August 6, 2003

The ADVOCATE

Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties

Volume 7, No. 63

Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown



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“Eleanor Moyer Lloyd

1903-2003

Graveside services and interment for Eleanor Moyer Lloyd, 99, Ottawa, KS, were Friday, August

1, 2003, at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, KS, with Pastor Scott Dickinson officiating.  Miss

Lloyd died Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at Village Manor Nursing Home, Ottawa.

Eleanor Moyer Lloyd was born August 23, 1903, at Princeton, KS, the daughter of Albert Martin

and Cora Mabel (Moyer) Lloyd.  She was a lifelong Franklin County resident, moving into

Ottawa in 1930.  She graduated from Ottawa High School with the Class of 1922 and from

Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, KS.  Eleanor taught seven years in Franklin County

rural schools, thirty-nine years as a second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, and one

year at Sacred Heart Catholic School, retiring in 1970.

Eleanor was a member and past president of Ottawa Business and Professional Women’s Club,

Happy Homemakers, Extension Homemakers Unit, Retired Teachers-both state and local, Alpha

Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, Four Seasons Garden Club, First United Methodist

Church, and Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, all of Ottawa.

Miss Lloyd was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Martin and Cora Mabel Lloyd; her

brother, Ray M. Lloyd; and her sister-in-law, Dorothy Lloyd.

Eleanor is survived by her brother, Evan S. Lloyd, Pittsburg, KS; her nieces, Linda Tesar, Ottawa,

KS, and Connie Womble, Pittsburg, KS; her nephew, John Lloyd, Spring Hill, KS: two

great-nieces, three great-nephews, one great-great-niece, two great-great- nephews; several

cousins, and many friends.

The family greeted friends on Friday at 1:30 p.m. before proceeding to the cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church of Ottawa.

Dengel and Son Mortuary, Ottawa, KS, was in charge of arrangements.”



“James Grover ‘Ace’ Oestreicher

1913-2003

Funeral Mass for James Grover ‘Ace’ Oestreicher, 90, Princeton, KS, was Tuesday, August 5,

2003, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Therese Catholic Church, Richmond, KS.  Interment was in Mt.

Calvary Cemetery, Ottawa, KS.  Mr. Oestreicher died Thursday, July 31, 2003, at Miami County

Medical Center, Paola, KS.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Therese Catholic Church of Richmond.

Dengel and Son Mortuary, was in charge of arrangements.”



“Ernest H. Roecker

1913-2003

Funeral services for Ernest H. Roecker, 90, Ottawa, KS, were Monday, August 4, 2003, at 10:00

a.m. at Dengel and Son Mortuary, Ottawa, with Pastor Rick Dunn officiating.  Interment was in

Ruhamah Cemetery, Rantoul, KS.  Mr. Roecker died Thursday, July 31, 2003, at Ransom

Memorial Hospital, Ottawa.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dixie Lee (Roecker) Spencer Scholarship Fund at

Rosalia High School in Rosalia, KS.

Dengel and Son Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.”



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Anderson County

Kansas

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By:  Lulu B. Nixon