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Date of Death: Saturday, January 4, 1947
Mrs. Choice Schonherr, 59, of 521 North Fourth Street, resident of Leavenworth for 40 years, died at 2:40 p.m. after an illness of several months.
Born November 28, 1887, in Flagler, Iowa, daughter of John and Mary Jane Morgan, pioneers of Iowa. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Mary Mays of Beverly, Missouri; one sister, Mrs. Annie Thomas of the home address; one brother, John Morgan West of Des Moines, Iowa; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Sexton Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. J. B. Vernon officiating. Burial was in Mount Muncie Cemetery. The body remained at the chapel until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, January 5, 1947.
Date of Death: January 1, 1970
Gustav R. Schonherr Jr., 80, 729 Kickapoo, a Leavenworth resident more than 70 years, died Wednesday at his home.
He had been in failing health several years.
Mr. Schonherr was born Sept. 15, 1889, in Brandenberg, Germany.
He moved to Leavenworth when six years old.
He attended the old German Lutheran school.
He worked in local coal mines as a young man.
He later worked at the Helmers Furniture factory.
He retired from the Bell Laundry in 1954 after 37 years.
He is survived by two daughters.
Two sons.
A brother.
Fifteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Sexton Funeral Chapel.
Burial will be in Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
The body is at the chapel.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times Jan. 2, 1970.
Date of Death: September 29, 1919
August L. Schott, 48 years old, assistant cashier of the Leavenworth National Bank, died at 10:30 o'clock last night in University Hospital of Kansas City.
He had been ill for the last three weeks during which time he underwent two operations.
News of his death was telephoned to relatives in this city last night.
Many of his friends did not know that he was critically ill and the announcement of his death came as a great shock.
He was taken ill suddenly Saturday night.
The attending physician announced that he had abandoned all hope of Mr. Schott's recovery.
It was believed then that he could not live through the night.
August Schott was born and reared in Leavenworth.
He was well known and well liked.
Besides being a teller at the Leavenworth National Bank he was an official of the Mount Muncie Cemetery Association.
His widow and one daughter survive him.
One brother, Herman Schott, survives him.
One sister, Mrs. William Gemple, survives him.
One brother, the late Will Schott of Mehl and Schott's, died six years ago October 4.
Mr. Schott was born in this city March 23, 1870.
He was educated in the public schools and graduated from high school in his eighteenth year.
Two years later he graduated from Walther College in St. Louis.
After one year at the University of Kansas he entered the employ of the Leavenworth National Bank.
He remained employed there until the time of his illness.
In 1907 he married Miss Harriet Wulfekuhler of the city.
He was a member of the board of elders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
He had always been an ardent and faithful worker.
At the time of the building of the new church he served on the building committee.
For several years he was a director of the Mount Muncie Cemetery Association.
He is survived by his widow.
One daughter, Ruth, survives him.
A sister, Mrs. W. P. Gemple, survives him.
A brother, Herman Schott, survives him.
The funeral will be held from the family residence at 1311 Broadway Thursday at 2:30 o'clock.
Services will also be held from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Seventh and Miami streets, at 3 o'clock.
Interment will be made in the cemetery.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, September 30 and October 1, 1919.
Published in the Leavenworth Times, 8/1/1908.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 31, 1907
Mrs. Margaret Schott
Dies at the Age of 72
Mrs. Margaret Schott, 72 years of age, and for fifty years a resident of Leavenworth, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W.T. Gemple, after an illness of nine days. The death came as a complete shock to her family as Mrs. Schott was in good health until last week.
Mrs. Schott came here with her husband, Peter Schott, in 1868. The husband founded one of the first bakery shops in the state of Kansas, and was well known throughout the state. The couple came here from Salem, Indiana, where they had been in business. There were married in Louisville, KY., where Mrs. Schott was born.
Mrs. Schott is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W.P. Gemple, and three sons, August Schott , Herman Schott and W.C. Schott.
Published in the Leavenworth Times, 5/31/1903
Date of death: Saturday, May 30, 1903
Peter Schott Died Yesterday Morning
Death Due to Complication of Diseases
Had lived here since 1858
Entire family was present when the end came. The deceased had been ill for over a year and had been despaired of since Sunday last.
Peter Schott, one of the oldest residents of this city and for more that forty years a baker here died at his home at the corner of Fourth and Miami streets Saturday morning at 5 o'clock of a complication of diseases arising from the infirmities and weaknesses of advanced age.
