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Clarence Palmer
PONCA CITY Clarence Edward Palmer, 65, longtime resident of Ponca City, formerly of Winfield, died June 13, 2002, at his home.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church Worship Center. The Revs. Raymond J. Petties Jr. and Matthew Davis Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery. Grace Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 1357, Ponca City, OK 74602-1357, or to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 N. Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601.
The family will be at 900 S. 11th.
Palmer was born May 22, 1937, in Winfield, to Leona (Brown) and Everett C. Palmer. He graduated from Winfield High School in 1956 and attended Cowley County Community College.
On May 7, 1957, he married Martha L. Wiley in Newkirk.
Palmer was employed at Conoco Inc. for 27 years until retiring as a financial coordinator in 1993. Conoco presented him with its community service award.
An outstanding basketball player during his school years, Palmer played Amateur Athletic Union basketball for 15 years and was a member of the 1963 championship team in the Missouri Valley Association AAU. In 1972 he was voted into the Kansas Independent Basketball Hall of Fame in recognition of being an 11-year veteran of the Kansas All-Star Basketball Tournament.
He also played men's slow-pitch softball for many years and refereed area basketball. He coached men's basketball, women's softball and Little League football, basketball and baseball. He served on the YMCA board of directors and the Ponca City Park and Recreation Board
Palmer served as Parent Teacher Association president at Attucks School and was also active in the Garfield School PTA. He was a Boy Scout master and a board member of the Attucks Community Center. Most recently he served as a member of the State of Oklahoma Eighth Judicial Court Community Sentencing Planning Council. One of his duties was being a youth counselor. He was also a mentor for the Helping One Student at a Time program at Garfield Academy.
A member and trustee of St. John Baptist Church, Palmer was a member of the brotherhood, chairman of the building fund and an usher.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Palmer, and a son, Greg Palmer, both of Ponca City; two daughters, Michelle Washington, Raytown, Mo., and Marsha Palmer-Thelwell, Lees Summit, Mo.; a brother, Clifford Johnson, Winfield; and three granddaughters.
Judy Beavers
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. Judith Sue Judy (Rexroad) Beavers, 66, of Jacksonville, formerly of Winfield, died June 17, 2002, at her home.
A remembrance with close friends and family will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at 965 Beverly Way, Jacksonville. A remembrance will also be held in Winfield on July 20 with the time to be announced by Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives in Medford, Ore.
Beavers was born July 29, 1935, in Winfield. She graduated from Winfield High School.
On Nov. 12, 1954, she married Herb Beavers in Winfield. They had resided in Jacksonville since 1965.
A clerical assistant in the Medford school district and at Phoenix (Ore.) High School, Beavers retired in 1994.
Survivors include her husband, Herb Beavers, Jacksonville; three sons, Stacy Beavers and Phil Beavers, both of Medford, and Brad Beavers, Jacksonville; a brother, Bill Rexroad, Hutchinson; her twin sister, Phyllis Parker, Medford; and three grandchildren.
George Bannon
DOUGLASS George M. Bannon, 86, of Douglass, died June 16, 2002, at Augusta Regional Medical Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield. Burial will be in Douglass Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m Thursday. The family will greet visitors between 7 and 8.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Bannon was born Feb. 27, 1916, on a farm in Butler County to Ida Mae (Chance) and Wesley L. Bannon. He was raised and educated in Rose Hill.
On Nov. 22, 1941, he married Shirley Young in Udall. They made their first home in Douglass.
Bannon was a farmer and cattleman for a number of years before he became active in horse training. He was a licensed member of the Thoroughbred Horse Training Association.
He and his family lived many places during his career. After his retirement in 1981, they returned to Douglass.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Bannon, and a son, George R. Bannon, both of Douglass; a brother, Clarence Bannon, Fort Morgan, Colo.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Hermine Lindsay
NORTONVILLE Services for Hermine F. Lindsay were held at 1 p.m. June 18, 2002, in Nortonville City Cemetery. Pastor Joseph Hansen officiated.
Memorials have been established with the First United Methodist Church, Winfield, and the Sidwell Charitable Trust, Box 354, Winfield, KS 67156.
Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
John Henderson
WICHITA John Phillip Henderson, 50, of Wichita, died June 17, 2002, at his home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at College Hill United Methodist Church. The Rev. Gary Collins will officiate. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Hillside Funeral Home East is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials have been established with the Kansas Humane Society, 4218 Southeast Boulevard, Wichita, KS 67210, and Trinity Hospice, 1938 N. Woodlawn, S-214, Wichita, KS 67208.
