Name: Varney, Lila Viola (Wyatt)
Burial Date: 1960, 04/04
Age at Death: 61
Plot Location: 787 E
Notes: wife of Miles Standish

Birth: Sep. 3, 1898 Death: Mar. 31, 1960 age 61Family links: Spouse: Miles Standish Varney (1887 – 1944) Children: Marie Varney (____ – 1933)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 787 E Created by: Lawcas Record added: May 02, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 109835515

Name: Varney, Edith Anna (Jones)
Burial Date: 1949, 08/02
Age at Death: 68
Plot Location: 787 A
Notes: wife of Walter Everett

Birth: Dec. 24, 1881 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Jul. 30, 1949 Lyons Rice County Kansas, USA Wife of Walter Varney.Family links: Spouse: Walter Everett Varney (1882 – 1959) Children: Grace Geneva Varney Hartman (1913 – 1998)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Phillip H. Pitzer Record added: Nov 20, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 16722646

Name: Varney, Arthur Harvey
Burial Date: 1992, 11/18
Age at Death: 82
Plot Location: 787 D
Notes: husband of Ruth E(Murphy)

Birth: Oct. 3, 1910

Death: Nov. 15, 1992
Husband of Ruth E. Varney.

Family links:
Children:
Scott A. Varney (1967 – 2004)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Created by: Phillip H. Pitzer
Record added: Nov 20, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16722829

Name: Vannest, Van B
Burial Date: 1884, 11/08
Age at Death: 10 months
Plot Location: 123 L
Notes: Son of Isaac Marion & Ethel D(Kelley)

Born 1883, 01/28

Birth:	Jan. 28, 1883
Death:	Nov., 1883
age 10 Months, Isaac M & Ethel D(Kelley) born 1883, 01/28
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 123 L
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Name: Vanderford, Claude Elton
Burial Date: 1968, 01/10
Age at Death: 70
Plot Location: 842 C
Notes: Son of Albert M & Victoria(Armstrong)Vanderford

Half brother of Maude Clementine(Kepley)Ware

Birth:	1897
Death:	Jan. 1968
age 70, son of Al & Victoria(Armstrong)Vanderford
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 842 C
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Name:  Van Deman, Martha Steward (Milspaugh)
Burial Date:  1881, 04/06
Age at Death: 63
Plot Location: 232 A/B
Notes: 2nd wife of Joseph Van Deman

Martha Steward Milspaugh was born on October 5, 1817, in Walden, New York. She married Joseph Van Deman* on September 13, 1852. They had four children during their marriage. She died on April 6, 1881, in Rice, Kansas, at the age of 63.

Their youngest child Esther Boice (Bouse?) Van Deman is mentioned below.

Birth: 10/12/1817

Death: Apr.18, 1881
age 63

Family links:
Spouse:
Joseph VanDeman (1802 – 1882)
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 232 A/B
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Name: Van Deman, Joseph
Burial Date: 1882, 12/30
Age at Death: 80
Plot Location: 232 C/D
Notes: husband of Elizabeth Sylvia (Case)/Martha Steward (Milspaugh)

Joseph Van Deman* was born on March 7, 1802, in German, Pennsylvania, his father, John, was 44 and his mother, Mary, was 37. He married Elizabeth Sylvia Case* and they had two children together. He then married Martha Steward Milspaugh and they had four children together. He died on December 30, 1882, in Sterling, Kansas, having lived a long life of 80 years, and was buried there.

Joseph Van Deman* married Elizabeth Sylvia Case* in Liberty, Ohio, on February 16, 1841, when he was 38 years old. Elizabeth died in 1851.

Elizabeth Sylvia Case* was born on January 25, 1809, in Canton, Connecticut, her father, Watson, was 27, and her mother, Sylvia, was 29. She married Joseph Van Deman* on February 16, 1841, in Liberty, Ohio. They had two children during their marriage. She died on September 28, 1851, at the age of 42 in Ross, Ohio.

Martha Steward Milspaugh was born on October 5, 1817, in Walden, New York. She married Joseph Van Deman* on September 13, 1852. They had four children during their marriage. She died on April 6, 1881, in Rice, Kansas, at the age of 63.

