1986-01-27
Collection: 1986
Title
1986-01-27
1986-01-28
Subject
Quest, Dr. A. L.
McClure, James L.
Smith, Ernest Ralph
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
1986-01-27
1986-01-28
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1986-01-27,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 26, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/357.
Text
The Augusta Daily Gazette
January 27, 1986
DR. A.L. QUEST ...doctor of osteopathy
Dr. A.L. Quest funeral will be tomorrow
Dr. A.L. Quest, 87, Augusta’s first doctor of osteopathy, died yesterday at his home.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Dunsford Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.
During his 59 years as an osteopath here, Dr. Quest made “hundreds of house calls” and delivered babies in the country. Many of those babies grew up to be his patients; their children and grandchildren followed.
Dr. Quest was the osteopath with the longest family practice in Butler County before his retirement in July of last year.
His path in medicine began after graduating from high school. The son of a Hannibal, Mo., dray line operator, Edward Quest, opted for a career in medicine because he enjoyed diagnosing. His other career option was electrical engineering.
A medical doctor in Hannibal encouraged him to study osteopathic medicine. After spending a year at Culver Stockton College in Canton and three years at the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., he attended the DesMoines Still College of Osteopathy and graduated from the Iowa school in 1926.
Dr. Quest arrived in Butler county in June, 1926. He opened his first office above Cooper Drug Co. in the 500 block of State. That was when the oil business was booming in the Augusta area. Many of his patients came from the Bloomington area and oil camp towns near Augusta. He made his rounds in a Model T Ford and later in a Chevrolet.
In 1944, Dr. Quest relocated his practice to a five-room house in the 600 block of School, where the School Street Clinic is today.
Dr. Quest assisted the police department with emergency medical care when there was no local hospital here.
Dr. Quest believed strongly in osteopathic medicine. He open his office to the preceptorship-extern program of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1977. Several doctors, including Dr. Ron Varner, received special training under his tutilege.
Dr. Varner worked closely with Dr. Quest at the School Street Clinic before Dr. Quest’s retirement in 1985. Dr. Varner continues his work at the clinic.
Dr. Quest was born Nov. 14, 1898 in West Ely, Mo., to Edward and Mary Louise Wlecke.
He married Harriet Elizabeth Nay March 21, 1947 in Hillsboro. She survives.
He was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church and served in the military during World War I.
Other survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Graber of Augusta; grandchildren, Gail Miller of Chico, Calif., Jeffrey Lynn Graber of Carrollton, Texas, Elizabeth Ann Graber of Long Beach, Calif., and Cynthia Louise Graber of Andover, and great-grandchildren, Reagan Miller of Chico and Chelsea Leigh Phillips of Andover.
A son, Jim, and a grandson, Bryan Joseph Graber, preceded him in death.
A memorial has been established with the Christ Lutheran Church.
Quest funeral
Rev. Gaylen Burow of Christ Lutheran Church officiated at a funeral service for Dr. A.L. Quest this afternoon at the Dunsford Funeral Home in Augusta. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Dr. Quest, the community’s first doctor of osteopathy and founder of the School Street Clinic here, died Sunday at his home at age 87.
Monday, January 27, 1986
James L. McClure dies at 76
James L. McClure, 76, Wichita, brother of Jennie Ralston of Augusta, died Thursday at a Mesa Ariz., hospital.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Wichita. Rev. Dr. Herbert Cockerill and Rev. Dr. Edward Rowley will officiate. Burial be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta.
He was born Nov. 26, 1909 in El Dorado to Ira Willard and Nellie Pitkin Viets McClure.
He married Eunice Cochran Dec. 2, 1937 in Wichita. She survives.
McClure was a retired real estate broker and builder and McClure Real Estate Co. owner.
He moved from Augusta to Wichita in 1939. He was a member of Albert Pike Lodge 303 AF&AM, the Wichita Consistory and Midian Shrine.
Other survivors include a daughter, Carole Gillette of Wichita; sisters, Florence Burris of Garden City, Helen Fendley of Houston, Texas, and two grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with the the First United Methodist Church Building Fund and the American Cancer Society.
Cochran Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
Tuesday, January 28, 1986
Ernest R. Smith dies in California
Ernest Ralph Smith, 60, Ukiah, Calif., brother of Sarah Dotson and the uncle of Billy Skelton of Augusta, died Sunday from injuries suffered in a house fire.
Funeral arrangements there are pending.
He was born March 27, 1925 in Washington County, Arkansas to Alexander C. and Mary Rebecca Weese Smith.
He was retired.