The deceased had been ill for the past year and unable to attend to the business to which he had devoted himself for more than forty-four years, but since last Sunday he had been rapidly failing and lost strength so that the end did not come as a surprise to the family. His wife and four children were with the sufferer until death came very quietly at 5 o'clock yesterday morning.
Peter Schott was born March 11, 1832 in Erdmanroda, Cassell, Germany and came to America at the age of 20 years. Six years later the deceased came west and located in this city where he been ever since up to the time of his demise.
A wife and four children remain to mourn. They are Mrs. Margaret Schott, Herman Schott, Mrs. Julia Gempel, William C. Schott and August Schott.
The funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and at the German Lutheran Church at 2 o'clock. The services at the house will be private. Interment will be at Mount Muncie Cemetery.
Date of Death: September 12, 1857
Died on Sunday morning, the 6th instant.
Col.
Thomas F.
Scott, aged 34.
Leavenworth Weekly Journal, Saturday, Sep. 12, 1857.
Date of Death: Monday, July 27, 1925
Funeral services were held at 9:30 o'clock this morning from St. Francis de Sales Church, Lansing, for Edwin Sherley, 14 years old.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sherley of Lansing.
Edwin Sherley died early Tuesday morning at Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City.
Peritonitis caused the death.
Interment was in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Edwin Sherley was born September 20, 1911, at Lansing.
Besides the parents, two sisters and two brothers survive him.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, July 28, 1925.
Date of Death: Sunday, June 29, 1930
Eugene Francis Sherley, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sherley of Lansing, died Sunday morning at St. John’s Hospital following an operation for appendicitis.
He was born at Lansing January 6, 1918.
His father was chief engineer at the Kansas State Prison.
Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters, Josephine and Mary Alice, and one brother, William Sherley.
He was a student at the Lansing school.
Four weeks before his death he was confirmed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
The body was taken from the O’Donnell funeral chapel to the family residence at Lansing.
A requiem high mass was celebrated Tuesday morning at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church.
Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, June 30, 1930.
Date of Death: Wednesday, September 4, 1935
James William Sherley, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sherley of Lansing, died yesterday afternoon, September 5, 1935, at 4:30 o'clock at St. John's Hospital.
Death followed one week's illness caused by an infected knee.
James was born in Leavenworth, November 23, 1927.
He is survived by his parents, one brother, Raymond Eugene Sherley, all of the Lansing home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sherley of Lansing.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Frances De Sales Catholic Church, Lansing.
The Rev. Fr. Joseph McManus will officiate.
Interment will be on the Sherley family lot in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
The body was removed this afternoon from the O'Donnell Funeral Chapel to the home of the grandparents where it will lie in state until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, September 6, 1935.
Date of Death: Saturday, January 16, 1943
Joseph H. Schwartz, 46, well-known farmer of the Fairmount community, died suddenly at 3 a.m. Sunday at his home after a heart attack. He had appeared in usual health upon retiring Saturday night.
Born in Salt Creek Valley, Kickapoo Township, June 4, 1896, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mrs. Minnie Schwartz. Married November 16, 1920, to Frances Hund, they had three daughters, Mildred, Mary Margaret, and Clara, and three sons, Joseph Jr., Leo, and Edward, all of the home. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Minnie Schwartz of 621 Ottawa Street; a sister, Mrs. Marie Klansinski of 613 Ottawa Street; and a brother, Henry Schwartz of rural route four, Kickapoo Township.
Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, with the Rev. Leo Ahern officiating at the requiem mass. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends recited the rosary at Sexton Funeral Chapel Saturday night at 8 o'clock. The body remained at the chapel until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, January 17, 1943.
Date of Death: Monday, September 11, 1944
Mrs. Minnie Schwartz, 70, of 621 Ottawa Street, died at 6 a.m. at St. John's Hospital after an 18-month illness. She was the widow of Joseph Schwartz, who died in 1906.
Born March 16, 1874, in Germany, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Forge, she came to America as a child and settled in Leavenworth County. She married Joseph Schwartz on August 8, 1895, at St. Joseph's Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Klasinski of 613 Ottawa Street; a son, Henry Schwartz of rural route four; two brothers, John and Frank Forge of rural route four; and ten grandchildren. One son, Joseph Schwartz, died January 16, 1943; another, Herman Schwartz, died January 10, 1917.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Joseph's Church, with the Rev. Fr. Herman Golobic, O. Carm., officiating. Burial was in the family lot in Kickapoo Catholic Cemetery. The body was taken Tuesday morning from the O'Donnell Funeral Chapel to the Klasinski home at 613 Ottawa, where it remained until the hour of services. Friends assembled at the home Tuesday night at 8 o'clock for the rosary.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, September 11, 1944.
