1991-12-04
Collection: 1991
Title
1991-12-04
1991-12-05
1991-12-06
1991-12-07
Subject
Boyles, Martha Alice
Collins, John M.
Ratts, William Pearl
Coons, Celia M.
Quiring, J. Melvin
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Source
Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
1991-12-06
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
Binder4#83
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “1991-12-04,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 26, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/875.
Text
Friday, December 6, 1991
Martha Boyles
Martha Alice Boyles, 57, Independence, Mo., was found dead Wednesday, Dec. 4, in her home.
She was the wife of former Augusta superintendent Dr. Lyle Boyles of Bowling Green, Ky.
A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Laclede, Mo.
Family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Carson Independence Chapel, Independence, Mo.
Boyles was born in Westboro, Mo. She had lived in Augusta, and upon leaving Augusta,
moved to Bowling Green and then Independence.
She had been a loan secretary and receptionist for Citadel Bank in Wichita.
She retired in 1990. She also worked for Fourth National Bank in Wichita and Prairie State Bank in Augusta.
Boyles was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green and the women’s circle of the church,
the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Order of the Eastern Star. For 30 years,
she was a volunteer for the American Heart Association, a volunteer counselor for youth,
the vice president of faculty wives at Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg, Mo., in 1968-69,
and a vice president of faculty wives at Saint Joseph, Mo.
Survivors include, besides her husband, a son, Michael of Camdenton, Mo.; a brother, Lee Nelson of Camdenton;
her mother, Iva Tuttle of Hamilton, Mo.
Monday, December 9, 1991
John Collins
John M. Collins, 98, Augusta, died Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Augusta Medical Complex.
Funeral services are 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta, the Rev. Max Munson officiating.
Collins was born July 3, 1893, in Wichita to Emily Rosetta Fletcher and Charles Elias Collins.
On April 23, 1921, he married Mary Louise Haigler in Howard. She preceded him in death on Nov. 25.
He has been a retired oil field tool dresser and was a policeman during World War II at he
Augusta Police and Fire Department. Also preceding him in death were two sons, Jay and Clarence.
Survivors include a son, Jeffrey of Hutchinson; a daughter, Christine Smith of Augusta;
four grandchildren; one greatgrandchild.
William Ratts
William Pearl Ratts, 81, El Dorado, died Friday, Dec. 6, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.
Funeral services were today at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. Burial was in the Towanda Cemetery.
Ratts was born Dec. 18, 1909, in El Dorado, to Orville & Mamie Ratts.
Ratts was a carpenter and spent most of his life in the El Dorado area.
Survivors include a son, Jerry of Aurora, Colo.; a daughter, Alda Hacker of El Dorado;
a brother, Alva of Chanute; a sister, Velma Baker of El Dorado; seven grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the American Diabetes Association.
Celia Coons
Celia M. Coons, 98, Iola, died Thursdsay, Dec. 5, at Countryside Estates. She is a former Augusta resident.
The family will have a private interment service at Elmwood Cemtery following cremation.
Coons was born Oct. 18, 1893, in East Hickory, N.Y., to Joseph L. & Margaret (MacDonald) Taylor.
Her family moved to Oklahoma, and she attended school in Bartlesville. S
he earned a teachers certificate in Oklahoma and taught school several years in Bartlesville and Dewey.
She then moved to Augusta and attended the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
In 1933, she married William D. Coons. They lived in around El Dorado until their marriage ended in divorce in 1952.
In 1960, she eanred her licensed practical nursing degree in Denver, Colo.
She then returned to El Dorado where she worked in nursing until her retirement.
For the past 12 years, she has been a resident of Countryside Estates Nursing Center in Iola.
Survivors include a son, Joe Coons of Virginia Beach, Va.; a daughter, Eula Elizabeth Small of LaCyne;
six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorials Chapels, Iola, is in charge of arrangements.
J. Mevin Quiring
Retired chiropractor J. Melvin Quiring, 72, Wichita, died Friday, Dec. 6.
He was the brother of Charles Quiring of Augusta.
Other survivors include a son, Jay Jr. of Manhattan; daughter, Susan Quiring of College Station, Texas;
brother, William H. of Hillsborough, Calif.; sisters, Marie Cadwell of Anaheim, Calif.,
Adele McWhorter of Bellflower, Calif.; two grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Title
1991-12-04
1991-12-05
1991-12-06
1991-12-07
Subject
Boyles, Martha Alice
Collins, John M.
