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MR. MARVIN B. CABLE

CEDAR VALE, Kan. - Marvin B. Cable was born in the rural area of Cloverdale, near Cedar Vale, Kan. on Jan. 30, 1916, to Charles Bennett Cable and Rosa Fern (Sleeth) Cable. Marvin resided in Cedar Vale until 1999, when he and his wife, Jane, moved to Wichita to be near family. Marvin died on Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the age of 89.

Marvin graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1933. He was a decorated veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corp, 76th Troop Carrier Squadron as a pilot. He was honorably discharged with the rank of 1st Lieutenant.

Marvin was married to Jane Elizabeth Chandler on Sept. 16, 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. They were married 59 years, until Jane’s death in February 2004. To this union, six children were born.

In 1956, on his 40th birthday, Marvin bought the Chevrolet dealership in Cedar Vale, and owned and operated the business until his retirement in 1981. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Lion’s Club, and the American Legion.

Marvin was preceded in death by his wife, Jane; brother, Harold; and infant son, Carl.

He is survived by a sister, LaVone Cross, Wichita, Kan.; son, Dale, Cunningham, Kan.; daughters and son-in-laws Judith and Myrl Kelly, Wichita, Kan.. Gail and Don Nevin, Missoula, Mont., Janet and Tim Ells, Hingham, Mass., and Karen and Dan Toughey, Lenexa, Kan.; 11 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Gail, Janet, Karen, and Dale wish to thank Judy and Myrl for their steadfast and loving care of their parents since their move to Wichita in 1999.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 18, at the Cedar Vale United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. Private inurnment will be at the Cedar Vale Cemetery prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorial contributions be made to the Cedar Vale United Methodist Church and to the Cedar Vale High School.

MRS. MARGARET A. CAIN

Margaret A. Cain, 67, passed away at her residence on Monday, Sept. 10,2007. She was born on Sept. 29, 1939 in Sedan, the daughter of Lowell W. and Margaret P. Brown Harkrader. She graduated from Seneca, Mo., High School. She first moved to Wichita and worked as a seamstress and then moved to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Through the years she lived in Holy Oak, Ma., Joplin, Mo., Ft. Leonardwood, Mo., Oxnard, Calif., Alameda, Calif., Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif., Petaluma, Calif, Spring City, Mo., Carthage, Mo., Columbus, Ohio and Sylvia, Kan., in 1997 and was a homemaker for most of these years.

On Sept. 4, 1959 she married Ernest L. Cain at Walton Beach, Fla., and he survives in Cleveland, Ohio. Also surviving are two sons, Ronne and his wife Vanessa, Sylvia, John, Stamford, Conn., two daughters, Donna Shipley and her husband, Doug, Columbus, Ohio and Sarah Metcalf and her husband George, Sarasota, Fla.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two sisters, Sharon Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., and Cheryl DeMasters, Joplin, Mo. She was preceded in death by parents and a great-grandson, Mika.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14 at First Baptist Church, Sedan, with Rev. Dean McNamara officiating. Interment will follow in Round Mound Cemetery near Wauneta. Visitation will be on Thursday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. at PenwellGabel Funeral Home and Crematory with the family present from 5 - 7 p.m. to greet friends. In lieu of flowers memorials would be appreciated in care of the funeral home. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com.

MRS. LEONA R. CALL

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Leona Rae Call of Alexandria, Va. died June 10, 2003. She was born Oct. 5, 1920 in Colorado. Her parents were George and Marie (Kooze) Harris. She was raised and educated in the Cedar Vale, Kan. area, graduating from Arkansas City High School.

Leona married Hugh Kenneth Call on Dec. 17, 1941 in Hewins, Kan. He preceded her in death in 1983. She was co-owner of the Call Dairy in Cedar Vale. They retired in the 1970’s from the dairy and managed a group home for Starkey Development Center in Wichita for a number of years. Then she and her husband traveled until his death. She lived in Wichita until moving to Alexandria, Va. to be close to relatives.

She is survived by a son, Mark Call, of Reston, Va., a daughter, Sondra Reed of Hutchinson, Kan., five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Services were held Saturday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m. at the Wheeler Funeral Home in Cedar Vale, Kan. Interment was in the North Cedar Cemetery.

A memorial has been established with the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Attn: Jill James, 8304 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, VA 221-1695.

MRS. NETTIE SOPHRONIA CALL

EMPORIA - Nettie Call, who lived most of her life in Sedan, died in Emporia on Wednesday, May 31, 2006, at the age of 94. She was a former Chautauqua County Treasurer and through the years worked in offices and stores ranging from the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service to Harmon’s Grocery.

She was born on Feb. 3, 1912, one of eight children in the family of William Henry and Bessie Coral (Smith) Goode. They lived west of Sedan near the village of Lowe, where she attended grade school. She also attended Sedan High School. She married Lee Call on Oct. 25, 1930. He died in 1983.

Nettle was a member of the First Christian Church for more than 70 years and for a time was active in the Rebekah Lodge in Sedan.

Survivors include a son, Everett Ray Call, and his wife Helen of Emporia; and a daughter, Shirley Lea Myers, of Big Oak Valley, Calif.

Another son, Gerald Leon Call, died as an infant.

Other survivors include three brothers, Carlie Goode of Sedan, Claudie Goode of Independence and Samuel Goode of Coffeyville.

Three brothers and a sister died earlier.

Survivors also include five grandchildren; John Call of Arvada, Colo., Beth Fortna of Wichita, Julie Call of Hutchinson, Mitzi McKinley of Cedar Vale, and Mark Myers and wife Lynn of Big Oak Valley, Calif. She also is survived by nine great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Friends called from 9 am. to 9 p.m., Friday, June 1, 2006, at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan.

Graveside services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 3, 2006. The family met with relatives and friends after the service at the stone house which is located directly south of One-Stop Gas Station in Sedan.

David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan was in charge of arrangements.

MR. NOEL R. CALL

WICHITA, Kan. - Noel Roland Call, 85, went to be with our Lord Feb. 18, 2004. Noel was born Jan. 16,1919 to Arnold and Gladys (Phillips) Call in Lowe, Chautauqua County, Kan.

Services were held Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. at the Meridian Avenue Baptist Church.

Noel retired from the Coleman Company in 1983, where he was a machinist for 36 years. Noel served his Lord in several capacities at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church and First Baptist Church in Derby, when they moved to Mulvane in 1968. He was a Sunday School Teacher, Deacon, Choir member, President of the Men’s Fellowship and on the board of Roger Williams Association. His hobbies included bowling and gardening.

