ALS Saturday, July 20, 1991 The Kansas City Star C-5 Albert E. Deacon Albert Edward Deacon, 89, Overland Park, a former Overland Park city councilman, died July 19, 1991, at the University of Kansas Medical Mr. Deacon was a chemical with the Spencer Chemical Co. in Pittsburg, and Kansas City and also worked for the Gulf Chemical Co. before he retired.
Later he worked for the Kansas Department of Health. He was a member of the Kansas Society of Professional Engineers. He was an Overland Park planning commissioner and a city councilman during the 1960s. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin and member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He was a was Church.
was born in Kansas City and Hot the Second Presbyterian lived in Fort Smith, and Pittsburg, before he moved to Overland Park in 1955. Survivors include his wife. Alice W. Deacon of the home, and a son, William W. Deacon, Overland Park.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the church; cremation. The family requests no flowers. Jesse J. Flores Jesse J.
Flores, 68, Liberty, owner of Kodiak Contractors, died July 18, 1991, at the Liberty Hospital. Mr. Flores had owned the business since 1983. He was president of the Kansas City Hispanic Association Con- Jesse J. Flores tractors Enterprise and a director of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City.
He was an associate member of the Minority Contractors Association of Greater Kansas City. He was a member of Local 1594 of the Painters Union. Mr. Flores was a former director of Coronado Savings Loan in Kansas City, Kan. He was a member of St.
James Catholic Church, Liberty. He was a Navy veteran of World War Il and a lifelong area resident. Survivors include his wife. Frances I. Flores of the home; three sons.
John Flores, Mission Woods, and James Flores and Pete Flores of Liberty; four daughters. Delores Walter. Merriam, Patricia Flores and Teresa Flores of Liberty and Josephine Holler, Independence: a brother, Andrew Flores, Independence: three sisters. Lupe Delgado. Independence, and Nettie Martinez and Alice Ermentout of Kansas City: 12 grandchildren: and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church; burial in White Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the church, where the rosary will be said at 4:30 p.m. The family suggests contributions to the Kidney Foundation of Kansas and Western Missouri.
Rosa L. Gloor Rosa L. Gloor, 104, died June 29, 1991, in the Villa St. Joseph, 11901 Rosewood Overland Park, where she lived. Mrs.
Gloor was born Dec. 24, 1886, in Switzerland and lived in Columbus, and Portland, before she moved to this area in 1989. She was a member of the Valley Community Presbyterian Church, Portland. Survivors include four sons. Walter Gloor.
Phillipsburg, N.J.. Richard Gloor. North Emil Gloor, Kimberling City, and Calvin Gloor. Fullerton. three daughters, Paula Nelson, Portland.
Helen Wells, Storm Lake, Iowa, and Lilly Schneeberger, Overland Park: 18 grandchildren: and 25 great Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the church: graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Columbus Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association or any charity, Alex W. Sharpe Alex W.
Sharpe, 49, Overland Park, an associate dean of the University of Kansas, died July 17, 1991, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Mr. Sharpe was associate dean of continuing education at KU for two years. Earlier he was an associate dean at California State University Fullerton. He received a doctorate in higher education from Indiana University in 1987, and did postgraduate work at the Institute of Lifelong Education at Harvard University.
He received a citizens' award for outstanding community service from the city of Los Angeles in 1981 and was named man of the year by the Orange County Black Business and Professional Men's Association in 1973. He was a member of the King Solomon Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kan. He was born in Shreveport, and lived in California and in Bloomington, before he moved to this area three years ago. Survivors include three daughters, Anna Sharpe, Van Nuys, Wendie Sharpe Williams, New Orleans, and Alexia Sharpe. San Diego; his maternal grandmother, Saide B.
Graham, Los Angeles: and five grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. today at the King Solomon Baptist Church: services will be Friday at the Paradise Baptist Church, Los Angeles. The family suggests contributions to the Alex W. Sharpe Benevolent Fund.
ROBERT W. ADAMS Robert W. Adams. 73, Merriam, died July 19, 1991, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He was born in Canton.
and moved to this area in 1960. Mr. Adams served in the Army Air Forces the Air Force for 20 years. retiring as a chief master sergeant in 1960. He was a veteran World War II and the Korean War.
He was a member of the Old Mission United Methodist Church. He was a Mason for 50 years and was a member of the Scottish Rite bodies. Survivors include his wife. Elizabeth C. Adams of the home: three daughters, Pamela Sullivan.
