1982-12-30
Collection: 1982
Title
1982-12-30
Subject
Purdin, Calvin O'Neal
Barker, Donald Clarence
Hamby, P. W. (Betty)
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Source
Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
1982-12-30
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1982-12-30,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 28, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/102.
Text
The Augusta Daily Gazette
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1982
CAL PURDIN .. .municipal judge
Police Judge Dies In Court, Rites Friday
By MARY L. HODSON Staff Writer
For more than half a century, Cal Pur-din, 60, dedicated his life to family, sports activities and civic duties.
Purdin died yesterday afternoon after he apparently suffered a fatal heart attack while presiding as Augusta municipal court judge. He was pronounced dead at the Augusta Medical Complex.
His service will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Dunsford Funeral Home. Rev. Burl Allison Jr. will officiate and burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Calvin O’Neal Purdin was born Feb. 22, 1922 in Jefferson, Okla., to Claire O. and Pearl Marie Freeburgh Purdin.
His father started a dry cleaning business that eventually developed into six other stores in the northern part of Oklahoma and towns in southern Kansas.
At age 10, Purdin was pressing pants in his father’s business. Later he drove Model T and Model A trucks and picked up and delivered cleaning.
“The irons were different weights depending on what needed to be pressed. The irons weighed anywhere from 1 1/2 pounds to 20 pounds. We would heat them in a bowl-like object that was filled with charcoal and wood. Then we would wipe the iron on a wax cloth before we pressed the clothes,” Purdin said of his early days in the dry cleaning business in a 1981 Gazette feature.
He attended Augusta High School his junior and senior years. He was the first student to receive the Citizenship A award at AHS. Purdin was also quarterback and kicker on the school football team. He averaged 40.5 yards a punt and was named to the all-state team.
Purdin attended the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma and served as president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and on the intrafraternity council.
He was a halfback and punter on the Tulsa football team. During his junior year, Tulsa was ranked No. 2 in the nation, and the team played in the Sun Bowl.
During his senior year, Tulsa played in the Sugar Bowl. His team lost but Purdin was named to the second team of the All-America football squad by the International News Service and to the third team by the Associated Press.
He was drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Cardinals, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals. He was invited to play in the All-Star game but was drafted into the service. He also played pro-professional football with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the old All-America Conference.
He served as a Navy pilot during World War II aboard the carrier U.S.S. Enterprise.
After the war he returned to the Chicago Cardinals football team and played until he suffered an injury that forced him to quit.
He returned to Augusta to help his father with the dry cleaning business.
Purdin married Drusilla Carter July 9, 1946 in Tulsa. She survives.
Besides owning and operating Purdin’s Cleaners in Augusta, he and Drusilla raised three children: Diane D., Elizabeth Ann and Cal Jr.
He also found time to serve on the Augusta board of education, the city council and the planning commission.
The judge was also a member of the American Legion, past president of the Rotary and the Augusta Chamber of Commerce.
Purdin was a past president of the Kansas Municipal Judges Association and had served as executive secretary-treasurer in that organization for 10 years.
He was an honor graduate at the National Institute of Drycleaning in Silver Spring, Md.
He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church in Augusta.
In addition to his wife, of the home, he leaves a son, Calvin O. Purdin Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.; two daughters, Diane D. Purdin and Elizabeth Ann Purdin, both of Augusta, and two grandchildren, Todd and Molly Purdin.
Funeral Home Employee Collapses Near Car
Donald Clarence Barker, 64, Wichita, a retired employee of Cargill Industries and a part-time worker for the Old Mission and Dunsford funeral homes, died yesterday outside the Dunsford Funeral Home here.
His funeral service will be 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Old Mission Funeral Home in Wichita. Burial will be in the Furley (Kan.) cemetery.
Barker apparently suffered a fatal heart attack while going to start a vehicle for the Roscoe Coats funeral procession to Elmwood Cemetery. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Augusta Medical Complex.
He had been a part-time helper for the Old Mission Funeral Home for the past four years. Prior to that he worked for Ross Mills and later Cargill Industries of Wichita.
He leaves two sisters, Verna Chambers of Park City and Doris Miller of rural Valley Center, a niece and five nephews.
Former Augustan Dies
Mrs. P.W. (Betty) Hamby of Beaumont, Texas, died there Wednesday, Dec. 22. She was a former resident of Augusta.
Funeral services were held Monday in Atchison, Kan.
