The Kansas City Times
June 10, 1964Mrs. Clara Louisa Coleman, 85, of Olathe, died yesterday at a nursing home there.
She was born in Rock Port, Mo., and lived most of her life in Spring Hill.
Mrs. Coleman was a member of the Spring Hill Methodist Church.
Surving are two sons, Robert Coleman, San Francisco, and George Drennan Coleman, Olathe; three daughters, Mrs. Agnes Stewart, Gardner, and Mrs. Dorothy Garrett and Mrs. Mary Costello, Los Angeles; five sisters, Mrs. Hattie Whisler, Powell, Wyo.; Mrs. Anna Hatchley, Idabel, Okla.; Mrs. Emma Branstine and Mrs. Alice Larson, both of Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Bessie Guellemo of Guatemala.
The Springfield News-Leader
August 9, 1978Guy J. Branstine, 88, Routw 1, Fair Grove, died at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday in Medi-Center after a long illness.
He is survived by his wife, Belle; four sons, Paul, Vave Creek. Ariz., Lloyd, Harrisonville, Donald, Springfield, and George, Pleasant Hope; three daughters, Mres. Doris Brake, Fair Grove, Mrs. Joyce Arnold, Springfield, and Mrs. Ruth Tracy, Fair Grove; one sister, Miss Emma Branstine, state of California; 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
He was a member of Fair Grove United Methodist Church and was a retired farmer.
The Helena Independent
October 6, 1935SeWitt Clinton, a resident of Eat Helena for the past eight or nine years, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrd. A. CX. Runyan of Longmont, Colo/, where he had been visiting for the last two months. Mr. Clinton had been in failing health the last two years, following a severe case of sunstroke. His death came at 6:30 a.m., Oct. 1. DeWitt was 73 years old and a direct descendant if General DeWitt Clinton of Revolutionary fame.
He is survived by one daughter, Caroline, and three sons, Chester and Charles of East Helena and Henry of Helena.
Helena Independent Record
February 29, 1960J. Henry Clinton, 66, retired Helena contractor, died unexpectedly today at St. John's Hospital, where he had been a patient since Feb. 20.
Mr. Clinton was born Sept. 30, 1893, in Farragut, Iowa. He attended schools in Iowa and Wyoming. On Dec. 18, 1913, he was married at Longmont, Colo., to the former Lillian Haselton. In 1918, they moved to the East Helena area where Mr. Clinton operated a ranch, now known as the Claude Cory place.
In 1930, he moved to Helena, where he was employed by Benson Carpenter Motor Co., before becoming engaged in the general contracting business. Until his retirement from the contracting business in 1955, Mr. Clinton built an addition to the Eagle's Hall, and the bridge across Lake Helena, among numerous other projects of the area.
He was a member of Helena Aerie No. 16, FOE; Morning Star Lodge No. 5, AF&AM, and Algeria Shrine Temple. Since his retirement he has been a representative for Overhead Door of Helena.
In December 1959, he completed construction and moved into his new home at 542 Sixth. Prior to that, he resided for many years at 623 Montana.
Surviving besides his widow, Lillian, are sons, Carl E. Clinton, and Henry D. Clinton; two daughters, Leona Branning and Lucille Hamlin, all of Helena; two brothers, Charles Clinton, Helena, Chester Clinton, Elliston; five grandchildren, Mike Joseph, Laura C. Clinton, and Dean, John and Betty Branning, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister.
A sister-in-law, Mrs. J. P. Owens, resides at 1227 Davis.
Valley Morning Sun (Harlingen, Texas)
January 7, 1936Funeral services were held at Kreidler chapel here in McAllen during the weekend for Frank Hayse, 70, who died suddenly at his home near the city. The Rev. M. D. Council officiated and interment was at Roselawn Cemetery. (Body later moved to Kiowa County, Kansas).