Orlando. Shanda Grotta, Lawrence. and Kathleen Adams. Kansas City, and five grandsons. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m.
Monday at the church: cremation with burial in the National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth. The family suggests contributions to the Crosslines Cooperative Council Inc. ETHEL L. ALDRIDGE Ethel L. Aldridge, 71, midtown Kansas City, died July 19, 1991, at the home.
She was born in Texas County, and lived in this area for 37 years. Mrs. Aldridge worked for Woolf Brothers for 10 years. retiring as mailroom supervisor in 1986. Her husband, Charles Edward Aldrdige, died in 1954.
Survivors include three sons. Dennis Aldridge. Kansas City, Daniel Aldridge. Shawnee, and Eugene Aldridge, Roeland Park: a daughter, Margaret Porter, Eudora, a sister, Ruth Eannarino, Chicago: four grandchildren: and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m.
Monday at the Maple Hill Chapel; burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. GLADYS ARFSTROM Gladys Arfstrom, 78, died July 18. 1991, in the Regency Health Care Center, 400 S.
Rogers Road. Olathe, where she lived. She was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Arfstrom was a member of the Apostolic church.
Survivors include four sons, George F. Arfstrom, Kansas City, and Fred J. Arfstrom. Albert R. Arfstrom and Arthur L.
Arfstrom of Miami: two daughters. Dorothy I. Howe, Diana C. Neher, Omaha. 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
services will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Elmwood Chapel: cremation. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Arthritis Foundation. JOHN R. BLAIR John R.
Blair. 81. Richmond, died July 19. 1991, at Research Medical Center. He was a lifelong Richmond resident.
Mr. Blair was an assembly worker at the General Motors Leeds plant, retiring in 1975. He was a member of Local 93 of the United Auto Workers Union. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond. He was an Army veteran of World War lI and a member of the American Legion.
He is survived by nephews and nieces, including Charles Blair and Marian Calvert of Richmond. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Thurman Chapel. Richmond: burial Richmond Memory Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m.
Sunday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the church. MARVIN A. BRUCE Marvin A. "Bud" Bruce.
74. Edwardsville. died July 18. 1991. at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth.
He was born in Hunter, and lived in this area for 30 years. Mr. Bruce was a heavy-equipment operator for the Westside Construction retiring in 1979. He was an Army veteran of World War lI and a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lincoln. Kan.
Survivors include his wife. Mary M. Bruce of the home: two daughters. Ellen Ray. Salina.
and Janet Costello. Culver. three stepsons. Mike Wolfe. Rockford, Steven Wolfe.
Stilwell in Johnson County, and Larry Moll. Kansas City. a stepdaughter. Becky Zagaruyka. Shawnee: a brother.
Dale Bruce. Lincoln; two sisters. Ruth LaShell. Lincoln, and Gloria Chenney, Sylvan Grove. 16 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Simmons Chapel; burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. DORA D.
COLLET Dora D. Collet, 74, of the Blue Hills Centre, 12942 Wornall Road, died July 18. 1991. at Trinity Lutheran Hospital. She was born in Fulton, and lived in Kansas City most of her life.
Ms. Collet was an auditor and cashier at the Plaza Inn hotel, retiring in 1979. She was a member of the Broadway Baptist Church. Fulton. She was a Women's Army Corps veteran of World War Il.
Survivors include a sister. Lottie Beaver. Grandview. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. a Monday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Muehlebach Chapel. The family suggests contributions to Trinity Lutheran Hospital or the American Lung Association. DEAN G. COX Dean G.
Cox, 72. Blue Springs. died July 19. 1991. at St.
Mary's Hospital of Blue Springs. He was born in Bladen. and lived in the Omaha. area before moving to Blue Springs in 1983. Mr.
Cox worked for the Washington National Insurance Co. for 25 years. retiring as a district manager in 1982. He was a member of St. John LaLande Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years. Bernadette Cox of the home: four sons. Patrick Cox. Baltimore. and Terence Cox.
Timothy Cox and Kevin Cox of Omaha: six daughters, Pamela Cooney. Stockton, Janice Stickel, Denver, Diana Peters. Renee Caughlin and Lisa Nelson of Omaha and McPherson. Phoenix: a sister, Elaine Walrod, Grant. and 20 grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church: graveside services will be at noon Tuesday at St. John's Cemetery, Omaha. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Newcomer's Blue Springs Chapel, where the rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m.
