Name: Engelland, Richard Dean
Burial Date: 2014, 02/11
Age at Death: 71
Plot Location: 094-05 F
Notes: husband of Noreen Carol (Rockey)
Richard Dean Engelland, 71 of Chipley, Florida, passed from this life Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Florida. Richard was born November 14, 1942 in Lyons, Kansas to Elvin and Evelyn (Stubbs) Engelland. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Sterling College and worked as a Bank Manager. Richard was a loving father and husband, and was also a member of Mensa. He had lived in the panhandle for 12 years since coming from Boyton Beach, Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents: Elvin and Evelyn Engelland; daughter: Loreen Engelland; brother: Robert L. Engelland; sister; Janeth D. Engelland. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years Noreen Carol Engelland of Chipley, Florida; son: Gregory D. Engelland of Chipley, Florida; three brothers: John A. Engelland of Sterling, Kansas, James D. Engelland of Fort Worth, Texas, Rodney A. Engelland of Shawnee, Kansas; sister: Betty L. Seely of Newton, Kansas; nephew: Rick Marco and wife Katie of Chipley, Florida; god daughters: Allison Marco Hayes and husband Josh of Chipley, Florida, Mary Kate Marco Brininger and husband Phillip of Chipley, Florida. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Obert Funeral Home of Chipley in charge of arrangements.
Name: Fountain, Dorothea Mae(Edgar)
Burial Date: 2014, 02/24
Age at Death: 84
Plot Location: 658 E
Notes: wife of Emery Dean
Birth:
Jul. 23, 1929
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Death:
Feb. 20, 2014
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Dorothea Mae Fountain, 84, Sterling, KS, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 20, 2014. She died peacefully at home. She was born July 23, 1929 to Willis and Ethel Tippin Edgar in Sterling, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents 38 years to the day that her Father went to be with the Lord. On June 7, 1950 she married Emery Dean Fountain in Sterling, Ks. She is survived by her husband, E. Dean Fountain of the home, brother Robert Edgar, Tucson, AZ, four children: Doug (Terry) Fountain, Castle Rock, CO, Debby (Greg) Ek, Wichita, KS, Deanne (Kevin) Nowlan, Sterling, and Dawn Fountain of Wichita, and 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Kelly (Amanda) Fountain, Kaden, Kailey and Aidan, of Hutchinson, Brook (Sam) Williams, Conan and Maximus, Littleton, CO, Andrew (McKenzie) Ek, Greyson and Landen, Andover, Allie (Nick) Kerr and Madelyn Wichita, Spencer Nowlan, Lawrence, Paige (Vance) Stegman , Great Bend and Cole Slupski of Sterling and Alexis Slupski of Wichita.
Dottie was a graduate of Sterling College and received her Master’s Degree from Emporia State University. She taught school for 37 years. Her first job was teaching Music at Obee School in Hutchinson, KS at age 19. She moved and taught lower Elementary in Lebanon, KS. She finished her teaching career in Sterling, KS where she was the Librarian, Jr. High English/Reading Teacher and Cheerleading Sponsor. She accompanied for the elementary music programs for many years. Dorothea was a member of Sterling Reformed Presbyterian Church, Women’s Missionary Society, Sterling Sorosis, Rice County Retired Teachers, Lifetime member of KNEA and NEA and spent her spare time singing in the Coronado Country Chorus of Sweet Adelines. Dorothea was happiest while attending all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren’s music programs and sporting events. She even traveled to Switzerland with the Kansas State Choir. She loved traveling with Dean all around the country in their 5th wheel and spending the cold winters in Texas and Arizona. She was a beautiful seamstress, enjoyed quilting and had a passionate love for reading. Dottie read over 100 books just this past year. She made it a point to read the bible from cover to cover each year as well. She touched many with her amazing faith and beautiful spirit. Her greatest love was her family and her Lord and Savior.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, February 24,2014 at 10:00AM at the at the Sterling United Methodist Church, with Rev. Joel Wood officiating. Memorials may be sent to The Reformed Presbyterian Church in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling
Burial will be in the Sterlin Community Cemetery
Visitation will be 2:00PM to 5:00PM, Sunday, February 23, 2014 At Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling, Kansas.
