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John Story
UDALL - John Boyd Story, 80, of rural Udall, died Nov. 5, 2000, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Grace Episcopal Church in Winfield. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grace Episcopal Church Endowment Fund, the Udall Community Historical Museum or a charity of the donor's choice.
Friends may call at Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Story was born May 20, 1920, in Marietta, Ohio, to Madeline Holden (Rinehart) and Grosvenor Cook Story. He was raised on the family farm near Coal Run, Ohio, was educated in the Marietta area and graduated from high school in Waterford, Ohio.
For a year Story attended Marietta College where he played football and was on the rowing crew. He graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1949, with a degree in animal husbandry. He was also on the rowing crew at Cornell.
During World War II Story served as a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy on LSTs, both of which were lost in battles.
On Aug. 1, 1945, he married Natalee Ralls in Winfield. He spent most of his working life at General Electric and in farming. He retired from G.E. in 1985 but continued to farm.
Story was active in community service, having served on the boards for Ninnescah Township, Middle Walnut Watershed, Udall Co-op, Olive School and Udall Tornado Rescue.
He was currently serving as a Democratic precinct person and a member of the American Legion, the Cowley County and Kansas livestock associations, the Udall Community Historical Society and a Red Cross disaster team. He had served as a junior and senior warden and on the vestry at Grace Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Natalee Story, and a son, Clayton Story, both of Udall; three daughters, Lura Unger and Barbara Story, both of Wichita, and Constance Miller, Alma; two sisters, Theora Hoppe, Edgewood, N.M., and Harriett Givans, Chicago; and four grandchildren.
Robert Cook
Robert G. Cook, 73, of 803 N. Spey, Winfield, died Nov. 7, 2000, at William Newton Memorial Hospital.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Tisdale Cemetery. The Rev. Ellie Foster will officiate.
A memorial has been established with Tisdale United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made through the church or Miles Funeral Service.
Cook was born Dec. 24, 1926, on a farm northeast of Tisdale, to Edith (Bynum) and Carl C. Cook. He was raised on that farm and attended Victor Point Rural School. He graduated from Winfield High School in 1944.
Cook served with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
On Sept. 10, 1950, he married Ruth Marie Sellers at Tisdale, and they resided in Winfield.
Cook worked for APCO Refining Co. and later for Binney & Smith Inc. before beginning employment with the U.S. Postal Service. In 1973 the Cooks moved to the farm where he was born, and he retired from the post office in 1979.
The couple had resided at Cumbernauld Village since 1989.
A member of Tisdale United Methodist Church, he was also affiliated with American Legion Post 10.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Cook, Winfield; two brothers, Earl Cook, Austin, Texas, and Harold Cook, Winfield; and his sisters, Ivy Quigley, Wichita, and Fern Hamm, Derby.
Opal Fromm
GRANBURY, Texas - Opal Ellen Fromm, 85, of Granbury, formerly of Winfield, died Nov. 4, 2000, at a nursing home in Granbury.
Private services were held. Her remains have been donated to the Baylor College School of Dentistry in Dallas.
Fromm was born July 25, 1915, in Cloverdale, to Bertha and William McClure. On July 5, 1936, she married Theodore Roosevelt Fromm in Grenola.
She was a caregiver at the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center for more than 20 years until retiring in the 1970s. She and her husband moved to Texas in 1980 to be close to their son and his family.
Survivors include her husband, Theodore Fromm, and a son, Ted Fromm, both of Granbury, Texas; a brother, Elmer McClure, Tahlequah, Okla.; a sister, Adele Day, Harrison, Mo.; three grandsons and four great-grandchildren.
A son, Henry Fromm, died in 1963.
Marshall Piper
WICHITA - Marshall L. Piper, 76, retired welder, of Wichita, died Nov. 6, 2000.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hillside Funeral Home West Chapel. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. in Wilmot Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Woodward, Wichita; a brother, Arthur L. Piper, and a sister, Stella Hoyt, both of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Frank Brown
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. - Frank H. Brown, 79, of Hot Springs Village, died Nov. 2, 2000.