Date of Death: February 16, 1922
Vestina M. Smith, 30 years old, died at Grace Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
Her body was brought to Leavenworth for interment.
The funeral took place at 10:30 in the morning at the home of her father, R. F. Perkins, at Fifth and Linn Streets.
Rev. Franklin R. Berry, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiated.
Interment was made in Mount Muncie Cemetery.
She was born in Delaware Township on May 24, 1891.
Her marriage to W. E. Smith took place at Liberty, Missouri in 1913.
The couple moved to Kansas City three years earlier.
Besides her father she is survived by her husband, W. E. Smith.
One daughter, Edith Louise, survives her.
Four brothers survive her.
They are Rozwell Perkins of this city.
Robert Perkins, Jr. of Coffeyville survives her.
A. F. Perkins of Kansas City survives her.
J. D. Perkins of Jarbalo survives her.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, February 16, 1922.
Date of Death: Wednesday, February 29, 1928
William Frank Spencer, 85, a resident of Kickapoo Township since 1869, died at 10 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, C. A. Spencer, on the old Spencer place just west of Kickapoo.
Mr. Spencer was familiarly known as Frank Spencer.
He would have been 85 years old on March 10.
He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri.
He came to Kansas in 1869 with his father, O. M. Spencer.
Besides the son, C. A. Spencer, two other sons and three daughters survive him.
Mr. Spencer was one of a family of five boys and five girls.
With his death only one of the family, Mrs. Nancy Maxwell of Maitland, Missouri, remains.
Mrs. Spencer, his wife, died in 1923.
Frank Spencer was one of the substantial pioneers of Leavenworth County.
For years he served as a trustee of Kickapoo Township.
He was well known and liked by practically all who knew him.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, February 29, 1928.
Date of Death: Friday, February 11, 1938
Mrs. Anna Opliger Standiford, wife of J.B. Standiford of High Prairie, died suddenly at 6:30 o'clock this morning at the family home.
She had been slightly ill for several days with the flu, and her death from a heart attack was a shock to her family and friends.
Mrs. Standiford had lived almost all her life in the High Prairie neighborhood, born in Ohio and moved to Leavenworth County as a child.
She was an active worker in Bible Study of High Prairie, the Helping Hand, and young people projects.
She is survived by her husband, one son Robert of the home, one grandson Raymond, and three brothers: Sam Opliger of Jarbalo, Albert Opliger of Rock Creek, and Harry Opliger of western Kansas.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Sexton Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Floyd Moss of the Jarbalo Methodist Church officiating.
Interment was in the family lot in High Prairie Cemetery.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, February 11, 1938.
Date of Death: Saturday, February 11, 1939
James B. Standiford, 80, a prominent farmer of High Prairie, died shortly after 9 o'clock this morning at his home on rural route one after an illness of six months.
Mr. Standiford was born in Leavenworth, March 1858, and moved to High Prairie Township in 1893, where he had lived since. He was active in township affairs, serving as township trustee for four years, on the cemetery board for 39 years, and on the school board for ten years.
His wife, Mrs. Anna Standiford, died February 11, 1938.
He is survived by a son, Robert Standiford, and a grandson, Raymond Standiford, both of the home address.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sexton Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. C. Z. Allsbury, pastor of the Jarbalo Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment will be in High Prairie Cemetery. The body will remain at the chapel until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, March 22, 1939.
Date of Death: Friday, October 17, 1941
Joseph Studdard, 69, a retired mine officer at Kansas State Prison, Lansing, died Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home, after being ill for the past 18 months.
Born at Camden Point, Missouri, December 18, 1872, he had been a resident of Leavenworth County for more than 50 years.
He married Miss Rachel Young at Lansing, February 19, 1900, and served as an officer in the prison mine under Governors Clyde Reed and Alf M. Landon.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Rachel Studdard; one daughter, Mrs. Josephine Alford; three sons, Frank Studdard of San Francisco, California; William Studdard of Lansing; James Studdard of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Henrietta Thomas of Leavenworth and Mrs. Gus Nitsche of Long Beach, California; two brothers, John Studdard of Argentine, Kansas, and Frank Studdard of Long Beach, California; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sexton Funeral Chapel. Interment was in the Studdard family lot in Mount Muncie Cemetery. The body remained at the funeral chapel until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, October 17, 1941.