He married Wanda Sallee on May 17, 1942. They moved to Prairie Homestead in Wichita in 2001 and rejoined Meridian Avenue Baptist Church.

Noel was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Wanda, his son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Betty Call, Yantis, Texas, daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Steve Alexander, Carrollton, Texas, his brothers, Doyle Call, Cedar Vale, Kan. and Nile Call, Eureka, Kan., sisters, Virginia Jett, Phoenix, Ariz., Zeipha Wilson, Salina, Kan., Mona Keeny, Annapolis, MD and Vernie Schilling, Haysville, Kan., six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church, 200 N. Meridian, Wichita, KS 67203 and Prairie Homestead, 1605 May, Wichita, KS 67213.

MRS. IDA CALVERT - Submitted by Charlotte Lamb Bennett

Died - Grandma Calvert, near Wauneta, January 19, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel B. Smith. Mrs. Calvert was 82 years of age and was a member of the M. E. church for 50 years. She came to Kansas with her husband, Harrison Calvert, in 1854 settling in Doniphan county a few weeks after Kansas was organized as a territory, living through all the troublous times of Kansas. She came to this county 20 years ago. She was well known for her many virtues.

She leaves three children to mourn the loss of a kind mother, viz: Jasper of Troy, Kansas; T.A. of Oklahoma; and Mrs. Nettie Smith of Wauneta.

Rev. McAdams held the funeral service at the house, after which she was followed to the Round Mound cemetery where she was laid beside the remains of her husband, She had the universal respect and love of all who knew her.

MR. LEO D. CAMP

BELKNAP, Kan. - Leo D. Camp, 86, a former longtime Belknap community resident, died Saturday morning, Jan. 15, 2005, at Harry Hynes Hospice at the Vynes in Wichita, Kan.

He was born June 23, 1918 in Chautauqua County to Benjamin Harrison and Carrie May (Gibson) Camp. He grew up in Chautauqua County, attending school at Moline, graduating from Moline High School in 1936.

Leo was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp. in North Africa and Italy. Following his discharge, he returned to Chautauqua County.

On Aug. 23, 1949, he married Ilene Watson at the First United Methodist Church in Sedan. Following their marriage, they made their home in the Belknap community in Chautauqua County, where they farmed, raised cattle, and operated their own feed business traveling throughout southeast Kansas. He was Assistant District Manager and long time employee of Master Mix Feed Company. He retired in 1998 and they moved to Augusta in 2002 to be near their family.

He was active in the Methodist Church, Sunday School and 4-H.

Survivors include his wife, Ilene Camp, of the home in Augusta; two sons, Mitchell Camp, Augusta, Kan. and Steven and Deborah Camp, Wichita, Kan.; one daughter, Jolene and Greg Olson, both of Paola, Kan.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, in the First United Methodist Church in Sedan, with Rev. Jerry Bever and Rev. J. Tal Tittsworth officiating. Burial will be in the Belknap Cemetery northwest of Sedan with military rites conducted by the U.S. Army Honor Guard, Fort Riley, Kan.

The family requests memorials to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice and contributions may be left with the funeral home.

David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan is in charge of the arrangements.

MRS. FOLA M. CAMPBELL

Fola M. Campbell, age 88, of Cedar Vale, Kansas, died Saturday, May 12, 2001, at the Medicalodge in Arkansas City, KS. She was born April 12, 1913 near Cloverdale, KS. Her parents were Charles V. and Loma (Dougherty) Shaff. She was raised in the Cloverdale area and attended the rural schools and Sedan High School.

She married Ira Campbell on January 27, 1932 in Winfield, KS. He preceded her in death in 1971. She was a farm wife and was active in raising her family. She joined the Cloverdale Methodist Church as a youth.

She is survived by sons, Kenneth, Shidler, OK, Chet, Wyandotte, OK, Mike, Cedar Vale, KS, Ron, Seminole, OK and Bob, Cedar Vale, KS, daughters, Bonnie Campbell, Cedar Vale, KS, Louise Burdette, Grenola, KS, Maxine Griggs, Ponca City, OK, Jane Basler, Emporia, KS, brothers, Vance Shaff, Herlong, CA and Ralph Shaff, Sedan, KS, sister, Dorothy Bohannon, Wichita, KS, twenty-two grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by daughters, Shirley Campbell and Sharon Groom and grandson, Wesley Gene.

Services will be held Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 10:30 am. at the First Baptist Church in Cedar Vale. Interment will be at Rock Creek Cemetery.

A memorial has been established with the Cedar Vale High School Athletic Department. Wheeler Funeral Home in Cedar Vale was in charge of the services.

MR. MONTE E. CANFIELD

LAKIN, Kan. - Monte E. Canfield, 86, died Sept. 12, 2003, in Lakin, Kan. of congestive heart failure. Mr. Canfield was owner, publisher and editor of The Lakin Independent newspaper since March 1, 1947. He was the stepson of the late Sam Shade and a frequent visitor in Sedan.

He was a longstanding member of the Kansas Press Association and the Southwest Editorial Association and was recognized as 1981 Journalist of the Year. Involved in many community projects, he was county chairman of the Republican party and served as mayor of Lakin for several years.

Survivors include his wife, Gloria, two sons, Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield, Jr., Newcomeratown, Ohio and Lanny Canfield, Lakin, Kan.

MR. J. C. CARNATHAN

CEDAR VALE- J.C. Carnathan, 83, a resident of Cedar Vale since February 1990, presently residing in Apple Valley, Minn., passed away June 26, 2005. He was born the son of Cortez and Alva Lola Carnathan on Jan. 20, 1922 in Wister, Okla., moving with his parents and three sisters to various Oklahoma locations, as his father worked in the oil development fields.

J.C. attended his early years of schooling in Jenks, Okla. and Mingo, an unincorporated village at the northern edge of Tulsa, and graduated from Will Rogers High School in Tulsa in 1942.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corp on Aug. 25, 1942, seeing action in Europe and was discharged from service in November of 1945/

Mr. Carnathan married his school days sweetheart, Shirley Mathews, on Nov. 20, 1942.

Following the war years, J.C. settled with his wife in Sapulpa, Okla., where he worked for his father-in-law, R.P. ‘Bob’ Matthews, in publishing the Sapulpa Daily Herald.

In June of 1959, J.C. and Shirley, along with their two children, moved to Stratton, Colo., where they purchased, then published The Stratton Colorado Press, a weekly newspaper for the next 20 yrs.

In Stratton, J.C. also purchased an abandoned building, converting it to a bowling alley and restaurant, which he and his wife operated for four years before selling it.