Among the survivors are her two sons, Scott Hamby of Houston and Carl Hamby of Washington, D.C.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Title
1982-12-30
Subject
Purdin, Calvin O'Neal
Barker, Donald Clarence
Hamby, P. W. (Betty)
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Source
Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
1982-12-30
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1982-12-30,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 28, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/102.Text
The Augusta Daily Gazette
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1982
CAL PURDIN .. .municipal judge
Police Judge Dies In Court, Rites Friday
By MARY L. HODSON Staff Writer
For more than half a century, Cal Pur-din, 60, dedicated his life to family, sports activities and civic duties.
Purdin died yesterday afternoon after he apparently suffered a fatal heart attack while presiding as Augusta municipal court judge. He was pronounced dead at the Augusta Medical Complex.
His service will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Dunsford Funeral Home. Rev. Burl Allison Jr. will officiate and burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Calvin O’Neal Purdin was born Feb. 22, 1922 in Jefferson, Okla., to Claire O. and Pearl Marie Freeburgh Purdin.
His father started a dry cleaning business that eventually developed into six other stores in the northern part of Oklahoma and towns in southern Kansas.
At age 10, Purdin was pressing pants in his father’s business. Later he drove Model T and Model A trucks and picked up and delivered cleaning.
“The irons were different weights depending on what needed to be pressed. The irons weighed anywhere from 1 1/2 pounds to 20 pounds. We would heat them in a bowl-like object that was filled with charcoal and wood. Then we would wipe the iron on a wax cloth before we pressed the clothes,” Purdin said of his early days in the dry cleaning business in a 1981 Gazette feature.
He attended Augusta High School his junior and senior years. He was the first student to receive the Citizenship A award at AHS. Purdin was also quarterback and kicker on the school football team. He averaged 40.5 yards a punt and was named to the all-state team.
Purdin attended the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma and served as president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and on the intrafraternity council.
He was a halfback and punter on the Tulsa football team. During his junior year, Tulsa was ranked No. 2 in the nation, and the team played in the Sun Bowl.
During his senior year, Tulsa played in the Sugar Bowl. His team lost but Purdin was named to the second team of the All-America football squad by the International News Service and to the third team by the Associated Press.
He was drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Cardinals, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals. He was invited to play in the All-Star game but was drafted into the service. He also played pro-professional football with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the old All-America Conference.
He served as a Navy pilot during World War II aboard the carrier U.S.S. Enterprise.
After the war he returned to the Chicago Cardinals football team and played until he suffered an injury that forced him to quit.
He returned to Augusta to help his father with the dry cleaning business.
Purdin married Drusilla Carter July 9, 1946 in Tulsa. She survives.
Besides owning and operating Purdin’s Cleaners in Augusta, he and Drusilla raised three children: Diane D., Elizabeth Ann and Cal Jr.
He also found time to serve on the Augusta board of education, the city council and the planning commission.
The judge was also a member of the American Legion, past president of the Rotary and the Augusta Chamber of Commerce.
Purdin was a past president of the Kansas Municipal Judges Association and had served as executive secretary-treasurer in that organization for 10 years.
He was an honor graduate at the National Institute of Drycleaning in Silver Spring, Md.
He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church in Augusta.
In addition to his wife, of the home, he leaves a son, Calvin O. Purdin Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.; two daughters, Diane D. Purdin and Elizabeth Ann Purdin, both of Augusta, and two grandchildren, Todd and Molly Purdin.
Funeral Home Employee Collapses Near Car
Donald Clarence Barker, 64, Wichita, a retired employee of Cargill Industries and a part-time worker for the Old Mission and Dunsford funeral homes, died yesterday outside the Dunsford Funeral Home here.
His funeral service will be 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Old Mission Funeral Home in Wichita. Burial will be in the Furley (Kan.) cemetery.
Barker apparently suffered a fatal heart attack while going to start a vehicle for the Roscoe Coats funeral procession to Elmwood Cemetery. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Augusta Medical Complex.
He had been a part-time helper for the Old Mission Funeral Home for the past four years. Prior to that he worked for Ross Mills and later Cargill Industries of Wichita.
He leaves two sisters, Verna Chambers of Park City and Doris Miller of rural Valley Center, a niece and five nephews.
Former Augustan Dies
Mrs. P.W. (Betty) Hamby of Beaumont, Texas, died there Wednesday, Dec. 22. She was a former resident of Augusta.
Funeral services were held Monday in Atchison, Kan.
Among the survivors are her two sons, Scott Hamby of Houston and Carl Hamby of Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper clipping