1987-01-02
Collection: 1987
Title
1987-01-02
Subject
Chisman, Jesse V. "Jess"
Peal, Anna Mary
Willits, Daniel Vernon
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
1987-01-02
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1987-01-02,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/437.
Text
Friday, January 2, 1987
Town’s shoemaker dies, buried today at Elmwood
Augusta’s longtime shoe repairman Jesse V. “Jess” Chisman, 71, 1228 State Street, died Wednesday, Dec. 31.
His funeral was this afternoon in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel. Rev. George Goudie of the First Southern Baptist Church officiated and burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Chisman, grandson of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient William W. Chisman who fought in the American Civil War, reportedly learned the shoe repair trade as a youngster from town cobbler Harry Williams.
When he tried to enlist for the military during World War II, Chisman was reportedly deferred because he was classified as the “only shoemaker in Kansas.”
He operated Chisman Shoe Repair Service in the 400 block of State Street for 43 years before retirement. The leather goods repair/sales business has been continued by his family.
He enjoyed working on antique vehicles and his Model T Ford truck was a popular entry in local parades. He also enjoyed flying and shared ownership of an airplane.
Chisman held membership in the Southern Baptist Church, Kansa Traveler Campers and the International Order of Odd Fellows.
Jesse Vernon Chisman was
born July 16, 1915 in Telton, Okla., as a son of William Sherman and Ivy Lucey Donahue Chisman.
He came to Kansas with his family in a covered wagon and settled on land just west of Augusta.
On March 23, 1934, he married Mary Eliza Tyndall in a ceremony at Wichita. She died in May of 1966.
He and the former Cleta M. Miller were wed April 3, 1982. She survives.
Chisman also leaves two daughters, Jessie Jolene “Jo” Palmer of Augusta, and Lavina K. Kidd of McPherson, and a sister, Bernice Matthews of Monterey, Calif., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Jim Chisman.
Anna M. Peal died Wednesday
Anna Mary Peal, 77, El Dorado, a former Butler County courthouse employee, died Wednesday at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Carlson Funeral Home. Rev. Hank Demous will officiate and burial will be in the Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
A memorial has been established with Fourth Floor, Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.
She was born Aug. 29, 1909 in rural El Dorado to Claude and Georgia Jellison Sherman.
She married Harold H. Peal April 12, 1928 in El Dorado. He preceded her in death Sept. 11, 1982.
She was also a retired sales clerk.
Survivors include sons, William of Eureka, Richard of Bellevue, Wash.; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were today for Daniel Willits
A memorial service for Daniel Vernon Willits, formerly of the Haverhill area, was at 2 p.m. today in the Highland Christian Church in Des Moines, Iowa.
The 60-year-old Des Moines resident died Monday.
He was a retired American Red Cross worker.
Survivors include a wife, Maxine; sons, Stephen of Des Moines, Daniel of San Diego, Calif.; daughters, Barbara Day, Jacci, both of Des Moines; brothers, Virgil of Lincoln, Neb., , Irvin of Wichita; sister, Virginia Hodson of Sun City, Ariz., and a grandchild.
Hamilton’s Funeral Home in Des Moines was in charge of the arrangements.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Title
1987-01-02
Subject
Chisman, Jesse V. "Jess"
Peal, Anna Mary
Willits, Daniel Vernon
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
1987-01-02
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1987-01-02,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/437.Text
Friday, January 2, 1987
Town’s shoemaker dies, buried today at Elmwood
Augusta’s longtime shoe repairman Jesse V. “Jess” Chisman, 71, 1228 State Street, died Wednesday, Dec. 31.
His funeral was this afternoon in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel. Rev. George Goudie of the First Southern Baptist Church officiated and burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Chisman, grandson of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient William W. Chisman who fought in the American Civil War, reportedly learned the shoe repair trade as a youngster from town cobbler Harry Williams.
When he tried to enlist for the military during World War II, Chisman was reportedly deferred because he was classified as the “only shoemaker in Kansas.”
He operated Chisman Shoe Repair Service in the 400 block of State Street for 43 years before retirement. The leather goods repair/sales business has been continued by his family.
He enjoyed working on antique vehicles and his Model T Ford truck was a popular entry in local parades. He also enjoyed flying and shared ownership of an airplane.
Chisman held membership in the Southern Baptist Church, Kansa Traveler Campers and the International Order of Odd Fellows.
Jesse Vernon Chisman was
born July 16, 1915 in Telton, Okla., as a son of William Sherman and Ivy Lucey Donahue Chisman.
He came to Kansas with his family in a covered wagon and settled on land just west of Augusta.
On March 23, 1934, he married Mary Eliza Tyndall in a ceremony at Wichita. She died in May of 1966.
He and the former Cleta M. Miller were wed April 3, 1982. She survives.
Chisman also leaves two daughters, Jessie Jolene “Jo” Palmer of Augusta, and Lavina K. Kidd of McPherson, and a sister, Bernice Matthews of Monterey, Calif., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Jim Chisman.
Anna M. Peal died Wednesday
Anna Mary Peal, 77, El Dorado, a former Butler County courthouse employee, died Wednesday at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital in El Dorado.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Carlson Funeral Home. Rev. Hank Demous will officiate and burial will be in the Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
A memorial has been established with Fourth Floor, Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.
She was born Aug. 29, 1909 in rural El Dorado to Claude and Georgia Jellison Sherman.
She married Harold H. Peal April 12, 1928 in El Dorado. He preceded her in death Sept. 11, 1982.
She was also a retired sales clerk.
Survivors include sons, William of Eureka, Richard of Bellevue, Wash.; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were today for Daniel Willits
A memorial service for Daniel Vernon Willits, formerly of the Haverhill area, was at 2 p.m. today in the Highland Christian Church in Des Moines, Iowa.
The 60-year-old Des Moines resident died Monday.
He was a retired American Red Cross worker.
Survivors include a wife, Maxine; sons, Stephen of Des Moines, Daniel of San Diego, Calif.; daughters, Barbara Day, Jacci, both of Des Moines; brothers, Virgil of Lincoln, Neb., , Irvin of Wichita; sister, Virginia Hodson of Sun City, Ariz., and a grandchild.
Hamilton’s Funeral Home in Des Moines was in charge of the arrangements.
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