Survivors are the wife Mrs. Lillie Hayse; sons: Albert & John of McAllen; Nathan & Herald of Greensburg, Kansas; Wilbur of Kismet, Kansas; and Artie of Haviland, Kansas; four daughters: Mrs. Alma Griswold of Salina, Kansas; Miss Luella Hayse of Greensburg, Kansas; Mrs Ed Davis of Fulton, Kansas; and Mrs. Frank Laird of Kismet; a sister, Mrs. A. V. Rogers of Salina; and a brother, J. C. Hayse of Pueblo, Colorado."
Great Bend Weekly Tribune
October 17, 1913Miss Aggie Hayse, daughter of Frank and Lillie Hayes, was born near Galatia, in Barton county, Kansas on October 4, 1888. She departed this life September 16, 1913. She was a beautiful girl and was deservedly popular, especially with children who loved her dearly and would ask for her as their teacher in Sunday school. Several years ago she was converted and joined the Methodist church. She desired a good education so that she might give a more useful service to the Lord, so she had spent three years in Southwestern College, fitting herself to take up deaconess work. She loved the Lord and served Him with gladness. Her life was a life of sunshine.
Find-a-Grave
Nathan Berkley Hayse was born near Hoisington, Barton co, KS Oct. 5, 1891 and departed this life at Dodge City, Kansas Sept. 26, 1947, at the age of 55 years, 11 months and 21 days.
He was the eldest son of Frank and Lillie I. Larkin Hayse. His schooling was received in Barton county,KS. With his parents, he moved to a farm 10 miles southeast of Greensburg at the age of 18.
He was converted in a revival meeting in the old Lone Tree schoolhouse in the spring of 1911 or 1912, and was received into membership in the Methodist church at Haviland. His was an unusual record of loyalty to the church, and of willingness to serve in any way. At the time of his death he was a member of the board of stewards.
On August 18, 1913 he was united in marriage with Alma R. Blackstun. She preceded him in death April 12, 1933. To this union, seven children were born, of whom two have preceded him in death: Ella and Lewie. While he was justly proud of his children, he was especially proud of his eldest, Lewie F, who was a captain in the U.S.Army, and who gave his life in what he considered the cause of liberty and right, in the battle at Luxembourg (in W.W.2.) He always held a great assurance for the success of each of his children.
He was engaged in farming for several years until he moved to Greensburg in 1931, when he entered the well-drilling and repair business. Along with two of his sons, he was engaged in this work at the time of his death.
Nathan often spoke of asking the Lord to spare his life until Paul, the youngest was through high school. The day before he entered the hospital, he told a friend that the Lord had granted his prayer.
Survivors include three sons: Nathan Jr of Mullinville, Carl and Paul of the home, two daughters: Myra Smith of Mullinville, and Mrs. Mary Jo Tournade of Haviland. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lewie Hayse of Wichita, and five grandchildren also survive, in addition to the following members of his family; four sisters: Mrs. Alma Griswold of Salina, Mrs. Haskell Davis of Fulton, Mrs. Leah Laird of Kismet, Miss Luella Hayse of Greensburg; five brothers: Herald of Greensburg, Albert and Artie of Mullinville, Wilbur of Jal, New Mexico; and John Hayse of San Benito, Texas. Other relatives and many friends also mourn his passing.
Find-a-Grave
Mrs. Esther Hayse of Mullinville died September 10 at her daughter's home in Hutchinson, after a long illness. She was 72 years old. Esther Jensen was born January 14, 1909 at White, S. D., the daughter of Niels and Elsie Hortness Jensen.
She was married to Albert Hayse September 14, 1934 at McAllen, Texas. He died September 15, 1971.
They came to Kiowa county (KS) in 1944 and moved to Mullinville in 1966. She had lived in Hutchinson for the past two years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and Busy Bee Sewing Circle, both of Mullinville.