The family suggests contributions to Sisters of the Most Precious Blood. O'Fallon. Mo. ROSE M. DEEDS Rose Marie Deeds.
76, northeast Kansas City, died July 18. 1991. at Trinity Lutheran Hospital. She was a lifelong Kansas City resident. Mrs.
Deeds was a beautician until 1950. She was a former member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Kansas City, and its Altar Society, Survivors include her husband. John W. Deeds of the home: two sons.
William Deeds. Overland Park. and John F. Deeds, Kansas City: and four grandchildren. Services will be at 9:30 a.m.
Monday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Kansas City: in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Raytown. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Passantino Chapel, where the rosary will be said at 5 p.m.
The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the American Heart Association. JAMES C. EASON James C. Eason. 70.
central Kansas City, died July 17, 1991. at St. Luke's Hospital. He was born Lyons. Ga.
Mr. Eason was a truck driver for Pisciotta Produce Provisions for 30 years, retiring in 1984. He was a member and deacon of the Faith Deliverance Church. Kansas City. Survivors include his wife.
Rachel Eason of the home: four sons. James Eason Davis Mack. Garnes and Chester Smith, and three daughters. Marie Eason, Jamesetta Eason and Bobbie Mack. all of Kansas City; brothers.
John Eason. Grand Rapids, and Clifford Eason. Willie F. Eason, Benjamin Eason and Elmon Eason of Lyons; three sisters, Ruby Dell Eason. New York City, Aleen Williams.
Opa-Locka. a and Justine Cross. Miami: 25 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the church: burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church. MARGARET E. ELLIOTT Margaret E. Fisher Elliott, 68.
Independence, died July 18. 1991. at the home. She was born in Osceola, and lived Springfield. before moving to this area in 1947.
Mrs. Elliott worked for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for 38 years, retiring as a network staff supervisor. in the personnel department in 1983. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers Association.
Beta Sigma Phi and the American Association of Retired Persons. She was a member of the Community Christian Church. Survivors include a son. William L. Fisher, Troy, a daughter.
Margaret "Peggy" Driver. Independence: two brothers, Oliver E. Brown. Palomar Mountain. and William R.
Brown, Santa Rosa, four sisters. Orpha M. Boegel. Parsons. Eleanor King, Jefferson City, Esther Thompson, Harlingen.
Texas. and Edith L. Thomas. Kansas City: six grandchildren: and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Speaks Midtown Chapel: private graveside services will be al Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield. Friends may call from to 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the Wings of Mercy in care of Ararat Shrine. AUDREY M.
ERIKSEN Audrey Maturah Eriksen. 88, Raytown, died July 19, 1991, at Research Medical Center. She was born in Grandview and lived in Kansas City before moving to Raytown in 1950. Mrs. Eriksen was a charter member of the Blue Ridge Trinity Lutheran Church and its altar guild and ladies' group.
She was a 1923 graduate of the Kansas City Business College. Her husband. Conrad J. Eriksen, died in 1986. Survivors include a daughter.
Mary Johnston of the home: a brother. C. Dale Eriksen, Buena Vista. eight grandchildren: great-grandchildren: and two greatgreat-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m.
Tuesday at Floral Hills Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the church's building fund or the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children. JOHN C. FOWLER JR. John C.
Fowler 67. Parkville, died July 19, 1991, at North Kansas City Hospital. He was born in Dyersburg. and lived in this area most of his life. Mr.
Fowler worked for the Calgon Corp. for 25 years, retiring as a district sales manager in 1982. He was a member of the First Christian Church of North Kansas City. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the Windbrook Country Club and the Northland Senior Golf Association.
Survivors include his wife, Marcella L. Fowler of the home: a son. John "Thom" Fowler. North Kansas City: two daughters, Marcia Gant. Kansas City, and Deborah Butler, Lisle.
and nine grandchildren. Services will be at p.m. Monday at Newcomer's White Chapel: burial in White Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the chapel.
The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society. ERNEST F. GERO Ernest F. Gero. 72.
Overland Park. died July 18. 1991. at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. He was born at Saranac Lake, N.Y..
and lived in Topeka and Washington. D.C.. Gero was an accountant for the Federal before he moved to this area a in 1957. Mr. Aviation Administration for 33 years, retiring in 1975.
