2011-06-30
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Title
2011-06-30
2011-07-02
Subject
Thomas, Bessie Ruby
Gerdes, Olen S.
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2011-07-05
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
b17#039 2011
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2011-06-30,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2252.
Text
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Bessie Thomas
Bessie Ruby Thomas, 91, Rose Hill, went to join her husband Wilmer in
heaven on Thursday, June 30, 2011.
A memorial service was held this afternoon in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel, Augusta. Private family inurnment at a later date.
Bessie was born on Feb. 9,1920 to Scott and Vera (Hill) King in Bloomington Township, Kan. She married Wilmer Thomas on Dec. 6,1940 also in Bloomington. Bessie was a seamstress and a riveter for Beechcraft.
Her survivors include: her daughters, Vera (Tony) Bradfield of Rose Hill, Vickie (Byron)
Baum of Leon; sisters, Faye Peterson of Douglass, Marjorie Woodall of Augusta, Betty Nix of Oklahoma City, and Gail (Buddy) Scovell of Augusta; grandchildren,
Mia Lee, Micki Deb-brecht, Mike and John "Willie" Bradfield, Staci Potts, Stephanie and Melanie Baum, and Melinda Shaw; 15 greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; spouse and a sister Evelyn Loudenslager.
A memorial has been established with the School for Deaf, 450 East Park Street, Olathe, KS 66061 or in care of the funeral home.
Arrangements by Dunsford Funeral Home & Crematory, Augusta.
Olen S. Gerdes
Olen S. Gerdes, 91, of Wellington, retired U.S. Postal Service and Kansas
Turnpike Authority, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011.
Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, July 6, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Service 10 a.m., Thursday, July 7, Assembly of God, Wellington. Interment will be at 2 p.m., Thursday in Bethel Cemetery,Amorita, Okla. Olen was a WWII veteran.
Preceded in death by first wife, Eleanor.
Survivors: wife, Juanita (Troutman) Gerdes; son, Jeffrey A. Gerdes (Cathy) of Wichita; daughters, Lynette M. Brown (Raymond) of Haysville, and Christine N. McConnell (Phillip) of Augusta; stepchildren, Merlin Troutman (Delores), Donald Troutman and Richard Troutman; brother, Robert Gerdes of Salina; sister, Mary Church of Morton, Wash.; 7 grandchildren; 5 step-grand-children; 11 great-grandchildren; 13 step-great-grandchildren; 7 step-great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the Bethel Cemetery Association, Amorita, OK,
73719.
Arrangements by Downing & Lahey Morturary East, Wichita.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2011-06-30
2011-07-02
Subject
Thomas, Bessie Ruby
Gerdes, Olen S.
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2011-07-05
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
b17#039 2011
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2011-06-30,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2252.Text
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Bessie Thomas
Bessie Ruby Thomas, 91, Rose Hill, went to join her husband Wilmer in
heaven on Thursday, June 30, 2011.
A memorial service was held this afternoon in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel, Augusta. Private family inurnment at a later date.
Bessie was born on Feb. 9,1920 to Scott and Vera (Hill) King in Bloomington Township, Kan. She married Wilmer Thomas on Dec. 6,1940 also in Bloomington. Bessie was a seamstress and a riveter for Beechcraft.
Her survivors include: her daughters, Vera (Tony) Bradfield of Rose Hill, Vickie (Byron)
Baum of Leon; sisters, Faye Peterson of Douglass, Marjorie Woodall of Augusta, Betty Nix of Oklahoma City, and Gail (Buddy) Scovell of Augusta; grandchildren,
Mia Lee, Micki Deb-brecht, Mike and John "Willie" Bradfield, Staci Potts, Stephanie and Melanie Baum, and Melinda Shaw; 15 greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; spouse and a sister Evelyn Loudenslager.
A memorial has been established with the School for Deaf, 450 East Park Street, Olathe, KS 66061 or in care of the funeral home.
Arrangements by Dunsford Funeral Home & Crematory, Augusta.
Olen S. Gerdes
Olen S. Gerdes, 91, of Wellington, retired U.S. Postal Service and Kansas
Turnpike Authority, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011.
Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, July 6, Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Service 10 a.m., Thursday, July 7, Assembly of God, Wellington. Interment will be at 2 p.m., Thursday in Bethel Cemetery,Amorita, Okla. Olen was a WWII veteran.
Preceded in death by first wife, Eleanor.
Survivors: wife, Juanita (Troutman) Gerdes; son, Jeffrey A. Gerdes (Cathy) of Wichita; daughters, Lynette M. Brown (Raymond) of Haysville, and Christine N. McConnell (Phillip) of Augusta; stepchildren, Merlin Troutman (Delores), Donald Troutman and Richard Troutman; brother, Robert Gerdes of Salina; sister, Mary Church of Morton, Wash.; 7 grandchildren; 5 step-grand-children; 11 great-grandchildren; 13 step-great-grandchildren; 7 step-great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the Bethel Cemetery Association, Amorita, OK,
73719.
Arrangements by Downing & Lahey Morturary East, Wichita.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page