Name: Amend, Rex Gene
Burial Date: 2011, 10/21
Age at Death: 76
Plot Location: 402 1/2 C
Notes: husband of Janet Gladys (Arell)

US Army     War: Korean War

Birth: Apr. 15, 1935 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Death: Oct. 17, 2011 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Rex Amend, 76, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. Mr. Amend was born April 15, 1935, at Sterling to Bruce and Laura Proffitt Amend. He returned to Sterling in 2006 after living in Holyrood. He was a graduate of Hutchinson Junior College and Sterling College with a Bachelor’s degree in education. He was a retired school teacher and coach at Quivira Heights schools. He was a U.S. Army veteran with service during the Korean War, a member of the Sterling American Legion and a former Holyrood city council member. He married Janet Arell Jan. 29, 1953, in Las Vegas, N.M. She survives. Other survivors include a sister, Connie Green of Sterling; two brothers, Charles William Amend of El Dorado, and Larry Dean Amend of Sterling; a sister-in-law, Lola Amend of Lyons; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Robert, Don and Arden “Pete” Amend. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery with military honors by the Fort Riley Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Sterling Library, Hospice Care of Kansas or a charity of the donor’s choice in care of the funeral home.Family links: Parents: Bruce Serenus Amend (1900 – 1991) Laura Avis Proffitt Amend (1906 – 1991) Siblings: Donald Bruce Amend (1928 – 2002)* Arden Lee Amend (1933 – 1956)* Rex G Amend (1935 – 2011)*Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: B.L.A. Record added: Oct 26, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 79346931

Name: Warren, Sharlene Anne (McCaslin)
Burial Date: 2011, 08/04
Age at Death: 65
Plot Location: 773 B Cremains
Notes: wife of Larry Bruce Warren

Died in Pueblo, CO

Sharlene Warren, 65, died July 30, 2011, in Pueblo, Colo. She was born May 20, 1946, in Sterling to Norman Edward and Edythe Kopp McCaslin. She was a former resident of the Sterling, Nickerson area. Sharlene worked as a Certified Nurses Aide and graduated from Nickerson High School in 1964. She was married to Larry Warren in Alden on August 14, 1965.

Survivors include, husband, Larry of the home; sons, James Warren of Rocky Hill, Conn., and William Warren of Virginia Beach, Va.; daughter, Debra Grebas of Pueblo, Colo.; brother, William McCaslin of Broomfield, Colo.; sister-in-law, Judy Williams of Hutchinson, and Susan Dantus of New York City, N.Y.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 4, 2011, at the Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling. Rev. Marvin Ewertt will officiate. Burial will be held at the Sterling Community Cemetery in Sterling. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association in care of the funeral home.

Sharlene McCaslin Warren

Birth:	May 20, 1946
Death:	Jul. 29, 2011 Pueblo Pueblo County Colorado, USA
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Capps, Sr.,  LeRoy Lester
Burial Date: 2011, 07/21
Age at Death: 69
Plot Location: 1068 C
Notes: husband of Judith Ann(Maxwell) and Paula Lea(Smith)

Died In St. Joseph, MO

US Army   War: Vietnam War

Born: April 19, 1942
Died: July 16, 2011

LeRoy Lester Capps 69, of Saint Joseph, Missouri, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 in Saint Joseph, MO. He was born April 19, 1942 in Lorraine, KS, son of Euretha Faye(McNett) and Lester Laird Capps.

He served in the Army and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He worked at American Salt Company. LeRoy was preceded in death by wife, Paula Capps, his parents, three brothers, Harold, Marvin, and Bob Capps, three sisters, Genevieve House, Brenda Hurst, Margaret Faye Capps and one grandchild. Survivors include daughter, Tina (Robert) Owens of Junction City, KS, three sons, David Capps of Tulsa, OK, LeRoy Capps Jr. and John T. (Sherri) Capps all of Lyons, KS, a brother, Albert “Butch” Capps of Hutchison, KS, and two sisters, Penny Armendariz of Lakin, KS, Helen Bowhay of Hutchison, KS, and 15 grandchildren.
Graveside funeral services and interment will be conducted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM, at the Sterling Cemetery, in Sterling Kansas, under the direction of the Rupp Funeral Home. There is no scheduled visitation at the Rupp funeral home. Memorials are requested to the LeRoy Capps Memorial Fund. Online condolence and obituary at www.ruppfuneral.com.