He was a member of Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Overland Park. and its St. Vincent de Paul Society and Nocturnal Adoration Society. He was a member of the Bishop Miege council of the Knights of Columbus.
He was a Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include 1 his wife. Dorothy Gero of home; a son, Gregory Gero. Alta Loma. three sisters, Blanche Tierney, Agnes McCasland and Lillian Harrison of Saranac Lake: and two grandsons.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church: burial in Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the McGilley Hoge Chapel, where the rosary will be said at 3 p.m. The family suggests contributions to the church.
CARL R. HAREFELD Carl Rees Harefeld, 44. Warsaw. formerly of Independence, died July 14, 1991, at Veterans Hospital. He was born in Detroit and lived in Bevier.
before moving 10 Independence 15 years ago. He moved to Warsaw two years ago. Mr. Harefeld worked for the Carson Funeral Homes for seven years. He was a member of Baptist Church of Bevier.
He was a of the Fraternal thember Order of Eagles. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Survivors include a son. A John Carl Harefeld. and a daughter.
Marisa Harefeld, both of Sibley in Jackson County. Cremation. HOMER O. HULSEY Homer Oscar Hulsey. 67, midtown Kansas City, died July 18.
1991. at the home. He was born in Topeka and lived in Wichita for two years before moving to this area 35 years ago. Mr. Hulsey was a transportation sales representative for 30 years before he retired.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Survivors include his wife. Bobbie Hulsey of the home: five sons. Paul Hulsey, Charleston. S.C..
John Hulsey. Lawrence. Tom Hulsey and Bill Hulsey of Wichita and Mike Hulsey, Kansas City: two daughters. Elizabeth Will. Fort Worth.
Texas. and Carolyn Reaves. Springfield. a sister. Patra Wilshire.
Wichita: and nine grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Community Christian Church. The family suggests contributions to the Kansas City Hospice. CHARLOTTE V.
KING Charlotte V. King. 80. south Kansas City, died July 18. 1991.
in the Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center. 6416 Long Shawnee. She was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. King attended the University of Kansas.
She was active with the Community Children's Theater of Kansas City Inc. She was a member of the Saint Joseph Health Center Auxiliary and was a former volunteer with the Salvation Army. She was a member of the former Santa Fe Hills Country Club and the Woman's Athletic Club. Her husband. Norman King, died in 1989.
Survivors include a nephew, Kortland King. Los Angeles. Memorial services will be at 6 p.m. Sunday in the chapel at Saint Joseph Health Center: private burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to Saint Joseph Health Center or the American Cancer Society.
RICHARD D. KROGER Richard D. Kroger, 69, east Kansas City, died July 18. 1991, at Research Medical Center. He was born in Schell City, and moved to Kansas City in the early 1940s.
Mr. Kroger was a boiler maintenance worker at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, retiring in 1984. He was a member of Local 61 of the Carpenters union. He was a junior warden in the York Rite Masonry and was a scribe in the Royal Arch Masons. Survivors include his wife.
Ann Kroger, and a son, Kerry Kroger, both of the home: two daughters, Dana Kroger of the home and Daneen Kroger Thurman, Raytown: and two grandchildren. Masonic services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Schell City Baptist Church: burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Schell City. OPAL M. LANSING Opal Marie Lansing, 91.
Kansas City, died July 18. 1991. at Trinity Lutheran Hospital. She was born in Hume. and moved to this area in 1909.
Mrs. Lansing was a telegraph operator Western Union for 12 years. She was a member. of the First Christian Church of Kansas City. Kan.
She a member of the Order of the True Kindred. Survivors two sisters. Mabel F. Williams Weaver of Kansas City, includen. Kan.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the Simmons Chapel: burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the church or to Cancer Action Inc.
ROBERT L. McCLEERY Robert L. McCleery. 41, Denver, formerly of Kansas City, died July 18. 1991, at a Denver hospital.
He was born in Kansas City and lived in Tucson, before moving to Denver in 1986. Mr. McCleery was an apartment building manager. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the 101st Airborne Division. He was a 1968 graduate of Excelsior Springs High School.
Survivors include his father. Bill G. McCleery, Lincoln. and three brothers. Marlin G.
McCleery and James McCleery of Kansas City, and William G. McCleery, Stillwater. Minn. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, LAURA M.
MORRIS Laura Mae Morris. 70. Osceola. formerly of Kansas City, died July 18, 1991, at the home. Mrs.