Date of Death: Tuesday, July 26, 1938
Thomas Studdard, 31, a filling station employee, died this morning at 3 o'clock at his Lansing residence after becoming suddenly ill yesterday afternoon.
He was born in Lansing December 21, 1907, attended Lansing Grade School, and later graduated from Arma High School, Arma, Kansas.
He married Miss Violet Dorhn of Lansing, August 30, 1934.
Besides the widow, Mrs. Violet Studdard of the home, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Studdard of Lansing, one sister Mrs. L. Alford of San Francisco, and two brothers, William and James Studdard of Lansing.
The body is at the Sexton Funeral Chapel, pending funeral arrangements.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, July 26, 1938.
Date of Death: Thursday, June 27, 1935
Daniel M. Swan, son of Daniel Swan, pioneer banker, lawyer and insurance man of Leavenworth, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday at the Lindsay Chapel, with interment on the family lot at Mount Muncie Cemetery.
Mr. Swan was the last of three Kansas City young men who went to Alaska in 1896 on a gold hunt and faced the dangers of the Klondike and the Chilkoot Pass.
He survived one avalanche but witnessed another, which buried men and women, though he was out of danger and helped rescue others.
On his return to Kansas City, Mr. Swan became a broker.
In 1912 he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, returning to Kansas City five years later.
He was born in Leavenworth 60 years ago.
He is survived by his widow and a daughter, both of Kansas City, a brother in Kansas City, and a sister in Jefferson City.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, June 28, 1935.
From the Leavenworth paper
Date of death: Tuesday, August 29, 1916
Fred Treff, 83 years old, a native of Germany and a resident of this county for more than half a century, who came to Leavenworth in 1854 when the town was founded by a party of Missourians from Weston, died at 6 o'clock yesterday morning at his home, 428 Second Avenue. Senile debility was the cause of death.
Mr. Treff was from Saxony Germany. He left the Fatherland during the war. He then had some trouble in getting out of the Fatherland, as he was just at the enlistment age. After arriving in this country, he first went to Columbus, Ohio, but stayed there only a short time before coming to Leavenworth. Two years after his arrival here, he was married. During the first few years of his residence, Mr. Treff followed his trade of shoemaking. Most of his trade came from the soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, as there were but a handful of settlers in the city at that time.Mr. Treff soon gave up his work in town and bought a farm near Boling, south of here. One of his sons, E.H.Treff, is now living on the farm. It was obtained from a land company which had purchased much of the Delaware Indian lands from the government. On this farm which contained about 40 acres at that time, Mr. Treff raised hay and hauled it to Fort Leavenworth. He received $6 a ton for it.
Among his best friends of the early days was, Chief Johnnycake of the Delawares.
FOUGHT PRICES RAIDERS
Mr. Treff was a member of the Kansas Militia when the Civil War opened and he served under Colonel Tom Moonlight in the border fighting. While with a small detachment of men between Leavenworth and Lawrence, Mr. Treff participated in a skirmish. When they discovered it not possible to defeat the guerrillas, they took refuge behind a natural breastworks. Then each of them placed their hats on sticks and set them up in such a way that it appeared as though there were twice as many men. Price's men were afraid to attack, because of their apparent superior force.
Mr. Treff continued to live on a farm after the war and only four years ago he retired from active life and moved to this city. He has been a member of A.O.U.W. lodge for many years and was one of Leavenworth's best known citizens.
The surviving relatives are his widow Mary Treff, six daughters, Mrs. L. Hilty, Ashland, Oregon, Mrs. K. Schwatke and Mrs. B. Frohn, both of Oakland, Ca., Mrs. B. Zapp, Mrs. Herman Witt, and Mrs. Fred Litchen, all of this city, and two sons F.H. Treff, Basehor and E. H. Treff of Boling.
The funeral service, which is to be private, will be conducted from the home a 2 o'clock this afternoon, with A.O.U.W. lodge No. 5 in charge of the ceremony. It is the request of relatives that no flowers be sent.
