Name: Engelland, Kermit Dee
Burial Date: 2009, 09/12
Age at Death: 73
Plot Location: 1245 B
Notes: husband of Betty Jean (Schmucker)

Kermit Dee Engelland

Kermit D. Engelland

STERLING – Kermit D. Engelland, 73, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at Lyons Hospital.

He was born March 18, 1936, in Rural Rice County, to Ansel and Elsie Stange Engelland. He was a farmer and stockman in the Sterling community. He belonged to Midland United Church of Christ and CKYC Yacht Club.

On March 18, 1955, he married Betty Jean Schmucker at Sterling. She survives.

Their children and spouses are: Rhonda and Lindsay Schmidt, Geneseo, Rex and Julie Engelland, Sterling, Robyn and Ken Schrock, Huntsville, Ala., Rochelle and Chris Hewitt, Sterling; two brothers, Carroll and Delpha Engelland, Dwight and Pat Engelland; sister, Cheryl Engelland; sister-in-law, Rosemary Engelland, all of Hutchinson; eight grandchildren, Amy and Sean Feldman, Tracy and Jeff Vaughan, Heath and Hunter Hewitt, Kirk Engelland, Nathan, David and Hannah Schrock; two great-grandchildren, Killian Vaughan and Arika Feldman. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Donald Engelland.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at Midland Community Church of Christ with Pastor Robert Smith presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery, Sterling.

Memorials may be sent to the Rice County Community Foundation or to the church, in care of Elliott Mortuary.

Birth:	Mar. 18, 1936 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Sep. 9, 2009 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Family links: Parents: Ansel Victor Engelland (1903 – 1990) Elsie Clara Stange Engelland (1904 – 1992) Siblings: Donald Paul Engelland (1927 – 1998)* Dwight Leon Engelland (1932 – 2013)* Kermit Dee Engelland (1936 – 2009) *Calculated relationship Inscription: Married March 18, 1955. Parents of Rhonda, Rex, Robyn & Rochelle
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Created by: Don Cone Record added: Jun 10, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 71126168

Name: Brownlee, Carol Gene (English)
Burial Date: 2009, 09/04
Age at Death: 87
Plot Location: 966 F
Notes: wife of George Raymond

U.S. Red Cross        War: WW2 

My mom was an amazing woman. She traveled to France near the end of WWII to work with the Red Cross and spent over a year serving the soldiers there; she taught English, Spanish, French, Latin, Humanities, Art History, and more at Sterling College; when my father died, she had five kids…4th grade through a freshman in college…and did a great job of raising them on her own; she became the academic dean at Sterling College and was a pioneer in the area of field experience credits; after she retired, she wrote at least one note a week to someone in the community, congratulating them on something they had done or encouraging them as they faced various challenges; she…well, that’s probably enough. Suffice it to say, I am the person I am today because of the love, support, and dedication of my amazing mom!    Larry Brownlee

Below: Carol Gene Brownlee and Dr. Bill McCreey, Sterling College

Carol Gene English-Brownlee (2000-03-31)

Carol earned an MA in French at KU, in residence from 1942-43 and “always treasured [her] year” here. She benefited from that education in many ways, teaching school (almost 30 years at Sterling College, KS), travel in Europe on numerous occasions, and general cultural improvements. She retired in 1986 and lives in Sterling. She was stationed in France in WW II with the Red Cross, took groups of students to Europe during January terms, and traveled abroad with family and friends. She particularly remembered Professors Carman, Crumrine, and Mahieu (and yes, Carol, you had their names right).

Carol Gene was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Marion Leslie and Josephine Shelton English. She graduated from Dodge City High School in 1938, Sterling College in 1942, and the University of Kansas in 1943. She served with the Red Cross in France during World War II.

On March 27, 1953, she married George R. Brownlee at Sterling. He died Oct. 5, 1972.

Carol Gene dedicated much of her life to SC, serving as a professor, academic dean, publicity director, and federal grants coordinator. She was a professor emeritus of SC and wrote the words for the college’s alma mater. Brownlee Plaza in front o the new library is named in honor of her husband, who served as business manager at the college before his death.

Carol Gene also was dedicated to Sterling United Presbyterian Church, serving many years on the session, and she was active and held leadership roles with the Presbyterian Church, USA. She was a former Sterling city commissioner and served on the Sterling Public Library Board. She was a member of Rice County Arts Council, Rice County Retired Teachers Association and other civic organizations. She enjoyed traveling, hiking in Colorado, watching sports, reading books, particularly mysteries, and spending time with family.

