Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

2011-05-01
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Title

2011-05-01

2011-04-29

2011-05-01

2011-05-04

Subject

Hamrick, Irene M.

Reheis, Herman F. "Rex"

King, Virginia Lois

Randall, Winona J.

Description

Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

Creator

Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas

http://augustahistoricalsociety.com

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

2011-05-05

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In Copyright In Copyright

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Format

application/pdf

Language

Englsih

Type

Clippings

Identifier

b17#014 2011



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2011-05-01,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2223.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011


Irene Hamrick
Irene M. Hamrick, 76, of Naples, Texas, formerly of Augusta, passed away Sunday, May 1,2011.
Wake 3-5 p.m. Friday and service 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7,2011, both at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta.
Irene was born in Greeley, Neb. on March 8, 1935, the daughter of the late Jerry and Mary (Kelly) McFadden. She 1 retired from the shipping and receiving department at Boeing in 1991. She married Lloyd Hamrick
on December 18,1959 in Newkirk, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on May 26,1972. She was also preceded in death by brother, Gerald J. McFaddden.
She is survived by: brother, Robert E. McFadden of Naples, Texas; sister, Janet Vaughn (Jim) of Omaha, Texas; sister- in-law, Irene McFadden; nieces and nephews, James Vaughn III, Jeff Vaughn, Julie McGuire, Leeanna McK-insey Laster and Russell Wiles.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Kansas Humane Society.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.

Herman ‘Rex’ Reheis

Herman F. “Rex” Reheis was born July 30, 1916 in Douglass, to Harry Reheis and Beulah Olmstead, and passed away on April 29, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga., surrounded by family members.
A proud member of the “Greatest Generation,” he lived a long and wonderful life with many adventures and experiences. In 1935, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a horse-riding cavalry | trooper at Fort Riley.
After discharge he worked in the oil fields of southern California, but as war clouds gathered he re-enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an airplane mechanic and shortly after Pearl Harbor, married Maxine Hall of Rose Hill. He rose through the ranks, became an officer, and was hooked on flying by his then-commanding officer, Jimmy Stewart of movie fame. He then went through flight training and piloted a B-25 low-level strafer-bomber called “Seabiscuit” during 11 months of campaigns in the South Pacific in the 500th Bomb Squadron, rising to Captain. After the end of World War II, he served in the Air Force through postings in various units as a pilot and field maintenance commander in Colorado,
New Mexico, Texas, Maine, Georgia, and England, with his family trailing along everywhere, by now with three children: Joseph, Harold, and Marith.
After retiring in Warner Robins in 1967, at the age of 50, he turned a hobby of restoring Model A Fords into a business. Rex and Maxine traveled the U.S. buying auto parts, restoring the parts and six entire award-winning autos, and attending antique auto meets, where he became well-known as the Carburetor King. They built a new home from the ground up on Lake Jackson in Georgia, where they learned to play golf, helped found the volunteer fire department, sang in church choirs, served on local community boards, and traveled together. At 94, Rex was still to be found frequently at the local bowling alley, working in his machine shop, or playing cards and dominoes.
He is survived by: Harold Reheis of Atlanta, Ga., Marith Reheis of Golden, Colo.; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by his wife. Maxine; his sister, Anita England; and his oldest son, Joe.
At his wish, he was cremated and a memorial service was held on May 2, in Monticello, Ga.

Virginia King

Virginia Lois King, 90, El Dorado, formerly of Severy, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011.
Viewing will be held Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday, at Countryside - Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7,2011, at the Lake Creek Union Cemetery in Bartlett, Kan.
Virginia is survived by: her sons, Richard King of El Dorado and Kenneth King of Rose Hill; daughters, Phyllis Crowe of West, Texas and Martha Wolfe of Augusta; 9 grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Emmett; two brothers, Gerald and Verle; one sister, Opal Stewart.
Family suggests contributions to either Hospice Care of Kansas or Kansas Humane Society.

Winona Randall

Winona J. Randall., 83, Augusta, passed away Wednesday, May 4,2011.
Services are pending with Dunsford Funeral Home & Crematory.

Original Format

Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page