Burial will be made in the Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
Date of Death: Saturday, May 25, 1935
Mrs. Anna M. Tuttle, 43, of 1136 Ironmoulders Avenue, a life-long Leavenworth resident, died last night at 7 o'clock at her home.
She had been ill several months.
She was born in Leavenworth October 21, 1891 and was married to Raymond Tuttle here September 6, 1910.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butzin.
Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Miss Dorothy Tuttle of the home, and Mrs. David Reed of the city, and one son, Raymond Tuttle, Jr. of the home.
Two sisters survive, Mrs. Otto Korth and Mrs. F. E. Wait.
Two brothers survive, Frank Butzin and William Butzin.
Two grandchildren survive, Jeannie Reed and David Reed, Jr., all of Leavenworth.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sexton Funeral Chapel.
Christian Science services will be conducted.
Interment will be on the family lot in Mount Muncie Cemetery.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, May 25, 1935.
From the collections at the Leavenworth County Historical Society
and Museum. Reprinted with permission from The Leavenworth County
Historical Society and Museum and the Leavenworth Times. Donated by: Sue Rush
Date of death Thursday, April 13, 1898
FREDERICK A. TUTTLE DEAD
FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON
FREDERICK AGUSTUS TUTTLE aged 52 died, at his home, April 13, 1898, on 17th and Randoff streets at 7:45 o'clock yesterday morning.
Mr. Tuttle leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss. the funeral will take place at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
Wife: Elizabeth Robbins Tuttle,
Children: Olive May Tuttle, Edwin Agusius Tuttle, Raymond Andrew Tuttle, Alberta Winnick Tuttle, & Russell Alger Tuttle)
Date of Death: Thursday, January 18, 1940
Mrs. Helen Virginia Tuttle, 84, of 924 Shawnee Street, died at her home this morning after a brief illness. She had been a resident of Leavenworth for 79 years.
Born at Weston, Missouri, October 8, 1855, she married Lynton Carroll Tuttle at East Leavenworth, Missouri, April 6, 1871. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
She is survived by six daughters: Mrs. Charles Hoctor of 615 Kickapoo Street; Mrs. Maude Jost of 403 North Third Street; Mrs. Stella Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri; Mabel Williams of the home address; Mrs. Otto Hertel of 206 South Eleventh Street; and Mrs. N.B. McBroom of Williamsport, Indiana. Two sons: Lynton Tuttle of 706 Osage Street, a Leavenworth City fireman, and F.C. Tuttle of Redding, California; one sister, Mrs. Harry Marks of 911 South Fifth Street; 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter.
The body was at the Davis Funeral Church pending funeral arrangements.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, January 18, 1940.
Date of Death: Monday, September 27, 1943
Raymond A. Tuttle, 54, of 709 Oak Street, carpenter and contractor, native of Leavenworth, died at noon at St. John's Hospital after several months of illness.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara A. Tuttle; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Linaweaver of Lansing and Mrs. Leona Reed of the home; one son, Raymond A. Tuttle Jr. of the city; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Gorzkiewicz and Mrs. Alberta Spindler of 765 Olive Street; two brothers, Edward Tuttle of Omaha, Nebraska, and Russell Tuttle of 914 Osage Street; and five grandchildren. He married first wife Anna Marie Butzin September 6, 1910.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sexton Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Franklyn R. Beery officiating. Interment was in Mount Muncie Cemetery. The body remained at the chapel until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, September 27, 1943.
Reprinted with permission from the Tonganoxie Mirror, Thursday, June 8, 1899
Date of death: Monday, May 22, 1899
An Old Settler Gone
Mrs. John Vaughan died May 22nd at her home in High Prairie Township, aged 68 years. She was born in Nana, Tipperary county, Ireland, and came to America in 1849. She was married to John Vaughan in 1854 and they came to this neighborhood in 1857 and have lived here ever since.
Mrs. Vaughan was the mother of seven children, only one of whom with the husband is now living to mourn her death. Mrs. Vaughan was very much loved by all her neighbors and was a sincere christian, always doing deeds of kindness.
The funeral was very large and many of her friends shed tears when Father Grootoers performed the sacred burial ceremony at St. Thomas church in Springdale. The beautiful casket was cover with cut flowers from her many friends.
Date of Death: November 26, 1897
The funeral for Fritz Voss, killed Friday night by an accident on Third Street, took place at 2 o’clock from the German Lutheran Church.
Voss was born in Germany November 23, 1853.