In January of 1984, J.C. and Shirley purchased a fishing resort in northern Minnesota, which they operated until he suffered a heart attack on his 68th birthday, Jan. 20, 1990. He was then advised to leave that cold, harsh area, after which they settled in Cedar Vale in February of that year.

J.C., with the help of his wife, drove the Aging Projects, Inc. van and delivered Friendship Meals to homebound senior citizens throughout Chautauqua County from March 24, 1994 until September of 2000.

While in Cedar Vale, J.C. served as a board member of the local library and as treasurer of that body for three years and president for two years, was a board member of the Cedar Apartment complex, served as board member of the nutritional council of the People’s Place Senior Citizens Center, was representative on the board of directors of the Chautauqua Hills Parish Council of United Methodist Churches from 1992, was vice president in 1993, president in 1994 until 2000, and wrote a column entitled “Ramblings” in the Cedar Vale Lookout until 2005.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by son and daughter-in-law, James Christopher and Susan Kay Carnathan, son-in-law and daughter; Randall V. and Janet Kay Karasch, five grandchildren, three great grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.

Mr. Camathan was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Mattie Frances Summer and Mildred Pay Porter.

Memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2005, at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Cedar Vale, Kan. Inurnment will be in the Cedar Vale Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made in his name to the Peoples Place or the Cedar Vale United Methodist Church, 609 Cedar, Cedar Vale, KS 67024. Wheeler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangments.

MISS CINTHIA J. CARPENTER

Cynthia Jane “Cindy” Carpenter, age 57, of Sedan passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2007 at her home in Sedan with her sister Barbara Cummings at her side.

She was born at the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., on Nov. 3, 1950 to Orville H. and Clara E. Carpenter, sharing her birth date with her father and paternal grandmother. In her early years, she briefly attended special schooling in Altus, Okla. She lived in Idaho and Oklahoma for a brief time before moving home with her family in 1963 to Sedan.

She was a loving person born with Down Syndrome. She lived her entire life with her parents. After her mother died, her sister Barbara moved in and took care of Cindy and their Daddy until he passed away on Nov. 22, 2005.

She is survived by two sisters, Barbara Cummings of the home in Sedan, and Madeline June Cavanaugh and her husband Mark of Altus, Okla.; two nieces Mandy Miller of Sedan, and Mandy Cavanaugh of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two nephews, Corey Cummings and wife Jenny of Ashland, Mo., and Aaron Cavanaugh of the United States Army; five great nephews, Kody and Kolby Gorby and Korey Miller all of Sedan, and Tucker Cummings of Nowata, Okla., and Braden Cummings of Ashland, Mo., and one great niece, Stormey Cummings of Nowata, Okla.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Orville and Clara and one uncle, Jack Cummings.

The casket will be closed and friends may sign the register book from 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Chaplain Mike Graham officiating. Private family burial will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan.

The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice and the Down Syndrome Association and these remembrances may be left in care of David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas Street, Sedan, Kansas 67361.

David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan is in charge of arrangements.

MR. DALE L. CARPENTER

Dale Lee Carpenter, age 73, of Sedan, Kansas, died Thursday, February 1, 2001 at the Jane Phillips Memorial Hospital in Bartlesville, OK. He was born October 12, 1927 in Blackwell, OK to Hoyd and Jenny (Ford) Carpenter. He was a retired Contractor and a member of the Sedan Christian Church, VFW, NRA, Sedan Chamber of Commerce and the Sedan Merchant’s Association.

On June 7, 1969 at Sedan, KS, he and Frances Emma Johnston were united in marriage. She survives at the home.

Other survivors include two sons, Jerry Wayne Carpenter, Mapel Vale, AR and Bradley Dale Carpenter, Wichita, KS, one daughter, Tracey Jane Shull, Mound Valley, KS, two stepdaughters, Joyce Ann Carpenter, Wichita, KS and Diane Boulanger, Sedan, KS, one brother, Orville Carpenter, Sedan, KS, one sister, Helen Halderman, Sedan, KS and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday, February 5, 2001 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Sedan, KS. Interment was held in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan. Rev. Penny Goldberg of the Sedan Christian Church officiated. Graves-Baird Funeral Home in Sedan was in charge of the arrangements.

Memorials in his name have been established with the First Christian Church of Sedan. Any contributions may be left at the funeral home.

MR. ORVILLE H. CARPENTER

SEDAN - Orville Hoyd Carpenter, 87, of Sedan died Tuesday morning, Nov. 22, 2005, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Okla.

He was born Nov. 3, 1918, in Sedan, Kan. to Hoyd A. and Jennie M. (Ford) Carpenter. He grew up in Chautauqua County and graduated from Chautauqua Rural High School in 1936.

On Oct. 3, 1939, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He was stationed in California, Illinois and Utah prior to WWII On Nov. 21, 1941, he departed the United States for the Philippines, but was diverted to Australia due to the outbreak of war. He also was stationed in Java and New Guinea. Due to high experience levels, the group returned to the United States in December of 1942.

On July 31, 1943, he married Clara Elizabeth Johnson in Kermit, Texas. Following their marriage, he was sent to Japan, Guam, Okinawa, England, and Spain, as well as many Air Force Bases in the United States. On Oct. 31, 1963, he was honorably discharged as a Chief Warrant Officer. After his retirement, they moved to Sedan in 1964. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara, on March 12, 2005.

Mr. Carpenter was a member of the First Baptist Church. He also enjoyed woodworking, gardening and bowling.

Survivors include three daughters, Madeline, and her husband Mark Cavanaugh, Altus, Okla., Barbara and her husband, Jack Cummings, Sedan, Kan., and Cindy Carpenter, Sedan, Kan.; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, one sister, and two brothers.

Graveside services were at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, at Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan, with the Rev. Charles Klassen of the First Baptist Church officiating.

The family has suggested memorials to the Sedan VFW Post 6373 and can be left with the funeral home. Arrangements were under the direction of the David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan.

MRS. SARAH E. CARPENTER

Sarah Edith Carpenter, age 105, of Sedan, Kansas passed away Monday, January 8, 2007 at the Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home in Sedan, Kansas.

She was born September 13, 1901 in Marion County, Kansas to John William and Margaret (Shoemaker) Ford. She was the youngest of ten children. She moved to Sedan in 1916. She married Roy B. Carpenter on May 1, 1922 at the Chautauqua County Courthouse. He preceded her in death on July 14, 1964.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sedan since 1919 and had always been very active in the church.

She is survived by two sons, Harold Carpenter of Sedan, Kansas and Jack Carpenter of Peru, Kansas; three daughters, Geraldine Wilson of Elk City, Kansas, Dorothy Garret of Caney, Kansas, and Maxine Brim of Elgin, Kansas, and twelve grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and 15 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Roy, five brothers and four sisters.

