Name:  Beyer, Mary A
Burial Date:  1873, 08/20
Age at Death: 2
Plot Location: 056 E
Notes: d/John Baptist & Mary Catherine(Lubben)

No marker

Birth: 1871 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Aug. 20, 1873 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Family links: Parents: John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929) Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912) Siblings: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)* Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873) Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)* Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)* Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)* Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship Note: No Stone Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 56E Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: Jun 14, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91903100

Name: Beyer, John L
Burial Date: 1884, 11/17
Age at Death: 1
Plot Location: 056 F
Notes: s/John Baptist & Mary Catherine(Lubben)

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Birth: Nov. 17, 1883 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Nov. 17, 1884 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Family links: Parents: John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929) Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912) Siblings: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)* Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)* Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)* Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)* Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884) Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship Note: No Headstone Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 56F Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: Jun 15, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91953243

Name: Beyer, John Baptist
Burial Date: 1929, 07/04

Age at Death: 82
Plot Location: 056 F
Notes: Husband of Mary Catherine(Lubben)

Birth: Dec. 20, 1846, France Death: Jul. 2, 1929 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA John B. Beyer Passes Away Well known Aged Gentleman Goes to His Reward – Will Be Buried Thursday AfternoonJohn Baptist Beyer died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Bruer, Tuesday evening at eight-thirty o’clock. Mr. Beyer had been in poor health since Christmas, when he had a bad attack of the flu, which left his heart weakened. The past two months he has been practically bedfast, but was conscious up to the last. Mr. Beyer has lived a great many years of his life in Sterling, passing away at the age of eight-two years.Funeral services will be held from the home, Thursday afternoon at four o’clock, in charge of the I. O. O. F. Lodge.Obituary of John BaptistBeyer Tribute to the Memory of a Well Known Sterling Man Written for Publication in the Bulletin After a good, long, and active life, John B. Beyer, smiled lovingly and gratefully at the dear ones ministering to him and gently closed his eyes upon the scenes of mortal existence, consciously laying aside the life of the visible world to take up life on a higher plane of consciousness with a host of loved ones who have preceded him. To him “Death was but the veil that hides the invisible and immortal from the visible and mortal. He fully believed that the sufferings and trials and afflictions of the present time were but the opposite of the glory which is to come when we have overcome all sense of life, as material, and as man as being anything but spiritual since God, the Father is Spirit. He thought of death as being as natural and no more to be feared than birth, and often expressed the faith that as love welcomes the babe born into this life, so love will welcome us when we are born into the “undying life.” He believed with Tennyson that “there is no death, what seems so is transition.” He did not fear life, nor falter nor faint when the burdens of the physical seemed almost more than he could bear. He did not think that God punishes man for often he said “God is Love and Love does not willingly afflict or punish the children of man. He believed that all our suffering, sickness and trouble came from our ignorance of God and our failure to obey His laws. He believed God creates each one and sends him into the world on a mission, and to perform a certain work, and that leaving, discharged his duties to the best of his ability and according to the understanding he possessed, he is again summoned Home to his Father, which is in Heaven. He met the duties of life as they came and toiled always, loyally and faithfully, depending upon that power which had created him to support and sustain him in all he was called upon to do. In the prime of his life he was considered the strongest man in this section of the country, and his pride in his strength caused him to overestimate the strength of his physical endurance, taxing his bodily strength to such limits that injured him internally, and caused his strong, straight form to bend and almost break, and brought years of constant suffering. This he often referred to as “The price of human pride.” He was like a strong oak, bent by the storms and so constantly bending under the weight of the strong gale, finally is bowed to the earth. He had a great love for all nature, and especially for trees, and those knowing him intimately and well can affirm that he had all of the splendid qualities that are found in the oak and elm, in his character. He fully believed that the life and intelligence manifested in trees was of the same kind and quality as that of man His dear ones looking out of the windows of the home which he so recently vacated, see on every side trees of his planting; his thought was to give protection, shelter and shade, and in these trees reaching Heavenward, his dear ones see the symbol of his eager inquiring mind, always reaching out and up to better understand, appreciate and appropriate life that God had given, and the world that God had made. In his younger years he felt a keen interest in, and a great enjoyment of life and mankind, but after the death of his beloved wife on May 1, 1912, he withdraw from the world of man, and lived much within himself, spending all of his leisure time in reading and thinking. He loved his children alike, and left a message for each one. Several hours before his transition took place, he clearly saw the Heavenly vision and declared the invisible loved ones had come for him. John Baptist Bayer was born in a village in the Province of Alsac France, December 20, 1847. He came to the United States March 12, 1866. In 1867 he was married in Cincinnati, Ohio December 10; to Mary Catherine Lubben. To this union were born thirteen children, five of whom passed on in infancy. Four sons and four daughters survive, Mrs. Anna Elbe, Mrs. Emma Adams, Mrs. Josephine Bruer, all of this city, Mrs. Mayne Felt of Hollywood, Calif; F. J, E. F; and J. H Beyer, all of Wichita and J. E. Beyer of Hereford, Texas. With his family he came to Kansas May, 1, 1879 from Indiana and settled in Sterling, September 1, 1882. His wife, Mary Catherine Beyer, preceded him in death. Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beyer, Mr. and Mrs. John Beyer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Foote all of Wichita; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beyer of Hereford, Texas; Mrs. Nellie Woolly of Topeka; Mrs. Joe Blagion of Ellinwood; Frank Blagion of Hutchinson; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Whalen, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hazelton of Hutchinson; Mr. Talbot and Mr. Grover of Salina; Mrs. Emil Cramer and Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Pete Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Walker all of Lyons. Services, simple as he had wished them, were conducted at the home where he was loved and cared for by his dear ones, July 2, and the I. O. O F. lodge conducted burial services.Family links: Spouse: Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912)* Children: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)* Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)* Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)* Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)* Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)* Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: May 16, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 69902535