He was 41 years old at the time of his death.
He came to the United States in 1872.
He first worked for Peter Schott.
Later he was employed by John P. Wilson.
He then became a driver for Rolfling and Company.
He remained with that firm for twenty-five years and met his death while in their service.
A blighted romance in his youth caused him to shun society.
He lived quietly with few acquaintances.
He was known to be careful with money and had accumulated savings.
He paid cash for a half interest in the livery business of Keller and Company.
Little was known of his family except that he had relatives in Germany.
One brother, Henry, remained in Osnabruck, Germany.
Another brother, Eberhard Voss, retrieved his body and removed it for burial in Atchison County, Missouri.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, November 28, 1897.
Reprinted from the Leavenworth Times, Saturday, January 16, 1909
Date of death: Friday, January 15, 1909
Mrs. Lucretia Washington, colored, died of old age yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at Mitchell Hospital. She was born in Georgia in 1829, and after the Civil war she and her family moved to Kansas, where they have lived ever since. Her husband was killed during the war. She is survived by a son in Lawrence and two daughters who live in the south. The funeral services will be held from the hospital this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
Date of Death: Sunday, March 22, 1936
Joseph Waxmonski, 70, a retired miner, died this morning at 7 o'clock at his home, 2009 South Fifth Street, after an extended illness.
Born in Poland, March 22, 1866, he had been a resident of Leavenworth for 55 years.
Mr. Waxmonski had been employed by various coal mines and later worked as a hospital attendant at the Veterans Administration Home for eight years.
A member of St. Casimir's Catholic Church, he was also a member of the St. Barbara Society, the St. Casimir Society, and the St. Hedwig Society.
Surviving are seven daughters: Mrs. Charles Giese of 1123 Spruce Street, city; Mrs. H.C. Gray of Winslow, Arizona; Mrs. Earl Whetstone of Kingsley, Kansas; Mrs. Charles Greno of 323 Spruce Street, city; Miss Bernice Waxmonski of the Veterans Administration Home; Mrs. Gene Fack of Kansas City, Kansas; Miss Clara Waxmonski of Kansas City, Kansas.
Three sons survive: Stephen Waxmonski of San Diego, California; Julius Waxmonski of the home; Leo Waxmonski of Kansas City, Kansas; one sister, Mrs. Katherine Suriski of Walsenburg, Colorado; and 17 grandchildren.
The body is at the O'Donnell Funeral Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, March 22, 1936.
Date of Death: February 12, 1857
Died at the residence of his parents in Leavenworth City, at 11 o'clock P.M. on the 8th instant.
William G.
Weibling, son of Harmon and Anna Weibling, aged 4 years and 4 months.
The Leavenworth Journal, Saturday, Feb. 12, 1857, Leavenworth, K.T.
Date of Death: Tuesday, August 19, 1941
Jacob Wingender, 74, a prominent High Prairie Township farmer, died at seven o'clock last night at his home on rural route one. He had been in failing health for several years.
Born at Baden Baden, Germany, March 27, 1867, he came to America at age 14, first settling in Rochester, New York. A veteran of the Indian Wars, he enlisted August 19, 1887, in Company G, Twelfth United States Infantry and was discharged August 18, 1892.
He had been a resident of Leavenworth County for more than fifty years and was a member of the Catholic Church. Married at St. Joseph, Missouri, November 14, 1906.
Surviving are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Schleicher of St. Joseph, Missouri, and Mrs. Louise Batton of Casper, Wyoming; five sons, Joseph Wingender of Fargo, North Dakota; Charles Wingender of Omaha, Nebraska; Samuel Wingender of Twenty-second and Dakota Streets, city; Jacob Wingender of Tonganoxie; Roy Bartman of rural route four, Leavenworth; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Marquart of Rochester, New York; Mrs. Louise Dick of Auburn, New York; and Mrs. Adelaide Steimle of Baden Baden, Germany.
Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The Rev. Fr. Leonard Kinzler officiated. Burial was in the National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth.
The body remained at the Sexton Chapel until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, August 19, 1941.
Date of Death: Friday, May 13, 1927
Hundreds of friends assembled at the home of Frederick W. Wulfekuhler, 404 Grand Avenue, Saturday afternoon to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of the pioneer wholesale grocer who died Thursday night.
Most of the leading business concerns of Leavenworth were represented.
The service was conducted by Rev. James Baxter Clyde, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in the family lot in the cemetery.
