2006-09-26
Collection: 2006
Title
2006-09-26
2006-10-02
2006-10-06
Subject
Wilson, James L.
Porter, Mikki Michelle
Porter, Lola Mae
Jones, Levi Ryan Gene
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2006-09-29
2006-10-05
2006-10-06
2006-10-12
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b11#071 2006
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2006-09-26,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 23, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/1689.
Text
James L. Wilson
James L. Wilson, 94, Augusta, died on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, after a long and productive life.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1; funeral
service at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, both at Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home in Augusta. Interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta.
Jim was born on March 29, 1912, on a farm near Winfield, one of six children of George Heber and Della Mae Wilson. He attended rural elementary school and graduated from Winfield High School in 1929. He attended Southwestern College in Winfield, earning a degree in chemistry and math in 1934. He took a job with Skelly Oil Co. in El Dorado, where he met his wife, Geneva Morgan, who was working as a telephone operator. The couple married in 1938 and started their family there and then moved to Augusta in 1942, with Jim taking a job with Socony-Vacuum (Mobil Oil Co.). Bridge and family gatherings with friends and involvement with the First United Methodist Church were highlights of those years.
Geneva Wilson died unexpectedly in 1969, and Jim later had the good fortune to meet an attractive widowed interior decorator from Wichita, Nora “Jeri” Whiting, and they married in November of 1970.
Jim and Jeri spent winters in Mesa, Ariz. after Jim retired from Mobil in 1975, following 33 years of employment. They had many a good game of bridge and golf in Mesa with new friends, as well as with old friends in Augusta in the warm months.
Jim was proud of his hole-in-one at the Augusta Country Club in 1981.
After retirement from Mobil, Jim was contacted by an organization that recruited retired professionals to use their skills to help developing countries. He was asked to go to Ecuador to assist the government in their effort to develop asphalt reserves. Jim and Jeri enjoyed their several months living in Quito, though Jim’s duties took him out on up-country river expeditions that Jeri decided to skip, preferring the sights and shopping the capital city.
Jim continued his active association with the Kiwanis Club and lay work at the Methodist Church in retirement. Jim and Jeri lived at Cottonwood Point retirement center in Augusta for the last six years and greatly enjoyed their view to the west over the Augusta City Lake. Jim reluctantly gave up golf in his later years, but maintained an active interest in the Kansas Jayhawk basketball team, reviewing the highlights at game’s end over the phone with his son, who had watched the games in Seattle.
In addition to his wife, Jeri, Jim is survived by: sister, Mary Wilson of Wichita; brother, Wayne Wilson of Winfield; daughter Sara (Frank) Shirk of St. Charles, Mo.; son, Dr. Lawrence (Jan) Wilson of Seattle, Wash.; step daughters, Sydney (Robert) Ellis of Richmond, Va. and Beverly Wothke of Waianae, Hawaii; four grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; three step grandchildren; and one step great-grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the First United Methodist Church, 2020 N. Ohio, Augusta, 67010.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home in Augusta.
Mikki Michelle Porter
Mikki Michelle Porter, 47, Augusta, passed away on Monday, Oct. 2, 2006.
Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Headley Funeral Chapel in Augusta.
Mikki was born on Oct. 24, 1958, in Wichita, the daughter of Joe L. Millison and Norma Jean (Gardner) Agard. She worked as a nurse at Wesley Medical Center. On June 20, 2005, she married Tim Porter in Miami, Okla. He survives.
Other survivors include: son, Travis Hall and wife, Carrie Christner of Augusta; mother, Norma
Agard and her husband, Gary of Augusta; step brother, Mark Agard of Springfield, ILL.; step sisters, Kay Powell of Augusta, Jean Morgan of Beaumont, Texas, Lisa Wells of Amarillo, Texas, and Garrie Lynn Kancewick of Doha, Qatar.
She was preceded in death by; her father, Joe Millison and brothers, Gerald Lee and Kerry Millison.
Memorials to American Heart Association, 5375 W. 7th, Topeka, 66606.
Lola Mae Porter
Lola Mae Porter, 92, Augusta, died on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006.
Service arrangements were pending this morning with Hillside Funeral Home in Augusta.
Levi Ryan Gene Jones
Levi Ryan Gene Jones, 25, Augusta, self-employed mechanic, passed away on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, of natural causes.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta.
His survivors include: parents, Robert and Kerry Jones of Haysville, Cheryl and Stephen Sanford of Wichita; brother, Justin (Jenny) of Augusta; step brother, Keith Lowden of Haysville; sister, Kelly (Pete) Jones of Augusta; step sisters, Kami Lowden of Haysville and Sally Holcomb of Bend, Ore.; paternal grandparents, Eldon and Jody Jones of Augusta; maternal grandmother, Ardith Coffey of Augusta; Tucker and Landon Jones, Kandace Saleah, Eva Holcomb; numerous extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Edward Coffey and his uncle, Darrel “Rooster” Coffey.