Family and friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan, Kansas.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 11, 2007 at the First Baptist Church in Sedan, Kansas. Interment will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan, Kansas.

The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church, contributions may be left with the funeral home.

MR. JOHN CARRA

CANEY - John Calvin Carra, 74, of Caney died Wednesday morning, March 19, 2003, in St. John’s Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla.

He was born Jan. 1, 1929 in Walsenburg, Colo. to Samuel and Gladys (Reed) Carra. He grew up in Colorado before moving to the Wichita area when he was young. Mr. Carra worked for the railroad in Wichita until becoming disabled with polio. He later operated a sharpening business.

On June 5, 1976, he married Marge Ann McCorkell in Coffeyville. Following their marriage, they made their home in Caney.

In addition to his wife, Marge, of the home in Caney, he is survived by one son, Calvin Carra, LaCygne, Kan.; three daughters, Linda Thompson, Arkansas City, Sandra Kirchner, Peru, and Janice Walker, Sedan; one stepson, Larry Rouse, Las Vegas, NV, one stepdaughter, Diane Hollins, Sedan, four sisters, Margaret Jensen, Washington State, Elsie Farris and Ethel Gardner, both of Colorado Springs and Virginia Dixon, Arkansas; 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Samuel Carra, Jr.

Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. n Friday, March 21, 2003, in Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan, with Rev. Charles Kiassen of the Sedan First Baptist Church officiating.

David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan was in charge of the arrangements.

MRS. MARIE "HOUSER" CARRA

CANEY - Marie “Houser” Carra, age 65, of Caney died Friday, July 21, 2006, in route to Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville.

Marie worked as a waitress in the Red Maple Restaurant in Caney; she was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Caney; and was a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, serving as a troop leader for several different troops throughout her lifetime.

On June 26, 1982, Marie married Fred Carra in Harmon, Okla. They made their home on the farm in Niotaze. They lived in Neodesha, Garden City and Herford, Texas, until moving back to Caney in 1991.

Survivors include her husband Fred Carra of Caney; two sons Jeff Carra of Woodbridge, Va., and Doug Carra of Pacific, Mo.; five daughters Melodie Gleason of Little Rock, Ark., Linda Foster of Bartlesville, Kristi Snodgrass of Mesquite, Texas, Kathy Morris of Coffeyville and Sherraillynn Cockes of Manhattan, Kan.; her mother Betty Egan of Bartlesville; and her step-mother Zilpha Houser of Caney; two brothers Jack and Norman Egan both of Bartleville; and two sisters Sue Lewis of Bartlesville and Joanne Adams of Midwest City, Okla.; 16 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

Funeral Services were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at Parcells Family Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Koons of the Church of the Nazarene officiating.

Burial followed in the Niotaze Cemetery under the direction of the Parcells Family Funeral Home in Cancy.

Visitation hours were held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 23, 2006, and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday July 24, 2006; family received friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Parcells Family Funeral Home.

The family has suggested memorials to the Girl Scouts or to the Church of the Nazarene and contributions may be left at the Parcells Family Funeral Home.

Marie was born July 11,1942, in Elk City, Kan., to Conard and Betty (Reede) Houser. She grew up in Caney and graduated from the Caney Valley High School in 1959.

MR. SAMUEL A. CARRA

Samuel Arthur Carra passed away at his home in Milton, Kansas on Friday, August 24, 2001, at the age of 76. He was born in Walsenburg, Colorado July 6, 1925 to Samuel and Gladys (Reed) Carra, Sr. He was a retired Maintenance Mechanic for Brittain Machine Works.

He was married September 2, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.

Survivors include his wife, Pearl (Kantelberg) Carra, of the home, two sons, John Carra and Earl Carra, both of Wichita, KS, two daughters, Eva Wills, Conway Springs, KS and Lori Carra, Wichita, KS, one brother, John Carra, Caney, KS, three sisters, Ethel Gardner, Pueblo, CO, Elsie Farris, Pueblo, CO and Margaret Kariainen, Maple Valley, WA, and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant son, Maurice Carra.

A memorial service will be held August 31, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kingman, KS.

A memorial has been established with the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1011 E. D Avenue, Kingman, KS.

MRS. MAGGIE F. CARSON

Maggie Fern Carson, 80, of Sedan, died Sunday Dec. 11, 1988, at Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home, Sedan, Kansas. She was born Feb. 22, 1908, in Niotaze, to Josiah and Hannah (Lowry) Artherton. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church On The Rock in Sedan.

In November of 1922, she and Amos Agustus Carson were united in marriage at Ozark, Arkansas. He preceded her in death in September of 1952.

Survivors include one son Amos Josiah Carson of Pawhuska, Okla.; two daughters, Beth Starr of Fairfax, Okla. and Carrie Jo Ward of chautauqua; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren. One sister, Vivian Lucille Fish preceded her in death in 1979.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1988, at 2:00 p.m. in the Church Of God On The Rock in Sedan. Interment was in El Cado Cemetery of rural Peru. Rev. Ben Conteras officiated. Graves-Baird Funeral Home, Sedan, was in charge of arrangements.

MRS. ALDINE M. CARTER

Aldine M. Carter, age 89, of Cedar Vale, Kansas passed away November 16, 2001 at the Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center in Wichita, Kansas.

She was born August 10, 1912 in Hewins, KS to L. G. and Nancy J. (Carter) Chappel. She was raised and educated in the Hewins area and graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1930.

On May 23, 1930, she married Earl H. Carter in Cedar Vale. He preceded her in death in 1984. She and her husband operated Carter’s Grocery Store in Hewins for fifty years. She was also the Assistant Postmaster for Hewins for twenty-five years. They retired to Cedar Vale in 1984. She was a member of the Hewins Baptist Church and Cedar Vale Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughters, Mary Sue Friedel, Andover, KS and Sandra Steven, Wichita, KS, a sister, Mary Bess Hollinger, Cedar Vale, KS, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and grandson.

Services were held Tuesday, November 20, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cedar Vale Baptist Church. Interment was at the Ozro Falls Cemetery in Hewins, KS.

A memorial has been established with the People’s Place of Cedar Vale, 609 Cedar, Cedar Vale, KS 67024. Wheeler Funeral Home in Cedar Mile was in charge of the arrangements.

MR. CHARLEY V. CARTER

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Charley “Virgil” Carter. formerly of Peru, Kan. passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at Oklahoma City, Okla.

Virgil was born May 18, 1902 the son of James William and Mary Ellen (Fuller) Carter in Voca, Texas.