Henderson was born Sept. 9, 1951, in Winfield, to Neva (Stuber) and Ralph F. Henderson. He attended area schools and graduated from Central High School in Burden.
A resident of Wichita for 33 years, Henderson was a singer and played bass guitar. He was also a computer expert.
He was a member of College Hill United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his partner, Brad Reha, Wichita; two brothers, Jacob Sonny Henderson and Ralph Henderson, both of Winfield; and two sisters, Connie Andes, Winfield, and Sarah Martin, Udall.
Eulalia O'dell
LEROY Eulalia O'dell, 92, of LeRoy, died June 19, 2002.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Christian Church. Burial will be in Logue Cemetery, east of LeRoy.
Friends may call at Mattingly-Van Arsdale Chapel from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The family will greet visitors from 6:30 to 7:30.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church of LeRoy.
O'dell was born Aug. 2, 1909, east of Burlington, to Minnie (Wilson) and William Ballew. She attended Oak Grove School and graduated from Burlington High School in 1927. After attending college in Emporia, she taught school for several years.
On June 15, 1941, she married Carl O'dell in LeRoy. He preceded her in death.
O'dell was a member of the LeRoy Christian Church where she was a pianist for 59 years. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Research Club and Friends of the Library.
Survivors include two daughters, Norma Mattingly, Winfield, and Karla Rodgers, Emporia; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Karen Jordan
TULSA Karen Jolene Jordan, 63, of Tulsa, formerly of Arkansas City, died June 17, 2002, at Tulsa Regional Medical Center.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Riverview Cemetery, Arkansas City. The Rev. Craig Sweeney will officiate. Reynolds Funeral Home of Tulsa performed the cremation.
Contributions may be made to the Karen Jordan Memorial Fund, 2423 N. Covington, Wichita, KS 67205.
Jordan was born Oct. 11, 1938, in Arkansas City, to Wilma W. and Joe A. McIntire. She graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1956 and from Cowley County Junior College School of Cosmetology in 1978. She later earned her instructor's license.
In 1957 she married Lonnie W. Glen Jr. He preceded her in death.
In 1963 she married Darrell Ed Jordan. They later divorced.
A member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Arkansas City, she had lived in Tulsa since 1990.
Two sons, Zachary Max Jordan and Rickie Joel Glen, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Lonnie W. Glen III, Wichita; three daughters, Jodi, Darci and Traci Jordan, all of Tulsa; her mother, Wilma McIntire, Topeka; a brother, Ron McIntire, Blue Springs, Mo., a sister, Melinda Abitz, Topeka; and six grandchildren.
Kenneth Childs
ARKANSAS CITY Kenneth E. Childs Jr., 67, of Arkansas City, died June 18, 2002, at South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home. The Rev. Lance Carrithers will officiate. Cremation has been effected.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Childs was born Jan. 29, 1935, in Hutchinson, to Stella (Spires) and Kenneth Childs. The family moved to Arkansas City in 1941. Childs graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1952 and continued his education at Cowley County Community College.
He was a longtime manager of Montgomery Elevator Co.
Survivors include his brother, Stanley Childs, Wichita, and a sister, Wanda Joyce Dowell, Mesa, Ariz.
Ralph Beightol
ARVADA, Colo. Ralph Beightol, 92, of Arvada, formerly of the Atlanta area, died June 6, 2002, in Arvada.
Services were held June 11 in Faith Bible Chapel. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Olinger Wadsworth Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established to bring Jewish people out of Russia. Contributions may be made to Faith Bible Chapel, 12189 West 64th, Arvada, CO 80004.
Beightol was born Sept. 3, 1909, in Ottawa, to Bertha Keith and Roy Beightol. As a young man he worked in dairies and farmed in the Atlanta area.
When he and his family moved to Westminster, Colo., he became a driver for Pacific Intermountain Express.
His wife, Ruth Lantis Beightol, died in 1991.
Survivors include three daughters, Delores Whiteman, Winfield, and Lorraine White Krueger and Betty Miller, both of Arvada; a son, Ronald Beightol, Rowland Heights, Calif.; a sister, Maxine Newton, Grove, Okla.; 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
