Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

1983-04-08
Collection: 1983

Title

1983-04-08

1983-04-11

Subject

Bosle, Rachel D.

Geolat, Sylvester "Sy" John

Keaton, Robert William

Murphy, Icy E.

Miles, Maria Labrezze

Mott, Della Naomi Pore

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Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

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Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

1983-04-08

1983-04-11

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Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1983-04-08,” Digital Augusta, accessed October 31, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/126.
Text

The Augusta Daily Gazette
Friday, April 8, 1983
Rachel Bosley
Rachel D. Bosley, 83, Wichita, died Thursday at Woodlawn Nursing Center in Wichita.
Gravside services will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Little Walnut Cemetery in Leon. Rev. David McCord will officiate.
A memorial has been established with the West Side Christian Church in Wichita.
She was born Dec. 17, 1899 to Eltieh and Anna Belle Wagamon Elliott.
She married K.J. Bosley who preceded in death.
Cochran Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.

Monday, April 11, 1983
Sy Geolat Dies At 66
Sylvester “Sy” John Geolat, 66. 1716 Meadowlake, died Sunday at the Augusta Medical Complex.
There will be a mass at 10 a.m. Wednesday at S. Mary's Catholic Church in Belleville, Ill. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery there.
Memorial funds may be sent to the Dunsford Funeral Home of Augusta. The family will make the decision about where the funds will go.
He was born June 1, 1916 in Belleville, Ill., to Victor and Anne Honer Geolat.
He married Dolores Erhardt Jan. 8, 1944 in Belleville. She survives.
He was retired from Mobil Oil Co., where he worked for 40 years. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the Kiwanis Club. He served in the army during World War II.
Other survivors include a daughter, Dawn Waggoner of Ponca City, Okla.; a brother, Victor Geolat of Belleville; two sisters, Dorothy Mayes and Zerita Schobert, both of Belleville, and a grandson, Justin Waggoner of Ponca City.

Monday, April 11, 1983
Son-In-Law Dies At 30
Robert William Keaton, 30, died at his home in Boulder, Colo., Saturday morning. He was the son-in-law of Gene and Betty Degraffenreid of Augusta.
Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday morning in Boulder.
He was born in London, England, to William and Iris Keaton. His father preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Sondra Jean of the home, his mother and a brother Colin.

Ex-Augustan Dies At 90
Icy E. Murphy, 90, El Dorado, formerly of Augusta, died today at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital there.
Her service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the El Dorado First Christian Church. Rev. William Longman will officiate and burial will be in the Walnut Valley Memorial Park Cemetery there.
Memorials have been established with the American Cancer Society and the First Christian Church in El Dorado.
She was born Dec. 27, 1892 in Augusta to Turner A. and Iva Hughes Rutherford.
She married Harry H. Murphy Aug. 12, 1919 in El Dorado. He survives.
They lived in the Snow and Economy areas between El Dorado and Augusta for many years.
She was a member of the First Christian Church, the Snow Club and the Economy EHU.
Other survivors include a son, Alfred Murphy of Wichita; daughters, Eva Lachenmayr of Walnut Creek, Calif., Virginia Sluss and Mary McCoy, both of El Dorado; sisters, Mary Smith and Susie Morris, both of El Dorado; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Carlson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Maria Miles Dies At Home
Maria Labrezze Miles, 89, Wichita, formerly of rural El Dorado, died yesterday at her home.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dunsford Funeral Home. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery.
She was born July 27, 1893 in SoVar, Spain to Paul and Marguerite Labrezze.
She married Frank O. Miles June 14, 1920 in Algiers, Algeria. He preceded her in death in 1959.
Survivors include a son, Charles D. Miles of Towanda; daughters, Mary Van Huss and Joan Smith, both of Wichita; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Della Mott
Della Naomi Pore Mott, 89, Medicine Lodge, the mother of Daisy Douthett, formerly of Augusta, died April 9 at an Attica, Kan., hospital.
Her service will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Medicine Lodge First Baptist Church. Pastor Micheal Henry will officiate and burial will be at the Highland Cemetery there.
She was born Nov. 30, 1893 in Bartlesville, Okla., to Leander and Mary Frances Pender Pore.
Feb. 6, 1912 in Greensburg. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons, Edward Mott of Gilbert, Ariz., and Jack Mott of Medicine Lodge; six daughters, Naomi Watts of Seattle, Wash., Genevieve Crowell of Fairfield Bay, Ark., Daisy Douthett of Cherry Hill, N.J., Winnie Babb of Long Island, N.Y., Della Smith of Albuquerque, N.M., and Joan Hansen of Shirley, Ark.; 36 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
The Forsyth Funeral Home in Medicine Lodge is in charge of arrangements.

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