LeRoy Lester Capps (b. 19 Apr 1942)

LeRoy Lester Capps (son of Lester Laird Capps and Euretha Fay McNett) was born 19 Apr 1942 in Lorraine, Ellsworth, Kansas.He married (1) Paula Lea Smith, daughter of Fred Gerald Smith and Arlene Thelma Heldt.He married (2) Judith Ann Maxwell on 12 Dec 1963 in Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, daughter of John Henry Maxwell and Ada Louise Seybert.
More About LeRoy Lester Capps and Judith Ann Maxwell:
Marriage: 12 Dec 1963, Winfield, Cowley, Kansas.
Children of LeRoy Lester Capps and Paula Lea Smith are:

1. David Alan Capps, b. 20 Jun 1970, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas.
2. Tina Louise Capps, b. 16 Jul 1972, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas.

Children of LeRoy Lester Capps and Judith Ann Maxwell are:

1. Nancy Lee Capps, b. 10 Dec 1962, Sterling, Rice, Kansas.
2. LeRoy Lester Capps, Jr., b. 20 Aug 1964, Ft. Riley, Riley, Kansas.
3. John Thomas Capps, b. 24 Nov 1965, Sterling, Rice, Kansas.

h: Apr. 27, 1942
Lorraine
Ellsworth County
Kansas,  : Jul. 16, 2011
Saint Joseph
Buchanan County
Missouri, USA
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
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Name: Cole, Josephine Annbelle ‘Jose’ (Newby) Fairbrother
Burial Date: 2011, 09/06
Age at Death: 94
Plot Location: 884 A Cremains
Notes: wife of Russell Lloyd/ dw of Marion Bond Fairbrother

Died 06/28/2011 Santa Barbara, CA

Birth:	1917
Death:	Sep., 2011
Age 94Family links: Spouse: Russell Lloyd Cole (____ – 1977)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 884 A Crems
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Name: Proffitt, Curtis Wayne
Burial Date: 2011,  06/10
Age at Death: 55
Plot Location: 1039 D
Notes: husband of Rose Mary (Bane) and Sandra (?)Smith

Died S. Haven, KS

Birth:	Dec. 18, 1955 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Jun. 2, 2011 South Haven Sumner County Kansas, USA
Husband of (1) Rose Mary Bane Proffitt, marrried 1-26-1972 (2) Sandra Smith Proffitt, married 10-15-2008. Father of Frank & James Proffitt, Gebe Center, Charlie Osbourn, Chad Osbourn (deceased), Aaron Givens, Chris Ball, Ruth Ann & Hannah Proffitt, Erica Tamez, Velma Martinez and Angela Richardson. Son of Charles Wayne and Ruth Elaine Flessner Proffitt. Brother of Vickie Davis. Grandfather of 68 and Great-Grandfather of 8. Curtis died as the result of a motorcycle accident. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Sterling, with Rev. Marvin Ewertt officiating. Burial will be at Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling. The casket will remain closed. Family links: Spouse: Rose Mary Bane Proffitt (1955 – 2006)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Parker, Shirley Ann (Stange)
Burial Date: 2011, 06/11
Age at Death: 68
Plot Location: 938 A Crems
Notes: divorced wife of Ronnie G.