Joseph Van Deman lived in Ross, Ohio. He lived on the home farm until his children were grown and then moved to Kansas

Birth:	Mar. 7, 1802
Death:	Dec.20, 1882
age 80, husband of Elizabeth Sylvia (Case)/Martha Steward (Milspaugh )Family links: Spouse: Martha Steward Milspaugh VanDeman (____ – 1881)**Calculated relationship Elizabeth Sylvia (Case) VanDeman  1809-1851
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 232 C/D
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Name: Van Volkinburgh, Sarah Jane (Rose)
Burial Date: 1906, 02/12
Age at Death: 77
Plot Location: 100 ½ E
Notes: wife of Peter

Birth: Aug. 18, 1828  Death: Feb. 10, 1906
age 77

Family links:
Spouse:
Peter Van Volkinburgh (1820  – 1906)

Children:
Caroline Van Volkinburgh (1850  – 1937)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 100 1/2 E
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Name: Van Volkinburgh, Peter
Burial Date: 1906, 05/08
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 100 ½ F
Notes: husband of Sarah Jane (Rose)

Descriptor – The corner where graves of Peter and wife, Sarah, are described but the only one showing is Caroline’s.

Birth:	1820
Death:	May 6, 1906
age 87 or88 Family links: Spouse: Sarah Jane Rose Van Volkinburgh (1828- 1906)* Children: Caroline Van Volkinburgh (1850 – 1937)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 100 1/2 F
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Name: Van Volkinburgh, Caroline
Burial Date: 1937, 02/21
Age at Death: 87
Plot Location: 100½ H
Notes: daughter of Peter & Sarah Jane (Rose)

Birth:	1850
Death:	Feb.19, 1937
age 87Family links: Parents: Peter Van Volkinburgh (1820 – 1906) Sarah Jane Rose Van Volkinburgh (1828 – 1906)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 100 1/2 H
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Name: Van Patten, Dr. Myndert
Burial Date: 1931, 04/16
Age at Death: 95
Plot Location: 197 I
Notes: husband of Mary Adelaide’Adda'(Foote) and Lettie Mae(Muse)

Co. F, 110 NY Inf.
War: Civil War

Note variation in spelling of first name.

STERLING KANSAS BULLETIN OBITUARY  

DR. VAN PATTEN IS CALLED HOME

Aged and Much Loved Physician is at Rest After Years of Labor-Funeral Will be Held This Afternoon

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Dr. M. Van Patten passed away, Saturday morning, after an illness of but a few days, and this afternoon will be tenderly laid to rest, mourned by his family and friends.

Dr. Van Patten was born in Sterling, New York, and passed away in Sterling, Kansas, and the word sterling seems best to describe him – sterling in his faith, sterling in his convictions, sterling in his standards.  The word sterling means, “pertaining to the highest standards,” : and it fits the life of Dr. Van Patten. It was fitting that his days should have ended here in Sterling, peacefully and quietly as he had lived.  When we came to Sterling twenty years ago, Dr. Van Patten was practicing medicine and his office was across the street from ours. He was specializing in cancer treatment and people came from long distances to see him.  He looked frail at that time but had lots of vitality. Later, he was obliged to give up his practice and was rarely seen down town, of late.  He liked young people and their sports and seldom missed a football or basketball game, or failed to attend college plays and concerts. The college students all knew and loved him, and athletes had a staunch friend in Dr. Van Patten.  He lived to  the grand old age of ninety-six years, and this afternoon he will be laid to rest – loved and respected by all who knew him. The funeral services will be conducted by Dr. R. T. Campbell and Dr. A. C. Douglass.

Myndert Van Patten was the son of Christian and Mary Railya Van Patten. He was born in Sterling Station, New York, July 1, 1835. In this family were fourteen children, all of the others preceded him to their reward. In his early manhood he taught school near Peoria, Ill. Later he pursued his studies at Albany Medical College, N. Y., from which institution he graduated in 1864.  Immediately he enlisted in the 110th New York Inf. On the march south he was taken ill and was in the army hospital at Baltimore for several months. Following his discharge he was married to Adelaide Foote. This union was blessed with the following children: Lutie, Mamie, Winifred, Fernette and George.

After practicing medicine for a brief period in Niles, Mich., and Chatsworth, Ill., he moved to Sterling, Kansas, in 1878, where he continued his practice for fifty years. A greater part of this time was given over to the study and treatment of the cancer. His wife, Adelaide Foot Van Patten and their daughter, Mamie Van Patten Peterson, preceded him in death.

On March 17, 1887, Dr. Van Patten married Lettie May Muse, of Greenfield, Ohio. Myndert, Guy and Lowell were the children of this marriage. In his youth he made his profession of faith in Christ as his Savior and became a member of the United Presbyterian church of Sterling, New York. Later his membership was transferred to the First Presbyterian church of Sterling, Kansas, in which church he served for a time on the Board of Elders. At the dissolution of this congregation his membership was transferred to the United Presbyterian church of this city. He took an active interest in civic affairs, and at one time served the city as mayor.