Survivors include Donna Foster and husband, Brian, Sterling; Barbara Chadwell and husband, John, Fairview; Larry Brownlee and wife, Amy, Sterling; Robert Brownlee and wife, Sonam, Kathmandu, Nepal; Phillip Brownlee and wife, Laila, Wichita; and 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her brother, William English, and sisters, Ann Preston and Mary Leta Taylor.

Name: Fritzemeier, Walter Duane
Burial Date: 2009, 08/04
Age at Death: 77
Plot Location: 1155 F
Notes: husband of Violet Glee (Henry)

Birth: Jul. 4, 1932 Liberal Seward County Kansas, USA Death: Jul. 30, 2009 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA STERLING — W. Duane Fritzemeier, 77, died July 30 at Presbyterian Manor, Sterling. He was born July 4, 1932, at Liberal, the son of Walter Simon and Nellie Pearl Rose Fritzemeier. He was a 1950 graduate of Stafford High School and attended Sterling College. He married V. Glee Henry on June 5, 1953, at Zenith. A resident of Sterling since 1953, formerly of Stafford, he was a mechanic, machinist and welder, in addition to church custodian and Hutchinson News paper carrier. Mr. Fritzemeier was a member of Sterling United Presbyterian Church; Air Patrol; Boy Scouts of America leader of Troop 369; Gideon International; Rice County Emergency Medical Service volunteer and a volunteer for the Sterling Fire Department for 40 years; and a former member of Calvary Baptist Church, Stafford. Survivors include his wife, of the home; three sons, David, Independence, Douglas, Wichita, and Daniel, Chanute; two daughters, Gay Fritzemeier, Dana, N.C., and Joy Oden, Stafford; a brother, Ronald Fritzemeier, Modesto, Calif.; three sisters, Marilyn Piland, Springfield, Ill., Glenda Deacon, Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Sheryl Fenstad, Anaheim, Calif.; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Matthew Fritzemeier. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church in Sterling with the Rev. Seth Svaty officiating. Burial will be at Sterling Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday at Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Gideons International, Sterling College or Boy Scouts of America Troop 369. Funeral arrangements provided by Birzer Funeral Home 203 N. 7th; P.O. Box 262 Sterling, KS 67579 (620) 278-3531 Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Aug. 2, 2009Family links: Parents: Walter Simon Fritzemeier (1906 – 1988) Nellie Pearl Rose Fritzemeier (1919 – 2004) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Tim Hawkins Record added: Aug 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 40274085

Name: Duncan, Jack Wesley
Burial Date: 2009, 07/24
Age at Death: 77
Plot Location: 1140 G Cremains
Notes: husband of Patricia Ann (Miller)

U.S. Army  War: Korean War  

Birth:	Jun. 1, 1932 Alden, Rice County, Kansas, USA
Death:	Jul. 19, 2009 Lyons Rice County Kansas, USA
Family links: Parents: John Paul Duncan (1895 – 1948) Edith Leonore Proffit Duncan (1902 – 1994) Spouse: Patricia Ann Duncan (1928 – 2007)* *Calculated relationship Inscription: 2nd LT US ARMY KOREA
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Created by: Joe Gibbens Record added: Dec 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 45104005

Kirchoff, Treva Colleen (Bartow)                    wife of Robert Eugene

Burial Date:  2009,  06/29              Age: 75               Lot: 1102 B

Died in Newton, KS

Birth: Jul. 7, 1933   Laverne, OK Death: Jun. 25, 2009  Newton, KS Family links: Children: Ricky Lee Kirchoff (1963 – 2015)* *Calculated relationship Inscription: PARENTS OF RICK, KENDA & VICKY DEC 31, 1959 (marrige date) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: Joe Gibbens Record added: Dec 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 45104058

Name: Ratcliffe, Anne Lois (Leonard)
Burial Date: 2009, 06/05
Age at Death: 88
Plot Location: 964 H
Notes: divorced wife of  ? Ratcliffe

Died May 31, 2009, in Ft. Worth, TX

Birth:	May 23, 1921 Saxman Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	May 31, 2009 Fort Worth Tarrant County Texas, USA
Daughter of Glen and Easter (Baker) LeonardFamily links: Parents: Glenn Adelbert Leonard (1892 – 1971) Easter Julia Baker Leonard (1896 – 1976) Daughter : Becky Ratcliffe Green Siblings: Edwin S Leonard (1918 – 2005)* Anne L. Leonard Ratcliffe (1921 – 2009) Melvin Arthur Leonard (1923 – 1958)* Leola Fern Leonard McFarland (1924 – 1968)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Created by: KC Louthan Record added: Jun 06, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 37994587

Name: Davidson, Elaine Anne (VanVeen) Jones
Burial Date: 2009, 05/28
Age at Death: 92
Plot Location: 944 F
Notes: wife of Galen Floyd Davidson, dw/Merwin E Jones

War: WW2          US Navy         WAVES 

Birth: Jul. 4, 1916 Death: May 22, 2009 Age 92Family links: Spouse: Galen Floyd Davidson (1919 – 1968) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 944 F Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 27, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105901330

Name: Oakley, Mary Kathryn (Blakely)
Burial Date: 2009, 05/20
Age at Death: 85
Plot Location: 769 D
Notes: wife of Wesley D.

Mary Kathryn Oakley died May 17, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was 85, Born on Feb. 2,, 1924, she was the daughter of Cecil N. Blakely and Iva M. Rogers Blakely.  She was a graduate of Lyons High School and attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson.

On Aug. 5, 1942, she married Wesley D. Oakley in Lyons. He survives. She was a member of Lyons First Christian Church.  She was a loving and devoted wife and mother. During her life, Mary worked for the Rice County District Court and Register of Deeds office and was an editor for Intertec Publishing in Overland Park. She was an avid amateur stamp collector. She and her husband relocated to Hutchinson 12 years ago.

Other survivors include children, Jan Oakley of Salina, Larry (Judy) Oakley of Wichita, and Barbara K. McKenzie(Oakley) of McLean, Va.; granddaughter, Kelly (Shawn) Alexander of Clay Center; great-grandsons, Brian and Layne Patrick of Marquette; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends, She was preceded in death by her parents and younger sister, Shirley.

Graveside services will be 10 a.m. on May 20, 2009.

Birth:	Feb. 2, 1924 Kansas, USA
Death:	May 17, 2009 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA
Family links: Parents: Cecil N Blakely (1901 – 1994) Iva Myrtle Rogers Blakely Holdren (1901 – 1986) Siblings: Mary Kathryn Blakely Oakley (1924 – 2009) Shirley Maxine Blakely (1927 – 2007)* John N. Blakely (1943 – 1994)** *Calculated relationship **Half-sibling
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Created by: KC Louthan Record added: May 27, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 37587240

Name: Thompson, Vaughn LeRoy
Burial Date: 2009, 05/13
Age at Death: 75
Plot Location: 1058 E Cremains
Notes: husband of Carolyn Frances (Becker)

U.S. Navy  
War: Korean War

Birth:	Sep. 16, 1933
Death:	May 9, 2009
STERLING, Kan. — Vaughn L. Thompson, 75, died Saturday (May 9, 2009) at his home in Sterling.He was born Sept. 16, 1933, in Big Springs to Jacob R. and Delphia (Dunning) Thompson.He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. On April 15, 1953, he married Carolyn Becker. They lived in Cambridge, before moving to Sterling. He was a tool pusher for Sterling Drilling Company until his retirement.He was a member of the American Legion of Sterling and the VFW in Lyons, Kan.He was preceded in death by his parents; infant daughter, Deanna Jo Thompson; grandson, Justin Lewis; and son-in-law, Lenn Lewis.Survivors include his wife, Carolyn of Sterling; two sons, Kenneth Thompson of Sterling and Keith Thompson and Tammy Lackey of Westcliffe, Colo.; four daughters, Karen Lewis of Phoenix, Ariz., Judy Mousel and husband, Mike of Cambridge, Dixie Ernst and husband, Dan of Lincoln and Lois Thompson of Hutchinson, Kan.; brother, Kenneth Thompson of Memphis, Tenn.; 19 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.Funeral services will be Wednesday, 4 p.m., at Birzer Funeral Home in Sterling with the Rev. J. Douglas Neumann officiating. Burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery.Memorials may be given to the Rice/Reno County Hospice or Sterling Public Library.Birzer Funeral Home of Sterling is in charge of arrangements.
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard Record added: May 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 37030668

Name: Reed, Margaret Elizabeth (Nichol)
Burial Date: 2009, 04/29
Age at Death: 91
Plot Location: 927 E
Notes: wife of Robert Maurice Reed, Sr.

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Parents:
Ralph L. Nichol (1883 – 1951)
Mary Elizabeth Miller Nichol (1882 – 1939)

Children:
Marilyn Kay Reed (1942 – 1942)*
Robert Maurice Reed, Jr. (1944 – 2004)*

Sibling:
Mary E. Nichol (____ – 1915)*
Margaret Elizabeth Nichol Reed (1917 – 2009)

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Created by: Leon Barton
Record added: Feb 13, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 65607080

Name: McGraw, Shirley Joan (Franklin) Blanton Wing
Burial Date: 2009, 04/24
Age at Death: 53
Plot Location: 1203 D
Notes: wife of Daniel E,  dw/Calvin G. Blanton/Calvin Wing

Birth: Jul. 25, 1955 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA Death: Apr. 21, 2009 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: KC Louthan Record added: Apr 25, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36336965

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Name: Risley, Lorena Adel (Propes)
Burial Date: 2008, 10/11
Age at Death: 96
Plot Location: 116 E Cremains
Notes: Divorced wife of Gene Phillip Risley

Died 2008, 01/10 Waukesha, WI

Lorena A Propes and her father, Robert Propes.

Birth:	Dec. 16, 1912
Death:	Jan. 10, 2008
Family links: Parents: Robert Propes (____ – 1918) Emily Phebe Avery Propes (1888 – 1912)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Name: Nichols, Marion Edward
Burial Date: 2008, 08/19
Age at Death: 77
Plot Location: 577 H
Notes: Husband of Meredith Viola(Long)

Birth: Nov. 15, 1930   Death: Aug. 16, 2008
age 77

Family links:
Spouse:
Meredith V Long Nichols (1929 – 2001)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 577 H
Created by: Lawcas
Record added: Apr 08, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 108059570

Name: Brown, Gail Evan
Burial Date: 2008, 07/23
Age at Death: 70
Plot Location: 1206 A
Notes: husband of Maria Jesus(Solis),  Wilma E(Nerran)Lees and Mercedes F(Felicelda)

U.S. Navy  War: Vietnam War

Birth: Dec. 12, 1937     Death: Jul. 19, 2008
Gail Evan Brown died Jul 19, 2008, at Hutchinson Hospital. He was born Dec 12, 1937, in Kansas City, the son of Henry Allen and Inez Leota Stanley Brown.

He was a United States Navy veteran and retired from the maintenance department of the Hutchinson Hospital.

He married Maria Jesus Solis. She died Feb 29, 1968. He then married Wilma E. Lees. She died Dec 20, 1988. He then married Mercedes F. Felicelda on Aug 19, 1991, in Manila, Philippines. She survives.

Other survivors include: four sons, Christopher Brown and his wife Sarah, Hutchinson, James Brown and his wife Daisy, Camarillo, Calif., Calvin Brown and his wife Lynette, Reeds Springs, MO, and Scott Lees, Wichita; four daughters, Monica Frye and her husband James, Hutchinson, Diana Cook, Waynoka, OK, Cristina Stockton, Hutchinson, and Lori Hood, Sharpesville, IN; a brother, Allen Brown, Kansas City, MO; three sisters, Beverly Davis, Bonnie Arnold, and Shirley Hardesty, all of Great Bend; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, John Lees, and a brother, Stanley E. Brown.

Funeral was at Heritage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Hutchinson, with the Rev. John Pierce presiding. Graveside service was held at Sterling Community Cemetery, with military graveside rites conducted by the United States Navy Honor Guard.

Family links:
Parents:
Henry Allen Brown (1905 – 1965)
Inez Leota Stanley Brown (1905 – 2001)

Sibling:
Gail Evan Brown (1937 – 2008)
Stanley Earl Brown (1941 – 2001)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
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Record added: Dec 04, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 45103979

Name: Neumann, Jason Derek
Burial Date: 2008, 07/11
Age at Death: 31
Plot Location: 1132 C
Notes: 1st husband of Catrisse Nicole (Orr) Alvord

Died in WIchita, KS

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It was way too quiet on Thanksgiving without you. It shouldn’t be this way! Missing you so much. Mom – mom Added: Nov. 26, 2011

No mom around anywhere could have such a caring, dedicated, special son as you, Jason. I miss you with every breath I breathe! You will always be my “baby boy”. – mom Added: Sep. 1, 2011

Birth: Nov. 11, 1976 Death: Jul. 6, 2008 Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Maintained by: Staci Fulbright Originally Created by: Joe Gibbens Record added: Dec 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 45104078