Died 05/22/2011 in Joplin, MO Tornado

Birth:	Feb. 11, 1943 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	May 22, 2011 Jasper County Missouri, USA
Shirley Ann Parker, 68 of Joplin, MO, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, in the tornado that devastated Joplin. She was born February 11, 1943, in Sterling, Kansas the daughter of Kenneth and Rosemary(Greene) Stange. She was married to Ronnie G. Parker and later divorced. Shirley was a Mammography Technician at Loveless Health Care System in Albuquerque, NM for many years, she retired in 2008. Survivors include a son, Greg Parker and fiancé Jennifer Willey of Pittsburg, a daughter Stephanie Woods and husband Joseph of Joplin, MO, along with six grandchildren; Jessawynne Parker, Shelby Ann Woods, Alexis Kathryn Woods, Mitchell William Woods, Daniel Thomas Willey and Connor Peyton Willey. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Robert Dee Stange. Joplin Globe 6-5-2011 Family links: Parents: Kenneth Claus Stange (1912 – 1988) Rosemary Green Stange (1921 – 1993) Sibling: Shirley Ann Stange Parker (1943 – 2011) Robert Dee Stange (1945 – 1973)* *Calculated relationship Note: cremated
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Davis, Evelyn Lorene (Elliott)
Burial Date: 2011, 05/14
Age at Death: 93
Plot Location: 492 B
Notes: w/John Alexander

Died in Grapevine, TX

Birth:	Sep. 25, 1917 Reno County Kansas, USA
Death:	May 10, 2011 Grapevine Tarrant County Texas, USA
Evelyn L. Davis, 93, of Grapevine, TX, passed away peacefully May 10, 2011 at Lone Star Comprehensive Adult Care in Grapevine, TX. She was born September 25, 1917, in Reno County, KS, the daughter of Mark H. Elliott and Elsie Harvey Elliott. She graduated from Sterling High School, in Sterling, KS. She and her late husband, John, were longtime residents of Reno County. In 1998 she moved to north Texas to live closer to her daughter. She and her husband were retired farmers and owners of E.J.’s Uniform Company. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Darlow Social Club. On Jan. 1, 1938, she married John A. Davis in Augusta, KS. Survivors include, a son, William Mark, San Pedro, CA, a daughter and son-in-law, Sheila M. and William Roepka, Jr., Southlake, TX, two grandchildren, Nathan Tiemeier, Aubrey, TX and Megan Cooper, Grapevine, TX and 3 great grandchildren. Other survivors include a sister, Shirley Hoppock, Wichita and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, at Penwell-Gabel Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor Jim Rhaesa presiding. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling. Family links: Parents: Mark Haworth Elliott (1883 – 1971) Elsie Sophronia Harvey Elliott (1888 – 1975) Spouse: John Alexander Davis (1916 – 1996) Siblings: Erma Felina Elliott Ringer (1910 – 1993)* Bernese Eula Elliott Taylor (1912 – 2001)* Evelyn Lorene Elliott Davis (1917 – 2011) Wilma E Elliott Gossard (1922 – 1985)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Walton, Joseph Roland ‘Joe’
Burial Date: 2011, 05/05
Age at Death: 92
Plot Location: 858 G Cremains
Notes: husband of Vera  Rosetta (Wing)

