1985-10-10
Collection: 1985
Title
1985-10-10
1985-10-11
1985-10-14
Subject
Wise, Claude E.
LeVelle, Gerald G.
Pickett, Jodie Ann
Criser, Jesse Floyd
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Source
Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
1985-10-10
1985-10-11
1985-10-14
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1985-10-10,” Digital Augusta, accessed May 18, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/333.
Text
The Augusta Daily Gazette
Thursday, October 10, 1985
Claude Wise rites Friday
A funeral service for retired teacher Claude E. Wise, 76, who died at St. Joseph
Medical Center in Wichita, will begin at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel here. Burial will follow a graveside service at the Conway Springs cemetery.
Wise taught physics and chemistry at Augusta High School before his retirement in 1975. Wise was hired by the Augusta school system before World War II and he returned here after serving in the armed forces during the war years.
“He will be remembered as an excellent science teacher,” said AHS principal James Ashcraft. “Claude was interested in kids and in their lives.”
Even though he was born July 24, 1909 in Conway Springs to John Wesley and Vergie Ida Wise, Claude’s sister, Betty Jeter of Wichita, said her brother loved Augusta. “He was an Augustan first, last and always.” Wise also leaves another sister, Marian Fuller of Elkhart.
Wise grew up in Milton and graduated from Milton High School. He later attended college in Wichita.
CLAUDE E. WISE ...retired teacher
Others remember his dedication to the science program — first in the old high school building (now Augusta Middle School) and later in the new high school facility on Ohio Street. Wise reportedly took a personal hand in the design of the science department at AHS.
He enjoyed photography, rock collecting, travel, and music. He served on the music committee at Augusta’s First United Methodist Church. Methodist minister Rev. Robert Brooks will conduct the service here tomorrow at Dunsford’s.
Wise was a member of the Augusta Kiwanis Club and the Retired Teachers’ Association.
Memorials to the American Heart Association have been suggested.
Friday, October 11, 1985
Gerald LeVelle dies at 75
Gerald G. LeVelle, 75, Wichita, half brother of Betty Lou Johnson of Augusta, died Tuesday at the Riverside Hospital there.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Smith Mortuary in Derby. Rev. Jim Reed will officiate and burial will be in the El Paso Cemetery in Der-by.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
He was born Aug. 21, 1910 in Belle Plain to Clarence William and Della Mary Forney LeVelle.
He married. Llewellyn N. States. She survives.
He was a retired welder.
Other survivors are sons, Gerry of Winfield, Clarence of Gulf Port, Miss.; daughters, Geraldine Human of Derby and Pamela Landwehr of Wichita; a brothers, George of Shell Knob, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Jodie Ann Pickett dies in Colorado
Jodie Ann Pickett, 21, Aurora, Colo., granddaughter of Wilda Miller of Augusta, died today at a hospital there.
Her funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Chase Mortuary in Aurora. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Elmwood Cemetery here. Rev. Jon Grissom will officiate.
She was born Oct 18, 1963 in Topeka to James Robert and Judith K. Miller Burris.
She married Dennis W. Pickett Sept. 18, 1982 in Augusta. He survives.
She was the computer manager of Hertz Renta Car in Denver, Colo.
Other survivors include daughters, Courtney M. and Chelsea A., both of the home; father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. James Burris of Topeka; her mother, Judy K. Carriker of Hayward, Calif.; sisters, Janette L. Miller of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Jacqueline L. Burris of Topeka; a step sister, Kristie L. Scharf of Burbank, Calif.; a step brother, Perry B. Young of Topeka; grandmother, Artie Burris of Aurora, and Mr. and Mrs. James R. Pickett of El Dorado.
Dunsford Funeral Home in Augusta is in charge of arrangements here.
Monday, October 14, 1985
Jesse Criser dies at 95
Jesse Floyd Criser, 95, Viola, died yesterday at the Walnut Valley Nursing Home here.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Downing & Lahey Mortuary in Wichita. Rev. John Bliss will officiate and burial will be in the Andover Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with the Viola Baptist Church.
He was born April 18, 1890 in Andover to John and Sylvia Criser.
He married Clara Mulch. She survives.
He was a retired farmer.