Survivors include two daughters, Rita and Gail; several grandchildren, and another sister, Faye Gibbs of Towanda.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Title
1986-01-27
1986-01-28
Subject
Quest, Dr. A. L.
McClure, James L.
Smith, Ernest Ralph
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
1986-01-27
1986-01-28
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1986-01-27,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 26, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/357.Text
The Augusta Daily Gazette
January 27, 1986
DR. A.L. QUEST ...doctor of osteopathy
Dr. A.L. Quest funeral will be tomorrow
Dr. A.L. Quest, 87, Augusta’s first doctor of osteopathy, died yesterday at his home.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Dunsford Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.
During his 59 years as an osteopath here, Dr. Quest made “hundreds of house calls” and delivered babies in the country. Many of those babies grew up to be his patients; their children and grandchildren followed.
Dr. Quest was the osteopath with the longest family practice in Butler County before his retirement in July of last year.
His path in medicine began after graduating from high school. The son of a Hannibal, Mo., dray line operator, Edward Quest, opted for a career in medicine because he enjoyed diagnosing. His other career option was electrical engineering.
A medical doctor in Hannibal encouraged him to study osteopathic medicine. After spending a year at Culver Stockton College in Canton and three years at the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo., he attended the DesMoines Still College of Osteopathy and graduated from the Iowa school in 1926.
Dr. Quest arrived in Butler county in June, 1926. He opened his first office above Cooper Drug Co. in the 500 block of State. That was when the oil business was booming in the Augusta area. Many of his patients came from the Bloomington area and oil camp towns near Augusta. He made his rounds in a Model T Ford and later in a Chevrolet.
In 1944, Dr. Quest relocated his practice to a five-room house in the 600 block of School, where the School Street Clinic is today.
Dr. Quest assisted the police department with emergency medical care when there was no local hospital here.
Dr. Quest believed strongly in osteopathic medicine. He open his office to the preceptorship-extern program of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1977. Several doctors, including Dr. Ron Varner, received special training under his tutilege.
Dr. Varner worked closely with Dr. Quest at the School Street Clinic before Dr. Quest’s retirement in 1985. Dr. Varner continues his work at the clinic.
Dr. Quest was born Nov. 14, 1898 in West Ely, Mo., to Edward and Mary Louise Wlecke.
He married Harriet Elizabeth Nay March 21, 1947 in Hillsboro. She survives.
He was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church and served in the military during World War I.
Other survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Graber of Augusta; grandchildren, Gail Miller of Chico, Calif., Jeffrey Lynn Graber of Carrollton, Texas, Elizabeth Ann Graber of Long Beach, Calif., and Cynthia Louise Graber of Andover, and great-grandchildren, Reagan Miller of Chico and Chelsea Leigh Phillips of Andover.
A son, Jim, and a grandson, Bryan Joseph Graber, preceded him in death.
A memorial has been established with the Christ Lutheran Church.
Quest funeral
Rev. Gaylen Burow of Christ Lutheran Church officiated at a funeral service for Dr. A.L. Quest this afternoon at the Dunsford Funeral Home in Augusta. Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Dr. Quest, the community’s first doctor of osteopathy and founder of the School Street Clinic here, died Sunday at his home at age 87.
Monday, January 27, 1986
James L. McClure dies at 76
James L. McClure, 76, Wichita, brother of Jennie Ralston of Augusta, died Thursday at a Mesa Ariz., hospital.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Wichita. Rev. Dr. Herbert Cockerill and Rev. Dr. Edward Rowley will officiate. Burial be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta.
He was born Nov. 26, 1909 in El Dorado to Ira Willard and Nellie Pitkin Viets McClure.
He married Eunice Cochran Dec. 2, 1937 in Wichita. She survives.
McClure was a retired real estate broker and builder and McClure Real Estate Co. owner.
He moved from Augusta to Wichita in 1939. He was a member of Albert Pike Lodge 303 AF&AM, the Wichita Consistory and Midian Shrine.
Other survivors include a daughter, Carole Gillette of Wichita; sisters, Florence Burris of Garden City, Helen Fendley of Houston, Texas, and two grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with the the First United Methodist Church Building Fund and the American Cancer Society.
Cochran Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
Tuesday, January 28, 1986
Ernest R. Smith dies in California
Ernest Ralph Smith, 60, Ukiah, Calif., brother of Sarah Dotson and the uncle of Billy Skelton of Augusta, died Sunday from injuries suffered in a house fire.
Funeral arrangements there are pending.
He was born March 27, 1925 in Washington County, Arkansas to Alexander C. and Mary Rebecca Weese Smith.
He was retired.
Survivors include two daughters, Rita and Gail; several grandchildren, and another sister, Faye Gibbs of Towanda.
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