He is survived by his wife and six children; Mrs. Winifred McKinley, of Jetmore; Mrs. Verne Gilbert, of Plainview, Texas; Rev. Lowell Van Patten, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Lutie Elliott, of San Bernardino, Cal., Guy Van Patten, of Southgate, Cal; and Myndert Van Patten of Buhl, Idaho.  The first three are here for the funeral.

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When Myndert (Dr) Van Patten was born on July 1, 1835, in Sterling, New York, his father, Christian, was 34 and his mother, Maria, was 34. He married Mary Adelaide “Adda” Foote and they had five children together. He then married Lettie Mae Muse and they had five children together. He died on April 14, 1931, in Sterling, Kansas, at the age of 95, and was buried there.

Birth: Jul. 1, 1835 Sterling Cayuga County New York, USA Death: Apr. 14, 1931 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Myndert Van Patten is a prominent physician engaged in practice in Sterling, and his profession is meeting with a very high degree of success, owing to his capable control of business affairs, his comprehensive knowledge of the underlying principles of the science of medicine and his deep and abiding interest in humanity aside from his profession. He was born in Sterling, Cayuga county, New York, in 1835. His father, Christian Van Patten, was a native of Albany county, New York, born May 4, 1801, and the grandfather, John Van Patten, was born in the Empire state, about 1765. His death occurred in 1845, when he had attained the age of eighty years. He reared three sons and three daughters. Among this number was Christian Van Patten, who after attaining years of maturity, married Miss Mary Relyea, who was born January 20, 1835 (14 December 1800), and gave her hand in marriage to Mr Van Patten when nineteen years of age. She died in Sterling, Kansas (New York), when almost ninety-seven years of age. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom five sons and seven daughters reached mature years, while four sons and four daughters are yet living, namely: David, a farmer residing in Sterling who has one son and two daughters; Herman (Harmon), an agriculturist of the same locality who has one son; Myndert, of this review; James, who resides on the old homestead where the grandfather located more than one hundred years ago; Nancy, the widow of Charles Lyon, of Sterling; Susan, wife of George Blackwell, of Kankakee, Illinois; Mrs. Rachel Marvin, of Sterling; and Mrs. Isabell Duncan, a widow also living at Sterling. The father of this family died in Sterling, in 1893. He followed farming as his life work and thus provided a good home for his family, also giving to his children educational advantages that well fitted them for life’s practical duties. He took an active interest in public affairs and was greatly esteemed for his genuine worth of character.  Dr Van Patten was educated in Wayne county academy, and after completing his literary course he prepared for professional life in the Albany Medical College, in which he was graduated with the class of 1864. He first began practice in Hannibal, New York, in 1865, and a year later removed to Sterling, where he resided for three years. His next place of business was in Chatsworth, Livingston county, Illinois, where he was associated with Dr Hunt in practice and in the drug business for eight years. For four years he was a resident of Peoria, Illinois, where he engaged in practice as a regular. For the past twenty-two years he has ministered to the needs of suffering humanity as a homeopathic physician in Sterling, Kansas, coming to this place from Peoria, Illinois, in 1868.In the meantime Dr Van Patten had engaged in military service. He enlisted at Sterling, New York, as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Tenth New York Infantry, in 1862, but in February, 1863, was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. After his return home he was united in marriage, in Hannibal, New York, in 1865, to Miss Ada Foot, who died in Kansas about 1874, leaving five of her six children, four daughters and one son, namely: Isabelle L, wife of Cassius Elliott, of Farmington, New Mexico, by whom she has six children; George, who is living in the same place; Mamie, the wife of Riley Peterson, of Hodgman county, Kansas, by whom she has two children; Fernette and Winnie, who are still under the parental roof. The Doctor was again married in 1887, his second union being with Miss Lettie M Muse, of Greenfield, Ohio, a daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and his first wife was a daughter of a Baptist preacher. The children born to Dr Van Patten by his second marriage are: Myndert, who is now thirteen years of age; Guy, a lad of nine years; and Lowell, who is seven years of age. Socially the Doctor is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and is now serving his third year as commander of Mead Post, No. 14, a fact which indicates his present personal popularity, for the office is not usually accorded to one man for so long a time. In politics he is a Republican and has served as school director and as mayor of Sterling, exercising his official prerogatives in promoting the best interests of the city. In the campaign of 1900 he was chairman of the Republican committee and labored earnestly in the interest of McKinley and Roosevelt. For twenty-two years he has occupied his present residence in Sterling and is recognized as one of the most capable physicians and prominent citizens of the neighborhood. His devotion to his profession is marked and arises not only from his love of scientific research, but also from his desire to be a benefit to the world. His public and private relations are alike above reproach and as a friend and physician he has won the high regard of all and become a popular resident of his adopted county. From A Biographical History of Central Kansas, Vol. I, p. 188 published by The Lewis Publishing Co, Chicago & New York, 1902Family links: Parents: Christian Haverly Van Patten (1801 – 1893) Mary Relyea Van Patten (1800 – 1898)Spouses: Mary Adelaide Foote Van Patten (1845 – 1885)* Lettie Mae Muse Van Patten (1864 – 1940)*Children: George Foote Van Patten (1873 – 1953)*  Siblings: Ellen M. Van Patten Walsworth (1821 – 1848)* Margaret Ann Van Patten Hendrick (1822 – 1864)* Nancy J Van Patten Lyon (1823 – 1911)* Sarah Van Patten (1825 – 1847)* Harmon Van Patten (1833 – 1910)* Myndert Van Patten (1835 – 1931) James Wesley Van Patten (1841 – 1917)* Rachel Van Patten Marvin (1843 – 1926)* Isabell C Van Patten Duncan (1844 – 1906)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Diane Smith Battershell Record added: Jan 22, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 103995519