He married Birdie Irene Hocker on June 4, 1924 in Barnsdall, Okla.

Virgil began working in the oil fields of Osage County around 1924-25 for Lewis Oil Company and later Texaco Oil Company, until he retired in 1964. He then moved to a farm near Sedan, Kan. and then to Peru, Kan. He lived in Peru until 1998, when he lost his wife of more than 73 years.

Mr. Carter was moved to Oklahoma City to live with his daughter Naomi and her husband, Harvey.

His love of God and the Bible were an important part of his life, as was his church. His life was one patterned after the example of Jesus and His teachings.

Virgil truly was a blessed man and was a blessing to many, especially his family.

He was preceded in death by his wife, one granddaughter, Rachel, and two son-in-laws, Robert White and Earl Bohde.

He is survived by his five children, Mary Bohde, Roswell, NM. Jim and Shirley Carter, Watsonville, Calif., Dorothy and Stan Good, Valley Springs, Calif., Naomi and Harvey Jenkins, Oklahoma City, Okla. and Kenneth and Marilyn Carter, Tulsa, Okla., 14 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren.

Services were held at Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary South in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 9 a.m. Burial was at the Peru Cemetery in Peru, Kan. on that afternoon at 3 p.m.

A memorial has been established~ in memory of Virgil Carter with the Peru Scholarship Fund in Peru, Kan. Donations may be made to Joan Greer, 208 W. Cherokee, Peru, KS 67361.

MRS. EVA F. CARTER - Submitted by Ilene Mullendore Butler

Eva Faye Carter, 74, of Sedan, died Saturday at the Sedan City Hospital.

Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dois Nix officiating. Burial was in Riley Cemetery at Monnett, located east of Sedan.

Graves Funeral Home of Caney was in charge of arrangements. The family has suggested a memorial to the Sedan City Hospital.

Eva Faye Carter was born July 12, 1914, north of Sedan, the daughter of Clarence and Nellie (Snyder) Crawford.

On March 27, 1934, at Sedan, she married Oscar Carter. He survives at the home.

Mrs. Carter lived in Chautauqua County all her life, living in Elgin, Peru and Sedan. She was a member of the Elgin Baptist Church and the Up ‘N Atom extension homemakers unit at Peru.

Survivors in addition to her husband are one son, Orville "Chunk" Carter of Sedan; one daughter, Virginia Bean of Peru; Three brothers, Alfred Crawford of Havana, John Crawford of Tulsa, Okla. and Bob Crawford of Arkansas City, two sister, Mary Huffman and Lois Leroy, both of Coffeyville; and five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

MRS. FERNE CARTER

CEDAR VALE, Kan. - Ferne I. Carter, 90, of Cedar Vale, Kan., died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Cedar Vale Community Hospital.

She was born Sept. 10, 1914 near Cedar Vale in the Round Mound Community where she spent her first 21 years. She attended Cedar Vale High School graduating with the glass of 1932. Ferne attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg and later received her degree from Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan. She spent 42 years teaching in several rural schools, as well as Cedar Vale Schools until her retirement.

On Jan. 26, 1935, she married Frank Carter. They were later divorced. To this union, three children were born, Juanelle (Mrs. Verne Sweaney) of Cedar Vale, Kan., Kathi Jo (Mrs. Lawrence Young) of Junction City, Kan., and John David, who died at birth March 24, 1940.

On June 4, 1992, Ferne married Clarence Monholland. He preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 1994. Besides her parents and a son, four brothers. Al V. White, William White, Frank White and John L. White preceded her in death.

She leaves to mourn her passing her daughters and their husbands, six grandchildren and their spouses and nine great grandchildren, as well as sister-in-laws and many nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held on Monday May 9, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cedar Vale Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday, May 7, from 3-5:30 p.m. Interment will be at the Cedar Vale Cemetery.

Memorials have been established with the Cedar Vale Community Hospital and Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice. Wheeler Funeral Home of Cedar Vale is in charge of the arrangements.

MRS. IMA JEAN CARTER

Ima Jean H. Carter of Sedan, Kansas passed away at her home October 5, 2001.

She was born September 5, 1922 near Wauneta, KS to James and Ollie (Burdette) Elliott. She was educated in the area schools and attended Pittsburg State College.

She married John Carter on October 16, 1943 in Wichita, KS. They lived in Wichita, Kansas City, MO, Tulsa, OK and Bella Vista, AR before retiring to Sedan in 1981. She was a Homemaker, a Teacher and a Real Estate Broker over the years. She is a member of the Christian Women's Fellowship, the Eagle Forum, Farm Extension and Questors. She is a member of the Sedan Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, John, of the home, son, Mitchell Carter, Wichita, KS, daughter, Linda Heath, Kansas City, KS, sisters, Charlotte Elliott, Cedar Vale, KS and Irene Oakes, Arcadia, CA and two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her sisters, Beatrice Terrill and Freda Elliott and brothers, Ralph and Wayne Elliott.

Services were held at 10:30 am. on Tuesday, October 9, 2001, at the Wheeler Funeral Home in Cedar Vale, KS. Interment was in the Moline Public Cemetery.

Memorials have been established with the Belknap Community Center, Rd #10, Sedan, KS 67361 and Hospice Equipment, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS 67202. Wheeler Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

MRS. KELLIE J. CARTER

Kellie J. Carter, age 43, of Sedan, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 at the Sedan City Hospital in Sedan, Kansas.

She was born March 16,1964 in Wichita, Kansas to Elmo and Connie (Harris) McClurg. She attended school at Wichita West High School in Wichita, before getting her GED. She later received her Associates Degree from Colby Community College. She moved to Sedan from Wichita in 1980.

She married Calvin Carter on Dec. 27,1980 at the Lone Cherry Baptist Church in rural Havana. She worked as a Physical Therapist Assistant at the Mercy Hospital in Independence for seven years. She also worked at the Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home in Sedan for five years.

She helped with the Boy Scouts of America in Sedan. She enjoyed bowling, going to the lake, Nascar, making cakes and doing volunteer work in Independence. She especially loved being a mother and grandmother and she never missed any of her kids ballgames.

She is survived by her husband Calvin Carter of the home in Sedan; two sons, Lance and his wife Crystal Carter and Chad and his wile Lindsey Carter all of Sedan; her mother and father, Elmo and Connie McClurg of Sedan; one brother. Buck McClurg of Maize, Kan.; two sisters, Theresa Gorby of Ottawa, Kan., and Shelly Meek of Ark City, and three grandchildren, Madison Carter, Ava Carter, and Oakley Cartel.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents.