Birth:	Apr. 22, 1919 Kingsdown Ford County Kansas, USA
Death:	May 2, 2011 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Joseph R. (Joe) Walton, 92, died May 2, 2011, at Sterling Presbyterian Manor. He was born April 22, 1919, in Kingsdown to Rev. John and Harriet Benton Walton. He was a Sterling resident since 1969, formerly of Deerfield. He worked as a repair engineer in the natural gas industry, a carpenter, and in the electrical plant at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. He was a member of the Sterling United Methodist Church, and Sterling Silver Threads. He married Vera Wing on June 6, 1948, in Leoti,  KS – she survives. Other survivors include their three children, Dorothea (Dot) LeClerc and husband Steve of Hays; Norma Ooms and husband Wesley of El Paso, Ill.; Roger Walton and his wife Susan of Arlington, Texas. He had eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Laura Griffin of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Juanita Weidner of Mesa, Ariz. Seven brothers and three sisters preceded Joe in death. Visitation will be 5 –7 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Sterling with Reverend Marvin Ewertt and Pastor Wesley Ooms officiating. Burial will take place at the Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Sterling United Methodist Church or Sterling Presbyterian Manor in care of the funeral home. The Lyons News, May 3, 2011 Family links: Parents: John Walton (1880 – 1961) Harriet Estella Benton Walton (1882 – 1976) Siblings: Paul G. Walton (1903 – 1995)* Esther Walton Petefish (1908 – 1994)* Kenneth Merril Walton (1910 – 1998)* Clarence E Walton (1912 – 1933)* Harriet E Walton (1918 – 1933)* Joseph R. Walton (1919 – 2011) Ralph Eugene Walton (1920 – 1920)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Workman, Carole Ellen (Burgess) Savage
Burial Date: 2011, 04/23
Age at Death: 66
Plot Location: 043 K
Notes: divorced wife of Danny Workman and James Wilbur Savage

Birth:	May 31, 1944 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Apr. 21, 2011 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA
Carole E. Workman, 66, died April 21, 2011 at the Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson. She was born May 31, 1944 in Sterling to Weldon and Retha Smith Burgess. She lived in Sterling most of her life and worked in the food industry, graduating from Sterling High School, and then attending Sydney’s Beauty School in Hutchinson. She was a member of the VFW Women’s Auxiliary, of Lyons, and Hutchinson. She married Jim Savage and later Danny Workman, both later divorced. Survivors include two sons, Chris and Karen Savage of Sterling, and Tim Workman of Topeka; two daughters Tena Novack of Lyons, and Jenny and Tony Gentile of Raymore, MO; eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Benny Burgess, Truman Burgess, Derald Burgess, and Richard Burgess, four sisters, Betty Scholle, Ilene Lewis, Colleen Lehr, and Shirley Noce . Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday April 23, 2011 at the Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling. Reverend Kendal Connor officiated. Burial was at the Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorial may be made to Main Street Beautification Project/Main Street Sterling or Rice County EMS in care of the funeral home. The Lions News April 26, 2011 Family links: Parents: Weldon Burgess (1900 – 1976) Retha Schmidt Burgess (1903 – 1970) Siblings: Weldon Benny Burgess (1925 – 1925)* Derald Walker Burgess (1935 – 2010)* Carole E. Burgess Workman (1944 – 2011) *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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When Carole Ellen Burgess was born on May 31, 1944, in Sterling, Kansas, her father, Weldon, was 44, and her mother, Retha, was 39. She married James Wilbur Savage on June 26, 1961, in Sterling, Kansas.

She then married in Sterling, Texas. She died on April 21, 2011, in Hutchinson, Kansas, at the age of 66, and was buried in her hometown.

Name: Williams, Thelma Jane (Hurd)Stoll
Burial Date: 2010, 06/17
Age at Death: 85
Plot Location: 583 1/4 A/C Cremains
Notes: wife of Leslie Marvin Wiliams/Ned Charles Stoll

Died in Denver, CO

Williams, Thelma Jane., 85, Born January 31, 1925 in Canton, KS, the daughter of Ruth(Mills) and Leonard Hurd. Thelma was a homemaker and volunteer with the Red Cross. She was preceded in death by her husbands Leslie M. Williams and Ned Charles Stoll. Thelma is survived by: son Dr. Ned (Sook) Stoll of Seoul, Korea, daughter Suzanne (Bryan) Harrold of Denver, CO, sister, Louise Kruse of Lorraine, KS, 7 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Memorial services will be at a later date. For more information and to send condolences go to www.hillsidefuneralhomeeast.com

Birth: Jan. 1925    Death: Jun., 2010
Denver
Denver County
Colorado, USA
age 85, /Leslie Marvin

Died in Denver, CO
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 583 1/4 A/C Crems
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Name: Richardson, Doretta Willadine (Small)
Burial Date: 2011, 02/26