Survivors include one daughter, Betty Myers of Hutchinson; four brothers: Harold Jensen, Francis Jensen and Clarence Jensen, all of Mission, Texas; and Elmer Jensen of Waco, Texas; two sisters: Florence Wilson of Corpus Christi, Texas and Anna Sigman of Safford, Ariz; and three grandchildren. F
Fleener Funeral Homes
Artimus (Artie)Benton was born March 8, 1903 at Galatia, Kansas, in Barton county to Henry Frank and Lillie Iowa Larkin Hayse, the eighth child of twelve.
His family moved to a farm southeast of Greensburg in 1909, coming by covered wagon.
Artie married Leona Marium Lindsay on her eighteenth birthday, April 11, 1931. Her dad said Artie could not have her until she was 18!
To this union were born four sons: Charles Benton, John Mac, Frank Lindsay and Merlyn Don, and two daughters: Roe Ann and Mary Marjean.
He touched the lives of nine foster children and various nieces and nephews.
Leona, his wife of 64 years, preceded him in death on August 12, 1995.
Artie farmed near Greensburg and in 1942 moved to a farm southwest of Greensburg. Artie and Leona raised their children on that farm. He retired from the farm in 1965 and moved to Greensburg where he was caretaker of the Greensburg parks for 18 years, retiring from that in 1983. He was very proud of all the trees that he helped plant at the Davis Park. As a young man, Artie would rather fish and trap at the spring just south in the next pasture from the house, rather than go to the one room schoolhouse down the road. He and his brothers broke mules for other people. He talked of bringing his sister, Aggie, by wagon to their grandparents in Greensburg so that she could go by train to Winfield to college. Artie was too young for W W 1 and too old for W W 2, but he and Leona opened their home to several of her family and several babies were born there. He and two of his brothers-in-law were big teasers. They loved to play tricks on everyone they could think of and on each other. Between the three of them, two of them hid the bucket of home-made ice cream which upset the other one (probably because he didn't think of it.) Artie played the fiddle and loved to dance; he just didn't care for the drinking that seemed to go with the dances. Artie and Leona were very involved in 4-H with their kids and had just as much fun as the kids did.
Midland Reporter-Telegram (TX)
May 1, 2006Wilbur W. Hayse, of Midland, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2006 at his home under the care of Home Hospice.
He was born to Frank and Lillie Hayse on November 22, 1908.
He served in the United States Army during World War II.
He married Rilla Hicks in 1945 in Kermit, Texas.
He worked for EI Paso Natural Gas Co. for 33 years. On his retirement they moved to Midland.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rilla, and eleven brothers and sisters.
He is survived by his five children: Janet Hayse, Rita Hayse, Mary Hayse, Jimmy Hayse, all of Midland, Wilbur Ray Hayse & wife Georgia of Odessa, and two grandsons, Brandon Hayse of Odessa, and Ryan Hayse of Lubbock; and a special daughter, his wife's sister whom he helped raise, Jane Ann Muller and her husband Ray, of Amherst, TX; and several nieces and nephews.
The Pratt Tribune (KS)
May 11, 2009Alice R. Hayse, 93, died May 8, 2009, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City. She was born Nov. 22, 1915, in Rawlins County, near McDonald, the daughter of John W. and Virga M. Pridy McKinley.
She was a retired schoolteacher. She grew up on the family farm north of Mullinville and graduated from Mullinville High School. Alice attended Fort Hays State Teachers College. She taught school at Forrest Grove, Bethel and Sandale (rural Kiowa County schools), was principal and taught seventh and eighth grade at Rolla Grade School, sixth grade in Mullinville Grade School and was a substitute teacher for 25 years in the Greensburg school district.
Alice had lived in Greensburg since 1945. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star, Star of Hope chapter #193, Greensburg.
On Jan. 17, 1945, she married Charles Herald Hayse in the United Evangelical Brethren Church in Mullinville. He preceded her in death April 21, 1999.