Arrangements by Hillside Funeral Home in Augusta.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2006-09-26
2006-10-02
2006-10-06
Subject
Wilson, James L.
Porter, Mikki Michelle
Porter, Lola Mae
Jones, Levi Ryan Gene
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2006-09-29
2006-10-05
2006-10-06
2006-10-12
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b11#071 2006
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2006-09-26,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 23, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/1689.Text
James L. Wilson
James L. Wilson, 94, Augusta, died on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, after a long and productive life.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1; funeral
service at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, both at Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home in Augusta. Interment will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta.
Jim was born on March 29, 1912, on a farm near Winfield, one of six children of George Heber and Della Mae Wilson. He attended rural elementary school and graduated from Winfield High School in 1929. He attended Southwestern College in Winfield, earning a degree in chemistry and math in 1934. He took a job with Skelly Oil Co. in El Dorado, where he met his wife, Geneva Morgan, who was working as a telephone operator. The couple married in 1938 and started their family there and then moved to Augusta in 1942, with Jim taking a job with Socony-Vacuum (Mobil Oil Co.). Bridge and family gatherings with friends and involvement with the First United Methodist Church were highlights of those years.
Geneva Wilson died unexpectedly in 1969, and Jim later had the good fortune to meet an attractive widowed interior decorator from Wichita, Nora “Jeri” Whiting, and they married in November of 1970.
Jim and Jeri spent winters in Mesa, Ariz. after Jim retired from Mobil in 1975, following 33 years of employment. They had many a good game of bridge and golf in Mesa with new friends, as well as with old friends in Augusta in the warm months.
Jim was proud of his hole-in-one at the Augusta Country Club in 1981.
After retirement from Mobil, Jim was contacted by an organization that recruited retired professionals to use their skills to help developing countries. He was asked to go to Ecuador to assist the government in their effort to develop asphalt reserves. Jim and Jeri enjoyed their several months living in Quito, though Jim’s duties took him out on up-country river expeditions that Jeri decided to skip, preferring the sights and shopping the capital city.
Jim continued his active association with the Kiwanis Club and lay work at the Methodist Church in retirement. Jim and Jeri lived at Cottonwood Point retirement center in Augusta for the last six years and greatly enjoyed their view to the west over the Augusta City Lake. Jim reluctantly gave up golf in his later years, but maintained an active interest in the Kansas Jayhawk basketball team, reviewing the highlights at game’s end over the phone with his son, who had watched the games in Seattle.
In addition to his wife, Jeri, Jim is survived by: sister, Mary Wilson of Wichita; brother, Wayne Wilson of Winfield; daughter Sara (Frank) Shirk of St. Charles, Mo.; son, Dr. Lawrence (Jan) Wilson of Seattle, Wash.; step daughters, Sydney (Robert) Ellis of Richmond, Va. and Beverly Wothke of Waianae, Hawaii; four grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; three step grandchildren; and one step great-grandchild.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the First United Methodist Church, 2020 N. Ohio, Augusta, 67010.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home in Augusta.
Mikki Michelle Porter
Mikki Michelle Porter, 47, Augusta, passed away on Monday, Oct. 2, 2006.
Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Headley Funeral Chapel in Augusta.
Mikki was born on Oct. 24, 1958, in Wichita, the daughter of Joe L. Millison and Norma Jean (Gardner) Agard. She worked as a nurse at Wesley Medical Center. On June 20, 2005, she married Tim Porter in Miami, Okla. He survives.
Other survivors include: son, Travis Hall and wife, Carrie Christner of Augusta; mother, Norma
Agard and her husband, Gary of Augusta; step brother, Mark Agard of Springfield, ILL.; step sisters, Kay Powell of Augusta, Jean Morgan of Beaumont, Texas, Lisa Wells of Amarillo, Texas, and Garrie Lynn Kancewick of Doha, Qatar.
She was preceded in death by; her father, Joe Millison and brothers, Gerald Lee and Kerry Millison.
Memorials to American Heart Association, 5375 W. 7th, Topeka, 66606.
Lola Mae Porter
Lola Mae Porter, 92, Augusta, died on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006.
Service arrangements were pending this morning with Hillside Funeral Home in Augusta.
Levi Ryan Gene Jones
Levi Ryan Gene Jones, 25, Augusta, self-employed mechanic, passed away on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, of natural causes.
Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta.
His survivors include: parents, Robert and Kerry Jones of Haysville, Cheryl and Stephen Sanford of Wichita; brother, Justin (Jenny) of Augusta; step brother, Keith Lowden of Haysville; sister, Kelly (Pete) Jones of Augusta; step sisters, Kami Lowden of Haysville and Sally Holcomb of Bend, Ore.; paternal grandparents, Eldon and Jody Jones of Augusta; maternal grandmother, Ardith Coffey of Augusta; Tucker and Landon Jones, Kandace Saleah, Eva Holcomb; numerous extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Edward Coffey and his uncle, Darrel “Rooster” Coffey.
Arrangements by Hillside Funeral Home in Augusta.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page