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Betty Duncan
Betty Denise Duncan, 52, of Winfield, died Feb. 5, 2000, at her residence.
Services were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home in Arkansas City. The Rev. Steve Chambers officiated. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery
in Arkansas City.
Duncan was born Aug. 26, 1947, to Edward and Betty (Lawton) Duncan of Waynoka, Okla. She was a past member of the Central Christian Church.
Survivors include two brothers, F. Dee Duncan, Allendale, N.J., and E. Lee Duncan, Gardnerville, Nev.
Wayne McNown
DOUGLASS - J. Wayne McNown, 86, a retired Beech Aircraft machinist, died Feb. 7, 2000, in Winfield.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Douglass First Christian Church. Burial will be in Douglass Cemetery. Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established with the Douglass First Christian Church.
McNown was born Dec. 30, 1913, in Leeds, to Jay B. and Myrtle (Lee) McNown. He attended school in Sedan and later attended Pittsburg State University to obtain his teaching degree.
On Nov. 5, 1938, he married Grace McMillan in Sedan.
An employee of Beech Aircraft for 38 years, McNown was a member of the Douglass First Christian Church, Douglass Masonic Lodge and Wichita Consistory.
Survivors include his wife, Grace McNown, Douglass; a son, Jerry McNown, Wichita; six daughters, Virginia Smith, Golden, Colo., Joyce Kent and Patsy Dorsett, both of Wichita, Martha Cathey and Jill Dankert, both of Douglass, and Janet Giesen, Harper; a brother, Don McNown, Towanda; four sisters, Lorene Runyan, Sedan, Alta Fern Ehrlich, Delaware, Okla., Louise Seward, Elwood, Neb., and Peggy Ward, Wichita; 13 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
Margine Dubois
UDALL - Margine Dubois, 66, of rural Udall, died Feb. 7, 2000, at William Newton Memorial Hospital in Winfield.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield. Burial will be in Ninnescah Cemetery
at Udall.
Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday.
A memorial has been established with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Dubois was born Dec. 23, 1933, at El Reno, Okla., to Paul and Dollie (Williams) Clovis. She attended El Reno and Okarche, Okla., schools.
On Sept. 21, 1951, she married Carl C. Dubois in San Luis Obispo, Calif. They lived and worked in California, Oklahoma and Kansas during their marriage.
Her husband died Feb. 12, 1995.
Survivors include four sons, Dwayne Dubois, Ronald Dean Dubois, Robert Eugene Dubois and Larry Ray Dubois, all of Udall; two brothers, Paul "Junior" Clovis, Oklahoma City, and Charles Clovis, El Reno, Okla.; and a sister, Peggy Matthews, Oklahoma City.
James Havens
CAMBRIDGE - James O. Havens, 50, of Cambridge, died Feb. 7, 2000, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield. Burial will be in Burden Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home until 9 tonight.
A memorial has been established with the Burden United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made through the church or funeral home.
Havens was born March 5, 1949, in Winfield, to Cecil Owen and Norma (Moss) Havens. Raised and educated in Burden, he was a 1967 graduate of Central High School in Burden.
In 1972 he married Karen Bailey. They later divorced.
In 1989 he married Tammie Tapia, and they also divorced.
A career carpenter and welder, Havens was employed for many years by various building contractors in Kansas. He resided in Rock and Douglass before moving to Cambridge in 1996.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Tara Taylor, Arkansas City, and Carrie Havens, Pittsburg; a sister, Veita K. Miguez, Bay City, Texas; and two grandsons.
Barbara Dobbs
Barbara Jean Dobbs, 71, of 111 E. 17th, Winfield, died Feb. 9, 2000, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be in Tisdale Cemetery.
Friends may call at Miles Funeral Service until 7 this evening and until noon Saturday.
Memorials have been established with the First Church of the Nazarene and the National Scleraderma Association. Contributions may be made through the church or funeral home.
Dobbs was born April 18, 1928, on a farm near Rock, to Ralph Dean and Emma (Janke) Falkingham. She attended Rock schools and Winfield High School.