She is survived by three sons, Phil and wife Arlene Hayse, Lyons, Tom and wife LeaAnne Hayse, Hutchinson, and Joel and wife Pat Hayse, Geneva, Neb.; two daughters, Beth and husband Ron Kershner, and Ruth Hayse, all of Scott City; one brother, Myron McKinley, Tulsa, Okla.; three sisters, Sibyl McKinley, Bucklin, Carrel Dutt, Overland Park, and Virginia Slimmer, Plainville; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Bill, Harold and John Jr.; and a grandson, Nicholas Kershner.
Lawrence Journal-World (KS)
January 27, 1995Services for Willard R. Larkin, 94, Kennewick, Wash., were held last Friday at the First United Methodist Church here with the Rev. Chuck Hindman officiating. Burial was in Riverview Heights Cemetery in Kennewick.
Mr. Larkin died Monday, Jan. 16, 1995, at Kennewick General Hospital.
He was born Oct. 16, 1900, in Redwing, Kan., the son of Jesse and Laura Watson Larkin. He grew up on a farm in the Greensburg, Kan., area. He attended Greensburg schools, graduating from high school in 1919. He attended Kansas University and studied civil engineering. He was a member of the Army ROTC and served with the Coastal Artillery at Fort Monroe, Va., in the summer of 1922 or 1923. During this time, he was an assistant engineer in the construction of the Tecumseh Power Plant in Topeka.
He worked for 17 years as a city building inspector in Lawrence, Kan. During World War II, he was in the Civil Air Patrol in Lawrence. In 1952, he moved to Kennewick, where he was city building inspector until 1956, when he became the city building inspector for the city of Richland, Wash. He retired in 1965.
He was a member of the Kennewick First Methodist Church, serving on the board of trustees. He also served on the board of directors of Western Sintering Inc., in Richland.
He married Lena Howell in October 1927, in Chanute, Kan. She died in July 1960.
Survivors include a son, David, Berkeley, Calif., and a brother, Everett, Haviland, Kan.
The Pratt Tribune (KS)
March 19, 2001HAVILAND - Everett Watson Larkin, 92, died March 15, 2001, at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg. A lifetime Kiowa County resident, he was a farmer.
Survivors include: wife, Viola; a son, Raymond, Hoisington; and a daughter, Nancy Larkin, of the home.
The Pratt Tribune (KS)
July 2, 2001HAVILAND - Viola M. Myers Larkin, 89, died June 30, 2001, at the Hoisington Rehabilittion Center, Hoisington. A Haviland resident since 1930, she was a homemaker and clerk for Willards Variety Store, Coberly's and Duckwalls, all in Greensburg.
Survivors include: a son, Raymond, Hoisington; a daughter, Nancy Larkin, of the home; and a sister, Octava Brown, Cherokee, Okla.
Evanston Review (IL)
February 13, 1997Philip Koch Tobin, 87, a lifelong resident of Evanston, died Jan. 16 at The King Home in Evanston.
Mr. Tobin was born Feb. 26, 1909, in Newton Center, Mass., and was a retired film distributor for the film division of McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Friends knew him for his sense of humor, generosity and love of animals.
He is survived by his daughter, Barbara (Dennis) Perler of The Main Line of Pennsylvania; his sister, Rosamond (Dr. Welles A.) Standish of West Hartford, Conn.; and two grandchildren.
His wife, Eleanor Curry Tobin, a Chicago area artist and frequent exhibitor at the Art Institute of Chicago, preceded him in death.
Lawrence Journal-World (KS)
September 30, 2003Services for Gertrude L. Sherwood, 82, Middletown, were Sept. 21 at Aquidneck Place in Middletown.
Mrs. Sherwood died Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, at Newport Hospital.
She was born June 2, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of F.P. and Livia (Ferrin) O'Brien. She lived in Lawrence, Kan., most of her life.
Mrs. Sherwood was a member of United Congregational Church in Middletown and Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence.
She married Edwin "Monte" Sherwood. He died earlier.
Survivors include a son, Gregory P. Sherwood, Middletown; a daughter, Roxana S. Murray, Fort Wayne, Ind.; a sister, Ruth O. Denington, Santa Rosa, Calif.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.