November 29, 2006 The ADVOCATE Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties Volume 10, No. 91 Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown Page 5, Column 1: "Delbert Eugene Winn 1917-2006 Delbert Eugene Winn, 88, died October 30, 2006, in his room at Heritage Hall in the Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, NE. Delbert was born to Leonard Easton and Neva Pearl (Cayot) Winn at his parents' river bottom farm south of Burlington, KS, on December 28, 1917. Del, who was known as 'Debbie' to his family, was the youngest of four children. During his growing up years, the family moved from Burlington to the Winwood Dairy Farm in Westphalia, then to another farm north of Westphalia and eventually to two different houses in town. Del attended grade school at Cherry Mound School and graduated from Westphalia Rural High School in 1936. In high school, Del took the Normal Training Course for school teachers but never was able to get a job teaching. After graduating from high school, he attended business college in Kansas City, MO, to learn clerical work. Upon completion of business college, he worked at the Bliss Syrup Company in Kansas and then form the Army Corp of Engineers in St. Louis, Jefferson Barracks, and Vichy, MO. On January 26, 1942, he joined the Navy, was stationed in Philadelphia for one year and then was transferred to Washington, D.C. to work at the Navy Annex in Arlington, VA. During his time in Philadelphia, Delbert met Helen Carolyn Goucher on the observation roof of Radio City Music Hall while they both were sight-seeing separately in New York City. They were married in Philadelphia on June 10, 1944. In September of that same year, Del was shipped out to the Pacific during World War II on the Land Ship Tank (LST) #587. His LST participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima (saw the flag raised), Okinawa, and Ie Shima. After his discharge on October 5, 1945, he returned to Philadelphia where his wife, Helen, was living. Following the war, Delbert worked for the government, first at the War Assets Administration and then the Veterans' Administration with the V.A. Insurance Division in Philadelphia, at the New Castle County Air Base in Wilmington, DE, and then finished the bulk of his 32 years of government service by working at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard until he retired at the age of 55. The Winn family lived in Philadelphia, where their first son, Delbert Easton, was born, and then in Broomall, PA, where their second son, Robert Howard, was born. The family also lived in Newtown Square, PA. After the boys left home, Delbert and Helen moved to West Chester, PA, and eventually to a home in rural Christiana, PA, which was built onto the 1844 Sadsbury School House, No. 1. After Helen's death in 1992, Del lived in the school house for two more years and then moved to the Heatherwood Retirement Home in Honeybrook, PA. He relocated to Broken Bow, NE, with his son's family, Bob and Priscilla Winn and their children, in June 1996. Delbert was a resident of Liberty Square at the Jennie M. Melham Memorial Medical Center from 1995 until 2005, and has been living in Heritage Hall since January 2005. Delbert enjoyed fishing and hunting small game as a teenager and young man, was an enthusiastic pool, pinochle, bridge, horseshoes, and quoits player, went to watch repair school and repaired watches for most of his adult life, was an avid fan of all of the Philadelphia sports teams, loved to collect coins, and was a 65-year member of the Masonic Lodge in Garnett. He and his wife also volunteered for many years with the Red Cross and Meals on Wheels. Mr. Winn was also preceded in death by his parents; his brother Carl, who died in World War II at the battle of Midway; his sister, Dorothy. Del is survived by his sister, Cleo Thomason of Andover, KS; and his sons and their families, Delbert and Mary Winn of Alpharetta, GA, and their children, Carrie (Winn) and Mike Candle and great-granddaughter, Madeleine, of Canton, GA and Colin Winn of Flagstaff, AZ, and Bob and Priscilla Winn of Broken Bow, NE, and their children, Ethan Winn of Dallas, TX, Tori Winn of Langhorne, PA, Becky (Winn) and Jeff Busenitz of Langhorne, PA, and Michaela Winn of Santa Clarita, CA." Page 5, Column 2: "Mary Jane Sutton Eye 1902-2006 Funeral services for Mary Jane Sutton Eye, 104, Garnett, are Saturday, December 2, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Garnett. Interment will follow in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, KS. Mrs. Eye died Monday, November 27, at Trinity Nursing and Rehab Center, Merriam, KS. The family will receive friends on Friday, December 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Farris- Feuerborn Memorial Chapel, who is in charge of arrangements." "Bonnie J. Barker 1932-2006 Funeral services for Bonnie J. Barker, 74, Moran, were Tuesday, November 21, 2006, at Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel, Iola, with Rev. Lloyd Houk officiating. Interment was in Highland Cemetery in Iola. Mrs. Barker died Sunday, November 19, at her home. Bonnie J. Barker was born May 4, 1932, at Iola, the daughter of Luther and Amanda (Disney) Creason. She grew up in Iola and on October 31, 1952, was married to Sterling C. Barker in Iola. They lived in Iola and then east of LaHarpe before moving to their present farm home northeast of Moran where they have lived for the past 38 years. She worked several years for Thompson Poultry and Berg Manufacturing. Mrs. Barker was preceded in death by her daughter, Cherie Lynn Baker; a granddaughter, Nikki Barker; six brothers, two who were infants, Allbon, Albert, Leonard, and William 'Bill' Creason; and four sisters, one who was an infant, Marie Balding, Flossie Robinson, and Virginia Delaplain. Bonnie is survived by her husband, Sterling; her sons, John Barker of LaHarpe, Sterling M. Barker of Kincaid, and Mark Barker and his wife Polly of Chanute; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be made to Allen County Health Care Foundation Hospice. Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements." Transcribed for Anderson County Kansas USGENWEB By: Lulu B. Nixon