Name: Wood, Evelyn Grace
Burial Date: 2014, 01/04
Age at Death: IN
Plot Location: I-01 A
Notes: daughter of Rev. Joel Enoch & Emily Joy (Hash)Wood
Rev. Joel Enoch Wood pastored the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sterling, KS at the time of Evelyn Grace Wood’s birth.
Obituary
NAME: Evelyn Grace Wood
DATE OF DEATH: was stillborn on December 30, 2013 at Rice County District Hospital, Lyons
PARENTS: Rev. Joel E. & Emily J. Hash Wood
MEMBERSHIPS: Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sterling
SURVIVORS: Parents, Rev. Joel & Emily of the home; Brothers, Joel E. II & Jonathan E. of the home; Sisters, Emma M., Esther G. & Effie J. of the home; Grandparents, Gary D. & Janet Hash of Gun Barrel City, Tx., Johann & Wanda Schrap of Rockwall, Tx., Rev. Robert G. & Gloria J. Wood of Bluffton, Ohio; Great-Grandparents, Bill & Helen Hash of Longview, Tx., Gail & Vondale Coon of Fostoria, Ohio
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Infant Brother, Justus E. Wood
PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICES: Private Family only, January 2, 2014 at Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sterling
OFFICIATING: Rev. Joel Wood
BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery
Name: Forwalder, Luella Mae(Boes)
Burial Date: 2014, 01/07
Age at Death: 93
Plot Location: 835 B
Notes: wife of John Harold
Birth:
Mar. 7, 1920
Raymond
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Death:
Jan. 2, 2014
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Age 93 STERLING – Luella M. Forwalder, 93, died Jan. 2, 2014, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. She was born March 8, 1920, in Raymond, Kan., the daughter of James and Nellie Grosshart Boes.A lifetime Sterling resident, Luella was a 1939 Sterling High School graduate, a homemaker and a sales person for the former J.C. Penney Store in Sterling. She was affiliated with the Methodist Church and Grace Rebekah Lodge of Sterling. On May 20, 1944, she married John Harold Forwalder in Sterling, Kan. He died Feb. 13, 1989. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Sterling Community Cemetery, with Pastor Kendal Connor officiating.Family links:
Parents: James Michael Boes (1895 – 1974) Nellie Mae Grossardt Boes (1901 – 1973)
Name: Elrod, Betty Ann(Westfall)Rogge
Burial Date: 2014, 01/04
Age at Death: 82
Plot Location: 118 L
Notes: wife of Warner White Elrod, divorced wife of Glenn Ralph Rogge
Birth:
May 11, 1921
Jane Lew
Lewis County
West Virginia, USA
Death:
Dec. 31, 2013
South Hutchinson
Reno County
Kansas, USA
STERLING – Betty A. Elrod, 82, died Dec. 31, 2013, at Mennonite Friendship Manor, South Hutchinson. She was born May 11, 1931, in Jane Lew, W. Va., the daughter of Hayward and Marjorie Lodge Westfall. A resident of Sterling since 1990, formerly of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., she was a retired cook for Sterling Presbyterian Manor.She was a member of American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, Sterling.On April 3, 1978, she married Warner Elrod at Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. He died Dec. 26, 1986. Survivors include: two sons, Glenn Rogge and wife Marla, Sterling, and Bradley Rogge and wife Marilyn, Riverton; 10 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Jennifer Albrecht; brother, Donald Westfall; two grandsons, David Albrecht and Steven Rogge; and a nephew, Robert Westfall.Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling, with the Rev. Dale Jordon presiding. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling. Memorials may be made to Sterling Presbyterian Manor, in care of the funeral home.
Name: Brown, Olive May(Case)
Burial Date: 2013, 12/16
Age at Death: 94
Plot Location: 485 A
Notes: wife of Joseph Norman
Daughter of John Archibald Case and Nannie Maud Ahlers. Her adopted parents John A. and Adda Ellen Case.