Ratts, William Pearl
Coons, Celia M.
Quiring, J. Melvin
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Source
Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
1991-12-06
Rights
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
Binder4#83
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “1991-12-04,” Digital Augusta, accessed April 26, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/875.Text
Friday, December 6, 1991
Martha Boyles
Martha Alice Boyles, 57, Independence, Mo., was found dead Wednesday, Dec. 4, in her home.
She was the wife of former Augusta superintendent Dr. Lyle Boyles of Bowling Green, Ky.
A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Laclede, Mo.
Family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Carson Independence Chapel, Independence, Mo.
Boyles was born in Westboro, Mo. She had lived in Augusta, and upon leaving Augusta,
moved to Bowling Green and then Independence.
She had been a loan secretary and receptionist for Citadel Bank in Wichita.
She retired in 1990. She also worked for Fourth National Bank in Wichita and Prairie State Bank in Augusta.
Boyles was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green and the women’s circle of the church,
the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Order of the Eastern Star. For 30 years,
she was a volunteer for the American Heart Association, a volunteer counselor for youth,
the vice president of faculty wives at Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg, Mo., in 1968-69,
and a vice president of faculty wives at Saint Joseph, Mo.
Survivors include, besides her husband, a son, Michael of Camdenton, Mo.; a brother, Lee Nelson of Camdenton;
her mother, Iva Tuttle of Hamilton, Mo.
Monday, December 9, 1991
John Collins
John M. Collins, 98, Augusta, died Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Augusta Medical Complex.
Funeral services are 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta, the Rev. Max Munson officiating.
Collins was born July 3, 1893, in Wichita to Emily Rosetta Fletcher and Charles Elias Collins.
On April 23, 1921, he married Mary Louise Haigler in Howard. She preceded him in death on Nov. 25.
He has been a retired oil field tool dresser and was a policeman during World War II at he
Augusta Police and Fire Department. Also preceding him in death were two sons, Jay and Clarence.
Survivors include a son, Jeffrey of Hutchinson; a daughter, Christine Smith of Augusta;
four grandchildren; one greatgrandchild.
William Ratts
William Pearl Ratts, 81, El Dorado, died Friday, Dec. 6, at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.
Funeral services were today at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado. Burial was in the Towanda Cemetery.
Ratts was born Dec. 18, 1909, in El Dorado, to Orville & Mamie Ratts.
Ratts was a carpenter and spent most of his life in the El Dorado area.
Survivors include a son, Jerry of Aurora, Colo.; a daughter, Alda Hacker of El Dorado;
a brother, Alva of Chanute; a sister, Velma Baker of El Dorado; seven grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the American Diabetes Association.
Celia Coons
Celia M. Coons, 98, Iola, died Thursdsay, Dec. 5, at Countryside Estates. She is a former Augusta resident.
The family will have a private interment service at Elmwood Cemtery following cremation.
Coons was born Oct. 18, 1893, in East Hickory, N.Y., to Joseph L. & Margaret (MacDonald) Taylor.
Her family moved to Oklahoma, and she attended school in Bartlesville. S
he earned a teachers certificate in Oklahoma and taught school several years in Bartlesville and Dewey.
She then moved to Augusta and attended the Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
In 1933, she married William D. Coons. They lived in around El Dorado until their marriage ended in divorce in 1952.
In 1960, she eanred her licensed practical nursing degree in Denver, Colo.
She then returned to El Dorado where she worked in nursing until her retirement.
For the past 12 years, she has been a resident of Countryside Estates Nursing Center in Iola.
Survivors include a son, Joe Coons of Virginia Beach, Va.; a daughter, Eula Elizabeth Small of LaCyne;
six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorials Chapels, Iola, is in charge of arrangements.
J. Mevin Quiring
Retired chiropractor J. Melvin Quiring, 72, Wichita, died Friday, Dec. 6.
He was the brother of Charles Quiring of Augusta.
Other survivors include a son, Jay Jr. of Manhattan; daughter, Susan Quiring of College Station, Texas;
brother, William H. of Hillsborough, Calif.; sisters, Marie Cadwell of Anaheim, Calif.,
Adele McWhorter of Bellflower, Calif.; two grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with Hospice Inc.
Original Format
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