Name: Beyer, John I
Burial Date: 1870, 03/16
Age at Death: 18mos
Plot Location: 056 E
Notes: s/John Baptist & Mary Catherine(Lubben)

Birth: Oct., 1868 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Mar. 16, 1870 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Family links: Parents: John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929) Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912) Siblings: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870) Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)* Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)* Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)* Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)* Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship Note: No Stone Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 56E Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: Jun 14, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91902822

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Name:  Beyer, Jacob L
Burial Date: 1874, 10/24
Age at Death: 13 months
Plot Location: 056 A
Notes: s/John Baptist & Mary Catherine(Lubben)

No Marker

Birth:	Sep., 1873 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Oct., 1874
Family links: Parents: John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929) Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912) Siblings: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)* Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)* Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874) Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)* Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)* Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 56A
Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: Jun 14, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91903258

Name:  Beyer, Frank John
Burial Date: 1945, 11/23
Age at Death: 70
Plot Location: 056 H
Notes:  2nd husband of Clara Alfleta(Philbrick)Nixon

No Marker   War: WW1

Birth:	Jan. 12, 1875 Michigan, USA
Death:	Nov. 20, 1945 Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA
Marriage Frank J. Beyer (1876-) Fact Details abt 1917 Osage County, Kansas Spouse Clara Alfleta (Philbrick) Nixon 1866–1937 Clara Alfleta Philbrick 1866–1937 BIRTH 21 FEB 1866 • Scranton, Osage, Kansas DEATH 19 OCT 1937 • Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas Residence 1930 • Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas divorced; head of household; reader – church spiritual. son Forrest living with her. Frank Beyer Dies Nov 21, 1945Wichita BeaconWichita, KS Frank John Beyer, 70, of 142 1/2 North Main, employee of the Belt Furniture Company, died in a local hospital Tuesday. He had resided in this city for the past 10 years. Survivors include two sons, George E. Beyer, Kansas City, Mo., and W. S. Havis, Houston, Texas; three brothers, J. E. Beyer, Hereford, Texas, Ed F. Beyer, Wichita, and John H. Beyer, Wichita; and four sisters, Anna Elbl, Sterling, Josephine Brewer, Sterling, Emma Adams, Sterling, and Mayme Felt, Hollywood, Calif. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cochran Mortuary. Family links: Parents: John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929) Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912) Siblings: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)* Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)* Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)* Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945) Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)* Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship Note: No Stone
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 56 H
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Name:  Beyer, Ed
Burial Date: 1887, 02/11
Age at Death: 19das
Plot Location: 056 B
Notes: tw s/John Baptist & Mary Catherine(Lubben)

No Marker

Birth:	Jan. 24, 1887 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Feb. 11, 1887 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Family links: Parents: John Baptist Beyer (1846 – 1929) Mary Catherine Lubben Beyer (1847 – 1912) Siblings: John I. Beyer (1868 – 1870)* Anna Mary Beyer Elbl (1870 – 1955)* Mary A Beyer (1871 – 1873)* Jacob L Beyer (1873 – 1874)* Frank John Beyer (1875 – 1945)* Joseph Ersal Beyer (1877 – 1964)* Josephine Anna Beyer Bruer (1879 – 1967)* Emma Mary Beyer Adams (1881 – 1962)* John L Beyer (1883 – 1884)* Edward F Beyer (1885 – 1958)* William C Beyer (1887 – 1887)* Ed Beyer (1887 – 1887) Mayme Elaine Beyer Felt (1888 – 1965)* John Henry Beyer (1890 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 56B
Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: Jun 15, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91954937