Morris was born in Mokane. and lived in this area for 35 years before moving to Osceola five years ago. Survivors include her husband, Lloyd S. Morris of the home: two sons. Louis D.
Gibbs. Osceola, and Edwin L. Gibbs. Peculiar in Cass County: a daughter, Phyllis Neal. Topeka: two sisters.
Dorothy Bruce. Kansas. City, and Naomi Johnson. Moberly, 10 grandchildren: and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be at I p.m.
Monday at Newcomer's Floral Hills Chapel: burial in Floral Hills Cemetery, EVA M. PETERS Eva Moul Peters of Grandview died July 19, 1991. at the Lee's Summit Hospital. She was a lifelong area resident. Mrs.
Peters was member of the Grace Christian Assembly Church. Survivors include her husband. Dave Peters of the home, and two sisters, Violet Winkler, Independence, and Virginia Wyatt. Amoret. Mo.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Langsford-Cox Chapel: burial in Mount Washington Cemetery, Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. MARY E. REYES Mary Esther Reyes.
63. of the West Side of Kansas City, died July 19. 1991. in the Plaza Manor Nursing Center. 4330 Washington St.
Mrs. Reyes was a lifelong area resident. Survivors include her husband. Tommy Reyes Sr. of the home: three sons.
Tommy Reyes Kansas City. Samuel Reyes. Kansas City. and Antonio Reyes, San Antonio: five daughters, Becky Garcia. North Kansas City, Esther Alvarado and Leah Moreno of Kansas City, and Lily Tiger and Judy Reyes of Kansas City: her father.
Fidencio Medina. Kansas City: two brothers. Antonio Medina. San Diego. and Jesse Medina.
Clinton. four sisters. Lupe Grado. Kansas City. Eva Medina.
San Diego. Juanita Medina. El Paso. Texas, and Catalina Medina, Tijuana, Mexico: and 30 grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.
Monday at the McGilley Midtown Chapel: burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. CHESTER H.
RIDDLE Chester H. Riddle. 79. Harrisonville, died July 18. 1991.
in the Raymore Health Care Center. Raymore in Cass County. He was a lifelong Harrisonville arca resident. Mr. Riddle was a farmer.
retiring in 1981. Survivors include a brother. Charles E. Riddle. Harrisonville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Atkinson Chapel. Harrisonville: burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the chapel.
SPEED STONE Speed Stone, 72. New York City, formerly of this area, died July 18. 1991. at the home. He was born in Kansas City and lived in New York most of his life.
Mr. Stone was an officer for Manufacturers Hanover Trust before he retired. He performed in the Amateur Comedy Club in New York. He was a captain the Army Corps of Engineers in World War II. Survivors include a brother.
Shelton Stone. New York City. HOWARD V. SHAW Howard Shaw, 80. rural Ottawa.
died July 19, 1991, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born in Greenfield. and moved to Centropolis. in 1925: to Oakland. in 1928: and to the Ottawa area in 1974.
Mr. Shaw was an ironworker for more than 40 years before he retired. He was a member of the Iron Workers union. the Ottawa Elks Lodge and the National Rifle Association. Survivors include his wife of 42 years.
Eleanor Shaw of the home: two brothers. Oliver Shaw, Pomona. and Truman Shaw, Long Beach. and two sisters. Doris Shaw West.
Greenfield. and Janice Shaw Johnson. San Diego. Services will be al 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Lamb- Chapel.
Ottawa: burial In Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Friends may co call from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the chapel. RALPH P. SOVA SR.
Ralph P. Sova 62. Kansas City. died July 19. 1991, at Providence-St.
Margaret Health Center. He was born in Omaha. and moved to Kansas City, 40 years ago. Mr. Sova was a machinist for Trans World Airlines Inc.
for 27 years, retiring in May 1991. He was a member of Local 1650 of the Machinists union. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Kansas City, and the Holy Name Society at Holy Family Catholic Church.
Kansas City, Kan. Survivors include his wife. Natalie C. Sova of the home: a son. Ralph P.
Sova Kansas City: a daughter, Katherine A. Sova of the home: and a brother, Bernard Sova, and two sisters. Rose Cramer and Virginia Neneman, all of Omaha. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St.
Patrick's church: burial In Chapel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Skradski Chapel, where the will be said at 7 p.m. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions family center fund at St. Patrick's church.
LENA M. THOMAS Lena Mae Thomas, 77, central Kansas City, died July 18. 1991. in the South Park Health Center, 904 E. 68th St.