On Oct. 19, 1944, she married Glenn J. Dobbs in Sedan. They lived in Colorado and Texas before moving to Winfield in 1949. The couple lived and worked on farms in the Tisdale and Winfield areas. Mr. Dobbs' work with Boeing took them to Washington and Massachusetts for a brief time. Her husband died July 13, 1985.
A homemaker, Dobbs was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include six sons, Ron Dobbs, Denver, Larry Dobbs and Chad Dobbs, both of Winfield, Dennis Dobbs, Atlanta, Roger Dobbs, Burden, and Dale Dobbs, Arkansas City; four daughters, Carol Johnson, Arkansas City, Ginny Mazzoni, Wichita, Donna Hunt, El Dorado, and Mary Dobbs, Winfield; her father, Ralph Falkingham, Winfield; a brother, Elmer Falkingham, Buffalo, Mo.; two sisters, Janet Miller, Medicine Lodge, and Phyllis Wilcoxen, Winfield; 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Matilda Huddle
SEDAN - Matilda Blanche Huddle, 93, formerly of Cedar Vale, died Feb. 9, 2000, at Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wheeler Funeral Home in Cedar Vale. Burial will be in Round Mound Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with the Maude Carpenter Children's Home.
Huddle was born July 7, 1906, in Cowley County, to Hugh and Catherine (Sickles) Dudgeon. She was raised in the Cedar Vale area.
In August 1928 she married Everette Huddle. He died in 1982.
Huddle attended Pittsburg State University. She taught in rural schools in Chautauqua County and at the Cedar Vale grade school.
A member of the Cedar Vale Church of Christ, she was also active in several social groups.
Survivors include a son, Curtis Huddle, Independence; a daughter, Judith French, Grenola; 11 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Bert Williams
Services for Bert O. Williams, 97, who died Jan. 30, 2000, were held at 1 p.m. Feb. 2 in Highland Cemetery. The Rev. K.B. Murray officiated.
A memorial has been established with the First Church of God in Blackwell.
Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mickey Williams
GRAINOLA, Okla. - Morgan Lewis "Mickey" Williams, 87, of Grainola, died Feb. 10, 2000, in Cedar Vale Community Hospital.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Grainola United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery
west of Cedar Vale. Wheeler Funeral Home of Cedar Vale is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established with the Grainola United Methodist Church.
Williams was born April 25, 1912, in Purcell, Okla., to Schyler Lewis and Florence (Suddith) Williams.
On Feb. 16, 1935, he married Ruby Ellen Custer in Barnsdall, Okla. In 1935 they moved to the Grainola area where he farmed and worked as a cowboy for Bud Franks for 20 years and for several other ranchers.
He was a member of the Grainola United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Ruby Ellen Williams, and two sons, Morgan Leon Williams and Charles "Leb" Williams, all of Grainola; three daughters, Louise Pontious, Shidler, Okla., Mary Ellen Harvey, Hewins, and Dora Florena Atherton, Wichita; four half-sisters, Bettie Barnhill, Meridian, Miss., Alma Rose Dixon, Moore, Okla., Roma Jean Woodward, Kerrville, Texas, and Gayle Dean Feeney, Palm Springs, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Edna Caffey
DEXTER - Edna V. Caffey, 101, formerly of Winfield, died Feb. 10, 2000, at Grouse Valley Manor in Dexter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Swisher-Taylor & Morris Memorial Chapel in Winfield. The Revs. Diane Massey and Gilbert Daniel will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
A memorial has been established with Grouse Valley Manor in Dexter and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Caffey was born March 8, 1898, in rural Dexter, to Elmer and Ida (Sauers) Daniel.
On Aug. 23, 1937, she married Paul W. Caffey in Kansas. He died Sept. 4, 1948.
After Mr. Caffey's death, she moved to 1403 Olive in Winfield and ran an ironing and day care service out of her home.
A stepson, Roy Caffey, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a sister, Ruby Callison, Winfield; and many nieces and nephews.