Name: Betts, Thomas D
Burial Date: 1931, 08/06
Age at Death: 79
Plot Location: 330 C
Notes: husband of Mary Alice ‘Mollie’ (Hoffman) and Emma Sarrah (Burns) Cavin

Birth: 1852 Death: Aug., 1931 Age 79Family links: Spouse: Mary Alice Hoffman Betts (____ – 1905) *Children: Clara Dell Betts (____ – 1927)* Clarence Betts (____ – 1913)* Infant Betts (____ – 1895)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 330 C Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 12, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105081839

Name: Betts, Infant Daughter
Burial Date: 1895, 07/04
Age at Death: 1 month
Plot Location: 330 A
Notes: d/Thomas D & Mary Alice’Mollie’(Hoffman)

Birth: 1895 Death: Jul., 1895 Age 1 MonthFamily links: Parents: Thomas D Betts (____ – 1931) Mary Alice Hoffman Betts (____ – 1905) Siblings: Clara Dell Betts (____ – 1927)* Infant Betts (____ – 1895) Clarence Betts (____ – 1913)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 330 A Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 12, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105081792

Name: Betts, Mary Alice  ’Mollie’  (Hoffman)
Burial Date: 1905, 07/12
Age at Death: 49
Plot Location: 330 B
Notes: 2nd wife of Thomas D

Birth: Sept. 27, 1855 Death: Jul.11, 1905 Age 50Family links: Spouse: Thomas D Betts (____ – 1931)Children: Infant Betts (____ – 1895)* Clara Dell Betts (____ – 1927)* Clarence Betts (____ – 1913)**Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 330 B Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 12, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105081685

Name: Betts, Emily Amelia(Spangler)Donahue Harrison
Burial Date: 1914, 05/09
Age at Death: 83
Plot Location: 139½ E/F
Notes: Wife of Benjamin Betts/Martin Donahue/John Harrison

Lived in Knox City, MO. husbands buried elsewhere”

Birth:	Oct. 7, 1829 Vermillion County Indiana, USA
Death:	May 7, 1914 Knox City Knox County Missouri, USA
Daughter of Joseph Spangler and Margaret Kimbrough.She married (first) Martin Donahue (also found as Donahoo); married (second) John Harrison; married (third) Benjamin Betts.Family links: Spouses: John Harrison (1805 – 1861) Benjamin Betts (1815 – 1883)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Betts, Clara Dell
Burial Date: 1927, 12/26
Age at Death: 45
Plot Location: 330 F
Notes: Daughter of Thomas D & Mary Alice’Mollie’(Hoffman)

Birth:	1882
Death:	Dec., 1927
Age 45  Family links: Parents: Thomas D Betts (____ – 1931) Mary Alice Hoffman Betts (____ – 1905) Siblings: Clara Dell Betts (1882 – 1927) Infant Betts (____ – 1895)* Clarence Betts (____ – 1913)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 330 F
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Name: Berry, Wife
Burial Date: 1879, 09/19
Age at Death: 0
Plot Location: PF
Notes: w/John

Birth: unknown Death: Sep., 1879 Husband John Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Potters Field Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 12, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105081335

Name: Bentley, Robert Francis
Burial Date: 1925, 12/10
Age at Death: IN
Plot Location: 545 H
Notes: Son of Dudley Francis & Lola Mabel(Zimmerman)

Birth: Dec. 9, 1925 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Dec. 9, 1925 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA The Sterling Bulletin Sterling, Rice, Kansas, USALost Their Baby Boy Born, to Dudley Bentley and wife, a son, Robert Frances, December 9,1925, at the Sterling hospital. The little bud of humanity was lifeless and the remains will be tenderly laid to rest this Thursday, afternoon in Cottonwood cemetery. Cottonwood is early name for Sterling Cemetery. Family links: Parents: Dudley Francis Bentley (1899 – 1987) Lola Mabel Zimmerman Bentley (1898 – 1982) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: May 17, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 90275690

Name: Bentley, John Otis
Burial Date: 1934, 06/30
Age at Death: 23
Plot Location: 545 G Cremains
Notes: son of Dr. Herbert Mott, Sr.  & Anna Ames ‘Annie'(Conkling)

John Otis Bentley

Birth:	Sep. 19, 1909
Death:	Jun. 30, 1934
Age 23   Family links: Parents: Herbert Mott Bentley (1872 – 1940) Anna Ames Conkling Bentley (1874 – 1957) Sibling: John Otis Bentley (1909 – 1934) Jane Bentley (1911 – 1912)**Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 545 G Crems
Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 12, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105080890