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Kenneth McCune
DOUGLASS – Kenneth G. McCune, 81, of Douglass, retired rancher, died March 13, 2002.
Services were 10 a.m. March 18 at the Douglass Church of Christ. Burial was in Douglass Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with the Douglass Church of Christ, P.O. Box 369, Douglass, KS 67039.
Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
McCune was born Dec. 15, 1920, in Benton, to Elizabeth (Egan) and Leonard McCune. He graduated from Benton High School.
On Nov. 7, 1946, he married Betty Bracht in Douglass.
McCune was an active 4-H leader and a member of the Douglass Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Betty McCune, Douglass; four sons, Stephen McCune, Latham, and Randy McCune, Michael McCune and Timothy McCune, all of Douglass; two daughters, Sally Truitt, Russell, and Sandra McCune; five brothers, Alfred McCune, Everett, Wash., Vernon McCune and Orville McCune, both of Benton, Merle McCune, Pratt, and Marvin McCune, Red Rock, Texas; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
G.D. McSpadden
G.D. McSpadden, 83, of 1321 Plum, Winfield, died March 15, 2002, at Cumbernauld Village.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church.
Friends may call at Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home until 8 tonight.
Memorials have been established with Southwestern College and the First Presbyterian Church.
McSpadden was born Feb. 7, 1919, and was raised west of Moline. He graduated from Moline High School in 1937.
On Jan. 26, 1941, he married Sula B. Wells in Moline.
McSpadden worked at farm implement stores and Beech Aircraft in Wichita. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy aboard an APA troop transport in the Pacific Theater.
After his discharge, he attended Wichita University and later transferred to Washburn University in Topeka where he earned a political science degree in 1949 and a law degree in 1950. At Washburn he served as president of the law fraternity, Delta Theta Phi.
In February 1950 he opened a law practice with offices in the State Bank building and later joined with Warren Andreas to farm a partnership which ended with McSpadden's retirement in 1987.
During his early years in Winfield, McSpadden was active in many civic and educational activities. He served as president of the Cowley County Bar Association, the Lions Club and the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1967 he was given the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to the community. He was also involved in United Commercial Travelers and the American Legion.
He served as the Winfield board of education attorney for 10 years and an additional seven years as a member of the school board during the unification of the school district.
For 25 years McSpadden served on the board of trustees of William Newton Hospital. He was attorney for Southwestern College for several years prior to retirement and attorney for First Community Federal Savings and Loan for many years. He was appointed director of the State Bank in 1967 and continued in that office.
McSpadden was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he had served as elder and Sunday school teacher. He was a member of the Winfield Country Club and the Winfield Rotary Club and received a Paul Harris Fellow award.
Survivors include his wife, Sula McSpadden, Winfield; two sons, Steve McSpadden, Winfield, and Dean McSpadden, Wichita; four grandsons and two granddaughters.
Lahoma Dickey
WELLINGTON – Lahoma M. Dickey, 86, lifelong resident of Wellington, died March 17, 2002.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sumner Memorial Cemetery. Hawks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dickey was born April 25, 1915, in Haskell, Okla. She was active in church and community events.
Her husband, Varnell, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Fred Dickey, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, all of California.
Gale Bunner
Gale J. Bunner, 77, of Winfield, died March 16, 2002, at William Newton Hospital after a lengthy illness.
The Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Swisher-Taylor & Morris Chapel.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Holy Name Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery
in Randolph, Mass.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Care of Kansas, 800 Main Place, Winfield, KS 67156.
Bunner was born July 23, 1924, in Winfield, to Hettie Mae (Rising) and Riley Dee Bunner. He moved with his family to a farm near Udall in 1929 and graduated from Udall High School in 1942.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy on the West Coast and in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
On May 18, 1947, he married Rita Ann Margarone in Boston.
For three years he worked for the Gillette Safety Razor Co. and studied machine and tool design. He then worked for Plastic Moulding Co. as a tool design engineer.
Bunner graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with degrees in engineering and business administration in 1960 and studied for his master's degree in business administration at Babson Institute in Wellesley Hills, Mass.
He worked for Anderson Nichols Engineering, Ferrington Manufacturing and Honeywell Corp. as a design engineer and project manager and in research and development. He retired in 1981.
Bunner spent his retirement working on genealogy and published more than 40 family genealogies and histories. He worked as a volunteer with the Thyroid Foundation of America in Boston and the Federal Archives and Research Center in Waltham, Mass.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Bunner, Winfield; and a brother, Leo Bunner, Rock Island, Ill.