Age at Death: 89
Plot Location: 293 B Cremains
Notes: wife of Melvin Emyor, III

ELLINWOOD – Doretta W. Richardson, 89, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born Oct. 10, 1921, at Gorham, she was the daughter of John and Clara Warehime Small. She married Melvin Richardson III June 24, 1938, at Russell. He died April 4, 1999.
A homemaker and former part owner of Ellinwood Packing Plant, she was an Ellinwood resident since 1938.
Mrs. Richardson was a member of United Church of Christ, Grove Park Golf Club, both of Ellinwood, and the China Painters Group.
Survivors include: Two daughters, Janice Dvorak, St. James, Mo., and Ginger Thomas of Ellinwood; one sister, Thelma Rein of Kansas City, Kan.; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Clifford, Hiram, Edwin and Herchel Small; and three sisters, Leota Graham, Eunice Schwartzkopf and Gladys Sims.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Birzer Funeral Home in Lyons with the Rev. Charles Mazouch officiating. Burial will be at Sterling Community Cemetery.
Lyons, KS 67554

July 1972 Ellinwood, KS Centennial

Birth: Oct. 10, 1921 Gorham Russell County Kansas, USA Death: Feb. 21, 2011 Great Bend Barton County Kansas, USA ELLINWOOD – Doretta W. Richardson, 89, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at Cherry Village Nursing Home in Great Bend. Born Oct. 10, 1921, at Gorham, she was the daughter of John and Clara Warehime Small. She married Melvin Richardson III June 24, 1938, at Russell. He died April 4, 1999. A homemaker and former part owner of Ellinwood Packing Plant, she was an Ellinwood resident since 1938. Mrs. Richardson was a member of United Church of Christ, Grove Park Golf Club, both of Ellinwood, and the China Painters Group. Survivors include: Two daughters, Janice Dvorak, St. James, Mo., and Ginger Thomas of Ellinwood; one sister, Themal Rein of Kansas City, Kan.; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Clifford, Hiram, Edwin and Herchel small; and three sisters, Leota Graham, Eunice Schwartzkopf and Gladys Sims. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Birzer Funeral Home in Lyons with the Rev. Charles Mazouch officiating. Burial will be at Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms. Funeral arrangements provided by Birzer Funeral Home 214 West Ave. South Lyons, KS 67554Family links: Spouse: Melvin E. Richardson (1918 – 1999) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Tim Hawkins Record added: Feb 23, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66031873

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Name: Miller, Edwin A (Humphrey)
Burial Date: 2011, 01/28
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 1161 H
Notes: husband of Maxine Virginia (Hill)

US Army, Pvt. 1st class    War: WW2  

son of  Glen & Mary(Miller)Humphrey

adopted by grandmother Mary Kathrine Miller
War: WW2

Birth:	Sep. 24, 1922 Kansas, USA
Death:	Jan. 27, 2011 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA
Edwin A. Miller, 88, died Jan. 27, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 24, 1922, the son of Glen and Mary Humphrey. He was adopted and raised by his grandmother, Mary Kathrine Miller. Edwin graduated from Sterling High School and attended Hutchinson JUCO. He was a WWII veteran serving with the Army as a Private 1st Class from 1942 to 1945. He retired from Carey Salt after 45 years.On Aug. 16, 1942, he married Maxine V. Hill in Abilene, Kan. She died May 13, 2007. Survivors include; two daughters, Judy Corcoran of Hutchinson and Janna Miller of Ft. Worth, Texas; three grandchildren, Lisa Corcoran, David Corcoran and wife Shawnah and Susan Corcoran; three great-grandchildren, Brett Corcoran, Becky Day and Tyler Day; and a great-great-granddaughter, Heaven Corcoran. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife.A private family graveside service will be held at Sterling Community Cemetery.Family links: Parents: Glen E. Humphrey (1900 – 1925) Mary C. Humphrey (1901 – 1926)Spouse: Maxine V Miller (1923 – 2007)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Bennett, Curtis Eugene
Burial Date: 2011, 01/31
Age at Death: 75
Plot Location: 212 H
Notes: Husband of Janet Yvonne (Burch)

Sterling College Legend Curt Bennett Passes

Saturday, January 29, 2011

STERLING, Kan. – Sterling College Hall of Fame Member, former football coach, and former All-America football player Curt Bennett passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at the age of 75. Bennett served as the head football coach at Sterling College on three separate occasions and accumulated an overall record of 59-60-3 during his 13 year tenure. Curt currently holds the record at Sterling College for most football victories as a head coach. Current head coach Andy Lambert is second on the all-time wins list with 45 wins at Sterling.

Lambert who also serves as Sterling College Athletic Director had these comments regarding the life of Coach Bennett, “Curt was a good friend to all our athletic teams. His impact on me as the head football coach and athletic director has been significant. We will miss him here. His legacy at Sterling College is rich, deep and long lasting.”

Bennett first came to the SC football program from then Hutchinson Junior College, where he had a prominent career as a running back.

From 1955 to 1956, he starred as a running back and signal caller  for the Sterling College Warriors, gaining All-America status. During the 1956 season, Curt led the NAIA in total offense with 2,166 yards, an average of 240.7 yards a game. Bennett personally gained 1,204 net rushing yards and passed for 962 yards. Bennett also scored 90 of the team’s 192 points that season. The Warriors finished the 1956 season with a 6-3 record.

From 1958-1965 Bennett coached and taught at Plevna High School, Pawnee Rock High School and St. John High School. In 1966, Bennett left St. John High School to become the head coach at Sterling College.

Bennett served as Sterling College head football coach on three different occasions from 1966-1973, in 1981, and from 1997-2000.

During his first and longest stint as head football coach at Sterling College from 1966-1973, Bennett had a combined record of 35-35-3. The highlight of Bennett’s first run as SC head football coach was in 1969 when Bennett led Sterling College to the school’s first ever KCAC Championship Playoff appearance by winning the KCAC South Division.

Curt returned to the Warrior sidelines in 1981 for one season during a transitional period that saw standout SC offensive lineman Scott Downing move from player to head coach. The Warriors went 5-4 during that season. Downing has gone on to have a successful NCAA Division I coaching career that has included stints at Wyoming, Purdue, Nebraska, Northern Colorado and he is currently Assistant Head Coach and Tight End Coach at the University of Tulsa.

Bennett’s third and final stint as head football coach was from 1997-2000. During that stretch, Bennett went 19-21. Upon his retirement at the conclusion of the 2000 season, then Athletic Director and current Sterling College legend Lonnie Kruse said, “Sterling College owes Curt Bennett a lifetime of thanks and gratitude. Three times he was asked to serve Sterling College football and three times he served with distinction… No one has done more for Sterling College football than Curt Bennett.”

In 1992, Curt was a Charter member of the Sterling College Athletic Hall of Fame, being inducted both as a player and coach. Curt’s involvement in Warrior football from his successful playing days in the mid 1950’s to his three coaching stints to his work on various projects to support the football program made him a natural selection to the inaugural SC Athletic Hall of Fame class.

Curt’s involvement in SC football not only spanned 40 years and several generations but included a family contribution as well. Curt’s son Jeff was an All-America football player at Sterling during the mid 1980’s and his grandsons: Wes Laudermilk, Jeremy Bennett, Kevin Laudermilk and Matt Bennett have all downed the Navy Blue uniform of the Warriors. Matt is currently a sophomore on the SC football team.

“Coach Bennett has been invaluable to athletics at Sterling College,” said Dr. Paul J. Maurer, Sterling College President. “His love of the College and students, and his work ethic, influenced the lives of Sterling College students over the course of four decades. Curt’s place in Sterling’s history is secure as someone who invested deeply in the lives of many.”

