1987-01-07
Collection: 1987
Title
1987-01-07
1987-01-08
Subject
Capps, Lawrence Leland
Davis, Bernice L.
Potts, Michael R.
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
1987-01-07
1987-01-08
Rights
Format
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Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1987-01-07,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 18, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/440.
Text
Monday, January 7, 1987
Leland Capps funeral here
A funeral service for Lawrence Leland Capps, 18, Andover, will be held in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel here at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Capps died Thursday, Jan. 1. He was the son of Everett Capps of Augusta and Mary Sue Madrigal of Andover.
Other survivors include brothers Lale of Manhattan, Troy and Travis of Augusta and Dane of Andover, grandparents Everett L. Capps of Augusta, Oscar and Mary Wilson of Warsaw, Mo.
Bernice L. Davis died Monday at 73
Bernice L. Davis, 73, Wichita, sister of Lloyd M. Loomis of Augusta, died Monday at St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita
Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Hope Mausoleum in Topeka. Rev. Charles Chipman will officiate.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
She was born Aug. 7, 1913 in Augusta to Maurice and Myrtle Carter Loomis.
She married Tillman R. Davis on Dec. 19, 1942 in Topeka. He survives.
Mrs.Davis was a retired school teacher.
Other survivors include a daughter Loine Fritchmanof Wichita; sister Helen L. Loomis of Topeka; brother, Lyle M. Loomis of Winfield and a grandchild.
Downing & Lahey Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, January 8, 1987
Body of AHS grad found
MIKE R. POTTS . . .funeral tomorrow
The body of a 1986 graduate of Augusta High School was found yesterday near Beech Aircraft Corp. property on the east side of Wichita. The deceased has been identified as Michael Potts.
According to authorities, the 18-year-old Potts was reported as missing on Oct. 20.
Detective sergeant John Daily with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's department said Potts’ death has been ruled a suicide. A small-caliber handgun was found near the decomposed body which was discovered by employees of a tree-trimming company about a half-mile east of Webb Road and a quarter-mile north of Kellogg.
Potts apparently had died about the time he was reported missing.
Sergeant Daily said the time of death would be consistent with the missing person report.
In the coronor’s estimate, the type of wound, the area of the wound is consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Daily said, explaining that the department is basically finished with its investigation.
Potts played on the AHS Oriole football and basketball teams three years. He was a football co-captain his senior year.
Graveside services will be at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the Elmwood Cemetery here.
Potts lettered in football and basketball all three years at AHS, according to athletic director Armand Hillier.
Linda Williams, a family friend, said football was Potts’ first love and one of his biggest thrills was when the Orioles won district in 1985.
Gail MacKenzie, AHS counselor, reports Potts was a good student and was well liked by his peers.
A memorial fund is being established at Prairie State Bank and Citadel Bank of Augusta.
He was born Nov. 6,1967 in Winfield to Fred E. and Joyce Larcom Potts.
He had worked at Scholfield’s Body Shop in Wichita.
Survivors include brothers, David of Wichita and Eugene of Augusta; sister, Elaine Heit of Augusta; father, Fred E. Potts of Wichita; mother, Joyce E. Potts of Loveland, Colo., and grandparents, Floyd and Vada Potts of Douglass.
The Dunsford Funeral Home of Augusta is in charge of arrangements.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Title
1987-01-07
1987-01-08
Subject
Capps, Lawrence Leland
Davis, Bernice L.
Potts, Michael R.
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
1987-01-07
1987-01-08
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette, Augusta, Kansas, USA, “1987-01-07,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 18, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/440.Text
Monday, January 7, 1987
Leland Capps funeral here
A funeral service for Lawrence Leland Capps, 18, Andover, will be held in the Dunsford Funeral Home chapel here at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Capps died Thursday, Jan. 1. He was the son of Everett Capps of Augusta and Mary Sue Madrigal of Andover.
Other survivors include brothers Lale of Manhattan, Troy and Travis of Augusta and Dane of Andover, grandparents Everett L. Capps of Augusta, Oscar and Mary Wilson of Warsaw, Mo.
Bernice L. Davis died Monday at 73
Bernice L. Davis, 73, Wichita, sister of Lloyd M. Loomis of Augusta, died Monday at St. Joseph Medical Center in Wichita
Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Hope Mausoleum in Topeka. Rev. Charles Chipman will officiate.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
She was born Aug. 7, 1913 in Augusta to Maurice and Myrtle Carter Loomis.
She married Tillman R. Davis on Dec. 19, 1942 in Topeka. He survives.
Mrs.Davis was a retired school teacher.
Other survivors include a daughter Loine Fritchmanof Wichita; sister Helen L. Loomis of Topeka; brother, Lyle M. Loomis of Winfield and a grandchild.
Downing & Lahey Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, January 8, 1987
Body of AHS grad found
MIKE R. POTTS . . .funeral tomorrow
The body of a 1986 graduate of Augusta High School was found yesterday near Beech Aircraft Corp. property on the east side of Wichita. The deceased has been identified as Michael Potts.
According to authorities, the 18-year-old Potts was reported as missing on Oct. 20.
Detective sergeant John Daily with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's department said Potts’ death has been ruled a suicide. A small-caliber handgun was found near the decomposed body which was discovered by employees of a tree-trimming company about a half-mile east of Webb Road and a quarter-mile north of Kellogg.
Potts apparently had died about the time he was reported missing.
Sergeant Daily said the time of death would be consistent with the missing person report.
In the coronor’s estimate, the type of wound, the area of the wound is consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Daily said, explaining that the department is basically finished with its investigation.
Potts played on the AHS Oriole football and basketball teams three years. He was a football co-captain his senior year.
Graveside services will be at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in the Elmwood Cemetery here.
Potts lettered in football and basketball all three years at AHS, according to athletic director Armand Hillier.
Linda Williams, a family friend, said football was Potts’ first love and one of his biggest thrills was when the Orioles won district in 1985.
Gail MacKenzie, AHS counselor, reports Potts was a good student and was well liked by his peers.
A memorial fund is being established at Prairie State Bank and Citadel Bank of Augusta.
He was born Nov. 6,1967 in Winfield to Fred E. and Joyce Larcom Potts.
He had worked at Scholfield’s Body Shop in Wichita.
Survivors include brothers, David of Wichita and Eugene of Augusta; sister, Elaine Heit of Augusta; father, Fred E. Potts of Wichita; mother, Joyce E. Potts of Loveland, Colo., and grandparents, Floyd and Vada Potts of Douglass.
The Dunsford Funeral Home of Augusta is in charge of arrangements.
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