Graveside services were held Monday. Feb. 25, 2008 at the Riley Cemetery east of Sedan.

The family has suggested memorials to the Sedan High School Athletics or the Sedan High School FFA an those remembrances can be left with David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan. Kansas 67361.

MR. OSCAR CARTER - Submitted by Ilene Mullendore Butler

Oscar Carter, age 84, of Sedan, Kansas died Friday morning. October 24, 1997 at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Oscar, one of a family of ten children, was born May 31, 1913 in Voca, Texas to James William and Ellen (Fuller) Carter. The family moved to Arkansas and western Kansas, eventually settling in the Elgin, Kansas area when Qscar was 8 years old. At Sedan, Kansas on March 27, 1934, Oscar married Eva Fay Crawford and they built their first home south of Elgin. He was employed by Shehan Pipeline Company, and worked for the day that he would be able to go into farming. From 1946 until 1980 when they retired, Oscar and Eva operated several productive farms. They returned to the farm in 1986 and Oscar continued to feed cattle until last winter. He attended the Elgin Baptist Church.

Eva preceded Oscar in death in 1989 and on February 22, 1991, he married Jean Fogerty at Sedan, Kansas. She survives at the home. Other survivors are a son Orville “Chunk” Carter of Sedan, KS, a daughter Virginia L. Bean of Peru, KS, one brother Virgil Carter of Peru, KS, stepchildren Marjorie Smart of Emporia, KS, Lorri Sprague of Havana, KS and Kevin Fogerty of Maxwell, TX, five grandchildren Debbie Chrisman, Randy Palmer, Billy Palmer, Brad Foulkes and Calvin Carter, four step grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Oscar was also preceded in death by his parents five brothers, James, Curtis, Hank, Tom, and William and three sisters Sarah, Mamie and Mary.

Services for Oscar Carter were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28, 1997 at the First Baptist Church in Sedan, Kansas. Officiating were Rev. Dois Nix and Kevin Fogerty. Burial was at the Riley Cemetery in the Monett community. Arrangements were under the direction of Graves Funeral Home of Caney, Kansas. The family has suggested that memorials be made to the Baptist Women’s Auxiliary.

MR. VIRGIL CARTER

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Virgil Carter, 102, formerly of Peru, Kan. passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at Oklahoma City, Okla.

Services will be held in Oklahoma City at 9a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, with graveside services in the Peru Cemetery at 3p.m. on Nov. 11.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established by the family to the Peru Scholarship Fund. Donations may be made to the funeral director the day of the services in Peru or by contacting Joan Greer, 208 W. Cherokee, Sedan, KS 67361.

INFANT CARY - Submitted by Charlotte Lamb Bennett

Died - the infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Sid Cary, on Wednesday, January 14. It was buried at the Elcado cemetery the 14th. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of their many friends.

MR. B. H. CASEBOLT - Submitted by Jean Feaster

B. H. Casebolt Shot Down While Pursuing Burglars of Wauneta Store.
The burglary of the Jeff Kirby store at Wauneta about 4 o'clock Friday morning was the beginning of a train of exciting incidents and tragedy in which two men were sprinkled with bird shot and B. H. Casebolt, deputy sheriff was killed at the point where the burglars were lost track of at Fall City on the State line.
The noise made by the burglars at the Kirby store in the early morning Friday awakened a nearby resident, who notified Clyde Kinnaman and Wm. Rutledge. They got up and secured shotguns and went to investigate. It was very dark, and impossible to see anything clearly and in making an investigation they walked into the power of the burglars who got the drop on them. Making them drop the shotguns the burglars made Kinnaman and Rutledge each take a load of goods they had ready at the store and put it in their car. The burglars cursed them freely and one struck Kinnaman on the head with a gun and the other gave Rutledge a vicious poke in the ribs with a weapon.
The goods loaded they made Kinnaman and Rutledge stand on the running board of their car and drive with them four miles west where they ordered them to dismount and take up a road running north, telling them at the same time that they were going to give them a hundred yards and then shoot them with their own guns. They started out in a walk when the two men cursed them and ordered them to run. At the command both started running and when about 100 yards distant received a charge of shot from a shotgun. Kinnaman got the most of the shot, being sprinkled from head to heels.
Deputy Sheriff B. H. Casebolt at Cedar Vale was notified of the trouble, and calling his near neighbor, C. B. Cable, they got on the way a few minutes behind the burglar car which went through there going west. They followed the car to Fall City on the state line about fifteen miles southwest of Cedar Vale where the burglar car drew up beside a filling station and stopped. Casebolt and Cable drew up behind the car a couple minutes later when Casebolt got out and was immediately shot down, three bullets penetrating his body. Cable rolled out on the opposite side of the car with his shotgun in his hand. The gun caught in the steering wheel of the car and he had to let loose of it. The burglars fired two shots at him as he went around the corner of a building, one shot grazing the calf of his leg. The tragedy halted the man hunt at this point from which the bandits disappeared and are still at large.
The funeral for the slain officer, who was a popular and well like citizen of Cedar Vale, was held at that place Sunday.
The officers have been working on the case constantly since the tragedy, but have been able to arrive at nothing definite. They have only a few ______ clues to work on which they hope may secure results.
Description of the two men is very meager. during that part of the trouble that took place at Wauneta it was so dark that Kinnaman and Rutledge could not get a clear view of their faces. At the scene of the tragedy at Fall City, it was daylight, but naturally under the excitement of the circumstances which only lasted a few brief moments a definite mental pictures of the countenances could not be gained. Even the make nor character of the car they were driving was not definitely secured, except that Kinnaman and Rutledge who rode on the running boards are positive in the statement that it was a large coupe.
By popular subscription the citizens of Cedar Vale have made up and offered a reward of $600 for the capture and conviction of the two men. The county commissioners met in special session Tuesday and posted a reward of $300 by the county, the maximum amount which could be offered for the crime of burglary. The murder was committed on the Kansas side of the line in Cowley county which places that crime in that official jurisdiction.
Chautauqua and Cowley county officers gave the case their entire attention the first few days following the tragedy, but state that they have not made much definite progress. Work will be continued as long as there is any hope of their capture.

MRS. DOROTHY CASEBOLT - Submitted by Jean Feaster

Pioneer of County Dies at Grenola
Mrs. Dorothy Casebolt Kautz, 86, died August 2, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Casebolt at Grenola.

An early pioneer, she was married to L.T. Casebolt, Sr., and lived in the Round Mound vicinity for many years rearing a family of five children. After Mr. Casebolt's death she moved to Cedar Vale and later she was married to the late D.N. Kautz a veteran of the Civil War.