Name: Van Patten, Lettie Mae (Muse)
Burial Date: 1940, 03/08
Age at Death: 75
Plot Location: 197 K
Notes: 2nd wife of Dr. Myndert Van Patten

Died in Ks. City

Lettie Mae Muse Van Patten

Birth: Dec. 23, 1864 Ohio, USA Death: Mar. 5, 1940 Kansas City Wyandotte County Kansas, USA Mrs. Lettie M. Van Patten, widow of Dr. Myndert Van Patten, formerly a cancer specialist, died Tuesday at the home of her son, Rev. L. A. Van Patten in Kansas City. Funeral services were held in Kansas City Thursday afternoon and this afternoon a short service was held in the United Presbyterian church at Sterling, burial was in the Sterling cemetery. She lived in Sterling from 1887 until a few years ago. For a short time she lived in Hutchinson when her son, Rev. Van Patten was pastor of the Irwin Memorial Presbyterian church. Surviving are three sons, Rev. Van Patten; Myndert Van Patten, Buhl, Idaho and Guy Van Patten of St Louis, Mo.; three step-daughters, Mrs Winifred McHenry, Jetmore; Mrs Fern Gilbert, Albuquerque, NM and Mrs Lutie Elliott, San Bernardino, Calif. Mrs Earl Warnock of Partridge is a granddaughter.  Taken from The Hutchinson Kansas News Friday, 8 March 1940Family links: Spouse: Myndert Van Patten (1835 – 1931) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Diane Smith Battershell Record added: Jan 22, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 103995604

Name: Van Patten, George Foote
Burial Date: 1953, 09/29
Age at Death: 80
Plot Location: 165 B
Notes: son of Dr. Myndert  & Mary Adelaide (Foote)

George Foote Van Patten

Birth:	Jan. 8, 1873 Chatsworth Livingston County Illinois, USA
Death:	Sep. 28, 1953
Family links: Parents: Myndert Van Patten (1835 – 1931) Mary Adelaide Foote Van Patten (1845 – 1885)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Van Petten, Ellen A (Tompkins) Waters
Burial Date: 1902, 05/01
Age at Death: 64
Plot Location: 363 C/D
Notes: 3rd wife of John A Van Petten  and wife of George W Waters

John A Van Petten was born on August 30, 1829, in Sterling, New York, his father, Christian, was 28 and his mother, Maria, was 28. He was married three times and had three sons and three daughters. He died on February 1, 1892, in Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 62, and was buried in Trivoli, Illinois.  Note the change of spelling of the Van Patten name.  John seems to be the only one of the family to use this spelling.

John A Van Petten

John was a brother of Dr. Myndert Van Patten, beloved physician and cancer researcher in Sterling, Kansas.

Birth:  @1837   in New York
Death:	1902
Ellen A (Tompkins) Waters married John Van Petten, August 30,1873.  In 1880 Census listing:   John age 50, Ellen age 43, and Philip Eugene Van Patten age 6. age 64, wife of George W/John A One of 4 earliest settlers in 1878. Came here when 20 yrs. old
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 363 C/D
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Name: Van Norman, Ida C  (Tews)
Burial Date: 1975, 08/29
Age at Death: 79
Plot Location: 255 E
Notes: Wife of Harvey Herbert

Birth:	Jan. 1, 1896
Death:	Aug. 27, 1975
age 79, wife of Harvey Herbert
Father Daniel Michael Tews Mother Theresa Frances Tews Children Dorothy Fay Blackford, Sylvia Fern Marker
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 255 E
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