Cremation has taken place. Services were held Nov. 6 at Balboa Baptist Church in Hot Springs Village.
Memorial contributions may be made to the building fund of Balboa Baptist Church, 415 Ponce De Leon Drive, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909.
Brown was born Sept. 1, 1921, in Garfield, to LuCora (Hovey) and Frank Harrison Brown. As a child he lived in Latham and later graduated from Winfield High School.
Brown graduated from Wichita State University with a degree in fine arts and worked as a commercial artist. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy.
Brown and his wife, Janice, were married in 1941.
He was an active member of the Balboa Baptist Church and played violin in the Village Intergenerational Strings Orchestra.
The Browns moved to Hot Springs Village from Dallas in 1987.
Survivors include his wife, Janice Brown, Hot Springs Village; a daughter, Lezli Wetzold, Hurst, Texas; and four grandchildren.
William Racker
GRENOLA - William Fredrick Racker, 78, of Grenola, died Nov. 5, 2000, at his home.
Services were at 2 p.m. Nov. 10 in Greenlawn Cemetery. The Rev. Don Foster officiated.
A memorial has been established with the Grenola United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made through Zimmerman Funeral Home.
Racker was born June 5, 1922, in Wallingford, Conn., to Olive Melvina (Curtis) and Walter Emil Racker. He attended school in the Wallingford community.
In November 1941 he entered the United States Army Air Corps and served during World War II. At Luke Field, Ariz., he was injured in an accident that resulted in a lifelong disability. He received a medical discharge in 1943 and returned to Wallingford.
Racker was employed as a mechanic and welder most of his life. He made his home in Connecticut until the late 1980s when he moved to Grenola to be near his brother.
Racker was a member of Carter-Rader American Legion Post 149 in Howard and the Grenola United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his brothers, the Rev. Walter E. Racker, Grenola, and Alfred O. Racker, Cottonwood, Ariz.; and his sisters, Emily Wheeler, Wichita, and Olive Hubbard, Cottonwood, Ariz.
Michael Smith
Services for Michael Dean Smith were held at 1 p.m. Nov. 8, 2000, at First Presbyterian Church. The Revs. Steve Souther and Diane Massey officiated. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
Music included "Two Teardrops" by Steve Wariner and "The Greatest" by Kenny Rogers.
Honorary casket bearers were Carrol Wray Campbell, Charles Cromley, Abe Elam and Ben Harris.
Casket bearers were H.B. Caulfield, Richard Donley, John Havens, Tom King, Roger Lear and Carrol Underwood.
Memorial contributions may be made to a college education fund for Smith's children.
Miles Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Ellen Street
BARTLESVILLE - Ellen Faye Street, 88, of Bartlesville, formerly of Howard, died Nov. 8, 2000, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Grace Lawn Cemetery
at Howard. Pastor David Bycroft will officiate.
A memorial has been established with Tyro Christian Church. Contributions may be made through Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard.
Street was born Sept. 26, 1912, on a farm south of Grenola, to Mary Ann (Baughman) and Henry Ed Eaglin. She attended Wolf Creek rural school and Grenola High School before graduating from Moline High School in 1931. She attended Pittsburg State Teachers College and taught in rural schools near Howard and Moline for 14 years.
On May 11, 1938, she married James Fredrick Street in Wichita. They farmed north of Moline until their home burned in 1974.
Street lived in Howard for several years before moving to Independence in the early 1990s. At the time of her death, she was a resident of Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville.
Her husband died in 1986.
She was a member of the Moline Alumni Association and the First Christian Church of Howard.
Survivors include a son, Ronald Street, Americus; a daughter, Sue Madron, Wann, Okla.; three sisters, Hazel Neubecker, Dexter, Marie Walker, Cherryvale, and Ann Lawhon, Lakewood, Calif.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