She continued to live in Cedar Vale until about five years ago when failing health required her to live with her son at Grenola.

Survivors include her four sons, L.T. Casebolt, Grenola; Martin Casebolt, Kansas City; Louis and Warner Casebolt of Winfield and one daughter, Mrs. O.E. Bever of Fort Collins, Colo.

Funeral services were held at the Round Mound church Wednesday afternoon with Rev. D.D. Waggoner of Grenola in charge. Interment was the Round Mound Cemetery.

MR. L. F. CASEBOLT - submitted by Jean Feaster

One of the most shocking news that has reached this city for some time was the report that on Thanksgiving night that L.F. Casebolt had attempted suicide. He went to the barn and with a rope made of binding twine succeeded in suspending himself by the neck to some of the cross timbers. It happened however, that his brother-in-law, who was visiting there at the time, went to the barn and discovered Mr. Casebolt before he was dead and immediately cut him down and gave the alarm to the neighbors. Physicians were hurriedly sent for and all that was possible was done to restore him to consciousness, but all in vain. He died at one o'clock Saturday morning in great agony.

Mr. Casebolt, up to last September was a man of far above the average in physical and mental capacity, but he was taken down with typhoid fever while away on a business trip near Kansas City. He went through a very severe siege being delirious a great deal of the time, and as he was about ready to start home, he took a relapse and had another very sick spell. When after sufficiently recovering again, as he thought, he started home and arrived here about three weeks ago, but in a very feeble condition and apparently in an unbalanced state of mind which is the only cause that can be attributed for this rash act.

In the death of Mr. Casebolt, the community loses one of his best citizens, one who had resided and acquired a comfortable home and a host of friends during his fourteen years residence on Grand Creek. He leaves a sorrowing wife and five lovely children to remember him as only a kind father and husband is cherished in the memory of those who are left behind.

The funeral services were held at the residence Sunday morning. Elder Lyon of the Christian Church conducting the services. While the A.O.U.W. of this city took charge of the burial.

MR. GEORGE E. CASEMENT

George E. Casement, born March 31, 1943, passed away on Feb. 7, 2004.

A graveside burial will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2005, a 11 am. at the Greenwood Cemeteiy in Sedan, Kan. The Rev. Barbara Bloxsom will be officiating.

Family and friends are invited to attend.

Seven Chautauqua People Killed

MRS. MARY J. CASEMENT

A head on collision of a freight & passenger train near Warrensburg, MO. last Monday morning, 29 people killed, seven from Chautauqua Co., and about 60 seriously injured, four from Chautauqua Co. The dead: Mrs. Mary J. Casement, Harry Carr, son of J. N Carr, Dollie Sullivan of Cedar Vale Dosie Gregg, who, lived with Mrs. Casement, Mrs. T. H. Alsy of Cedar Vale. The Injured: Charles Casement, J. H. Sullivan of Cedar Vale, Clem Dozer of Cloverdale, Bert Potwin of Cedar Vale The first news of the wreck reached Sedan just before noon Monday when Bert Casement received a telegram from his brother, Charles telling him of the condition of himself and his mother. The body of Mrs. Casement arrived Tuesday evening & was buried here Wednesday.

MRS. MARY J. CASEMENT

The funeral of Mrs. Mary J. Casement was held from the Methodist Church here at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The body had been taken to the home West of town Tuesday night and a great number of friends and family gathered there before the funeral to accompany the remains back to the church.

The pall bearers were C. H. Inglefield, S. B. Davis, and A. J. Dennick, E. C. Ackerman, W. D. Finlay and James Neill. Rev. Fraser took for his text these words: “She hath done what she could”, and drew from the life of the deceased many lessons of industry, honor and courage.

A choir composed of mesdames Courtwright, Keeney, and Santock, Miss Anns Hosford, Messrs, Sharpless and McBrian sang among other hymns, “Nearer My God To Thee: which was one of Mrs. Calmant’s favorites. The remains were then borne to the old cemetery west of the city where the body was laid away beside that of Mr. Casement who died several years ago.

Mrs. Casement was a member of the methodist church for many years and gave freely toward its support. Her neighbors and friends will miss her and her place cannot be filled. With her youngest son, Charles, she had started for the fair Sunday evening, little thinking that so soon her life would end.

Mary J. Casement was killed in a train accident near Warrensburg, MO. Seven from Chautauqua County were killed aboard that train.

MR. WILLIAM CASEMENT

Funeral services were conducted for William Casement at the Baird Chapel Thursday June 2 at 10:00 a.m. with the Rev. G. L. Eslick of Parsons, a retired former pastor of the Christian church of Sedan, and Rev. Hurley A Low, pastor of the First Baptist church of Sedan, officiating. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. Casment, 78, a retired farmer and stockman was a life long resident of Chautauqua county.

Survivors include his wife, Nora of the home; five daughters, Mrs. W. L. Hunt of Great Bend, Mrs. D. D. Floyd, Mrs Wayne Brooke, Mrs. Charles Martin, all of Sedan, Mrs. Kenneth Ritchey of Caney; a son William of Sedan; 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Another daughter , Mrs. David E. Reece, died April 17.

Burial was in the old Sedan cemetery, land originally given to the city by Casement’s father.

MR. WILLIAM CASEMENT, JR.

William Casement, Jr. died in Sedan on Tuesday, Mar 12, 1991. He was born on Aug. 12,1909, west of Sedan, to William and Elhorah (Raybourn) Casement. He graduated from Sedan High School in 1928. He served in the U. S. Army from 1940 to 1946 in World War II and was Captain of an aircraft artillery battery in the Philippines and Okinawa.

Bill was with the Sedan State Bank from 1936 to January 1985 when he retired as President. He married Marjory Elizabeth Myers, of Topeka on June 26, 1943 at Camp Helen, Tex. He is survived by his wife, Marjory; three daughters and sons-in-law,Catherine and Paul McDowell of Tulsa, Okla. Patricia and Thomas Trapp of Bucyrus, and Cecelia and Steven Webb of Corwin Springs, MT.; two grandchildren, Matthew and Sarah Trapp of Bucyrus; four sisters, Margaret Hunt of Great Bend, Anna Floyd and Helen Martin of Sedan and Mary Lou Euler of Lansing. Two sisters, Edith Brooke and Avis Reese, predeceased him.

He was a long-time member of the Epiphany Episcopal Church having served on the Vestry several times and recently retired as Sexton of the Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial to Epiphany Episcopal Church or American Cancer Society are suggested. Services are pending.

MRS. F. G. CASFORD - January 6, 1932

Sedan. Jan. 6.—Mrs. F. G. Casford 59, formerly of Elk Creek, Neb., died at 10 o’clock this morning here at the home of her son, Dr. Ralph S. Casford where she had lived since the death of her husband two years ago.