She was born in Austin, Texas. and moved to this area in the late 1940s. Mrs. Thomas was a housekeeper before she retired. Survivors include a niece.
Barbara Alexander of the home. Services will be at 9 a.m. today at the Lawrence A. Jones Linwood Chapel: burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 8 to 9 a.m.
today at the chapel. VERNON G. WADE Vernon G. Wade. 70.
Rushville. formerly of Parkville, died July 18. 1991. at a hospital in Atchison. Kan.
He was born in Parkville and moved to Rushville five years ago. Mr. Wade was a mechanic for Trans World Airlines Inc. for 17 years. retiring in 1984.
He was a member of the First Christian Church of Platte City. He was an Army veteran of World War I1 and a member of the Disabled American Veterans. Survivors include his wife. Delouris Wade of the home; a son, Donald L. Wade.
Kansas City: a daughter, Judy Pearson, Denham Springs. two brothers. Wade. Cassville. and Dan Wade, Topeka: three sisters.
Velma Smith. Lemoyne, Dorothy Christensen, Scoutsbluff, and Eva Bell Henderson. Bella Vista. and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 10:30 a.m.
Monday at the church; burial in the Platte City Cemetery. Friends may call from I to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Rollins Chapel, Platte City. The family suggests contributions to the church's memori- fund. CHARLES R.
WAGGONER Charles R. Waggoner, 72, central Kansas City, died July 18. 1991, at the home. He was born in Falls City, and moved to this area 40 years ago. Mr.
Waggoner was a locomotive engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad before he retired. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Survivors include a son. Robert Waggoner, and a daughter, Janice Sieker, both of Kansas City: stepson. Gary Miller. Holden.
two brothers. James Waggoner and Harry, Waggoner, and two sisters. Naomi Caslin and Ethel Waggoner, all of Portland. nine grandchildren: and 25 greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m.
today at the Earp Truman Road Chapel; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. today at the chapel. IN MISSOURI CARROLLTON Virginia Grider. 79, Norborne.
died July 18. 1991. in a nursing home in Carrollton. She was born in Carroll County, Mo. Mrs.
Grider formerly taught at Dick School. Sugartree, Mo. She attended Warrensburg (Mo.) State Teachers College. She was a member of the Carrollton United ed Methodist Church and the Modern Homemakers Club. Survivors include her husband, William T.
Grider of the home: two FOR CONVENIENT HOME DELIVERY CALL 234-4545 DEATHS Adams, Robert W. Aldridge, Ethel L. Arfstrom, Gladys Blair, John R. Bruce, Marvin A. Collet, Dora D.
Cox, Dean G. Deacon, Albert E. Deeds, Rose M. Eason, James C. Elliott, Margaret E.
Eriksen, Audrey M. Flores, Jesse J. Fowler, John C. Jr. Gero, Ernest F.
Gloor, Rosa L. Grider, Virginia Harefeld, Carl R. Herdt, Ralph B. Hulsey, Homer O. Jones, Elmo W.
King, Charlotte V. Kroger, Richard D. Lansing, Opal M. McCleery, Robert L. Morris, Laura M.
Odegard, Clara Peters, Eva Reyes, Mary E. Riddle, Chester H. Sharpe, Alex W. Shaw, Howard V. Sova, Ralph P.
Sr. Stone, Speed Thomas, Lena M. Thornton, Clarice Wade, Vernon G. Waggoner, Charles R. Zehr, Violet sons.
Richard Grider and Stephen Grider of Carrollton: a daughter, Rita Livesay, Independence: three sisters. Mary Ellen Lampton and Betty Talley of Hardin. and Reva Rottler, Carrollton: and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church: burial in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne.
Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Gibson-Rice Chapel. Carrollton. The family suggests contributions to the church. ELSEWHERE BARTLESVILLE.
Okla. Clarice Redwine Thornton. 78. Pawhuska, formerly of Kansas, died July 17, 1991, at a hospital in Bartlesville. She was born in Anness.
and lived in the Bartlesville area before moving to Pawhuska in 1942. Mrs. Thornton was a secretary and bookkeeper. retiring in 1974. She was an elder of the First Christian Church of Pawhuska.
She was a member Order of the Eastern Star. the Pythian Sisters. the Rebekah Lodge. the Business and Professional Women. the American Legion Auxiliary and the Pawhuska Hospital Auxiliary.
