93, formerly of 1815 E. 13th, Winfield, died March 9, 1999, at Riverview Manor Nursing Home in Oxford.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Miles Funeral Service. The Rev. Rick Thornton will officiate. A luncheon reception will be held for family and friends at noon at First United Methodist Church.
A private burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 9 p.m. today.
A memorial has been established with the First United Methodist Church in Winfield. Contributions can be made through the church or funeral home.
Schwantes was born April 25, 1905, on a farm near Ozawkie to Mr. and Mrs. George Patterson. She was raised and educated in the Ozawkie area and graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in biology and mathematics.
Schwantes began her teaching career at Winfield High School in 1928.
On May 23, 1933, she married Joseph E. Schwantes in Winfield. They resided in Chickasha, Okla., for several years before returning to Winfield in 1936. Schwantes was a homemaker and later returned to teaching at St. John's College and Winfield High School. She retired from full-time teaching in 1969.
Her husband died April 16, 1995.
Schwantes had resided at Riverview Manor for the past three and a half years.
A member of First United Methodist Church, she had also been affiliated with the Winfield Country Club. She was an accomplished and recognized artist and painter.
Survivors include two daughters, Suzanne Coil, Lawrence, and Nancy Schwantes, Riverdale, N.Y.; a brother, George "Bill" Patterson, Lawrence; and a granddaughter.
Delbert Chills
Delbert Arthur Childs, 78, of Arkansas City, died Friday at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home in Arkansas City. Sam Crain will officiate. Burial will be in Parker Cemetery.
Childs was born June 11, 1920, in Arkansas City to Arthur W. and Florence (Messner) Childs. He graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1939. Childs served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He spent two years in the European Theater of Operations. Childs married Irene Stone in 1942 in Winfield. The couple made their home in Arkansas City.
Childs worked as a farmer, a dairyman and stockman since he returned from the war and was still actively working at the time of his death. In 1960, Childs went to work for Santa Fe Railroad in the stockyards and later as a clerk. He retired from Santa Fe in 1980.
Survivors include his wife, daughter Jeanette Barker, brother John, sister Edith Waldeck, all of Arkansas City, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
Arrangements are being made by the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home.