Besides the son at whose home she died Mrs. Casford is survived by another son, Howard Casford of Los Angeles, Calif; two brother, H. E. Young of Lincoln, Neb., and W. H. Young of Corpus Christi, Tex., and five sisters, Mrs. Etta Laflin of Pawnee City, Neb., Mrs. Berta Hall of Flagler, Colo., Mrs. Jessie Jennings of Formosa, Kan., Mrs. Allie Hesti of Adams, Neb., and Mrs. Fred Niemann of Brock, Neb. Two grandchildren, Margie Lee Casford of Los Angeles and Jackie Casford of Sedan, also survive. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Elk Creek, and during her residence here had been active in work in the Methodist Episcopal church of Sedan.

Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the Casford home here, in charge of Rev. Ben Wynn Hugg, pastor of the Sedan Methodist Episcopal church, under direction of the R. I. Buckles funeral home here, the body will be removed to Elk Creek, Neb., for funeral services in the Methodist Episcopal church and interment in Mount Hope cemetery there. Dr. Casford and Mrs. Laflin will accompany the remains to Elk Creek.

End Comes to Prominent Sedan Resident Monday Evening.

Ed Casteel, for many years a resident and prominent citizen of Sedan, died at his home here at 10:30 p. m., Monday, September 29, at the age of 57 years, 10 month and 27 days. He had been in ill health for more than two years with an incurable malady. He fought hard and bravely to overcome the disease, but when convinced that it could not be done, he bore his affliction with the utmost patience. He had made every preparation for the end and was fully resigned to meet death when it came.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. L E. Griffith, assisted by the Rev. J. W. Campbell. Interment was in Greenwood cemetery.
Those present from out of town at the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Ben McLain of Peru, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Price and two sons, Dale and Joe of Cherryvale, Kansas, Mrs. Mabel Shultz, Mildred and Howard Kofoid of Piedmont, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bryan of Skedee, Okla., Mrs. Jim Sivalls, Mr. George Rhett, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Giles of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. Mary Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. John Chittenden of Chautauqua, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Prichard of Peru, Kansas.
Mr. Ed Casteel was born on a farm near Valley Falls, Kansas, on Nov. 2, 1872. When he was 12 years old he moved with his parents to Greenwood county, Kansas, where he grew to manhood. He later moved to Chautauqua county, Kansas. It was here that he met and later married Ida, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brewington. To this union two daughters, Pauline and Margie were born.
He was a good father and a loving companion. He always had a smile and a glad hand for everyone.
Mr. Casteel’s life was devoted to various occupations. For a number of years he owned and operated a livery barn in Sedan, later he was engaged in the mercantile business at Maramec, Oklahoma. The last ten years of his life he was employed as district manager of the Black, Sivalls & Bryson Tank Company.
During a revival meeting conducted by Rev. W. M. Martin, a Baptist evangelist, at Maramec, Okla. in the year 1913, Mr. Casteel was converted to the Christian faith, and united with the Baptist church at that place. In 1915 he transferred his membership to the First Baptist church of Sedan, where he was faithful to the church until God called him to his eternal home. For a number of years he served well as a trustee of the church, always going about in a quiet way trying to do the will of his Heavenly Father. In the passing of Mr. Casteel the church has lost one of its most zealous supporters and one of its most faithful members. He will be greatly missed by us all.
In the going of Mr. Casteel the home which he loved has suffered a great loss, the church has a vacancy that cannot be filled, and the community has lost a good and highly respected citizen.
He leaves to mourn his death, his wife and companion, his two daughters, Pauline and Margie, three sisters; Mrs. Myrtle Wilcox of San Benito, Texas, Mrs. Jessie Tannahill, of Liberty, Sask, Canada, Mrs. Mollie McLain of Peru, Kansas, and other relatives and a host of friends.

MR. KENNETH W. CASWELL

Kenneth W. Caswell, age 82, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2000, at his home in rural Peru, Kansas. He was born on September 1, 1918 in Havana, Kansas to Fred A. and Arminta (Binney) Caswell.

Kenneth was raised in the Tyro, Kansas area and attended Tyro school system. He worked for Cable Tool in the oil field as a pipeline welder. He was also a truck driver. Kenneth retired from Cable Tool in 1984.

Kenneth married Mina Long on October 27, 1939 in Tyro, Kansas at the Tyro Christian Parsonage. They have been united in marriage for 61 years. He served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II in the South Pacific and is also a former VFW member. He enjoyed camping and fishing as hobbies,

He is survived by two daughters, Claudis Ann and her husband, Marvin Dhooge of Greeley, CO, Laura and her husband, Richard Lumley of Peru, KS, three sons, Kenneth Leon and his wife, Dorene Caswell of Neodesha, KS, Billy John and his wife, Sara Caswell of St. Paul, KS and Benny Leroy and his wife, Bermeta Caswell of Peru, KS, thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Mina Kay Caswell, two sons, Fredie Thomas and Ronald William and one sister, Mabel Bellmyer. Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 15,2000, at 2:00 p.m., at the Graves Memorial Chapel in Caney, KS. Burial will follow at the Robbins Cemetery in rural Coffeyville, KS.

MRS. MINA CASWELL

Mina Augusta Caswell, age 87, of Peru, Kansas passed away early Tuesday morning, Oct. 23, 2007 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville.

She was born Aug. 30, 1920 in Nowata County, Oklahoma to Thomas M. and Mary D. (Moore) Long. She grew up and attended school there until the 7th grade. She married Kenneth W. Caswell on Oct. 27, 1939 at the Methodist Parsonage in Tyro, Kansas. They lived in Wann, Okla., for two years, later moving to Neodesha and living there for six years. After moving to Tyro and living there for eight years, they moved to Peru in 1985. Her husband Kenneth preceded her in death on Nov. 12, 2000.

She was a housewife and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Caney.

She is survived by three sons, Leon Caswell of Bartlesville, Okla., Bill Caswell of St. Paul, Kan., and Ben Caswell of Peru; two daughters, Claudia Dhooge of Greeley, Colo., and Laura Lumley of Peru; one sister, Lahoma Deiley of Picher, Okla.,; thirteen grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Kenneth and sixteen brothers and sisters.

Friends may call from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at the First Christian Church of Sedan with Leon Caswell officiating. Interment will follow at the Robbins Cemetery west of Coffeyvile.

To view the entire obituary online, visit www.davidwbarnesfuneralhome.com. David W. Barnes Funeral Home of Sedan is in charge of arrangements.