Other survivors include daughters, Alvena Settergren of Augusta and Doris Warner of Viola; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Title
1985-10-10
1985-10-11
1985-10-14
Subject
Wise, Claude E.
LeVelle, Gerald G.
Pickett, Jodie Ann
Criser, Jesse Floyd
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Source
Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
1985-10-10
1985-10-11
1985-10-14
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1985-10-10,” Digital Augusta, accessed May 18, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/333.Text
The Augusta Daily Gazette
Thursday, October 10, 1985
Claude Wise rites Friday
A funeral service for retired teacher Claude E. Wise, 76, who died at St. Joseph
Medical Center in Wichita, will begin at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel here. Burial will follow a graveside service at the Conway Springs cemetery.
Wise taught physics and chemistry at Augusta High School before his retirement in 1975. Wise was hired by the Augusta school system before World War II and he returned here after serving in the armed forces during the war years.
“He will be remembered as an excellent science teacher,” said AHS principal James Ashcraft. “Claude was interested in kids and in their lives.”
Even though he was born July 24, 1909 in Conway Springs to John Wesley and Vergie Ida Wise, Claude’s sister, Betty Jeter of Wichita, said her brother loved Augusta. “He was an Augustan first, last and always.” Wise also leaves another sister, Marian Fuller of Elkhart.
Wise grew up in Milton and graduated from Milton High School. He later attended college in Wichita.
CLAUDE E. WISE ...retired teacher
Others remember his dedication to the science program — first in the old high school building (now Augusta Middle School) and later in the new high school facility on Ohio Street. Wise reportedly took a personal hand in the design of the science department at AHS.
He enjoyed photography, rock collecting, travel, and music. He served on the music committee at Augusta’s First United Methodist Church. Methodist minister Rev. Robert Brooks will conduct the service here tomorrow at Dunsford’s.
Wise was a member of the Augusta Kiwanis Club and the Retired Teachers’ Association.
Memorials to the American Heart Association have been suggested.
Friday, October 11, 1985
Gerald LeVelle dies at 75
Gerald G. LeVelle, 75, Wichita, half brother of Betty Lou Johnson of Augusta, died Tuesday at the Riverside Hospital there.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Smith Mortuary in Derby. Rev. Jim Reed will officiate and burial will be in the El Paso Cemetery in Der-by.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
He was born Aug. 21, 1910 in Belle Plain to Clarence William and Della Mary Forney LeVelle.
He married. Llewellyn N. States. She survives.
He was a retired welder.
Other survivors are sons, Gerry of Winfield, Clarence of Gulf Port, Miss.; daughters, Geraldine Human of Derby and Pamela Landwehr of Wichita; a brothers, George of Shell Knob, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Jodie Ann Pickett dies in Colorado
Jodie Ann Pickett, 21, Aurora, Colo., granddaughter of Wilda Miller of Augusta, died today at a hospital there.
Her funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Chase Mortuary in Aurora. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Elmwood Cemetery here. Rev. Jon Grissom will officiate.
She was born Oct 18, 1963 in Topeka to James Robert and Judith K. Miller Burris.
She married Dennis W. Pickett Sept. 18, 1982 in Augusta. He survives.
She was the computer manager of Hertz Renta Car in Denver, Colo.
Other survivors include daughters, Courtney M. and Chelsea A., both of the home; father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. James Burris of Topeka; her mother, Judy K. Carriker of Hayward, Calif.; sisters, Janette L. Miller of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Jacqueline L. Burris of Topeka; a step sister, Kristie L. Scharf of Burbank, Calif.; a step brother, Perry B. Young of Topeka; grandmother, Artie Burris of Aurora, and Mr. and Mrs. James R. Pickett of El Dorado.
Dunsford Funeral Home in Augusta is in charge of arrangements here.
Monday, October 14, 1985
Jesse Criser dies at 95
Jesse Floyd Criser, 95, Viola, died yesterday at the Walnut Valley Nursing Home here.
His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Downing & Lahey Mortuary in Wichita. Rev. John Bliss will officiate and burial will be in the Andover Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with the Viola Baptist Church.
He was born April 18, 1890 in Andover to John and Sylvia Criser.
He married Clara Mulch. She survives.
He was a retired farmer.
Other survivors include daughters, Alvena Settergren of Augusta and Doris Warner of Viola; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping