Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

1996-07-10
Collection: 1996

Title

1996-07-10

1996-07-16

1996-07-23

1996-08-07

1996-08-30

1996-09-02

Subject

Rollins, Maxine

Cantu, Louis

Clark, Ramon L.

Brown, Maurine G.

Shurtz, Frances Opal

Cutts, Nina Mae

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

1996-July-August-September

Rights

In Copyright In Copyright

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Format

Clippings

Language

English

Type

application/pdf

Identifier

b5#25



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “1996-07-10,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 24, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/911.
Text

July 11, 1996

Maxine Rollins

Maxine Rollins, 78, Augusta, died Wednesday, July 10, 1996.
Visitation will be tonight until 8 p.m. at Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home in Douglass.
Her funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday, July 12, at the Augusta Church of Christ
with Joe Slater officiating. She will be buried in the Cumberland Cemetery.
Rollins was born Thursday, May 16, 1918 in Butler County to Robert.L. and Ola (Van Dyne) Thomas.
She was a member of the Augusta Church of Christ and belonged to the OES,
Twentieth Century Club, a member of EHU, a 4-H leader, and a Sunday school teacher.
The homemaker was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Verlin Rollins.
She is survived by her son, Thomas of Vidor, Texas;
daughters, Sue Evans of Augusta and Martha Van Arsdale of Oakley, Calif.;
brother, Bert Thomas of Augusta, Delbert Thomas of Trenton, N.J., Earnest Thomas of El Dorado Hills, Calif.;
stepbrother, Clifford Bailey of Popca City, Okla.; step-sister, Merle Lovell of San Carlos, Calif.;
11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.
Memorials have been established with the Augusta Church of Christ Building Fund and Alzheimer’s Association.

September 3, 1996

Frances Shurtz

Frances Opal Shurtz, 87, Augusta, died Friday, Aug. 30, 1996.
Her service will be 10 a.m. tomorrow, Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit.
The homemaker is survived by her son, Noel, of Augusta;
three grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the First Presbyterian Church, Beloit.
McDonald Funeral Home, Beloit, is in charge of arrangements. ~

July 18, 1996

Louis Cantu

Louis Cantu, 76, Augusta, died Tuesday, July 16, 1996 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
His funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at Hillside Funeral Home Augusta.
Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Cantu was born Jan. 15, 1920 in Laredo, Texas to Pete and Marcia (Garcia) Cantu.
He was retired from Beech Aircraft after 31 years of employment and served in the
U.S. Army during World War II, spending 3 1/3 years in the signal corps.
He was preceded in death by a grandchild.
He is survived by his wife, F. Merle (Baker) Cantu; sons, Dennis or Augusta,
Gary of El Dorado, Ronald of Corpus Christi, Texas, Barry of Wichita, Patrick of Dodge City;
daughters, Cindy Smith of Porum Okla., Mary Hill of Rockaway Beach, Mo.;
sister, Tony Garcia of McAllen, Texas;
20 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the Augusta Senior Center.

July 24, 1996

Ramon Clark

Ramon L. Clark, 78, Augusta, died Tuesday, July 23, 1996, Augusta Medical Complex.
His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 26, at the Dunsford Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Vern Bowers of Augusta First United Methodist Church will officiate and burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Clark was born Nov. 5, 1917 in Cambridge to Ray D. and Elva (Baker) Clark.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was a member of the United Methodist Church and had retired as a school custodian.
He is survived by his wife, Fern (Miller); son, Rodney W. Clark of Marietta, Ga.;
brothers, Dr. James E. Clark of Colorado Springs, Colo., Alfred Clark of Coffeyville;
sister, Vera Sheldon of Arkansas City, and two grandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the First United Methodist Church Building Fund.

August 8, 1996

Maurine Brown

Maurine G. Brown, 83, Augusta, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1996, HCA Wesley, Wichita.
There will be a graveside service for her at 10 a.m. Saturday, Fairview Cemetery.
Brown was born on Feb. 9, 1914 in Augusta to Gilbert and Ola (Smith) Johnson.
She owned and operated the Community Inn in Wichita for years.
She is survived by her nephew, Henry Oaks Marsh III of Rose Hill; niece, Valerie Marsh Shaw of Douglass.
Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta, is in charge of arrangements.

September 3, 1996

Nina Cutts

Nina Mae Cutts, 91, Augusta, died Monday, Sept. 2, 1996, Augusta Medical Complex.
A private graveside service will be held tomorrow at Elmwood Cemetery.
She is survived by a niece and a nephew.
A memorial has been established with the Augusta Medical Complex Auxiliary.
Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta, is in charge of arrangements.

Original Format

Newspaper clipping