Emily Frazier
Doris Emily Frazier, 77, of Winfield, died March 18, 2002, at William Newton Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Miles Funeral Service. Burial will be in Union-Graham Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
A memorial has been established with Winfield Middle School library. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Frazier was born June 16, 1924, in Winfield, to Mary Ethel (Graham) and Dr. Warren Frederick Bernstorf. A member of the Winfield High School Class of 1942, Frazier was an honor student and the only state Daughters of the American Legion pilgrim to graduate from the school. She was a member of the orchestra, played piano, was active in drama and was a member of the Alpha Society.
She attended Southwestern College for a year before transferring to Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. While at Southwestern she met Steve Frazier, and they were married Sept. 13, 1946.
After graduating from Northwestern in 1946, Frazier taught seventh- and eighth-grade English in Hutchinson and later served as a substitute teacher in Winfield.
The family returned from California in 1961 and lived on the Bernstorf-Graham farm north of Winfield. Frazier was active in community service at both the state and local levels. She served on the State Textbook Screening Committee and the Winfield board of education for 28 years. The board of education meeting room was named in her honor. Of her service, Frazier said, “Five of my children attended Winfield schools. I felt like I owed something to the community.”
In her time, Frazier was known as a fiscally conservative, plain-speaking curmudgeon who endeared herself to her constituents and kept the education establishment stirred up.
“Kids and taxpayers ... you do the best with those you can. The public has a right to know, to be heard and to have their say, and the board has to listen to them,” Frazier was quoted in a Courier article of June 28, 1997. Even after she retired, she told board members, she watched them on TV and read the paper to keep up on board doings. “I'm keeping an eye on you,” she told them at the dedication of the board room.
A member of the First Presbyterian Church, Frazier was a caregiver of her husband, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, for 16 years. He died Aug. 10, 2001.
Survivors include a daughter, Jane Ellen Frazier, New York City; four sons, Stephen Kendal Frazier, Denver, Warren Farley Frazier and Graham Phillip Frazier, both of Winfield, and John Eric Frazier, Altamont; three grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Beulah Whelchel
Beulah “Bee” Whelchel, 80, of Winfield, died March 17, 2002, at her home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Miles Funeral Service. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home until 5 this evening.
Whelchel was born April 30, 1921, in Holcomb, to Rachel (Hopper) and Oscar Seley. The family lived in Dodge City. before moving to Winfield where she graduated from high school in 1938.
On July 8, 1939, she married Jube Whelchel. They lived in Winfield a few years before moving to the West Coast. After living in Oregon, Alaska, California, Nevada, Arizona and South America, they retired in 1975 and moved to Washburn, Mo., where they cared for her father. In 1989, they moved to Winfield.
A homemaker, Whelchel was a member of the First Church of Latter Day Saints.
Survivors include her husband, Jube Whelchel, and a son, Richard Whelchel, both of Winfield; two brothers, Bob Seley, Winfield, and Harry Seley, Oklahoma City; six grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Helen Baker
Services for Helen B. Baker were held at 3 p.m. March 18, 2002, in Highland Cemetery. The Rev. Tim B. Milby officiated.
Music included “He Touched Me” and “How Great Thou Art.”
Casket bearers were Charles Cooley, H.T. Hittle, Jim King, Bill Rowe, Roger Snyder, Le Snell, Dwaine Waite and Keith Wilson.
A memorial has been established with Grouse Valley Manor in Dexter.
Miles Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Marianna Stickel
PONCA CITY – Marianna Goff Stickel, 80, longtime resident of Ponca City, died March 17, 2002, at her home.
Services were at 2 p.m. March 20 in Grace Memorial Chapel. The Revs. Chuck Heyer, Kent Dorsey and Danny Daniel officiated. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City. Casket bearers were Doug Goff, Steve Jay, Dwayne Peacock and Bill Allen.
Stickel was born Aug. 27, 1921, northeast of Arkansas City, to Mabel M. (Short) and John B. Goff. She graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1941 and attended Cowley County Community College.
On May 8, 1957, she married Aaron Wenton Stickel in Ponca City where they made their home.
A musician, poet and composer, Stickel played many instruments by ear and played piano at the local 55 and older club and the senior center for over 23 years.
Many of her songs and poems were published. She had recently signed a contract to promote one of her songs released on an album titled “America.”
She studied music with Homer Dodge Caine and recorded and released some songs in Nashville. She was recorded with her composition, “My Silent Prayer,” at Hallmark Sound and won top placement at national poetry competitions. At the time of her death, she was working on patriotic music that can be heard on the songwriters section of www.radiocountry.org.
Her husband died Nov. 30, 1999.
Survivors include a son, Jeffrey Kent Stickel, Fort Supply, Okla.; and two sisters, Helen Jay and Verna Davis, and a brother, J.G. Goff, all of Arkansas City.