Birth:
Aug. 22, 1919
Lane County
Kansas, USA
Death:
Dec. 9, 2013
Newton
Harvey County
Kansas, USA
NEWTON – Olive May Brown, 94, died Dec. 9, 2013, in Newton, Kan. She was born Aug. 22, 1919, in Lane County, Kan., the daughter of John Archibald Case and Nannie Maud Ahlers. Her adopted parents were: John A. and Adda Ellen Case.A Newton resident since 2002, formerly of Alden and Sterling. She was a homemaker having farmed with her husband Joseph. Her memberships included: West Salem Church E.U.B. in rural Sterling, First United Methodist Church in Sterling, Walnut Willing Workers and 4-H Club in Reno County, EHU KSU Extension, Birthday Club, Rebekah Lodge, where she served as Past Noble Grand Matron and Past District President of Sterling.On Oct. 19, 1938, she married Joseph Norman Brown in La Crosse, Kan. He died June 30, 1966. Survivors include: two sons, John W. Brown ( Sandra) of Rancho CuCamonga, Calif., and Lawrence E. Brown of Newton; four daughters, Cecelia A. Young of Lyons, Patricia E. Flack of Torrance, Calif., Marjorie R. Everoski of Newton, Kan., Barbara S. Thomas (Stacy) of Park City, Kan.; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Norman Brown.Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church, Sterling, with Reverend Marvin Ewertt officiating. Burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling. Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children Hospital or Easter Seals, in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling
Name: Hammar, Donna Jean (Morton)
Burial Date: 2013, 12/12
Age at Death: 85
Plot Location: 844 A
Notes: wife of Charles
Donna Jean Hammar
DATELINE: Sterling
NAME: Donna Jean Hammar
AGE: 85
DATE OF DEATH: December 9, 2013
PLACE OF DEATH: Sterling Presbyterian Manor
DATE OF BIRTH: February 5, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sterling, KS
PARENTS: Harry E. and Nellie Johns Morton
RESIDENCE: longtime Sterling resident, having also lived at Churdan, Iowa
OCCUPATION: She was a former CNA at the Sterling Presbyterian Manor
EDUCATION: She graduated from Sterling High School
VETERAN:
MEMBERSHIPS: She was a member of the Baptist Church, Sterling
DATE OF MARRIAGE:
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Sterling, Ks
SPOUSE: Charles Hammar
SPOUSE DECEASED DATE: He preceded her in death.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Ida Eatinger, Raymond; 3 Nieces, Carolyn Hardy, Salina; Barbara Morgan, Raymond; Judy Eatinger, Houston, Tx.
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Parents
FUNERAL SERVICES: Graveside Service will be held 2:30 P.M., Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the Sterling Community Cemetery.
OFFICIATING: Rev. Robert Friesen
BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery
Name: Osenbaugh, Helen F(Bunn)
Burial Date: 2013, 12/13
Age at Death: 96
Plot Location: 1038 E
Notes: wife of Troy Sherman
Helen F. Osenbaugh, 96, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Posted Dec. 17, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Helen F. Osenbaugh,
96, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Helen F. Osenbaugh, 96, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa formerly of Hutchinson,Wellington, and Sterling, Kansas died Monday December 9, 2013. Eastern Star services and internment will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday at the Sterling Community Cemetery Chapel by Silver Leaf O.E.S. Chapter 464 and Queen Esther O.E.S. Chapter 32, Friends may call from 10:00 AM until Noon on Friday at the Buhler Mortuary in Buhler, Kansas and at the cemetery chapel after 1:30 PM on Friday.
Survivors include a son Ralph (Karen) of Cedar Rapids, five grandchildren Amy (Corey) Brinkmeyer of Cedar Rapids, Mark Osenbaugh of Marion; Jeff and Matt Osenbaugh, and Laurie (Kyle) Campbell all of Hutchinson, Kansas; three great grandchildren Graham and Mitchell Brinkmeyer, and Alyssa Campbell; an estranged son Glenn plus many nieces , nephews , a host of friends. She was preceded in death by herhusband Troy, 5brothers,and 4 sisters.
