2011-12-08
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Title
2011-12-08
2011-12-10
Subject
Myers, Robert Llewellyn
Davis, Larry D.
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2011-12-13
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
b17#097 2011
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2011-12-08,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 24, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2311.
Text
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Robert L Myers
94, AUGUSTA
Robert Llewellyn Myers, 94, Augusta, passed away Dec. 5,
2011, after a life filled with family, faith, dedication and adventure.
Bob was born on Aug. 28,1917 near Augusta, where his parents Kyle and Erma Myers had moved so his father could find work in the oil fields. His early memories were of growing up in tough times. He swept the dock of the local granary and received the sweepings for his effort. These he took home to feed the family chickens. He took honey and milk to families more needy than his own. As he grew older, he farmed with his grandfather Robert Snodgrass and uncle John Snodgrass. He said he always talked to the work horses, especially the young ones. One day he drove a young team in to the yard after a long day’s work. His grandmother's apron blew up, and the team ran away. Unbeknownst to the young boy struggling with the reins, Uncle John had been able to jump on the back of the wagon as it sped past. The horses ran all the way down State Street through Augusta before they could be stopped. Bob said he was surprised that they did that after working all day in the hot Kansas sun. Bob met his future wife Tressa
snakes to many Boy Scouts and school children, as he told them how fascinating and wonderful the snakes were.
After retirement, Bob and Tressa loved to travel. They traveled the country, both as a couple and with groups of friends and family. Bob and Tressa asked a Russian captain of a Great Lakes grain transporter if they could come aboard. They climbed a rope ladder and were given a tour of the ship. While on a snake hunting trip in the Oklahoma gyp hills, Bob asked to tour a gypsum processing plant, to see how the sheetrock that he had used so much of was made.
Bob was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. He was known for his kindness, his friendship, his faith, his wood carvings, and his bee keeping. He had an uncanny genius for carpentry, welding, concrete work, dirt work, construction, furniture and toy making, you name it. And he was a master craftsman at all. He could fix anything (usually with odds and ends he had laying around), and could create tools and gadgets to solve whatever problem was at hand. He kept all of his family members and friends in his large heart, especially when they needed support or were undertaking a risk or a fearful change. At family gatherings he would seek out a troubled or isolated youngster, and could almost always strike up a conversation with him and help
Donations to First Baptist Church of Augusta Building Fund.
Larry D. Davis
77. ELDORADO
Larry D. Davis, 77, of El Dorado, died on Saturday,Dec. 10, 2011.
Services will be 1 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 15, at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. Interment will follow in Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
He was bom on April 11,1934 in Hooker,
Okla., the son of Eugene E. and LuElla M. (Frit-zler) Davis. He graduated from El Dorado High School with the Class of 1951, and then attended Butler Community Col-|ggg where he played
SSa football. He served in the Army during the Korean War.
He was a member of the Atomic Workers Union and was a pipefitter at the refinery. Larry enjoyed collecting toy ' cars, and especially enjoyed watching NASCAR races. He also enjoyed woodworking, gardening, watching sports, especially football and baseball.
Those who survive include: daughter and husband Stefanie and Scott Baker, Broken Arrow. Okla.; son. Steve
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2011-12-08
2011-12-10
Subject
Myers, Robert Llewellyn
Davis, Larry D.
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2011-12-13
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
b17#097 2011
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2011-12-08,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 24, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2311.Text
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Robert L Myers
94, AUGUSTA
Robert Llewellyn Myers, 94, Augusta, passed away Dec. 5,
2011, after a life filled with family, faith, dedication and adventure.
Bob was born on Aug. 28,1917 near Augusta, where his parents Kyle and Erma Myers had moved so his father could find work in the oil fields. His early memories were of growing up in tough times. He swept the dock of the local granary and received the sweepings for his effort. These he took home to feed the family chickens. He took honey and milk to families more needy than his own. As he grew older, he farmed with his grandfather Robert Snodgrass and uncle John Snodgrass. He said he always talked to the work horses, especially the young ones. One day he drove a young team in to the yard after a long day’s work. His grandmother's apron blew up, and the team ran away. Unbeknownst to the young boy struggling with the reins, Uncle John had been able to jump on the back of the wagon as it sped past. The horses ran all the way down State Street through Augusta before they could be stopped. Bob said he was surprised that they did that after working all day in the hot Kansas sun. Bob met his future wife Tressa
snakes to many Boy Scouts and school children, as he told them how fascinating and wonderful the snakes were.
After retirement, Bob and Tressa loved to travel. They traveled the country, both as a couple and with groups of friends and family. Bob and Tressa asked a Russian captain of a Great Lakes grain transporter if they could come aboard. They climbed a rope ladder and were given a tour of the ship. While on a snake hunting trip in the Oklahoma gyp hills, Bob asked to tour a gypsum processing plant, to see how the sheetrock that he had used so much of was made.
Bob was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. He was known for his kindness, his friendship, his faith, his wood carvings, and his bee keeping. He had an uncanny genius for carpentry, welding, concrete work, dirt work, construction, furniture and toy making, you name it. And he was a master craftsman at all. He could fix anything (usually with odds and ends he had laying around), and could create tools and gadgets to solve whatever problem was at hand. He kept all of his family members and friends in his large heart, especially when they needed support or were undertaking a risk or a fearful change. At family gatherings he would seek out a troubled or isolated youngster, and could almost always strike up a conversation with him and help
Donations to First Baptist Church of Augusta Building Fund.
Larry D. Davis
77. ELDORADO
Larry D. Davis, 77, of El Dorado, died on Saturday,Dec. 10, 2011.
Services will be 1 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 15, at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. Interment will follow in Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
He was bom on April 11,1934 in Hooker,
Okla., the son of Eugene E. and LuElla M. (Frit-zler) Davis. He graduated from El Dorado High School with the Class of 1951, and then attended Butler Community Col-|ggg where he played
SSa football. He served in the Army during the Korean War.
He was a member of the Atomic Workers Union and was a pipefitter at the refinery. Larry enjoyed collecting toy ' cars, and especially enjoyed watching NASCAR races. He also enjoyed woodworking, gardening, watching sports, especially football and baseball.
Those who survive include: daughter and husband Stefanie and Scott Baker, Broken Arrow. Okla.; son. Steve
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page