She was active in the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Pawhuska PTA and was a Boy Scout and Girl Scout leader. Her husband, Adolphus Carroll Redwine. died in 1964. Survivors include her husband.
Kenneth Thornton Sr. of the home: four sons. Carroll E. Redwine, Oklahoma City. Philip W.
Redwine. Norman, James M. Redwine. Mount Vernon. and Kenneth Thornton Fort Worth.
Texas: two daughters, Jane Redwine Bartlett. Marshall. and Sarah Jackson, Skiatook. three brothers. Berryhill.
Henryetta. Bill Berryhill. Rock Springs. and Bud Berryhill. Dewey.
three sisters. Betty Furnas. Phoenix. Aliene Staton. Shidler.
and Clara Whittenburg. Dewey: 14 grandchildren: and six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. today at the church: burial in the Pawhuska Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Clarice Redwine Thornton scholarship fund at the church, to the American Heart Association or 10 the American Cancer Society.
SAN ANTONIO Ralph B. Herdt. San Antonio. formerly of Kansas, died July. 17.
1991. at the home. He was born in. WaKeeney. and lived in Nebraska and Colorado before moving to Texas.
Mr. Herdt was a barber. Survivors include his stepmother. Tabea Herdt. Overland Park: five brothers, LeRoy Herdt.
Golden. John Herdt Lenexa. Robert Herdt and George Herdt of Overland Park Leonard Wagner, Wakefield. and three sisters. Irene Hurst.
Valley Falls. Helen Jordan. Leawood, and Ruth Meredith, Garden City. Kan. Private graveside services will be at the Valley Falls Cemetery.
CHANDLER, Ariz. Elmo Whitney Jones. Lakes. formerly of Kansas, died July 17, 1991. in a nursing home in Chandler.
He was born in Coffey County. and lived in Burlington and Eureka in Kansas before moving to Emporia. in 1938. He moved to Arizona in 1983. Mr.
Jones worked for George K. Baum Co. in Emporia from 1958 until he retired as vice president in 1983. He formerly held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. Earlier he was a service station owner and an agent for the John Deere Co.
in Burlington: a bulk agent for the Sinclair Oil Co. in Eureka and Emporia: a salesman for the Bay Petroleum Co. in Nebraska and Kansas: and a broker for the Sells, Fairman Harris Investment Emporia. He was a charter member of Sun Lakes Methodist Church. He was a member of the Emporia Business Men's Association and its chorus and the Emporia Lions Club.
Survivors include his wife. Alyce K. Jones of the home: a son, Kay D. Jones, San Antonio: a daughter. Diana Haraldson.
Merriam: two stepsons. Bill Feldman, Dayton. Ohio, and Dick Feldman, Topeka: a brother. Charles Jones. Le Roy, a sister.
Alma Britton. Omaha. seven grandchildren: and two great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Emporia United Methodist Church.
The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Emporia United Methodist Church memorial fund or the American Cancer Society, MINNEAPOLIS Clara Sandbo Odegard. 86, Minneapolis, died July 13. 1991. in a nursing in Minneapolis. She was born in Milan, and lived in the Minneapolis area most of her life.
Mrs. Odegard was a member of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church. Minneapolis. Survivors include two sons. Mark Odegard.
Minneapolis, and David Odegard, Kansas City, and two grandsons. Memorial services were Tuesday: burial in Lakewood Cemetery. Minneapolis. IN KANSAS HALSTEAD Violet Zehr. 68.
Hesston. died July 13. 1991, at a hospital in Halstead, Kan. She was born in Tavistock. Ontario, and lived in West Liberty, Ohio, before moving to Hesston in 1947.
Mrs. Zehr was a food service worker at Hesston College. She was a member of the Hesston Mennonite Church. Survivors include her husband, Elmer Zehr of the home: five sons. Farrel Zehr.
Edwardsburg. Paul Zehr, Modesto. John Zehr. Roaring Branch. Dennis Zehr, Hesston, and Timothy Zehr.
Inman, two daughters, Carol Brown, Shawnee, and Wanda Doig, Plain City, Ohio: two brothers, Cleason Bender, Harrisonburg, and Wallace Bender, Tavistock: a sister. Annie Leis. Tavistock: 16 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services were July 16: burial in East Lawn Cemetery, near Hesston. The family suggests contributions 10 Habitat for Humanity.
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