There were many beautiful floral tributes.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times.
Published in the Leavenworth Times, date unknown
Date of death: Saturday, October 2, 1909
Mrs. F. W. Wulfekuhler
Dies From Paralysis
Wife of Proprietor of Rohlfing & Company's Wholesale Grocery
Funeral to Be Held Tuesday
Mrs. Sophia Rohlfing Wulfekuhler, who has been subject to paralytic attacks for two years, succumbed at 2:15 o'clock yesterday to a fatal stroke of two days duration. Mrs. Wulfekuhler was the wife of Frederick W. Wulfekuhler, proprietor of Rohlfing & Company's wholesale grocery at Third and Cherokee streets. Besides her husband, four children are living. They are: Fred Wulfekuhler, Adolph Wulfekuhler, Miss Alma Wulfekuhler and Mrs. A.L. Schott.
Sixty-six years was the length of Mrs. Wulfekuhler’s life and forty-seven years the period of her residence in Leavenworth.
The funeral is to be held from the Wulfekuhler residence at Grand avenue and Sherman at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial is to be in Muncie cemetery.
Reprinted from the Leavenworth Times, Wednesday, February 3, 1909.
Date of death: Thursday, January 28, 1909
J. OWEN YATES DIES AT FARLEY
Father of Mrs. Joe May at Jarbalo, In this CountyJohn Owen Yates, an old resident of Farley, Mo., died Jan. 28, of tuberculosis after an illness of about a year.
Mr. Yates was born in Indiana in 1851 and after he was 20 years old he moved to Farley, where he married Miss Emma F. Coons.
He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Jessie and Vivian of Farley, and Mrs. Joe Jay of Jarbalo.
The funeral was held from the Hickory Grove church. The services were conducted by the Rev. Tucker of Platte City. Burial was in the Fox cemetery.
Date of Death: Friday, July 6, 1928
Thomas R. Young, 77 years old, hoisting engineer at the Kansas State Prison for thirty years, died last night at his residence at Lansing.
Mr. Young was born in Durham, England.
He had been ill five months.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Young, five daughters and two sons.
Mr. Young was a member of Banner Lodge, Order of Odd Fellows, at Minden Mines, Missouri.
The body will be removed from the Davis funeral church to the home tomorrow morning.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Burial will be in Mount Muncie Cemetery.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, July 7, 1928.
Date of Death: Friday, November 8, 1935
Mrs. Katherine Zielinski, 84, died late Friday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John Loboda, 2200 South Fourth Street, following an illness of four years.
Mrs. Zielinski was the widow of Antone Zielinski, a former well-known Leavenworth resident.
She was born in Poland, November 25, 1850, and came to Leavenworth about 1885.
She was a member of St. Casimir's Catholic Church and the Ladies' Sodality.
Surviving are two sons, John Chopski of Germany and Michael Zielinski of Leavenworth; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jarowitz of Leavenworth and Mrs. John Loboda, at whose home she died; one brother, Frank Meter of Staunton, Illinois; 38 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Casimir's Catholic Church.
The Rev. Joseph Laczniak will officiate.
Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
The body will be taken this afternoon from the O'Donnell Funeral Chapel to the home of Mrs. Loboda, where it will remain until the hour of services.
Taken from the Leavenworth Times, November 10, 1935.
Date of Death: Thursday, June 5, 1930
William H. Zimmerman, a veteran resident of the Tonganoxie community, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tina Clevenger, near Six Corners southwest of Tonganoxie.
He had been in failing health for some time and was eighty years of age.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Friends Church in Tonganoxie.
Rev. C. L. Nellis and Rev. F. P. White conducted the services.
Burial was in Hubbel Hill Cemetery.
William H. Zimmerman was born in Bloomington, Illinois July 8, 1849.
He died June 5, 1930 at the home of his daughter near Lawrence.
He came to Kansas with his parents in 1867 and settled at Fall Leaf.
He married Martha Ellen Williams in 1874.
They first lived at Fall Leaf and later near Linwood and Edwardsville.
They moved to Tonganoxie in 1893 and later farmed in the Mound community.
For thirty-five years they lived in or near Tonganoxie and the last ten years in town.
Eleven children were born to the family and ten survive.
One daughter, Laura, died at the age of two.
His widow and many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren survive him.
Taken from the Tonganoxie Mirror, June 12, 1930.
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