A funeral service in memory of Curt will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at United Methodist Church, Sterling, with the Rev. Marvin Ewertt presiding. Visitation with the family present will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.

Name:	Curtis E Bennett
Gender:	Male
Death Age:	75
Birth Date:	16 Dec 1935
Birth Place:	Sterling, Kansas USA
Marriage Date:	19 Jan 1955
Marriage Place:	Windom, Cottonwood, Kansas, USA
Residence Place:	Sterling
Death Date:	26 Jan 2011
Obituary Date:	28 Jan 2011
Newspaper Title:	Hutchinson News
Newspaper Place:	Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Spouse:	Yvonne Burch
Parents:	Willard and Blanche Merrill Bennett
Children:	Sheri Bennett, Sterling
Siblings:	Dwight Bennett; Lewis Bennett, Sterling

Name: Canzoneri, Helen Mary (Zimmerman)
Burial Date: 2011,

Death: 2010,  11/11
Age at Death: 97
Plot Location: 668 Maus Cremains
Notes: wife of Vincent M

Helen Mary Zimmerman was born on April 4, 1913, in Kansas, her father, Joseph, was 35, and her mother, Julia, was 31. She married Vincent M Canzoneri in 1936 in Sterling, Kansas. They had four children during their marriage. She died on November 18, 2010, in Place, Nord, Haiti, at the age of 97, and was buried in Sterling, Kansas.

Helen Mary (Zimmerman), Canzoneri November 18, 2010 Canzoneri, Helen Mary (Zimmerman), 97, died on November 18, 2010 at Larksfield Place. Born in 1913 to Joseph and Myrtle Zimmerman, she was raised in Sterling and graduated from high school there. She earned her B.A. Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University and an M.A. in Japanese history from Harvard University. She met her husband, Vincent, while working on her doctorate in Japan. The couple returned to marry in Sterling in 1936, then lived in Tokyo until September of 1941. During World War II, she taught Japanese at the Navy Language School and worked as a censor of Japanese mail in Honolulu, where Vincent served in Navy Intelligence. She raised three sons in Newton, where she was president of the Library board and, at the request of local parents, taught a pre-college enrichment course for high school students. She moved to Wichita in 1971, where her husband was an executive at Ross Industries. In Wichita, she taught weaving, helped to run the Blue Warp weaving shop, and served on the acquisitions committee of the Wichita Art Museum. She is survived by her sons and their wives, Matthew and Sarah of Washington, DC; Vincent and Tova of Newton, Massachusetts; and Wren and Amy of Toronto, Canada; and her five grandchildren, Emily of Washington, DC; Matthew and his wife Corinne of Boulder, Colorado; Julian of Boston, Massachusetts; and Vincent and Alexander of Toronto, Canada. A memorial service, with music performed by members of her family, will be held at Larksfield Place, 7373 East 29th Street North in Wichita, at 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 30, after a musical prelude that will commence at 1:45. Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd., Wichita, 67203.

Birth: Apr. 4, 1913 Kansas, USA Death: Nov. 18, 2010 Place, Nord, Haiti Family links: Parents: Joseph Dale Zimmerman (1878 – 1945) Julia Myrtle Jeter Zimmerman (1881 – 1968) Spouse: Vincent Canzoneri (1912 – 1978) Sibling: Joseph Buford Zimmerman (1907 – 1937)* Helen Mary Zimmerman Canzoneri (1913 – 2010) *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: The Old Genealogist Record added: Jan 19, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 64425220

Name: Harrison, Lynn Robert
Burial Date:  2010, 11/19
Age at Death: 68
Plot Location: 839 C Cremains
Notes: Son of Robert Willard & Leota Eileen (Gossman) Harrison

US Army, Purple Heart     War: Vietnam War 

Birth:	Feb. 1, 1942
Death:	Nov. 10, 2010
Son of Willard & Leota Harrison.   Inscription: SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM PURPLE HEART
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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