The Hutchinson Gazette
February 14, 1911James T. Smith, a veteran of the civil war, died Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the family home, 116 East Eighth street.
Mr. Smith was a native of Indiana, being born there May 2 1834, and was married there in 1874 to Martha Mathews. Three children, Marion T. Smith and Morris O. T. Smith, of Oklahoma, and Charles T. Smith, of this city were born to them,
The Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX)
October 19, 1961Clarence Elmer DELANO, a pioneer resident of this area, died at 2:50 a.m. Sunday in Sanford Hospital. He had lived in Perryton 15 years and had previously lived in Beaver County since 1920.
Clarence Elmer DELANO was born December 22, 1885, at Hutchinson, Kansas, to Albert and Georgia Anne DELANO. The family moved to Woods county (now Alfalfa county) near Cherokee in the spring following the opening of the Cherokee strip in 1893.
There he attended a sod school and Church, where he was converted to Christianity. Here he grew to manhood.
Mr. DELANO followed the pioneer spirit of "moving West" and moved to a farm 15 miles north of Perryton in Beaver County, Oklahoma, in July, 1920. There he farmed until retirement in 1947. He has made his home at 1105 South Baylor in Perryton since.
He was married to Fannie Agnes WAKEFIELD at Alva, Oklahoma, on November 06, 1907. To this union were born four children, including Mrs. Desley (Sylvia) TICE of Gray, Carl DELANO of Hooker, Lester DELANO of Wichita, and Mrs. Bruce (Belva) FORNEY of Perryton.
In addition to his immediate family, Mr. DELANO is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lettie WILLIAMS, of Bryon, Ohio, and Mrs. Bertha BORGART of San Lorenzo, California; a brother, Alva DELANO of San Diego, California; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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The Perryton Herald (TX)
September 03, 1981OBITUARY OF FANNIE AGNES DELANO
Mrs. DELANO died last Monday at the Beaver Nursing Home.
She was born in Fair Play, Missouri, and moved to Beaver, Oklahoma in 1920, and then to Perryton in 1946. She lived in Beaver for the past 10 years.
Mrs. DELANO is survived by two daughters and two sons; Sylvia TICE of Liberal, Kansas; Belva SMITH, of Perryton; Carl E. DELANO of Hooker, Oklahoma; and Lester A. DELANO of Wichita, Kansas.
Other survivors include three step-sisters, Grace ORINGDERFF, Marshie KENLINK, and Mary KENLINK, all of Cherokee, Oklahoma, and a brother, Willis WAKEFIELD, also of Cherokee.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
January 19, 1970Mrs. Mary A. Harsha, 82, 1426 N Third St., a resident here since 1925, died Friday in Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Harsha had been visiting there with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob May, 1501 N Seventh St., who also own a home in Chipita Park, Colo.
She was born Feb. 11, 1887 at the Kaw Agency, Indian Territory, to Robert and Amanda Delano Puckett. Her father ran the Indian Trading Store and he and his family, the postmaster, doctor and teachers at the Indian Mission were the only non-Indians in the area.
After Kaw City located across the river, the town was named Washunga to honor the last chief of the Kaws. Her father made the Cherokee Strip run in 1893 and she was reared on a farm near Kaw City.
She started teaching country schools at the age of 17 and after additional schooling she went to Reno County, Kan., where she taught school for two years.
She was married to William L. Harsha Dec. 1, 1910, at her parents home in Kaw City.
They spent nine years at Partridge, Kan., in the general merchandise business. In 1952 the couple moved to Arkansas City where he bought a grocery store and operated it until 1953 when he retired. He died in May 1963.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Bob (Wilma) May, 1501 N Seventh St., two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Jenkins, 906 N Summit St., Miss Cora Puckett, Hornell, N.Y., and one brother, J.T. Puckett, Cincinnati.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two brothers, Howard, who died in 1969 and Robert who died in 1945.
Marriage Notes for Sophia E. Haskell and Michael Cassidy
MARRIAGE: Richmond Democrat
May 5, 1887This morning at 6 o'clock, Mr. Michael Cassidy of Texarkana, Ark., and Miss Sophia Haskell, of Camden Bend, Ray county, were united in matrimont by Rev Father J. J. lilly, at the Catholic church in this city, and left on the train, an hour later, for Texarkana.
The Kansas City Star (MO)
July 6, 1991Alice Isabel Haskell, 82, Kansas City, Kan., died July 4, 1991, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was born in Richmond and moved to Kansas City, Kan., in 1929.
Miss Haskell was a switchboard operator for the Business Men's Assurance Co. of America for 43 years, retiring in 1971. She was a member of the Central Avenue United Methodist Church. She was a member of the PBX Club and a past member of the Business and Professional Women's Club. She was a member of the Roanoke and Victory Drive senior citizens clubs. She was a volunteer for Cancer Action Inc.
Survivors include a sister, C.A. Redd, Kennewick, Wash.
The Kansas City Star
23 Nov 1946Albert Haskell, 79 years old, a farmer who had lived all his life in Ray County, Missouri, diede yesterday morning at his farm home four miles northwest of Richmond.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Emma L. Haskell of the home; a son Gerald Haskell, 4009 Walnut street; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Ann Holland, 707 Westport road; Mrs. Kathryn Rottler, Independence, Kas, and Mrs. Samuel Thomas, Richmond, and a sister, Mrs. Robert Legate, Independence.