Helen was born on September 3, 1917 in Sterling, Kansas the daughter of John Ralph and Nellie Hallock Bunn. She graduated from Serling High School in 1935. She married Troy S. Osenbaugh on January 2, 1943 in Sterling, Kansas. Troy passed away in 1977. Helen was an avid quilter, enjoyed sewing and especially the time spent with her beloved family and many friends. In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Helen Osenbaugh Memorial Fund in care of Buhler Mortuary, Buhler, Kansas.
Name: Reynolds, Celeste E (Garrigues)
Burial Date: 2013, 10/16
Age at Death: 85
Plot Location: 746 B
Notes: wife of Louis M
Celeste E. Reynolds, 85, of Salina, died Friday, Oct 11, 2013. She was born Aug 16, 1928, in Sterling, the daughter of Lester and Claire
(Fear) Garrigues.
Celeste was a homemaker and a school teacher. She taught physical education at the high school level for seven years. She taught in Humbolt, Appanoose, Chanute, and Arkansas City. Celeste was a member and Sunday school instructor for the First Baptist Church in Arkansas City and Salina. She also worked as a library aid at Salina South High School.
Survivors include –
Husband: Louis M
Son: Tracy of Durango, CO
Daughter: Shannon Spangler of Truckee, CA
Sister: Gwen Garrigues of Kansas City, MO
Four grandchildren: Nate (Madison) Spangler
Tyler Spangler
Aline Reynolds
Brianna Reynolds
Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, Oct 16, 2013, in the Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Kansas.
There is no visitation planned.
Memorials are to the Presbyterian Manor Good Samaritan Fund or Hospice of Salina.
Birth:
Aug. 16, 1928
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Death:
Oct. 11, 2013
Salina
Saline County
Kansas, USA
Celeste E. Reynolds was born August 16, 1928, in Sterling, Kansas, the daughter of Lester and Claire (Fear) Garrigues. Mrs. Reynolds died Oct. 11, 2013.Celeste was a resident of Salina, Kansas. She was a homemaker and a schoolteacher. She taught physical education at the high school level for seven years. She taught in Humboldt, Appanoose, Chanute and Arkansas City. Celeste was a member and Sunday school instructor for the First Baptist Church in Arkansas City and Salina. She also had worked as a library aide at Salina South High School. Survivors included her husband, Louis; a son, Tracy; a daughter, Shannon Spangler; a sister, Gwen Garrigues; and four grandchildrenFamily links:
Parents: Lester D Garrigues (1889 – 1969) Clara Vietta Fear Garrigues (1890 – 1979)Sibling: Lee LaVerne Garrigues (1925 – 1944)* Celeste E Garrigues Reynolds (1928 – 2013)*Calculated relationship
Name: Bausman, Loretta Frances(Revel)
Burial Date: 2013, 10/10
Age at Death: 75
Plot Location: 405 1/2 F Cremains
Notes: wife of Verlin Dee Bausman
Died Kingsport, TN 10/04/2013
Birth:
May 20, 1938
Death:
Oct. 4, 2013
Obituary for Loretta F. Bausman
Loretta Bausman, 75, Kingsport, passed away after an extended illness on Friday, October 4, 2013. Originally from Gumboro, Delaware, Loretta moved to Kingsport in 2001 to be closer to the family. A member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church, Loretta enjoyed church and Sunday school friends. Loretta retired in 2000 from Federal Service after a career in finance and serving the country as a military wife supporting her husband’s Air Force career. She was preceded in death by her husband, Verlin; her parents, Willie and Ethel Revel; six sisters; and one brother. Loretta is survived by her two daughters, Barbara and Anita and other families from Delaware and Kansas.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at First Broad Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Mickey Rainwater and Rev. Jack P. Weikel officiating. Visitation will follow.A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at Sterling Cemetery in Sterling, Kansas.
